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Women in Sunlight: A Novel

FRANCES MAYES - Crown
Format: Hardcover

By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes's trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of place, food, and friendship, Women in Sunlight is the story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course...
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Cocoa Beach: A Novel

BEATRIZ WILLIAMS - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of A Certain Age transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novel - an enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal, and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition-era Cocoa Beach.Burdened by a dark...
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The Identicals: A Novel

ELIN HILDERBRAND - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike...or live more differently.Harper Frost is laid-back, easygoing. She doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. She likes a beer and a shot and wouldn't be caught dead wearing anything fashionable. She's inherited her father's rundown house...
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Surprise Me: A Novel

SOPHIE KINSELLA - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

#1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella's emotionally charged new standalone novel about marriage and family, and how those we love and know best can sometimes surprise us the most.After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they...
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Camino Island: A Novel

JOHN GRISHAM - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University's Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino...
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The Island House: A Novel

Nancy Thayer - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

"Soak up the sun with this delightful novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer! Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself...
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See Me

Nicholas Sparks - Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Format: Print book

See me just as I see you . . .Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison dogging his every step, he's determined to walk a straight line. To Colin, that means applying himself single-mindedly...
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Silver Linings: A Rose Harbor Novel

Debbie Macomber - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSet in Cedar Cove's charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber's captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find. Since...
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Anything Is Possible: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. "This book, this writer, are magnificent."...
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At Home in Mitford

Jan Karon - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's beloved series set in America's favorite small town: Mitford. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet,...
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Same Beach, Next Year

Dorothea Benton Frank - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family, and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart.One enchanted summer, two couples begin...
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel

Sue Halpern - Harper
Format: Hardcover

From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create.People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books...
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I'll Be Your Blue Sky: A Novel

Marisa De los Santos - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy...
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Fairytale: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

A wonderful, beautifully told tale from America's favorite novelist, Fairytale is a captivating example of the truths that will always withstand even the darkest storms, and a reminder that sometimes fairytales do come true, and good prevails over evil in the end.Camille Lammenais...
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Sea Glass: A Novel

Anita Shreve
Format: Print book

The year is 1929 and Honora Beecher and her husband, Sexton, are just settling into a new marriage and a cottage on the coast of New Hampshire. While Honora fixes up the derelict house and searches for bits of sea glass on the beach, Sexton risks everything they own to buy the hou
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Lilac Lane

Sherryl Woods - MIRA
Format: Hardcover

Chesapeake Shores has always represented home and family for the O'Briens, but in Lilac Lane, the community extends its healing powers to a woman recovering from overwhelming griefSingle mom Kiera Malone struggled for years to raise her three children in a small town on the coast of Ireland....
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The Summer That Made Us

Robyn Carr - MIRA
Format: Hardcover

The brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr that Kirkus calls "a blissful beach read." The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again. That...
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The Shark Club

Ann Kidd Taylor - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A delicious summer read." -Redbook A warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances - in life and in the sea One summer day on the beach in Florida, two extraordinary things happen to Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then,...
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The Cafe by the Sea: A Novel

JENNY COLGAN - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up -- and she hasn't looked back. What would have done on Mure It's a place where everyone...
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Distant Shores: A Novel

Kristin Hannah - Ballantine Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young raised two daughters and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family From a distance their lives look picture perfect But after the girls leave home Jack and Elizabeth quietly drift apart When Jack accepts a wonderful new job Elizabeth...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel

Annie Barrows - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A NETFLIX FILM * A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. "Treat yourself to this book, please - I can't recommend it highly enough." - Elizabeth Gilbert,...
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Tidewater Inn

Colleen Coble - Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

Welcome to Hope Beach. A place of intoxicating beauty . . . where trouble hits with the force of a hurricane. Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks could be a dream come true for Libby. The inn cries out for her restorer’s talent and love of history. She’s delighted...
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The Library at the Edge of the World: A Novel

Felicity Hayes-McCoy - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

In the bestselling tradition of Fannie Flagg and Jenny Colgan comes Felicity Hayes-McCoy's U.S. debut about a local librarian who must find a way to rebuild her community and her own life in this touching, enchanting novel set on Ireland's stunning West Coast.As she drives her mobile library...
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True Love

Jude Deveraux - Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jude Deveraux, the bestselling author of unforgettable romance, returns with a breathtaking first book in a fantastic new series - the Nantucket Brides trilogy. Set on the magical Massachusetts island, True Love introduces characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts,...
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Lost and Found Sisters

JILL SHALVIS - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes her first women's fiction novel - an unforgettable story of friendship, love, family, and sisterhood - perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Susan Mallery, and Kristan Higgins.They say life can change in an instant ... After losing...
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