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Since the day her oldest sister entered society, Lady Elizabeth, the Earl of Saunton's sister, imagined the pleasures of her first London Season, during which she expected to meet her future husband. Unfortunately, when she is old enough to make her debut, no member of her immediate family is available to chaperone her in London, so she accepts her Great-Aunt Augusta's offer to bring her out in Cheltenham. Elizabeth looks forward to living at Augusta's grand house near the lively, popular town where people drink mineral water at pump houses and enjoy the social life.

London 1661, the new king is on the throne, but old religious beliefs and Medieval superstition still prevail. Catholics are not tolerated in this new era. Edgar and Emmatha Torbet are papists and fraternal twins, which means their mother was an adulteress. One of them is a legitimate heir, the other is a bastard. Which one of them is it?

Kendra Spark, Derek Knight, and "ghosty" Jenna Powers, members of an FBI special task force, investigate a cold-case and end up facing the ultimate psychopaths, a highly-accredited police director gone crime lord and a beautiful malevolent "albatross of a spirit." Both want Kendra for her unique abilities, but might settle for Jenna instead. Derek stops at nothing to keep Kendra and Jenna safe, but what if the worst-case scenario happens, an unstoppable villain and villainess?

Ever since her mom died of Huntington's disease, Logan has been in a permanent state of neutral. Her dad has been depressed and lonely, but Logan is . . . something else. So much so that she doesn't even see that her best friend, Cole, is head over heels in love with her. To make matters worse, Logan's dad is now hosting a bereavement group in their basement. That was Logan's place to escape; it's where she keeps her darkroom and where she and Cole indulge their mutual love of cinema and black-and-white photography.

Thirty-two-year-old Kang is a new immigrant in Toronto. Having an older sister who was raped and suffers from the ensuing stigma in China, Kang is determined to remain a spinster, which has its own stigma in China, and she struggles with her fear and distrust of men. But Kang's story is not a hard luck story. She is an intelligent woman and a successful immigrant.

A woman gets up in the middle of a wintry night and starts baking a Bundt cake while her lover sleeps upstairs. When it's time for her to take the cake out of the oven, we have read a story of romance and death. The narrator of this novel was widowed years ago and is trying to find new passion. But the memory of her deceased husband and a shameful incident still holds her in its grasp. Why did he do it?

A CBC Best Book of 2019 "One of the most striking Canadian literary debuts of the year."-Montreal Gazette Grand in scope, spare in execution, and lush in language, 26 Knots is a fable-like tale of love, obsession, and everything in between. Araceli loves Adrien. Adrien loves Pénélope. Pénélope marries Gabriel, who is tormented by the search for the father he never knew. Set in Montreal, but spiralling out across Canada, Bindu Suresh's debut novel deftly reveals the devastating consequences of betrayal and commitment, of grief and hope.

Country music star Bradley Suttons is all set to marry his Hollywood actress girlfriend. There's just one thing: he's forgotten he's already married. When he was thirteen years old, he and his childhood best friend, Sarah Standor, held a makeshift wedding ceremony in his barn. Their promise? To always be there for one another. Their vows? Not exactly legally binding. When Bradley visits the small town where he grew up, he finds Sarah running a ranch for rescue horses…and he finally finds his inspiration again, writing new music from the heart.

When single mom Jessica Cook is at the end of her rope, she takes her sixteen-year-old daughter to Turn Around Ranch. The ranch has a great reputation for teen therapy, and Jessica prays there's room there for her and Chloe. Wade Dawson's first priority is to keep the ranch afloat to help teens and their families. But he can't seem to keep his boundaries when it comes to Jessica.

Jenny comes to the charming small town of Heart's Landing to make all the wedding arrangements for her boss, a famous movie star. To keep the event secret and avoid a media circus, Jenny pretends she's the one getting married. Unfortunately, her boss keeps changing her mind on everything, from the venue to the flowers, making Jenny look like a flake and annoying all the town's small business owners. Well, all of them except Nick. The owner of the wedding cake shop is patient and kind, and she starts dropping by often for cupcakes and conversation.