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"A laugh-out-loud funny romance with depth and heart, readers will love this spellbinding novel!" —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author. Is he the real deal...or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also used to have a successful legal practice. But she much prefers her new life as a potter in Woodstock, New York. The only thing missing is the perfect guy. Not that she needs one. She's definitely happy alone.

Eloise Drake's prim demeanor hides the turbulent past she's finally put behind her—or so she thinks. A mathematical genius, she's now a successful accountant for the largest engineering project in 1908 New York. But to her dismay, her new position puts her back in the path of the man responsible for her deepest heartbreak. Alex Duval is the mayor of a town about to be wiped off the map.

Dr. Rosalind Werner is at the forefront of a groundbreaking new water technology—if only she can get support for her work. Nicholas, Commissioner of Water for New York, is skeptical—and surprised by his reaction to Rosalind. While they fight against their own attraction, they stand on opposite sides of a battle that will impact thousands of lives. As a biochemist in early 1900s New York, Doctor Rosalind Werner has dedicated her life to the crusade against waterborne diseases.

ALA Notable Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Fiction Award. Lewis Nordan's remarkable third novel, The Sharpshooter Blues, is in part a meditation on America's love affair with blue-steel barrels and soft-tip bullets, and in part a look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. Just as his award-winning Wolf Whistle illuminated the complexity of racism, Nordan's new novel shines the brilliant flash of gunfire on love-between fathers and sons, between husbands and wives, between gay lovers, and between friends.

Some decisions change your day. Some will change your life. While the headlines screamed "Hollywood Heartthrob Marries Girl Next Door," the public relationship of Jack Harrington and Grace Winslowe never revealed the private struggles that threatened to pull them apart—and when celebrity biographer Jada Eastman starts digging, she discovers that there's more to this couple than anyone could guess. Their relationship began like a scene from one of Jack's movies.

Si "tout finit toujours bien", alors pas de doute : Alice est loin, très loin de la fin ! Aujourd'hui, Alice a tout perdu : le petit ami, le job à Paris et le super appart. Pire encore, elle doit s'exiler dans le nord de la France... Alors, quand elle découvre que la maison qu'elle a héritée de sa tante se situe rue de l'Espoir, elle hésite entre le rire et les larmes devant cette ironie du sort.

On a cold bright day, fifteen-year-old Adriana Dunea wakes up to find that her world has transformed overnight. Her parents irritate her, school is a bore, and her body is changing in ways she does not understand. As the seasons turn, she grows into a beautiful young woman, forges new friendships, and falls in and out of love. Yet her days spent dreaming of romance and listening to the latest gramophone records in her provincial town swiftly come to an end when the sudden opportunity arises to move to Bucharest.

"A beautifully wrought tale full of characters that live and breathe. This surprising story from Strobel, a bold and engaging storyteller, left me sighing with pleasure and wanting more. She's not to be missed." —Claudia Mair Burney, author of Murder, Mayhem, and a Fine Man. Between here and the past, there lies a place—a place of longing for what has been rather than hoping for what could be. A true artist, Violette is passionate and emotional.

When all her efforts at political maneuvering, sucking up, and even doing her job fail to land her that elusive promotion, Sitara decides it's time to use the new marketing head Abhimanyu's obsession with his horoscope to her advantage. Soon, she's rescheduling meetings, pitching ideas, and picking launch dates based on his horoscope. Except, Sitara is so focused on manipulating Abhimanyu with the career section of his horoscope that she doesn't pay attention to the personal section.

True McCormick needed a hero, so she hired one—a greenhorn named Seth Atherton, a man with foolhardy dreams of gun smoke and justice. She’s grown up wild and free among the Texas Rangers and Harvey Girls of the untamed West. Now True McCormick is a famous published author, writing Wild West adventures under the name “Granite Westwind.” But trouble has a way of riding double in True’s life—her publisher wants to send Granite Westwind on tour! She has two choices. She can 'fess up to her true identity—or hire someone to play the part of the lightning-fast gunslinger.