Tag: Romance

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    Contemporary Fiction, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Historical Romance… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Lilac Lane (A Chesapeake Shores Novel Book 14) A Hallmark Channel Original Series!

    Chesapeake Shores has always represented home and family for the O’Briens, but in Lilac Lane, the community extends its healing powers to a woman recovering from overwhelming grief

    Single mom Kiera Malone struggled for years to raise her three children in a small town on the coast of Ireland. Just when she’s let down her guard and allowed herself to love again, her fiancé suffers a fatal heart attack and leaves her alone yet again. Overwhelmed by her loss, she’s persuaded to visit her father, Dillon O’Malley, and her daughter, Moira O’Brien, in Chesapeake Shores. With the promise of family ties and a job at O’Brien’s, her son-in-law’s Irish pub, she takes what seems like the biggest risk of her life.

    As it turns out, though, crossing the ocean is nothing compared to moving into a charming cottage on Lilac Lane, right next door to Bryan Laramie, the moody chef at O’Brien’s, who doesn’t do anything the way Kiera believes it should be done. Their kitchen wars quickly become the stuff of legends in Chesapeake Shores, and the town’s matchmakers conclude where there’s heat, there’s sure to be passion.

    As these two deal with their wounded pasts and discover common interests, they might just find the perfect recipe for love.

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    The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue Over 700 5-Star Reviews!

    From New York Times bestselling true crime author John Glatt comes the devastating story of the Turpins: a seemingly normal family whose dark secrets would shock and captivate the world.

    On January 14, 2018, a seventeen-year-old girl climbed out of the window of her Perris, California home and dialed 911 on a borrowed cell phone. Struggling to stay calm, she told the operator that she and her 12 siblings—ranging in age from 2 to 29—were being abused by their parents. When the dispatcher asked for her address, the girl hesitated. “I’ve never been out,” she stammered.

    To their family, neighbors, and online friends, Louise and David Turpin presented a picture of domestic bliss: dressing their thirteen children in matching outfits and buying them expensive gifts. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin family home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, David and Louise had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture, fear, and near starvation.

    In the first major account of the case, investigative journalist John Glatt delves into the disturbing details and recounts the bravery of the thirteen siblings in the face of unimaginable horror.

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    The Unsettling Stars (Star Trek) Over 150 5-Star Reviews!

    An original novel based on the thrilling Star Trek movies directed by J.J. Abrams!

    Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the Starship Kelvin was destroyed by a Romulan invader from the future, this bold new novel follows Captain James T. Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired U.S.S. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise.

    When a distress call comes in, the Enterprise must aid a large colony ship of alien refugees known as the Perenorean, who are under siege by an unknown enemy. But Kirk and his crew will find that the situation with the peaceful Perenorean is far more complicated than they bargained for, and the answers as to why they were attacked in the first place unfold in the most insidious of ways…

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    As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    This revealing correspondence between the legendary French chef Julia Child and her dear friend is “a delicious read” (People).

    With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known by her first name alone. But how much do we really know of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on her deepest thoughts and feelings.

    This riveting correspondence chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and the turbulent process of Julia’s creation of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, one of the most influential cookbooks ever written. Bawdy, funny, exuberant, and occasionally agonized, these letters show Julia, first as a new bride in Paris, then becoming increasingly worldly and adventuresome as she follows her diplomat husband in his postings to Nice, Germany, and Norway.

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    Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1): Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles Over 600 5-Star Reviews!

    After many years, dragons have hatched again outside the ancient city of Cassarick. But something is wrong with the creatures; each is inferior or weak in some way, and many die.

    Tending these stunted dragons has left the people of the surrounding area weary. The Traders Council, the city’s leadership, fears that if the Rain Wilders stop providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage and destroy Cassarick. To avert catastrophe, the council rules to relocate the young dragons to “a better location” up river, and residents are recruited to escort the valuable yet fearsome creatures on the arduous journey. Among them are Thymara, an unschooled Rain Wilds girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy, educated, and deeply unsatisfied Bingtown Trader’s wife.

    Witnessed from the viewpoints of these two very different women, Dragon Keeper tells the story of this disparate band of humans and dragons as they make their way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River in search of their new home—the ancient, long-lost city of Kelsingra.

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    Headlines, Deadlines, and Lies (The Sunshine State: Cozy + Crime) Family secrets. A handsome crime reporter. Can a single mom solve the case before her feel-good column gets killed?

    Piper Harrington’s life is a blur. Between raising two kids alone and scrambling to keep up at work, she craves a chance to prove her own dreams are still valid. When she’s given her lucky break to take over a feature column at the local paper where she works, she jumps at it…even though it requires telling one teensy, tiny lie.

    Digging deep into the world of genealogy, she’s determined to find out about her best friend’s long-lost father for the feel-good story. It can’t be that hard to figure out! All she has to do is use a DNA Testing Kit and the Family Found genealogy website to put the pieces of her story together. But between a Type-A boss, a distracting new crime reporter, and racing between school drop-offs and pickups, she discovers that some secrets want to stay buried…

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    Barefoot on a Starlit Night (Rendezvous Falls Book 3) With a little luck, this fake engagement just might become the real deal…

    Bridget McKinnon would do anything for her feisty ailing grandma Maura. She’ll even stay close to home and serve up green beer in the Purple Shamrock instead of pursuing her own culinary dreams. But money’s tight. So when a stranger with a sexy brogue asks about the apartment she’s renting out, Bridget hopes she’s landed a little piece of Irish luck…only to find she’s knee-deep in a crazy plan that’s turning her life upside down.

    College professor Finn O’Hearn needs this job in Rendezvous Falls—his visa may depend on it. If he can convince his beautiful but tightly wound landlord to be his pretend fiancée, his boss will be happy—as will Bridget’s matchmaking grandma and her meddling book club. Finn and Bridget fool (almost) everyone with their sizzling glances and toe-curling kisses…even as they tell themselves it’s only make-believe.

    Playing a part has never been so easy. But when love is real, it’s time to find the courage to start playing by heart…

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    Soul Identity Over 200 5-Star Reviews!

    You can’t take it with you… but what if you could?

    Most people believe their souls outlive their bodies. Most people would find an organization that tracks their souls into the future and passes on their banked money and memories compelling.

    Scott Waverly isn’t like most people. He spends his days finding and fixing computer security holes. And Scott is skeptical of his new client’s claim that they have been calculating and tracking soul identities for almost twenty-six hundred years.

    Are they running a freaky cult? Or a sophisticated con job?

    Scott needs to save Soul Identity from an insider attack. Along the way, he discovers the importance of the bridges connecting people’s lives.

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    Murder at Lolly Beach: An Eve Sawyer Mystery Eve Sawyer is expecting a fun summer vacation until the chef at a popular food truck is attacked. But he’s not the only victim…

    Chef Blake Conway has been stirring up the locals with his campaign for a plastics ban on the quaint town’s littered beach. When Eve’s friend Cassie takes her to visit Blake’s crêpe food truck and they discover he’s being rushed to the hospital, the college journalism student can’t just stand by, especially after Cassie’s beach house is burglarized.

    Beach Beat reporter Jake Thorne, who takes Eve on as an intern, mentors her while they race to find the answers. The fuse is running short on suspects who oppose Blake’s proposed ordinance. And a killer is lurking at the small town’s quiet beach, where murders are practically unheard of.

    As more suspects are embroiled in this web of mystery and crime, what dark secrets will come to light?

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    The School Mistress (Emerson Pass Historicals Book 1) Colorado, 1910. Quinn Cooper can’t help feeling uneasy. But securing a job as a schoolmarm in a tiny frontier town was the only way to save her family from starvation back in Boston. And her nerves aren’t eased by a stray gunshot that spooks the sleigh horses, casting her into the snow… until she’s rescued by a handsome stranger.

    Lord Alexander Barnes knows better than to believe any pretty young woman would willingly become a mother to five children. But the lonely widower finds himself charmed by the lovely newcomer and her easy rapport with his offspring. And after his disgruntled nanny quits, his heart melts at the sight of her joyfully taking over the role.

    Determined to prove herself in the schoolhouse and as a governess, Quinn fears her near-poverty will prevent any possible courtship with the affluent Englishman. And between their age difference and prejudicial violence in the town, Lord Barnes is certain this second chance at happiness just cannot be.

    Will their love go unspoken, or will their persistence reward them with a lasting passion?

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  • Sunday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Thriller, Dystopian, Historical Romance, Nonfiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary Fiction… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Still Missing: A Novel Over 1,700 5-Star Reviews!

    On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a thirty-two year old realtor, had three goals—sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever- patient boyfriend.

    The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she’s about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all. Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape—her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.

    The truth doesn’t always set you free…

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    Vox Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Set in a United States in which half the population has been silenced, Vox is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter.

    On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can’t happen here. Not in America. Not to her.

    Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves heard.

    For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice.

    This is just the beginning…not the end.

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    A Bond of Scarred Hearts: An Inspirational Historical Romance Book Bella North, the daughter of a wealthy rancher, is facing a terrible dilemma. Her father, in a mistaken bid to make his daughter happy, arranges for her to marry a man she has known all her life as her "uncle."

    While the man is charismatic and interesting, he is much older than her and Bella can’t figure out for the life of her why he would agree to the union in the first place.

    When a caring and charming doctor enters her life like a hurricane, it suddenly becomes clear to her that she cannot afford to lose what seems like true love. Even though her father is insistent, she knows she must avoid this marriage at any cost. Can Bella find a way out of the situation before it’s too late?

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    Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round Over 1,500 5-Star Reviews!

    Decorating for each season doesn’t have to be overwhelming or expensive. Your home can be festive, stylish, and cozy with minimal effort and a limited budget–just ask The Nester! In Welcome Home, Myquillyn Smith guides you through creating and enjoying a seasonally decorated home with more style and less stuff.

    No matter what the world says, embracing the seasons does not require bins of factory-made décor or loads of time. In fact, it’s possible to decorate for each season without frustration, going overboard, or blowing your budget.

    Myquillyn’s realistic and down-to-earth design tips will teach you how to:

    • Seasonalize your living spaces with simple, actionable steps
    • Cultivate easy, seasonal rhythms of change in your home
    • Incorporate the beauty of the natural world through the five senses
    • Feel confident in volunteering your house for gatherings, parties, and impromptu get-togethers
    • Know what to focus on and what not to worry about as a relaxed and confident hostess

    Bigger than the latest and greatest trends, Welcome Home aims to usher in the seasons without using more resources, money, or stuff than needed.

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    The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners A New York Times Notable Book: A renowned scholar explores the way we eat across cultures and throughout history.

    From the wild parties of ancient Greece to the strictures of an Upper East Side meal to the ritualistic feasts of cannibals, Margaret Visser takes us on a fascinating journey through the diverse practices, customs, and taboos that define how and why we prepare and consume food the way we do.

    With keen insights into small details we take for granted, such as the origins of forks and chopsticks or why tablecloths exist, and examinations of broader issues like the economic implications of dining etiquette, Visser scrutinizes table manners across eras and oceans, offering an intimate new understanding of eating both as a biological necessity and a cultural phenomenon.

    Witty and impeccably researched, The Rituals of Dinner is a captivating blend of folklore, sociology, history, and humor. In the words of the New York Times Book Review, “Read it, because you’ll never look at a table knife the same way again.”

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    Love at Wild Harbor (Wild Harbor Beach Book 1) Lily Woods never expected to start life over again at thirty. But when she opens a chocolate shop and buys a dilapidated beach cottage in Wild Harbor, she’s ready to begin a new chapter, spending her days and nights creating fabulous chocolate treats.

    TV star Alex Briggs isn’t about to put his heart on the line. He’s finally landed his dream job as the host of a wildly popular home renovation show. Now he’s returning to Wild Harbor to flip a beach cottage, but he never imagined the project would land him next to the captivating girl who rejected him in high school.

    Alex never recovered the piece of his heart he gave to Lily all those years ago. How will he keep his distance now that he can’t escape the girl next door?

    Lily’s determined to fix up her beach bungalow on her terms, but Alex isn’t about to let her do it alone. Before Lily can stop him, Alex is on a mission to renovate her home and prove he’s the kind of man she can trust. But secrets from their past threaten to destroy their relationship before it begins.

    Can this small town girl and big city star overcome their differences and find love again?

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    The Night Train to Berlin: The most heartbreaking and gripping epic historical novel of 2021! Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Paddington Station, present day.

    A young woman boards the sleeper train to Cornwall with only a beautiful emerald silk evening dress and an old, well-read diary full of sketches. Ellie Nightingale is a shy violinist who plays like her heart is broken. But when she meets fellow passenger Joe she feels like she has been given that rarest of gifts…a second chance.

    Paddington Station, 1944.

    Beneath the shadow of the war which rages across Europe, Alex and Eliza meet by chance. She is a gutsy painter desperate to get to the frontline as a war artist and he is a wounded RAF pilot now commissioned as a war correspondent. With time slipping away they make only one promise: to meet in Berlin when this is all over. But this is a time when promises are hard to keep, and hope is all you can hold in your heart.

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    Knockout (A Holly Hands Mystery—Book 1) Holly Hands. 29. Single mom. Disgraced, former boxing pro. Repo woman.

    Repossessing Lamborghinis and other exotic toys from criminals is second-hat for Holly… But finding a dead body—and solving a murder—is not.

    Luckily, Holly has Lucky by her side—a neglected pit bull she found on the wrong side of a job, who refuses to leave her side—and who, like her, has nowhere to go but up.

    Together, maybe they can crawl their way out of the urban hell of their bad slice of Baltimore, where coming home at night is even more dangerous than going to work. Maybe Holly can manage to get her young daughter the medical treatment she desperately needs, and manage to get her out of her dangerous public school and into the private school of her dreams. Just maybe, she can fall in love with that private school Dad from the other side of town and start a whole new life.

    Or maybe not.

    Life has never been easy for Holly. And if the past few days—and the dead body in her trunk—are any indication—it’s about to get a whole lot worse.

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    Special Delivery: A Small Town Surprise Baby Nanny Romance (Applebottom books) She brought him pizza. He delivered a family.

    Police Officer Jack Stone hasn’t been able to leave the house in seven days. His wreck of a sister gave birth in prison, and baby Ella has been discharged into his care.

    He has no idea what to do with her.

    Louisa is ready to move on with her life and arrives at Jack’s house with her very last pizza delivery before she quits. When he opens the door, Ella is crying, his place is a disaster, and Applebottom’s senior police officer is completely lost.

    He could solve her problem, and she could solve his.

    Too bad they’ve hated each other since high school.

    It will take the entire town to end the twenty-year feud between Jack and Louisa and remind them that people do grow up, and in a crisis, you often grow together.

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    The Little Cockroach: Children’s Adventure Series (Book 1) A bestselling story about determination, difference, bravery & freedom.

    The Little Cockroach is the first in a series of travel adventures that will teach children about other cultures and travel.

    The main character is a little cockroach called Pedro. He is brave, lovable and always looking for fun. Pedro loves Mexico but he wants to see the world. Amazing things happen to Pedro and his friend Enrico when they leave Mexico in search of adventure.

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  • Book of the Day: Texas True

    Texas TrueTexas True by Janet Dailey

    Over 500 5-Star Reviews!

    A second chance for a veteran and his sweetheart comes at a price in this romance from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Calder Saga.

    He’s the one who got away…

    The cowboy who claimed her heart before taking off on a tour of duty, planning never to return. But Beau Tyler is back, and Natalie Haskell feels defenseless against the powerful pull of the brawny soldier. Especially when she finds herself suddenly widowed and needing the shelter of his strong arms.

    She’s the hometown sweetheart…

    The girl Beau left behind but never forgot, despite his battle-scarred soul. Now Natalie is the real reason he’s staying on at the ranch, despite rumors that he was somehow involved in her late husband’s death. Because something in Beau has stirred to life again—something he believed his painful past had destroyed. And not even wild horses can keep him from the woman he still loves….

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