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First-time caller
by B. K. Borison
Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls into the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job, an incredible family, and a smart, if slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof-she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.
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Great big beautiful life
by Emily Henry
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years-or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the tragic heiress Margaret Ives. Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can't swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they're in the same room. And it's becoming abundantly clear that their story-just like the tale Margaret's spinning-could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad...depending on who's telling it.
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Lady Anna's favor
by Karen Tuft
London, England, 1814 Lady Anna Clifton will stop at nothing to find her missing brother. She has arrived in London with a purpose known only to a few. Her soldier brother has been reported wounded and missing in France, and if he is dead, his title and their family's estate will go to a horrible distant cousin, and Lady Anna will be homeless. Desperate to find her brother alive, she reaches out to family friends and manages to board a yacht headed for France. Anna decides she must look for her brother there herself. Meanwhile, when James boards the ship, he cannot deny his instant attraction to the beautiful young woman who will be joining him across the sea. But when he receives only a cold reception from her, James dismisses her outright. Then he learns the tragic reason for her perilous journey, one much too dangerous for a young lady, so James offers to assist her in her quest. With every step, they come closer to solving the mystery surrounding Lady Anna's brother's disappearance--but each step also pushes their hearts closer together.
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The library of borrowed hearts
by Lucy Gilmore
Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s at the local flea market. Deciding it's a sign of her luck turning, she takes it home with her-only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbor swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find notes scribbled in the margins between two young lovers back when the book was new...one of whom is almost definitely Jasper Holmes, the curmudgeon next door. This kickstarts a literary scavenger hunt that Chloe is determined to see through to the end. In a romantic tale that spans the decades, Chloe discovers that there's much more to her neighbor than meets the eye. And in allowing herself to accept the unexpected friendship he offers, she learns that some love stories begin in the unlikeliest of places.
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The summer of broken rules
by K. L. Walther
It's all fun and games until someone loses their heart. Meredith's family's annual game of assassin at Martha's Vineyard during a summer wedding is the perfect chance to honor her sister's legacy, and finally join the world again. But when she forms an alliance with a cute groomsman, she's at risk of losing both the game ... and her heart.
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Unfortunately yours : a novel
by Tessa Bailey
To access her trust fund, Natalie Vos must get married, and with no prospects, proposes to a man she wants to kill and kiss in equal measure, failing vineyard owner August Cates, but their sham wedding turns into something more due to their unfortunate, unbearable, undeniable attraction.
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Say you'll remember me
by Abby Jimenez
There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes-all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving guys like this wrong... . . . unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake. But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget there is something between them.
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Love at First Flight
by Jo Watson
In South Africa, Pippa, a neurodiverse air traffic controller with a looming school reunion, and Andrew, a pilot whose family wants him to settle down, make a fake-dating pact that just might solve both their problems.
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Shadowheart
by Laura Kinsale
Book AnnotationSwept up in political intrigue, an assassin and a princess embrace a passionate love in this fourteenth-century romance by a New York Times-bestselling author.
As the last unmarried princess of Monteverde, Elayne is trapped in a marital bond when her hand is promised to the land's ruler. On the voyage to meet her future husband, she is captured by Allegreto Navona--the living embodiment of the dark angel she's seen in dreams. Endowed with godlike beauty, his eyes burn bright with sin. A woman of modesty would flee such a man. But try as she might, a wanton hunger binds her to his side . . .
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Charlotte County Library
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P.O. Box 788, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
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