Rachel Van Buren tries to escape the gold-rush quagmire of 1849 San Francisco with her high moral principles intact. Rachel is shocked with this mud-infested boomtown where the only females are of...
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Author: Gist, DeeanneSummary:Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Guidry, JacquelineSummary:
Ten-year-old Vivien Leigh wants more than anything to understand the adult world. But when two black nuns come to teach at her all-white Catholic elementary school, everything begins to change....
Genre: Bildungsromans, Domestic fiction -
Author: Freethy, BarbaraSummary:
Paige Hathaway is heir to the famous Hathaway antiques emporium. Alyssa Chen is the illegitimate granddaughter of Chinese immigrants. Together with security expert Riley McAllister they become...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Johnston, JoanSummary:
This summer, Bitter Creek Ranch will host the grandest social event in many years--the lavish wedding of Clay Blackthorne and Jocelyn Montrose. Before walking down the aisle, however, Jocelyn...
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Author: Harris, CharlaineSummary:
Lily Bard has joined a group therapy session in Shakespeare, Arkansas, determined finally to face her past. It sounds positively enlightening, until the murder of a fellow member sends a warning....
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Harris, CharlaineSummary:
When Lily Bard, a reclusive cleaning lady with a penchant for karate, finds and reports a dead body, her shady past and connections to potential perpetrators make her a leading suspect.
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Author: Clemmons, CarolineSummary:
Handsome rancher Drake Kincaid faces a dilemma. He must take a bride before his rapidly approaching 30th birthday, or he will lose his ranch to his conniving uncle. Steamed, he vows to marry the...
Genre: Romance fiction, Historical fiction -
Author: Clement, BlaizeSummary:
Dixie Hemingway is a pet sitter for some of Florida's most pampered pets. But when she happens upon a man drowned in a cat's water bowl, Dixie's sleuthing powers from her time as a deputy sheriff...
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Author: Clement, BlaizeSummary:
While taking a morning walk with a miniature dachsund, Dixie's shocked when the hound digs up a dead body! Recognizing the deceased as her client Conrad Ferrelli, Dixie realizes that the person...
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Author: Friddle, MindySummary:
Cutter is determind to sabotage the sale of her family's dilapidated ancestral home. Her sister Ginny (in the midst of an affair with a professor) doesn't seem to care either way. When the...
Genre: Humorous fiction -
Author: Hannon, LaurettaSummary:
Growing up in Warner Robins, Georgia, with her parents--and their loving but rocky relationship--isn't always easy for Lauretta. It doesn't help that the rest of her family is a who's who list of...
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Author: Pupek, JayneSummary:
Eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders is forced to grow up quickly when her pregnant mother develops health problems and her father's attentions become diverted by a teenage produce peddler. To escape,...
Genre: Bildungsromans, Young adult fiction -
Author: Sumner, MelanieSummary:
Although Louise Peppers' family is a bit eccentric and dysfunctional, they are also loving and supportive. In conventional Counterpoint, Georgia, Louise grows up to be a "normal" teen. But after...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Quinn, KarenSummary:
Ivy Ames, fortysomething mother of two, loses her high-flying job (to downsizing) and her husband (to their neighbor) in the same day. To pay for her daughter's private schooling, she starts a new...
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Author: Wells, RosemarySummary:As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her...