Susan Mallery
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister - Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her trepidation, she moves into the grand family home with her siblings...
Author
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the small town of Los Lobos, California, three women join a local indie bookstore's summer book club--devoted entirely to romance novels--and become life-long friends as they navigate the messiness of motherhood, second chances and becoming the person you've always wanted to be."--
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all--a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There's just one problem--it's not her family, it's her husband's. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him--his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she's ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain...
Author
Series
Wishing Tree volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Wishing Tree, Washington. The Somerville sisters believe in love, but they've lost faith it will happen for them. Reggie hasn't been home since the end of the world's shortest engagement. When her parents decide to renew their vows, she buffs up her twinkle to help with the Christmas wedding. Unexpectedly, Toby, her first love, is back too, and the spark between them shines as brightly as ever. In the spirit of the season, will they let go of past...
Author
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny... As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fit inches But she's never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame -- and notoriety -- through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fine art of behaving like a proper diplomat's wife requires intensive lessons,...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Erica is terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her 'other' family. Summer disdains Erica's career and she's growing closer to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is collect one call. From prison. Her husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, scared and alone with a toddler and no money. Erica would do anything for Summer, even take in the woman her daughter loves like a second...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Leaving Blackberry Island seems all but impossible for Nina Wentworth when the small-town nurse who's already sacrificed so much deals with a returning sister, Averil, who seems disinterested in her own husband; faces the affections of both a high school sweetheart and a young maverick; and struggles to maintain control as Nina and Averil's mom lives just as carelessly as ever.
Sisters Nina and Averil Wentworth deal with life and love--and their...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Wynn Beauchene has a thriving business, a great kid, and a mildly embarrassing crush on the guy next door - local cop Garrick McCabe. She's a strong, independent woman who can't help dreaming what-if about a man she barely knows. Until he needs her help ... Garrick's pregnant daughter will be home for Christmas, and his house needs a woman's touch. Garrick and his little girl were tight once and he's hoping a small-town Christmas will bring her back...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Three best friends--Heather, who finally sees the beauty of family; Daphne, who is trying to fix her marriage after an emotional affair; and Tori, who has fallen in love with a longtime friend, navigate the joy, and heartache of letting people into their hearts for the very first time.
10) Sisters like us
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she cant afford and a teenage daughter whos pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, shes scrambling to maintain her overbearing mothers ridiculous standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like Lucas, the annoying playboy cop who claims he hangs around for Harpers fresh-baked cookies. Spending half her life in school hasnt prepared Dr. Stacey Bloom...
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Zoe Saldivar is more than just single--she's ALONE. She recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend, she works from home and her best friend Jen is so obsessed with her baby that she has practically abandoned their friendship. The day Zoe accidentally traps herself in her attic with her hungry-looking cat, she realizes that it's up to her to stop living in isolation. Her seemingly empty life takes a sudden turn for the complicated--her first new...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In Happily Inc, love means never having to say "I do"... Wedding coordinator Renee Grothen isn't meant for marriage. Those who can, do. Those who can't, plan. But she never could have planned on gorgeous, talented thriller writer Jasper Dembenski proposing -- a fling, that is. Fun without a future. And the attraction between them is too strong for Renee to resist. Now she can have her no-wedding cake... and eat it, too. After years in the military,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing: keeping secrets, including her white-hot affair with a sexy music producer. Planning Mom's wedding exposes her startling hidden life, changing her family's view of her -- and how she views herself -- forever. When Sienna's boyfriend proposes -- in front of her mom and sisters, for crying out loud -- he takes her by surprise. She already has two...
14) Barefoot season
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"This poignant tale of family dynamics, the jarring impact of change, and eventual acceptance and healing is sure to please Mallery's many, devoted fans."
15) Almost perfect
Author
Series
Fool's gold volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Back in high school, Liz Sutton was the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Then she'd stolen the heart of the most popular boy in town, and their secret romance helped her through the worst of times. Until Ethan Hendrix betrayed her and everything they'd ever meant to each other. Devastated and pregnant, Liz left Fool's Gold, California--forever, she thought. Now Liz must return to town and face the man who doesn't know of their son's existence....
16) Already home
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"After nearly a decade as a sous-chef in a trendy eatery, Jenna is desperate for a change. She's supported her ex-husband's dreams for so long that she can't even remember her own. Until she sees a for-lease sign near her parents' home and envisions her very own cooking store Her crash course in business is aided by a streetwise store manager and Jenna's adoptive mother. But just as she's gaining a foothold in her new life, in walk her birth parents--aging...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cousins by chance, sisters by choice ... After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long. Kristine has become defined by her relationship...
18) Sweet trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Five years since leaving Seattle, Jesse Keyes is in a better place. Now it's time to return and face her demons. However, her sisters aren't impressed with the new and improved Jessie. Then there's the father of Jesse's young son, who has made it clear he never wants to see her again--despite the lust that still smolders between them.
When she returns home to Seattle, single mother Jesse Keyes decides to try and patch things up with her son's father,...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Isabel Beebe thinks she's cursed in the romance department. Her teenage crush, Ford Hendrix, ignored all her letters. Her husband left her for another...man. So Isabel has come home to dust off her passion for fashion and run the family bridal shop until her parents are ready to sell it. Then she'll pursue her real dreams. At least, that's the plan, until sexy, charming Ford returns and leaves her feeling fourteen all over again. Seeing Isabel...
20) Two of a kind
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Felicia Swift never dreamed she'd hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool's Gold, California. The last time Gideon Boylan whispered in her ear was half a world away{u2026}on the morning after the hottest night of her life. Her freaky smarts have limited her close friendships, and romance, but she came to Fool's Gold looking for ordinary. Gorgeous, brooding Gideon is anything but that. Black Ops taught Gideon that love could be deadly. Now...