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Language
English
Description
When fate brings three strangers to a charming space for lease on the California coast, the Boardwalk Bookshop is born. It's a dream come true for Bree, Mikki and Ashley. But while their business is thriving, their personal lives are not. Bree, wounded by her late husband's ultimate betrayal, has sworn to protect her heart. Mikki has somehow stayed friends with her ex until a new man changes how she sees herself. Meanwhile, Ashley discovers that the...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter of the Higher Grounds Café, an old-fashioned coffee shop in dire need of reinvention. But when her courage, expert planning, and out-of-this-world cupcakes fail to pay the bills, this newly single mom finds herself desperate for help. Better yet, a miracle. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Eternity Springs novel volume 12
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
After a devastating betrayal, Claire Branham packs up the pieces of her life, along with a twenty-million-dollar secret, and moves to Eternity Springs. She opens a specialty shop--Forever Christmas--and, with the help of a surprise romance with the town's sexy new handyman, Claire's heart begins to heal. Until her past comes knocking.
Author
Series
Pawsitively organic mystery volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Summer is winding down in Frog Ledge, Connecticut, but Stan's love life and career are both heating up nicely. In between planning her new pet patisserie and café, Stan is settling into living-in-bliss with sexy pub owner Jake McGee. Love's on the menu for Stan's mom, Patricia, too, who's engaged to Frog Ledge's mayor, Tony Falco. Mayor Falco's dogged ambition isn't popular among locals, but it's his executive coach, Eleanor Chang, who's inspired...
Author
Series
Amish of Birch Creek volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sadie Schrock never wanted to marry. Aden hopes to make amends for past wrongs. Can love find a way to heal both of their hearts? --Publisher.
Author
Series
Rock shop mystery volume 1
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When her brother abandons the family rock shop, recently widowed Morgan Iverson reluctantly becomes the manager. Business is as dead as the fossils cluttering the dusty shelves. While rounding up a runaway donkey, Morgan discovers the body of a Goth teen. When a newspaper article hits the streets hinting that Morgan witnessed the murder, she becomes the victim of escalating threats that make it clear the killer thinks she holds a clue to the teen's...
Author
Series
Coyote Canyon volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn’t quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon—and that’s just fine with her. She’s only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young. Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping? Either way, she’s struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat. And being a single woman in a male-dominated...
10) Puppy Christmas
Author
Series
Forever home volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lila Vasquez might not be the "fun one" at Puppy Promise--the service puppy training school she runs with her sisters--but she can always be counted on to gets things done. So when her latest client shows an interest in princess gowns over power suits, Lila puts aside her scruples, straps on the glittery heels, and gets to work. If only the adorable six-year-old's father wasn't such an appealing Prince Charming. Ford's whole life revolves around his...
Author
Series
Lopsided Christmas cake volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Living alone for the first time in her life is lonely for Elma Hochstetler, whose twin sister Thelma recently married. Though they share the running of a general store, more and more of Thelma's time is taken up by her growing family. Elma has dated some, but she wonders if she is just too picky to find love. Through a mishap at the farmers' market, Elma meets Ben Wagler and instantly likes him. But there is a problem. He lives in Grabill--50 miles...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a completely...
Author
Series
Riverbank knitting mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Libby Beckett has come home to Collinstown, Maryland, to fulfill a dream and start over. Last year's messy divorce from her devious pharmaceutical executive husband has given her enough money to finally open her own yarn shop along the Chester River. Opening Y.A.R.N. has taken creativity, funds, and nerve--and Libby finally has enough of all three. To Libby, Y.A.R.N. stands for "You're Absolutely Ready Now," but the acronym changes whenever it needs...
14) The unkept woman
Author
Series
Sparks and Bainbridge volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks--currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau--has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals--Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War) and...
Author
Publisher
Hallmark Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lucy's chocolate shop, How Sweet It Is, has been in her family for generations...along with the secret recipe for Cupid chocolates. Rumor has it that if you eat one on February 14, you'll meet your soulmate. Lucy herself isn't sure if it's magic or just romantic optimism, but a family legend is at stake...Dean, an ambitious and skeptical TV reporter, doesn't like the idea of a business taking advantage of romantic desperation. He doesn't count on...
Author
Series
Pawsitively organic mystery volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Kristan "Stan" Connor is thrilled to be invited to the Groundhog Day festivities in quirky Frog Ledge, Connecticut. Her organic, home-baked pet treats are a big hit at the annual celebration, though an important guest is curiously absent...When Helga Oliver, the town's elderly historian, is found crumpled in the basement of the Historical Museum, the close-knit town is devastated. But after some tenacious digging, Stan discovers Helga was pushed...
Author
Series
Sparks and Bainbridge volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture - The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous - and never discussed - past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Mostly their clients are people trying to start (or restart)...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this facade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documentary filmmaker Meggie O'Rourke's life has collapsed. So she's going home to Oregon to work in the family's struggling lingerie business. Inspired by one relative's story about her pink push-up bra, Meggie decides to interview each of the women in her family about their lingerie for the lingerie business' website. She gets much more than she expected: stories of secret hopes, regrets, hilarity, heartache and joy. Through her family's stories,...
20) A royal affair
Author
Series
Sparks and Bainbridge volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are unexpectedly engaged to dig into the past of a suitor of a royal princess in Allison Montclair's delightful second novel, A Royal Affair. In London 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Bureau is just beginning to take off and the proprietors, Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, are in need of a bigger office and a secretary to...
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