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Aug 16 2010

50 Harbour Street by Debbie Macomber

Book Sort: Library Book Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Dear Reader, Considering that I’m married to Cedar Cove’s private investigator, you might think I enjoy mysteries. But I don’t — especially when they involve us! Roy and I have been receiving anonymous postcards and messages asking if we “regret the past.” We don’t know what they mean [...]

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Aug 08 2010

The Girl Next Door by Elizabeth Noble

Book Type: Large Print Hardback from Library Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: What makes a house a home? For Eve Gallagher, home is miles away in England since she and her husband relocated to an apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side. And life isn’t remotely coming up roses. What makes a neighbour a friend? Violet [...]

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Aug 04 2010

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Book Type: Paperback – library copy Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history [...]

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Aug 02 2010

Second Chance by Jane Green

Book Type: Paperback – own copy Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends – friends she hasn’t seen since school – now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a [...]

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Jul 30 2010

A Daughter’s Journey by Lyn Andrews

Synopsis: A captivating new saga set in Liverpool and Ireland, from the bestselling author of DAYS OF HOPE and FAR FROM HOME Angela O’Rourke is six when her parents hand her over to an aunt and uncle in a distant village. It’s a common practice for large, hard-up families in 1950s Ireland, but for Angela [...]

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Jul 19 2010

Old School Ties by Kate Harrison

Synopsis: Friends – and enemies – reunited! They say your school days are the best days of your life and Tracey Mortimer would agree. Sixteen years ago she ruled! She was the most popular girl in school, had her own gang and was dating the cutest guy in her year. Now she’s 32, stuck in [...]

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Jul 18 2010

Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen

Synopsis: It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live. A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world [...]

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Jul 06 2010

The Memory Garden by Rachel Hore

Published by Katie under 5 out of 5,Female Fiction,History

Synopsis: Magical Cornwall, a lost garden, a love story from long ago… Lamorna Cove – a tiny bay in Cornwall, picturesque, unspoilt. A hundred years ago it was the haunt of a colony of artists. Today, Mel Pentreath hopes it is a place where she can escape the pain of her mother’s death and a [...]

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Jul 04 2010

Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot

Synopsis: Heather Wells Rocks! Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days [...]

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Jun 29 2010

The Queen of New Beginnings by Erica James

Published by Katie under 5 out of 5,Female Fiction,Library

Synopsis: Clayton Miller’s promising media career and personal life are in tatters. To put it all behind him he retreats to a secluded country house. There he meets Alice, who goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself. When Alice and Clayton discover the truth about each other they form an unlikely [...]

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