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She returned to a small town to help her grandmother. She didn’t expect to find a second chance at home—or love. When Boston pastry chef June Whitaker came back to Sugar Maple Cove to keep her grandmother’s bakery running, she planned to stay only until things were stable. The ovens were unreliable, the business was struggling, and the quiet coastal town felt far removed from the life she’d built. But familiar streets, friendly faces, and the comfort of routine slowly began to soften her guarded heart. Her path kept crossing with Eli Hartwell, a reserved orchard owner whose peaches ...

Don't miss the laugh-out-loud companion to the classic, The War with Grandpa--now a major motion picture--about a girl who must face off against her grandma or risk losing the biggest competition of summer. Meg is excited when she hears the Centennial Strawberry Days Celebration is holding a...

The instant New York Times bestseller. From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates. “A colorful and insightful insiders’...

A city girl at Christmas. A cowboy with no time for it. Ella Henderson never imagined her worst month could hold something worth saving. Out of work and out of options, she inherits a Montana ranch from a grandfather she never met and heads south, hoping the open skies and silence might offer a sliver of peace. But Starcrest Ranch is no sanctuary—it’s failing, freezing, and full of people who remember her mother with more questions than answers. Especially Max Carter. The gruff foreman with calloused hands and quiet eyes isn’t thrilled to share space with a city girl, especially one ...

In Girls of Tender Age, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith fully articulates with great humor and tenderness the wild jubilance of an extended French-Italian family struggling to survive in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut. Smith seamlessly combines a memoir whose intimacy matches...

She didn’t come looking for a new beginning. But maybe one found her anyway. Claire Whitmore wasn’t searching for a second chance—she only meant to settle her great-aunt’s estate and return to her quiet, measured life. But Sugar Maple Cove has a way of holding on to people, and the seaside inn she inherits carries more than just creaking floors and sun-faded quilts. It holds memories—and maybe the promise of something new. Elijah Brooks has spent years keeping his distance, fixing other people’s broken things while ignoring the cracks in his own heart. When Claire walks into ...

A crumbling lighthouse. A family secret. And a second chance she never saw coming. Willa Camden never planned on returning to Sugar Maple Cove. At twenty-seven, with her art career stalled and her father’s passing leaving more questions than answers, she inherited the one thing she never wanted: an abandoned lighthouse on the edge of town. To fulfill the terms of the will, she has sixty days to restore the crumbling walls—and face the memories she’d tried to forget. Beckett Hartwell has spent his life guarding the cove's history, including the lighthouse his own father once kept. When...

He built a quiet life to forget. She risked everything to remember what mattered. Headmistress Mia Carter had built a perfectly controlled world in the small town of Willow Creek, protecting herself from the chaos of her past. But when a ruthless board member threatens to cancel the town’s beloved Christmas Festival, her orderly life begins to unravel. She never expected help to come from James Nolan—the reserved, steady art teacher who preferred shadows to attention. But as their forced partnership deepens into late-night planning sessions and whispered strategy, their connection ...

Lady Isadora Malbury must remain unwed if she wishes to continue to be a member of the exclusive and secret Wicked Ladies Salon. Having survived two seasons already without a single proposal, one more shouldn't be a challenge, that is until she finds herself wagering with the pompous Duke of Aces for her hand.

As such things are measured in Washington, Denise Burke has everything a woman of wit could want: two hip kids able to look after themselves; a marriage constructed to allow maximum mutual leeway with a husband smack in the center of Clinton's inner circle; and a high-profile lover. Plus, she's a best-selling author of several true crime books. But when death strikes close to home, Denise becomes a woman with a big-time problem.

In this revised and updated edition of the original, groundbreaking book Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery, Smith describes the key differences between overt and covert perfectionism; the role early attachment, temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in developing this pattern; and how to shift toward a center of balance for a more fulfilling life.

It’s never easy keeping secrets...Only her desire to crush the Crown’s enemies could induce Lady Lucille Stanford to endure another Season. For years she has worked secretly for the Home Office, and she has come to London with one purpose: Foil the attempted kidnapping of a highly valuable target, identity unknown. Inconveniently, Lord Harrington - Lucy’s brother and guardian - has other plans. He won’t be satisfied until she is at long last married.

Aiden Hawkins. My high school best friend. The one who bolted from this small town years ago. Now he's back, standing in my dad's hospital room, and all that buried history? It's a landmine. I thought I’d left Cedar Ridge behind. Then a storm, a broken-down car, and one too many shared memories forced us into an impossible arrangement—six months of working side by side. He’s still infuriating. Still guarded. And still off-limits. But somewhere between the legal battles, those whispered late nights, and that dizzying dance under the stars? I fell. I fell hard. Now I’m torn between a ...

Fall in Love with Four Grumpy Billionaires in One Heartwarming Box Set. Dive into the captivating world of grumpy billionaires who made life-changing decisions that shaped their futures forever. This special collection brings together four Clean and Wholesome standalone novels, each weaving a tale of love, transformation, and happily ever after. CEO Next Door I agreed to be my brother’s best friend and billionaire's fake fiancée, knowing it was forbidden. Confronting him about his wild party next door was supposed to be straightforward— until his captivating green eyes met mine. This ...

This book offers a path to healing and setting a new course for your life after enduring a great loss. Written from the perspective of Life Between Lives, this book reveals that we are souls who have incarnated here on earth to learn and grow toward enlightenment. A great loss is the soul's invitation to return to the purpose we have set for this life after we have lost our way. Author Ann J. Clark shares dozens of stories that illustrate how you can cope with grief, reconnect to your inner self, work through guilt, and receive assistance from the spiritual realm.

Grumpy Billionaire Hearts: A Clean Romance Collection Fall in love with three swoon-worthy, emotionally complex billionaires who have everything—except the one thing they truly need: love. In The Off-Limits Grump Next Door, a woman trying to heal from heartbreak finds herself face-to-face with her brother’s best friend—and former crush. Living next door to the grumpy and mysterious billionaire Antonio awakens feelings she thought were long buried. But just as their connection grows deeper, his past resurfaces with secrets that could tear them apart. In The Billionaire’s Second ...

For much of history women have been seen rather than heard. Their thoughts, their views, have lain too long in the shadows of our culture. Whilst this traditional view has some merit it is not entirely accurate. Here, gathered together in these volumes, we can, through their words, experience their lives; we can hear their voices, their thoughts, joys, loves and losses. For the female poet there was always the confining hand of men to instruct that their time was perhaps spent more productively elsewhere. These lines, these gilded verses, often protest otherwise.

Lady Minerva Malbury has never lost a game of chess, and if she wants to avoid marriage, it's a streak she'll have to keep alive. Everyone knows the marriage mart is a game, but no one expects this one: the first gentleman to defeat Lady Minerva in a game of chess wins her hand. His best friend's sister was all, Anthony MacMillian, Lord Drake, could think about most days. Since her season debut, four years ago, he's had to endure countless games of chess that threated his fortitude to remain in the wings.

Lady Diana Malbury is known for her charm and intelligence, why else would she rather solve another one of the late Earl of Chestwick's word puzzles than entertain potential suitors for the Season? The old earl presents her with the highest-stake challenge yet . . . If she remains unwed for the Season, she can return to his estate next summer and solve the latest puzzle by way of his extensive library, her favorite place in England . . . But Randal Wilson, the new Earl of Chestwick, has returned from the war a decorated hero but also wounded and angry.

Marrying my best friend’s little sister is supposed to save my company… not steal my heart. I’m one board vote away from losing my position as CEO, and my power-hungry uncle is ready to pounce. The solution? A marriage of convenience to Cedar Rowan. She’s drowning in student debt, her parents want her to settle in our cozy Small Town. After losing her sister—my best friend—our friendship has become my lifeline. Cedar is smart, sassy, and her sunshine personality chips away at my grumpy exterior. But pretending she’s mine feels dangerously real. This arrangement was supposed to...