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Bromance book club volume 5
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ROMANCE ADAMS, L.K.
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ROMANCE ADAMS, L.K.
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"Country music's golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren't about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he'd be wallowing in self-pity. It's hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish...
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ROMANCE ALEXANDER, P.
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ROMANCE ALEXANDER, P.
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Kate Potter used to love Christmas. A few years ago, she would have been wrapping her presents in September and baking mince pies on Halloween, counting down the days and hours to Christmas. But that was before Kates husband left for the army and never came home. Now she can hardly stand December at all. Kate cant deny shes lonely, yet she doesnt think shes ready for romance. She knows that her son, Jack, needs a Christmas to rememberjust like Kate...
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FICTION ANDREWS, M.K.
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FICTION ANDREWS, M.K.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION ANDREWS, M.K.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION ANDREWS, M.K.
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"From May Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer, comes a novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances in The Santa Suit. When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love-but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much...
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Westcott novels volume 5
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ROMANCE BALOGH, M.
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ROMANCE BALOGH, M.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE BALOGH, M.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE BALOGH, M.
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"During a rare white Christmas at Brambledean Court, the widow Elizabeth, Lady Overfield, defies convention by falling in love with a younger man in the latest novel in the Westcott series. After her husband's passing, Elizabeth Overfield decides that she must enter into another suitable marriage. That, however, is the last thing on her mind when she meets Colin Handrich, Lord Hodges, at the Westcott Christmas house party. She simply enjoys his company...
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LARGE TYPE Fiction BINCHY, M.
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LARGE TYPE Fiction BINCHY, M.
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CD FICTION BINCHY, M.
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Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks she is crazy. Helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business), Chicky is finally ready to welcome...
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FICTION BLACKSTOCK, T.
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FICTION BLACKSTOCK, T.
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When an elderly woman decides she will stop at nothing to give her granddaughter a special gift for Christmas, she brings together cab driver Finn Parrish with first-year law associate Sydney Batson.
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Mistletoe, Maine volume 1
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ROMANCE CALHOUNE, B.
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ROMANCE CALHOUNE, B.
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Mistletoe, Maine, is buzzing and not just because Christmas is around the corner! Dante West, local cutie-turned-Hollywood hunk, is returning home to make his next movie. Everyone in town is excited...except librarian Lucy Marshall. When Dante took off for LA without warning--or even a goodbye--he broke Lucy's heart. She swore not to spend one more minute thinking about her ex, but Dante makes an offer Lucy's struggling library can't refuse: a major...
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FICTION CARLSON, M.
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FICTION CARLSON, M.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION CARLSON, M.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION CARLSON, M.
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When Wendy Harper inherits her family's beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died. But the neglected property needs renovation before it can be sold, so Wendy and her young son Jackson move in to fix the place up. Soon the town-- and local craftsman Caleb Colton-- make it difficult for Wendy to resist their charms.
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Virgin River volume 4
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"Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him. Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie's letters to Ian have gone unanswered. Marcie tracks Ian to the tiny...
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ROMANCE CASSIDY, H.
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ROMANCE CASSIDY, H.
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"When L.A.-based real estate developer Bella Ross arrives in the sleepy mountain town of Maple Falls, she has one mission: to acquire the local failing Christmas shop, Always Noelle, securing the promotion of her dreams. Nothing can get in her way. Except the shop owner's stubborn grandson, Jesse Harrison. Both refuse to budge, until an unlikely wager is struck: Bella and Jesse will compete in the Maple Falls Holiday Games, an annual tradition of...
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ROMANCE COCHRUN, A.
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ROMANCE COCHRUN, A.
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"The author of the "swoon-worthy debut" (Harper's Bazaar) The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord ... only to fall for his sister. One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning...
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Meg Julliard returns to her hometown of Chicago to run her late father's apartment building. The building is in rough shape and the tenants are unusual. Ellie is an older woman living in the building but getting ready to move into a nursing home. Both women feel the upcoming holiday will be the worst Christmas ever. Can an unexpected friendship and a dress make for a magical season?
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Christmas bookshop volume 1
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FICTION COLGAN, J.
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FICTION COLGAN, J.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION COLGAN, J.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION COLGAN, J.
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Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal. Frankly, Sofia doesn't exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs...
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ROMANCE CURTIS, R.
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ROMANCE CURTIS, R.
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"Two people. One house. A year that changes everything. Twenty-nine-year-old Jess is following her dream and moving to London. It's December, and she's taking a room in a crumbling, but grand, Notting Hill house-share with four virtual strangers. On her first night, Jess meets Alex, the guy sharing her floor, at a Christmas dinner hosted by her landlord. They don't kiss, but as far as Jess is concerned the connection is clear. She starts planning...
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ROMANCE EVANS, E.
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ROMANCE EVANS, E.
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"Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town's annual holiday bake-off. Her forever happy place, the café complements her sweet, well-ordered life with her roommates: recently widowed Gramps and her yappy chihuahua-pug, Crumpet. So, when Sylvie learns the café might be sold, she's determined to save it the only way she can: by getting the Holiday...
16) Noel Street
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Noel collection volume 3
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LARGE TYPE FICTION EVANS, R.P.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION EVANS, R.P.
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"The year is 1975. Elle Sheen--a single mother who is supporting herself and her six-year-old, African-American son, Dylan, as a waitress at the Noel Street Diner--isn't sure what to make of William Smith when his appearance creates a stir in the small town of Mistletoe, Utah. As their lives unexpectedly entwine, Elle learns that William, a recently returned Vietnam POW, is not only fighting demons from his past, but may also have the answer to her...
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ROMANCE FREEMAN, B.
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ROMANCE FREEMAN, B.
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"From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friends in NYC who hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge-but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need... Hannah and Finn have spent every Christmas together since college. Neither has anywhere else to go-Hannah's parents died, and Finn's disowned him when he came out. Their tradition of offbeat holiday...
18) Puppy Christmas
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Service puppies volume 2
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ROMANCE GILMORE, L.
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ROMANCE GILMORE, L.
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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...
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Berlin Bookmobile volume 3
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"A solitary sort, forty-two-year-old Atle Petersheim spends his time hard at work in his wood shop. But as the days get long, he realizes just how lonely he's become. When his longtime crush, Sadie Mast, a widow and mother of three, asks him to help her build a room in their barn for her son Cale, Atle can't say no. Eager to pursue Sadie at last, he turns to bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller for courting advice. More than happy to help, Sarah...
20) Royal holiday
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Wedding dates volume 4
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ROMANCE GUILLORY, J.
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ROMANCE GUILLORY, J.
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"Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality. Malcolm Hudson has been...