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Author: Tracey Bateman
Publisher: FaithWords
ISBN: 0446538019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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When Laini Sullivan lands a job designing Nick Pantalone's coffee shop, there are two problems: one, Nick's nephew Joe hates all of her ideas and two, Laini has to admit he's right -- she's a disaster at design. Still, she can't risk losing the job. To compromise, Joe brings in help on the project, while Laini continues to bake the goodies that keep his customers lining up. Their relationship is moving along, so when new guy Officer Mark Hall implies that Joe's family is tied to the mob, Laini doesn't want to believe it. But things spin out of control when she meets the family, including "the uncles," who seem to confirm Mark's suspicions. To make things worse, Nana Pantalone makes it clear Laini isn't the kind of girl she has in mind for her grandson. Laini's not sure if she should give Joe the benefit of the doubt or just set her sites on Mark and fuhgetaboutit.

Author: Kristin Ramsdell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1138

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A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction. More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves. This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.

Author: Ricci Martin
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9781589791404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Ricci Martin takes readers on a tour through his childhood, from the star-studded parties to the exploration of three marriages, eight kids, and one family, to the treasured one-on-one time he shared with his father.

Author: Janelle Denison
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN: 9780373836499
Category : Mate selection
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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For three couples planning a wedding with a little family "help," it's way too late to elope, in this humorous collection from three USA TODAY bestselling authors.

Author: Dan Harder
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 151326432X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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A modern Western romance for fans of Jane Austen and Zane Grey, Rancho de Amor brings city sensibilities and country values together in a tale rich with wit, irony, and self-discovery. In a last-ditch effort to save a New York publishing house facing imminent closure, editor Catherine Doyle travels across the country to the small town of Sisquoc, California, in search of the famous Loretta de Bonnair, an elderly recluse and breakout author of the bestselling romance novel that has the nation in a fervor. Despite her own disappointment with love and misgivings about the novel, Catherine’s determined to beat out the competition to offer Ms. de Bonnair a book deal she can’t refuse. But as Catherine wanders the town interviewing the locals, she slowly realizes something: no one has ever seen the mysterious author. Not even the post office has her address. The only clue to Ms. de Bonnair seems to come in the form of a certain handsome blue-eyed cowboy with a penchant for bar fights. But if Catherine wants to save her job and the publishing house, she’ll have to get closer to this stranger, even if it means trusting him.

Author: Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758264674
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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For fifteen-year-old Mariana Ruiz, it's not so much an unexpected vacation as a literal "guilt trip"--her father's way of atoning for ignoring his Puerto Rican roots. But freedom from her parents is little compensation for being forced to spend two months with complete strangers rather than with her best friends in Philadelphia. Once on "vacation," her worst fears come true. The heat is merciless, the food is spicy, and her great aunt and uncle's mountain house teems with relatives, only one of whom--her distant cousin Lilly--speaks English. Bored, and hoping to make up for missing her best friend's star-studded Sweet 16, Mariana offers to help in the planning of Lilly's Quinceañera. Soon, despite herself, Mariana clicks with new friends who open doors to romance and long-hidden secrets. Suddenly the summer she dreaded is ending way too quickly. It might turn out that the last place she ever wanted to go is the one place she truly finds herself.

Author: Shelly Cruz
Publisher: Shelly Cruz Writes, LLC
ISBN: 1735843725
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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They were not supposed to meet, but fate had other plans. Hoping to escape her tumultuous past, Soledad Caruso moves to sunny Miami Beach for a fresh start. What she doesn’t expect is to bump into the handsome man she met months earlier while vacationing with her girlfriends. His dark alluring features. His enticing thick accent. She knows better than to trust a man she barely knows. Amaury Mejía lives a quiet life and owns a scooter shop in Miami Beach with his best friend. When Soledad Caruso shows up unexpectedly, the heat between them ignites, as it did the first night they met. Her fiery olive skin. Her curvaceous figure. He wants forever with her. But when his past crashes in, it threatens to destroy everything they’ve worked so hard to build.

Author: J. J. McEvoy
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042913950
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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This volume honors the Rev. Professor James McEvoy on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The theory of friendship, which has been one of McEvoy's major fields of research and publication, used to be at the heart of the philosophical project, and indissociable from it. For Socrates, philosophy was possible only as the pursuit of wisdom, virtue, and beauty in a community of friends engaged in an "erotic" quest for the good. The present volume wants to make a contribution to the recovery of the friendship theme in its central importance to philosophy. It contains eighteen contributions by colleagues and pupils of Professor McEvoy from three different continents, who approach the topics of friendship, love, and charity from a variety of different angles. Several contributions are devoted to the theory of friendship in ancient and medieval thought, including its Christian appropriation. Others analyze friendship in modern and contemporary philosophy, while two contributors introduce cross-cultural perspectives (Hinduism and traditional African thought). This volume will help to throw into higher relief the importance of the philosophy of friendship, as well as stimulating further discussion on this intriguing topic.

Author: Ofelia Martinez
Publisher: Reading Cactus Press
ISBN: 195490620X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580

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Diagnosis Amor is the first collected volume of the Heartland Metro Hospital steamy medical romance series. It includes the following complete standalone stories: Remission: He's my mentor and off-limits. So why can’t I stay away from him? Contusion: I want to see him again, but can I keep my illness a secret from yet another person? Incision: How can a heart surgeon be so heartless? Or is he simply trying to mask his own attraction? Praise for Remission: "With the drama and passion of a telenovela, Ofelia Martinez creates a world of found family centered on a hospital so real I felt that I'd walked its halls. The angsty push-pull of Carolina and Hector kept me glued to my e-reader." - Michelle McCraw, Author of Work with Me "If you enjoy hospital settings, doctors daring to taste the forbidden, and a slow-burn romance that shifts time periods, you'll enjoy Remission. The characters pretty much pop off the page." - Maggie from the Maggie Blackbird blog "Martinez's debut novel was so wonderful to read and a great start to a series. Her characters were captivating, full of charm, sass, and heart. " - Jennie from Lost in Booklandia "Just the thought of Hector saying "Carolina" with his Spanish accent is enough to make sure your vital signs are in working order." - Jazz Matthews, Author of The Rancher's Callous Heart "Talk about slow burn...but everything is happening so fast you don't get a minute to catch your breath." - Tanja from OMGReads

Author: Kat Bellemore
Publisher: KB Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513

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Read the first three books in the Borrowing Amor series, where New Mexico meets small-town romance. Chile peppers, hot air balloons and white sand dunes mix with a small-town mayor, a fake fiancé, and a second chance at love. Borrowing Amor: A small-town mayor. A stranger with a sketchy past. Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she escapes, determined to disappear for good. Until her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor. Sam Freedman is the first bachelor mayor of Amor. After convincing the locals that having a mayor without family responsibilities means he can dedicate all of his time to the community, they watch his every move. Then Katie Andersen shows up. Against Sam’s better judgement, he hires her to replace his former event coordinator. Now he can barely think straight, let alone run a town. In the midst of half-truths and outright lies, Katie and Sam desperately search for the place where honesty and trust lead to love. But they have to find it before the past catches up with them. Borrowing Love: It’s better to have loved and lost, they said. They were wrong. Ruby Freedman hasn’t left the small town of Amor in four years--not since her husband died. The memory of his fateful accident was enough to cause her to sell her airplane, and never ride in a car again. Then Parker Loveland comes back to town. Now she has to add him to her list of things she intends to avoid. After years away, Parker Loveland is back in Amor to celebrate his parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary. He has worked hard to escape the clutches of his hometown, but when he runs into Ruby, the only girl he cared about in high school, and the only one that ever stood him up on a date, he’s torn between the embarrassment he felt more than a decade before, and his desire to be around her. Caught between memories of the past and fear of the future, it will take leaving Amor to help Ruby and Parker find the second chance they didn’t know they were looking for. Borrowing a Fiancé: She wanted freedom. She got a fiancé instead. Melinda Garrett has been stuck managing her parents' diner for over a decade, with no end in sight. When her younger sister gets engaged, Melinda reluctantly agrees to attend the wedding with her friend, Daniel. But when the pressure is on, she claims he is her fiancé, in hopes that her parents’ opinion of selling the diner will change. Daniel Armstrong isn’t the kind of guy a girl takes home to meet her parents, but when he offers to attend a wedding as Melinda’s date, he finds himself labeled as her future spouse. Now, challenges lie around every corner, testing Melinda’s claim that she and Daniel are in love. With every touch and fake kiss, the line blurs between fiction and reality, and it seems inevitable that at least one heart will be broken by the end of the weekend. KEYWORDS: Holiday Romances, Contemporary Romance, Small town Romances, New Mexico, Christmas Romance, Hallmark, inspirational romance, clean romances, sweet romances, New Mexican romances, romance books, romance, small town mayor, redemption love stories, love stories, romance books for older women, heartwarming romances, Borrowing Amor, romance series, political romance, Fake fiance, second chance romance, romance anthology, romance collection, box set, boxed set, romance box set, romance boxed set, white sands national park, hot air balloons, friends to lovers, romantic comedy, funny romances, laugh out loud romances, tear jerker, miscarriage, widow