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A celebration causes trouble in the village of Thrush Green...A major, double celebration is planned in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green: the village school is in its centenary year; and exactly a hundred years ago, one of the village's most notable residents founded a mission school in Africa.But the preparations are beset with problems - Winnie Bailey's health is not what it was; the new headmaster doesn't appear to be entirely right for the job; and there are mixed reactions to the fundra...

A scrumptious pie. A long distance guy. 4th of July fireworks guaranteed. Lauren Hauser has it all…nearly. With a shiny new job and sparkly new engagement ring on her finger, the only thing she’s missing is her gorgeous new fiancé by her side. Should she be worried? Jack’s kisses are as sizzling as always and, sure, long distance is hard but, she and Jack are solid, right? Of course the stress of planning a wedding—or not—is nothing compared to the st...

Complete with sun, sea and a gorgeous Cornwall setting, Abi's Neighbour is the PERFECT summer escape.Abi Carter has finally found happiness. Living in her perfect tin miner's cottage, she has good friends and a gorgeous boyfriend, Max. Life is good. But all that's about to change when a new neighbour moves in next door.Cassandra Henley-Pinkerton represents everything Abi thought she'd escaped when she left London. Obnoxious and stuck-up, Cassandra hates living in Cornwall. Worst of all, it looks...

Italian law forbids paying ransom to criminals, and Marshal Guarnaccia must find the missing girl before her kidnappers decide to end her life. Two foreign girls are abducted from a Florence piazza in broad daylight. The unusual March snowfall has distracted everyone, even the marshal, who is unsure of what he has actually witnessed. One of the girls turns up in a village in the Chianti, claiming the kidnappers have released her to propose a ransom for the other victim. But the marshal thinks s...

In a modern-day fable, a waitress awakens from an automobile accident to find her dearest wishes have magically come true and discovers the value of taking risks.

"It's time you took a lover." Take a lover? Seduce her mysterious new neighbor? Tess Cameron laughed aloud at her best friend's suggestion. Then she met Jordan Trask, aforementioned neighbor. Suddenly Tess began to wonder how a homebody, single-mom gardener went about seducing a drop-dead-gorgeous, devastatingly appealing male.... Attending the neighborhood barbecue? Planting flowers? Jordan knew he was in trouble. Spending time with his adorably sexy...

CASSIE MILLER'S SYMPTOMS #1 Has no immunity to gossip, particularly regarding a certain single doctor. #2 Gets easily flustered and distracted when in presence of said doctor. #3 Heart starts racing at doctor's slightest touch. DR. BEAU'S ORDERS #1 Don't rely on appearances alone. Take the time to get to know someone-you might discover that the womanizing rich doctor is actually a down-home, one-woman kind of guy! #2 From the mouths of...

A classic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, Reilly’s Return is the wonderful story of a woman who seeks sanctuary and stability as she reconnects with a man who lives life on the edge.   In a small town on California’s northern coast, Jayne Jordan thinks that she has found the perfect place to live. Recovering from her husband’s death, searching for spiritual harmony, Jayne still manages to crank out bluntly honest—often scathing—movie reviews read by millions. Then into...

A The Times best crime books of 2021 pick________________________What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland?Early spring has its icy grip on OEdesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Bjoernlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among th...

A disused church near a Welsh border hamlet has already been sold off by the Church when it's discovered that the new owners are 'pagans' who intend to use the building for their own rituals. The local rector, an extreme evangelical, is appalled and blames these inoffensive middle-class witches for infesting the whole community with evil... even calling in the diocesan exorcist, Revd Merrily Watkins. An atmosphere of stifling menace develops - with the persecution of innocent people, false accus...

A YULETIDE BRIDE? Shana Callahan had long ago given up wishful thinking. A single mum with a chequered past, she knew to be grateful for small gifts. And what Landon Kincaid had given her was far more than that. His unexpected job offer had provided her with so much - a good income, a safe home for her child and the opportunity to start anew in Chance City. She'd insisted on keeping things strictly business, but the more she got to know her charismati...

Can she make room for love? When wedding planner Carrie Archer inherits the crumbling Avalon Inn where she spent her childhood summers, she knows she'll do whatever it takes to make it home. With no money for renovations, that means finding investors if she ever hopes to turn the Avalon into a dream wedding venue. But Carrie has been left more than the inn-she's also inherited its occupants, including three senior citizens, a single-father chef with ch...

A novel of U.S. politics, clean and dirty, and the ways in which the specter of the past informs our every move. Ben Shamas, a gifted lawyer whose daughter's death in a boating accident has led him toward self-destruction, is tapped by a friend and old Yale classmate to help with his Midwest campaign for the U.S. Senate. Bobby Parrish is a principled and serious candidate who doesn't expect Ben to coopt his opponent's dirty playbook. James Glickman's impressive debut novel burst onto the scene...