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62) The beach house
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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"Known in Nantucket as the eccentric woman who lives in the rambling house atop the bluff, Nan doesn't care what people think. She's sixty-five years old, her husband died twenty years ago, her beauty has faded, and her family has flown. If her neighbors are away, why shouldn't she skinny-dip in their swimming pools and help herself to their flowers? But when she discovers the money she thought would last forever is dwindling and she could lose her...
Author
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Adeline, Dowager Countess of Wake, learns of her husband's sudden death, she realizes she's free. At last, she can do, go, and be as she pleases. Finally, she can have the life she has always dreamed of. She doesn't need, or want, to remarry. Especially not the supremely dashing future Marquis of Marksworth, who makes Adeline yearn for his desire. . . Lord Lyonwood, son of a philandering marquis, will not be like his father. He wants to run his...
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Countess of Harleigh mysteries volume 2
Countess of Harleigh mystery volume 2
Countess of Harleigh mystery volume 1
Countess of Harleigh mystery volume 2
Countess of Harleigh mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Though American by birth, Frances Wynn, the now-widowed Countess of Harleigh, has adapted admirably to the quirks and traditions of the British aristocracy. On August twelfth, otherwise known as the Glorious Twelfth, most members of the upper class retire to their country estates for grouse-shooting season. Frances has little interest in hunting?for birds or a second husband?and is expecting to spend a quiet few months in London with her almost-engaged...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"She has a secret. He has a scandal. And they both have an attraction they can't deny. Ella Dennings is furious. Soaking wet, muddy, and furious. All she wants is to enjoy a quiet summer retreat in her Red River Valley cabin. Maybe she can finish healing after the death of her husband, Bradley. Maybe she can even finish writing that third book in her anonymously written bestselling series. But when she arrives at the cabin in a raging rainstorm, who...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Since her husband died, Eden Wallace's life has diminished down to a tiny pinprick, like a far-off star in the night sky. She doesn't work, has given up on her love of photography, and is so plagued by night terrors that she can't sleep without the lights on. Everyone, including her family, has grown weary of her grief. So when she finds paperwork in her husband's effects indicating that he reserved a week at a dark sky park, she goes. She's ready...
69) Bounce
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A young widow gets involved with a slick, womanizing ad exec who has reason to feel guilty about her husband's death.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A wonderfully quirky, heart-breaking, heart-warming and thought-provoking story of a woman's dog who not only talks to her, he talks to God. Recently widowed Mary Fassler has no choice except to believe Rufus, the miniature schnauzer, who claims to speak to the Divine. The question is: Will Mary follow the dog's advice, and leave everything she knows and loves Is this at the urging of God Or is it something else? Will Mary risk it all or ignore the...
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Series
Brides of Bellaire Gardens volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Lady Charlton is forced into becoming London's most reluctant matchmaker, sparks fly and romance ensues, from the national bestselling author of Marry in Scarlet. Alice, Lady Charlton, newly-widowed and eager to embrace a life free of her domineering husband is devastated when a scoundrel appears, brandishing letters that could ruin her. To prevent their publication he wants Alice to find a noble husband a lord! for his daughter, Lucy. Alice...
73) Map of the heart
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Widowed by an unspeakable tragedy, Camille Palmer has made her peace with the past and settled into the quiet safety of life with her teenage daughter Julie in a sleepy coastal town. Then the arrival of a mysterious package breaks open the door to her family's secret past. In uncovering a hidden history, Camille has no idea that she's embarking on an adventure that will utterly transform her. Camille, Julie, and Camille's father return to the French...
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Series
Beau Monde bachelor novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Jake broke her heart by leaving her after sharing a passionate kiss. Lady Amelia broke his by marrying his best friend. When she returns to town a widow-pursued by an infamous rake, Jake's debauched brother, and just maybe by himself-Lady Amelia will have a mess and a half on her hands."--P. [4] of cover.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's August in Holmes County, and that means it's time for the Holmes County Fair. It's the county’s biggest annual event, drawing tourists and locals alike to see livestock, eat too much fried food, and watch the rodeo and speed racing contests. This year, Millie has entered the quilting competition--while her very not Amish best friend, Lois Henry, is distracted by her new dating app and her search for husband number five. In a place where quilting...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Widow Rose Meadows eagerly accepts her brother-in-law's offer for her and her two daughters to live on his farm after her treatments in a sanatorium finds them needing a home. But is this scarred and reclusive man ready for all the changes these women will bring to his life?"--
77) Stake & eggs
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Series
Cackleberry Club mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When a snowmobile crashes into the woods behind the Cackleberry Club cafe , Suzanne finds her town's most-hated banker beheaded by a wire staked in the snow. Now some of her best customers are prime suspects with a bushel of motives, and the murder investigation is snowballing. An elusive young runaway may be the Cackleberry Club's only way to crack the case...provided Suzanne can keep her head long enough to track down the cold-blooded killer.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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On a certain day in spring, Miss Julia learns that the mayor of Abbotsville plans to tear down the historic courthouse and sell the site to developers; Helen Stroud's husband has absconded with investors' money; Mildred Allen's husband has disappeared after a car wreck; LuAnne Conover's husband has let hearth and home to "find himself"; and Emma Sue Ledbetter's husband is considering accepting a call to another church. Looks as though spring has blown...
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Hellions of Havisham volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
One summer night, Edward Alcott gives in to temptation and kisses Lady Julia Kenney in a dark garden. However, the passion she stirs within him is best left in the shadows as she weds his twin, the Earl of Greyling. But when tragedy strikes, to honor the vow he makes to his dying brother, Edward must pretend to Greyling until the countess delivers her babe. After her husband returns from a two-month sojourn, Julia finds him changed. Bolder, more daring,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed in an accident. A shellshocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia's five-year-old daughter, Angela. Tam has no...
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