Just Once
Kathryn Kaleigh
Kathryn Kaleigh
Sometimes life circled back around again.Sierra Jordan's troubled past caught up with her in an unexpected way. And changed her life path forever. Perhaps even for the better.Mike Phillips never forgot his best friend's little sister. Troubled little sister. The adult version, to say the least, might just be in a different kind of trouble now.When they meet again, everything had changed. Except the way they felt about each other.Will a chance encounter put them back in their old roles with Mike to the rescue? Or had life changed them both just a little too much?A heartwarming novel of second chances.
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The Little Library on Cherry Lane
Katie Ginger
Katie Ginger
The heart-warming new novel from the author of The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse and The Perfect Christmas Gift. The ideal next read for fans of Cathy Bramley, Rachael Lucas and Heidi Swain! Elsie Martin may lead a quiet life, but working in her beloved local library is enough to make her happy. After all, books have always been her armour against the world. So when the library is threatened with closure to make way for a new housing development, Elsie knows it has to be saved – and that, despite being painfully shy, she needs to lead the campaign to save it. Jacob Yardley thinks he's doing the right thing by building a new affordable housing development. Why shouldn't local people be able to buy a house in the place they grew up? Having to leave his own small hometown broke his heart. Plus, people don't really use libraries anymore, do they? As Elsie and Jacob clash over the future of the library, sparks begin to fly. Jacob is falling back in love with books and libraries – could...
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Poster Girl
Veronica Roth
Young Adult / Science Fiction
For fans of Anthony Marra and Lauren Beukes, #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth tells the story of a woman's desperate search for a missing girl after the collapse of the oppressive dystopian regime—and the dark secrets about her family and community she uncovers along the wayWHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT.Sonya Kantor knows this slogan—she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked every word and every action, rewarding or punishing by a rigid moral code set forth by the Delegation.Then there was a revolution. The Delegation fell. Its most valuable members were locked in the Aperture, a prison on the outskirts of the city. And everyone else, now free from the Insight's monitoring, went on with their lives.Sonya, former poster girl for the Delegation, has been...
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Glistening Sunsets
Katie Winters
Katie Winters
It's spring in Bar Harbor, and Brittany Keating is on top of the world.After twenty years of emotional abuse, Brittany has finally set a restraining order against her husband, Conner.With the divorce proceedings in motion, Brittany uses her newfound inner power to flourish in the antique industry. She plans a redesign for her beautiful shop, Bar Harbor Antiques, and drives across New England with her daughter, Valerie— purchasing gorgeous pieces like the Federico Munari Velvet Curved Sofa, a nineteenth-century French commode, and a Chinese Chippendale, to name a few.Without her husband to hold her back, Brittany is already better than ever before— richer, stronger, healthier, and happier.But her entire future crumbles when, in the dark of the night, someone breaks into her warehouse and steals nearly thousands and thousands of dollars worth of inventory.The robbery sets Brittany off on a hunt to catch the thief. Together with her...
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Light Reclaimed
Teja Rhae Watson
Teja Rhae Watson
It's June 2020, and on top of the Covid shutdowns and racial justice revolution, Billie Knight's dad just died. She soon realizes he wasn't the one who hurt her when she was a kid-but then who the hell was? Billie, a fifty-year-old muralist and art teacher, sets out to solve the mystery of her trauma-from the off-grid queer community she built on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, through Seattle's autonomous zones and underground theaters, to her wild childhood home of Humboldt County-with her long-lost bestie, Randall, as her partner. Between stakeouts, suspect-snatchings, witness interviews, and flashbacks, Billie and Randall must also confront the conflicts that kept them apart for so many years.The truth is like a feral animal: the closer they get, the more it claws and hisses. But Billie and her spirit army are determined to fight-to bring the perpetrators to justice and reclaim Billie's place in the universe.
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Blind Dates For Lonely Gorgons
Laura Greenwood
Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal
A blind date leads a gorgon to love. As a gorgon, Thalia has always avoided dating so she doesn't risk turning someone into stone, but when her best friend convinces her to sign up for the Valentine's Blind Date event, everything changes. When Thalia meets Evander, there's an instant connection, even if he doesn't ask conventional first date questions. But will he still feel the same when he discovers the truth about what she is? - Blind Dates For Lonely Gorgons is a light-hearted gorgon academy m/f romance set at Obscure Academy. It features two gorgons looking for love and trying to avoid turning anyone into stone. If you enjoy upbeat and light-hearted paranormal romances with new adult characters, an academy/university setting, guaranteed happy endings, and quirky supernaturals, start the Obscure Academy today!
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The New Teacher
Erin Lark Maples
Erin Lark Maples
Elizabeth Blau upended her life in the city to move to the Middle of Nowhere and start over. She reconnects with her estranged brother and begins her new life. First, Elizabeth lands a great job, then a date, and her luck seems to change for the better. But when the man's body is found mangled in a ravine, the murder rocks the small town as fault descends upon the Blau Family. Frustrated with the pace of local law enforcement, Elizabeth investigates loose threads among the ranchers. But when she starts to dig into the past, she gets a warning: folks don't like outsiders poking around, and someone is on a mission to scare her out of town. With friends becoming enemies in a landscape forged for hiding true intentions, Elizabeth must unravel the accumulating evidence to name the murderer. After one attempt on her life, if she can't organize the proof in time, she will be the next target.
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Josh and Gemma the Second Time Around
Sarah Ready
Sarah Ready
Everything is about to change... Gemma Jacobs has life figured out. She's upbeat, positive to a fault, and the master of her own destiny. She has a wonderful career in social media marketing, lives in a trendy apartment with her fiancé Josh Lewenthal, and is pregnant with their much-loved baby. Her life is wonderful. Absolutely perfect. Except... What really comes after the happily ever after? Josh Lewenthal is laid-back, fun-loving, and always finds the humor in life. He writes a wildly successful web comic series, and can't wait to marry Gemma—the woman of his dreams. His life is amazing. Terrific. Except... What happens when everything changes? Suddenly Josh and Gemma's lives are turned upside down, and their love and their future together are at risk. They realize their happily ever after isn't the end, it's just the beginning—and now they have to fight for it. They confront...
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