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Cleaner Janice knows that it is in people's stories that you really get to know them. From recently-widowed Fiona and her son Adam; to opera-singing Geordie; and the awful Mrs 'YeahYeahYeah' and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her. When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs B - a shrewd and tricksy woman in her nineties - she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the...
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When you least expect it, life can turn you around. Take forty-something Jane Larson. Although she views her situation with wry humor, her life feels frozen. An architect, she's had the same job for eighteen years, designing chain banks, grocery stores, and dry cleaners instead of the beautiful houses she craves to create. Living in Brooklyn with her difficult teenage daughters, she's lost all hope for the possibility of love or excitement.
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A grump who lost his family... After a devastating loss, Malcolm Niall has spent the past twenty years hiding from the world. As manager of a Highland estate, he's built a life of purpose, caring for the land and animals. And for the past six months, his peace has been utterly destroyed by a sexy Southern whirlwind who's never met a stranger. Worse, they have to work together daily. His sunshiny nemesis who's starting a new life Nothing about Charlotte...
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Nach der gelungenen Festnahme einer Bande von Pseudopolizei-Trickbetrügern fahnden die Kieler LKA-Sonderermittler um Nili Masal vereint mit Sören Madsens Itzehoer Mordkommission nach dem Mörder einer umstrittenen Fernsehmoderatorin in Oldenmoor. Hierzu scheinen zwei ähnlich geartete, ungelöste Cold Cases aus Hamburg und im Nordseewatt zu passen, wegen denen Kriminalhauptkommissar Motti Wunderlich vom LKA Hamburg hinzugezogen wird. Ein vierter...
5) Seashells
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Cove and Heather first meet when they are ten years old, bonding over a seashell they find on the beach. They each keep half of the shell and promise to meet again the following morning. However, when Heather has a terrible accident and Cove's family decides to leave, Cove begs his parents to drive around the area to find Heather so he can give her the seashell and remind her of their promise to meet again the following week. Unaware of the accident,...
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Un hombre maduro decide regresar a su país después de 40 años. La súbita pandemia se lo impide prolongando cada vez más una cuarentena que da pie a la reflexión: haber traicionado su propio destino décadas atrás. En aras de un supuesto triunfo exigido por su madre desde su juventud. El autoexilio y la errada decisión de dejar al que hoy vislumbra como el verdadero amor que talvez aun lo espere en una lejana playa del norte.
Después de 65...
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Ah, the golden years. Retirement--no longer chained to an alarm clock, free to travel, enjoy life at a leisurely pace. Minerva Gardiner, a socialite, suddenly finds herself a widow when her investment broker husband falls over and dies on the golf course. Minnie has never managed money or a budget, or held a job; and now she must navigate through insurance agents, mortgage bankers, and lawyers. All to no avail, for her husband of forty years has spent...
8) Rhia's Walk
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Rhia, a reclusive artist, has been on a solitary walk for over twenty years. When fate brings a young girl running from abuse across her path, she takes her in. Setting aside her own heartaches, she nurture's her protégé to give her the skills to find the life she deserves. Can she in turn, learn to live and put aside her past? Or, will she ever remain a prisoner inside her 'box of paints' till the walks end.
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What Lisa really needs is a time-out, a circuit breaker to give her space to figure out what to do with the rest of her life. A new life in a small town provides just the opportunity she needs to formulate a plan.
It should be easy. She's smart, decisive, confident - there's only one problem, she has no idea where to begin. Her thoughtful plans are soon interrupted by some unexpected guests who teach her that sometimes the twists and turns in life...
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Enzo, ein junger Fischer aus Cefal, einem beschaulichen Städtchen, gelegen an der Nordküste von Sizilien, kommt Ende der fünfziger Jahre als Gastarbeiter nach Mülheim an der Ruhr, wo er eine Anstellung auf der Zeche Wiesche findet. Nicht lange, und schon verstrickt er sich in amouröse Abenteuer bizarrster Art, geprägt von einer unersättlichen Gier nach sexueller Befriedung, was zu einem Doppelleben führt und zur Folge hat, dass er neben seinen...
11) The wedding (
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After more than twenty years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Desperate to win back his wife Jane's heart, he must figure out how to make her fall in love with him again.
12) Foolish Games
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A Hail Mary play for the heart.
Bridal designer, Julianne Marchione knows better than to lose her head at a client's wedding. But, much to her embarrassment, a mix of migraine medication and a smoking hot football player lead to a steamy one-night stand resulting in a surprise pregnancy. Julianne has every intention of leaving her NFL hookup far in the past until her son, Owen, is born with a life-threatening blood disorder that requires a transfusion-and...
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In Unmasking a Marriage, Sal finds herself feeling unexpectedly content during her stay in the hospital. The routine, care, and attention she receives make it feel like a luxurious holiday, and she's reluctant to leave. As she starts to wonder what would happen if she never went home, the novel takes a haunting turn. This exquisite exploration of contrast delves into the complexities of identity, purpose, and the meaning of home. As Sal navigates...
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He is 18 years old, extremely shy and practically a virgin. She is 36, a monumental body and a face that seems to have been carved by God himself... but she keeps a secret that she does not dare confess...
Can a relationship between a young man and a mature woman be love? Or simple obsession?
A couple meets just as they travel through life on opposite paths. An impossible love that produces an explosion of passion and eroticism. A romance based...
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Spurned by Jake, the love of her life, Jessica contemplates walking into the the water at Trinity Beach (in Far North Queensland) to drown herself, when she is jolted back by someone crossing into her line of vision. The diversion leads her to an encounter with a couple, tourists from Italy, Davide and Gabriella, and their company lightens her mood. Later that night, she reflects on the men she has had in her life and we see her experiences with them...
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Carrie Nelson has just married the man of her dreams, handsome trauma surgeon Dr. Nate Holden. The couple lives and works on the Blackfeet reservation near Glacier National Park. In love, with a new home, they are anxious to start a family. As month after month goes by without a pregnancy, Carrie becomes more concerned. It is even more difficult for her because she delivers so many babies on the reservation. After a...
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Dawn Botstein is doing just fine after her divorce, thank you very much.
She's got her yarn store to run, her house to herself for the first time in her life, and no use for men anymore. That is, until the hottie silver fox, who walks into her store turns out to be, her old high school crush-the guy, who rejected her 30-years ago. No way is she, going to lose her head over him this time, no matter how well he, wears that salt-and-pepper lumberjack...
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Read this little poetry book daily and affirm that You Will Fall In Love This Summer. I pray that you will fall in love this summer. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them - Matthew 18:20. Collect more poetry books at WaltertheEducator.com.
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UNA VEZ SOBRE UNA MENTIRA de Ellen Frazer-Jameson
¿Puede el amor sobrevivir cuando la base misma de una relación se basa en una mentira?
Antoinette Anderson, la socialité italiana y la jet-setter, está dispuesta a creer en el amor verdadero, incluso después de haber sido herida y humillada por todos los hombres que se atrevió a amar. Una y otra vez sus sueños se hacen añicos, el dolor de la traición convierte el fuego de la pasión en hielo...
20) Broken Sparrow
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A chance encounter. An unlikely hero. Morris has always dedicated himself to his brothers in the MC, choosing the freedom of the open road over the monotony of family life. But a chance encounter with a single mother on the run causes his protective instincts to kick into overdrive. Alice Sparrow thought she had planned her escape perfectly, but everything that could go wrong, did. Bank account emptied. Broken-down car. No place to stay. But when...
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