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Devereaux's Dime Store mystery volume 3
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To keep her new business in the black, Dev opens up her shop to local clubs. But in the first meeting of the Stepping Out Book Club, the speaker storms out after members attack his poetry's sexism and scorn for small towns. Later that night, the poet's body is found outside Dev's store. Dev can't afford for the murder to close her down, so she does a little stepping out of her own to investigate, with help from her two sexy suitors, Dr. Noah Underwood...
203) Currant Creek Valley
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Hope's crossing volume 4
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Alexandra McKnight prefers a life of long workdays and short term relationships, and she's found it in Hope's Crossing. A sous chef at the local ski resort, she's just been offered her dream job at an exclusive new restaurant being built in town. But when it comes to designing the kitchen, Alex finds herself getting up close and personal with construction foreman Sam Delgado. At first glance, Sam seems perfect for Alex. He's big, tough, gorgeous and...
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Heart of Summertown volume 1
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When a tornado tears through her hometown of Summertown, Illinois, wreaking havoc on the people she loves, social media manager Emma Woods has no choice but to head back home from her life in the big city to help rebuild. She's determined to use her social media savvy to put Summertown back on the map in time for the annual Garden Fest with rival town Middlebrook. Summertown really needs that prize money now. And if she can only avoid Matteo Rourke--the...
205) The Christmas angel
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Cape Light novel volume 6
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Ttown mayor Emily receives an unexpected and precious Christmas gift on her doorstep: a baby girl. As the police search for the mother who abandoned the infant, Emily gains temporary custody of infant Jane and begins to wrestle with her yearnings to raise the child herself. Her husband, Dan, struggles with his own mixed feelings about the adoption.
206) Second time sweeter
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Blessings novel volume 9
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"A little help from the good people of Henry Adams, Kansas, may give both Mal and Gary the best second chance at the happiness they missed the first time around with the women they still love"--
Malachi 'Mal' July's reputation as a player is making trouble for him, even though he's now a recovering alcoholic trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his family and the citizens of Henry Adams, Kansas. He's turning his diner into a profitable business,...
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"Jenna Jones is about to turn forty, and this year for her birthday she's getting a divorce. Barely able to support herself and her teenage daughter, she's being hit up for spousal support by her deadbeat artist ex. Still, her mother says every storm brings a rainbow. Jenna's aging great-aunt Edie invites her to come and run her business, The Driftwood Inn. Problems solved! Or not. In its ramshackle state, Jenna will need a lot of help from new friends...
208) The big reap
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Collector volume 3
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Soul collector Sam Thornton has had many run-ins with his divine masters, but he's always been sure of his own actions. However, when he's tasked with dispatching the mythical Brethren, a group of former Collectors who have cast off their ties to Hell to feast upon the living here on Earth, Sam has to determine whether he is still working on the side of right.
209) The melody: a novel
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Aside from his trusty piano, Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his town for his music and songs, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days, occasionally performing the classics in small venues--never in the stadiums he could fill when in his prime. On the night before receiving his town's highest honor, Busi is wrested from bed by noises in his courtyard and then stunned by an attacking...
210) Belle
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Emmy has just moved from the country and had to leave her beloved horse behind, but Belle, an American quarter horse on which she takes riding lessons, helps her to get used to the noise and bustle of big city life.
211) The last to vanish
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"Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a resort nestled in the North Carolina town of Cutter's Pass. Cutter's Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings and its mysterious history. The string of disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, the disappears himself....
213) Death in the margins
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Blue Ridge Library mystery volume 7
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It's early summer, and while Richard Muir and his dance partner, Karla, are preparing their new choreographic piece, Richard's wife, Amy, is gathering the dance's source materials. Based on folktales and the music of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the production is set to premiere at an old cinema that has been converted to a theater. But when dancer Meredith Fox Richard's former fiancé is found dead backstage, Amy is once again propelled into a murder...
214) Due or die
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Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library director Lindsey Norris, until a murder is committed in her cozy hometown of Briar Creek, Connecticut. The question of who did it must be answered before someone else is checked out--for good.
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1822. Richard Brockwell, younger son of Ivy Hill's most prominent family, hasn't been home for Christmas in years. He prefers to stay far away from Brockwell Court, the old family secret that haunts him, and the shadows of his past mistakes. After his mother threatens to stop funding his carefree life unless he comes home for Christmas, he plans to return to London and his unencumbered bachelor life as soon as the festivities are over. Christmas surprises...
218) All for one
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Four Lindas volume 3
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Life is heating up for the four Lindas and it's not just hot flashes! Abby's losing sleep over her husband's health and neglecting her bed-and-breakfast dreams. Caroline may have waited too long to put her Alzheimer's-afflicted mom in a care facility. Marley's hard-won independence is threatened by her grown son's neediness. And Janie's having a hard time being everyone's rock as the relationship she counted on falters. Add to that a house fire, a...
219) Dying for a cupcake
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Devereaux's Dime Store mystery volume 4
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"Kizzy Cutler returns to her hometown of Shadow Bend, Missouri, to kick off her new line of cupcakes with a competition that Devereaux "Dev" Sinclair has agreed to host in her five-and-dime store. But when her assistant dies from a mysterious ailment and Kizzy escapes several near misses, Dev is convinced someone is out to kill Kizzy"--
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At the age of 17, Randall Hunsacker shoots his mother's boyfriend, steals a car and comes close to killing himself. His second chance lies in a small Nebraska farm town, where the landmarks include McKibben's Mobil Station, Frmka's Superette, and a sign that says The Wages of Sin is Hell. This is Goodnight, a place so ingrown and provincial that Randall calls it "Sludgeville"-until he starts thinking of it as home. In this pitch-perfect novel, Tom...