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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Storied matchmaker and Nantucket resident Dabney Kimball has her own life and match turned upside down when her true love of twenty-seven years prior returns to the island.
"48-year-old Nantucketer Dabney Kimball Beech has always had a gift for matchmaking. Some call her ability mystical, while others - like her husband, celebrated economist John Boxmiller Beech, and her daughter, Agnes, who is clearly engaged to the wrong man - call it meddlesome,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
When a believed-perfect couple is found dead of an apparent double suicide, former FBI forensic psychologist Christopher Lash is hired by the matchmaking company that introduced the pair to each other to perform a discreet investigation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing: keeping secrets, including her white-hot affair with a sexy music producer. Planning Mom's wedding exposes her startling hidden life, changing her family's view of her -- and how she views herself -- forever. When Sienna's boyfriend proposes -- in front of her mom and sisters, for crying out loud -- he takes her by surprise. She already has two...
Author
Series
Song of Blessing volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
"A recent widow from Norway settles with her children in the early 1900s community of Blessing, North Dakota, where her growing friendships with two men in the community bring her to a challenging choice"--
Author
Series
Neighbors of Lancaster County volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rose Lehman is faced with a choice when the handsome army buddy of her future brother-in-law visits Lancaster County, making the bishop's son Reuben Byler seem boring in comparison.
Author
Series
Song of blessing volume 4
Language
English
Description
Deborah MacCallister, head nurse at the Blessing hospital, has loved Toby Valders since her school days, but she's had enough of their on-again, off-again relationship. Toby truly cares for Deborah, but he's never felt like he could commit to marriage or a family. When Anton Genddarm, the new schoolteacher, comes to town, the young women of Blessing see a chance to force Toby's hand with a little strategic matchmaking. But real sparks fly between...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Against All Odds is the wise, moving new novel from Danielle Steel, whose many #1 New York Times bestselling tales have made her one of America's favorite authors"--
"The story of a long-widowed proprietor of a top flight haute couture resale shop and her four adult children, who, in their search to find the right partners for themselves, encounter and struggle with some very difficult and modern problems facing young people today"--
Author
Series
St. Lawrence County Amish volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling Amish fiction author Jerry Eicher returns with the first of three stand-alone books in The St. Lawrence County Amish series.
Cousins Lydia and Sandra Troyer and their friend, Rosemary Beiler have always been close. The two cousins, however, both have eyes for handsome Ezra Wagler, leaving Rosemary to watch from the sidelines. But when the cousins' fathers face financial ruin, Lydia and Sandra make a deal as to who should have Ezra's affections...at...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A stunning collection of reality-bending stories, teeming with uncanny characters whose lives unfold in worlds at once strikingly human and eerily original"--Provided by the publisher.
10) A love made new
Author
Series
An Amish of Birch Creek novel volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
"Abigail Schrock knows God can make all things new, but does that include her broken heart?...It seems as if everyone is falling in love in Birch Creek, including Abigail Schrock. But when heartbreak descends on her already fragile world, she can't help but feel that if she'd only been a little prettier, she could be on her way down the wedding aisle. To make matters worse, Abigail's two sisters have found love, while all Abigail can seem to find...
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Lillian Coffin leaves her grandchildren Henry and Hitty a vast fortune on the condition that they marry a Quaker in good standing, leaving Henry and Hitty scrambling to satisfy the will's condition.
Author
Series
Brides of Bliss County volume 2
Language
English
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Description
The women of Bliss County have a pact--to find husbands. The right husbands. One already has: Hadleigh Stevens, who married rancher Tripp Galloway a few months ago. Now Melody Nolan thinks it's her turn. Melody has recently found success as a jewelry designer, and her work is the focus of her life. She's not exactly unhappy, but she wants more. She's always been attracted to Spence Hogan, the local chief of police, but she's convinced that Spence,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten years ago, Hadleigh Stevens was eighteen and this close to saying "I do," when Tripp Galloway interrupted her walk down the aisle. Now that she's recovered from her youthful mistake and Tripp's interference, Hadleigh and her single friends form a marriage pact. She doesn't expect Tripp to meddle with her new plan to find Mr. Right--or to discover that she's more attracted to him than ever! Divorced and eager to reconnect with his cowboy roots,...
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Six long years ago, Captain Reynolds Macy sailed away from his bride, looking forward to the day when he would return to Nantucket Island with a ship's hold full of whale oil. But when that momentous day finally arrives, Ren soon discovers that everything has changed in his absence. Everything. "Is nothing on this island as it appears to be?" he whispers in despair.
16) A worthy heart
Author
Series
Courage to dream volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House, a divisioin of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Montgomery arrives in America from Ireland under the premise of visiting family, but really, she intends to stay in the Land of Opportunity, and soon she meets Adam, a black sheep whose past may come in the way of their love.
17) Emma
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Occasionally thoughtless, always headstrong, and constantly meddling in the affairs of her friends, Emma is a character for the ages. Hers is a story that has seamlessly translated to contemporary life. Sparkling with rare literary energy, Emma is a comedy of manners, depicting the self-contained world of 19th-century English life.
Author
Language
English
Description
Cassie Beaumont signs on with professional matchmaker Simon Dodson. Claiming he has her perfect mate in mind, Simon assigns her three Christmas tasks to complete before she can meet him. Cassie does them all, and she's finally ready to meet her match, but just like the perfect Christmas present, he turns out to be a wonderful surprise.
19) Slug in love
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Series
Language
English
Description
Doug the slug needs a hug. But who wants to hug a slug called Doug? After a long search for someone to snuggle, lonesome Doug is ready to give up hope. But you never know when love might come flying by! Young readers will love this funny and fabulous tale that shows there's a friend for everyone.