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| The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. EdenWhat it's about: rival penny dreadful authors who fall in love while competing for market share.
Starring: School headmistress Elizabeth Black, who supplements her income by writing popular fiction, and Fletcher Walker, who uses his earnings to support a ragged school not unlike the one that educated him when he was a young street urchin.
Why you might like it: This chaste Victorian romance eschews high society to focus on working- and middle-class characters, while exploring social issues of the period. |
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| Royal Holiday by Jasmine GuilloryStarring: Vivian Forest, a social worker from Oakland, California; and Malcolm Hudson, private secretary to the Queen of England.
What happens: While accompanying her daughter on a trip to the U.K., Vivian finds a kindred spirit in Malcolm, prompting her to consider a relationship for the first time in a long time.
Why you might like it: This 4th Wedding Dates novel is a heartwarming contemporary holiday romance about a mature couple finding love. |
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| Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlaneWhat it's about: Fired from her job and then dumped by her cheating boyfriend, Georgina Horspool discovers that her new boss is Lucas McCarthy, her first love, who...doesn't even recognize her?
Read it for: "a heroine with a laugh-out-loud voice, an endearing romance, and...lashings of drama" (NPR).
Is it for you? More chick lit than rom com, this witty novel emphasizes Georgina's personal growth as she decides what she wants out of life and love. |
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| The Deception by Kat MartinWhat it is: the 2nd book in the Maximum Security series, after The Conspiracy.
Starring: Kate Gallagher, who's determined to bring her sister's killer to justice, and former marine Jason "Hawk" Maddox, the private investigator and bounty hunter she hires after a steamy almost-hookup.
You might also like: Lori Foster's series Love Undercover, another romantic suspense series that pairs heroines seeking justice with law enforcement agents. |
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Stitches in time
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
A new teacher at Stoney Ridge endeavors to find homes for Lancaster County foster children before her efforts on behalf of two young girls complicates her budding romance with an emotionally detached horse trainer. Simultaneous.
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown
by Talia Hibbert
Emerging from a life-threatening illness, a fiercely organized but unfulfilled computer geek recruits a mysterious artist to help her establish meaning in her life, before finding herself engaged in reckless but thrilling activities. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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The bromance book club
by Lyssa Kay Adams
To win back his wife, who wants a divorce, desperate Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott finds help from an unlikely source—a secret romance-reading club of Nashville’s top alpha men. Original.
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www.cclva.org
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