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Barefoot in the Sand

Roxanne St. Claire

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Whiskey Beach

Nora Roberts · 512 pages

For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home… A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife. He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, even though his beloved grandmother i

Home RenovationRomanceSmall Town SecretsThriller
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Elements of Retrofit

N.R. Walker · 142 pages

Home RenovationSingle Parent ProtagonistRomanceSeries Starter
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Christmas in Lucky Harbor

Jill Shalvis · 687 pages

Maddie comes to the town of Lucky Harbor, Washington, to get her newly inherited inn up and running, and falls for contractor Jax, while her sister Tara, who comes to help her, unexpectedly finds herself torn between two men.

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Night Music

Jojo Moyes · 416 pages

The Spanish House is a hotch-potch of designs, Georgian, Gothic and Moorish, as if whoever started it had simply got bored. It has long been known as an architectural folly to locals, and is now nearly derelict to boot. When its reclusive owner dies intestate the Spanish House is left to his city-dwelling niece.

Home RenovationSingle Parent ProtagonistRomance
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Love Redesigned

Lauren Asher · 528 pages

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Hold On My Heart

Tracy Brogan · 213 pages

"Chicago event planner Libby Hamilton can turn any bland setting into a dramatic venue-- but when she abruptly loses her job, and her fair-weather boyfriend moves to another state, Libby suddenly finds herself back in the tiny town she grew up in. Worse than that, her father wants help transforming an old schoolhouse into a vintage ice cream parlor and Libby must trade in her power suits for power

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Echo Lake

Carla Neggers · 342 pages

While restoring a stately country home, Heather Sloan encounters a man from her past, Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody Hancock, who has taken a sudden interest in her, causing her to suspect that he is up to something.

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David, Renewed

Diana Copland · 248 pages

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Wild About You

Kerrelyn Sparks · 370 pages

"It's not every day that Elsa Bjornberg feels fragile, not when she hosts a home renovation show where she can effortlessly demolish a kitchen. But from the moment she meets Howard Barr, this bear of a man makes her feel like a woman. And the way he looks at her, as if she was a pot of honey he'd like to lick ... Howard is not like most men. For one thing, he's a shapeshifter. And he always though

Home RenovationRomanceSpicySeries
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Smitten

Janet Evanovich · 256 pages

Single mom Lizabeth Kane isn't exactly carpenter material -- she's never picked up a hammer in her life. But she desperately needs the construction job that builder Matt Hallahan is offering. And even though he knows trouble is ahead, Matt can't refuse Lizbeth's irresistible smile. Matt Hallahan isn't exactly relationship material -- he has always been too busy working on other people's houses to

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Wallbanger

Alice Clayton · 320 pages

Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy's athletic prowess, Caroline can hear not just her neighbor's bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems like an endless parade of women. She finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll ni

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Cutting Loose

Susan Andersen · 379 pages

Jane thinks nothing can make her lose her coolBut the princess of propriety blows a gasket the night she meets the contractor restoring the Wolcott mansion. Devlin Kavanagh's rugged sex appeal may buckle her knees, but the man is out of control! Jane had to deal with theatrics growing up--she won't tolerate them in someone hired to work on the house she and her two best friends have just inherited

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The Coppersmith Farmhouse

Devney Perry · 377 pages

One old farmhouse brought them together. It could also tear them apart. Gigi has just uprooted her whole world to start a new life. The unexpected gift of a farmhouse in small-town Montana is just what she and her daughter need to escape big-city loneliness. The last thing she needs is attitude from the town’s sheriff, the most perfectly attractive and ruggedly handsome man she’s ever laid eyes

Home RenovationRomanceSeries StarterSpicy
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Night of the Living Deed

E.J. Copperman

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Tidewater Inn

Colleen Coble · 312 pages

Libby inherits an old hotel from a father she'd never met. Although she wants to restore it, she can't afford the upkeep and things just keep getting worse. Her newfound brother and sister are convinced she's going to steal their birthright and when her business partner is kidnapped, Libby is suspected of the crime. She must prove her innocence or lose everything.

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Necessary Restorations

Kate Canterbary · 378 pages

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Better Homes and Hauntings

Molly Harper · 352 pages

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Any Time, Any Place

Jennifer Probst · 422 pages

Drawn to smart-mouthed bartender Raven Bella Hawthorne, Dalton Pierce is determined to win her over by restoring the bar to its former glory, until he discovers a secret from their pasts that could destroy their future together.

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Unhallowed Ground

Heather Graham · 365 pages

When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion she always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then she makes a grim discovery. Hidden within the walls of Sarah's dream house are the remains of dozens of bodies—some dating back over a century.The door to the past is blown wide open

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Mr. Fixer Upper

Lucy Score

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Summer at Willow Lake

Susan Wiggs · 544 pages

Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colongy for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis-a st

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The Red Door Inn

Liz Johnson

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The Fixer Upper

Mary Kay Andrews · 422 pages

The delightful New York Times bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one woman's quest to redo an old house . . . and her life.After her boss in a high-powered Washington public relations firm is caught in a political scandal, fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke, unemployed, and homeless. Out of options, she reluctantly accepts her father's offer to help r

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