Tag: romance
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Christmas at Red Robin Cottage by Sue Roberts
With Christmas around the corner, Sarah Dunne should have snowflakes and fairy lights on her mind, but this year things are feeling off. After divorcing her ex-husband, she’s helping her teen daughter, Ellie, navigate his absence during the festivities. And as a manager of a struggling local movie theater, she’s straining to bring in new…
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Snowflakes and Secrets in the Scottish Highlands by Donna Ashcroft
There isn’t a specific way to spend the Christmas season, but author Donna Ashcroft might have found one of the most charming. Her newest main character, the seasonally named Merry, escapes her overbearing family for a stint in the Scottish Highlands. Her month-long task seems simple enough: take care of the menagerie of animals that…
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The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane by Jaimie Admans
Getting your dream can be complicated, and I suspect Nia Maddison would agree. Fortunately, as co-proprietor of the newest shop on Nutcracker Lane specializing in all sorts of Christmassy crafts, Nia comes with a special brand of optimism.
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If Every Day Was Christmas by Donna Ashcroft
There comes a point—usually during the couple of days following Thanksgiving—when, fueled by turkey and sweet potatoes. Strands of lights start illuminating all the cracks and crevices. There’s a constant smell of cookies drifting from the oven. Yes, it’s all a big fuss for Christmas, but I can’t help it. Since it only comes once…
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Hope, Faith, and a Corpse by Laura Jensen Walker
One of the greatest challenges an author faces when writing a cozy mystery is crafting a main character who other people—sometimes complete strangers—actually want to talk to. It’s not enough that the sleuth finds themself stumbling through a mystery. If they actually want to solve anything, people have to talk to them. There’s all sorts…
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Love at the Little Wedding Shop by the Sea by Jane Linfoot
Is there anything worse than working with a best friend who’s betrayed you? Well, yes. Definitely. But it certainly doesn’t feel that way at the time, which is why Milla, Jane Linfoot’s worn but charming heroine in Love at the Little Wedding Shop by the Sea, whisks herself back where she grew up in Cornwall.…
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The Cottage of New Beginnings by Suzanne Snow
Some books open with a bang, plopping the reader down into the height of drama. Others open with a whimper, showcasing the normal and rosy lives of their characters. The Cottage of New Beginnings, author Suzanne Snow’s debut novel, opens with an illegally parked car and some miscommunication. It’s somewhere between the two extremes and,…
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Christmas at Carly’s Cupcakes by Jessica Redland
Christmas is always a busy time for Carly’s Cupcakes, and no one knows that better than Carly herself. But this year, the stress is really piling on. Her sister and coworker, Bethany, feels like a failure, and the strain is having a disastrous effect on their decadent desserts. And while she wishes she could help…
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A Very Merry Match by Melinda Curtis
Kindergarten teacher Mary Margaret Sneed always liked to dance, but she never thought she’d be dancing in a burlesque show. However, after the death of her husband leaves her responsible for his severe gambling debt, she doesn’t have a lot of options. So when night falls, she dons her wig, her mask, and struts across…
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Love Me Like You Do by Aimee Brown
It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but when her fiance leaves her at the alter, Parker walks right out the door … and straight into traffic. Thank goodness Liam, a good-looking stranger with a southern twang, was there with his Jeep. Sure, he wasn’t exactly planning on whisking a woman…
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