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22) Rainwater
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Ella Barron runs her Texas boarding house with the efficiency of a ship's captain and the grace of a gentlewoman. But when a room in her boarding house opens up and the respected town doctor, Dr. Kincaid, brings Ella a new boarder-the handsome and gallant Mr. David Rainwater-Ella is immediately resistant to opening up her home to this mysterious stranger. Soon, this strong-minded, independent woman will realize that the living that she has eked out...
23) Skeleton Hill
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Detective Diamond and a historian uncover a skeleton at an English Civil War reenactment and, while investigating the case, Diamond must handle snags such as the historian's murder and a local vigilante group's interference.
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Shortly after Judd's wife leaves him for his boss, Judd's father Mort passes away, bringing the entire family together in mourning. During this week of “sitting shiva,” Judd realizes his siblings are even more dysfunctional than he is, and the confrontations that ensue are full of raw emotion and humorous consequences.
26) Bloodroot
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A tale told from myriad viewpoints follows a family from the Great Depression to the present, describing the experiences of a wild young mountain girl, her protective grandmother, the men who love her, and the children who struggle to manage her legacy.
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From bestselling author Debbie Macomber, comes a modern retelling of "Miracle on 34th Street" starring Mrs. Miracle. While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in NYC, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake the owner's son.
28) Freedom
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In his first novel since "The Corrections", Jonathan Franzen delivers a powerful epic of contemporary love and marriage. "Freedom" comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty - the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire, charting the mistakes and joys of intensely realized characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing...
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A LOST CIVILIZATION.A DANGEROUS QUEST.A DEADLY SECRET. It's one of history's most enduring and controversial legends-the lost city of Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she's solved the riddle of its whereabouts-and with the help of reclusive billionaire Kristian Frost, his beautiful daughter, Kari, and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, she's about to make the most important discovery in centuries. But not everyone wants them to succeed: a...
30) Minding Frankie
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Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn't have much time. Noel doesn't seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie's best hope. As for Lisa, she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely he's going to love her back? And Marian is having none of it. She knows what's right, and has the power to change...
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Read Beth Hoffman's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.
Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom
Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting, lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town-a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of
...34) Tough customer
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Dodge Hanley, staff investigator, from "Smash Cut", returns. Dodge has used shady means of delivering the goods in the past but when it comes to aiding the daughter of a former lover, his dogged perseverance knows no bounds. Determined to uncover the truth, Dodge teams with a small-town sheriff to track down a depraved man who's obsessed with having the girl, or killing her. This time it's not just Dodge's life at risk, he stands to lose his heart....
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A mother and daughter present personal essays that explore life through their close bond, in a volume inspired by their weekly column, "Chick Wit," that discusses such topics as their relationship, their carb counts, and the green jacket that almost caused a catfight.
37) Bonnie
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Finally, in the trilogy that began with "Eve" and continued with "Quinn", comes the story that fans have been dying to read. With the help of her beloved Joe Quinn and CIA Agent Catherine Ling, Eve Duncan gets closer and closer to answering the questions that have tormented her. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes that Bonnie's father, John Gallo, is a key player in solving this monstrous puzzle. And that Bonnie's disappearance was not...
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Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
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Traveling up the Yorkshire coast with her husband and his acting troupe, Caroline, the mother of Charlotte Pitt, anticipates their arrival at the famed fishing village landing site of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's tale and develops an awareness about inviting and disallowing evil.
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Relocating to an apartment with her two children to be closer to her mother, Gretchen offers to help clear out the home of a reclusive neighbor's recently deceased mother and discovers that the neighbor, Melissa, has two siblings and an identity that shenever suspected.
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