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Jacqueline thought she already had her happy-ever-after—until her husband left her for a woman who could give him a child (and already had). Now she's divorced and working herself to the bone to pay off the mortgage on a house that will never be full of the children she dreamed of. Jacqueline doesn't know what to expect when she responds to an emergency call-out during a storm, but it's nothing like this: three lost children who can turn into seals, and a ruggedly handsome man who makes her blood run hotter than it ever has before.

Juggling two teenage boys and being the General Manager at the top hotel in the area keeps me busy. The last thing I need is the persistent and charming fire chief on my tail. I can't help but be drawn to him, though. Just when I start thinking it might work out, my worst fear becomes a reality.

So much for fresh starts. When single mom Liv and her third-grade daughter move to a small New Hampshire town from Boston after a messy divorce and an even messier job loss, they soon find themselves dealing with major culture shock. Within days, Liv is on the “problem” list of the man who acts both as principal and superintendent in her district, and he shuts down her concerns at a school board meeting. Liv’s daughter suffers from anxiety but the school is run like an army barracks.

After receiving a desperate letter reporting her father to be gravely ill, inveterate matchmaker Melody Merriweather leaves college and rushes back to her small hometown of Merriweather, Wisconsin—only to discover that she’s expected to take over the running of her family’s general store, the Merc, until he recovers.

That summer with Damien was the best of her life. Now, she's back in Sunshine, fifteen years later, and the New Year is fast approaching. After a breakup and a job loss, Beth moves home to stay with her newly divorced mother and take stock of her life. She can't help wondering if Damien will come to the New Year's Eve festival on Sunshine Beach again.

Alex and Leo are finally able to break ground on the dog rescue they've been working on for impossible to place dogs who have been at the shelter for an extended period or who find themselves on death row for one reason or another. The altruistic couple hire a man who is both a contractor and an ex-con to oversee the construction of the pens and buildings.

Welcome to the rugged and whispering shores of Maine, where the Atlantic's breath frosts the pine-clad edges of a world both wild and serene. Here, where the horizon kisses the sea, begins the tale of Bert, a seagull whose wings were touched by the spray of adventure and whose heart beat in rhythm with the lapping tides. Bert was no ordinary bird. Born atop the craggy cliffs of Milbridge, his life was a mosaic of oceanic wonders—a living tapestry of blues and greens that stretched as far as his keen eyes could see.

Trent Strong is back home in his northern Minnesota lake community after spending ten years working on a Chicago daily newspaper as an investigative journalist covering heinous crimes and traveling to war-torn countries. Sick of all the deaths, and content with returning to a slower pace, Trent buys the local weekly newspaper. But Trent is in town for only one week when an old friend asks him to investigate the Mammoth Paper Mill, which he suspects is polluting a small trout stream.

Lindsay, a thirty-year-old California native, never gave much thought to being adopted. When she unexpectedly inherits her birth mother Claire's farmhouse in Maine, she is plunged into a journey across the country and across the years into a lake of secrets that will ultimately reveal just how far everyone was willing to go to protect her. The Sunken Town explores adoption, identity, the nature of family dynamics, mother-daughter relationships, the impact of family secrets, the weight of motherhood, and the lasting consequences of the choices people make.

My return home to my family's small town hasn't been easy, but the new contractor I hired—a struggling but strong-willed single mom—keeps stripping her clothes off on the job site, which certainly spices things up. (She swears a spider crawled under her shirt.) She also divulges she's scared of her ex and he's taking her to court for custody of their daughter. I hate to see a woman mistreated, so I step up and marry her so she has a stronger case in front of the judge. Temporarily, of course.

Set in the Eisenhower era, Lynda Lee Rogers, a former beauty pageant queen, seems to have an idyllic life, but in reality she struggles with debilitating headaches and depression, only finding solace in pain pills which evoke vivid dreams of enchanted lands where an ancient Irish weaver provides the wisdom and relief her real life can not; offering an exploration into women's eternal quest for inner peace and happiness while caring for their families, delving into themes of mental health, empathy, authenticity, and the search for identity.

The job was simple. Answer the phone, solve the single dad’s dilemma, and move on. I’m the temporary solution. The fill-in. The short-term Single Dad Hotline Helper until a more suitable one can be found. I don’t get attached, I don’t stick around, and I certainly don’t fall for the single dad. Until the job said, “Hold my beer,” and tipped my world upside down.

Tensions are high at the Three Counties Show when accusations of cheating add fuel to a longstanding feud. For Jude Gray, whose only hope was to not make a fool of herself showing her Kerry Hill sheep, farming life has never been so dramatic. When a body is found, belonging to one of the competitors, there is no shortage of suspects. Every sheep farmer in this close-knit community has a motive and beneath their show-ready smiles, they all have something to hide.

Wie viel Mut braucht es, ein gebrochenes Herz wieder zum Vertrauen zu bewegen? Anna: Mein Leben liegt in Trümmern und ein Strudel aus Selbstmitleid und Verzweiflung droht mich zu verschlingen. Doch um nicht völlig unterzugehen, lasse ich mich von meiner besten Freundin zu einem spontanen Trip nach Norwegen überreden. Wer hätte gedacht, dass mir dort das Schicksal in Gestalt von flauschigen Huskys begegnet? Wäre da nicht das Problem mit ihrem mürrischen Besitzer .

Sure, Waverley Bennett is undeniably gorgeous with her long black hair and blue eyes that rival the sky. She's also annoying, smart-mouthed, and oh yeah, my boss's daughter… but those eyes. It doesn't matter anyway; I don't have the time for a relationship. Nothing serious suits me just fine. I've got my sister and niece to support. But when my sister takes things too far, I move Annabelle in with me and my cool uncle status goes straight down the drain as I take on temporary guardianship.

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin' hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice. He's exactly what I'm looking for. If only Wyatt wasn't also my best friend…I'm back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I'm here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

I've sworn off dating football players. After my last relationship ended disastrously, I've given up on love entirely. Determined to start over fresh, somewhere far from Rixton, Tennessee, I impulsively transferred to Braysen University. The Carver twins were like brothers to me growing up. So, when they offer me a place to live until a dorm room frees up, I accept. Reed Hendrix is as irresistible as he is off-limits. Sleeping in the room next to him could complicate things. Not only because my brother warned Reed to stay away from me but also because falling for him would break my own rule.

It was hard on Remington Calaway when Brynlee broke off their engagement and left town. But hearing she married someone else six months later was devastating. He learned to live with it after a while, and kept himself busy running the family restaurant and bar with his brother. The final straw was when Brynlee moved back to town and bought the struggling coffee shop down the street from Remington’s restaurant.

Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida en el páramo hablan de voces que surgen de debajo de las camas, de santas que se aparecen en el techo de la cocina, de desapariciones que nunca se resuelven. Los vecinos reniegan de sus dos habitantes a la luz del día, pero todos acuden a ellas cuando nadie los ve. La abuela se pasa los días hablando con las sombras que viven tras las paredes y dentro de los armarios.

Becca Burnside is going to make this the year she turns her forties around, and creates a life her 16-year-old self would be proud of... A smidgen of romance wouldn’t go amiss either. And with a new job, and a blossoming friendship with handsome Conal, she’s off to a great start. Or at least, she was, until her youngest son dropped the mother of all bombshells: his girlfriend, who just happens to be the daughter of Becca’s best friend Niamh, is pregnant.

When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He's got one little hurdle to jump first. He has to win a trivia contest against the man's estranged daughter. Oh, and there's a caveat: he's only in the running if he lives and works with the spoiled princess who blew off one of the greatest men he's ever known. As if it wasn't hurtful enough that Seraphina Crutchley's biological father replaced her with a bunch of sweaty hockey boys, now he's forcing her to vie for her inheritance with one of them.

Lessyn Bradshaw had been taught very young that a man was only good for one thing: his money. If he couldn't provide security, then he wasn't the man for her. However, Lessyn didn't want that for herself. She wanted someone who could provide love, safety, fidelity, and multiple orgasms. After being engaged for three years and never truly being fulfilled in the bedroom or otherwise, Lessyn was unsure if being married to the rich designer was worth the risk of being unhappy—unsatisfied. When she meets Gabriel, his energy and vibe immediately have her intrigued.

Lilith Brooks is desperate to begin a quiet new life with her young daughter and without her narcissistic, gaslighting husband. But the first thing she does after fleeing to her childhood lake house is flood the kitchen, prompting handsome single dad next door Asher Crowley to wade in for the rescue. Humiliated by the trouble she caused–and a little hot and bothered by her sexy new neighbor–Lilith would love to avoid another run-in with Asher, but that’s easier said than done in a small town.

I was born into privilege. I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with. But it came at a price. Duty. An arranged marriage for the sake of the family empire to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me. As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much. So, I did the only thing I could. I ran. To another country and unintentionally straight into the arms of another woman.

Boston-born first-responder Alex Flynn gets called into the principal’s office in this short story set in rural Vermont, where poor roads and under-funded public services form a comfortable and familiar background. Explore the hidden links and community found in an ordinary New England town when local first responders might or might not have to engage with an active school shooter. Trowbridge Dispatch is part of the Trowbridge, Vermont series of novels and stories, wherein I.M. Aiken draws on her roots in public safety to narrate tales of the everyday heroes that every community depends on.

Sam's daddy always said she shouldn't get a vintage car until she knew how to fix one. And when her 1965 Mustang breaks down in a town smaller than a matchbox, she realizes he might have been right. Now she's stranded in the middle of nowhere, on the run from heartache, until she can get the vehicle repaired. At least Jack the mechanic is one tall drink of water. And Sam's pleasantly surprised to learn there's more to him than meets the eye when he shows his soft side by sending her to the only B&B in town, run by his grandmother, to take refuge.

Getting in his car was a mistake. But as the frigid air whipped through her thin coat, she felt too cold to say no. Now, snowflakes settle on her long dark lashes. Ice-cold and forever fifteen years old, she’ll never see her mother’s smile again… As the biggest snowstorm the Outer Banks has seen in decades ravages the coastline, Detective Casey White is called to an abandoned junk yard miles beyond the marshes. Teenager Jill Carter’s body is posed on her back, a look of terror frozen on her beautiful face.

Hetty Colman loves her life in the cosy seaside town of Swallowtail Bay, organising children’s birthdays, anniversaries and retirement parties. But after her recent break up from long-term boyfriend Ben, she’s been searching for something new. So, when Hetty overhears locals wondering how to return the old strawberry festival to its former glory, she jumps at the chance to relaunch it. There are just two problems – she only has four weeks to organise it and absolutely nowhere to host it!

Strangers Jo, Adelaide and Kye are the least likely people to find themselves across the threshold of a bookshop. But as their midnight book club shows them that a single book can change everything, all three realise that their own stories can be rewritten.

O CZYM SZEPCZĄ MAZURSKIE BZY? Powieść inspirowana prawdziwą historią…. Rok 1944. Wiejska zabawa. Młody mężczyzna pragnie zdobyć uwagę pięknej Ruth Lange, jednak zamiast tego zostaje pobity przez chłopaków ze wsi. Panna tamuje krwawienie z nosa adoratora własną chusteczką. Kiedy Horst chce zwrócić dziewczynie jej własność, ofiarowuje jej także jedną z dwóch czterolistnych koniczynek, które znalazł na łące nad rzeką. Mają im przynieść szczęście…. Rok 2019. Po dziesięcioletnim pobycie w Anglii do kraju wraca 34-letnia Kalina z córeczką Leną.