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On a beach, Boston journalist Theresa Osborne finds a bottle thrown up by the sea with a love letter from a man to his dead wife. Theresa, a divorcee searching for love, is so moved by it she tracks the man to his yacht in North Carolina and a romance follows. By the author of The Notebook.

Enjoy this classic Christmas romantic comedy that inspired the Hallmark Channel original movie Trading Christmas. Only from New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Through a website, Charles Brewster, history professor avowed grinch, arranges to swap houses for the holiday with Emily Springer, widowed mother of one. So Emily goes to Boston-but finds that her daughter has gone to Florida. And Charles arrives in Leavenworth to discover that...

While Blake's controlling nature and Erica's independent spirit continue to battle, he has no intention of letting her out of his life again. But when he demands more and tests the boundaries of her commitment, she is forced to face the dark desires he's kept hidden.

In 1990, $300 million worth of paintings were stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in what remains one of the greatest unsolved art thefts of the twentieth century. Now, nearly twenty years later, the case threatens to break wide open. Members of Boston's criminal underground are turning up dead, and the M. O. suggests IRA training. When Scott Finn learns that one of his clients, Devon Malley, was part of the heist, he's quickly drawn...

A policeman investigates the discovery of six mummified corpses at an abandoned mental hospital, one of which is wearing a necklace that belongs to a woman who has been on the run all of her life.

Details a relationship between a recent college graduate and a high-powered billionare investor. Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on how to make it on her own. She finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling startup. The only thing she didn't prepare for was going weak in the knees over billionaire (and hacker) Blake Landon, an arrogant investor who's seemingly determined...

For years, Kelly Andrews has waited for her big brother's best friend to notice her. As the physical therapist assigned to his recovery, she is finally getting the chance. But navy SEAL Michael Devaney is broken in body and spirit, all he sees is himself--as half a man. He is sure he will never be enough for the beautiful and vibrant Kelly. Devastated by the discovery of a terrible family secret, Patrick Devaney has shut out the world. But enchanting...

In a multidimensional, intricately wrought narrative, Myla Goldberg leads us back to Boston in the early part of the twentieth century and into two completely captivating worlds. One is that of Lydia, an Irish American shopgirl with bigger aspirations than your average young woman from South Boston. She seems to be well on her way to the life she has dreamed of when she marries Henry Wickett, a shy medical student and the scion of a Boston Brahmin...