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Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his.

Stella Hutton is a newly hired estate agent who steps into the cutthroat business of selling houses. In a surprise assignment, Stella is asked to shepherd the posh Longbridge Hall to sale. Her task becomes increasingly difficult thanks to the bedeviling Xander Fletcher, who grew up on the estate and is now determined to keep it for his own. Their interactions quickly become a contest of wills, even as an unlikely romance begins to take root.

Coventry Dakin is forced to flee her life as a wife and mother after she accidentally murders her neighbor. Ending up alone on the streets of London, Coventry encounters motley characters who perfectly encapsulate the zeitgeist of 1980s England.

Author/poet Jesper Humlin struggles under the pall of a frustrating life. Everything--from his personal relationships to his professional pursuits to his finances--seems to be failing miserably. Then Jesper happens across a group of young immigrant girls-nd their stories of hardship and perseverance transform his outlook on life.

Judge Deborah Knott and her husband, Deputy Sheriff Bryant, teaming up with Lt. Sigrid Herald to track down a killer on the loose in their small North Carolina town. But as the hunt for the culprit gets more intense, they uncover long-hidden secrets that cast their investigation in a whole new light.

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

Bear thanks his friends for bringing food dishes to his dinner party and finds a way of sharing something of his own.

A Forger named Shai can copy and re-create any item by using magic to rewrite its history. After being condemned to death for attempting to steal the emperor's scepter, Shai is given one final chance. She'll be allowed to live if she can create a new soul for the emperor, who hovers near death.

During the tumult of World War I, Ella Wallace is a single mother fighting a corrupt banker to keep her family's ancestral land. So when a mysterious man arrives on her doorstep with promises of help, Ella reluctantly places her trust in him. But it soon becomes clear that things aren't on the up and up, putting Ella's land--and her family--in jeopardy.

Lark Ainsley has yearned to become an adult by having her magical energy harvested, but when she is finally chosen a special talent is revealed and, rather than become a human battery powering the dome that protects humanity, she escapes hoping to find the Iron Wood, a wilderness rumored to be inhabited by others like herself.