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Two popular television stars who dislike each other intensely must pretend to be a couple for publicity purposes, and when the truth is discovered their relationship goes through many changes.

When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.

Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for some surprises.

When a big New York theater production comes to Zinnia, Mississippi, murder takes center stage--and Southern belle turned P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney, it turns out, is the star suspect.

Crombie weaves a tale of two boys who become allies, then friends, in a story of trust and betrayal whose repercussions echo across six decades.

Decades ago, Robin Rowe was a successful madam in the bustling town of Jerome, Arizona. Until her death, the Robin's Nest was renowned throughout the West for its beautiful girls. Now her granddaughter, Maggie Potter, has bought the old mansion and turned it into a bed and breakfast, but the feisty madam still lives there as a ghost.

Just before her untimely death, Lydia Keane had slept with her best friend Amy's husband (also deceased) and is barred from the afterlife until she makes amends, so Lydia returns to Earth in the form of a ratty little Welsh Corgi to find Amy a new husband.

Ferguson Sewell, aka DJ Darky, is a jazz enthusiast who does porno film scores to make money. Claiming to have a phonographic memory, Sewell is obsessed with the Schwa--a brilliant musician who supposedly disappeared into Cold War Berlin in the 1960s. When Sewell receives an already-scored production from a West Berlin bar called Slumberland, he's certain the film's incredible soundtrack is the work of the Schwa. So Sewell heads to Berlin, soon finding himself an exotic object of desire and watching as the city's walls crumble around him.

Told through 10 linked stories, this book ushers listeners inside Lucy's Tavern, a watering hole where a complex mix toast the good times, drown their sorrows, and occasionally reach out to fellow patrons for love--or at least love's drunken counterpart.

In 1975 the young timid Toby Ruben begins a life-long bond with the dynamic, boisterous Deborah Laidlaw. Through the years, they raise their children together, find jobs teaching, and argue over the intricacies of life. Although at times feelings get hurt, the two women enjoy sharing an honest, open friendship -- until one day, tragedy strikes.