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Annabeth Albert · 304 pages

Lieutenant Apollo Floros can ace tactical training missions, but being a single dad to his twin daughters is more than he can handle. He needs live-in help, and he is lucky a friend's younger brother needs a place to stay. He's surprised to see Dylan all grown up with a college degree-and a college athlete's body. Apollo's widowed heart may still be broken, but Dylan has his blood heating up. I

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True Believer

Nicholas Sparks · 360 pages

Can the mysteries of the human heart ever be unravelled? Pursuing a scientific explanation for a disturbing and unexplained phenomenon, Jeremy's sceptical nature is thrown off course when he meets Lexie, the town librarian. As they work together, ghostly occurrences and passionate moments converge, forcing Jeremy to realise that there are some truths science cannot explain, as he finally appreciat

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Sustained

Emma Chase · 267 pages

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Teacher of the Year

M.A. Wardell · 347 pages

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Blabber Mouth

Morris Gleitzman · 128 pages

An Australian schoolgirl who is unable to speak is embarrassed by her father's outlandish dress and behavior.

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Peace Like a River

Leif Enger · 313 pages

"Raised on tales of cowboys and pirates, eleven-year-old Reuben Land has little doubt that miracles happen all around us, and that it's up to us to "make of it what we will." Reuben was born with no air in his lungs, and it was only when his father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that his lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy

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My Brother's Husband, Volume 1

Gengoroh Tagame · 352 pages

"From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the West. Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, married to wife Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended with the arrival at their doorstep of a hul

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Stone: At Your Service

Rie Warren · 285 pages

Bad boy mechanic Josh Stone likes to get his hands dirty any way he can-the filthier, the better. Ever since his wife walked out on him and their young son, he's only had room in his heart for two loves: the kid and cars. Roped into playing his best buddy's gay boyfriend during a romance writers convention, the player meets the girl who's gonna rock his world. Leelee Songchild. Shy, bashful, beaut

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The Blinding Light

Renae Kaye · 210 pages

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I Want It That Way

Ann Aguirre · 368 pages

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Love & Loyalty

Tere Michaels · 201 pages

Detective James “Jim” Shea is a Seattle homicide detective who has never taken his work home with him – until now. A case has gotten under his skin and though it’s “over," it isn’t for Jim. The emotional toll has left him vulnerable and tied to the victim’s dying father. Meanwhile, Hollywood comes calling for a hot story, and screenwriter Griffin Drake sees the tragic case as his ticket to more

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Light The Stars

RaeAnne Thayne · 256 pages

Wade Dalton was having a very bad day.His five-year-old had accidentally set the kitchen on fire. His daughter was surly, as usual. The baby hadn't been fed yet. And his mother—aka "The Childminder"—had eloped...with a scam artist. Could it get any worse?Turned out it could. Because the annoyingly beautiful daughter of said scam artist was now at the door, batting her doe eyes at him and proposing

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Shelter the Sea

Heidi Cullinan · 298 pages

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The Little Things

Jay Northcote · 204 pages

"There are lots of things that brighten Joel's life. His three-year-old daughter, Evie, is one. His close relationship with her mother, his best friend from university, is another. Joel's boyfriend, Dan, adds spice to his child-free nights, and Joel is pretty happy with how things are. Then one cold and rainy night, everything changes. Joel's life is turned upside down when he becomes a full-time

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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

Jaye Robin Brown · 448 pages

Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees.

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Promises

Marie Sexton · 202 pages

*Can a man who loves his small hometown trust it to love him back?* Jared Thomas has lived in the mountain town of Coda, Colorado, his whole life. He’s never hidden his homosexuality, but he’s never exactly flaunted it either. He never had reason to. The only other gay man in town is twice his age and used to be his teacher, so staying single seemed like Jared’s only option. Then police offi

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The Strawberry Patch Pancake House

Laurie Gilmore · 385 pages

As a renowned chef, single-dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold down a job for more than a few months. So when Mayor Kelly suggests Archer is looking for a nanny, and Iris might be available, she shudders at the

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Sugar on Top

Marina Adair · 333 pages

As squabbles threaten to blow up the Miss Peach Pageant and the town of Sugar itself, single dad Cal McGraw must risk everything on the sexy wild card Glory Mann to get a second chance at love.

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Something Like Summer

Jay Bell · 291 pages

A love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies.

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Better Than Good

Lane Hayes

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Candlelight Christmas

Susan Wiggs · 328 pages

As single father Logan O'Donnell prepares to give his son, Charlie, the best Christmas ever on the shores of Willow Lake, he just may be in for a Christmas surprise himself, in the form of sharp-witted and independent Darcy Fitzgerald.

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This Was Not the Plan

Cristina Alger · 368 pages

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Pray The Gay Away

Sara York · 314 pages

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