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The Angels of Morgan Hill
By Donna VanLiere

Jane Gable thinks 1947 will be like every other year in Morgan Hill, Tennessee but it's the year everything changes. Jane first lays eyes on young Milo Turner the day that her abusive, alcoholic father is buried in the Morgan Hill cemetery. The Turners are the first black family ever to move into the area, and while their presence challenges the comfort of many in the small, tight-knit community, Jane and her brother, John, have found new friends.

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The Balance Thing
By Margaret Dumas

A light, witty novel about a 30-something-year-old woman and her best friends—their lives, loves and misadventures—all searching for happiness, if not forever, at least for right now.

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The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them
By Roxanne J. Coady and Joy Johannessen

With the goal of promoting literacy (and with proceeds going to the Read to Grow Foundation), here are 65 spirited testaments to the transformative power of reading from 65 distinguished contributors, as compiled by bookseller Roxanne Coady and editor Joy Johannessen.

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Cold As Ice
By Anne Stuart

The job was supposed to be dead easy—hand-deliver some legal papers to billionaire philanthropist Harry Van Dorn’s extravagant yacht, get his signature and be done. But Manhattan lawyer Genevieve Spenser soon realizes she’s in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Dear John
By Nicholas Sparks

When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in North Carolina, working for Habitat for Humanity, and totally unprepared for the passionate attraction she feels for John Tyree.

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Echo Park
By Michael Connelly

In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney.

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For One More Day
By Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss.

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Glad Tidings
By Debbie Macomber

A highly anticipated and much loved Christmas 2-in-1, from America’s favorite storyteller, Debbie Macomber.

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The Guy Not Taken
By Jennifer Weiner

New from the New York Times bestselling author of Good in Bed!

Have you ever wondered about…the guy not taken?

An irresistible collection of heartbreaking and hilarious stories about winning—and losing—at love.

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I, Mona Lisa
By Jeanne Kalogridis

Florence, April 1478.  The handsome Giuliano de' Medici, brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, is brutally assassinated in Florence's majestic Duomo.  The shock of the murder is felt throughout the great city, from the most renowned artists like Leonardo da Vinci to a wealthy wool merchant and his exquisitely elegant wife.  The Medici family is the lifeblood of the city, and the death of one of its golden heirs will be felt throughout time, but nowhere more so than in the life of that wool merchant's daughter: the strikingly beautiful Madonna Lisa. 

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Ready for Love
By Debbie Macomber

Sexy and successful bachelors, Evan and Damian Dryden try their luck at love in this classic 2-in-1 romance.

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Vince & Joy
By Lisa Jewell

From adolescent snogging to apartment shares, relationships, career crises, and children, Vince & Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined.

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Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen

An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.

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