Diane's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:20:30 -0700 60 Diane's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Woman Left Behind (Misted Pines, #4)]]> 228157926 There are two dead bodies in Idaho, and the gun used to kill them has been traced back to a sixteen-year-old robbery in Misted Pines.

Sheriff Harry Moran has a broken heart and a stack of case files on his desk that the corrupt sheriff who came before him might have bungled.

Or he may have framed innocent people.

The first case Harry dives into, the woman left behind lives just a block away from his office.

When Lillian Rainier opens the door to the sheriff, Harry, who’s been a dead man walking since his wife died, comes back to life.

As for Lillian, she’s had a crush on Harry for forever, Harry showing at her door, and how he is when he does only makes her fall deeper.

As Harry and his team dive into these suspicious cases, Harry and Lillian have to figure out what to do with all they feel for each other, how hard it hits them, and how deep it goes.

But as a voice from the past becomes a witness in the present, and Harry and his crew dig deeper, they sense something sinister happened years ago.

As they weave together the threads of a cold case, they realize how messy it is.

Worse, the man behind the mess is desperately cleaning it up �

And no one in Misted Pines is safe.]]> Kristen Ashley Diane 0 to-read 5.00 2025 The Woman Left Behind (Misted Pines, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Forever and Back (Life on the Ledge Duet #1)]]> 222520092 In motherhood and marriage, is anything ever really simple?June Cannon has spent the last seventeen years of her life as a devoted mom and wife, but when her husband, Camp, doesn’t come home for dinner—again—and her teenage daughter calls her simple, she’s had enough. Inspired by a podcast, her way forward becomes get a divorce, get a job, and show her kids she’s anything but simple.

As soon as she tells Camp she wants a divorce, he becomes the husband he hasn’t been for years, blurring the lines between what’s real and what’s pretend for the sake of their kids.

She quickly realizes that nothing—including her life, no matter what her kids think—is simple. As June catapults herself into the world at age forty to build a life outside of her family’s needs, a romantic interest from the past returns to town, giving her the attention she’s missed.

When the unhealed wounds of kept secrets and loss are reopened, June must decide between the wild and free life she thinks she wants and the seemingly simple one she already has.

This title contains explicit language and romance scenes.]]> 362 Ashley Manley Diane 4 4.63 Forever and Back (Life on the Ledge Duet #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dead of Winter (Knife's Edge, Alaska #1)]]> 220388592

Welcome to Knife's Edge, Alaska, where the four Osprey brothers return from military service with shadows in their eyes and secrets in their hearts. As danger looms, new romances ignite, and these rugged men must fight for love…and survival.

Brock Osprey has spent years in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, far from civilization and even farther from his past. A former Navy Seal, Brock is now the unwilling protector of Knife's Edge, a remote town with more secrets than residents. But when FBI agent Ophelia Spilazi arrives to investigate the unsolved murder of his guardian—and recent unexplained deaths in the area—Brock's carefully guarded world is thrown into chaos.

Agent Ophelia Spilazi has one last chance to save her career, and Knife's Edge is her shot. The isolated town is full of secrets, and she's certain Brock knows more than he's letting on. The town's recent string of mysterious deaths only heightens her suspicion, but the more time she spends with the brooding Alaskan, the harder it becomes to ignore the dangerous chemistry between them.

As a brutal storm traps them in the isolated wilderness, Brock and Ophelia's growing attraction ignites, even as shadows from their pasts threaten to tear them apart. But with a dangerous conspiracy and powerful enemies lurking in the shadows, their only hope is to trust each other—before the wilderness consumes them both.]]> 358 Rebecca Zanetti 1947418572 Diane 4 4.34 2021 Dead of Winter (Knife's Edge, Alaska #1)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave (Finlay Donovan, #5)]]> 211539540 From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave—the hugely anticipated next installment in the fan-favorite Finlay Donovan series.

Finlay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet . . . but at least there's not a body in her backyard.

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime, Vero, have not always gotten along with Finlay’s elderly neighbor, Mrs. Haggerty, the community busybody and president of the neighborhood watch. But when a dead body is discovered in her backyard, Mrs. Haggerty needs their help. At first a suspect, Mrs. Haggerty is cleared by the police, but her house remains an active crime scene. She has nowhere to go . . . except Finlay’s house, right across the street.

Finlay and Vero have no interest in getting involved in another murder case—or sacrificing either of their bedrooms. After all, they’ve dealt with enough murders over the last four months to last a lifetime and they both would much rather share their beds with someone else.]]> 304 Elle Cosimano 1250337356 Diane 4 4.26 2025 Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave (Finlay Donovan, #5)
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]]> A Proposal to Die For 216247735 A fast-paced, witty, and delightful new mystery about a marriage proposal planner whose biggest job yet is threatened by a dead body (or two).

Jessamine Bricker loves a plan. Contingency plans and pros-and-cons lists are her love language, and because of that, her proposal planning business is thriving. But with rent costs rising at her office building, Jess jumps at the chance to plan a proposal between her snobby high school classmate, Diana, and her very wealthy boyfriend, Trenton Tillard…the Fourth.


Roped into joining Diana’s ”pre-bridalâ€� retreat at the exclusive Golden Ash resort, Jess hopes to fade into the background, get some work done, and maybe find some time to unwind.ĚýTheir first day is anything but Diana is furious about the mountain spa’s lack of cell phone reception, the couple next door argues constantly, and Jess swears she just saw a drug deal go down. To top it all off, she’s warned to stay out of the woods by the gruff and sexy chef, Dean Osbourne. Is this a retreat or a horror movie?


As Jess tries to do her job while placating the bride-to-be and her increasingly over-the-top demands, she spends more and more time withĚýtheĚýresort owners, finding herself much more in tune with the laid-back Osbourne family than her social climbing “boss.â€� Between a meditation garden-related drowning and Jess’s discovery of a body in a sauna, it's clearĚýthatĚýdeadlyĚýsecrets abound at the Golden Ash. Now it’s up to Jess to unravel the mysteries here in the mountains—before all her plans are cancelled…permanently.]]> 349 Molly Harper 0593817338 Diane 0 to-read 4.56 2025 A Proposal to Die For
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]]> <![CDATA[Story of My Life (Story Lake #1)]]> 216370315 A Gilmore Girls meets Schitt’s Creek redemption romcom.

Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer’s block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she’s hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline it’s The End.

Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival—involving an incident with a bald eagle—she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.

The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council our introverted heroine is stuck with a front row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.

But Hazel isn’t worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There’s only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum…er…house.

Okay two things. A fake date for “research purposes� will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she’s writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she’s falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can’t live happily ever after.]]> 577 Lucy Score Diane 4 4.47 2025 Story of My Life (Story Lake #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism]]> 223436601 An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.

From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite.

Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction when he learned of Facebook’s role in Trump’s election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to “lean in.�

Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us.]]> 400 Sarah Wynn-Williams 1250391237 Diane 0 currently-reading 4.35 2025 Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
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]]> Atmosphere 220817728 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s Space Shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easy-going even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, with complex protagonists, telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love, this time among the stars.]]> 352 Taylor Jenkins Reid 0593158717 Diane 0 to-read 4.44 2025 Atmosphere
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]]> <![CDATA[One Wrong Step (The Borderline, #2)]]> 8485770
But that's just what happens when Celie Wells has an encounter with her former husband, and he turns up dead an hour later. Now, after working hard to distance herself from his crooked ways and shady connections, she finds she's smack dab in the middle of his murder investigation. And it isn't just the police who have their eye on her, but an enraged drug lord who is seeking payback.
The only person who seems to be on her side is old acquaintance John McAllister. But the sexy reporter has a nose for news, as well as a reputation as a playboy. Is he helping Celie out because he wants a story...or a one-night stand? She knows John's interest is potentially hazardous to her heart. But not accepting his help could put her life at even greater risk -- and she can't afford one wrong step.]]> 388 Laura Griffin Diane 4 4.29 2008 One Wrong Step (The Borderline, #2)
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> Margo's Got Money Troubles 199534613
Margo braucht Geld. Seit sie ungewollt von ihrem Collegeprofessor, der sie jetzt mit dem Kind alleinlässt, schwanger wurde, mehr denn je. Wie Margo es auch dreht und wendet, kein Job scheint passend zu sein, oder könnte auch nur ansatzweise ihr Leben mit einem Baby finanzieren. Durch einen Zufall wird sie auf die Plattform OnlyFans aufmerksam, und Margo ist fasziniert von dieser Welt, in der Frauen mit sich und ihrem Körper experimentieren, und offenbar gut dabei verdienen. Also beginnt auch sie, Inhalte zu produzieren. Dabei erhält sie Unterstützung von ihrer Mitbewohnerin Suzie, einem großen Cosplay-Fan, und auch von ihrem Vater Jinx, einem Ex-Wrestlingprofi. Ehe sie sich versieht, ist Margo ein Online-Phänomen. Könnte dies die Antwort auf all ihre Probleme sein, oder hat der Internet-Ruhm einen zu hohen Preis?]]> 304 Rufi Thorpe 0063356589 Diane 4 3.87 2024 Margo's Got Money Troubles
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> Innocence Road 227912367 A detective struggling to overcome her father’s professional legacy uncovers a serial killer whose crime spree spans two decades in the high Texas desert from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.

Leanne Everhart left her hometown, and she planned to never look back at those fractured relationships. But the dual obligations of her father’s sudden death and her brother’s drug addiction have compelled her return. Now working as a detective in her artsy hometown near Marfa, her loyalties are split. She understands the severe, untamed beauty of her desert birthplace. But she also knows its ugly side—the racism, poverty, and constant threat of violence in a region crisscrossed by drug traffickers and vigilantes set on frontier justice.

When a nameless Latina woman is found dead on the edge of town, Leanne throws herself into finding the killer, only to find her investigation impeded by her own colleagues. The boys club she works with is more focused on the recent news of a wrongful conviction in the long-ago murder case of a rich, white teenager. At the helm of the investigation was local hero and law enforcement legend, Leanne's own father.

Plagued by her father's mistakes, Leanne pursues both cases, untangling an interconnected web of clues and crimes. Despite her disillusionment, she is desperate to break old cycles and determined to see justice served for the victims who have been silenced in the face of the inexorable forces transforming her hometown.]]> 368 Laura Griffin 0593819314 Diane 0 to-read 0.0 2025 Innocence Road
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]]> Husbands & Lovers 199223202
New England, 2022. Three years ago, single mother Mallory Dunne received the telephone call every parent dreads—her ten-year-old son Sam had been airlifted from summer camp with acute poisoning from a toxic death cap mushroom, leaving him fighting for his life. Now, in a search for the donor kidney that will give her son a chance for a normal life, Mallory’s forced to confront two harrowing secrets from her past: her mother’s adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage in 1952, and her own all-consuming summer romance fourteen years earlier with her childhood best friend Monk Adams—now one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters—a fairytale cut short by an agonizing betrayal.

Cairo, 1951. After suffering tragedy beyond comprehension in the war, Hungarian refugee Hannah Ainsworth has forged a respectable new life for herself—marriage to a wealthy British diplomat, a coveted posting in glamorous Cairo. But a fateful encounter with the enigmatic manager of a hotel bristling with spies leads to a passionate affair that will reawaken Hannah's longing for everything she once lost. As revolution simmers in the Egyptian streets, a pregnant Hannah finds herself snared into a game of intrigue between two men…and an act of sacrifice that will echo down the generations.

Timeless and bittersweet, Husbands And Lovers draws readers on an unforgettable journey of heartbreak and redemption, from the revolutionary fires of midcentury Egypt to the moneyed beaches of contemporary New England. Acclaimed author Beatriz Williams has written a poignant and beautifully voiced novel of deeply human characters entangled by morally complex issues—of privilege, class, and the female experience—inside worlds brought shimmeringly to life.]]> 384 Beatriz Williams 0593724232 Diane 4 4.25 2024 Husbands & Lovers
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]]> The Lost Summers of Newport 59361869 From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day.

2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America's most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America's gilded class--famous for the lavish "summer cottages" of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, Lucia "Lucky" Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two One, nobody speaks to her. Two, nobody touches the mansion's ruined boathouse.

1899: Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado mining heiress whose stepbrother John has poured their new money into buying a place among Newport's elite. John is determined to see Maybelle married off to a fortune-hunting Italian prince, and Ellen is supposed to polish up the girl for her launch into society. But the deceptively demure Ellen has her own checkered past, and she's hiding in plain sight at Sprague Hall.

1958: Lucia "Lucky" Sprague has always felt like an outsider at Sprague Hall. When she and her grandmother--the American-born Princess di Conti--fled Mussolini's Italy, it seemed natural to go back to the imposing Newport house Nana owned but hadn't seen since her marriage in 1899. Over the years, Lucky's lost her Italian accent and found a place for herself among the yachting set by marrying Stuyvesant Sprague, the alcoholic scion of her Sprague stepfamily. But one fateful night in the mansion's old boathouse will uncover a devastating truth...and change everything she thought she knew about her past.

As the cameras roll on Mansion Makeover, the house begins to yield up the dark secrets the Spragues thought would stay hidden forever....


]]> 352 Beatriz Williams 006304076X Diane 4 3.91 2022 The Lost Summers of Newport
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchesters� beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out� and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of�

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train ·É´Ç˛Ô’t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 Diane 4 4.31 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
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name: Diane
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Smooth Sailing (Wild West MC, #3)]]> 222283508
But he patched in anyway.

And he was all in to be a part of their not-quite-outlaw missions.

This takes him down to Phoenix, right into the orbit of Diana Armitage, a beautiful, green-eyed woman with a heart of gold and a scarily honed tendency to sacrifice for pretty much everyone she cares about, and some people she barely knows.

Hugger has been existing. Life has never given him much, now, he expects even less.

Diana lives life to its fullest. And she doesn’t keep it a secret she wants to drag Hugger right along with her.

But Hugger is certain he’s got bad blood. He’s got one foot in Chaos, one foot out. One foot in Diana’s life, one foot out.

Diana and his brothers in Chaos have their work cut out to show Hugger who he is.

That he belongs.

And he’s worthy to be loved.]]> 458 Kristen Ashley Diane 4 4.47 2025 Smooth Sailing (Wild West MC, #3)
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> <![CDATA[The Playbook of Emma (The Killers Next Generation)]]> 222491937
He’s still just as charismatic, charming, and larger than life. Those skills come in handy as a sports agent whose biggest client is the country’s most popular football player. When I land a career-changing interview after the big game, our worlds collide in a Vegas bar.

That’s when our meet-cute turns into a celebration.

One night.

One perfect night.

Until the next morning when his famous client turns infamous. A scandal to end all scandals explodes into a media nightmare. And since I’m the new darling of sports broadcasting, our worlds collide again � only this time, not in bed.

Jack needs me, and I can’t say no to Jack in anything. Who would’ve thought that would put a target on my back?

Help from old friends and a secret organization might not be enough this time.

In the end, the only way to survive is to save each other.

Even if it means throwing out the playbook.
]]> 453 Brynne Asher Diane 4 4.61 The Playbook of Emma (The Killers Next Generation)
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]]> The Blonde Identity 78816606 376 Ally Carter 0063276690 Diane 4 3.97 2023 The Blonde Identity
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> Happy After All 212376169 When a romance author meets a mysterious stranger, love is the last thing she expects to find in a funny and heartfelt novel about second chances by a New York Times bestselling author.

A city girl leaves her life behind in LA to start over in a small town�

It’s a cliché, but it’s also Amelia Taylor’s life. And her new life as a romance novelist and motelier is going great—until Nathan Hart checks in.

Of course he’s disastrously handsome, thoroughly disagreeable, and seems to be set against Amelia on sight. Of course there’s smoldering tension between them that can’t be ignored. They’d make the perfect enemies to lovers story. It’s one of Amelia’s favorite tropes.

But the man in room 32 seems genuinely broken, and it’s going to take more than romance tropes and wishful thinking to get past his wounds. As a tentative friendship grows into a deeper connection, Amelia and Nathan both realize that facing each other’s painful secrets takes courage. Do they dare take the risk and hope it ends happily after all?]]> 320 Maisey Yates 1662526369 Diane 5 3.88 2025 Happy After All
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post]]> 58018175
Mrs. Post, the President and First Lady are here to see you. . . . So begins another average evening for Marjorie Merriweather Post. Presidents have come and gone, but she has hosted them all. Growing up in the modest farmlands of Battle Creek, Michigan, Marjorie was inspired by a few simple rules: always think for yourself, never take success for granted, and work hard—even when deemed American royalty, even while covered in imperial diamonds. Marjorie had an insatiable drive to live and love and to give more than she got. From crawling through Moscow warehouses to rescue the Tsar’s treasures to outrunning the Nazis in London, from serving the homeless of the Great Depression to entertaining Roosevelts, Kennedys, and Hollywood’s biggest stars, Marjorie Merriweather Post lived an epic life few could imagine.

Marjorie’s journey began gluing cereal boxes in her father’s barn as a young girl. No one could have predicted that C. W. Post’s Cereal Company would grow into the General Foods empire and reshape the American way of life, with Marjorie as its heiress and leading lady. Not content to stay in her prescribed roles of high-society wife, mother, and hostess, Marjorie dared to demand more, making history in the process. Before turning thirty she amassed millions, becoming the wealthiest woman in the United States. But it was her life-force, advocacy, passion, and adventurous spirit that led to her stunning legacy.

And yet Marjorie’s story, though full of beauty and grandeur, set in the palatial homes she built such as Mar-a-Lago, was equally marked by challenge and tumult. A wife four times over, Marjorie sought her happily-ever-after with the blue-blooded party boy who could not outrun his demons, the charismatic financier whose charm turned to betrayal, the international diplomat with a dark side, and the bon vivant whose shocking secrets would shake Marjorie and all of society. Marjorie did everything on a grand scale, especially when it came to love.

Bestselling and acclaimed author Allison Pataki has crafted an intimate portrait of a larger-than-life woman, a powerful story of one woman falling in love with her own voice and embracing her own power while shaping history in the process.]]> 400 Allison Pataki Diane 5 4.33 2022 The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
author: Allison Pataki
name: Diane
average rating: 4.33
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus]]> 216246655 A witty, atmospheric, and brilliantly told novel that offers compelling portraits of womanhood, motherhood and female friendship, along with the irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family

Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she’ll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father’s—now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox—lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord Lennox’s centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents� secret, just as she’s falling in love.

As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthood, she comes to rely on herself for the first time in her life. A rich and rewarding novel of campus life, of sexual awakening, and ultimately, of the many ways women can become mothers in this world, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus asks to what extent we need to look back in order to move forward.]]> 379 Emma Knight 0593830466 Diane 4 3.79 The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
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]]> The Summer of Yes: A Novel 201633705 A near-death experience catapults workaholic junior editor Kelsey Worthington into changing her life--one yes at a time.

Kelsey Worthington always dreamed of being a writer, but she's settled into a routine of helping other people tell their stories in her job as a junior editor. She doesn't go outside of her comfort zone. Her relationships are safe. Her job is secure. Her existence is stable. And she's great with that.

And then, the accident.

While she's in the hospital overnight, she meets an older woman named Georgina Tate--a glass-ceiling-shattering, wildly successful businesswoman. Georgina sacrificed everything to become the woman she is today, but now, with a pair of failing kidneys and only a handful of months left to live, Georgina is forced to come face-to-face with her regrets. Kelsey is forced to reckon with her own list of "things I'll do someday," and she starts to ask a simple but life-changing What if I said yes to all the things I normally say no to? And The Yes Plan is born.

It takes some convincing, but Georgina finally agrees to go along with Kelsey on her Summer of Yes adventures. The two of them set off to see what might be out there waiting for them if they simply open themselves up to it. Together, they say yes to whatever comes their way--a whole day being tourists in their own New York City, dinner with strangers, a convertible that is far from practical but so much fun. But when Kelsey springs a surprise visit to Georgina's son Hayden and Georgina's ex-husband (who is not so much of an ex), the older woman is less than thrilled. But this is where the true journey begins.

Two stories of love, forgiveness, regret, romance, and finding a way to live a fearless life intertwine as these two women make an indelible impression on each other. And it all starts with a simple "yes."]]> 382 Courtney Walsh Diane 5 4.23 2024 The Summer of Yes: A Novel
author: Courtney Walsh
name: Diane
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> All Rhodes Lead Here 146521401 The people we lose take a part of us with them…but they leave a part of themselves with us too.

Aurora De La Torre, or Ora to her friends, knows moving back to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, a place that was once home and is now full of bittersweet memories of her late mother, isn’t going to be easy. Starting your whole life over probably isn’t supposed to be.

But after breaking up with her longtime famous musician boyfriend, hiding out in a small town in the mountains might be the perfect remedy for a broken heart. And checking out her landlord who lives across the driveway just might cure it, too.

Only Tobias Rhodes didn’t rent out the apartment to her, rather it was his teenage son, Amos. Fiercely protective of his family and distrusting of strangers, gruff and grumpy Rhodes initially keeps little miss sunshine Ora at a distance. But over days and weeks, long hikes and fireside chats, Aurora breaks down his walls and soon an unbreakable friendship blossoms into a once-in-a-lifetime love.]]> 606 Mariana Zapata Diane 4 4.13 2021 All Rhodes Lead Here
author: Mariana Zapata
name: Diane
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/31
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]]> <![CDATA[Happily Never After (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 3)]]> 219230739
If she can manage to pull off this wildly elaborate Hollywood proposal, her dreams of creating bicoastal happily ever afters will finally come true. So what if her trauma-induced sleepwalking—and sleepsnacking—hasn’t gone away yet? That doesn’t mean anything, right? She’s fine. Everything is fine.

Except it’s not. There’s a teeny, tiny possibility that she didn’t put every member of the sinister, murdery organization behind bars. At least, that’s what Claire’s burned-down warehouse and a swimming pool full of blood lead her to believe.

The FBI isn’t turning up any leads, and when the threats escalate to target people she loves, Claire is forced to put on her amateur sleuth trench coat one last time.

The stakes have never been higher.

Can she turn the tables on the bad guys or will she—or someone incredibly close to her—be the final victim?]]> 586 Madison Score Diane 4 4.35 Happily Never After (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 3)
author: Madison Score
name: Diane
average rating: 4.35
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Back in the Saddle (Avenging Angels #2)]]> 210128123
She doesn’t think it’s dangerous.

Eric Turner disagrees.

Eric is a member of the Nightingale Investigations and Security team. Therefore, Eric knows what he’s talking about.

Eric isn’t only badass, he’s also a seriously gorgeous guy, and Jessie has a huge crush on him. She doesn’t think he knows she exists…until now.

Eric steps in, and so do Jessie’s besties, the Avenging Angels. Soon, the Angels and the Hottie Squad are on the case to find Jessie’s missing sibling.

There’s more happening when it comes to Eric, though. Jessie’s so worried about her brother, she’s not paying attention. Eric sets about changing that, and just like all the Hot Bunch before him, when he finds his one, he doesn’t mess around.

However, something is afoot in Phoenix. And as the Angels uncover the sinister workings behind people going missing, and Eric and Jessie unpack their emotional baggage, the Angels dive deeper into the dark underbelly of the city�

Finding heroes, more hot guys, lots of hijinks…and heart.]]> 511 Kristen Ashley Diane 4 4.30 2024 Back in the Saddle (Avenging Angels #2)
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[All Folked Up (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #3)]]> 199272303
Rumor has it that gruff, brooding, and solitary man-of-mystery Isaac Sylvester is back in town, and the only thing folks in Green Valley know for certain is that this prodigal son’s motives are as elusive as he is. He’s been spotted loitering near the old Townsen farm, hanging around the Hill's homestead, and glaring menacingly from the edges of The Donner Lodge’s parking lot. What this hometown-hero-turned-criminal wants, no one knows. Nor can they stop talking about it.

Hannah's last night as an exotic dancer might just be her most memorable.

Hannah Townsen has often been a subject of local gossip. Folks shook their heads when Hannah's daddy ran out on her momma; folks blessed her heart after Hannah's momma had that tragic accident; and folks really talked up a tizzy when Hannah became an exotic dancer in order to pay off her parents' debt and put food on the table. But now, ten years after being dubbed as a hometown-stripper-with-a-heart-of-gold, Hannah has seemingly—and finally—fallen off the gossip mill's radar.

That is, until the enigmatic Isaac Sylvester shows up at Hannah's retirement party wanting so much more than a private dance. . .

'All Folked Up' is the third book in the Good Folk series and is a full-length, small town, contemporary romantic comedy novel.]]> 334 Penny Reid Diane 4 4.03 2024 All Folked Up (Good Folk: Modern Folktales, #3)
author: Penny Reid
name: Diane
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Past Tents (Teachers' Lounge #4)]]> 217449331 Love isn’t past tense—it’s the future.

Clay Meadows runs a fast mile, but that hasn’t helped him catch the one who got away.

His jam is teaching Shakespeare, coaching track, and camping in the mountains.
The last thing he wants is a scaredy cat art teacher with wild blond hair and devilish charm joining him on the Green Valley High senior retreat.

Or is it?

When his lifelong crush and best friend’s sister is assigned as his co-chaperone, Clay sees an opportunity.
He’ll cure her fear of bugs, bears, and flimsy tents. She’ll fall in love with the wilderness. He ·É´Ç˛Ô’t fall in love in the process.
Even in close quarters—and a shared tent—Clay vows keep his school crush firmly where it belongs—in the past.
Until she edges open a crack in his heart and allows him to believe she likes what she sees.

Ally Dalbotten is stubbornly self-sufficient and determined to protect her heart from unreliable
men.

She hates camping. And dirt. And wild animals. And the wilderness, for that matter.
The last thing she needs is the gung-ho hottie of the English department revealing his Clark Kent alter-ego and flexing his camping muscles—along with his pecs.

But under the façade of a man who runs from commitment Ally finds a vulnerable soul with a
secret he’s carried for years.

Ally has a choice—risk that Clay is another guy destined to break her heart…or trust that he’s
the one who will love her forever.

'Past Tents' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #4 in the
Teachers' Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 339 Stacy Travis 1959097873 Diane 4 3.94 Past Tents (Teachers' Lounge #4)
author: Stacy Travis
name: Diane
average rating: 3.94
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]]> Rock Chick Bonus Tracks 216412344
The stories of the Hot Bunch and Rock Chicks continue in the hero’s point of view for one more chapter in each book. What happens when Lee and Indy run into Cherry at the Mexican Joint? When Eddie first sees his purple bathroom? What’s Christmas like with Herb and Trish? What was going on with Boo after Jules got shot?

Find out all of this and more in the Rock Chick Bonus Tracks, now available in one anthology.]]> 221 Kristen Ashley 1954680627 Diane 4 4.24 2024 Rock Chick Bonus Tracks
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/13
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]]> <![CDATA[Wild Goose Chase (Green Valley Heroes #8)]]> 217449096
Nevermind the small matter of being in love with her. Coveting Violet is a shame he'll take to his grave. So he'll be her shoulder to cry on; her cool, quirky boss; her always-there-but-totally platonic friend.

But when Violet tenders her resignation for reasons she won't explain and new revelations come out about the fire that killed Todd, Chase's world is upended. Joining the investigation may help Violet win her battle against Todd’s insurance company but it will trigger Chase’s PTSD.

He’ll stop at nothing to find justice for Todd, but can he stop the woman he loves from leaving? And will he risk everything to tell her the real reason why he can’t let her go?

â€Wild Goose Chaseâ€� is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #8 in the Green Valley Heroes series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 326 Kilby Blades 1959097911 Diane 4 4.08 Wild Goose Chase (Green Valley Heroes #8)
author: Kilby Blades
name: Diane
average rating: 4.08
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[You Can Kill (Laurel Snow, #4)]]> 206025655
The first body is torn apart, blood and flesh discovered across both state and federal lands. As the victims multiply, a pattern emerges—each is related to past cases investigated by Laurel Snow, with the assist of Huck Rivers, Washington Fish and Wildlife captain. When friends and loved ones are targeted, things become even more chillingly personal.

As Laurel and Huck team up again to navigate the gruesome and increasingly bizarre killings, they must also keep a safe distance from Laurel’s half-sister, Abigail, a dangerously clever sociopath. Ever since their father reappeared in town, Abigail has been convinced she must protect Laurel from his malignant narcissism—a scourge she’s sure they’ve both inherited. Huck is not spared either as a shocking development in the case touches his own life.

With the murders, and the suspects, multiplying around them, and the lives of everyone in their orbit at stake, only Laurel’s sharp analytic skills, Huck’s deep gut instincts, and their growing bond will enable them to face the demons within and the threats without—before they’re next on an elusive killer’s hit list . . .

Luther meets Justified combined with Profiler in Rebecca Zanetti's exciting Laurel Snow Thriller series, set in the Pacific Northwest, featuring FBI Special Agent and rising star profiler Laurel Snow. For readers who love their thrillers centered around dysfunctional families, and their protagonists threatened by a serial killer.]]> 371 Rebecca Zanetti 1420156942 Diane 4 4.59 2024 You Can Kill (Laurel Snow, #4)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Diane
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/29
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]]> <![CDATA[All Fired Up (Green Valley Heroes, #7)]]> 217463270
When I set out to join Green Valley’s new volunteer firefighter team as a way to honor my late father, the last person I expected to find there was the heartthrob bad boy from high school. The one whose family was involved in certain� illegal pursuits. Even if it is seven years later, people don’t change that much. And I especially don’t expect him to remember me—or for him to have a grudge.

I swear I didn’t mean to get entangled in a prank war with him, but when it gets too out of hand, the fire chief lays down the law, forcing us to work together in order to redeem ourselves and make the team. There are only so many smirky quips this foul-mouthed guy with a reputation can make, though, before I discover the real Hunter. The one who’s nothing like I thought he was. And when all that attention is focused on me in a different way� sparks fly.

â€All Fired Upâ€� is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #7 in the Green Valley Heroes series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 353 Allie Winters 195909789X Diane 4 4.06 All Fired Up (Green Valley Heroes, #7)
author: Allie Winters
name: Diane
average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Sunlight (Haven River Ranch, #2)]]> 205963763 From USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry comes a sweeping Western romance about undeniable attraction, unforeseen circumstances, and seemingly unbeatable odds.

My first day in Montana, I got into a tug-of-war over a grocery store shopping cart. The most handsome man I’d ever seen broke up the scuffle before he asked me on a date. I was seconds away from accepting but then he told me his name.

As an owner of the Haven River Ranch, Jax Haven wasn’t my boss. But he wasn’t not my boss either.

Obviously, my only option was to turn him down, scurry away, then pretend like he was a stranger on my first day of work. And obviously, I could never, ever admit that he was my secret crush.

For as hard as I work at my job, I work twice as hard to pretend Jax doesn’t exist. I don’t let myself think about his dazzling eyes or charming smile. I refuse to acknowledge how good he looks in a pair of faded Wrangler jeans. And as tempting as he is in a cowboy hat, Jax is a distraction I cannot afford.

Everything was going according to plan until the annual holiday party. Until I drank one too many flutes of champagne and let him sweep me off my feet. After a night in his bed, there was no more ignoring Jax Haven. Not when I’m pregnant with his baby.]]> 300 Devney Perry Diane 4 4.14 2024 Sunlight (Haven River Ranch, #2)
author: Devney Perry
name: Diane
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ex Marks the Spot (Teachers' Lounge #3)]]> 217449122
Court Mueller isn’t thrilled either. His one shot at earning prize money and escaping his lackluster life in Green Valley rests in the hands of the woman he gave up six years ago, the one he’s stuck with 24/7 for the next three weeks.

With their thorny past now their present, Team Hartbreak only needs to do two things to survive this season of Xtreme clear boundaries.Never, ever cross them� no matter how tempting it is.�Ex Marks the Spot� is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #3 in the Teachers� Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 240 Hazel James 1959097830 Diane 4 4.21 Ex Marks the Spot (Teachers' Lounge #3)
author: Hazel James
name: Diane
average rating: 4.21
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]]> Here One Moment 208894791 If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate?

Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed.
Ěý
Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.
Ěý
How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight (the bride and groom, the jittery, possibly famous woman, the giant Hemsworth-esque guy who looks like an off-duty superhero, the frazzled, gorgeous flight attendant) but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.�
Ěý
Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.
Ěý
A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.
Ěý
If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?
Ěý
Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintainĚýcertainty and control in an uncertain world. A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel.]]> 505 Liane Moriarty 0593798619 Diane 4 4.19 2024 Here One Moment
author: Liane Moriarty
name: Diane
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Barefoot Bound (Barefoot Bay Undercover, #0.5; Barefoot Bay Universe, #11)]]> 25547187 Barefoot Bound is the prequel novella (100 pages, no cliffhanger) that kicks off the Barefoot Bay Undercover series.
Legendary spy and beloved bad boy Gabriel Rossi is headed to Barefoot Bay to start and run a new covert operation, but before he goes, he has some business to take care of up in Boston. Family business. With the Rossi and Angelino family, that means there will be laughter, love, food, and forgiveness…and the possibility someone is in danger.
On the eve of his departure, Gabe learns that his grandfather, Nino, might be in some serious trouble. Gabe will stop at nothing to help the man he considers his best friend, even if that means risking his own life to save Nino’s. But even Gabe might not be sly and smart enough to protect Nino from the one thing that could really hurt this sweet old man…a broken heart.
So, before you slip off your shoes and go all the way undercover, get to know Gabriel Rossi, the hero at the heart of Barefoot Bay Undercover. And get ready for a whole new adventure in Barefoot Bay!

Don’t Miss a Minute in Barefoot Bay
BAREFOOT BAY UNDERCOVER
Barefoot Bound � The Undercover Series Prequel
Barefoot with a Bodyguard (June 2015)
Barefoot with a Stranger (September 2015)
Barefoot with a Bad Boy (December 2015 � Gabe’s book!)

THE BAREFOOT BAY BILLIONAIRES
Secrets on the Sand (always free!)
Seduction on the Sand
Scandal on the Sand

THE BAREFOOT BAY BRIDES
Barefoot in White (currently free!)
Barefoot in Lace
Barefoot in Pearls

Roxanne St. Claire is New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of forty romance, suspense, and young adult novels. A six-time nominee and one-time winner of the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award, Roxanne’s novels have also been recognized with dozens of other industry awards, including the three National Reader’s Choice Awards, the Booksellers Best Award, and the Borders “Top Pick� of the Year. She resides in Florida and can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and at the beach.
]]> 100 Roxanne St. Claire 0990860787 Diane 4
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I loved the prequel and am looking forward to more! Gabe and Nino are an awesome grandson - grandfather duo.]]> 4.09 2015 Barefoot Bound (Barefoot Bay Undercover, #0.5; Barefoot Bay Universe, #11)
author: Roxanne St. Claire
name: Diane
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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I loved the prequel and am looking forward to more! Gabe and Nino are an awesome grandson - grandfather duo.

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I loved the prequel and am looking forward to more! Gabe and Nino are an awesome grandson - grandfather duo.
]]> <![CDATA[Kaleidoscope (Colorado Mountain, #6)]]> 18730974 When old friends become new lovers...anything can happen.

Sexy, gifted, and loyal, PI Jacob Decker is a tall, cool drink of perfection who had Emmanuelle Holmes at "hello." His relationship with Emme's best friend kept them apart for years, but things have changed. Now that a case has brought him to Gnaw Bone, Colorado, the road is wide open for Emme and Deck to explore something hotter and deeper than Emme dreamed possible. So why is she sabotaging the best thing that's ever happened to her?

It isn't easy to catch Deck off guard, but Emme does just that when she walks back into his life after nine long years. The curvy brunette had her charms back in the day, but now she's a bona fide knockout . . . and she wants to rekindle their friendship. Deck, however, wants more. Emme's always been the one; she excites Deck's body and mind like no other woman can. But a dark chapter from Emme's past overshadows their future together. Now only Deck can help her turn the page-if she'll let him . . .]]> 383 Kristen Ashley Diane 4 4.31 2014 Kaleidoscope (Colorado Mountain, #6)
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Embracing the Change (River Rain, #6)]]> 202548465 New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain Series, Embracing the Change.

That Kiss�

Gorgeous New York socialite, Nora Ellington has been waiting a very long time for her happily ever after.

So long, she’s given up on it and has decided, even though she’s the plus-one friend without benefits to a man she’s head over heels in love with, an HEA will forever be out of her reach.

Handsome billionaire Jamie Oakley thought he’d had two happily ever afters in his life. However, neither lasted long, and both ended in tragedy. He’s not about to try it again or put his children through the trauma Jamie has learned from experience undoubtedly will come their way.

And he’s made this decision even if the woman who’s become his constant companion is a woman he loves straight to his soul�.and wants with everything that is him.

But then, one night, Jamie loses control and kisses Nora.

He can’t go there.

She can’t go on without it.

They’ll never be the same.

Or will they?
]]> 403 Kristen Ashley 1957568984 Diane 4 4.24 2024 Embracing the Change (River Rain, #6)
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Spiced Apple Winter (Fairfield Orchard, #2)]]> 29772438
Actor Tyler Fairfield is Spencer Hollow’s only home-grown celebrity. To Brianna MacDougall, he’s a friend who became a lover over the course of one wild night in New York City. They both agreed it was a mistake—so why can’t Bri forget? Maybe because Tyler makes her feel like the only person in a crowded room. Or because his kisses melt her like warm caramel over ice cream. Tyler back in town means temptation 24/7. Bri has more than enough on her plate producing a holiday play and running her family business, but this new secret fling can’t last (right?) so she intends to enjoy every minute of it...

Bri’s like no woman Tyler’s known—including Gabrielle, his former costar. Fairfield Orchard and Tyler himself are part of the plan to rehabilitate Gabrielle’s image, but scorching encounters and tender moments with Bri make Tyler wish he hadn’t signed on. He’d trust Bri with anything; she’s his heart and his home. But proving it to her may bring more drama than either of them bargained for...]]> 384 Emma Cane 0062411381 Diane 4 3.96 2016 Spiced Apple Winter (Fairfield Orchard, #2)
author: Emma Cane
name: Diane
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2019/07/05
date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Billionaire's Christmas Proposal (Billionaire for Christmas, #2)]]> 26883385 She’s everything he wants for Christmas�

Social worker Allison Barrington’s home went up in smoke, literally, a month before Christmas. Now the guardian of her teenage sister and a crazy pup, she shows up on the doorstep of the only man in the city she can trust. Resisting Ethan Dane had never been easy, but luckily, Allie isn’t into cutthroat playboy businessmen. And Ethan is as driven as they come.

Ethan Dane has wanted Allie since the moment he laid eyes on her at their best friends� wedding. Having her in his home is the perfect chance to prove to her that their chemistry can’t be denied, but when he finds out that the biggest business coup of his career means destroying the youth center where Allie works, Ethan is forced to decide what kind of man he wants to be�

]]> 190 Victoria James 163375510X Diane 4 4.00 2015 The Billionaire's Christmas Proposal (Billionaire for Christmas, #2)
author: Victoria James
name: Diane
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2017/04/15
date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> <![CDATA[Promise Me, Cowboy (Carrigans of the Circle C #1; 75th Copper Mountain Rodeo #3)]]> 19041050 109 C.J. Carmichael 1940296021 Diane 4 3.81 2013 Promise Me, Cowboy (Carrigans of the Circle C #1; 75th Copper Mountain Rodeo #3)
author: C.J. Carmichael
name: Diane
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2014/02/12
date added: 2024/09/24
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]]> Against the Odds 29654930 A love stronger than fear…�

Former army sniper Douglas "Bear" Steele wants only to be left alone to live a quiet, peaceful existence in the small town of Widow's Grove. So his attraction to Hope Sanderson is unexpected and inconvenient. Having recently survived a violent bank robbery, Hope has vowed to seize each day and leave behind her safe, ordered life. As Hope and Bear help each other heal, their desire turns to love. But with their lives moving in opposite directions, can they find a balance to let go of the past and embrace the future…together?]]> 384 Laura Drake 1488006695 Diane 5 3.83 2016 Against the Odds
author: Laura Drake
name: Diane
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2018/01/28
date added: 2024/09/23
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]]> <![CDATA[Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy (The Montana Millionaires #4)]]> 23574555
So she packs up her things, leaves a note, and heads back home for Marietta, Montana in the hope that a Christmas with her family will help piece her head—if not her heart—back together.

Dare isn’t about to let the love of his life go, and who cares if that’s what he thought he wanted? He’ll do what it takes to win Christina back—even if that means suffering through Christmas with his in-laws, pretending to still be happily married for the sake of family harmony, and trying not to get caught up in all that holiday nonsense he’s never believed in�

But Christmas is magical, especially in Montana.

And if Dare has any hope of convincing Christina to give him one more chance, it’s going to be here�

Montana Born Christmas series
Book 1: Blame the Mistletoe by Dani Collins
Book 2: Mistletoe Wedding by Melissa McClone
Book 3: Her Mistletoe Cowboy by Alissa Callen
Book 4: Cowboy, It's Cold Outside by Katherine Garbera
Bok 5: Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy by Megan Crane]]> 150 Megan Crane 1942240244 Diane 4
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I liked going back to the cowboys and families of the Montana town I've read so much of... This was a good book starting out and I sensed the journey ahead but then it speed up FAST like it was a race to to get to the end so I missed some details and some self journey for Dare that wasn't there. I want good things for Christine and Dare.]]> 3.79 2014 Come Home for Christmas, Cowboy (The Montana Millionaires #4)
author: Megan Crane
name: Diane
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2014/11/25
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I liked going back to the cowboys and families of the Montana town I've read so much of... This was a good book starting out and I sensed the journey ahead but then it speed up FAST like it was a race to to get to the end so I missed some details and some self journey for Dare that wasn't there. I want good things for Christine and Dare.

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I liked going back to the cowboys and families of the Montana town I've read so much of... This was a good book starting out and I sensed the journey ahead but then it speed up FAST like it was a race to to get to the end so I missed some details and some self journey for Dare that wasn't there. I want good things for Christine and Dare.
]]> Unfinished Business 12412396

So Vanessa had finally come home, Brady thought. She could still turn him inside out with one of her sultry looks. He couldn't believe she hadn't forgiven him for that night twelve years ago—but he'd had his reasons for not showing up. He'd let her leave town then—but he wasn't going to let her get away this time…]]> 256 Nora Roberts 1459273702 Diane 4 3.90 1992 Unfinished Business
author: Nora Roberts
name: Diane
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1)]]> 6496029
Cruz has money, success, smoldering good looks—everything but the blue blood needed to become a true member of Texas society. If Lexi agrees to be his fiancée for six months, lending him her famous father's influence and connections, he'll hand her a check on the spot. And in six months they'll go their separate ways.

But neither one is prepared for their long-ago shared passion to throw a wrench into what would seem to be the perfect deal�.]]> 336 Susan Mallery 1426832206 Diane 5 favorites 3.87 2009 Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters, #1)
author: Susan Mallery
name: Diane
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2011/04/10
date added: 2024/09/20
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]]> Trust Me (The Last Stand, #1) 33848164 New York Times–Bestselling A woman vows never to be a victim again in this romantic suspense novel that “generates genuine thrillsâ€� (Publishers Weekly).She ·É´Ç˛Ô’t be a victim ever againĚý.Ěý.Ěý. Four years ago, Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends—also survivors—in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.Now, Skye’s would-be rapist is getting out of prison. She knows that he hasn’t forgotten that her testimony cost him his reputation—and his freedom.Sacramento detective David Willis, who investigated her case, believes this man is a clear and present danger, guilty of other crimes, as well. And he’s free to terrorize Skye again. Unless she can fight back. And, with David’s help, that’s exactly what she plans to doĚý.Ěý.Ěý. “Nonstop suspense at its very best.â€� —Carla Neggers, New York Times–bestselling author of Rival’s Break“Novak is simply a great storyteller.â€� —Allison Brennan, New York Times–bestselling author of Don’t Open the Door]]> 452 Brenda Novak 148802961X Diane 4 4.36 2008 Trust Me (The Last Stand, #1)
author: Brenda Novak
name: Diane
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> Rocky Start (Rocky Start, #1) 198797708
Max Reddy just wants his boots. He’s walking the Appalachian trail with his dog, Maggs, trying to leave behind a life as an elite covert operative, and stopping in Rocky Start to pick up supplies, when he sees a feisty middle-aged woman get backhanded by a guy in a suit. Max throws the jerk into the street and continues on his way, determined to get his boots and get out of town, even if Feisty was pretty cute. He’s been alone on the trail a long time. Some trees are looking good to him.

Rose needs to know what’s going on, so she follows Max to the post office, no ulterior motive, honest. Except to pick his pocket to find out who he is, then he can go. But by nightfall, she’s invited him under her roof for her own protection since they're dealing with a town full of retired spies, including a suspicious sheriff, a sly-eyed moocher, a knife-wielding bakery owner, a stranger who looks like she drinks the blood of the damned, a conniving teenager, and a dog who's decided she's done with the Appalachian Trail.

And Max is starting to think his dog is right.

Rocky This could be the start of something dangerous.

From the authors who brought you Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series, a new series in a similar vein.
To be followed by
Very Nice Funerals
The Honey Pot Plot]]> 450 Jennifer Crusie 1621254089 Diane 4 4.54 Rocky Start (Rocky Start, #1)
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Diane
average rating: 4.54
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]]> Touch of Red (Tracers, #12) 34466926
Homicide detective Sean Byrne has seen his share of bloody crime scenes, but this one is particularly disturbing, especially because Brooke Porter is smack in the middle of it. Sean has had his eye on the sexy CSI for months, and he’s determined to help her with her current case—even if it means putting his attraction on hold so he and Brooke can track down a murderer. But as the investigation—and their relationship—heats up, Sean realizes that keeping his work and his personal life separate is more complicated than he ever imagined; especially when the killer sets his sights on Brooke.]]> 368 Laura Griffin 1501162373 Diane 4 4.06 2017 Touch of Red (Tracers, #12)
author: Laura Griffin
name: Diane
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> At Close Range (Tracers, #11) 29430839 New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin “delivers the goods� (Publishers Weekly) again with the eleventh title in the gritty, heart-pounding Tracers series.

When a lakeside tryst ends in a double murder, police detective Daniele Harper arrives on the scene determined to get answers. Clues are everywhere, but nothing adds up. Dani turns to the Delphi Center crime lab for help, but soon regrets it when her secret attraction to their chief firearms examiner threatens to distract her from the most important case of her career.

As a ballistics expert and former Navy SEAL, Scott Black knows firearms, and he knows he can help Dani unravel her case. Scott has managed to hide his interest in his best friend’s younger sister for years, but when her investigation brings them together, the sparks between them quickly get out of control. Scott resolves to keep his hands off Dani and his eyes on the goal—identifying a killer. But when that killer zeroes in on Dani, all bets are off. There isn’t a line Scott ·É´Ç˛Ô’t cross to convince Dani to trust him so that he can help her take down a ruthless murderer who has her in his sights.]]> 368 Laura Griffin 1476761752 Diane 4 4.08 2017 At Close Range (Tracers, #11)
author: Laura Griffin
name: Diane
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> Deep Dark (Tracers, #10) 25814336
As a white-hat hacker in the Delphi Center’s cyber investigation unit, Laney Knox sneaks into some of the deepest, darkest corners of the Internet looking for predators. Laney would prefer to stay away from Austin PD’s most recent murder case, but she can’t ignore the chilling similarities between that crime and her own brutal attack years ago. Laney offers to help the sexy lead detective, but he wants more from her than just a promising tip—Reed wants her trust. Laney resists, but as their relationship deepens she’s tempted to reveal the closely guarded secrets that could make her a key witness…or the killer’s next victim.]]> 368 Laura Griffin 1476779260 Diane 4 4.02 2016 Deep Dark (Tracers, #10)
author: Laura Griffin
name: Diane
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Give Him the Slip (Callahan Brothers, #1)]]> 491781 They are the Bad Boys of Brazos Bend—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Callahan.

DEA agent Luke Callahan has suffered one loss too many and a fishing trip with his brothers is just what his broken spirit needs to heal. What he doesn’t need is a gorgeous stowaway harboring secrets and running from killers. Never mind that he does his best work undercover�

Maddie Kincaid is accustomed to trouble, but she’d hoped to leave it behind when she settled in peaceful Brazos Bend. Who would have guessed that helping a gentle old man would land her in the middle of an attempted murder—her own? Now she’s running for her life—straight into the arms of the infamous Luke Callahan.

Lucky for her, he’s deadlier than the men chasing her. Unfortunately for him, protecting her means breaking a vow he holds dear. When the nights heat up and the secrets start to spill, Luke faces a brand new danger—losing the woman he loves. What’s a mad, bad, and lethal Callahan man gonna do?]]> 320 Geralyn Dawson 0451219635 Diane 5 3.77 2006 Give Him the Slip (Callahan Brothers, #1)
author: Geralyn Dawson
name: Diane
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2013/01/09
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]]> <![CDATA[Callie's Last Dance (Donovan Creed, #10)]]> 15707081
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, Willow Breeland, the world’s most ambitious eighteen-year-old, hatches a plan to gain control of mob boss Carmine Porello’s strip club. But her plan depends on gaining the trust and support of Callie Carpenter’s live-in lover, Gwen Peters, and Donovan Creed’s daughter, Maybe Taylor.

Against this backdrop, Donovan and his top assassin, Callie Carpenter, have fallen in love. But if things don’t work out for them as a couple, they’ve already privately chosen their next conquest: a breathtakingly beautiful private detective named Dani Ripper, who seems to find both killers equally fascinating.]]> 275 John Locke 1938135571 Diane 5 4.09 Callie's Last Dance (Donovan Creed, #10)
author: John Locke
name: Diane
average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Close to Heaven (Colorado High Country, #5)]]> 36488834
Rain Minear has fantasized about finding herself in Joe Moffat’s arms for years. It’s just her luck that the night it finally happens, he’s carrying her into the emergency room. It’s Joe who steps up to help her when a tragedy brings her life crashing down. He gives her a place to stay, helps her get back on her feet, and even tries to save her Christmas, though he’s never cared for the holiday. But he’s far too ethical to sleep with a member of his staff, holding her at arms length despite the long-simmering attraction between them.

He has everything�

Haunted by ghosts from the past, Joe Moffat moved to Scarlet Springs to repay a debt. He’s struggled for years to keep his hands off Rain. She’s the general manager of his brewpub, and he is not that kind of boss. But, oh, she turns him on. More than that, she has the biggest heart of any woman he’s ever known. He’d do anything to see her smile again, even put up a Christmas tree and listen to carols, things he normally never does.

A season that changes two lives forever�

When a Rocky Mountain blizzard leaves them snowbound and alone together for days, they can no longer ignore their feelings for one another. As their passion turns to something deeper, it becomes clear to them both that this will be the most important Christmas of their lives.]]> 247 Pamela Clare 0998749133 Diane 5 4.12 2017 Close to Heaven (Colorado High Country, #5)
author: Pamela Clare
name: Diane
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Talk of Coyote Canyon (Coyote Canyon, #2)]]> 74962188 She’s not here to make friends. She’s here to make trouble.

With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn’t quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon—and that’s just fine with her. She’s only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young.

Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping?

Either way, she’s struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat. And being a single woman in a male-dominated field has started to take a toll. So when Hendrix Durrant steps in to help, Ellen has no choice but to let him—even though he happens to be her father’s business partner and therefore her enemy. But the closer she works with him, the more she sees what she’s been missing…in life and love. And once she lets go of her anger long enough to learn the truth about her past, she might just find the family she’s always wanted.]]> 415 Brenda Novak 0369735951 Diane 4 4.18 2023 The Talk of Coyote Canyon (Coyote Canyon, #2)
author: Brenda Novak
name: Diane
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[You'll Never Find Me (Angelhart Investigations, #1)]]> 198366737 Nothing brings family together like crime.

Working alone as a private investigator is tough. Estranged from her PI family, Margo Angelhart does what she must to get by—including taking on sordid cases that pay the bills, even if she’d rather be helping those the justice system has failed.

That is, until a cheating husband case she’s working intersects with her siblings� corporate espionage investigation, forcing Margo to cooperate with the Angelhart firm. Now, as the siblings compare notes, it’s clear they need to work together before a white-collar crime escalates to murder.

With far more questions than answers and a key suspect on the run, they’ll need the whole family to pitch in. But as they investigate the ever-twisting mystery, Margo isn’t sharing everything. Can she learn to trust her family and heal their once-close relationship before her secrets put those she loves most in danger?]]> Allison Brennan Diane 5 4.33 2024 You'll Never Find Me (Angelhart Investigations, #1)
author: Allison Brennan
name: Diane
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Say Yes to the Death (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 2)]]> 210672227
Unfortunately, perfect isn’t in the cards for Claire when her archnemesis slaps her with a lawsuit, someone from her past comes knocking, and she becomes the target of mysterious threats that feel oddly familiar. Is the West Haven Widowmaker pulling strings from prison or is it a new sinister bad guy?

When a betrayal sends her into a tailspin, it’s time for Claire and her rescue corgi, Rosie, to take investigative matters into their own hands…er, paws.

Can she figure out who is behind the escalating threats before it’s too late?]]> 556 Madison Score Diane 4 4.26 Say Yes to the Death (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 2)
author: Madison Score
name: Diane
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Messy Life of Jane Tanner (Coyote Canyon, #3)]]> 147980891 When your life is chaotic, what’s one more complication?

Jane Tanner’s friends are settling down, while she’s been settling for less. She longs for adventure and the big city, but caring for her ailing grandfather means she's shackled to her small town. She’s excited her vintage gift shop isĚý finally Ěýup and running, but it’s not enough.

Longing to fulfill at least one dream—to become a mother before her biological clock ticks out—Jane drunkenly propositions the worst possible candidate for Dad . Kurt Elway is off-limits with a capital O . He’s a good friend, but he's too young, too busy running his family’s ranch. Plus, he and Jane’s sister, Kate, used to date.Ěý That kind of off-limits.

Unbeknownst to Jane, Kurt’s pining for her. When he’s fully on board to father her baby, she sees him in a new light. Then lingering baggage between Kate and Kurt suddenly surfaces and Jane is reminded of just how messy life is. But…so is parenting. Maybe it’s time to embrace the mess?]]> 369 Brenda Novak Diane 4 4.04 2024 The Messy Life of Jane Tanner (Coyote Canyon, #3)
author: Brenda Novak
name: Diane
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Bride or Die (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 1)]]> 206165812 “At best, it was going to be a very long day. At worst, she might end up in jail for running Luke over with her car.�

Proposal planner Claire Hartley thought calling off her own wedding would be the most traumatic event of her year. But when her ex-college roommate vanishes without a trace and Claire begins receiving mysterious threats, she realizes she has bigger problems.

Could she be the next victim of West Haven’s suspected serial killer?

Her only escape from the imminent danger is her adorably derpy rescue corgi and her job as the city’s most awarded marriage proposal planner. Unfortunately work turns into a war zone when she’s forced to collaborate on the biggest project of her career with a hunky, grumpy filmmaker. In addition to six-pack abs, he’s got one big secret and way too many opinions.

Claire can’t afford to wait for the police to solve this case. The clock is ticking and the threats against her are escalating.

Can her meticulous organizational and research skills help her catch a killer before she becomes the next victim?

Equally important, will she make it through her best friend’s surprise proposal without murdering—or falling for—the annoyingly handsome filmmaker?]]> 530 Madison Score Diane 4 4.25 Bride or Die (Claire Hartley Accidental Mystery Book 1)
author: Madison Score
name: Diane
average rating: 4.25
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]]> Nothing Personal 3397464 It was nothing personal, just a business arrangement.

Ryan McKay is a multi-millionaire with a problem. He needs a bride to fulfill the terms of his grandfather's will. Unfortunately, the one he chose just bailed on him and he's hours away from losing his company. Enter Faith Lewis, his demure, devoted assistant. Ryan convinces Faith to step in and marry him, assuring her their marriage is merely a business deal. Ryan is certain he can keep this strictly impersonal. After all, he's the product of a loveless marriage and for years has sealed his own heart in an icy stone. Despite Faith's warmth, compassion and allure, he's convinced he's immune to her charms.

Faith will do anything for her boss, but marry him? The shy virgin sees herself as plain and unattractive, a product of a bitter mother who drummed into her head that she wasn't worthy of a mans love. But she agrees to help Ryan fulfill the terms of his grandfather's will, hoping she doesn't lose her heart to him in the process. But love rarely listens to logic, and what follows is anything but business.]]> 200 Jaci Burton 1605041076 Diane 3 3.60 2007 Nothing Personal
author: Jaci Burton
name: Diane
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Talulah's Back in Town (Coyote Canyon, #1)]]> 62312461 Sometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong.

Talulah Barclay doesn’t like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt’s estate. As she’d feared, her “runaway bride� reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex’s best friend, Brant, isn’t about to let her slip by unnoticed.

Brant has always been a loyal friend, but Talulah’s decision to run isn’t the only thing he hasn’t forgotten. He remembers more about Talulah than he cares to admit. Vividly. And it’s increasingly difficult to ignore her now, especially when they find themselves in close quarters. Talulah has no plans to stay in town after she fixes up her aunt’s Victorian farmhouse, even if the unbridled sparks with Brant give her a good reason to linger. Besides, bailing on relationships is kind of her thing. But a lot has changed since Talulah last turned tail—maybe her heart has changed, too?

Coyote Canyon

Book 1: Talulah's Back in Town
Book 2: The Talk of Coyote Canyon]]> 400 Brenda Novak Diane 4 4.41 2023 Talulah's Back in Town (Coyote Canyon, #1)
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name: Diane
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Carrie Goes Off the Map 11460675 376 Phillipa Ashley 1402241453 Diane 4 3.16 2009 Carrie Goes Off the Map
author: Phillipa Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 3.16
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> The Night We Lost Him 207299448
Though the authorities rule Liam's death accidental, Nora and her estranged brother, Sam, believe otherwise. As they form an uneasy alliance to unpack the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their father’s past and uncover a family secret that changes everything.

With Laura Dave’s “signature blend of pulse-pounding suspense� (PEOPLE) and “trademark emotional heft� (The New York Post), The Night We Lost Him is a “propulsive� (Oprah Daily) must-read, with a heartbreaking final twist you’ll never see coming.]]> 298 Laura Dave 1668002930 Diane 0 to-read 3.56 2024 The Night We Lost Him
author: Laura Dave
name: Diane
average rating: 3.56
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Full Throttle (Reynolds Restoration #5)]]> 60728630 There’s a new mechanic in town.
Dom Salvatore.

Tall, serious, intense. A loner.
Exactly what he wants to be.
Until he meets her.
Cherry Gallagher.
Independent. Stubborn. Sexy as hell.
And not interested.
Or is she?
What happens when two lonely people open up and discover there is more to life than being alone?
When the sparks they feel become an inferno they can’t control?
When they discover the best part of each other is what they were missing?
Can they handle the full throttle of love?

Author’s Note: Join this found family in the final story set in the small town of Littleburn, Ontario, Canada. Where this group of blue-collar heroes learn to love fiercely the strong women in their lives.]]> 292 Melanie Moreland 1988610990 Diane 0 to-read 4.44 2024 Full Throttle (Reynolds Restoration #5)
author: Melanie Moreland
name: Diane
average rating: 4.44
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Under Pressure (Lessons Learned, #1)]]> 56400140
The one she had a secret crush on last year. The one who refuses to let anyone close. The one she’s discovering by the day may have a softer side than he lets anyone else see�

Tyler knows stress. He’s grappled with it for as long as he can remember. And just because he has to share credit with this girl on his new psychology study doesn’t mean he has to be friends with her. Except she somehow keeps worming her way into his life. In school. In the boxing gym.

In his bed.

But everyone knows it’s safer to keep to yourself. You can't hurt anyone that way. Even if it means giving up the best thing that’s ever happened to him.

As things heat up in the Stress Lab, will this match be able to work together without disruption, or will this growing attraction between them eventually... combust?

Under Pressure is a full-length new adult contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Lessons Learned series, Educated Romance world, Penny Reid book universe.]]> 294 Allie Winters Diane 4 3.87 2021 Under Pressure (Lessons Learned, #1)
author: Allie Winters
name: Diane
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Woman by the Lake (Misted Pines, #3)]]> 204920712
The minute she arrives, she knows it’s perfect.

The very night of her arrival, however, someone—or something—is scratching at her window.

The next morning, she meets her one and only neighbor, Doc Riggs. He’s a rough, good-time guy who rubs Nadia wrong immediately. They clash, and neither of them are happy to be sharing their lake.

But soon, Nadia learns the lore around her cabin, and how the townsfolk are certain it’s haunted by the ghost of the man who was murdered there fifteen years before.

Riggs and Nadia are suddenly thrown into a tangled web of history, betrayal, grief, secrets, with only one thing certain.

Someone—or something—wants them off that lake.]]> 490 Kristen Ashley Diane 4 4.24 2024 The Woman by the Lake (Misted Pines, #3)
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Hopelessly Devoted (Scorned Women's Society, #3.5)]]> 58816181
Jack has dealt with more than his fair share of troubled men and is done with letting his guard down. When he meets walking red flag, Skip, he knows he should run the opposite direction and ignore their chaotic attraction.

Only, fate seems to have other plans when they are stuck on a camping trip together. Jack and Skip are convinced they can put their attraction aside and focus on helping their friends.
One quick trip, one shared tent, what could possibly go wrong?

â€Hopelessly Devotedâ€� is a contemporary romance novella and can be read as a standalone. Book #3.5 in the Scorned Women’s Society series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 209 Piper Sheldon Diane 4 4.21 2021 Hopelessly Devoted (Scorned Women's Society, #3.5)
author: Piper Sheldon
name: Diane
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> Souls (The Killers, #6) 211287830 The princess and a dead man.

They say money makes the world go round.
They’d be wrong.
Sure, power can be bought, but you can gain a hell of a lot more with knowledge. With knowledge comes fear.
I’ve seen it.
I’ve caused it.
I’ve even been the brunt of it.
But when a stowaway princess barrels into my life like a runaway train, I throw patience out the window—the same one I jump out of, taking her with me.
Now I’ve got more problems than any contract killer deserves.
That includes Aliyah Zahir—an internationally coveted socialite, a true royal, and a social media sensation. Returning to the lion’s den, she ends up in harm’s way—all for a mirage.
She’s chasing a ghost.
But instead, she finds a dead man.
I’m done being patient. It’s my turn to administer fear for a change, and no one is better equipped to fix Liyah’s problems than me.
And I’m never giving her back.]]> 404 Brynne Asher Diane 4 4.52 2022 Souls (The Killers, #6)
author: Brynne Asher
name: Diane
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Band Together (Teachers' Lounge #2)]]> 208425152 Not fall in love with the tenacious band director who's determined to drag him into the light.
After being kicked out of his massively successful rock band, Leo is content to spend Bunco nights with his mom, lay low making snacks, and lick his wounds. He'd rather work in his garden than give any attention to his failed music career.
Cut to the gorgeous high school band director relentlessly popping up in his life, making demands, and talking about giving back to the community.
Mari Mitchell knows what it's like to be overlooked.
She's determined to do whatever it takes to ensure her students get the best shot possible even if that means running herself ragged.
And when a former rockstar returns to town, who could be better to help her favorite student make their dreams come true?
Does it matter that he's a moody musician who reminds her of a handsome tragic hero of an old-timey movie?
NO!
She's too busy for things like burning hot physical attraction and chemistry that won't quit. She needs Leo for more than his irresistible drummer arms. No matter how amazing they feel wrapped around her...
But what nobody knows is that the hit to Leo’s pride was a big one, and Mari might be asking too much.
Can these two band together? Or will their painful pasts prevent them from having the future they deserve?
'đťµđť‘Žđť‘›đť‘‘ 𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒đť‘�' đť‘–đť‘  đť‘Ž 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙-𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡â„� đť‘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 đť‘źđť‘śđť‘šđť‘Žđť‘›đť‘đť‘’ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 đť‘đť‘Žđť‘› đť‘Źđť‘’ đť‘źđť‘’đť‘Žđť‘‘ đť‘Žđť‘  đť‘Ž 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒. đťµđť‘śđť‘śđť‘ #2 đť‘–đť‘› 𝑡ℎđť‘� 𝑇𝑒𝑎đť‘â„Žđť‘’đť‘źđť‘�' đťżđť‘śđť‘˘đť‘›đť‘”đť‘’ đť‘ đť‘’đť‘źđť‘–đť‘’đť‘ , đťşđť‘źđť‘’đť‘’đť‘› 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦 đť¶â„Žđť‘źđť‘śđť‘›đť‘–đť‘𝑙𝑒đť‘�, đť‘𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦 đť‘…đť‘’đť‘–đť‘‘ đťµđť‘śđť‘śđť‘ đť‘𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒.]]> 272 Piper Sheldon Diane 4 4.04 Band Together (Teachers' Lounge #2)
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name: Diane
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]]> <![CDATA[Crossroads (Haven River Ranch, #1)]]> 203420369 A sweeping small-town romance about love, loss, and a Montana legacy from USA Today bestselling author Devney Perry.

I met West Haven when I was eight years old. He taught me to play poker when I was nine, and we made paper airplanes together when I was eleven. He kissed me when I was sixteen. He was the best part about my family’s summer vacations to Montana. He was the boy who stole my heart. I was twenty-three when life ripped us apart.

Years later, I’m breaking my vow and returning to the ranch, not as a guest but its new owner. West might want me gone, but even he has to admit the only way to save his family’s legacy is with my help.

It’s not easy working side by side and facing those old memories. But this situation is only temporary. We’re at a crossroads. And as long as I don’t let myself fall in love with West Haven again, maybe this is our chance to put those ghosts to rest. Maybe this time we’ll finally be able to say goodbye.]]> 300 Devney Perry 166251879X Diane 4 4.12 2024 Crossroads (Haven River Ranch, #1)
author: Devney Perry
name: Diane
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Agnes and the Hitman 6569924 Agnes and the Hitman is the perfect combination of sugar and spice, sweet and salty - a novel of delicious proportions.]]> 430 Jennifer Crusie Diane 4 4.33 2007 Agnes and the Hitman
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Diane
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> Look on the Bright Side 198631667 FromĚýthe author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life’s detours.

Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful as her parents�, pop out a couple of kids and build a rewarding career as an oncologist.

Things aren’t going so well.

For one, the guy didn’t work out. Theoretically, she’d love to find someone else, but it hasn’t happened. Two, she’s just been transferred out of oncology for being too emotional. (Is it her fault she’s a weeper?) Three, her parents just split up.

Deviating from the plan was…well, not in the plan. A potential solution comes from the foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini (aka Dr. Satan). He needs a date this summer for his sister’s wedding. His ancient Noni wants to see him settled. In exchange, he could make a few introductions and maybe get Lark back into the field of her choice.

As a sucker for old people and fake relationships, Lark agrees. Teeny problem—she instantly falls for his big, warm family. Especially his estranged brother.

Meanwhile, Lark’s mom has moved in with Lark’s flamboyant landlady, Joy, and an unlikely friendship blossoms. The three women have a long summer and a big beautiful house on the ocean to figure out what’s next…and quite possibly learn that the best things in life aren’t planned at all.]]> 431 Kristan Higgins Diane 5 4.42 2024 Look on the Bright Side
author: Kristan Higgins
name: Diane
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Nun Too Soon (Bad Habit Book Club #1)]]> 208424713
What isn’t tricky? Her unrequited crush on the handsome library patron that Helen and her friends have affectionately nicknamed â€The Red Unicornâ€� -- a man who loves to read, looks great in glasses, and has red hair, aka Helen’s dream man. But the idea of dating is still intimidating, so Helen prefers to daydream about Thad from afar, turning him into her perfect romance novel hero.

Thad is far from perfect, not like the smart, sexy librarian he’s been surveilling. Thad is a bounty hunter who’s determined to find Helen’s brother, Dean, and he’s certain Helen is the key to tracking Dean down. Thad never plans to approach Helen or insert himself into her life–until it becomes clear he’s not the only one looking for Dean. The other people after him are bad news, and Helen’s going to get caught in the crossfire if Thad doesn’t intervene.

As Thad and Helen work together to find Dean, they actually get to know each other, soon realizing that the perfect, ideal versions they have of each other couldn’t be more wrong…but that who they are together might actually be just right.

'Nun Too Soon' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Bad Habit Book Club series, Seduction in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 318 Lissa Sharpe 1959097687 Diane 4 3.93 Nun Too Soon (Bad Habit Book Club #1)
author: Lissa Sharpe
name: Diane
average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[Liar's Point (The Texas Murder Files #5)]]> 197510746 Two homicide detectives must separate the puzzling truth from a growing web of lies while investigating a murder victim’s friends and lovers in Lost Beach, Texas.

Detective Nicole Lawson is fed up with her job and nonexistent love life. Her first date in months gets cut short by an urgent call from the chief of police. A body has been discovered at Lighthouse Point, and the medical examiner finds an array of strange clues. When the death is ruled a homicide, the news quickly reverberates through Nicole’s beachside hometown.

The Lost Beach police department swings into high gear. Leading the investigation is Emmet Davis, a veteran detective who is Nicole’s fiercest rival at work and also the man she has secretly harbored feelings toward for years. With Emmet calling the shots, Nicole sets out to search for leads, starting with the enigmatic yoga instructor who first discovered the body. Nicole is certain the witness knows more than she’s revealing and may even hold the key to unlocking the case.

When another person turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, Nicole sees a bizarre pattern, but no one believes her theory. Under the gun to solve the case, Nicole must put aside her tumultuous feelings and work closely with Emmet to figure out who is targeting her beloved hometown . . . before she becomes a target herself.]]> 366 Laura Griffin Diane 4 4.36 2024 Liar's Point (The Texas Murder Files #5)
author: Laura Griffin
name: Diane
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Package Makes Perfect (Green Valley Heroes, #6)]]> 208424852 310 Lauren Connolly Diane 4 4.16 Package Makes Perfect (Green Valley Heroes, #6)
author: Lauren Connolly
name: Diane
average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Young Buck (Green Valley Heroes #5)]]> 208425160
Fire Lieutenant Buck Rogers is Green Valley Fire Department's newest recruit. He's also renting the house next door to Loretta�s. When a mysterious family secret compels him to seek the talents of a private investigator, he calls in a friendly favor.

But keeping things neighborly isn't easy. Not with Loretta spying on Buck's chin-up routine through his open bedroom window. Not with Buck's shameless flirting and beguiling blue eyes. Buck may be testing her resolve, but Loretta is testing his mettle. Can she get over the fact that he's just so young? â€Young Buckâ€� is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #5 in the Green Valley Heroes series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 308 Kilby Blades 1959097792 Diane 4 4.08 Young Buck (Green Valley Heroes #5)
author: Kilby Blades
name: Diane
average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Muffin But Trouble (Donner Bakery #4)]]> 208424830
Cy Baxter has a tortured past, a bad reputation, and facial hair like tumbleweed in a dust storm.

With troubles of his own, Cy vows to keep clear of the rude stranger who does nothing but insult him. But he has a heart as big as the wide-open countryside, and when an adorable stray dog brings the two together, sparks fly in the most unexpected ways.

Desperate to pay off her pursuer, Mags starts work at the Donner Bakery. And as Cy becomes a regular customer, his sweet tooth turns into a longing for something spicier.

But with the relentless thug hot on Mags� trail, can these city-meets-country misfits find common ground? Or will their love story be as impossible as square dancing in stilettos?

â€Muffin But Troubleâ€� is a full-length contemporary romance, can be read as a standalone, and is book #4 in the Donner Bakery series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 240 Talia Hunter 1959097776 Diane 4 3.98 Muffin But Trouble (Donner Bakery #4)
author: Talia Hunter
name: Diane
average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[One in Vermillion (Liz Danger #3)]]> 175578969
Liz Danger is stuck in her hometown of Burney, Ohio, because her insane employer has rented a house there for the summer, which means she has three more months of trying to get a copy edit done, babysitting a seven-year-old, and figuring out what to do with three hundred and ninety-two teddy bears. And then there’s her mother. Even the good news that she’s living with a hot cop is tempered by the knowledge that sooner or later, she’s going to have to figure out her future, and she still not sure what she wants that to be.

Vince Cooper is stuck in a town that keeps asking him when he’s going to make an honest woman of Liz Danger and in a job that’s just sunk into anarchy because of local and state politics that are kneecapping the police department, not to mention a biker gang and Liz’s ex-boyfriend who still hasn’t figured out that the ex part is permanent. Good thing he has Liz to come home to . . . until he doesn’t.

As Liz and Vince try to navigate their increasingly complicated relationship, they’re finding out startling new things about themselves and the town they’re trying to protect, and that means dealing with greedy politicians, arson, broken hearts (not theirs), vandalism, questionable real estate, murder, and a lot of soggy bears.
One in That red in the ledger isn’t just the ink.]]> 426 Jennifer Crusie 162125402X Diane 5 4.49 2023 One in Vermillion (Liz Danger #3)
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Diane
average rating: 4.49
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rating: 5
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]]> Rest in Pink (Liz Danger #2) 175578431
Liz Danger is a ghostwriter, trapped in her old hometown for the summer. Good thing she has Vince Cooper, her recurring one-night stand living down by the river in his old diner car, making her feel happy and safe and normal until September when she’ll be leaving again, although she’s starting to wonder if she really wants to.

Vince Cooper is a cop in a town with a shady new housing development that’s bringing a lot of armed strangers, a corrupt mayor, a police chief boss under fire, and an idiot blogger stirring up trouble. Good thing his recurring one-night stand is sticking around for the summer. The only drawback? He’s not looking forward to the empty space Liz Danger will leave behind her when she goes in September.

Treacherous small-town politics, a rust belt biker gang, a widowed ex who doesn’t understand the word “no,� a seven-year-old in need of a temporary mom, a flamboyant blonde boss who needs watched at all times, exploding family secrets, arson, murder, and three hundred and ninety-two soaking wet teddy bears later, Liz and Vince will come face to face with the madman burning down their town, and even worse, with their imploding relationship.

“A comic caper and raucous romance. . . laugh out loud funny.� Kirkus Reviews on Agnes and the Hitman

“A sex, sassy, and smart combination of romance and suspense that is simply irresistible.� Booklist on Don’t Look Down

Rest in There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.]]> 401 Jennifer Crusie 1621253996 Diane 4 4.41 2023 Rest in Pink (Liz Danger #2)
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Diane
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Lavender's Blue (Liz Danger #1)]]> 175578165
Liz Danger has returned home after fifteen years to deliver a giant teddy bear for her mother’s birthday (Guilt Red) when a cop with a great ass picks her up for speeding, fixes the missing lug nuts on her back wheel, pulls her out of a ditch, doesn’t give her a ticket, and helps her avoid her family. This is a man with real potential. The rest of the day goes downhill, starting with her finding out that the only man she’s ever loved is getting married to Lavender Blue, the most beautiful woman in southern Ohio. Really, the best thing in her day is that cop with the lug nuts.

Vince Cooper still isn't sure about being a cop in Burney, Ohio, a place he just moved to six months ago, since Burney is full of some fairly odd people spaced between long stretches of boredom. Still, considering the dangerous, difficult life he had before Burney as an Army Ranger and New York City cop, boredom is good. Then he picks up Liz Danger for speeding and life gets a lot more interesting. And when he picks her up again in the local bar the next night, he starts to realize that “interesting� doesn’t begin to describe what’s going to happen to him if he pulls Liz into his arms and his life

As Liz navigates her dysfunctional family, her flamboyant boss phoning in from Chicago, her still-interested ex, her bridesmaid dress from hell, a dachshund with issues, a disaster of a wedding, assault, murder, and three hundred and ninety-three teddy bears, Vince shows up to get her through, even though he knows that the real peril for him in Burney is the one who came with her own warning label, Liz Danger.]]> 448 Jennifer Crusie 1621253953 Diane 5 4.34 2023 Lavender's Blue (Liz Danger #1)
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Diane
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Passing Notes (Teachers' Lounge #1)]]> 208424606
Clara Hill wants to be left alone.
Sitting on her porch watching everyone else’s lives go by is way more fun than dealing with her own problems.

Or at least that’s what she thought.

Now that her secret high school sweetheart is her next door neighbor, she’s not so sure anymore.

Being back in Green Valley was hard enough without having her first love right there within touching distance.
Especially when he’s so stubbornly determined to flash his unforgettable smile at her every chance he gets and reminding her of when she thought she’d found her happily ever after.

Once upon a time, Nick Easton thought he had it all.

A football scholarship, his dream girl, and a future so bright he couldn’t wait to get started.
But, like everything else in his life, it all came toppling down.
Now he’s content to raise his kids, teach English, and coach football at Green Valley High.
He has no time for things like romance, and dating, and starting over…He’s fine being alone.
Who needs love?

But when he catches a glimpse of his new neighbor his quiet little world turns upside down, lighting a fire that makes him determined to reclaim all he thought was gone forever.

After all these years, can he convince Clara to give him another shot?
Or will their love story stay hidden in their past?

'Passing Notes' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Teachers' Lounge series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.]]> 222 Nora Everly 1959097733 Diane 4 3.68 Passing Notes (Teachers' Lounge #1)
author: Nora Everly
name: Diane
average rating: 3.68
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]]> Exposed (The Agents, #3) 200674538
Hit the brakes. Let’s back up.

You know those sappy made-for-TV movies where the leading lady gets the unsuspecting knock on the door and is the beneficiary of a massive inheritance?

That’s me. I’m that heroine.

My name is Goldie Carter, and inheriting The Pink—one of the most historic and grandest estates in Miami—would be a dream come true for any gal, but especially me.

I’m a true romantic. I believe in soul-wrenching love so deep, to have it ripped away would physically hurt.

But I’m still waiting for my prince charming.

And life isn’t so golden at the moment.

Money, greed, and cartels have a way of forcing love to the backburner when a surprise half-brother rears his ugly head.

Enter Kingston Jennings, Special Agent for the DEA—and quite possibly the crankiest man I’ve ever met.

That’s how I got to where I am right now.

Fake engaged.

And falling in love.

Little did I know, I don’t need a prince charming.

I need a King.]]> 428 Brynne Asher Diane 4 4.36 2024 Exposed (The Agents, #3)
author: Brynne Asher
name: Diane
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega, #2)]]> 124935432 361 Isabella Maldonado 1662515812 Diane 4 4.50 2024 A Forgotten Kill (Daniela Vega, #2)
author: Isabella Maldonado
name: Diane
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Avenging Angel (Avenging Angels, #1)]]> 197805676
And maybe she’s a bit too cocky about it.

While riding a hunch about the identity of a kidnapper, she runs into Julien “Cap� Jackson, who was trained by the team at Nightingale Investigations in Denver. Now he’s a full-fledged member at their newly opened Phoenix branch.

It takes Cap a beat to realize Raye’s the woman for him. It takes Raye a little longer (but just a little) to figure out how she feels about Cap.

As Raye introduces Cap to her crazy posse of found family and his new home in the Valley of the Sun, Cap struggles with his protective streak. Because Raye has no intention to stop doing what she can to save the world.

But there’s a mysterious entity out there who has discovered what Raye is up to, and they’ve become very interested.

Not to mention, women are going missing in Phoenix, and it seems like the police aren’t taking it seriously.

Raye believes someone should.

So she recruits her best friend Luna, and between making coffees, mixing cocktails, planning parties and enduring family interventions (along with reunions), the Avenging Angels unite to ride to the rescue.]]> 456 Kristen Ashley 1954680384 Diane 4 4.29 2024 Avenging Angel (Avenging Angels, #1)
author: Kristen Ashley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)]]> 126918023
Within hours of arriving in their seedy casino hotel, it becomes clear their rescue mission is going to be a bust. Javi’s kidnapper, Marco, refuses to negotiate, demanding payment in full in exchange for Javi’s life. But that’s not all―he insists on knowing the whereabouts of his missing nephew, Ike, who mysteriously disappeared. Unable to confess what really happened to Ike, Finlay and Vero are forced to come up with a new plan: sleuth out the location of Javi and the Aston Martin, then steal them both back.

But when they sneak into the loan shark’s suite to search for clues, they find more than they bargained for―Marco's already dead. They don’t have a clue who murdered him, only that they themselves have a very convincing motive. Then four members of the police department unexpectedly show up in town, also looking for Ike―and after Finlay's night with hot cop Nick at the police academy, he’s a little too eager to keep her close to his side.

If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, a decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece. But will she fold under the pressure and come clean about the things she’s done, or be forced to double down?]]> 315 Elle Cosimano 1250846013 Diane 4 4.00 2024 Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
author: Elle Cosimano
name: Diane
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Habeas Corpus (The Anna Albertini Files, #6)]]> 155660443
While Valentine’s Day is supposed to be full of romance and flying hearts, this year, Anna finds herself defending a misplaced Cupid, dodging a gang of thieving arrow shooters, and assisting Nick Bassaneli, her stubborn potential brother-in-law, with a bogus murder charge. Meanwhile, she’s trying to find her sexy boyfriend the perfect gift, when all he wants is for her to show up to Valentine’s dinner without danger on her heels.

Speaking of danger, Aiden Devlin is a little too secretive about his newest investigation, and something is hanging heavy over his head, but the stubborn Irishman refuses to share. Anna begins to fear that the â€bogusâ€� murder charge might not be so bogus, and Nick truly could be in trouble. Unfortunately for Aiden, the Albertini family is full of self-proclaimed sleuths, and they’re more than eager to crack the case before he can reach his own conclusions.

During the season of love, Anna is forced to juggle her meddling family, solve the puzzle of the chaotic Cupids, save her potential brother-in-law, and arrive at Valentine’s Day dinner in one piece. Hey, miracles can happen.]]> 326 Rebecca Zanetti 1947418327 Diane 4 4.50 2024 Habeas Corpus (The Anna Albertini Files, #6)
author: Rebecca Zanetti
name: Diane
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Simply the Best (Chicago Stars, #10)]]> 156007545 “The queen of the football romance is not Taylor Swift. It’s Susan Elizabeth Phillips.”�Wall Street Journal

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes.

Brett Rivers is the hottest sports agent in the business—fast and furious, swift and deadly. Failure? Not an option.

Rory Garrett is—let’s be honest—a disaster. She has a big heart, an empty bank account, a passion for making exquisite chocolate, and a huge inferiority complex from living in the shadow of Brett’s most important client, her football legend brother.

Brett and Rory should never have met, and they absolutely, positively should never have had to deal with the consequences of one stupid, drunken night…one disastrous lie…one career in jeopardy…one missing football player…and a very dead body.

It’s going to get messy…and dangerous…and heartbreaking…and sexy. To Rory, Brett represents skewed values and a devious mind. To Brett, Rory is forbidden fruit, off limits, do not disturb, and no entry—definitely no entry.

A woman who has succeeded at nothing and a man who’s succeeded at everything confront the challenge of their lives as they struggle with themselves and each other. When it comes to love—what price are any of us willing to pay to be simply the best?]]> 382 Susan Elizabeth Phillips 006324859X Diane 4 4.39 2024 Simply the Best (Chicago Stars, #10)
author: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
name: Diane
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> The Swans of Fifth Avenue 40198123 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife comes an enthralling new novel about Truman Capote’s scandalous, headline-making, and heart-wrenching friendship with Babe Paley and New York’s society “swans� of the 1950s.

Centered on two dynamic, complicated, and compelling protagonists—Truman Capote and Babe Paley—this book is steeped in the glamour and perfumed and smoky atmosphere of New York’s high society. Babe Paley—known for her high-profile marriage to CBS founder William Paley and her ranking in the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame—was one of the reigning monarchs of New York’s high society in the 1950s. Replete with gossip, scandal, betrayal, and a vibrant cast of real-life supporting characters, readers will be seduced by this startling new look at the infamous society swans.]]> 369 Melanie Benjamin Diane 4 3.94 2016 The Swans of Fifth Avenue
author: Melanie Benjamin
name: Diane
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sterling Brick (Sterling Falls, #2)]]> 197488272
Getting locked in the men’s restroom during my mother’s funeral wasn’t exactly how I expected to run into my high school sweetheart. The one who got away. The one who broke my heart.

I could toss the busted doorknob in my hand at him, but I’d prefer to get the heck away. Because twenty years later, Knox Sylver isn’t a teenage boy anymore but a broad-shouldered, thick scruff man with eyes that still look at me like I’m the only person in the room.

As a newly divorced mother of two teenagers, it’s been a long time since anyone sees me. And Knox is definitely watching.

Unfortunately, he made choices in the past and I wasn’t one of them.

According to him, that is ancient history.

Also, according to him, it’s never too late for a second chance. He’s out to prove he’s solid and stable, having returned to our small hometown, in a better place after a career in the military. He’s a local hero as a fireman and he wants to rekindle the flame between us.

I’m the one with decisions this round.

Do I stay where memories hurt? Or do I leave my past, and Knox, behind me again?

+ + +

From L.B. Dunbar comes an all-new small-town romance with a big family and the silver fox swoon one expects from her love over-40 romances.]]> 318 L.B. Dunbar Diane 4 4.27 2024 Sterling Brick (Sterling Falls, #2)
author: L.B. Dunbar
name: Diane
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Faking Ms. Right (Dirty Martini Running Club, #1)]]> 45183911 “When I kissed you last night, I wasn’t pretending.�

Everly Dalton is a walking, talking, martini-drinking dating disaster. Forget kissing frogs. She can’t even get past the first date. But at work, she’s a badass—the longest-running assistant billionaire Shepherd Calloway has ever had. Her coworkers wonder how she handles the big bad wolf—and never gets bit.

Shepherd Calloway isn’t interested in being anyone’s sugar daddy. Tired of women who only want him for his money, he swears off dating, determined to focus on running his empire. Until his gold-digging ex hits him where it hurts, putting him in a difficult position.

His solution—to have Everly pose as his live-in girlfriend—is obviously crazy. But the timing is uncanny. It just so happens Everly needs a favor from her boss—a big and awkward one—and this could ensure everyone gets what they want.

Besides, Everly can totally survive a few months of faux romance.

Except there’s a problem. Shepherd is supposed to be a single-minded, unemotional robot boss. Not an actual human with a heart and morning wood. Between the awkward bed-sharing and tingly fake dates, lines are blurring. And as Everly gets to know the real Shepherd, she discovers there’s more to the man behind the bank account.

And faking it gets all too real.

Faking Ms. Right is a hot, STAND-ALONE romantic comedy.]]> 354 Claire Kingsley Diane 4 4.14 2019 Faking Ms. Right (Dirty Martini Running Club, #1)
author: Claire Kingsley
name: Diane
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Tapped (The Agents, #2) 176605462
I’ll do anything to keep my son safe and not sacrifice my responsibility to my patients.

I’m desperate.

Desperate enough to beg broody Special Agent Micah Emmett for help. But he has a job, and it doesn’t include protecting me. Why should he? He doesn’t know me.

Or so I thought.

Because you can learn a lot about another person when they’re being tapped. And Micah has been watching me for a long time.

Now the special agent is glued to my side.

And I've been tapped in more ways than one.]]> 384 Brynne Asher Diane 4 4.42 2023 Tapped (The Agents, #2)
author: Brynne Asher
name: Diane
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Fury 125500880 A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder � from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient.

This is a tale of murder.

Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it?

Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island.

I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time � it caused a real stir in the tabloids, if you remember. It had all the necessary ingredients for a press a celebrity; a private island cut off by the wind…and a murder.

We found ourselves trapped there overnight. Our old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse � a battle of wits, full of twists and turns, building to an unforgettable climax. The night ended in violence and death, as one of us was found murdered.

But who am I?

My name is Elliot Chase, and I’m going to tell you a story unlike any you’ve ever heard.]]> 295 Alex Michaelides Diane 3 3.51 2024 The Fury
author: Alex Michaelides
name: Diane
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories]]> 128677757 256 Danny Pellegrino 172827821X Diane 4 4.08 2023 The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories
author: Danny Pellegrino
name: Diane
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> First Lie Wins 127463547 Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.

The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.

Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn’t like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.

Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there’s still a future in front of her. The stakes couldn’t be higher—but then, Evie has always liked a challenge. . . .]]> 384 Ashley Elston Diane 4 4.21 2024 First Lie Wins
author: Ashley Elston
name: Diane
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Sable Peak (The Edens, #6) 161176794
Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time. Maybe some would call her a fool for loving a man who hasn’t once dropped a crumb of interest her way. Still, to Vera, it’s Mateo or nothing.

He’s handsome. Charming. Witty. And he loves his family the way Vera loves—with her whole heart.

Maybe he’ll never notice her. Maybe she’s too damaged, too broken, to find that normal life she craves. Maybe her secrets will always keep them apart. But Vera will love him anyway. Whether Mateo realizes it or not.

An unrequited love, small town romance.]]> 343 Devney Perry 1957376422 Diane 5 4.20 2023 Sable Peak (The Edens, #6)
author: Devney Perry
name: Diane
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune]]> 128573697 A NPR Best Book of the Year

The number oneĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling authors ofĚýVanderbiltĚýreturn with anotherĚýriveting history ofĚýa legendary American family, theĚýAstors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.

The story of theĚýAstorsĚýis a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.

From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society.

The familyĚýfortune,Ěýfirst madeĚýbyĚýaĚýbeaver trapping business that grew into an empire,ĚýwasĚýthen amplified by holdings inĚýManhattanĚýreal estate. Over the ensuing generations,ĚýAstorsĚýruledĚýGilded AgeĚýNew York societyĚýandĚýinserted themselves into political and cultural life,Ěýbut also suffered the mostĚýfamous loss on theĚýTitanic,Ěýone ofĚýmany shocking and unexpected twists inĚýthe family’s story.

In this unconventional, page-turningĚýhistorical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs,Ěý#1ĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling authorsĚýAnderson Cooper andĚýKatherineĚýHoweĚýchronicle the lives of theĚýAstorsĚýand explore what the Astor name has come to mean in America—offering a window onto the making of America itself.]]> 379 Anderson Cooper 0062964674 Diane 4 4.00 2023 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
author: Anderson Cooper
name: Diane
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5)]]> 194490015 A hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past.

Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one.

Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life—though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of stealing money from her college sorority, she packs up and heads to her cousin Ramón's apartment, planning to change her name and rebuild start over away from backstabbing girls and university drama (and far, far away from her arrest warrant in Maryland).

At the local bank on the first morning of her new life, it occurs to Vero that she'd be a better bank teller than most of the current employees: she may not have much money, but what little she does have, she knows how to manage. Unfortunately, the only available position is a cleaning job and so, desperate for a fresh start, she takes the bank manager’s offer.

But nothing in Vero's world has ever been simple, so of course shortly after she begins work, she overhears a conversation between her new boss and a security guard: someone who works there has been stealing. Seeing a window of opportunity, Vero sets out to find the identity of the thief, present the evidence, and then push for the perfect job. All of which would be easier if her irresistibly infuriating childhood crush Javi wasn’t living in the same damn town.

Offering the insight that listeners have been craving into fan-favorite Vero's past and a closer look at the moment Finlay and Vero first meet, Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank is a can't-miss addition to the Finlay Donovan series.]]> 107 Elle Cosimano 1250343313 Diane 4 3.51 2023 Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5)
author: Elle Cosimano
name: Diane
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Broken Girls 35533431 A suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare...

Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears.Ěý.Ěý. .

Vermont, 2014. As much as she's tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister's death. Twenty years ago, her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister's boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder, Fiona can't shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case.

When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past--and a voice that won't be silenced.Ěý.Ěý. .]]> 336 Simone St. James Diane 0 to-read 4.06 2018 The Broken Girls
author: Simone St. James
name: Diane
average rating: 4.06
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]]> The Midnight Feast 199743738 Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...

It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests� healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule� cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.

THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP

It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at� The Midnight Feast.]]> 354 Lucy Foley 0063003104 Diane 0 to-read 3.55 2024 The Midnight Feast
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name: Diane
average rating: 3.55
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]]> Murder Road 196614815 A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel.

July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchhiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them.

When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.]]> 341 Simone St. James 0593200381 Diane 0 to-read 3.67 2024 Murder Road
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name: Diane
average rating: 3.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty]]> 58546435 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts.

When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father’s small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires—one in shipping and another in railroads—that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by “the Commodore,� subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers—the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius’s grandson and namesake had built—the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all.

Now, the Commodore’s great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the Commodore’s wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other.

Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.]]> 318 Anderson Cooper Diane 4 4.03 2021 Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
author: Anderson Cooper
name: Diane
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sharing the Miracle (River Rain, #5.5)]]> 202502044 New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new novella in her River Rain Series...

Elsa Cohen has everything she ever wanted.
A challenging career. A bicoastal lifestyle.
And an amazing man—the kind, loving and handsome Hale Wheeler—who adores her and has asked her to be his wife.
She isn’t ready for the surprise news she’s received.
And she doesn’t know how to tell Hale.
Once Hale discovers that his future has taken a drastic turn, a fear he’s never experienced takes hold.
He just doesn’t understand why.
Family and friends rally around the couple as they adjust to their new reality, and along the way, more surprises hit the River Rain crew as love is tested and life goes on.]]> 142 Kristen Ashley 1957568968 Diane 5 4.33 2023 Sharing the Miracle (River Rain, #5.5)
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name: Diane
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Lost and Found Sisters (Wildstone, #1)]]> 40018326 They say life can change in an instant�

After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track. She appears to have it all: a loving family, a dream job in one of L.A.'s hottest eateries, and a gorgeous boyfriend dying to slip an engagement ring on her finger. So why does she feel so empty, like she's looking for a missing piece she can't find?

The answer comes when a lawyer tracks down Quinn and reveals a bombshell secret and a mysterious inheritance that only she can claim. This shocking revelation washes over Quinn like a tidal wave. Her whole life has been a lie.

On impulse, Quinn gives up her job, home, and boyfriend. She heads up the coast to the small hometown of Wildstone, California, which is just a few hours north, but feels worlds apart from Los Angeles. Though she doesn't quite fit in right away, she can't help but be drawn to the town’s simple pleasures…and the handsome, dark-haired stranger who offers friendship with no questions asked.

As Quinn settles into Wildstone, she discovers there's another surprise in store for her. The inheritance isn't a house or money, but rather something earthshattering, something that will make her question everything she thought she knew about herself, about her family. Now with a world of possibilities opening up to Quinn, she must decide if this new life is the one she was always meant to have—and the one that could finally give her the fulfillment she's searched so long for.]]> 385 Jill Shalvis Diane 4 4.26 2017 Lost and Found Sisters (Wildstone, #1)
author: Jill Shalvis
name: Diane
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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