Lori Wick

Helping strangers bring surprising life changing love for one man.  

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Edward Steele is at last on his way home and determined tobe in Collingbourne before Christmasa'but that was before he met Denley andOsborne. Sailing from Africa to England,Edward meets these two very different men aboard ship. Osborne chooses toignore everyone while Denley and Edward find themselves much together. But astheir journey continues, Denley begins to feel unwell. By the time the shipstops in Lisbon, Portugal,he is very sick indeed. Not able to ignore his traveling companiona's plight, Edward abandonshis goal of going home and disembarks with Denley and Osborne. He never dreamsthat his association with them will lead to the mysterious Nicola Bettencourt,a woman who captivates and confounds him in equal measures.

The Pursuit

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Old western tale of Beth and her family overcoming adversity.  Together they attempt to outrun bounty hunter in pursuit of her unlikely choice of a husband.  

Doctor in Petticoats

Karen Kingsbury

Two wonderful books that overcome traumatic and redemptive chapters in the life of Jamie Bryan.  God is good, all the time.  So good.  

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Based on the tragedy of the Twin Towers . . . two powerful novels of heroism, loss, and redemption by New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury

ONE TUESDAY MORNING

The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the sound of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing. Not rushing with his teammates up the stairway of the south tower to help trapped victims. Not being blasted from the building. And not the woman sitting by his bedside who says she is his wife. Jamie Bryan will do anything to help her beloved husband regain his memory. But that means helping Jake rediscover the one thing Jamie has never shared with him: his deep faith in God.

BEYOND TUESDAY MORNING

Determined to find meaning in her grief three years after the terrorist attacks on New York City, FDNY widow Jamie Bryan pours her life into volunteer work at a small memorial chapel across from where the Twin Towers once stood. There, unsure and feeling somehow guilty, Jamie opens herself to the possibility of love again. But, in the face of a staggering revelation, only the persistence of a tenacious man, questions from Jamie's curious daughter, and words from her dead husband's journal can move Jamie beyond one Tuesday morning ... toward life.

One Tuesday Morning / Beyond Tuesday Morning Compilation

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Mary Jane Hathaway

Historians butt heads over new book. Along the lines of Pride and Prejudice, after much doubt and disagreement, love wins. 

This hilarious Southern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice tells the story of two hard-headed Civil war historians who find that first impressions can be deceiving. Shelby Roswell, a Civil War historian and professor, is on the fast track to tenure—that is, until her new book is roasted by the famous historian Ransom Fielding in a national review. With her career stalled by a man she’s never met, Shelby struggles to maintain her composure when she discovers that Fielding has taken a visiting professorship at her small Southern college. Ransom Fielding is still struggling with his role in his wife’s accidental death six years ago and is hoping that a year at Shelby’s small college near his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, will be a respite from the pressures of Ivy League academia. He never bargained for falling in love with the one woman whose career—and pride—he injured, and who would do anything to make him leave. When these two hot-headed southerners find themselves fighting over the centuries-old history of local battles and antebellum mansions, their small college is about to become a battlefield of Civil War proportions. With familiar and relatable characters and wit to spare, Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits shows you that love can conquer all…especially when pride, prejudice, love, and cheese grits are involved!

Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits

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Laura Morelli

A historical novel of two women, 500 years apart both tied to the Mona Lisa.  France 1939 and Florence 1479.  

A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa

From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred years, who each hide Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa--with unintended consequences. France, 1939 At the dawn of World War II, Anne Guichard, a young archivist employed at the Louvre, arrives home to find her brother missing. While she works to discover his whereabouts, refugees begin flooding into Paris and German artillery fire rattles the city. Once they reach the city, the Nazis will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Louvre's art collection. Anne is quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord, where the Louvre's most precious artworks--including the Mona Lisa--are being transferred to ensure their safety. With the Germans hard on their heels, Anne frantically moves the Mona Lisa and other treasures again and again in an elaborate game of hide and seek. As the threat to the masterpieces and her life grows closer, Anne also begins to learn the truth about her brother and the role he plays in this dangerous game. Florence, 1479 House servant Bellina Sardi's future seems fixed when she accompanies her newly married mistress, Lisa Gherardini, to her home across the Arno. Lisa's husband, a prosperous silk merchant, is aligned with the powerful Medici, his home filled with luxuries and treasures. But soon, Bellina finds herself bewitched by a charismatic monk who has urged Florentines to rise up against the Medici and to empty their homes of the riches and jewels her new employer prizes. When Master Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint a portrait of Lisa, Bellina finds herself tasked with hiding an impossible secret. When art and war collide, Leonardo da Vinci, his beautiful subject Lisa, and the portrait find themselves in the crosshairs of history.

The Stolen Lady

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Loletta Clouse

Set against the backdrop of the Smoky Mountains near Townsend, TN in 1912, a young girl returns to teach school.  Will she reunite with her family after being sent away for 6 years?  Will she remain independent or find love among the mountains that she loves?  

Mallie

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Linda Lowery

A librarian and her coworker are nervous about the storeroom upstairs and the mysterious figure in the window.  The array of patrons and unexpected events are very entertaining.  Enjoy 3 stories in one book.  

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Whoever said libraries are quiet places never visited the small town library that sits on the grounds of the old state hospital. Creaks and groans echo through the stacks as the patrons peruse the shelves of the current library building. Larissa Lou Rue, reference librarian and amateur sleuth could tell you a tale or two as she keeps the patrons in line, all while battling a raging tornado, a rabid group of quilting ladies, and library ghosties. These three mysteries will keep you laughing and guessing... Is it haunted? Maybe? Maybe not?

Murder in the Library

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Karen Robards

This one is not for the faint of heart.  Not my usual read but I kept turning the pages!!  I wanted to know “who done it”. 

Hot summer passion. Cold-blooded fear.When Christy Petrino discovers that her fiancé, Michael DePalma, and the law firm where she works are linked to the mob, she breaks her engagement and quits her job. But no one walks away from the DePalma family so easily. Christy's freedom comes on one condition: She must deliver a locked briefcase to a motel on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island. Her late-night drop-off is only the beginning of a tide of terror: In the shadows of the Outer Banks, Christy senses she is being followed...and suddenly she is a witness in a police investigation of a serial killer known as the "Beachcomber" -- who targets young women who all resembleher.Handsome surfer Luke Rand offers the best kind of shelter in his strong arms. But as their sensual attraction flares, Christy hears warning bells telling herif you want to survive a hot and deadly summer, trust no one....

Beachcomber

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Book Four of a series of twenty-six books, each written by a different author. Each book seamlessly continues the story of the Wayfarers Inn and its new owners.  History intersects with present day as Luann, Tess and Janice make discoveries in the basement of this old building that they are transforming into a bed and breakfast. I have read Books One through Four (listed separately) and cannot wait to find the next ones in the series. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Secrets of Wayfarers Inn

Greater Than Gold

Book Three of twenty-six books, each written by a different author.  Each book seamlessly continues the story of the Wayfarers Inn and its new owners. History intersects with the present day as Luann, Tess and Janice make discoveries in the basement of this old building that they are transforming into a bed and breakfast. I have read Books One through Four (listed separately) and cannot wait to find the next books in the series.  

All That Remains

Book Two of a series of twenty-six books, each written by different authors.  Each book seamlessly continues the story of the Wayfarers Inn and its new owners.  History intersects with the present day as Luann, Tess and Janice make discoveries in the basement of this old building that they are transforming into a bed and breakfast. I have read Books One through Four (listed separately) and cannot wait to find the next ones in the series. 

River of Life

Book One of a series of twenty-six books, each written by different authors.  Each book seamlessly continues the story of the Wayfarers Inn and its new owners.  History intersects with present day as Luann, Tess and Janice make discoveries in the basement of this old building that they are transforming into a bed and breakfast.  I have read Books One through Four (listed separately) and cannot wait to find the next ones in the series. 

Family Secrets

Jennifer Chiaverini

Another delightful ElmCreek novel from Jennifer Chiaverini.  The owner and proprietor of  Elm Creek Manor, Sylvia stitches her story into a quilt on a quest to change hearts and minds.  

As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her past -- her own role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too late to make amends. Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new daughter-in-law, Amy, who opposed Sylvia's marriage to her father, Andrew, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the season, begun and abandoned over six years, she recalls the New Year's Eve festivities of her youth at Elm Creek Manor as a member of the Bergstrom family. She titles the quilt "New Year's Reflections," after her belief that year-end reflections precede resolutions. The quilt blocks she chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those who loved her alive in her heart. The New Year's Quilt is a novel to enjoy today and to treasure anew each holiday season.

The New Year's Quilt

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Shauna Robinson

What a great story.  You gotta love Maggie despite her creative dishonesty that could jeopardize so many people.  Interesting characters just draw you in to turning the pages.  

"A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken." -- Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World and The Friend Zone

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules.

When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy. Bell River's literary society insists on keeping the bookstore stuck in the past, and Maggie is banned from selling anything written this century. So, when a series of mishaps suddenly tip the bookstore toward ruin, Maggie will have to get creative to keep the shop afloat.

And in Maggie's world, book rules are made to be broken.

To help save the store, Maggie starts an underground book club, running a series of events celebrating the books readers actually love. But keeping the club quiet, selling forbidden books, and dodging the literary society is nearly impossible. Especially when Maggie unearths a town secret that could upend everything. 

Maggie will have to decide what's more important: the books that formed a small town's history, or the stories poised to change it all.

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

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Lori Wilde

It's Jill Shalvis meets Susan Mallery in this gorgeous novel by New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde about three sisters, one small town, a wedding, and the summer that changes everything. Welcome to Moonglow Cove, Texas, a place where your neighbors know your name and the gentle waves of the Gulf of Mexico lap lazily against the sands. It's a magical spot, especially in the summertime... Once the town was the home of the Clark sisters--brought up by their grandmother at the Moonglow Inn. Nicknamed "The Moonglow Sisters", as children they were inseparable. Then, a wedding-day betrayal tore them apart and they scattered across the globe and away from each other. But the sisters have at last come home... There's Maddie: smart, sensible, and stubborn. Shelley, who ran off to find her bliss. And Gia, a free-spirit determined to keep the peace. It's her impending wedding that keeps them together...but Gia has a secret, and when her sisters find out all heck is going to break loose! The Moonglow Sisters continues Lori Wilde's trademark storytelling to create an unforgettable novel of family, betrayal, love, and second chances.

The Moonglow Sisters

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Heartwarming tale of a group of friends trying to solve the mystery of a death 15 years before.  They are members of the Nimble Thimbles quilters.  New clues are found in an old quilt.  Off they go exciting adventures across the globe.  

Annie’s Quilted Mysteries

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#paperback #fiction #romance #ireland #bookstore #jennycolgan #bookbus 

A Novel

The Bookshop on the Corner

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#paperback #fiction #romance #bookstore #scotland #bestseller 

A grand baronial house on Loch Ness, a quirky small-town bookseller, and a single mom looking for a fresh start all come together in this witty and warm-hearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan. Desperate to escape from London, single mother Lottie wants to build a new life for herself and her son Raffie. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where honking horns and shouting football fans keep them awake all night. If she doesn’t find a way out soon, Lottie knows it’s just a matter of time before she has a complete meltdown. On a whim, she answers an ad for a nanny job in the Scottish Highlands, which is about as far away from the urban crush of London as possible. It sounds heavenly! The job description asks for someone capable of caring for two…well, the advertisement says “gifted children”; the reality is more like “feral wolverines.” The children’s widowed father is a wreck, and the kids run wild in a huge tumbledown castle on the heather-strewn banks of Loch Ness. Still, the peaceful, picturesque location is everything London is not—and Lottie rises to the challenges of the job. With the help of Nina, the friendly local bookseller, Lottie begins to put down roots in the community. Are books, fresh air, and kindness enough to heal this broken family—and her own…?

The Bookshop on the Shore

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An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

The ninth book in Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling series—when two of Elm Creek Quilts’ founding members decide to leave the fold, who can possibly take their place in the circle of quilters? When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Creek Quilters. As they begin the interview process, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take the place of beloved colleagues and friends? "We must evaluate all of the applicants' qualities," advises Master Quilter Sylvia Compson. "Our choice will say as much about us as it says about who we decide to hire." Who merits a place among the circle of quilters? Will it be Maggie, whose love of history shines through in all her projects; Anna, whose food-themed quilts are wonderfully innovative; Russ, the male quilter with a completely original style; Karen, a novice teacher whose gifts for language complement her deep understanding of the quilters' mission; or Gretchen, the soulful veteran whose craft is inspired by quilting tradition?

Circle of Quilters

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Another madcap #murdermystery where Vivian and her daughter Brandy do not rest until the murderer is found.  #Hilarity ensues between mother and daughter and the characters in this small #Midwest town.  Read them in order or out of order - it doesn’t matter.  #Humor and #antics (Vivian) will keep you amused, mystified and hanging on until the end.  You will want another episode on hand.  They are too much, #fun that is. 

A Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mystery

Local theater diva Vivian Borne--a.k.a. Brandy's mother--is sheriff of Serenity County now, but still hot on the trail of precious antiques. On a tour of the historic Wentworth Mansion, the two dedicated dealers are aglow at the priceless objects...never dreaming everything will turn to ashes. Hours later, a charred corpse in the ruins is identified as the mansion's caretaker, a one-time flame of Vivian's.

Tony Cassato, Serenity's Chief of Police, throws cold water on Sheriff Vivian's suspicions of murder. But when Brandy spots a familiar item for sale on the internet, Mother suspects the fire is just a smoke screen--and then their doggie detective, Sushi the shih tzu, sniffs out a second body in the woods. Now Mother and Brandy must turn up the heat on a homicidal torcher--because any killer who takes on the Borne girls is playing with fire.

Antiques Fire Sale

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A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery

Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case. . .

Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds small-town Serenity anything but serene. It seems an unscrupulous antiques dealer has swindled Vivian out of the family's heirlooms. But when he is found run over in a country lane, Brandy becomes Murder Suspect Number One--with her mother coming in a very close second. . .

The list of other suspects is impressive--the victim's business seems to have been based on bilking seniors out of their possessions. And when the Borne "girls" uncover a few very unsavory Serenity secrets, they become targets for a murderer whose favorite hobby seems to be collecting victims.

Don't miss Brandy Borne's tips on antiques!

"Cozy mystery fans will love this down-to-earth heroine with the wry sense of humor and a big heart." --Nancy Pickard

"With its small-town setting and quirky characters, Antiques Roadkill is fun from start to finish. Dive in and enjoy."--Laurien Berenson

Antiques Roadkill

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#murdermystery #humor #midwest #madcap #wittydialogue

"One of the funniest cozy series going." --Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Brandy Borne and her dramatically ditzy mother, Vivian, are stars of the new reality show, Antiques Sleuths. The season opens in a perfect location--a quaint old house echoing with the unsolved whispers of a 60-year-old axe murder. But when the show's producer meets a similarly grisly end, Brandy and Mother must chop around for clues, axe the right questions, and get the edge on a murderer's mysterious motives. Otherwise our sharp-witted sleuths may face cancellation--on the cutting room floor!

Don't miss Brandy Borne's tips on antiques!

Praise for Barbara Allan and the Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery Series. . .

"Thrills, laugh-out-loud moments and amazingly real relationships." --Romantic Times Book Reviews

"The characters shine with brassy humor." --Publishers Weekly

"You'll laugh out loud." --Mystery Scene

Antiques Chop

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#paperback #murdermystery #funny #smalltown #humor #wittydialogue

Brandy and Vivian head to a comic-book convention to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing. An intruder breaks into their hotel suite, and they suspect a felonious fan, over-eager to acquire the artwork. When Brandy and Mother stumble onto a murder victim impaled by a pen-shaped award, suspects range from comic-book collectors to crime kingpins, leading to a madcap Manhattan misadventure.

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