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"A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel that will keep you turning pages into the early hours, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who wrestles to reconcile her daily life as a single bookstore owner with the alternate reality she suddenly begins to dream about each night, in which she is a happily-married wife and mother"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
3) Book clubbed
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Cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is done reading people the riot act. After she's crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her last will and testament--which is packed with surprises. It soon comes to light that Betsy was hiding volumes of dark secrets behind that perpetual frown of hers--and one of them just might have been a motive for murder....
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The first kiss occurred in a dimly-lit hallway on the upper floor of Elwin Hastings's grand house. Louisa never saw it coming... Of course, Anthony Stalbridge couldn't possibly have had romantic intentions. The kiss was an act of desperation, meant to distract the armed guard about to catch the pair in a place they did not belong. After all, Louisa Bryce was no man's idea of an alluring female in her dull maroon gown and gold-rimmed spectacles. The...
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Emily and Jessamine Bach are opposites in every way: Twenty-eight-year-old Emily is the CEO of Veritech, twenty-three-year-old Jess is an environmental activist and graduate student in philosophy. Pragmatic Emily is making a fortune in Silicon Valley, romantic Jess works in an antiquarian bookstore. Emily is rational and driven, while Jess is dreamy and whimsical. Emily's boyfriend, Jonathan, is fantastically successful. Jess's boyfriends, not so...
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"A life on the road with best friend Rosie and her beloved camper-van-cum-book-shop, and definitely, definitely, no romance. But when Aria finds herself falling – after one too many glasses of wine, from a karaoke stage – into the arms of Jonathan, a part of her comes back to life for the first time in years. Since her beloved husband died Aria has sworn off love, unless it’s the kind you can find in the pages of a book. One love of her...
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Berkley Prime Crime
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It's November in Stoneham, New Hampshire, and that means itś time for the Chamber of Commerce elections. The race is already a bit heated, as the long-standing Chamber president is being challenged by a former loverT́riciaś own sister, Angelica. Then local small business owner Stan Berry throws his hat in the ring. Unfortunately, itś not there for long when heś found murdered in the Brookview Inn. The murder weapon is a brass letter opener belonging...
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Night series (Amanda Ashley) volume 3
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Zebra/Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Kathy McKenna was sure that the little Midwestern town of Oak Hollow would be isolated enough for safety, but the moment the black-clad stranger walked into her bookstore, she knew she was wrong... Oak Hollow was supposed to be neutral territory for supernatural beings. Instead it has become home to an evil force determined to destroy them, and kill any mortal who gets in the way. As leader of the North American vampires, Raphael has always put duty...
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Tantor Media, Inc
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[2019]
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English
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It's October in South Cove, California, and the locals in the quaint resort seem to be happily pairing off in the lull before the holidays. Everyone, that is, except for Jill Gardner's elderly aunt, who just dumped her besotted fiancé—and she won't say why.
When Jill hosts a talk at Coffee, Books, and More on the topic of elder abuse, all that's really on her mind is lunch. But the topic hits close to home when she discovers...
When Jill hosts a talk at Coffee, Books, and More on the topic of elder abuse, all that's really on her mind is lunch. But the topic hits close to home when she discovers...
10) A just clause
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2017.
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"Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth, is in for a surprise when her ne'er-do-well father, John, comes to town--and promptly becomes a prime suspect in the murder of a woman with her own scandalous past. Even Tricia's faith in the old man is shaken when the Stoneham police break the news that her father is a known con man who has done jail time. But what about bestselling thriller author Steven Richardson? Is it a coincidence that...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Northpointe Chalet: A Contemporary Retelling of Northanger Abbey. When a lively group of customers visit Kathy Moore's cafŽ, new friendships--and romance--ensue. When she learns of a mystery in their past, Kathy takes on the role of amateur detective, but will her digging do more damage than good?
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Marriage to a billionaire volume 1
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Entangled Publishing,LLC
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner, Alexa Maria McKenzie, casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend's older brother--the powerful man who once shattered her heart.
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2023.
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"Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows? Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on,...
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Tyndale House Publishers
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c2003
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English
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God answers Mona Reynolds' prayers, giving her the chance to open her own bookstore-coffee shop in an old Victorian house. Renovations to the place leave her no time for a love life. When she hires a mysterious drifter as handyman, she finds that it isn't only fairy tales that end with "happily ever after."
15) Poisoned pages
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2018.
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English
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"In the latest entry in Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling series, Tricia Miles learns that nothing kills a good party like a murder. Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth, throws a housewarming cocktail party in her new apartment. She even cooks all the food herself, which is quite a feat for someone who previously could not boil water. But when one of her guests is fatally poisoned, Tricia is left to wonder if her cooking...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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When her favorite customer, a lonely yet charming old man, dies right in front of her, Cassie holds on to the last book he was reading, which turns out to be a rare volume that has great power and she is tasked with protecting it from those who will do evil.
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[2020]
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"True crime writer Heather Kilbride arrives in the seacoast town of Inversgail, Scotland, to research a recent murder for her new book. But if that's true, why does she seem more interested in William Clark, a shadowy lawyer with no connection to the murder? Her nosy questions arouse the suspicions of Constable Hobbs, the members of a local writers' group, and Janet Marsh and her crew of amateur sleuths at Yon Bonnie Books. Heather's unconventional...
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Highland Bookshop novels volume 3
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The latest entry in the charming Highland Bookshop mystery series finds the women of Yon Bonnie Books embroiled in the death of a local doctor, which sets off a chain of other curious--and deadly--events.
20) Literally murder
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Black Cat Bookshop mysteries volume 4
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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When a viral video gets them invited to the championship cat show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Darla and her black cat, Hamlet, must keep a killer on a tight leash while trying to win Best in Show.