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"A young Amish boy ventures from Pennsylvania to California in this richly imagined historical novel from the author of An Unseemly Wife. 1867. Growing up among the Pennsylvania Amish, eleven-year-old Joshua knows that his father is a respected church deacon who has the ear...

Who would you run one hundred miles for? Caleb Oberest is an ultramarathon runner, who severed all ties to his family to race brutal 100-mile marathons across mountains. Shane Oberest is a sales rep for a cutting-edge biotechnology firm, creating new cures for the...

From the author of The Vintage Teacup Club The first rule of afternoon tea: never rush. Take time to savor it. Just like friendship... The Seafront Tearoom is an insider secret in small-town Scarborough - a beach-front haven with the best tea and cakes...

Author: Lucy DillonISBN-10: 0425276732ISBN-13: 9780425276730Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2014Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.30dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 09/01/2014 pg. 61 - ExcellentLibrary Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 91

From the author of Spice, another sweet and sexy story about the women of the Sugar & Spice Caf? Uninhibited passion is all she needs to turn her life around... Siobhan "Sugar" Malloy, co-owner of Sugar and Spice Caf? and part-time burlesque dancer, believes...

The world of youth travel sports is seductive. Coach Mark Balfoure determines if a child is talented, chock-full of potential, and therefore worthy of the coveted invitation to a team of similarly gifted young athletes. Soon after, parents like Seth struggle with bills for...

Even after twenty years, the tight-knit Ontario community of Long Point County remains haunted by the tragic Lake Erie shipwreck that took place just off its coast in 1852. Several of its survivors still live among them even now, having been adopted into local...

The Abadi Family saga begins when a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story between a Palestinian and a Jew ends in predictable tragedy. The family flees to America to mend, but encounters only more turmoil that threatens to tear the family apart.In the wake of...

In "I'm Maya And It's My Story," Maya, a young woman with a passion for mechanics, invites you into her world. Here, the rhythmic clinking of wrenches against metal and the comforting scent of motor oil are the soundtrack to her life. This isn't...

Unearth the secrets buried beneath the Tennessee tomato fields in Nick Allen Brown's gripping novel, Grainger County Tomatoes. A heart attack, a mysterious inheritance, and a series of chilling discoveries will leave you guessing until the very last page.Author: Nick Allen BrownISBN-10: 1684424488ISBN-13: 9781684424481Publisher:...

Small Town...Big SecretGeorgetown, Kentucky, 1939Soon after dawn on a February morning, Elliott Chapel discovers an unconscious, bloodied, young woman lying face up in the cold waters of Penny creek. Days later, awakening from her hypothermic coma, Ellie Evans finds herself on the Chapel Farm....

The short book will introduce Charlie Moore and take you on an adventure through her chaotic life, involving many different crimes. Charlie is a life long criminal that is now serving a long prison sentence and looking to have her story heard, hoping it'll...

Take to the skies in this gorgeous and gripping new series, perfect for fans of Jo Bartlett and Cathy Bramley.A Second Chance...For Maya, serving as a pilot in the Whistlestop River air ambulance team is a dream come true. And now, with her divorce...

From the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont, Laura Pearson.Two couples. One big secret...Emily and Josephine have always shared everything. They're sisters, flatmates and best friends. It's the two of them against the world. When Emily has the perfect...

From the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont, Laura Pearson.Two couples. One big secret...Emily and Josephine have always shared everything. They're sisters, flatmates and best friends. It's the two of them against the world. When Emily has the perfect...

In this suspenseful story of the late nineteenth century, Joseph Cook upends his life after the murder of his closest friend by a man who escapes justice. Leaving his thirty-year railroad career in mid-stride, he returns to the New River landscape of his Appalachian...

A BRAND NEW series for 2024 from bestselling author Lizzie LaneA country town in need of a good Doctor, but will they accept her as one of their own?Somerset, March 1930Born in the workhouse and adopted by a former suffragette, Frances Brakespeare was encouraged...

In a land destabilized by unsafe air, wildfires, floods, viruses, supply shortages, and homegrown terror, Cass is raising three small children by herself in the city. Her husband, Nathaniel, has gone all too willingly to serve as a medic in an overseas war. His...

A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman's struggle to be free. When Winona Dalloway begins her day--in the peaceful early hours before her children, that "tiny tornado of little hands and feet", wake up--she doesn't know that by the end of it,...

An elderly woman recounts her Dutch family's survival during the final years of Nazi occupation, shedding new light on old secrets that rippled through subsequent generations. Eighty-year-old Mieke Geborn's life is one of quiet routine. Widowed for many years, she enjoys the view from...

Four exes and a wedding. And a road trip no one expected...Jo Watters would rather do anything than go to her ex-husband Ben's wedding to perfect Monica, and if it wasn't for her beloved children she would already be far, far away. But having...

Four exes and a wedding. And a road trip no one expected...Jo Watters would rather do anything than go to her ex-husband Ben's wedding to perfect Monica, and if it wasn't for her beloved children she would already be far, far away. But having...

The most important piece of art Matthew Banks ever created was an urn for his mother's ashes. When it is accidentally dropped to the floor, he realizes his life is similarly shattered. His father has reappeared after a fifteen-year absence, insisting on joining Matthew's...

Sara Agnew had not seen her beloved Uncle Jacob Schroder in seven long years, not since the funeral of her Aunt Clarice. Now, having received word that Uncle was languishing in hospital, apparently near death, she is racked with guilt. Sara therefore, along with...

"I knew I was going to die. And somehow, I knew it's exactly what I needed most."Sergeant Carlos Lopez patrols the streets of the isolated, sleepy California farming community of San Eugenio. Searching for meaning, purpose, and dignity, Sgt. Lopez finds it at the...

'He is just a boy, frightened, wounded and bleeding, in need of food andshelter. It would be inhuman to hand him over to the cops, ' thinks the narratorin the story 'Dead-end'. Unless...could he be the terrorist who killed herbrother Kewal? And if so,...

From Amazon Charts Bestselling Author Jennifer Millikin comes a small town, single dad romance. Colbie Jones has worked hard to design a pain-free life. So when she catches her boyfriend cheating, it doesn't hurt that much. But when Colbie receives a call that her...

The turbulent life story of Flor de Oro Trujillo, the eldest child of one of the world's most brutal dictators. Flor de Oro was born in 1915 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Repulic. Her father rose from small-time gangster to dictator and ruthlessly ruled the...

A Cuban American family is sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of several shocking secrets to her daughter before undergoing heart surgery in this tender and twisty debut novel.Monica Campo is pregnant with her first child when, moments before...

'A warm, funny, uplifting writer to celebrate!' KATIE FFORDE If you love Lucy Diamond, Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft and Holly Martin, you'll LOVE Erin Green's novels of love, life and laughter. And readers are loving CHRISTMAS WISHES AT THE LAKESIDE COTTAGE so far: 'Loved...

The Burrow follows members of the Lee family as they navigate grief and hope in their quiet Australian suburb: Jin, an emergency physician and father; Amy, a published author and mother; Lucie, their bookish and introverted ten-year-old; and Pauline, Amy's mother who's trying to...

A collection of new and selected works from Lambda Literary Award and Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung. In a cultural moment where folks are stripped of the their dignity or shed it willingly, the figures in this book wonder at the utility of...

Deep South. North Carolina. 1861. Lies, hate, biases, cruelty, deception, fraud, frustrations, and murders abound as a slave family struggles to escape to freedom and a Jewish Lawyer and unhappily married white southern belle navigate a 200-member plantation. Old Grand Papa Pete, determined to...

Money Magic is a classic novel by Hamlin Garland that was first published in 1907. The story follows the life of a young man named Joe Louden, who grows up in rural Wisconsin and dreams of making it big in the city. Joe is...

"Andrew Forbes's exquisitely rendered prose makes The Diapause both realistic and futuristic, devastating even while it is oddly hopeful. Vast and intimate, the novel absorbs and grips. I cannot shake its central image: the strange little noodles, the mysterious worms who seem to be...

Sometimes the gift you need most is the one closest to your heart. All I Want for Christmas Wanting a change from her fast-paced life in Manhattan, Nell Davis moves to the small town of Taylor's Grove, Maryland, to revamp the local music program....

A little tenderness goes a long way in heart-to-heart communication. It renews a right spirit and warms the hearts of all participants. Just a smile or a wave can make a good day for someone. Don't forget the hugs. The twenty-four chapters in this...

From award-winning writer Mortada Gzar, author of the acclaimed memoir I'm in Seattle, Where Are You?, comes an enthralling and lyrical novel about a girl's liberating self-discovery in Iraq.Fifteen-year-old Charlotte is restlessly coming of age in early twentieth-century Basra, Iraq. The daughter of a...

Lauder Jones and Mountcastle, two Halifax families both alike in dignity, linked by love and circumstance. Douglas Lauder Jones, obscure story writer, calls it "Life and No Escape." His lovelorn son John thinks it's the end of happiness. Neuroscientist Ursula Lauder Jones sees it...

April enters the military and grows physically, spiritually, and emotionally. One of her missions, she discovers a secret that involves her father and uncle. Changes between April and Hugh become evident. April chooses a new life path, but there are unexpected consequences.Author: P. CostaISBN-10:...

Recommended by The New York Times - Elle - Good Morning America - TIME - People - New York Post - Real Simple - Goodreads - LibraryReads - and many more! An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of...

The Setons, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

In this heartwarming novel, Dromgoole tells the story of a group of childhood friends who reunite after many years to reminisce about old times and reflect on their lives. With its themes of friendship, loyalty, and the enduring bonds of community, this book is...

"Bleak House" is a multi-faceted novel that combines social commentary, satire, and intricate storytelling. The story is narrated by an omniscient and somewhat sardonic voice. The novel begins with a description of a never-ending legal case, Jarndyce and Jarndyce, which has dragged on in...

WINNER OF A 2023 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDFINALIST FOR A CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDREADERS' FAVORITE 5-STARSTroubled family relations, modern social justice issues, deeply personal choices.Activist Xander Wallace and his straitlaced father do not have an easy relationship. Jim's views on race, immigration, gender, sexuality and...

An enthralling Victorian sensation novel where secrets, infidelity, and mistaken identities collide in a tale of passion. Set in the sprawling English countryside, East Lynne follows the misfortunes of Lady Isabel Vane. Left penniless and homeless when her father dies, Isabel is left with...

Fall in love with this heartwarming tale of family, friendship, and the power of wishes. Follow the delightful characters as they navigate life's ups and downs, learning important lessons along the way and discovering the true meaning of happiness.This work has been selected by...

Set in a small English town in the mid-19th century, 'Wives and Daughters' follows the life of Molly Gibson as she navigates love, family, and the complex social hierarchies of her society. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's final novel is a rich and nuanced portrayal of...

Helping people understand the neuroscience of anxiety. And how to cope with the types of anxiety.Author: Clyde N. III CookISBN-10: 8223019094ISBN-13: 9798223019091Publisher: Clyde N. Cook, IIILanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2023Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

Welcome back to Little Woodville.Visit old friends and new in this super, summer escapist read.Morgan Rosewood finds herself at a crossroads in her life after returning home to Forget-Me-Not Cottage to care for her ailing mother. She and boyfriend Ronan, had plans, big plans,...