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Is there any such thing as a stable family?
As Marianne strives to balance the demands of her career against the need to hold her family together, it is memories of her grandmother, Sarah, that fill her mind. Marianne is determined to maintain the loyalty and values that she fears the younger generation have lost, but this is no easy task.
As tragedy befalls her actor nephew, the havoc wreaked by a disturbed child and her son's marriage erodes,...
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"Ok, terminamos, ¿y ahora qué? Me acabo de ver en el espejo y me pregunto, ¿qué sigue?, y estoy aterrada al no tener una respuesta. No sé qué hacer con mi vida porque él era mi vida. ¿Cómo se hace para superar al hombre que se supone que debió acompañarme el resto de mis días?"Todo eso era lo que me preguntaba mientras me hundía en la más profunda depresión. No tenía idea de que era lo mejor que me pudo pasar en la vida. (No te haré...
3) Teach Her
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When an everyman's life unravels, the mundane spins out into a bizarre tale of regret and revenge in this "glimpse into lives we rarely get to read about" (Sean Lock). Local barber Jim January has what appears to be a stable life, even if it is a bit dull. But that's about to change-and his wife Shirley leaving him is only the beginning. In the topsy-turvy world of Mark Kotting's Teach Her, a teacher is in for the chop; an ex-pupil with psychotic...
4) In for Keeps
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Kiki's sexy one-night stand with rock god Dev Stone has become a red-hot affair with a lot of potential…until she discovers a secret that threatens to ruin everything.
Kiki Becker moved to Moretta-a beautiful island and popular celebrity haunt-to escape a painful divorce. But after a scorching one-night stand with rock star Dev Stone almost becomes a sex scandal, she realizes she needs to face real life again. When Dev offers her a job as his tour...
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Emelisa macht sich keine Gedanken über die Strafe, die auf sie zukommen wird. Aber Humphrey, ihr Verteidiger, tut es. Der Ausgang des Urteils, das heute Abend über sie gefällt wird, wird nicht nur über das Schicksal von Emelisa entscheiden, sondern auch über das ihrer zarten, unschuldigen Kinder und der Frauen einer ganzen Zivilisation. Humphrey versucht, den Strom der Diskriminierung gegen sie einzudämmen. Aber wird er Emelisa vor einer lebenslangen...
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Back from the dead…
And back in her heart?
Emily and Winston Hannigan had a fairy-tale romance…until he perished for his country. So when Winston arrives on her doorstep very much alive, Emily's overjoyed. Winston's a changed man, though. He may have survived the unthinkable. But he believes he doesn't deserve Emily-or their unborn child. And Winston's secret shakes Emily to the core. But at that core is still love…
Look out for Tara...
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When her husband, Jobe, dies in their home one cool April morning, Carmen Garrett feels a mix of horror and excitement. Having always been more indebted to Jobe than in love with him, she is now finally free to live her life-finally done with the lie of their happiness. But as she helps her three children grieve, she discovers, after a tryst with her most recent lover, that her own life may be in danger.
Her emotions reeling, Carmen reflects on the...
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"Online Dating Mastery" is an irreverent guide to help you navigate the online dating jungle. This book gives you specific tips to help you find the relationship that you deserve. Online dating is a maze of lies and deceit, fake profiles and scam artists. They say you can't judge a book by the cover, but this book will help you sift through the bimbos and flakes and help you find that special companion. This guide reveals:*How to create a great profile...
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What do you do when you've lost it all? A novel of one man's rise and fall, self-doubt, and spiral into despair and the moments that can change our fates...
Eddie Gamble was, blessed with looks and charm. Everything came easy to him. It always had. It was just how it was, until it wasn't.
He had a successful media career, married his college sweetheart, and had a couple of kids. Still, every morning he looks in the mirror and only sees a fraud....
10) Cooler Heads
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Julian Tepper's fourth novel, Cooler Heads, is a story about modern love. With a triangulation of lovers and spouses, young children and careers struggling to get off the ground, in Celia and Paul we encounter two people in that pocket of life when the fight to figure out who we are and what we want burns brightest. A meditation on the limits of what we can and cannot have, set in a city-New York-that would have us think that we can have it all, Cooler...
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This follow on story from the popular When The Sax Man Plays series follows the lives of our characters after the loss of Jason.When Georgie meets a producer who wants to make a film of her late husband's life, it is ironic that they meet on the fifth anniversary of Jason's death. Promising minimal stress and involvement for the rest of the family, she agrees to the idea only if she can oversee it.Christopher is adamant that he will also be involved....
12) Fat Girl
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All Claire wants is a thin body and her dream man.Is that too much to ask?With her divorce pending and a new job on the horizon, Claire Sterling is tired of being the Fat Girl. With the help of her gay best friend, a body image coach, a new fitness regime, and lots of wine and snark, she sets out to find her Happily Ever After just in time for her fortieth birthday.Will she get the body and the man of her dreams, or is she forever destined to be the...
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What kind of man would lie to his own wife about having cancer? A man desperate to avoid being saddled with life's responsibilities. A man like Paul.
On a miserable October afternoon, as he stares down at his brother's whiny new baby, Paul realizes he's run out of excuses. His wife wants a family, but the last thing Paul wants is dirty diapers and a constantly screaming stranger robbing him of sleep. Then a lump is discovered on his arm, and with...
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An advice columnist's own problems reach crisis level, in this compelling blend of suspense, romance, and family drama by the author of The Dead Husband.
Laura Green dispenses life advice to readers of a London magazine, but now she could use some help herself. Her teenage daughter will barely speak to her and is hiding birth control pills in her room. Her elderly mother is in a home suffering from Alzheimer's. And her ex is about to become a...
15) Silk Stocking
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Three generations of Irish American women seek better lives in Boston, in this historical saga of hope, hardship, and love by the author of Lace Curtain.
Mary Boland suffered aboard a coffin ship to escape famine and make her way to America. Her daughter, Nellie, was born in South Boston-a beautiful girl, smart enough to graduate from college when few women, let alone women of her background, could. But her glowing future as a teacher is ruined...
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Martha is being pulled in too many directions, trying to be a good mother, a loving wife, and a dutiful daughter. Despite it all, she's coping. But, then her elderly mother is rushed to the hospital and dies unexpectedly, and the cracks in the life Martha is struggling to hold together are about to be exposed.
When she discovers her mother has left her house to a stranger, she's overwhelmed by grief and hurt. Getting no support from her disinterested...
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How far would you go to protect your child? An absorbing new novel of psychological suspense by the author of Venus Was Her Name.
Three friends at pivotal points in their lives have some serious decisions to make . . .
Gina is struggling with demons from her past while trying to be the opposite of her feckless mother. She is about to lose everything and will do whatever it takes to avoid following in her parents' footsteps.
Babs also...
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From a recluse secluded in a castle… …to his countess! Cloistered away in a castle since birth, Madelyn Aylmer must now fulfill her eccentric father's dying request: wed nobleman Jack Ransome! She has what Jack needs-land-and so he accepts their marriage of convenience and vows to introduce this sheltered innocent to society. But what Madelyn hadn't expected was the way her body reacts to Jack, especially to his promise of a union filled with...
19) Vengeful Vows
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One woman's plan for revenge involves an arranged marriage in this dramatic contemporary romance by a USA Today–bestselling author.
An arranged marriage to Galen Horvath is step one in Peyton Earnshaw's revenge against his family. For his part, the CEO only agreed to an arranged marriage to provide a stable home for his young ward. When desire ignites between them, Peyton starts to dream of a future with Galen. But what will happen when her secrets...
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She's played Cupid for others
Now she's met her own unlikely match!
Part of The Sommersby Brides. Widowed society matchmaker Mrs. Clara Sommersby thinks self-made businessman William Lane is just the man for her neighbor's overlooked daughter. He's successful and confident, if emotionally distant, until suddenly-shockingly-his attention turns to Clara herself! She thought her days of romance were over, but is this younger man intent on giving her...
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