Lyssa Browne
1) Rumor has it
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"Katie Quaid could never refuse a dare. It was the quality that had once made her a world-class equestrian. And it was the reason she'd been elected to introduce herself to Briarwood's intimidatingly gorgeous new resident. It took one week to make Nick Leone the focus of the Virginia town's rumor mill. So far he was a CIA agent, a male model, a fugitive--maybe all three. Whatever Nick was, Katie learned one thing right away: she liked him. And that...
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Audacity Jones ; 1
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English
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In 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living a monotonous life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls, and wondering why nothing exciting ever happens--but when the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield whisks her away to Washington D.C., she finds herself involved in a sinister and dangerous plot against the president of the United States.
3) Rebel waltz
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New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper tells a timelessly seductive tale of a romance touched by the paranormal and of a woman who opens a door to the unknown and finds a stranger with an irresistible invitation….
With its antebellum setting and gallant history, Jasmine Hall was more than just a business for Banner Clairmont. The lovingly preserved plantation-era inn had been home to the Clairmont family for generations. But...
With its antebellum setting and gallant history, Jasmine Hall was more than just a business for Banner Clairmont. The lovingly preserved plantation-era inn had been home to the Clairmont family for generations. But...
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Folly Beach, South Carolina, has survived despite hurricanes and war. But it's the personal battles of Folly Beach's residents that have left the most scars, and why a young widow has been beckoned there to heal her own. To most people, Folly Beach is simply the last barrier island before reaching the great Atlantic. To some, it's a sanctuary for lost souls, which is why Janie Hamilton's mother encourages her to buy the local bookstore, Folly's Finds,...
6) Summer
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Originally born in an impoverished community, Charity's parents sought out the most educated man in the nearby New England town to raise their daughter. After being surrendered to a lawyer named Royall, Charity was raised comfortably by Mr. Royall and his wife. However, when Mrs. Royall tragically passes away, Charity's relationship with Royall is threatened. After his wife's death, Royall begins to feel sexually attracted to Charity, and when she...
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2012.
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"Kelsey has come to the idyllic southern town of Pinnacle to investigate a shady company called Meditron, which has a ruthless way of getting what it wants-or so claims the desperate caller who contacts the FBI. The locals won't talk about Meditron. But Kelsey is an expert interrogator, prepared to use his seductive charms to his every advantage. He just hadn't counted on falling for the beautiful witness at the center of his investigation. Elizabeth...
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Polis Books
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2019.
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English
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"Natalie March is a respected surgeon enjoying a busy, productive life in Washington DC. As her demanding career has left little time for friends or romance, her deepest relationship is with her mother, Vera March, a Russian immigrant and MS patient confined to a rehabilitation center. Vera is still haunted by the fact that her Ukrainian parents, innocent of any wrongdoing, were sent to the gulag, Stalin's notorious network of labor camps, when she...
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This summer at Martha's Vineyard is the first one back since the death of Meredith Fox's sister, Claire. It will all be overwhelming, but even more since the entire extended family will be together for her cousin's big wedding. Meredith's longtime boyfriend dumped her two weeks ago, but she has the perfect distraction. Her family has a tradition of playing the ultimate game of Assassin every summer, and this year it will take place during the week...
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Audacity Jones ; 2
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2017.
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English
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"Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged." --
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2020
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English
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Welcome to Nashville, where the music is everything... Honor Blackwood was once the crowning glory of Nashville. Tipped as the next big thing, her future was paved in gold. Until a terrible accident changed everything and now all she has are the platinum discs and the memories. Jared Marshall is the new guy hitting all the right notes in the country music charts. Everyone wants a piece of him; he's sexy, he's wild, and he looks like trouble. But there's...
12) Outlaw Derek
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Random House Publishing Group
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2012
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper mixes suspense and romance in this classic novel of two unlikely souls who find love on the run.
After asking the wrong people the wrong questions, Shannon Brown barely escapes with her life—and crosses paths with a handsome outlaw who cannot resist a lady in distress. Moved by the troubled stranger, Derek Ross agrees to help Shannon elude her pursuers. But the ferocity...
After asking the wrong people the wrong questions, Shannon Brown barely escapes with her life—and crosses paths with a handsome outlaw who cannot resist a lady in distress. Moved by the troubled stranger, Derek Ross agrees to help Shannon elude her pursuers. But the ferocity...
14) Falling home
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You know that saying about how sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug? Cassie Madison had shaken the Georgia dust from her feet fifteen years ago, vowing never to leave Manhattan. She had traded up: sweet tea for Chardonnay, fried chicken for nouvelle cuisine, lazy days on her aunt's front porch for ad campaigns and board meetings -- and the guy who broke her heart for her handsome boss, soon to be fiancé. Then Cassie's sister...
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2024.
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English
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"The notion of "housewife" evokes strong reactions. For some, it's nostalgia for a bygone era, simpler and better times when men were breadwinners and women remained home with the kids. For others, it's a sexist, oppressive stereotype of women's work. Either way, housewife is a long outdated concept-or is it? Lisa Selin Davis, known for her smart, viral, feminist, cultural takes, argues that the "breadwinner vs. homemaker" divide is a myth. She charts...
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She Writes Press
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2023.
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English
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When Evan's older brother gets drafted to Vietnam, her mother takes him to Canada, leaving Evan and her younger, special needs brother with their army-officer father--who, unwilling to shoulder the burden of caring for his own kids, takes them to Eat and Get Gas, their grandmother's roadside caf�e and home.
17) Tatsinda
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Harcourt, Brace & World
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1963.
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English
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Tatsinda is considered an outsider by the people of the Tatrajanni kingdom. Her talent as a weaver has ensured that she can support herself--and perhaps win the love of the handsome Prince. But when an evil giant takes Tatsinda prisoner and plans to destroy the kingdom, it will take all the magic, skill, and love that Tatsinda and the Prince can muster to foil the giant and restore peace and beauty to the mountain.
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Estes and Lauriat
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[1889]
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English
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When her parents have to take a trip to California, spoiled New York City girl Hildegarde Graham is sent to stay with her mother's old nurse in the country where she learns the value of simplicity, kindness, and a more democratic sensibility.