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441) Prairie hills
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
"The Black Hills ring with a song of romance. Three women challenge the Victorian assumptions that females are meek and needy ... but will doing so deafen them to the call of romance? Emma Delaney is providing well for her family. Hurts of the past keep her from considering a future with another man. How then is she to respond when her daughter suddenly claims a passerby on a manhunt her new pa? Hannah Williams was raised to think independently and...
442) The switch
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Kassie, a smart, fun-loving single woman, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby, even if it means doing it herself, with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie's plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn't discovered until seven years later, when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute, though slightly neurotic, son.
443) Match made in heaven
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Prim headmistress Honoria Hewitt can't believe she let herself get talked into such a humiliating predicament. If her family's school, the Hewitt Academy, didn't desperately need the money, there's no way she would be standing on stage in a body-hugging red dress waiting for eligible bachelors to bid on her like some door prize. Not that she expects any man to ante up for her....especially not gorgeous playboy Alexander Vandencort........
444) Rumor has it
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Newly single, Tilly impulsively accepts a job in a small town. She soon finds herself in a hotbed of gossip, intrigue, and rampant rivalry for Jack, the town's most desirable bachelor. She decides to do the sensible thing, and avoid him at all costs.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Liesel Hart is single, over the hill, and not inclined to find a date for the Christmas tree lighting. Her friend's daughter reaches out with questions about Liesel's favorite pastime, and she sees a chance to reinvent herself, until a family secret comes to light. Gretchen Engel has a dream to open a craft store. Her ex-boyfriend comes home for Christmas, bringing a winter storm with him. Now Gretchen is stuck in the Hickory Grove Inn with her...
446) The seven year itch
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
A plain, middle-aged married man, Richard Sherman sends his wife Helen and his young son Ricky off to vacation at the seashore in Maine during a sultry summer in New York City. They escape but he must remain behind in the heat, to make money. He sees them off at the train station, promising to eat properly, and neither smoke nor drink. He will be sensible, not play around as soon as his wife leaves like so many other men. That is until he meets his...
447) Borrowed & blue
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Something borrowed: After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend's fianc ǎnd is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice. Something blue: Her belief in the power of beauty shattered when her fianc ďumps her for a plain woman, a pregnant Darcy flees to London and struggles to rebuild her glamorous life before realizing that her past methods no longer work.
Author
Series
Mystic Creek novel volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Swearing off men, Sissy Sue Bentley, the new owner of the local café, struggles with her growing feelings for cowboy Ben Sterling who keeps showing up whenever she needs help, especially when her past comes back with a vengeance.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Smart, warm, uplifting, the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes the only way to survive is to open her heart. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. That, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred cheek, tendency to wear the same clothes year in, year out), means that Eleanor...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"California lawyer Mina Richards spent her childhood helping her mom bake at their winter-themed cafe in the snowy village of Gosberg, Germany. When her retired parents want to sell The Icicle Cafe, Mina returns to facilitate the sale. She needs this to go right-she'll fly in, finalize the deal and fly out to rescue her once high-powered career. But faced with Scott, her childhood friend and crush who doesn't want to sell, Mina's plan quickly falls...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
If the story doesn't end with marriage or a child, what then? This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol on the eve of her 40th birthday. Despite a successful career as a writer, and an exciting life in New York City, Glynnis was constantly reminded she had neither of the things the world expected of a woman her age: a partner or a baby. She knew she was supposed to feel bad about this. After all, single women and those without children are often seen...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A Very Merry Bridesmaid: "Leah's 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother's wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding, and he is determined to make sure her birthday does not go by the wayside." --container
Tis The Season To Be Merry: "Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Adam."...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Alex MacLeod’s virile physique, fearsome reputation, and renowned fighting skills have helped him master to perfection the role of a hardened mercenary. On a secret mission to protect his clan, he must keep his true purpose well hidden. But his dangerous endeavor is threatened by a beautiful woman he saves from outlaws, never dreaming she will appear at court and put his plans in jeopardy. Meg Mackinnon needs a strong husband by her side to defend...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Cranford, in 1842, is a market town in northwest England. It is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above all, an intricate network of ladies. It seems that life has always been conducted according to their social rules. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns, the arbiter of correctness, and Matty, her dumurring sister, the town is a hub of intrigue. Handsome new doctor Frank Harrison has arrived from London; a retired Captain and his daughters move...
Author
Series
Seasons of the heart volume 3
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Single, educated, and looking for a new start, Abigail Monroe decides to join her brother and his wife in Porterfield, Texas. Near her twenty-fifth birthday and without a suitor, she fears she will become a spinster if she stays in Briar Ridge, Connecticut. A sprained ankle sends Abigail to the new doctor in town, Elliot Jensen. He is smitten, but tragedy in his past has left him bitter, guilt ridden, and afraid to fall in love again.
460) The shark club
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
"On a summer day on the Gulf of Mexico in 1988, two extraordinary things happen to twelve-year-old Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then, she is attacked by a blacktip shark. Eighteen years later, Maeve is a world-traveling marine biologist studying and swimming with the very animals that once threatened her life. Known among her peers as the "shark whisperer," Maeve is fearless in the water. On land, however,...