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Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It is suggested to her that she become a governess. But first, she will act as caretaker to Mrs. Fog, an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside resort. Constance is soon swept up in the social whirl...

2) Fresh banana leaves: healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science

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Hernandez, Jessica

Publisher

North Atlantic Books

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An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why Western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic...

3) Not Without Your Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #7)

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Lexi Ryan

Pub. Date

2021

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A Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery

From New York Times bestseller Lexi Ryan comes a sexy new enemies-to-lovers office romance about two people who never thought to hope for their own happy ending.

Two and a half years ago, I hit rock bottom and lost everything. Since then, I've turned my life around—no more booze, no more drugs, no more self-sabotage. With a new business to run and old promises to keep, the last thing I need is smart-mouthed

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4) A limited edition murder

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Elliott, Lauren

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Although enjoying her extended stay working at Second Chance Books and Bindery in West Yorkshire, Addie still feels adrift--far from home, her friends, and her own beloved bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios. The engagement party of her dear friend, Tony, at Milton Manor promises to be a joyful distraction. But there's an ill wind blowing at the estate: When Tony presents his fiancé with a special copy of Wuthering Heights as an engagement...

5) Ache

Author

Olson, Lillian

Publisher

Lillian Olson

Pub. Date

[2017]

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"Ache is a powerful and vivid collection of free verse poetry that intimately explores the emotional impact of depression and anxiety as it manifests and transforms over time. This is a raw and honest personal account of mental illness offered to those looking to consider, to understand or to feel, in some small way, known. Ache is a unique journey that holds strange beauty in its truth."--Amazon.com.

6) Wrapped in Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #4)

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Lexi Ryan

Pub. Date

2018

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A one-night stand with the boss was never in her plans. Neither was falling in love . . .

Return to Jackson Harbor for this sweet and sexy standalone Christmas romance.

The rumors are true. I'm a hot mess with an awful track record at love. Single mom. Down on her luck. Yeah, I'm bad news.

If the hardest part of moving back home to Jackson Harbor was going to be people talking, I'd

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7) If It's Only Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #6)

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Lexi Ryan

Pub. Date

2019

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From New York Times bestseller Lexi Ryan comes a sexy new standalone romance in the bestselling Boys of Jackson Harbor series. Meet single dad Easton Connor as he leaves the NFL and returns to Jackson Harbor to fight for another chance with the love of his life.

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I don't regret much.

Not my decision to enter the NFL draft before finishing college.

Not fighting for custody of my daughter—even

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8) Blood stain: Volume three

Author

Sejic, Linda

Publisher

Image Comics, Inc

Pub. Date

2017.

Description

"Now that Elly has a general idea of what her job is supposed to be, she is eager to impress (and hopefully not get fired). Ironically enough ... "--Provided by Amazon.com.

9) The medicine woman of Galveston

Author

Skenandore, Amanda

Pub. Date

2024.

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Once a trailblazer in the field of medicine, Dr. Tucia Hatherley hasn't touched a scalpel or stethoscope since she made a fatal mistake in the operating theater. Instead, she works in a corset factory, striving to earn enough to support her disabled son. When even that livelihood is threatened, Tucia is left with one option--to join a wily, charismatic showman named Huey and become part of his traveling medicine show. Her medical license lends the...

10) The Love Shack

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The owner of The Love Shack Animal Haven, Berkley Carr, still feeling the sting of scandal from her youth, keeps crossing paths with her handsome neighbor, Lawson, and in a town full of matchmaking busybodies, she must learn to let past hurts go and embrace the love she deserves.

11) Sisters in paradise

Author

Brown, Carolyn

Series

Sisters in Paradise volume 2

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"Ophelia Simmons is back home at the Paradise--the former brothel where her mom raised her and six sisters--contemplating her next career move and dodging Great Aunt Bernie's matchmaking attempts. She is about to meet her match in Jake Brennan, the ruggedly handsome owner of a local winery where Aunt Bernie convinces her to take a job for the summer. At first Ophelia and Jake's personalities clash, but soon enough sparks start flying. Meanwhile, older...

12) Murder Under the Mistletoe

Author

Neubauer, Erica Ruth

Series

A Jane Wunderly Mystery

Publisher

Kensington Books

Pub. Date

2023

Description

Recently engaged Jane Wunderly is celebrating Christmas with her fiancé at his ancestral home at the quaint English market town of Barnard Castle—where murder is the new family tradition . . .
Northern England, 1926: Surprised by her eager acceptance of Redvers' proposal, Jane is ready to spend the festive season deciphering the mysterious man she agreed to marry, while surviving scrutiny from the icy Dibble clan at...

13) The last hope

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All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated Maggie Hope series as the intrepid spy teams up with fashion designer - and possible double agent - Coco Chanel to bring down the physicist behind Nazi Germany's nuclear program. Maggie Hope has come a long way since she was Mr. Churchill's secretary. In the face of tremendous danger, she's learned espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance....

14) The gold digger

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"In 1907, shy but loyal Ingrid Storset travels from Norway to support her grieving sister, Belle Gunness, who owns a farm in LaPorte, Indiana. Well-to-do widow Belle, who has lost two husbands and several children, provides Ingrid with enough money to start a small business. But Ingrid is confused by the string of men Belle claims to be interviewing for her next husband. When Nils Lindherud comes to town looking for his missing brother, who said he...

15) Dinner on monster island: essays

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De Rozario, Tania

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"In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different. Tania De Rozario was just twelve years old when she was gay-exorcised. Convinced that her boyish style and demeanor...

16) The Road before Us: A Novel

Author

Rosche, Janine

Publisher

Baker Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2024

Description

How far would you go to fix the mistakes you've made and regain the trust you lost? For Jade Jessup, the answer is 2,448 miles. Once one of Chicago's significant financial advisors, Jade lost her credibility when her fiancé (and coworker) stole millions of dollars from their clients in a Ponzi scheme. Now she's agreed to help one of them--an aging 1960s Hollywood starlet named Berenice "Benny" Alderidge--seek financial restoration. Jade sets...

17) Crazy for Your Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #5)

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Lexi Ryan

Pub. Date

2019

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From New York Times bestseller Lexi Ryan comes a sexy friends-to-lovers romance. A family wedding with a fake boyfriend, meddling parents, and an obsessive ex . . . What could go wrong?

The only thing worse than being single at my sister's wedding is finding out that my ex will be there too. Not just any ex—the guy everyone expected me to marry, the man I came to Jackson Harbor to escape.

Now I need a date, and

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18) The charmed friends of Trove Isle

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Rains, Annie

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"Ten years after she left her hometown of Trove Isle, NC, Melody Palmer is back to receive an unexpected inheritance-her great aunt's thrift store, Hidden Treasures. There, in a glass case beneath the register, Melody spies the long-lost charm bracelet she shared with her high school friends, Liz and Bri, and her younger sister, Alyssa. After a devastating prom night accident, it disappeared, and the girls' friendship evaporated with it. Slipping...

19) The stranger in the library

Author

Gates, Eva

Series

Lighthouse library mystery volume 11

Pub. Date

2024.

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When a reproduction of a famous painting is stolen from a traveling show of impressionist art, librarian Lucy is painted into a corner when a murder occurs, while Louise Jane is captivated by handsome art dealer, who might be the killer-and the person threatening to break her heart.

20) Dirty, Reckless Love (The Boys of Jackson Harbor, #3)

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Lexi Ryan

Pub. Date

2018

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