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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other. Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only pushed her movie-making dreams further out of reach. That is, until a surprise reunion presents an opportunity that could make her career, or break her heart...a second...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever met a man that just grabs your attention and sweeps you off of your feet, only to find out later that he isn't worth a damn? Amoy Simpson experienced a rough life growing up and can't wait to get away from her turbulent home life. Looking for love, she stumbles on Devon, and thinks he is sent by God. She quickly learns that the thug is nothing but a two-timing liar who will go to the extreme to protect the secret he is hiding from her....
Author
Publisher
Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ex-con artist Bee Cordello is going legit. Divocred from her mafia boss husband, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So, when ex-hubby Charlie steals $37.5 million from a dangerous kingpin, who puts out a hit on Bee and her ten-year-old son Oliver, she finds herself pulled back into the life she's worked so hard to escape. Part of that old life being one Adam Gage -- an old flame and all-around sexy badass who Charlie's now employed...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nayan Olak keeps seeing Helen Fletcher around town. She's returned with her teenage son to live in the run-down house at the end of the lane, and -- though she's strangely guarded -- Nayan can't help but be drawn to her. He hasn't risked love since losing his young family in a terrible accident twenty years earlier. In the wake of the tragedy, Nayan's labor union, long a cornerstone of his community, became the center of his life: a way for him to...
5) The rival
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Levi Granger is his own man. He's proud of his ranch, and he's proud of the siblings he brought up after the devastating loss of their parents. The only thing he's not proud of is the way the Sullivan family took advantage of him when he was struggling the most. So when pretty Quinn Sullivan comes looking to access his land for a business venture, the kick of attraction is as shocking as it is unwelcome!
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"A gem of a debut novel about a young mother navigating the instabilities of teaching, parenting, and marriage in the wake of the pandemic. With deadpan humor and a keen eye for the strangeness of our days, Negative Space follows a week in the life of a part-time high school English teacher. At home, her two children, increasingly restless in the wake of the pandemic, ask constant questions that flit from the weirdness of television shows to casual...
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The founder of the One Last Word app, which allows you to send messages to whomever you want after you pass, Sara Chae, when she accidentally sends her final words to the important people in her life, including her former crush, with whom she now works, finds her life turned upside down.
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Language
English
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Description
After a failed engagement and her mother's battle with cancer, Charlotte Carter's life is finally turning around now that she's landed a dream job teaching music. What she didn't see coming was the imminent closure of the school's music program. She's determined to save it, even if it means getting creative. There's no way she's chalking this up as just another failure in her book of recent embarrassments. Zach Bryant is back in town just long enough...
Author
Series
Beyond the play volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"James -- Football is my everything. I live, eat, breathe the sport. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I'm faced with another consequence: retake and pass the writing class I failed at my last college, or lose any chance I have at making it big. That's where fellow senior Beckett Wood -- gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type -- comes in. She's the key to my success in this class......
10) Our fault
Author
Series
Culpable volume 3
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Nick and Noah's rocky relationship is struggling through its worst moment, and it seems that nothing can go back to the way it was before. They will have to surmount a new and frightening set of challenges to finally understand if they are really made for each other or if being apart is their only chance to be happy. Love is not always enough, and forgiveness sometimes doesn't fix what's been broken. But can you forget such a strong connection? How...
11) One moment
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn't feel fair that she'll never have the chance to fulfil her dreams. And now, she's still here wherever here is watching the ripple effect of her death on the lives of those she loved the most. Evie cannot contemplate her life without Scarlett, and she certainly cannot forgive Nate, the man she blames for her best friend's death. But Nate keeps popping up when she...
Author
Series
Amish of Marigold volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A headstrong young businesswoman. An unlucky-in-love bachelor. And the chaperoning assignment that keeps pushing them together. For someone so strong-willed and certain, Ella Yoder has never been more unsure of her life. It's been a year since she convinced her father to move with her and her younger sister Junia to Marigold, Ohio, to open E and J Grocery. Ella's got a keen eye for running a business and has big dreams to expand. But her plans are...
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Donna Hill's 'It could happen to you': When Della turned Rosie's Curl and Weave into Della's House of Style, a few things managed to slip through the cracks--and now she's under fire by the IRS. When a by-the-book IRS agent comes to investigate, Della is infuriated by his presence in the salon--and reluctant to admit that she's growing more than a little used to it... -- Francis Ray's 'A matter of trust': Single mother Hope Lassiter, once a critically...
Author
Series
Cowboy brothers in arms volume 2
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Air Force test pilot Blue Donnelly has the greatest job in the world... until his F-22 crashes during a demonstration flight, leaving him with a busted body and a ton of guilt. Then horse whisperer Marin Galloway walks into his hospital room, snapping him out of self-pity with a shock of desire and some surprising news: her six-year-old ward thinks Blue is his daddy. Leo isn't really Blue's son, much as the little boy wishes it. Still, he needs a...
Series
My androgynous boyfriend volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"His makeup is flawless! Wako and her androgynous boyfriend don't exactly have the most traditional of relationships. She spends her days working hard in the world of publishing, while he spends his time obsessing over fashion and makeup-- all with the goal of making himself beautiful just for her. This romantic slice-of-life story is about love, relationships, and breaking with tradition!"--
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"The biting literary satire of The Sellout meets the pulsing thrill of Mouth to Mouth in this darkly humorous, surreal debut about a seductive, but problematic bond between an unhappily married therapist and the cancelled K-Pop idol she meets at a Los Angeles H Mart"--
Author
Series
Someday Valley volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The trees that circle Someday Valley near Honey Creek are dressed in their fall finest, providing a pretty backdrop for the local businesses -- including the little bookshop loved by schoolteacher Cora Lee Buchanan. There, under the watchful eye of owner Noah O'Brien, Cora Lee and her sister, Katherine, meet each Wednesday. Their talk mostly revolves around one subject: their father, known to everyone in town as Bear. Both Cora Lee and Katherine worry...
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Series
Sisters in Paradise volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise -- the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters -- contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities clash, but soon enough sparks start flying. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe...
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