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Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50s, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island. And what adventures they've had so far at Mother's! With a new section of the resort open and operating, numerous new guests, and two weddings about to take place, the women have their hands full. Can they juggle everything that's going on in their lives and business and still produce two amazing weddings?

Delilah Jameson has the perfect life - a great job in her downtown DC art gallery, a group of girlfriends who will always have her back, and Cole, her friend-zoned roommate. Yet, there is something missing: a man she can truly call her own. When online flirting with a complete stranger awakens Dia's curiosity, how far will she go in order to find her happily ever after?

Kacy Green is at a point in her life where she feels she needs to act more mature and get her own place instead of crashing at her various band mates' flats as she has done for 10 years since she ran away from a bad situation at home when she was 15. Things are starting to click for her and for the band. London Harmony is hosting the biggest battle of the bands the world has ever witnessed. Things start to fall apart when their lead guitarist defects to another band.

It's not everyday a girl gets married to a faerie prince of the Seelie Court. After swearing their love and loyalty to one another, Jareth is bound and determined to teach Crysta all she must learn to become queen of the Unseelie Court. But when Crysta and Jareth are attacked in the human realm, a journey to the Fae realm is put into play earlier than planned. Their hopes for marriage and a happily-ever-after are thwarted when their bonding fails and attempts on Crysta's life continue. That's not all they have to worry about.

When Phillip and Ethan are sent to fight in the Great War, the ladies of Davenport House join noble causes on the home front while waiting for them to return. Clara, now a suffragette, is delighted to gain the attention of a secret admirer. Mary finds purpose in a new career during the nation's shortage of medical personnel. Soldiers wounded in mind and body return from the war and unknowingly import a deadly influenza, proving to every home that a far worse battle has just begun.

In this final book of the Flotilla series, the group tries to figure out just who it is that has stolen Paya Doshi's heart as she plans a trip to America. Meanwhile, a resident of the Flotilla Project, Emery Brown, attempts to put her life together after losing her job because of an affliction beyond her control. She has all but given up on her dream of being an architect, and now works as a toll attendant at the last toll gate in London. A chance meeting with a stranded motorist on her way home immerses Emery in a whirlwind romance with someone she could only ever have dreamed of.

Francine Brighton is a young woman trying to find out just who she is, and what her place in the world is as she starts her freshman year of college. She finds a kindred soul in a woman, Natasha, who has an affliction that effects how she interacts with people. Natasha harbors another secret that Fran is intimately familiar with. When a person has dropped so low that the only currency they have left is their pride...even the littlest thing can cause an insurmountable rift. Luckily for Fran, her new sister, June, scoffs at the mere concept of the word insurmountable.

Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50s, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island.

Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50's, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island.

Attending my best friend Noah’s wedding last summer was both the best thing and the worst thing to ever happen to me. The best was meeting Cora Tucker, Noah’s feisty little sister. That night we danced, laughed ourselves silly, and shared our dreams. Though we both knew it was just friendship, our chemistry crackled like a lit fuse. Not kissing her was the worst thing that could have happened to me. That and saying goodbye.

If your deepest desire is to become a mother, or become a mother again, join family and child therapist Shannon Rios Paulsen, MS LMFT and all the other mothers and their babies on this 30-day journey. Shannon is here to tell you the perfect time has come for you to prepare to welcome a new soul into your life. In Manifesting Baby, Shannon shares her own fertility and adoption journey while helping to open the aspiring mother’s mind, spirit, and body to a baby. Daily exercises and reflections allow you to bring mindfulness, love, and peace to the fertility process.

Kylie Branson thought she was getting a quiet day at the Good Hart Beach with her boyfriend, Jason, and dog, Cupcake, until a fawn ventures down to the water for a drink. When Cupcake takes off after the fawn, Kylie and Jason chase her to the ravine of Devil's Elbow, where they discover what appears to be human remains. Intrigued by the DNA results and the types of bones left behind, Kylie delves into the history of the area and soon uncovers a secret that has been kept for hundreds of years.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Sweet Darusya and experience the compelling world of Ukrainian village life.

The family saga continues in this third book to Davenport House, beginning with a chapter that looks into the past to understand the present. Motor cars and telephone calls are now part of the modern life at Davenport House. It is summertime in 1915 Pennsylvania and the ladies of the house are making big plans for the year. Clara takes financial matters into her own hands and discovers an unlikely alliance outside of the house. The future becomes uncertain when faiths collide and a sudden outbreak of fever sweeps across the county.

Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of forty main cocktails and more than 100 variations that listeners can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, listeners will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they're familiar with today wouldn't be here without the hostesses who served them first.

Judging a chocolate-making competition for the women’s shelter’s annual fundraiser should be an easy, even pleasurable, assignment for Maise, new food critic for the Bloomingfield Daily Dispatch. Too bad just the smell of chocolate makes her stomach roil. By the time she reaches the last table, she hopes her face isn’t as green as her holiday sweater. But the tall, square-jawed man behind piles of fudge makes her want to linger, even savor the moment along with his chocolate-coffee-flavored confection.

Returning home to Seattle from a 20-year absence in London, Victoria discovers that time has not erased her feelings for an unrequited love. It soon becomes obvious that with true love, lightning can sometimes strike twice. This is set in the same world as the rest of the Music of the Soul series but is a stand-alone book.

Vancouver, Canada. Software engineer Indira Saraf refuses to march to her traditionalist parents’ old-world drum. Resentful of her brother’s golden-boy acceptance but still a devoted sister, she encourages him to confess his secret affair before he ends up married to a woman he doesn’t want. So she’s horrified when his student and lover is slain and he’s arrested for the gruesome crime.

June's London Harmony is relentlessly searching for an elusive musical genius. The mysterious Minuette. She enlists the help of a young woman named Annette to assist Fran in that pursuit. Annette must navigate the a thin line between deception and aiding the people at London Harmony who quickly become more like family to the awkward and obsessive compulsive girl.

Fresh pasta isn’t the only specialty that takes extra time...The extra time and expense of Julie Elliot’s old-school cooking methods are worth it, but that means The Pasta Junction’s bottom line is often stretched thin - much like herself. Even during the holidays, the restaurant’s busiest season. When she carves out time in her brutal schedule to meet with Bloomingfield weatherman Lorenzo Rossi, she crushes her reaction to the tall, blue-eyed charmer quicker and harder than a clove of roasted garlic.