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Book Sizzle January 2021 To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must be all real. -Winston Churchill
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Real Men Knit
by K. M. Jackson
Determined to keep his late adoptive mother’s Harlem knitting shop open, one of four brothers accepts the help of a craft-savvy businesswoman who is hiding her secret crush on him.
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A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder
by Victoria Hamilton
"When Sir Henry Claybourne is murdered, young spinster Miss Emmeline St. Germaine--who has a secret hobby of rescuing young girls from predatory nobility at knife point--fears that she will be suspected of the murder and resolves to solve it"
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Dirty Dancing at Devil's Leap
by Julie Anne Long
Determined to get her hands on the glorious old abandoned Coltrane mansion, Avalon Harwood must go up against Maximillian “Mac” Coltrane—her greatest enemy—to get what she wants and soon finds herself not only fighting for the house but for the love they once shared.
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The Lost Letter
by Jillian Cantor
A young apprentice works secretly for the Austrian resistance in World War II and resolves to save the fiery daughter of his Jewish stamp engraver master, a story that is found decades later by a divorced descendant who investigates an unusual stamp on an old love letter.
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Eliza Starts a Rumor
by Jane L. Rosen
Clinging to the community bulletin board she created 15 years earlier as a hobby, a suburban housewife struggling with agoraphobia engages in fabricated gossip to keep the site more interesting before community member lives are upended by personal setbacks.
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Antiques Fire Sale
by Barbara Allan
After flames consume a historic mansion full of priceless treasures, along with its occupant, Brandy and Vivian must find out who committed this murderous act of arson.
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Tack & Jibe : a Novel
by Lilah Suzanne
Raised on a small island in North Carolina's Outer Banks, Willa has a picture-perfect life: hanging out at the beach with her friends, living in a cozy sea-side cottage, working at a sailing store, and running a hugely popular sailing Instagram. When a group of followers enters her into High Seas, a televised national sailing championship, it should be no problem. Too bad Willa doesn't actually know how to sail at all. Desperate to avoid having her carefully curated life come crashing down around her, Willa tracks down Lane Cordova, the winner of four previous High Seas competitions, and begs her for a crash course in sailing before the race begins. But Lane's competence on the water is only matched by Willa's ineptitude, and her growing crush on Lane isn't helping matters. The competition threatens to go awry and take her entire idealized life with it
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Full throttle : stories
by Joe Hill
The best-selling author of Strange Weather presents 13 short stories of supernatural suspense, including “Throttle,” co-written by Stephen King, in which a trucker is caught in a sinister dance with motorcycle outlaws in the Nevada desert.
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March of Crime : a Murder-by-Month Mystery
by Jess Lourey
Ida Gilbertson of the Battle Lake Senior Sunset nursing home has a new hobby: crafting life-sized dolls and displaying them around town. Budding PI Mira James finds the dolls creepy enough on their own, but when she's forced to sit next to one and discovers a human corpse under the hat and wig, it becomes personal and it is up to the mayor and Mrs. Berns to help Mira find the real killer.
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Miracle at St. Andrews : a Novel
by James Patterson
A latest entry in the series that includes Miracle on the 17th Green finds a former professional golfer seeking personal inspiration during a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews.
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Get a Hobby! : 101 All-Consuming Diversions For Any Lifestyle
by Tina Barseghian
Identifies and introduces dozens of hobby practices while citing their potential for decreasing anxiety and enhancing concentration, in a guide that makes recommendations for choosing a compatible hobby and getting started on such activities as silk screening, ikebana, and ham radioing.
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Gardening With Native Plants of the South
by Sally Wasowski
Offers over two hundred plant varieties native to the Southern United States for home gardening, including trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, and wildflowers, and provides a basic primer on how to use them effectively
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