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"Sue Pringle has never met anyone like John Darnay before. A painter who roams the countryside with brush in hand, Darnay is so absorbed in his art that he can barely remember to feed himself -- a stark contrast to the practical shopkeepers and shepherds of her tiny village. Working as his housekeeper allows Sue to observe the eccentric Darnay unnoticed as he goes about his work translating the beautiful Scottish countryside onto canvas ... and Sue...
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"Locals claim it is haunted and refuse to put a single toe past the front door, but to siblings Peter, Celia, and Margaret, the Priory is nothing more than a rundown estate inherited from their late uncle-and the perfect setting for a much-needed holiday. But when a murder victim is discovered in the drafty Priory halls, the once unconcerned trio begins to fear that the ghostly rumors are true and they are not alone after all! With a killer on the...
4) Heat wave
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California private investigator Kat Vargas lives a lonely life of danger with a painful past. Desperate for a rest, she heads to Twilight Cove, a tiny beach town. After learning that he fathered a baby in high school, Ty Chandler is eager to find her. He hears about the P.I. in his neighborhood and hires her to find his now nineteen-year-old daughter. Joining forces to hunt for the girl, they begin to fall in love. But Kat knows better than to give...
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Disguised as a highwayman, Jack Carstares, the wrongly disgraced Earl of Wyncham, found himself again face-to-face with the wicked Duke of Andover. This time the Black Moth was attempting to abduct dark-haired beauty Diana Beauleigh. Once more Jack's noble impulse to save the day landed him in trouble, but not before sending the villainous duke scurrying. Diana took her gallant rescuer in and nursed his wounds, and soon truer emotions grew between...
7) Frame work
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Thorndike Press
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2009
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Large print edition
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273 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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When college teacher Sarah Brandau is invited to a literary conference in Prague, she persuades her grandmother, Edith, who raised her when her parents died, to travel from Manhattan for a reunion in the fabled city. Browsing in an antique shop, Edith is attracted to a picture with an ornate frame. But when they return to the hotel, Sarah and Edith discover they got more than they bargained for - and are in more danger than they ever could have imagined....
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Allie McGregor is thrilled when she inherits a Painted Lady Victorian mansion from her estranged aunt, Eliza Ramsdale. But it has strings attached. Eliza wants Allie to clear the name of her husband, who died in prison. Allie accepts - but first she has to discover who is trying to drive her out of the house. Clay Carver just wants the job of restoring the Ramsdale house. He never planned on falling in love with the new owner - or dealing with threats....
9) Pele's tears
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When Noelani Beecham discovers she still has feelings for her childhood friend, first crush, and notorious good-timer Dante Kahoa, she wonders how they can operate the Hawaiian flower farm they have jointly inherited. Then Lani and Dante discover that the legendary trio of egg-size gems they thought was a family myth really exists, and now a mysterious note-writer is willing to use violence as encouragement for them to find and hand over Pele's Tears....
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2011
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Isaac Burnet didn't want to go to Louisiana to deliver a letter from Delia to her sister, Fairlee. He sure didn't want to be party to kidnapping the spirited lass on the eve of her wedding or spend two weeks of grueling travel with a woman who didn't like him. Fairlee Lavalle had decided to marry Matthew Cheval no matter what her family thought of the idea. She believed that right up until she was drugged and kidnapped by one of their hired outlaws......
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"Her charm and cajolery may fool the unwary. Ingenious and cunning, as dauntless as she is resolute, the incomparable "Lady Fan" is as ruthless as the killer she is tracking in... The Deathly Portent. A violent murder has left the village of Witherley aghast. The locals are convinced that a witch doing the devil's work is to blame--a young woman believed to have second sight. The new vicar, Aidan, taking up the cudgels in her defence, fears the witch...
12) Last summer
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Jane Patterson always felt lucky to work from home in Yorktide, Maine, next door to her best friend, Frannie Giroux, and her daughter Rosie's inseparable friend Meg. But in the girls' freshman year of high school, Rosie suffers an emotional breakdown due to bullying. Blaming both Meg and Frannie, Jane tries to help Rosie heal while dealing with her own guilt and anger.
13) Listening Valley
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"Nothing will stop Tonia from finding a home of her own. Tonia has lived all her life in the quiet Scottish countryside and can't imagine herself anywhere else. But when her beloved older sister gets married and moves away, Tonia begins to wonder if there aren't bigger things on the horizon for her too. The advent of World War II brings Tonia briefly to the heart of London, where the roar of fighter planes echoes through the night and bombings are...
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Presley Cline has put aside dreams of Hollywood stardom and come back to Ellery, Tennessee, to work in a beauty shop. In truth, the dreams in question were more her mother's than her own. Presley may have the face and body of a movie icon, but she lacks the stomach for it. Yet a loving relationship and normal home life seem almost as unattainable as an Oscar. Being able to see and speak to dead people certainly isn't helping.
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2016
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Lily Starr rides like an angel and she's a crack shot. She's determined to shepherd a helpless group of outcasts from Texas to Wyoming by Christmas, including a pregnant woman whose blessed event is drawing near. So, encountering handsome Thorpe Turlow along the dangerous trail is a welcome unexpected gift, for he's as formidable as he is reserved. Besides, understanding this gentle, secretly wounded man is another challenge Lily isn't about to resist....
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"For Lacy Evans, returning to flyover country is the definition of failure. She had everything she wanted--an award-winning design firm, a chic city condo, a handsome, aristocratic almost-fiancé. Then her boyfriend ran off with her receptionist and her clients' money. Now she's out of business and crashing on her parents' couch. When she slides into a booth at the Green Apple Grill, she's feeling lower than a worm's belly. Lacy's old classmate Jacob...
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"Bestselling author Jim Kraus returns with a heartwarming tale about a dog who has people convinced he can talk. Wilson Steele is a single professor and Vietnam veteran who likes living alone, insisting it's too late for him to have a family. His mother disagrees. When she impulsively adopts a rescued black lab mix, she insists Thurman is special, and has whispered of the coming of grandchildren. Wilson brushes the notion off as fantasy. When his...
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Nothing seems to change in Eden Hill, Kentucky, and that's just fine with Virgil T. Osgood. He's been content to raise his family and run the only service station in town. But when a new station is set to open right across the road from Virgil's pumps, he suddenly faces obstacles in his career, his marriage, and his self-worth that he's never even dreamed of. Cornelius Alexander wants his new Zipco station to succeed and help establish a strong foundation...
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"Based on the true love story of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Boston socialite Fanny Appleton, this novel chronicles their seven-year courtship through Europe and Boston"--Provided by publisher.
1836. Fanny Appleton, privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. She enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles-- but is also drawn to education, literature, and...
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In this Regency twist of "My Fair Lady," Jack would rather be at sea than fixing the mistakes of his grandfather, the late Earl of Stansworth. Instead, he finds that inheriting his grandfather's wealth and title and securing the welfare of his sister and mother means joining the ranks of high society and living with the aristocracy. Luckily, Ivy Carlisle, the granddaughter of a dear friend of Jack's late grandmother, is willing to teach him etiquette...
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