Marguerite Gavin
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Take one out-of-work pastry chef ...
Teeny Templeton believes that her life is finally on track. She's getting married, she's baking her own wedding cake, and she's leaving her troubled past behind. And then? She finds her fiancé playing naked badminton with a couple of gorgeous, skanky chicks.
Add a whole lot of trouble ...
Needless to say, the wedding is off. Adding insult to injury, her fiancé slaps a restraining order on her. When he's found...
3) Desert cut
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In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin's death is big news. Crib death-or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents-celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz-live in curate Callie Anson's parish. And despite the disapproval of her vicar and his wife, Callie becomes involved with funeral arrangements.
It's a high-profile case, all right. Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is...
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Erin McCabe is a New Jersey criminal defense attorney doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of a profound personal change - until a newsworthy case puts both her career and her safety in jeopardy...
Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, the son of a New Jersey state senator was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a nineteen-year-old transgender sex worker,...
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"Elsie's children" by Martha Finley. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 2
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Shunned by her Amish community, Katie Lapp, sets out to find her birth mother, and discovers a very different world in the Finger Lakes Region of New York.
8) The shunning
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Heritage of Lancaster County volume 1
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All her life she has longed for the forbidden things, but will her dreams come at a price too dear to pay? Why would Katie Lapp's mother, a plain and simple Amishwoman who embraces the Old Ways, hide a beautiful satin baby dress in the attic? The staggering answer comes on the eve of Katie's wedding to widower Bishop John, throwing her life--present and future--into confusion.
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God intends for you to be happy and fulfilled, that's the encouraging message of the nineteenth-century classic The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life. "Settle down on this one thing," writes Hannah Whitall Smith, "that Jesus came to save you now, in this life, from the power and dominion of sin, and to make you more than conquerors through His power." The exciting message of freedom, from the bondage of sin, to the life of Christ-is what has made...
10) Black & white
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From the author of Family History and the bestselling memoir Slow Motion comes a spellbinding novel about art, fame, ambition, and family that explores a provocative question: Is it possible for a mother to be true to herself and true to her children at the same time?Clara Brodeur has spent her entire adult life pulling herself away from her famous mother, the renowned and controversial photographer Ruth Dunne, whose towering reputation rests on the...
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"Lydia is having a party, one she hosts every year for a group of six women friends who look forward to the annual midwinter bash that has become a cherished ritual in their lives. Over a table laden with dishes, Lydia prepares to make a shattering announcement. When Lydia's announcement shocks them all they rediscover the enduring bonds of friendship and find their lives changing yet again in new and unexpected ways" --
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"Construction engineer and world-renowned bridge builder Bartley Alexander has everything in mid-life: wealth, good looks, and fame. Yet he finds himself restless and discontented with life -- until he meets a former love from his student days and resumes his relationship with her. Living a double life, Alexander is torn between Winifred, his American wife -- a cold woman with clearly defined standards -- and Hilda Burgoyne, his alluring mistress...
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This revised and updated edition of The Ultimate Guide to Success combines Julia Seton's two powerful works, Concentration: The Secret of Success and The Science of Success. Seton shows that by controlling our minds and concentrating on what we desire, we can attain anything. This book offers insights on the importance of concentration, and teaches techniques to use our breath and concentration to connect with the divine and unlock the immense power...
15) Kitty's Mix-tape
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Kitty Norville volume 16
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The final installment of the bestselling Kitty Norville series showcases the paranormal escapades of Carrie Vaughn's fan-favorite werewolf talk-show host. This engaging short fiction collection -- with its own soundtrack for each tale -- is sure to delight both existing Kitty fans and anyone who enjoys urban fantasy at its grittiest and best. "The only urban fantasy world where I want to read every book of the series." -The Denver Post If you've loved...
16) Evil Turns
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Life in the clergy is quiet, respectful, peaceful, or so Callie Anson believes when she begins her new job as curate to the Reverend Brian Stanford at All Saints' Church in Paddington. Little does she realize how wrong she could be.
After the traumatic end of her relationship with fiancé Adam, the last thing Callie needs is more emotional turmoil. But it seems she is not destined for a quiet life just yet. Knowing that women in the clergy are still...
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From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: a dessert cozy mystery series with recipes!
Francesca Amaro moves back to her hometown of Cape Bay, Massachusetts, and takes over the family business, Antonia's Italian Café. She spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos, until she stumbles upon her neighbor's dead body. When the police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned, Francesca becomes a suspect.
The victim's son, Matty, happens to be...
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Helen Vendler is A. Kingsley Porter University Professor of English at Harvard University. Her most recent books include Poets Thinking: Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats; Coming of Age As a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath; and Seamus Heaney. Her reviews of contemporary poetry and criticism have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, the New Republic, and other publications.
When a poet addresses a living person--whether friend...
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"Elsie's Womanhood" by Martha Finley. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
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Christmas is coming to the small town of Cherico, Mississippi, and there's no better way to prepare than with the Cherry Cola Book Club's feast of good food, good books-and good people…
Cherico's newlywed librarian Maura Beth Mayhew is back from her honeymoon and she and Jeremy McShay are settling into married life. Maura Beth's father has even given them the down payment on a charming cottage. But as the holidays approach, Cherico's economy is...