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Elizabeth McGee never thought she'd set foot in Loveless, Texas, again. But after the reading of her father's will, Elizabeth learns she's inherited her grandmother's house and all of the personal contents. If that wasn't enough to knock her off her feet, she soon discovers that JD Carmichael, her lost love from high school, is the contractor who has been hired to finish renovating the house. JD once had the world by the tail. But after a premature...
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It's been said that if you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were. But what does it mean when they come back into your life-as your sibling's significant other? At twenty-five years old, Cal Adams has only ever truly loved one man, the one who broke his heart three years earlier-Andrew Hall. Since then, he has searched for meaningful relationships but cannot smolder the flames of the past his family...
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Seth Loveless has been my weakness since I was sixteen years old.Two years ago, I moved back to my hometown. I started a business, bought a house, took up yoga, and went on hiatus from dating. Life is good.If I never had to see Seth, it would be perfect.After all, my history with my ex-boyfriend is anything but simple. It's taken us years, but we've finally learned to live in the same town without killing each other.Is there an elaborate set of rules...
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Back in my time, everybody knew what seeing the elephant was all about-experiencing and, better yet, surviving new and often horrific situations. All us brave emigrants who traversed the Oregon Trail saw the elephant at least once during our overland journey. In July of 1852, I called upon my friend Polly but never made it to her family's farm. Instead, I encountered the all-fired pachyderm in all his monstrosity. Quicker than a power of lightning,...
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They say trauma travels through family lines ... until someone is ready to heal it.
From the moment she was born, all Bonnie ever wanted was love. Unfortunately for her, this was something even her mother couldn't give. Bonnie was abandoned along with her siblings at a children's home in the 1960's.
Left reeling from her mother's desertion, Bonnie struggles to belong. But with help from a new friend, she awakens the wonders of childhood...
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"For fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry, a novel set at a 1950s Reno "divorce ranch," about the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future "A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice." -Rebecca Makkai Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though,...
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This genre-bending Africanfuturist horror novel blends The Handmaid's Tale with Get Out in an adrenaline-packed, cyberpunk body-hopping ghost story exploring motherhood, memory, and a woman's right to her own body. Nelah seems to have it all: fame, wealth, and a long-awaited daughter growing in a government lab. But, trapped in a loveless marriage to a policeman who uses a microchip to monitor her every move, Nelah's perfect life is precarious. After...
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This graphic novel features an all-new authorized comic book adaptation of one of H. P. Lovecraft's most popular weird tales by Steven Philip Jones (H. P. Lovecraft's Worlds, Lovecraftian) and illustrated by Trey Baldwin (Ladies of Market Street). Also included in this release is the original H.P. Lovecraft published novella, a H.P. Lovecraft biography, and a Steven Philip Jones's article on adapting H.P. Lovecraft into comics. The decaying town of...
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"Three sisters-Kohar, Lucine, and Azad-have long struggled in the grip of their mother, Takouhi, an indomitable woman who is driven by her narcissism and crippled with a lifelong depression that intensifies over time. Takouhi has survived one abusive marriage that she managed to escape with her two daughters and has settled into a more peaceful marriage with a man who she considers her savior, Gabriel. He is the tether to her kite. The oldest daughter,...
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A prince's surprise twins and the bride's secret complicate their new marriage in this contemporary romantic series opener.
Prince Gabriel Alessandro's top priority is continuing the family line, and he's found the perfect bride-to-be in Lady Olivia Darcy. While their royal marriage is not based on love, he does desire her. Making a baby together will be pure pleasure. Then Gabriel learns he is already a father . . . to twins.
Olivia surprises...
11) The Fledgling
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Victoria Lee's fight for life started at birth. As she grew into a young woman, the fight continued leaving her little room to breathe the air she needed to grow. Daddy and I's protection came from a natural place Momma's protection-from a broken one, a scathed and loveless childhood.
Although Victoria's childhood is far from loveless... it seems lifeless, so Victoria begins to ignore her natural instincts and becomes more attentive to those that...
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Are you living the 'trials' we are promised while serving for God?
Does your service in God's Kingdom bring dark to the Light?
This was exactly what happened to Marina (Carrier). In this true story, Marina is called to serve as God leads. She finds her desire to witness to Christ in a Parish, in willing obedience, is unwittingly challenged by triggers of old trauma and lovelessness. Through greater surrender, deeper prayer and greater trust in God's...
13) Queen Joanna
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Thrust into a loveless marriage of state, Queen Joanna discovers her new palace is home to many dark secrets. When a face in the mirror confronts her with a dire warning, she realizes her life is at risk. Has she awakened a curse-or been struck by madness?
Queen Joanna presents a haunting twist on the ghost story legend of Bloody Mary.
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Katie Donovan kicks over the traces of her loveless marriage and heads for Key West to start a new life in the sun and fun of the beach. To her shock, her husband follows and demands she return home to Boston. Digging in Katie refuses, and so starts an unusual courtship by a man who was too busy before, but now determined not to lose his wife
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He's a prince, and I'm his wedding planner,But I didn't plan on having his baby! Sasha:It was supposed to be my dream job,Plan the no-expense-spared wedding of a European prince.But it's not the fairytale wedding everyone thinks,It's a loveless engagement, for a sham marriage.And now I've broken my one rule:I've slept with my client.Dashing playboy Prince AntonioThe man no woman can tie downIs going to be a father. Antonio:The King and Queen gave...
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In the poignant tale of Madiya and Dalim's offspring, we witness the profound impact of a loveless childhood on the fragile fabric of adult life. The narrative spotlights the children, now bearing the scars of emotional neglect, navigating a world where they grapple with understanding love and safety. The story underscores a universal truth: the formative years of parenting indelibly shape a child's conception of affection and security in life's unpredictable...
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Xandro Caramanis wants a wife. She must be well-bred, willing to give him an heir and accept a loveless arrangement.
Ilana Girard is a society beauty with a head for business who understands emotions are not part of the deal….
Ilana accepts Xandro's proposal because she needs his protection. He doesn't realize she's never slept with a man before, and it's reluctantly that she takes her place in his bed….
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Vonda is in a loveless marriage that seems to shape the way she sees herself. In a world where her husband and children have been her everything, she's lost track of who she is. When her youngest goes away to school her entire world turns upside down. Vonda must learn to fight in ways she never thought she would have to. Finding your value in an environment that tries to take it away can be hard.
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Cornish dukes volume 2
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Ambition vs love… Which will the duke's heir choose? Cassian, Lord Trevethow, has a dilemma. To succeed in his aim of building Cornwall's own pleasure garden, he must pursue the loveless tonnish alliance he sought to avoid. But how can he wed reclusive Lady Penrose Prideaux when he can't forget the enchanting stranger he met at a fair? Then Cassian discovers a shocking secret about his bride-to-be. Might he claim both his passions after all?
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Katya Yeltsin was a Russian chess prodigy who had just come out as gay and had made the decision to defect to America. Imprisoned after making her announcement, she confides in her sister to help her escape. Then she met Natalia Pavlov, an agent in the FBI and was immediately attracted to her who becomes her protector. Will Katya find happiness in Natalia's embrace or will she forced back to a loveless life in mother Russia?
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