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GroVont trilogy volume 2
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"Tim Sandlin's stuff is as tight and funny as anyone doing this comedy novel thing." -Christopher Moore
Maurey has hit rock bottom, with a bottle of whiskey and an infamous reputation, she'll do anything to get out of town. Even drive two ex-drunks cross-country hauling a trailer full of illegal beer.
Everyone in GroVont, Wyoming, knows everybody else's business, but Maurey Pierce Talbot is practically famous
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Sisterchicks novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2005
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Kathleen joins her husband for a three-month trip to New Zealand when he's hired by a film studio in Wellington. Leaving behind all that is familiar in her comfortable corner in Southern California, she realizes that the past twenty years have been so tightly woven into the life of her only daughter that she's not sure who she is on her own or with her husband. In her isolation, Kathleen begins to contemplate reinventing herself, but before her crazy...
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Annie passes away at the youthful age of 56, leaving her high-school friend, Katherine, responsible for organizing her traveling funeral. Katherine receives a UPS package with Annie's favorite pair of red high-top sneakers, which contain her ashes, and instructions to contact four other women who played pivotal roles in her life. All of the women either have met or heard of each other through Annie, and all agree to fulfill her request that they fly...
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Two young cousins decide to barge in on their eccentric Great-Aunt Harriet--despite a long-standing family rule strictly forbidding unannounced visits. There is a good reason why guests are not welcome at their aunt's home. And the cousins are about to discover that, as difficult as it is break into the dark, imposing edifice, it may prove even harder to escape....
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"To their neighbors in suburban Holt, New York, the Winters family has it all: a grand home, a trio of radiant daughters, and a sense that they are safe in their affluent corner of America. But when five-year-old Ellie disappears, the fault lines within the Winters family are exposed. Joseph, once a successful businessman, succumbs to his demons. Isabelle retreats into memories of her debutante days in Savannah, Georgia.
And Ellie's bereft sisters...
7) Oh My Stars
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[2005]
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At the dawn of rock'n'roll, a down-and-out woman falls for a budding musician. With a ten-city tour.
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Maxie and Stretch mysteries volume 3
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Maxie McNabb receives a frantic call for help that sends her flying to Hawaii to assist her old friend, Karen Bailey, in packing up her house, a job that is soon complicated by a mysterious prowler, telephone sabotage, and her old friend's secrets.
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Flighty but good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom she's vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edward's shadow, and she hears whispered warnings of danger and witnesses the murder of a secret agent in her hotel room. And when she discovers that a romantic...
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2019.
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"The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters--Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina--were never close and barely got along growing up, and now as adults, have grown even further apart. Rajni, a school principal is a stickler for order. Jezmeen, a thirty-year-old struggling actress, fears her big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking "good" sister married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish:...
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A retired London bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by his eccentric aunt for a “cheerfully irreverent” romp across Europe (The Guardian).
Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias. Then, for the first time in fifty years, he sees his aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral. Charging into...
Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias. Then, for the first time in fifty years, he sees his aunt Augusta at his mother’s funeral. Charging into...
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Sisterchicks novels volume 1
Pub. Date
c2003
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Best friends Penny and Sharon, connected as young moms twenty years ago, take a "post-kids" trip to Findland to seek out Penny's only living relatives.
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Sisterchicks novels volume 3
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c2004
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"Almost twin" sisters Melanie and Joanne are surprised to learn they have inherited their uncle's picturesque beachfront cottage in Mexico. With directions from his wealthy widow, they pack their bags and leave their homes in chilly Canada. Now they're on a luxurious cruise ship headed south, where the path to their inheritance will be lined with unexpected adventures--and blessings.
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Bed-and-breakfast mysteries volume 21
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When the pre-launch party for their cruise is interrupted by the murders of the cruise line owner and two additional victims, Judith and Renie prowl the streets of San Francisco in a case that is complicated by two fellow travelers.
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Best friends Hope and Laurie are both turning 40 this year. What better way to celebrate than on a sandy beach in Waikiki? Their husbands and children urge them to go, but a few months before she boards the plane, Hope discovers she is carrying a little surprise. When she lands in Hawaii, she's packing a maternity bathing suit along with her tour brochures. Will these two sisterchicks still learn to do the hula?
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Amity Doncaster es una viajera experimentada acostumbrada al peligro y Benedict Stanbridge es un hombre de ciencia y espia al servicio de la Corona britanica. Pero ambos estan a punto de enfrentarse a una amenaza en su propio territorio. Una mujer no espera que la secuestren en una calle londinense a plena luz del dia. No obstante, Amity Doncaster consigue salir indemne tras verse atrapada en un carruaje con un hombre que oculta su rostro tras una...
19) Hope's highway
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c2004
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Abandoned by Ernie Harding, who steals her life's savings, Margie Kinnard pursues her dream of becoming a movie star with the help of her long-lost father, but her goals could be sidetracked by Ernie's reappearance.
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Ladies of Lantern Street volume 3
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One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. But Amity Doncaster barely escapes with her life after she is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Her quick thinking, and her secret weapon, save her . . . for now. But the monster known in the press as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived...