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RomanceJuly - August 2022 |
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The Challenge by Danielle SteelA small community is tested when their children go missing while exploring a dangerous local peak, forcing them to band together during the crisis.
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The Best is Yet to Come : a novel by Debbie MacomberWhen a woman alone in the world bravely chooses to open her heart, two lost souls have a new chance at belonging.
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Grace Under Fire by Julie GarwoodA Navy SEAL will need every bit of his extensive skill set when he appoints himself as bodyguard to a woman determined not to need one. Isabel Grace MacKenna had a hundred things to do today. Killing someone wasn't one of them.
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Sugar and Salt : a novel by Susan WiggsArriving in San Francisco to get a fresh start, Margot Salton, a barbecue master from Texas, shares a kitchen with baker Jerome Sugar Barnesthe perfect set-up that leads to love until Margots past comes back to haunt her.
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Aura of Night by Heather GrahamMeghan Law uses her talent in uncovering peoples words true meanings as a consultant for the FBI along with Special Agent Ragnar Johansen and his K9 helper, Red, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Sound of Darkness.
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The Bodyguard by Katherine CenterHired as superstar actor Jack Stapletons bodyguard, Hannah Brooks must pose as his girlfriend while visiting his familys ranch in Texas where she finds it easy to protect him, but hard to protect her own, long-neglected heart.
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Quicksand by Janet DaileyForced to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her father in a land deal, Tess Champion, working to save her familys ranch from foreclosure, tries to deny the attraction between them, especially when they are stranded together, and the truth of their relationship comes out.
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Remember Love : a Ravenswood novel by Mary BaloghExiled as a traitor from his family, Devlin Ware is called home six years later when his father dies and, trying to fix his fractured family, realizes he still has feelings for Gwyneth Ross, whom he loved and lost after his family banished him.
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Honey and Spice by Bolu BabalolaA young black British woman with a popular student radio show that dishes out relationship advice finds her show and her reputation on the line after she publicly makes out with a man she publicly denounced.
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The Dead Romantics by Ashley PostonReturning home to bury her beloved father, Florence Day, the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, second-guesses everything shes ever known about love stories when she is haunted by the ghost of her new editor.
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The Edge of Summer by Viola ShipmanAfter the death of her beloved, intensely private mother, Sutton Douglas, leaving the Ozarks behind, heads to a magical Michigan resort town where she hopes to find answers to the lifelong questions shes had about not only her mothers past but her own place in the world.
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Love on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodWhile co-leading a NASA project with her archenemy Levi Ward, scientist Bee Knigswasser meets her match in this brilliant man who suddenly turns into an ally when her career starts floundering, causing things to heat up between them and forcing her to make a difficult choice.
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How to Fake it in Hollywood : a novel by Ava WilderWhen her long-running teen soap opera wraps, Grey Brooks enters into her publicists scheme to begin a fake a love affair with a disgraced Hollywood heartthrob who also could use the publicity, but is shocked when real feelings emerge.
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Quarter to Midnight by Karen RoseJoining a private investigative service for people who cant find justice elsewhere in the crime-ridden city of New Orleans, marine Molly takes the case of a hot young chef who wants to prove that his NOPD father didnt kill himself but was murdered.
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Husband material
by Alexis J. Hall
Feeling pressured by so many people around them getting married, Luc decides that it might be time to propose to his boyfriend Oscar in the second novel of the series following Boyfriend Material. Original.
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Maggie moves on
by Lucy Score
While in Kinship, Idaho restoring a crumbling Victorian mansion, house-flipping star and YouTube sensation Maggie Nichols has a steamy affair with landscaper Silas Wright who, breaking down her emotional walls, throws a wrench in her plans for moving on. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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Rules of engagement
by Selena Montgomery
While infiltrating a terrorist group responsible for stealing lethal environmental technology, Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret intelligence organization, finds the most dangerous thing of all is falling for her partner as they untangle a twisted web of secrets and lies.
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Storm echo
by Nalini Singh
A healer who has lost everything, Soleil Bijoux Garcia exists in a world of aloneness until she meets a man her animal half knows from her past, but her memories are tattered fragments, leading her on a mission of vengeance that could decide the fate of the entire Psy race.
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The littlest library : a novel
by Poppy Alexander
After the death of her beloved grandmother, librarian Jess Metcalf, packing up all her books and moving to a tiny cottage in the English countryside, discovers shes the owner of an old red phone box and turns into the littlest library in England. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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The accidental pinup
by Danielle Jackson
When she finds herself in front of the camera for once, modeling her best friends new lingerie line, photographerand proud plus-size Black womanCassie Harris is forced to work with her long-time competitor who wants their professional relationship to develop into something more personal. Original.
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Bet on it
by Jodie Slaughter
"After striking up a bingo-based sex pact, two lonely souls find winning has never been more fun--and falling in love has never felt more complicated"
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The falling
by Anna Todd
Falling for Kael, a soldier on the cusp of discharge, physical therapist Karina, who prides herself on fixing broken things, sets out to help him heal, but finds her trust in him broken when their relationship is tested by the one thing she cannot accept, forgive or understand. 250,000 first printing.
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Dream on : a novel
by Angie Hockman
A year after surviving a car accident that left her flooded with memories of a boyfriend named Devonsomeone who does not existCass Walker runs into him in a Cleveland flower shop and the pair begin a real-life romance. Original.
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The one you want : a novel
by Jennifer Ryan
Returning home to act as maid of honor for her best-friend-forever Maggie, Rose is stunned when she discovers that Maggies husband-to-be is a man with whom she had a one-night stand and, as the big day approaches, must make one of biggest decisions of her life. Original. 100,000 first printing.
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Paradise Valley by Robyn CarrWelcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series…
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To Catch a Raven by Beverly JenkinsWhen the Declaration of Independence is stolen by a former Confederate official, fearless grifter Raven Moreaux, forced by the government to get it back, finds both her life and heart on the line when she falls for her partner who is posing as her husband.
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Can't Resist Her by Kianna AlexanderReturning to Austin for a job, Summer Graves is surprised to discover a former classmate, Aiko Holt, on the architectural team redeveloping the town and the still-vivid memory of the passionate kiss they shared senior year.
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Do You take this Man by Denise WilliamsA divorce attorney who ends up officiating at an unplanned wedding in a park becomes a sought-after officiant after the video goes viral and finds herself butting heads and trading sparks with an obnoxious, Type A local wedding planner.
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Mr. Perfect on Paper
by Jean MeltzerThe founder of J-Mate, the worlds most successful Jewish dating app, Dara Rabinowitz, when her beloved bubbe outs her list for The Perfect Jewish Husband on a TV news show, is thrust into the spotlight as she, with the help of a reporter, searches for true love.
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The Hookup Plan by Farrah RochonWhen she decides to have a no-strings affair with millionaire Drew Sullivan, who happens to be her archnemesis, successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley finds their relationship turning into something more until she discovers the real reason he's back home.
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The Fixer Upper : a novel by Lauren ForsytheSetting up the Fixer Upper, an exclusive, underground service for women who are tired of unpaid emotional labor, Aly and her friends get the men to do the work themselves, but when a high-profile Instagram star hires them to fix up her boyfriend, Aly comes face-to-face her past.
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Twice a Quinceañera by Yamile Saied MéndezTo make good use of the wedding venue after her upcoming nuptials are called off, 30-year-old Nadia Palacio decides to throw herself a second quinceaęra, aka Sweet 15, until she runs into her college fling who looks even more delicious than a three-tiered cake.
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Booked on a Feeling : a novel by Jayci LeeOverachieving attorney Lizzy Chung faints from a panic attack during her first trial and spends some time off with an old childhood friend in Weldon where she discovers unexpected romance and a possible new career path.
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The House on Blueberry Lane by Brenda JacksonWhen Jaye Colfax, whom she left two years earlier without so much as a goodbye, finds her in Catalina Cove, Velvet Spencer must decide whether or not to let this man who at one time didn't believe in love and commitment back into her heart.
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Up All Night with a Good Duke by Amy Rose BennettFinishing-school teacher by day and Gothic romance writer by night, Artemis Jones, while helping a friend navigate her first London Season, catches the eye of the widowed Duke of Dartmoor who could be the answer to all of her problems and she to all of his. Original. paperback
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Sweeter than Honey by Joy AveryWidow and baker extraordinaire, Rylee Harris, to ease her mothers worries about her love life, invents a fake relationship with the town sheriff, which turns into something more when they realize their feelings for each other are all too real. paperback
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The Return of the Duke by Lorraine HeathAfter his father is hanged for an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria, Marcus Stanwick, vowing to return honor to his family, turns to a woman he despises for her unforgiveable betrayal for help in exposing the others involved in this treasonous plot. paperback
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Nobody's Princess by Erica RidleySecretly planning to become her countrys first Royal Guardswoman, Kunigunde de Heusch, on a mission in London to prove herself worthy, encounters Graham Wyinchester, a man who believes in her dream, making her want to open her heart. paperback
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