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1) Home song
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A novel that strikes a universal chord in all of us and asks: Are there sins of the heart beyond forgiving?
When a new student transfers to principal Tom Gardner' s school, Tom instantly recognizes that this teenager is the son he never knew he had, the result of a one-night stand years before. Raised by an adoring and fiercely independent mother who never revealed the name of his biological father, Kent is a fine young man. But his very...
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Innocent and unsure, Theresa Brubaker has lived much of her 25 years trapped in a body she loathed. Never becoming used to the unwanted attention from the opposite sex, her precious beauty was treasured by everyone but herself- that is, until an extraordinary man opens her heart to the wonderful possibilities of love. Sensitive and caring, Brian Scanlon seeks to unleash the butterfly wrapped in Theresa's cocoon of inhibitions. But trust...
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When a music superstar returns to her hometown, can she learn how to help those who need her the most?
Tess " Mac" McPhail is one of country music' s brightest lights, a millionaire many times over, accustomed to public adoration and a life lived on her own terms. Now, eighteen years after she left her hometown, Mac' s sisters insist she return to help care for their widowed mother. There Mac faces...
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Two brothers work a rich and bountiful land?and one extraordinary woman shares their lives. To Jonathan Gray, Mary is a devoted and giving mate. To Aaron, she is a beloved friend. But seven childless years of marriage have forced Jonathan to ask the unthinkable of his brother and his wife?binding the two people he cares for most with an act of desire born of compassion . . . awakening Mary to the pain of infidelity, and to all the bittersweet joy...
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Bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories . . .
Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin's life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme-to become Karl Lindstrom's mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota.
A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret she had to hide from him, knowing its revelation would destroy...
6) Bitter sweet
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When a recently widowed woman returns to her home town, will resuming a love affair with a high-school sweetheart bring back her joy?
Shattered by the loss of her husband, Maggie struggled each day to put her grief behind her- to face life again and to be there for her teenaged daughter. When she returned to her Wisconsin hometown, she never expected to feel a spark of longing for her old high school sweetheart. Eric's marriage to a career-driven...
7) The gamble
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Agatha Downing was known in her 1880s frontier town as the picture of primness and propriety, although her green eyes could blaze with anger or sparkle with humor. LeMaster Scott Gandy was the picture of lazy charm and happy indifference to what others thought was right and wrong. He was comfortable running his saloon. They were enemies, until a grudging friendship forced them to admit each other's good points. Then the sweet innocence of a child...
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LaVyrle Spencer, known for her "heartrending slices of Americana" writes of how love can be more special the second time around in this bestseller.
It is 1916 and Roberta Jewett is surprised to find that her hometown of Camden, Maine, considers a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nonetheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself. Behaving like no...
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The classic New York Times bestseller.
Lee Reston has a fulfilling life imbued with the love of her three wonderful children. Then a shattering event-the loss of her oldest son, Greg-tears her world apart. In her anguish, she turns to police officer Christopher Lallek, Greg's best friend. Their shared mourning develops into friendship, and then something deeper. But life is never simple. The family that was once the core of her existence becomes...
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Lorna Barnett is tired of playing the role of "good girl" that her mother has always lived, and that high society prizes. It isn't until she meets Jens Harken that she realizes she yearns to be cherished for herself. Although Jens is a servant, his strength and intelligence put all the society men she's met to shame.
Jens knows their love is forbidden, but he can't keep away from the spirited, headstrong girl who's stolen his heart. His boat-building...
11) Bygones
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Bess Curran, forty, is an interior designer in the Minneapolis, St. Paul area, still lonely and bitter after her traumatic divorce six years earlier. Her adult daughter, Lisa, anxious for her parents to reconcile, arranges a surprise dinner meeting where she informs them that she is pregnant and about to marry.
Bess and former husband Michael, who left her for another woman, who, in turn, has just left him, can barely control their mutual animosity...
12) Twice loved
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New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beautiful and captivating novels-a powerful story of the human heart you will never forget . . .
Five long years ago, Laura Dalton stood on the bleak Nantucket shore waiting for her beloved husband Rye to return-until the day she learned his ship was lost at sea. Now, Laura's lonely heart has found solace in Dan, Rye's closest friend.
Dan has been a beacon of light in her...
13) Morning glory
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Two lost souls find love in this heartfelt historical romance from bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer.
In town, they called her "Crazy Widow Dinsmore." But Elly was no stranger to their ridicule-she had been an outsider all her life, growing up in a boarded-up old house under the strict eye of her eccentric grandparents. Now she was all alone, with two little boys to raise, and a third child on the way.
Will Parker drifted into Whitney, Georgia,...
14) Forgiving
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When Sarah Merritt arrives in Dakota Territory in 1876, she steps off the dusty Cheyenne stagecoach determined to start this ramshackle gold-rush town's first newspaper. In Deadwood, her runaway younger sister, Addie, is living and working as domestic help at Mrs. Hossiter's boardinghouse, according to her letters. Five years after Addie's flight from home, Sarah is carrying the sad news that their one remaining parent, newspaper publisher Isaac Merritt,...
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Bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved stories-about a woman who must look past the surface to see true beauty within . . .
Allison Scott has her mind on her career. As an up-and-coming photographer, she has neither the time nor the inclination for an affair-especially since her last attempt at love with a handsome model shattered her dreams of rising to the top with a partner by her side.
Now, Allison is determined...
16) Spring fancy
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From bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer comes a novel that perfectly captures the tender and delicate beginnings of love in bloom.
Confident and practical, Winn never imagined anything-or anyone-could overturn her perfect world and perfect wedding plans. But in a single passing moment, her heart told her otherwise.
Joseph knew Winn's love was promised to another man, that he must hide his heartfelt passions. But he also knew that the heart doesn't...
17) Vows
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New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a beautiful and moving story filled with people who will live in your heart forever.
A captivating woman with blue eyes and big dreams, Emily was engaged to a man whose touch left her aching for something more. Tom, the handsome new man in town, was her father's rival in business, and challenged her heart's destiny with a single, stolen kiss. Whenever they met, sparks flew. Until she showed...
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New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer offers a story about falling in love, and finding the courage to follow your dreams . . .
Lee Walker knows it won't be easy to start a new life in a new city. But she is on a mission: to prove to everyone, and to herself, that she can make it here, working in the masculine world of the construction industry. When contracting rival Sam Brown offers her a job, Lee is stunned and a little wary. Sam's...
