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Summary: Returning to the apartment where he was unforgettably entranced by an unknown woman’s voice, Will encounters an uncannily familiar tenant who sabotages his efforts to interfere in the lives of her close-knit neighbors. Original.
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| The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie DananThe premise: Although she hasn't set foot in a synagogue since her bat mitzvah, sex worker turned sex educator Naomi Grant is intrigued by a job offer from rabbi Ethan Cohen, who wants to hire Naomi to present a seminar on "Modern Intimacy" at the local JCC.
What sets it apart: relatable characters, a slow-burning romance, and a nuanced depiction of contemporary Judaism.
Crossover alert: Naomi first appears as a supporting character in author Rosie Danan's debut, The Roommate. |
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(eBook & eAudiobook also available from Libby / OverDrive)Summary: "An exhilarating and laugh-out-loud debut novel from a prize-winning new talent which chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world"
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Summary: Returning to his family’s Appalachian homestead, only to encounter another GhostWalker on the property, Rubin helps the alluring stranger gain control over her lightning powers before uncovering her disturbing ulterior motive.
By the best-selling author of the Carpathian series.
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| Life's Too Short by Abby JimenezCarpe diem: After losing several family members to ALS, Vanessa Price, vowing to live life to the fullest, becomes a famous travel vlogger.
Best laid plans: Vanessa's globe-trotting lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt when she becomes the guardian of her infant niece. Fortunately, her attractive neighbor, corporate lawyer Adrian Copeland, is good with kids.
Is it for you? This 3rd novel in the Friend Zone series (after The Happily Ever After Playlist) tackles some serious issues, including terminal illness, addiction, and suicidal ideation. |
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(eBook also avalable from Hoopla)Summary: A first installment in a Calder series spin-off is set in the late 1800s and follows the experiences of a vengeful cowboy and an aspiring doctor whose respective ambitions are complicated by past demons and an illegitimate child.
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365 Days by Blanka LipinskaSummary: Laura Biel and her boyfriend are on a dream vacation in beautiful Sicily. On the second day of their trip, her twenty-ninth birthday, she is kidnapped. Her kidnapper is none other than the head of a powerful Sicilian crime family, the incredibly handsome, young Don Massimo Torricelli, who is determined to possess her at all costs. Massimo has his reasons. During an earlier attempt on his life, a vision appeared before his eyes: a beautiful woman, identical to Laura. After surviving the attack, he vows that he will find the woman in his vision and make her his own. No matter what.
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Act your age, Eve Brown : a novel
by Talia Hibbert
When his life is taken over by a purple-haired tornado of a woman named Eve Brown, B&B owner Jacob Wayne tries to fight his attraction to this sunny, chaotic woman who is his natural-born enemy
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| (eAudiobook also available from Hoopla)The plan: To secure her inheritance, which is contingent upon marriage, Georgiana Caversteed heads to Newgate Prison and weds inmate Ben Wylde, who's about to be transported to Australia. Problem solved!
Or is it? Georgiana discovers that Ben, an earl's son, was only posing as a felon to gather intelligence for the Crown. Now legally married, they decide to make their relationship real -- starting with a public courtship.
Why you might like it: This 1st book in the Bow Street Bachelors series playfully subverts aspects of both the "marriage of convenience" and "fake relationship" tropes. |
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| (eBook also available from Hoopla)Deep in the heart of Texas... is the Bent Horseshoe Ranch, which currently serves as the secret base for an undercover security operation run by the Navy SEALs.
What it's about: Navy SEAL Enrique “Phantom” Ramirez requires the assistance of local horse trainer Elena Garcia to preserve the unit's cover as a working ranch.
Series alert: This 2nd book in the Texas Navy SEALs series picks up where book 1, A SEAL Never Quits, left off. |
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| (eBook also available from Hoopla)What it's about: Sniper Anna Navaro, on loan to the DEA from the Guatemalan government, teams up with Agent Gabe Whitcomb for an undercover surveillance mission in Wind River Valley, Wyoming.
Why you might like it: Posing as ranchers a stone's throw from Gabe's childhood home, the pair's already dangerous mission is further complicated by a growing intimacy.
Reviewers say: "Lovers of action-packed romantic suspense will delight in this intense tale" (Publishers Weekly), the 9th installment of the Wind River Valley series. |
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| Fallen (available as eBook & eAudiobook from Hoopla)by Rebecca ZanettiThe mission: Hacker Brigid Banaghan and her handler, Raider Tanaka, must pose as an engaged couple during a visit to her father's farm as part of an undercover operation to infiltrate the Irish mob.
The problem(s): Still reeling from the discovery of her dad's criminal ties, Brigid also struggles to resist her attraction to the mysterious Raider.
Series alert: Fallen is the 2nd in the Deep Ops series, which follows a special unit of misfit federal agents. |
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