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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE THAYNE, R.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE THAYNE, R.
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"15 summers ago, everything changed . . . Ava Howell seemed to have it all. She moved away from Emerald Creek, Idaho, married the love of her life and published a bestselling memoir. But she never expected that her husband would feel so betrayed by a secret from her past -- the truth of what happened to her and her sister all those years ago -- that he'd walk away. Now Ava is back home and trying to move on with the only person who can truly understand....
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FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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"Their secret love affair has lasted for decades--but this could be the summer that changes everything"-- Provided by publisher.
When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming...
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FICTION FRANK, D.B.
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FICTION FRANK, D.B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION FRANK, D.B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION FRANK, D.B.
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"This is a story of people whose lives are changing-a southern gentleman returning home to lead a more peaceful life and his talented New York wife who is not quite sure she is ready to make the transition. They are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace, downsizing. And while they are doing this, they are getting glimpses into other people's lives over the course of a summer, holidays that will amuse, shock and transform them."--Provided...
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FICTION ROSENBLUM, E.
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FICTION ROSENBLUM, E.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION ROSENBLUM, E.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION ROSENBLUM, E.
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"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...
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LARGE TYPE FICTION SERLE, R.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION SERLE, R.
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CD FICTION SERLE, R.
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CD FICTION SERLE, R.
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"When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks in Positano, the magical town Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy's father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking...
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE DEVERAUX, J.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE DEVERAUX, J.
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"The first book of a new contemporary romance series set in the mountains of Virginia. Sparks fly as fiery Casey Reddick and brooding Hollywood actor Tate Landers clash in the Virginia summer heat. A chef who puts her career first and her love life second, Casey doesn't see what every girl in town is swooning over. She made up her mind the moment she met Tate--he's gorgeous, but stuck-up, nothing like his ex-brother-in-law, Devlin who's playing the...
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Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her after heartbreak. That is, until the Greenwalds take up residence in Seaview. Nick and Budgie Greenwald are an unwelcome specter from Lily's past: her former best friend and her former fiancé, now recently...
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ROMANCE CARLSON, M.
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ROMANCE CARLSON, M.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE CARLSON, M.
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LARGE TYPE ROMANCE CARLSON, M.
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"Ginny Masters manages a popular boutique hotel in Seattle, but the daily challenges and irritations of a fast-paced job and a demanding boss are starting to get to her. Jacqueline Potter manages her grandfather's fishing lodge in Idaho because it was the only job she could find after graduating with her hospitality degree. She's grateful for the work but longs for a more sophisticated and cosmopolitan life she's just not going to find in this backwoods...
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FICTION ITAMI, E.
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FICTION ITAMI, E.
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When music idol Ai is embroiled in scandal, her sisters, ambitious Rei and single mother Kiki, pause their lives and spend the summer with Ai in their childhood home on the Japanese coast so they can rescue their baby sister.
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FICTION WOLFE, T.
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FICTION WOLFE, T.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WOLFE, T.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WOLFE, T.
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"For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago during one life-changing summer. "Toya Wolfe is a storyteller of the highest order. Last Summer on State Street is a stunning debut."--Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Believers Even when we lose it all, we find the strength to rebuild. Felicia "Fe Fe" Stevens...
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FICTION WILLIAMS, B.
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FICTION WILLIAMS, B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WILLIAMS, B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WILLIAMS, B.
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2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America's most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America's gilded class, famous for the lavish 'summer cottages' of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who...
12) Malibu summer
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ROMANCE GILL, L.
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ROMANCE GILL, L.
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"Lose yourself in this enemies-to-lovers romance set on a sunny Malibu hillside. Ivy Bauer is a young, bright environmental scientist, PhD candidate, and inventor of a game-changing organic irrigation system. She's on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a summer job as a gardener in Malibu. Conrad Reed is a wealthy Hollywood has-been who, after the death of his young wife,...
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Lowcountry tale volume 1
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FICTION FRANK, V.B.
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FICTION FRANK, V.B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION FRANK, V.B.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION FRANK, V.B.
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Returning home when Gran, the treasured matriarch, falls in a coma after a car accident caused by her mother, Maggie finds Sullivan's Island is holding even more secrets as she feels herself changing like the Atlantic tides, rediscovering the roots she left behind and finding love.
In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, a South Carolina transplant in New York City struggling to find her place in the...
14) One last summer
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ROMANCE SPENCER, K.
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ROMANCE SPENCER, K.
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"Clara Millen's life is spiraling out of control: her dream job is a nightmare, she's resoundingly single, and it's been years since she's taken some time off. Thankfully, the last problem she can fix - this year she'll join her friends on their annual summer vacation to their beloved childhood sleepover camp for a much-needed escape. But when Clara arrives at Pine Lake Camp, she faces yet another unwelcome change: the owners are retiring and selling...
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"To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace has planned the surprise of a lifetime for her husband--a romantic getaway to Paris. But she never expected he'd have a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, a devastated Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. Audrey, a young woman from London, has left behind a heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop...
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FICTION KINGSOLVER, B.
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FICTION KINGSOLVER, B.
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Wildlife biologist Deanna is caught off guard by an intrusive young hunter, while bookish city wife Lusa finds herself facing a difficult identity choice, and elderly neighbors find attraction at the height of a long-standing feud.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION THAYER, N.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION THAYER, N.
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""The queen of beach books" (The Star-Ledger) returns to the shores of Nantucket in a novel about one memorable summer when flirtations flourish, family dramas play out, and scandalous secrets surface. Memorial Day weekend means that seasonal visitors have descended on the glamorous island of Nantucket. For year-round resident Darcy Cotterill, it means late-night stargazing in the backyard of the beautiful house she grew up in and inherited from her...
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FICTION WILLETT, M.
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FICTION WILLETT, M.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WILLETT, M.
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LARGE TYPE FICTION WILLETT, M.
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"Seven Days in Summer is a sparkling novel about the love that brings family and friends to the same beach house year after year, and the secrets that may drive them apart. A busy mom of twins, Liv is looking forward to a week at the Beach Hut-even if she feels that something's not right between her and Matt. She's sure he's just too busy at work to join them on their summer holiday, not that he wants time alone. Baz, her father-in-law, loves having...
19) Summer
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FICTION SMITH, A.
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FICTION SMITH, A.
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"In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile, the world's in meltdown--and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So: Where does family begin? And...
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Nantucket volume 1
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FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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FICTION HILDERBRAND, E.
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Reluctantly agreeing to organize a children's benefit at which a rock-star ex-lover is performing, renowned glassblower Sheila Crispin finds her efforts complicated by her clashes with a fellow organizer, her best friend's catering mishaps, and a new relationship.
