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Sliding Across Mountains is a book about the power of friendship. In a small town in Tennessee, a writer, a mother, a widow, and a parish nurse form an unlikely friendship and a curling team. These four ladies learn more than sliding rocks down a sheet of ice. They learn what they can accomplish with a team of support and love is not always on the rocks.
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'A glorious story that celebrates the power of love' – Bestselling author ADRIANA TRIGIANI 'I adored The House in the Olive Grove. It is a hymn to friendship and love, and is utterly perfect' – Bestselling author LIZ FENWICK Will one week in Greece change their lives for ever? Chef Maria is running a successful cookery school in her home village of Petalidi, Greece – but she is also running from the secrets of her past. Food journalist Kayla...
3) The Swim
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The Swim is a prequel novella giving a picture of former police detective Michael McLaren's life from teenager to the strong man he is today. He's been through a lot from his ordeal beginning with the "swim", his move from the Force, and his cold cases. He's made enemies, friends, and he has loved and lost. Like many of us.
4) A Long Time
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Older age is not the time to slow down and wait to die. Ned Quist, an author, has lost in his life, but has decided to renew old acquaintences, refresh friendships from his high school band and find happiness as a member of a band comprised of the infirm and old. Old relationships are reestablished and high school band members become octogenarian members of a band whose goal is fun, friendship and the opportunity to take the stage and play. Older...
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"The Often Forgotten Hero" follows Sarah Jones, a dedicated 911 dispatcher juggling the demanding roles of a single mother and an essential emergency responder. Each day, she navigates the routines of getting her daughter, Lizzy, to school and then immerses herself in the high-stress environment of the Pineworth Police Department as a dispatcher. Through riveting chapters, readers witness Sarah's intense calls, the challenges she faces, and the toll...
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Obra cómica, divertida y de enredos en la que se relata la historia de dos amigos que tienen un "alter ego" y fingen llamarse de diferente manera para escapar de su vida diaria y, finalmente, para casarse con dos mujeres que sueñan con casarse algún día con alguien llamado Ernesto. Lo que no saben estos hombres es que al adoptar esta falsa personalidad, esto los conllevará a un sin fin de problemas enredados y disparates, los cuales tendrán...
7) Samantha
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The windshield on the pickup truck was torn from moorings, the driver hung over the steering wheel, his head seeping red liquid onto the dash. In the automobile, lay two more bodies. Bradley's forehead swelled above his right eye, the result of his head hitting the top of the windshield. Samantha's hair was streaked with blood from her head wound. The windshield on her side was cracked in spider web fashion. Neither of them was conscious of the sound...
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Who are the employees of St Jude's Medical Center? You already know who they are. You work with them. Come take a madcap meeting with them anyway and see how and why they leave common sense behind as the new hospital administrator William Petty changes everything. He adjusts associated staffing levels (fires people) and increases workloads (sometimes for the fired people). He even limits Father Chuck to added-value duties. In response, the employees...
9) Pont Judith
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You cannot put a price on your first love.David Wayne has always called Point Judith, Rhode Island home and for good reason-the small village is the jewel of the ocean state-clean beaches, shopping, restaurants, fishing, boating and, year-round ferry service to Block Island.After traveling the globe for five years on business the self-made billionaire is ready to go home. At thirty-six thousand feet in the air, David is shocked when he reads The Lighthouse...
10) Love's Destiny
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Book 2 of Maggie Lynn's journey through the tragedy of family, life, and marriage. Can she trust anyone, including her friends?Maggie's short second marriage unravels on her every breath.The future of her two-century ranch slipped through her hands. Now, strangers own and operate it. In the last year, her naïve actions and the onslaught of events lead to her decisions.Abandoned in a foreign country, seven months pregnant, and nearly penniless, Maggie...
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An "intelligently written and thought-provoking" novel of two women, an abandoned baby, a long-ago trauma, and a confrontation with truth (Cambridge Journal).
When they were nineteen, taking a summer journey along the British coast, Olivia and Eve found a newborn baby in a phone box.
The trip had been filled with adventures, arguments, and friendship. But that day marked the end of it all. The baby could have drawn them together, but instead,...
12) Déjouer l'oubli
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Chantal, prof de maths retraitée et désœuvrée, est en perte de repères dans son bungalow.
Nicole, sa voisine et meilleure amie, voit sa mémoire défaillir depuis la mort de son mari.
Entre elles, un lien unique. Du genre qui vous mène à fuir en douce vos vies en déroute pour mordre l'asphalte en direction de la Gaspésie.
Deux femmes, une seule urgence de vivre.
S'évader pour mieux se souvenir. Tout faire pour déjouer l'oubli.
Un...
13) A Summer Morning
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As 34-year-old Timothy Dugan makes his way through life, he is beset by a growing list of problems. His girlfriend, a full-time college student, wants to have a baby, he hates his job, and his mother announces that she and his father, long divorced, plan to remarry. He copes by drinking too much. When his mother suggests it's time for another round of therapy, Timothy loudly resists. He knows his outlook is sour and vows to do better. Then Harcourt,...
14) Partner Pursuit
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When a workaholic lawyer meets a fun-loving music marketing executive for opposites attract, friends-to-lovers adventures, which partnership will she choose? Workaholic lawyer Audrey Willems is not going to take any chances with her bid to become a partner at her New York law firm-especially with only six months until the decision. Until she bumps into Jake-her new neighbor. Jake is a fun-loving music marketing executive who might just be The One....
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"The Perennial Bond" unfolds in the heart of Eldridge Cove, a quaint coastal town where time stands still, and the salty breeze carries whispered secrets to ancient cliffs. This enchanting tale weaves a tapestry of love, serendipity, and the mysteries of the universe, transcending the ordinary. Follow the journey of Lily, an artist seeking inspiration, and Owen, a scholar drawn by the town's mystical past, as their fates intertwine in the ethereal...
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"Will appeal to readers of Elena Ferrante and Margaret Atwood . . . the unusual setting offers an interesting twist on the portrait of an artist as a young woman." -Bookpage
In 1960s Iceland, Hekla dreams of being a writer. In a nation of poets, where each household proudly displays leatherbound volumes of the Sagas, and there are more writers per capita than anywhere else in the world, there is only one problem: she is a woman.
After packing...
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Book One in the Spellsmith & Carver TrilogyAn estranged son. An adopted heir. A magical attack that forces them to work together.The disappearance of Auric Spellsmith's mother has strained his relationship with his father to the breaking point. Now, after five years away at the Magicians' Academy, Auric returns home, determined to prove himself to his father and claim his birthright.Apprentice Jericho Carver has held Spellsmith Manor together in Auric's...
18) The Friend
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On the cusp of her eightieth birthday and in residential care - former, intimidating piano teacher Ms Mary Rutledge has very little to look forward to - until she meets thirty year old pianist James Richards . He's handsome and understands music as well as she does. From a chance encounter develops a romantic friendship that will stay with him...forever.
19) Houdini
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This is a modern day version of the Houdini brothers - Harry and Theo. Follow these two brothers as they discover magic, and how their lives revolve about performing. However, when one brother is offered an opportunity and the other isn't, their lives become seperate and they take different paths in life.
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Sometimes, when you win, you lose. Used to volunteer work, bake sales, and thrifting, life as Samantha knows it fireballs out of control with one little lottery ticket. Emotions boil over under new pressures as she does her best to get clear of the smoke and have a little fun. However, the powers that be make it clear nothing will be the same again-her old life is gone. But Sam doesn't want things to change. This is her home, where she grew up, went...