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Miss Julia Hits the Road (Southern Comedy of Manners)

Miss Julia Hits the Road (Southern Comedy of Manners)

by Ann B. Ross

Miss Julia—that Southern spitfire of a certain age who is never less than charming, even when she’s at her most opinionated—has been praised by Fannie Flagg as "one of the most delightful characters to come along in years." In Miss Julia Hits the Road , she is becoming increasingly concerned about her gentleman friend, Sam, who has suddenly started wearing cowboy boots, sending her flowers, and writing bad... (more)

Harry, Revised

A Novel

by Mark Sarvas

A sophisticated, sterling debut by a wonderful emerging talent—the founder of the popular literary blog The Elegant Variation . Harry, Revised is the hilarious and tender story of Harry Rent, a down-on-his-luck widower, who tries to reinvent himself following his wife’s untimely death. Harry’s emotional journey takes him from his own solipsistic and outrageously misdirected fantasies about an obsidian-haired,... (more)

The Manning Brides

by Debbie Macomber

Rich Manning and Jamie Warren have always been friends—and nothing but friends. However, that changes when she asks him to father the child she so desperately wants. Rich agrees—if she'll marry him. Because he thinks their Marriage of Inconvenience could become a real marriage instead. Paul Manning, a grieving widower with three small children, turns to Leah Baker for help and comfort. When that comfort begins to... (more)

Broken for You

by Stephanie Kallos

With a riotous energy that recalls the works of John Irving and Anne Tyler, Broken for You is a debut novel of infinite charm and tremendous heart that explores the risks and rewards of human connection, and the hidden strength behind things that only seem fragile. When we meet septuagenarian Margaret Hughes, she is living alone in a mansion in Seattle with only a massive collection of valuable antiques for... (more)

The Locked Garden

by Gloria Whelan

It's the year 1900, the dawn of a new century and a chance for a new beginning for Verna and Carlie, whose mother died two years ago. They are headed to their new home—the grounds of an asylum for the mentally ill. Their father, a doctor, has been hired to treat its patients while the girls are under the strict and watchful eye of their aunt Maude. The towering asylum, the murmuring patients with their tormented... (more)

The Wide Smiles of Girls

by Jennifer Manske Fenske

Sisters Mae Wallace and March are two years apart, and worlds away from being anything alike. Mae Wallace is the dependable, older sister, who weighs her words before she speaks, and sees the world as a project to be saved. March, happily overweight and charismatic, has the world on a string. Babies, men, and teachers love March, and she loves them right back. Mae Wallace doesn’t so much live in her sister’s... (more)

Walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

Walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

by Kimberly Carolan

Walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death is a book about one of the most uncomfortable subjects that people will face - death. Written from a Christian perspective, it relates to the anatomy of grief, bereavement and what people around those who have tasted the death of a loved one may be looking for from their friends. Delving into what the Bible says about grief and what friends of survivors can do to... (more)

Sophie's Heart

by Lori Wick

After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief...until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives. Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has discovered the land which seemed so bright with promise is far from her dream. A highly educated woman, Sophie now finds herself keeping house for Alec and his family ... (more)

A Dirty Job

by Christopher Moore

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy. A little hapless, somewhat neurotic, sort of a hypochondriac. He's what's known as a Beta Male: the kind of fellow who makes his way through life by being careful and constant -- you know, the one who's always there to pick up the pieces when the girl gets dumped by the bigger/taller/stronger Alpha Male. But Charlie's been lucky. He owns a building in the heart of San... (more)

Arabian Jazz: A Novel

by Diana Abu-Jaber

Winner of the Oregon Book Award and finalist for the National PEN/Hemingway Award. In Diana Abu-Jaber's "impressive, entertaining" ( Chicago Tribune ) first novel, a small, poor-white community in upstate New York becomes home to the transplanted Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud: his grown daughters, Jemorah and Melvina; his sister Fatima; and her husband, Zaeed. The widower Matuseem loves American jazz,... (more)

The Archivist: A Novel

by Martha Cooley

A young woman's impassioned pursuit of a sealed cache of T.S. Eliot's letters lies at the heart of this emotionally charged novel, now in paperback.

The Learning Curve

by Melissa Nathan

From the bestselling author of The Nanny , comes this captivating new novel about a teacher who is idolized by her class, particularly ten-year-old Oscar. Oscar’s father is a frazzled single-parent workaholic who resents any interference from his son’s teacher. From the Hardcover edition.

The Same Sea

by Amos Oz

The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive novel, the book by which he would like to be remembered. The cast of characters ranges from a prodigal son to a widowed father who has taken in his son's enticing young girlfriend, who in turn sleeps with her boyfriend's close friend. The author himself receives phone calls from his characters, criticizing the way he portrays them in his novel. In this... (more)

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sara Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Ana, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah desides... (more)

Miss Julia's School of Beauty

by Ann B. Ross

Everyone’s favorite proper Southern lady is back and feistier than ever in her sixth hilarious adventure Imagine Aunt Bee from The Andy Griffith Show with a lot more backbone and confidence," wrote Publishers Weekly about Miss Julia, Ann Ross’s endearing Dixie doyenne of decorum. In her latest romp, Miss Julia—now Mrs. Sam Murdoch—returns from her whirlwind elopement, only to find herself roped... (more)

Three Wishes (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)

Three Wishes (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)

by Seressia Glass

Lessons of a Lowcountry Summer

by Rochelle Alers

From national bestselling author Rochelle Alers comes the unforgettable story of three strangers whose lives are forever changed on a sultry island off the South Carolina coast.... DR. HOPE SUTTON has everything she's always wanted: a winning career as an advice columnist and a hard-lovin' man who is not afraid to commit. But just when she's ready to settle down she finds out her man's been living a double... (more)

Midway to Heaven

by Dean Hughes

"Ned knew it was a sneaky thing to do, but he walked quietly down the stairs hoping to turn the corner from the stairway before they slipped away from each other. "When he reached the last step, he waited and looked into the dark room. Over the top of the couch's back, he saw two heads, too close. He cleared his throat to announce his presence, and then walked around the back of the couch and sat on another... (more)

Duchess By Night

by Eloisa James

A Mischievous Charade . . . Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of her title and the responsibilities that come along with it. Enough with proper tea parties and elegant balls; what Harriet really wants is to attend an outrageous soiree where she can unleash her wildest whims and desires. But to attend such an event—especially if the event in question is Lord Justinian Strange's rollicking fete, filled with... (more)

Too Dangerous to Desire

by Alexandra Benedict

His embrace will be her escape . . . Lonely and overcome with grief after a painful loss in his past, Adam Westmore walks the ocean's edge in solitude. Forced to marry a depraved prince, a desperate Evelyn Waye believes she has no choice but to throw herself from the jagged cliffs into the crashing surf below. When Adam sees the enchanting woman in terrible danger, he rescues her from death and brings... (more)

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by Ann B. Ross

A Novel

by Mark Sarvas

by Debbie Macomber

by Stephanie Kallos

by Gloria Whelan

by Jennifer Manske Fenske

by Kimberly Carolan

by Lori Wick

by Christopher Moore

by Diana Abu-Jaber

by Martha Cooley

by Melissa Nathan

by Amos Oz

by Patricia MacLachlan

by Ann B. Ross

by Seressia Glass

by Rochelle Alers

by Dean Hughes

by Eloisa James

by Alexandra Benedict