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Labor Day finds Nantucket shrouded in fog and Rusty Mason drowned in his brother's cranberry bog. Rusty has been out of the country for ten years--fleeing the law and the family wounds he left behind. Rookie detective Meredith Folger has to decide whether Rusty's killer mistook him for his brother--or whether Peter Mason murdered Rusty himself.
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"Detective Merry Folger won the hearts of readers in Francine Mathews's first mystery, Death in the Off-Season. Now, fresh from her first murder case in that book, Merry Folger is unwillingly sucked into her second. The daughter of the Nantucket police chief, Merry spent her first case proving to her father and herself that she had what it takes to solve a murder. Now she's more savvy and experienced, but this time one of her friends is involved....
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"When two children make a grisly discovery on Sconset beach, Detective Meredith Folger finds herself with a perplexing case on her hands. The crime lab can tell her only that the newly unearthed skeletal remains belonged to a woman who was strangled to death somewhere between two and ten years ago--a conclusion that sends Merry sifting through old missing-persons files. But then a shocking piece of news changes everything. The Massachusetts police...
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"After a trying case, Merry begrudgingly agrees to take a leave from work to meet her fussy future in-laws in Greenwich, but it isn't long before she is summoned back to Nantucket. The body of a young man was discovered in the Sound the weekend of the annual Christmas Stroll. Although a simple drowning is suspected--the water is hardly above freezing, after all--the death isn't sitting well with Merry's father, the local police chief, who fears the...
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Nantucket love stories volume 1
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Once childhood friends, Samantha and Landon are now separated by distance and secrets. Will Samantha's return to Nantucket bring her the peace she longs for?--P. [4] of cover.
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Nantucket love stories volume 2
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Dr. Kate has it all--a radio talk show, a nationally-syndicated column, and her first book, "Finding Mr. Right-For-You." But when her fiance jilts her the morning of their wedding, her life begins to crash around her.
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Nantucket volume 1
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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.
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Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns...
10) Driftwood Lane
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Nantucket love stories volume 3
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After her estranged father dies and leaves her in custody of three siblings she's never met, Meridith travels to Nantucket to care for them and becomes attracted to the handyman of her father's bed-and-breakfast. Can she trust God with the details and relish the adventure?
11) Seaside harmony
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Nantucket dreams volume 1
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"Caroline Marris has always loved Nantucket. Childhood vacations with her parents and two sisters left her with cherished memories and a longing to return. When she agrees to vacation there with her sisters, Gracie and Sam, as a way to reconnect and honor their late mother, Caroling has no idea how this holiday will change her life"--Page 2 of cover.
12) Seaside harmony
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As Caroline and her sisters work together to make their mom's dream a reality, they bond in ways they never expected.
13) True love
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" ... first book in a ... new series--the Nantucket Brides trilogy. Set on the magical Massachusetts island, True Love introduces characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts, the beloved family from Deveraux's classic novels. Just as Alix Madsen is finishing up architectural school, Adelaide Kingsley dies and wills her, for one year, the use of a charming nineteenth-century Nantucket house. The elderly woman's relationship to the Madsen...
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"New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux returns to the magnificent, sunny island in For All Time, the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy--this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow....
15) Amor verdadero
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"Alix Madsen está terminando su carrera de arquitectura. Al morir, Adelaide Kingsley lega a la joven el uso por un año de una mansión decimononica en la isla de Nantucket. La relación entre la anciana ""tia Addy"" y la familia Madsen es un misterio para Alix, pero tiene sus propias razones para aceptar tan extravagante legado. Por un lado, debe recuperarse del abandono por parte de su novio Eric y, por otro, quiere planear con tiempo la boda de...
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Life is anything but perfect for Hallie Hartley, a young physical therapist who has given up nearly everything -- even her love life -- for her beautiful blonde stepsister, Shelly. Though Shelly's acting career has never taken off, she has certainly perfected the crocodile tears to get what she wants -- which all too often means Hallie's boyfriends. When Hallie arrives home early from work one fateful day, she makes two startling discoveries that...
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La boda de Alix Madsen y Jared Montgomery es una hermosa ocasion en una pequena capilla elegante en el bosque, seguido de cena y baile, cubierto por un resplandor de luna romantica. Aunque la mayoria de los invitados tienen pareja, Graydon, el primo de Jared no puede apartar la mirada de una dama de honor, Toby Wyndham. No es solo su belleza tranquila o la forma en que lo hace reir que lo cautiva. Toby posee la notable habilidad de ser capaz de distinguir...
18) Me entrego a ti
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"La vida no es perfecta para Hallie Hartley, una joven fisico terapeuta que ha renunciado a casi todo -incluso su vida amorosa- por Shelly, su rubia y hermosa hermanastra. Aunque la carrera de Shelly como actriz nunca ha despegado, sin duda ha perfeccionado las lagrimas de cocodrilo para conseguir lo que quiere, frecuentemente con los novios de Hallie. Cuando Hallie llega temprano a casa del trabajo, en un dia fatidico, hace dos descubrimientos sorprendentes:...
19) Nantucket grand
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During a long winter and short, chilly spring, a series of disturbing incidents rock the small resort island of Nantucket. A Land Bank executive dies in a suspicious hunting accident, a prominent local family's historic summer cottage burns down in an arson fire, and a teenage girl lies comatose from a drug overdose. When spring turns to summer and the tourists flood the island, the mysterious cycle of violence spins faster. A young Jamaican boy is...
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"Spencer Murphy is a national treasure: a famous war correspondent who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, his books and television appearances have made him a fortune for half a century. But Spencer, a venerable member of the Wharf Rats--Nantucket's exclusive club for fishermen, storytellers, and characters--is growing forgetful with age. When Spence starts to wander and his half-Asian daughter disappears without a word, Nantucket police detective...