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The first flowers each spring bring big changes along with them.Two women, thinking that they are too different, find that those differences don't have to be bad… Dani lost all her dreams in the divorce three years ago, but she's finally saved up enough to live her own dream this time. So, she moves to the island with her young daughter, Rose, to open a flower shop, ready for a new start in her life.Her heart is still tender, but when she catches...
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A brand new teacher at the local primary school, a woman taking care of her mum's book store, two hearts who believe that love and relationships aren't for them. Kara moves to her favourite island following the job offer of a lifetime, to become a teacher at the only primary school the island has. It's like a dream come true, live on the island, go on long walks with her dog Tys and teach, all in one neat package.But when she spots the beautiful woman...
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Amid London's hustle, an unexpected love story begins…Hannah Driver's life is on the skids: single, newly jobless, and nursing ambitions of becoming a drag king that make her traditional family baulk. She's at a crossroads.Enter Cordy Starling, the charming and composed pianist who moves in with Hannah, and quickly becomes the nudge-or rather, full-on shove-Hannah needs to chase her dreams. The prospect of romance with Cordy twinkles on the horizon...
4) Grace Period
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Hannah's wife has died unexpectedly Just as 70-year-old writing professor Hannah Greene walks into her retirement party, she's called to the ER because Grace, her wife of 25 years, has been in what turns out to be a fatal car accident. This was definitely not part of the plan the two had for their lives, especially since Grace was ten years younger than Hannah. The plan had been for Hannah to join her art history professor wife on a sabbatical trip...
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Amidst the flowers and promises of forever, Helena and Pati's long-awaited wedding day transforms into an unexpected journey of chaos and calamity. In a tale where love is tested by the quirks of fate, join Helena as she navigates through absurd mishaps and unruly challenges, all in a desperate bid to ensure her beloved Pati experiences the dream wedding she deserves. 'Love Conquers Chaos' is a heartwarming and humorous odyssey that explores the resilience...
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Victory isn't always the end of the story. Paris, 1944. As OSS agents Kathryn Hammond and Jenny Ryan navigate the dangerous world of espionage, they are faced with the ultimate test of love and loyalty. Can their love overcome the obstacles in their path, or have time and the shadows of the past cost them a second chance at happiness? Join Kathryn and Jenny on their journey of forgiveness, healing, and devotion, as they discover the strength of their...
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In the Pictish kingdom of Cait, human stone-carver Eithni and her fey lover, the deer-woman Sable, survive in exile-even if they chafe at the need to hide their true selves from the people of Cenn River. But they know that if Sable's one-time liege, a Lightlord of the fey, finds them here in the mortal realm, his revenge will eclipse anything mere humans could enact ten-fold.So when gathering winter storms give rise to old superstitions about "The...
8) Maya's Quest
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From the year 3000 BC comes a thrilling time travel tale about an unexpected friendship and forbidden love. Two women: a future time traveler and the free-spirited daughter of the village chief find themselves in a race against time.Maya's encounter with time traveller Marvi will have far-reaching consequences, influencing not just her community but also future generations. Following an accident, Maya learns more about Marvi and finds herself falling...
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Christine Snow, a successful Chicago therapist, sets out to find her vanished lover, the sultry and elusive travel photographer Taylor Hayes. Forging a trail that leads into the heart of Morocco, Seven Moves tracks Christine's gradual recognition that no one can ever really know another's soul. Bearing Anshaw's trademark style -funny, hip, and laser-sharp -this is "a tightly told tale that resists the bookmark as well as any thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times)....
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When it comes to her crew, Captain Jamila Warwick strives to maintain strict separation between the personal and the professional. Commanding a deep space science vessel does not allow for anything in between. But where comms specialist Aida de Luca is concerned, those lines have begun to blur.An impossible ship, abandoned in an empty asteroid field, should be the discovery of a lifetime. The vessel is like nothing Warwick's team has ever encountered....
11) Celia's Room
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"Stunning debut: If you like Kerouac or Isherwood, you will love Celia's Room."An LGBT+ novel of the Barcelona night in a year of sex, drugs and deception. Told through their own eyes, sensitive Joaquim – whose passion for painting will propel him into the artist's life – and cynical Eduardo – addicted to a nightlife that thwarts his ambition to write – unveil a conflicted, shadowy city, personified by the enigmatic Celia. Despite their violently...
12) On the Square
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Dropped from her television show after a very public split with her cheating ex, celebrity chef Mai Li wants nothing more than to reopen her parents' shuttered restaurant and make a fresh start in her former hometown. So what if twenty years of neglect has left the building in need of a major renovation? Seduced by Mai's charm and determination, hard-edged contractor Dale Miller agrees to take on her renovation project. After a spring storm causes...
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Seventeen-year-old Nessa Clarkson is full of questions and confusion. How does she fit into the new household Dad is forging with his partner, Cindy, and Cindy's son? What will being a lesbian mean in practice? And why is their neighbour so reluctant to talk about her past?Moira Cavendish had been famous for a while, in the 1980s. Then she fled the bright lights of London, leaving only a mystery behind her.Moira and Nessa shouldn't have anything in...
14) Off Balance
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When she lands her dream job, Maya Scott thinks her luck may finally be about to change. Eager to prove herself a successful adult and win back custody of her young daughter, Maya is determined to excel at the Mars Fund. Her new boss, New York's notorious ice queen, Elena Mars, could prove difficult to please. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and Maya learns from her coworkers, some who love her while others loathe her, that Elena has...
15) Double Six
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Elaine MacLeod, the most feared and revered Mistress of Rowan House, is frustrated. Overworked, still hurt and angry over the departure of her long-term lover, she refuses to admit Rowan House needs another Mistress to accommodate their guests. Unconvinced anyone will be able to meet her high standards, Elaine grudgingly agrees to audition the sole applicant, Petra Grendhal.Robin Broadacre would do anything for the woman who rescued her from certain...
16) Luck Lines
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Every person is born with a line of luck on their arm that they can spend to bribe fate in their favor. Spend it wisely and the doors to success will open. Spend it foolishly and you'll be shunned as a reckless blank-arm. At age twenty-three, Helena has never spent a single inch of luck, for fear of ending up like her gambling brother. She's never needed luck though. So far, her life has unfolded perfectly as planned, with her plush apartment, prestigious...
17) Goldie
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Cast out of her village after being accused of killing her father, Marigold Lovelock has nothing but the clothes on her back and the willpower to make it into the woods. With the company of an Ursidae, a mythical creature known as Squeak, she seeks out The One, the Storyteller who speaks the truth. Throw in a nasty beast called the Gromas, a pack of wolves, and a girl with lips as red as blood, Marigold knows she must learn how to embrace the person...
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How do you get over the love of your life when you can't even admit you loved her? Janey has been in the closet her entire life-even when she fell for her first girlfriend, Elise, back in high school. After Elise left their small hometown of Clitheroe to pursue her dreams of becoming a musician, Janey knew that the only thing she'd have to remember her by was the song that Elise had written about Janey. But that love song soon turned into the biggest...
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A memory-stealing cult.
The ever-watchful City of Eyes.
Making small talk.
Join Droplet as she faces all these horrors and more…
Vigilante shapeshifter Droplet has trained her entire life to take
down those with more power than scruples, but she still makes mistakes.
When a rescue mission goes wrong, a memory-stealing cult of blood mages
escapes with kidnapped captives in tow. To save them, Droplet
reluctantly teams up with the outgoing,...
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A beautiful love story against a backdrop of tragic loss ("By Candlelight")... A life-changing train journey ("The Train")... A young woman who abruptly runs away from home ("What Will Happen Next?")... A powerful tale of love and friendship ("Another Part of Her")... A meeting between a professor and her student ("Hot Chocolate")... A grieving young adult returning to the home of her parents after a five-year absence ("When I Left")... In The Homes...