Virginia Smith
2) Web of lies
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2021
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Brooke Lester is the only female systems engineer at an international technology firm, and she's determined to prove herself. She gets her chance while collaborating on the company's most ambitious project to date. But a serious problem arises, threatening the entire organization. The intense situation takes a tragic turn when Brooke discovers a dead body in the office. The death is ruled a homicide and Brooke becomes the prime suspect. Reporter Connor...
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The Golden Bowl comes in the first years of the 20th-century: the publisher, Charles Scribner's Sons, decided never to serialise it and published it in New York in December 1904 in two volumes. After just a few months, in February 1905, also Methuen published the novel in London in a one-volume edition.
In 1909, a revised edition appeared as volumes 23 and 24 of the New York edition, and James this time also prepared the preface, in which he reflected...
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Seattle brides volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
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When the Burgert family moves to Seattle in 1852, Kathryn is convinced her father has destroyed her life. The backwoods settlement offers none of the comforts and culture she loves in San Francisco. She cares nothing for the new sawmill the townsfolk are so excited about. That is, until she meets Jason, a lumberjack with dreams for a bright future. As she comes to know Jason, Kathryn can't help catching his vision.
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Men of Lancaster County volume 4
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Is It Time for This Widower to Give Love One More Chance? After the devastating loss of his second wife, Seth Hostetler believes a lasting love is beyond all hope. A year has passed, and his mamm and sister are determined to see him happily married once again. But how can he open his heart to another woman when their relationship could end in tragedy? On an outing with his family, Seth comes across an Amish potter hard at work and jumps at the...
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Tales from the Goose Creek B&B volume 5
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[2016]
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Forced into early retirement, Al Richardson knows what his wife will say when she hears the terrible news. Millie will insist that they open their B&B early. Where will that leave him? Carrying luggage and waiting tables? No way! He needs time to come up with another plan. With the help of an unlikely accomplice, Al spends his days scanning want ads and frequenting out-of-town coffee shops in an effort to hide his secret from all of Goose Creek -...
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Tales from the Goose Creek B&B volume 1
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[2015]
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Approaching retirement, Al and Millie Richardson are at odds about what they want to do with their golden years. For Al, it's all about relaxation and travel. Millie, however, wants to open a bed-and-breakfast in their quiet Kentucky town. Meanwhile, the locals are boycotting the new and young female veterinarian after her predecessor's retirement.
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Tales from the Goose Creek B&B volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Excitement is in the air in Goose Creek, Kentucky, as the small town prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary and the veterinarian's upcoming wedding. But trouble is brewing in this provincial paradise... Al Richardson agreed to open a B&B with his wife after his retirement in two years, but Millie secretly invites some guests to stay for the wedding. She plans to be the most gracious Southern hostess--until a tumble down the stairs leaves her...
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Tales from the Goose Creek B&B volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Things are finally starting to click in the small town of Goose Creek, Kentucky. Millie Richardson is hard at work renovating a drafty Victorian house into a B&B. Her husband, Al, is busy writing checks for the renovations. But Goose Creek never stays quiet for long. The intra-county softball game is coming up, and Millie volunteers Al as team manager. The team is a disaster. Are they going to embarrass themselves in front of the whole county? As...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that "fat" is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes "weight loss" as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about...
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1886. Jesse Montgomery is feeling restless. Though he's grateful to friends Colin and Emma for helping him get on his feet again, surely the Lord doesn't want this reformed rowdy cowboy to stay in Apple Grove forever. When an unscrupulous cattle baron tries to steal Amish land, Jesse intervenes and is wounded. Lovely young healer Katie Miller attends to him while guarding her heart. This sweet Amish widow can't risk falling in love with an Englisch...
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1884 - When Rebecca Switzer hears that Jesse Montgomery is near Apple Grove, she must see the rugged but dissolute cowboy who had stolen her heart years earlier. Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can quit and follow his dream of starting a church. When a lovely woman, looking travel-weary and lost, gets caught up and arrested with the leaders of a temperance riot, he can hardly believe she is a Plain and simple woman. Nor can he believe...
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Amish of Apple Grove volume 1
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[2012]
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After being robbed while traveling to visit relatives, Emma Switzer and her family are stranded on the prairie. When cowboy Luke Carson encounters them in a Kansas trading settlement, Emma knows that he is the answer to their prayers for help.
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Victorian mansion flower shop mysteries volume 24
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Preparations for this summer's Orcas Island Lavender Festival are keeping Turtle Cove, Washington, florist Kaylee Bleu busy as a bee at The Flower Patch. However she wouldn't dream of denying a special request from her dear friend and assistant, Mary Bishop: hosting the wedding of Mary's niece, Layla, and local real estate agent Douglas Miller in the picturesque lavender fields surrounding Kaylee's home, Wildflower Cottage. Wedding and festival plans...
16) Just desserts
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[2018]
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Preparations are under way for the wedding of Savannah Cantrell, Jillian Green's best friend, when Jillian receives news that Sheriff Henderson has been shot. Deputy Gooder Jones is determined to find the shooter, ignoring the possibility that he himself may have been the original target. Wedding plans are put on the back burner when more shootings occur. Will Jillian and Gooder uncover the shooter before he strikes again?
17) Thorn of Secrecy
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Victorian mansion flower shop mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Join Kaylee and her faithful dachshund, Bear, as they put down roots on Orcas Island. Kaylee has turned over a new leaf by purchasing her grandmother's Victorian mansion flower shop, the Flower Patch.Marvel in the island's natural beauty as Kaylee and her friends seek to root out mysteries that seem to grow like weeds.
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[2011]
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"The beautiful piano sitting in the corner of Jill King's apartment begs to be played. For over a year, it has sat untouched, ever since a terrible accident shattered Jill's ambition of becoming a concert pianist. The ragged scar on her left hand is a cruel and constant reminder of the death of her dream. But another dream is about to come to life---an unexpected, horrifying dream that will present Jill with a responsibility she never wanted. And...
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Clothing designer Jessica Cole has inherited her aunt and uncle's cattle farm. Perfect! She can sell the farm to finance her company's newest venture, a clothing line for children. Then she learns the condition of her inheritance--she must move to the small Texas town where she was raised and run the farm for six months. Since she knows nothing about managing a farm, she's forced to ask for help from the last man she ever expected to meet up with...
20) Scent of murder
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2010.
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Everything is going wrong for Caitlin Saylor. Her boyfriend has left her. Her musical trio is disbanding. And for their trio's swan song? They'll be playing another wedding: a chance to watch someone else's happy ending. And then, unexpectedly, Chase Hollister enters the scene. The candle factory owner is handsome, charming and very interested in Caitlin. His gift of a special candle proves it. But there's something more to the candle than Caitlin...