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Between You and Me
by Susan Wiggs
Caught between two worlds, Caleb Stoltz is bound by a deathbed promise to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where life revolves around family, farm, faith -- and long-held suspicions about outsiders. When disaster strikes, Caleb is thrust into an urban environment of high-tech medicine and the relentless rush of modern life.
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A Question of Trust
by Penny Vincenzi
In 1950s London, Tom Knelston is charismatic and charming, with a passion for politics and reform. He is a man with ambition--and someone to watch. His wife Alice, a former nurse, shares his ideals. It seems they are the perfect match. Then, out of the blue, Tom meets an old childhood acquaintance, the beautiful and unhappily married Diana Southcott, a fashion model. In many ways, she is everything Tom fights against, but she is also irresistible and so, flirting with danger, they embark on an affair that is potentially damaging to both. And when his child becomes ill, Tom is forced to make decisions about his principles, his career, his marriage, and, most of all, his love for his child.
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All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin
Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton.
Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she's strayed from the person she once was.
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| Rainy Day Friends by Jill ShalvisWhat it’s about: Newly widowed graphic designer Lanie Jacobs doesn’t think her life can get much worse -- but then she discovers that her deceased husband had several other wives while they were married. In need of healing, Lanie heads to a winery in California, never imagining that she might find real, lasting love there, too.
Why you might like it: Fans of Susan Mallery and Kristan Higgins will enjoy this warm-hearted, emotional contemporary romance.
Reviewers say: "impossible to put down" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| When the Marquess Met His Match: An American Heiress in London by Laura Lee GuhrkeWhat it’s about: London matchmaker Lady Belinda Featherstone is infuriated when notorious rake Nicholas, the Marquess of Trubridge, asks for her help landing a rich and naive American wife -- so that he can be reunited with his trust fund. She’s determined to foil his plans, not expecting that she might find him a bit too tempting to cast aside.
Why you might like it: This steamy historical romance is populated with memorable characters.
Reviewers say: "Pure reading bliss" (Booklist). |
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| 'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda QuickWhat it’s about: In Victorian England, Calista Langley is well into her 20s (diving headlong into spinster territory) and running an "introduction" matchmaking service. But things take an unexpected turn when author Trent Hastings arrives on the scene -- and a stalker begins leaving Calista mysterious memento mori.
Why you might like it: This romantic suspense story has Gothic flare, moments of humor, complex characters and a clever plot.
You might also like: A Talent for Trickery by Alissa Johnson |
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| Love at First Sight: A Cupid, Texas Novel by Lori WildeWhat it's about: In Cupid, Texas, bed-and-breakfast owner Natalie McCleary is part of the Cupid Committee, which answers letters to Cupid that are left in a town mailbox. It’s all fun and games -- until Lori has to confront whether love at first sight (in the form of a naked, soaking wet ex-Navy SEAL) is possible.
Read it for: humor, spice, and an intriguing mystery.
Series alert: Next up in the Cupid, Texas novels is All Out of Love. |
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