Modern and Contemporary romance
Random House USA Inc With Love from London
Book SynopsisWhen a woman inherits her estranged mother’s bookstore in London’s Primrose Hill, she finds herself thrust into the pages of a new story—hers—filled with long-held family secrets, the possibility of new love, and, perhaps, the single greatest challenge of her life.When Valentina Baker was only eleven years old, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own in California. Now a librarian in her thirties, fresh out of a failed marriage and still at odds with her mother’s abandonment, Val feels disenchanted with her life.In a bittersweet twist of fate, she receives word that Eloise has died, leaving Val the deed to her mother’s Primrose Hill apartment and the Book Garden, the storied bookshop she opened almost two decades prior. Though the news is devastating, Val jumps at the chance for a new beginning and jets across the Atlantic, hoping to learn who her mother truly was while mourning the relationship they never had.As Val begins to piece together Eloise’s life in the U.K., she finds herself falling in love with the pastel-colored third-floor flat and the cozy, treasure-filled bookshop, soon realizing that her mother’s life was much more complicated than she ever imagined. When Val stumbles across a series of intriguing notes left in a beloved old novel, she sets out to locate the book’s mysterious former owner, though her efforts are challenged from the start, as is the Book Garden’s future. In order to save the store from financial ruin and preserve her mother’s legacy, she must rally its eccentric staff and journey deep into her mother’s secrets. With Love from London is a story about healing and loss, revealing the emotional, relatable truths about love, family, and forgiveness.
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Vintage Espanol Cincuenta Sombras de Grey Movie Tiein Edition
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Random House USA Inc Precious Gifts
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Random House USA Inc The Island House A Novel
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer evokes the shimmering seascape of Nantucket in a delightful novel that resonates with the heartache and hope of growing up, growing wise, and the bittersweet choices we must be brave enough to make. Courtney Hendricks will never forget the magical summers she spent on Nantucket with her college roommate, Robin Vickerey, and Robin’s charismatic, turbulent, larger-than-life family, in their gorgeous island house. Now a college English professor in Kansas City, Courtney is determined to experience one more summer in this sun-swept paradise. Her reason for going is personal: Courtney needs to know whether Robin’s brother James shares the feelings she’s secretly had for him. Time with the Vickerey family always involves love and laughter, and this season is no different. Vivacious matriarch Susanna Vickerey is celebrating her sixtieth birthday, but beneath the merriment, trouble is b
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Random House USA Inc Be My Wolff
Book SynopsisZachariah and Rachel are as star-crossed as two lovers can be. Rachel is the cherished daughter of a Russian family living in London--the artistic, mysterious Wolffs; Zach is her parents' adopted son who arrived from the orphanage with one sweater and a head full of curls and immediately stole Rachel's heart. As children, they became inseparable. But when they crossed a forbidden line, there was no going back. Now, as an adult, coping with her father's censure, Rachel decides to invent an ancestral history for her beloved: from a tavern-educated boxer in Dickensian times, to a Hussar at the Battle of Borodino during the Napoleonic Wars. Even as their real-life problems threaten to invade their imagined world, the threads of Rachel's story spin faster and faster. Filled with art and science, fairy tales and folk songs, tsars and foundlings, Be My Wolff is a wondrous, funny and tragic tale of astonishing beauty.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Jonathan Unleashed
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Obsession
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St Martin's Press Sweet Salt Air
Book SynopsisOn Quinnipeague, hearts open under the summer stars and secrets float in the Sweet Salt Air...Charlotte and Nicole were once the best of friends, spending summers together in Nicole''s coastal island house off of Maine. But many years, and many secrets, have kept the women apart. A successful travel writer, single Charlotte lives on the road, while Nicole, a food blogger, keeps house in Philadelphia with her surgeon-husband, Julian. When Nicole is commissioned to write a book about island food, she invites her old friend Charlotte back to Quinnipeague, for a final summer, to help. Outgoing and passionate, Charlotte has a gift for talking to people and making friends, and Nicole could use her expertise for interviews with locals. Missing a genuine connection, Charlotte agrees.But what both women don''t know is that they are each holding something back that may change their lives forever. For Nicole, what comes to light could destroy her marriage, but it could a
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St Martin's Press Christmas Bliss
Book SynopsisTwas the night before Christmas, and Savannah was breezyBut there''s trouble afoot - and it''s heading toward Weezie.Seems BeBe''s been holding a big secret backthat would make Santa''s reindeer stop dead in their tracks.Can these two best friends wriggle out of these twists?Will they do it in time to ensure CHRISTMAS BLISS?Return to the wonderful world of Mary Kay Andrews'' Savannah with Christmas Bliss.
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St Martin's Press Single Black Female
Book SynopsisTracy Brown''s Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling with the dramatic twists and turns of life, love and what it means to make it in America. Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons' father, Michael, who's serving a lengthy prison sentence. But life has gotten lonely over the years, and Ivy wants more for herself. Michael, however, isn't about to lose his family. Coco Norris is well-off, single, childless, and struggling with her allegiance to emotionally unavailable men. When she finds a man who seems like he can give her everything she has ever wanted, Coco soon discovers that she has taken on more than she can possibly handle. Deja Maddox is a real estate agent who is married to Bobby, a police sergeant with the NYPD. They have assimilated, looking down on anything that doesn't fit their buttoned-up, polished life. But Deja isn't as satisfi
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St Martin's Press Wild
Book SynopsisTHREE SMOKING HOT SHIFTER STORIES, INCLUDING ONE BY EVE LANGLAIS, PACKED INTO ONE SIZZLING ANTHOLOGY!A brand new, never before published novella!In Catch a Tiger by the Tail by Eve Langlais, Broderick has a job to doaudit the books of a gentleman's club. Sounds simple, except his company wants him to find dirt linking to the mob, his secret mob employer wants someone to pin the blame on, and the bar manager at the heart of the controversy doesn't want himeven though she's his mate.Previously published in the 2-in-1 e-original Claimed by the Mate, Vol. 2 and in print for the first time! In Wild Passions by Kate Douglas, six womenfriends closer than sistershead off to an exclusive mountain resort for a week-long bachelorette getaway, where most of the women just wants to know if there are any good men left in the world. There are, and they're the men of Feral Passions, a unique resort located on a private wolf p
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St Martin's Press The Deep End
Book SynopsisEnter a decadent sensual world where gorgeous alpha males are committed to fulfilling a woman''s every desire Olivier isn't sure what he's gotten himself into when he joins the Honey Club, only that a dark part of him hungers for the lifestyle offered by this exclusive club. Here, no boundary will be left untestedand one''s deepest fantasies will become an exquisite reality. When Amélie invites Olivier to surrender, she gives the alpha submissive what he craves. Soon they both find themselves falling harder than they ever anticipatedbut as their connection deepens, the truth about Olivier's past could destroy everythingGripping and seductive, The Deep End is the first book in a sensational new series from bestselling author Kristen Ashley.
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St. Martin's Griffin The High Tide Club
Book SynopsisAn instant New York Times bestseller from the author of The Weekenders - a delightful new novel about new love, old secrets, and the kind of friendship that transcends generations.Eccentric heiress Josephine Warrick is a notorious recluse - reigning over a crumbling pink mansion on a private island, she is rarely seen but often whispered about. So when Brooke Trappnell, a struggling young lawyer, is summoned to the island, she has no idea what''s in store. As she listens to Josephine recount a story of old friendship, dark secrets, and a mysterious murder, it becomes clear that Brooke is there for two reasons: to help protect Josephine''s beloved island, and to make amends with her old friends, the skinny-dipping, secret-keeping girls of the The High Tide Club. To fulfill a dying woman''s last wish, Brooke must track down the descendants of Josephine''s closest friends and bring them together for a reunion of women who''ve never actually met. Bu
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Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin The Recipe Box
Book SynopsisFilled with cherished memories and treasured recipes, The Recipe Box is a touching tribute to the women and food that unite us and connect our past to the present. Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn The Recipe Box, beloved author Viola Shipman spins a tale about a lost young woman and the family recipe box that changes her life. Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha Sam Mullins felt trapped on her family's orchard and pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star's New York bakery is not what Sam dreamed. When the chef embarrasses Sam, she quits and returns home. Unemployed, single, and defeated, she spends a summer working on her family's orchard cooking and baking alongside the women in her lifeincluding her mother, Deana, and grandmother, Willo. One beloved, flour-flecked, ink-smeared recipe at a time, Sam begi
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St Martin's Press The Greatest Risk
Book SynopsisA woman unable to connect, struggling to hide another part of her. A man burning to learn her truth, and make her whole. Through explosive passion and deep exploration, they are about to take the greatest risk of all. But will they be able to take that leap, and come out on the other side together? In this next passionate novel in the Honey series, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley delivers a stunningly romantic and intensely sexy novel that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
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St Martin's Press Strong Silent Cowboy
Book SynopsisFrom #1 New York Times bestseller Lora Leigh and Veronica Chadwick comes a second chance at love and bodyguard romance Strong, Silent Cowboy, a Moving Violations novel.Leigh's books can scorch the ink off the page.-RT Book ReviewHe Will Do Anything...Sallie Hamblen had three incredibly hot, sexy nights with Jacob Donovan, an undercover CIA agent, before he disappeared, leaving her broken hearted and forever yearning for the man she lost. Years later, Jacob doesn't know that the beauty he's about to seduce in a small town bar is the woman he held in his arms all those years ago... and that she's on the run from her past. To Keep Her Safe...Former CIA agent turned cowboy, Jacob Donovan wants nothing more than a simple life. Just the ranch and occasionally someone warm and sweet in his bed. Until Sallie comes back into his life and all of a sudden he wants to be in her bed every night...all
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St Martin's Press Hello Summer
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads Mary Kay Andrews delivers her next blockbuster, Hello Summer.It's a new season... Conley Hawkins left her family's small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, D.C. Or so she thinks. For small town scandals... When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who is trying to keep The Silver Bay Beacon afloatand she doesn't exactly have warm feelings for Conley. Soon she is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column, Hello, Summer. And big-time secrets.Then Conley witnesses an accident that ends in the death of a local congressmana beloved war hero with a shady past. Th
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St Martin's Press The Trail of Lost Hearts
Book SynopsisThirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attention, the universe will send you exactly what you need. But her worldview shatters when the universe delivers two life-altering blows she didn't see coming, and all she wants to do is put the whole heartbreaking mess behind her. No one is more surprised than Wren when she discovers that geocachingthe outdoor activity of using GPS to look for hidden objectsis the only thing getting her out of bed and out of her head. She decides that a weeklong solo quest geocaching in Oregon is exactly what she needs to take back control of her life.Enter Marshall Hendricks, a psychologist searching for distraction as he struggles with a life-altering blow of his own. Though Wren initially rebuffs Marshall's attempt at hiker small talk, she's beyond grateful when he rescues her from a horrifying encounter farther down the trail. In the interest of safety, Marshall suggests partnering up to look for additional caches. Wren's no lo
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St. Martin's Publishing Group The Seaside Sisters
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St. Martin's Griffin The Girl He Used to Know
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author of On the Island, Tracey Garvis Graves, presents the compelling, hopelessly romantic novel of unconditional love.Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people''s behavior confusing, she''d rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess.Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first gameand his heartto the shy and awkward, yet brilliant and beautiful Annika. He admires her ability to be true to herself, quirks and all, and accepts the challenges involved in pursuing a relationship with her. Jonathan and Annika bring out the best in each other, finding the confidence and courage within themselves to plan a future together. What follows is a tumultuous yet tender love affair that withstands everything except the unforeseen tragedy that forces them apart, shattering their connection a
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St Martin's Press One Tough Cowboy
Book SynopsisThe first novel in a brand new series featuring cowboys from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh and Veronica Chadwick.
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Tor Publishing Group Behind Frenemy Lines
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St Martin's Press How to Get a Life in Ten Dates
Book SynopsisChange the title to ''How to Become a Jenny L. Howe fan for Life'' because that''s what this book did to me! ?Jo Segura, USA Today bestselling author of Raiders of the Lost Heart and Temple of SwoonIn this charming new rom-com from Jenny L. Howe, a young woman who''s fed up with dating challenges her family and friends to set her up on ten dates, but gets more than she bargained for when her best friend adds himself to the roster.Dating as a plus-size woman has been exhausting for Haleigh Berkshire. Sure, she''s only twenty-five, but she''s been doing it for a decade, and she''s beginning to think it''s time for a sabbatical. It doesn''t help that she''s been madly in love with her best friend, Jack, for years?but one disastrous weekend in college taught her the hard way that they''ll never be more than friends.With her sister''s engagement celebration fast approaching, and her friends and family nagging her about a plus-one, Haleigh and Jack do what they do best: scheme. Haleigh agrees to let her friends and family set her up with ten people?and she''s sure that, once none of them prove to be good matches, her loved ones will finally let her fade into romantic retirement in peace.To her surprise, some of Haleigh?s dates go better than expected, and for the first time in forever, she''s actually having fun. Until Jack starts breaking all the rules they?d made to mend their friendship in college. He produces a laundry list of flaws for everyone she likes, crashes some of her nights out, and finally shocks her by throwing himself into the mix. Dating Jack has always been the dream, but Haleigh is afraid of the reality. Is it worth risking her best friend for something that may have never been meant to be?
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Tor Publishing Group Gothikana
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Tor Publishing Group Something Borrowed Something You
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Tor Publishing Group Jilted
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St Martin's Press The Next Thing You Know
Book SynopsisA musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing, to lose. A Star Is Born meets Me Before You in this powerful novel by the author of A Million Reasons Why.Grab the tissues.-PeopleAs an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston's job-her calling, her purpose, her life-is to help terminally ill people make peace with their impending death. Unlike her business partner, who swears by her system of checklists, free-spirited Nova doesn't shy away from difficult clients: the ones who are heartbreakingly young, or prickly, or desperate for a caregiver or companion.When Mason Shaylor shows up at her door, Nova doesn't recognize him as the indie-favorite singer-songwriter who recently vanished from the public eye. She knows only what he's told her: That life as he knows it is over. His deteriorating condition makes playing his guitar physically impossible-as far as Mason is concerned, he
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St. Martin's Griffin The Dating Dare
Book SynopsisBuzzfeed's 2021 Romance Novels You Need To Read This SummerWith witty characters and heartrending romance, Jayci Lee, author of A Sweet Mess, returns with The Dating Dare-where two people might just find out how hard it is to resist falling in love with the right person.No serious relationships. This is the one rule Tara Park made for herself and it has been working swimmingly, thank you very much. The occasional fling is fine, especially since she's busy with Weldon Brewery. But when Seth Kim, temptation personified and her best friend's new brother-in-law walks into her life, Tara might be willing to bend her golden rule...but only for four dates-the four dates she agreed to after a few good rounds of beer and a game of truth or dare. It'll be fun. No biggie. Seth Kim can't believe Tara agreed to his dating dare. He's leaving for a new job in Paris in a month and a no-strings attached fling seemed like a nic
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St. Martin's Griffin How to Love Your Neighbor
Book Synopsis Most Anticipated for 2022 by: Goodreads * PopSugar * Buzzfeed * USA Today Sophie Sullivan's writing feels like a warm hug. Rachel Lynn Solomon, bestselling author of The Ex TalkEnemies-to-lovers meets HGTV in this frothy, effervescent romantic comedy from Sophie Sullivan, author of Ten Rules for Faking It.Interior Design School? Check. Cute house to fix up? Check.Sexy, grumpy neighbor who is going to get in the way of your plans? Check. Unfortunately.Grace Travis has it all figured out. In between finishing school and working a million odd jobs, she'll get her degree and her dream job. Most importantly, she'll have a place to belong, something her harsh mother could never make. When an opportunity to fix upand live ina little house on the beach comes along, Grace is all in. Until her biggest roadblock moves in next door.Noah Jansen knows how to make a deal. As a real estate developer,
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St Martin's Press Too Good to Be Real
Book SynopsisThe stuff of rom-com fantasies come to life. - Entertainment WeeklyThe perfect combination of sweet, sexy, and make-you-grin moments. - Lyssa Kay Adams, author of The Bromance Book ClubAn ode to everything we love about rom-coms. - Alexis Daria, author of You Had Me at HolaShe plans to prove there''s a dozen reasons why life isn''t like a romantic comedy, only to discover the one reason it isWhile her friends wish for meet cutes worthy of their favorite rom-coms, Julia is ready to give up on love. Swiping right has replaced getting swept off your feet and good old-fashioned romance has become, well, old-fashioned.A writer for a popular website, love becomes the last thing on her mind when impending layoffs threaten her job. As Julia searches for the ultimate pitch to impress her boss, she stumbles upon a resort offering guests a chance to live out their romantic comedy dreams. Real life dating is so bl
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St Martin's Press Too Wrong to Be Right
Book SynopsisA swoony, slow-burn rom-com, Melonie Johnson''s Too Wrong to Be Right features a true romantic on a mission to find her happily ever after. After her latest jerk of a boyfriend dumps her (and ditches her with his pet hedgehog), florist Kat Kowalski is done chasing after Mr. Wrong. With her two best friends moving on to more serious relationships, she's ready to stop repeating the same mistakes that are leaving her stuck in the single lane. Armed with a list of qualities for her perfect Mr. Right, Kat swears off dating until she finds him.Then in a meet-disaster involving a corpse and a salty cockatoo, she stumbles across Mick O'Sullivan at his family''s funeral home. Their immediate chemistry warns Kat to keep things platonic; after all, following her heart never worked out in the past, and this time she's determined to listen to her head. But can Kat and Mick be just friends? As she gets to know him better, the lines blur, and Kat starts to wonder if
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St Martin's Press A Summer to Remember
Book SynopsisErika Montgomery''s A Summer to Remember is an unforgettable tale of love, loss and finding your place that glitters as brightly as the golden age of Hollywood.-Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today Bestselling author of Feels Like FallingBest Debut Novels of Spring and Summer *Library Journal * Fresh Fiction * Booktrib For thirty-year-old Frankie Simon, selling movie memorabilia in the shop she opened with her late mother on Hollywood Boulevard is more than just her livelihoodit's an enduring connection to the only family she has ever known. But when a mysterious package arrives containing a photograph of her mother and famous movie stars Glory Cartwright and her husband at a coastal film festival the year before Frankie's birth, her life begins to unravel in ways unimaginable.What begins is a journey along a path revealing buried family secrets, betrayals between lovers, bonds between friends. And for Frankie, as the past unlo
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St Martin's Press Our Place on the Island
Book SynopsisFor decades, the Campbell women have reunited at the family's rambling seaside cottage known as Beech House to celebrate life's many occasions. But this year, they will be called back to Martha''s Vineyard for a celebration of a different sort: their beloved matriarch Cora is getting remarried. And all the town gossips are calling him the one who got away, years ago For renowned chef Mickey Campbell, this wedding isn't just a welcome excuse to return to the place she first learned to cook at her grandmother's side. It's also a chance to regroup while she figures out a way to tell her smoldering head chef boyfriend that she's mismanaged their restaurant into the red. Mickey's mother, Hedy, is still mourning the passing of her adored father three years earlier, and she isn't sure she's ready to welcome a new man into the foldand she's not certain her own thorny relationship with her mother will weather the storm of her upcoming marriage.But everyone know
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St Martin's Press And Then There Was You
Book SynopsisDuring the coziness of sweater weather in the mountains of Virginia two people find love against all odds in USA Today bestselling author Nancy Naigle''s And Then There Was You.Reeling after falling prey to a Romeo con-artist who just waltzed away with the better part of her belongings, Natalie Maynard works closely with the detective assigned to her case, only the few leads have led nowhere.Detective Randy Fellowes can't promise Natalie restitution, but he's determined to find the culprit and serve up justice. Married to his work, he's caught off guard when Natalie has his thoughts wandering to more than the case.Natalie soon seeks refuge in the one thing she still owns an old fishing cabin in the mountains of Chestnut Ridge. She quickly falls in love with the town and the eccentric people who are teaching her so much about the area and its heritage.Through these people, and the determination of Detective Fellowes, she rediscove
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St. Martin's Press Small Town Dreams First Impressions and Less of a
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St. Martin's Griffin Bad Girl Reputation
Book Synopsis*USA Today bestseller*Bestselling author Elle Kennedy returns to Avalon Bay in this sexy second chance story about two exes who can''t stay away from each other, Bad Girl Reputation.When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother's funeral, she's prepared to keep her distance from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hartley. Their history is rife with turbulence. And passion. A heck of a lot of passion...which she's trying desperately to forget. But it's impossible not to run into Evan in the small coastal town where they once ran wild. And the moment she sees her gorgeous ex again, it's clear to Gen that Evan is still as unruly, sexy, and irresistible as ever. This time around, however, she's resolved to walk a new path. No more partying. No more foolish mistakes. Her plan is to temporarily remain in town to help her father run his business, but the second he finds somebody else, she's out of there.Evan has other ideas. He kno
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St Martin's Press A Brush with Love
Book SynopsisMazey Eddings's writing is authentic, emotional, and intensely romantic! To me, it's like a Taylor Swift song in book form. - New York Times bestselling author Ali HazelwoodAn unbelievably cute and funny debut about friendship, the expectations of family, and mental health. A Brush with Love fills that itch for a STEMinist rom-com with laughter, slow-burn romance, and toothy puns. - Buzzfeed Nine out of ten dentists agree, Mazey Eddings''s rom-com A Brush with Love makes your smile brighter!**not scientifically provenHarper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather endure a Novocaine-free root canal than face any distractions, even one this adorable. A first-year dental student with a family legacy to contend with, Dan doesn't have the same passion for pulling teeth that Harper does. Though he finds himself falling for her, he
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St Martin's Press Off the Map
Book SynopsisTrish Doller''s idyllic romance Off the Map proves sometimes a wrong turn can lead to the exact right destination.On the road to love, you don''t need a GPS...Carla Black's life motto is here for a good time, not for a long time. She's been traveling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn't do love and she doesn't ever go home.Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps. His work helps people find their way, but he's the one who's lost his sense of direction. He's unhappy at work, recently dumped, and his one big dream is stalled outliterally.Fate throws them together when Carla arrives in Dublin for her best friend's wedding and Eamon is tasked with picking her up from the airport. But what should be a simple drive across Ireland quickly becomes complicated with chemistry-filled detours, unexpected
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St. Martin's Griffin Rosies Curl and Weave
Book SynopsisA reissue of the popular anthology by bestselling authors at one great price, Rosie''s Curl and Weave: Four Novellas.Step inside for a day of love, beauty, laughterand love.Whether you want a cut, weave or braid; a facial, manicure, or massage; there''s always a helping handand a sympathetic earat Rosie''s Curl and Weave on 125th Street in Harlem. And sometimes, when you least expect it, love walks in the door. So sit back, relax, put your feet up, and enjoy, as four talented writers render four magical stories about the love of beauty and the beauty of love.Rochelle Alers gets the sparks flying, as a high-maintenance banker finds herself falling, against her better judgement, for a handsome delivery man who walks into Rosie''s...Donna Hill puts the assistant manager of Rosie''s in the path of a fine-looking contractor, whose hypnotic honey-brown eyes could be her undoing...Felicia Mason helps the owner of Rosie''s discove
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St. Martin's Griffin Bend Toward the Sun
Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of Every Summer After and Lucy Score, Bend Toward the Sun is an angsty slow-burn romance between two complicated, imperfect peopleand a love story you'll never forget.A steamy romance about humans' ability to grow and heal.Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of Love, TheoreticallyGuarded, self-reliant botanist Rowan McKinnon doesn't believe in love. With her new PhD, two steadfast best friends, and the occasional no-strings sex, she's convinced she has everything she needs. When an academic setback throws her off course, she takes on the restoration of an overgrown vineyard to re-center herself and her career.Dr. Harrison Brady is in an emotional freefall. Since losing a patient, he no longer believes he can keep people safe. Hoping rural sunshine and the hard labor of renovation work will help him heal, Harry heads home to Pennsylvania, where his family has just bought a long-abandoned vineyard.The l
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St. Martin's Publishing Group Right Where We Left Us
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St Martin's Press Hold You Down
Book SynopsisHold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind...New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of them.Mercy is the quiet, straight laced hospital administrator, struggling to make ends meet. At night and on weekends, she pours her heart into her cooking and her dream of owning her own restaurant. Lenox is the diva, the wild child, looking for excitement and her big come up in life and love. Their boys, Deon and Judah, have been raised more like brothers than cousins, forging a bond that is unbreakable.When Lenox heads down a path that she believes will bring success and power, i
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St Martin's Press The MakeUp Test
Book SynopsisIn this smart, swoony, rom-com debut from Jenny L. Howe The Make-Up Test, two college exes find themselves battling against each otherand their unresolved feelingsfor a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program.Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she's come up against, she's finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she's admired for years. Sure, grad school isn't easythe classes are intense, her best friend is drifting away, and her students would rather pull all-nighters than discuss The Knight''s Talebut she's got this. Until she discovers her ex-boyfriend has also been accepted. Colin Benjamin might be the only person who loves winning more than Allison does, and when they''re both assigned to TA for the same professor, the game is on.What starts as a personal battle of wits (and lit) turns into all-out war when their professor an
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St Martin's Press On the Plus Side
Book SynopsisWhat Not to Wear and Queer Eye meet All the Feels in this sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. Howe, in which the new guest on a popular plus-size makeover show has her styleand her love lifetransformed.Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she's still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't reject you or insist you're too much. This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of On the Plus Side. Overwhelmed by the show's extremely extroverted hosts and how much time she'll have to spend on screen, she finds comfort in a surprising friendship with the grumpy but kind cameraman, Logan. Soon E
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St Martin's Press The Second Youre Single
Book SynopsisMost Anticipated Romance by Buzzfeed Cheerfully irreverent, bitingly funny, and filled with romantic charm, Cara Tanamachi''s The Second You''re Single is all about navigating the most romantic month of the year, and how love always seems to arrive when you least expect it.Freelance writer Sora Reid believes in inertia. She's the odd one out in a close-knit family of go-getters, including her Japanese-American mom, who hints about her need to lose weight, and her soon-to-be married, overachieving younger sister, who needs her to have a date for the wedding, since a wedding party couples'' dance with their Scottish great uncle Bob simply won''t do. For Sora, minimal input, minimal expectations is the way to go. She'd rather stay at home with her insufferable neighbor and her adorable pitbull.The one thing that disrupts her inertia: an intense dislike for Valentine's Day. What is it with the commercial love machine? Wh
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St Martin's Press Lucy Checks In
Book SynopsisDee Ernst''s Lucy Checks In is a delightful work of romantic comedy about a disgraced hotel manager who travels to Rennes to rebuild a hotel and her own life in the process.Lucia Giannetti needs a fresh start. Once the hotel manager of a glamorous NYC hotel and intimately involved with the hotel's owner, Lucy had her entire future planned out. But when the owner disappears, taking millions of dollars with him, Lucy''s life as she knows it falls apart.Two years later, forty-nine years old and unemployed, Lucy takes a job in Rennes, France to manage the Hotel Paradis. She pictures fur quilts and extravagant chandeliers, but what she finds is wildly different. Lucy is now in charge of turning the run-down, but charming hotel into a bustling tourist attraction. Between painting rooms, building a website, and getting to know Bing, the irritatingly attractive artist, Lucy finds an unexpected home. But can she succeed in bringing the Hotel Paradis to its forme
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St. Martin's Publishing Group For the Record
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St. Martin's Press Blue Skies
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts tempts hungry hearts with Blue Skies, collecting two of her classic, savory romantic novels. Summer DessertsDecadent dessert designer Summer Lyndon is celebrated around the world for sharing her creations with the wealthy and celebrity sets. So she is intrigued when the renowned hotel chain owner, Blake Cocharan, taps her to spend the summer in the restaurant of his luxury Philadelphia hotel to give his menu a makeover. Taking a break from her travels will be just as challenging at developing delectable cuisines, but Summer never expected working so closely with Blake would mean losing her heart to him.Lessons LearnedThroughout Italy, master chef Carlo Franconi is famous for his culinary creations. Publicist to the stars Juliet Trent has prepared a worldwide tour that will showcase his irresistible international fare to every restauranteur and home cook
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