Late Bloomers

by Peggy Webb

Published 13 February 2007

Playing rockabilly music in church was one thing...

Blowing a hole in her roof to chase a phantom intruder was quite another. And when Delta Jordan hears about her best friend's meltdown, she starts packing. It's clear Emily Jones needs her to be a safety net until...

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Beauty Shop Tales

by Nancy Robards Thompson

Published 1 September 2007

Avril Carson had to try.

Because the hairdresser-turned-actress (turned hairdresser) had left little Sago Beach, Florida, with her whole life in front of her and the man she'd loved by her side. Now she'd come back, with his ashes in an urn, and not even the chance...

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Surprise even yourself!

When longtime best friends, Patsy Leslie and Louise Jernigan decide to jump-start their not-so-dead libidos, quilting and bridge suddenly take a backseat to, well, more amorous pursuits. Local tongues wag, and Patsy's son and Louise's daughter–who happen to be married to each other–demand answers...

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"Ask your husband what he's been doing all those nights he claimed to be at the hospital..."

The aforementioned suggestion would never be welcomed by any woman who'd been married for the better (well, mostly) part of twenty years. But for Kate Hennessey, who was celebrating turning...

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Sisters

by Nancy Robards Thompson

Published 30 May 2006

Two halves of a whole

Once, long ago, Skye and Summer had looked so much alike that no one could tell the twin sisters apart. Now there was barely a trace of a resemblance. Once, the two of them had been huddled together against a world that...

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Sparkle

by Jennifer Greene

Published 27 June 2006

They couldn't be any more different

Poppy Thompson: The self-proclaimed homeliest woman in town, she deals with animals for a living rather than people.

Bren Price: The ever-proper minister's wife, she does everything her husband tells her, but lately her best just isn't good enough.

They'd never...

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WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH...

Join the PTA? Yes, according to Maggie, Barbara and Elizabeth. Because despite their differences-one is a recent widow; one is a late-in-life mother; and one is a supermom whose surprise pregnancy, she fears, will result in complications-all three women have...

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