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Isabella Campbell, at seventeen, is forced to give up her newborn daughter. Twenty-plus years later, that adopted child gets the surprise of her life, when her birth mother, now a librarian in Evergreen, Washington, contacts her.
Destiny's adoptive mother's misgivings, she accepts Isabella's invitation to visit so that they can get to know each other.
While Isabella enjoys getting to know her daughter, Destiny begins working in a local bookstore with...
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Chris Lambert and Theodora Jameson have lots in common. He wants to concentrate on building houses and refurbishing furniture, a creative endeavor much like Teddy's love of carving and stained-glass artwork. They've been friends forever, but never connected romantically, something Teddy has dreamed of since she was a teenager.
It takes a series of disasters for clueless Chris to take a good hard look at Teddy. He begins to see beyond her on-the-job...
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Single father Owen Haskins is worried about his emotionally troubled 7-year-old son, Ian. The brilliant little boy is placed in Faith Russell's second-grade class after they move to East Shore on Cedar Island. Although Owen is attracted to her, he isn't sure Faith is the right teacher for his son.
Faith's lack of trust in men slowly recedes when, against her better judgment, she begins to date Owen. Over the coming weeks, their relationship deepens,...
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Gretchen Martindale, a former foster child herself, steps up when Laine, 12, and Nettie, 5, need a home after they run away from their foster home to stop the foster dad from molesting Nettie. Gretchen's heart becomes entwined with the girls and she decides to adopt them, creating the family she thought she'd never have.
But, Laine aches to find her birth mother. When school counselor, Craig, offers to pay for a DNA search, no one is more surprised...
5) Just Friends
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Life experiences mark a person. The death of Sally Hughes' mother from breast cancer leaves Sally with a painful emotional scar and the discovery of a lump in her own breast frightens her to her core. But, life looks up after Sally meets Paul when her best friend's fiancé introduces her to his brother.
A former Marine, Paul James is recovering from injuries sustained during his last combat tour in Afghanistan. Reacting to the demons that continue...
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Gillian Griffiths is flummoxed about what to do after she is unexpectedly fired from her job of more than twenty years. While trying to repair her professional life, she steps way out of her comfort zone and signs onto an online dating service. To her amazement, she encounters more men than she'd ever expected. She insists that any mid-life romantic encounter must include world class sparks, but thus far-even with Mo, a local doctor who is smitten...
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When Alexis McCord's abusive boyfriend is arrested, she seizes the opportunity to escape with her young son. Now she and 5-year-old Chance are building a life in the tiny, remote beach town of Sandy Reach, Washington. Lexi is even acting on her dream of becoming a baker with her own shop-if only Hugh never finds her.
For Fletcher Lambert, distraught after the death of his wife and baby daughter, Sandy Reach is a handy place to escape his memories,...
8) Package Deal
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Single mom Amanda Gardner begins her first academic appointment at private Buckley College in northwest Washington state, eager to begin a new life, pay off her school loans and become established in her career as an English professor.
Two men complicate her life: Carlton Winslow, with whom Amanda must share and office; and, Marcus Dunbar, a journalism professor who befriends her and captivates her nine-year-old daughter, Cecelia.
Although Carlton...
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In this final story in the Lamberts of Pacific Knoll series, parents Nathan and Iona Lambert have had a good life together for more than forty years. Only their youngest son, Logan, still lives at home. But when he and big sister Debra are caught and injured in a landslide, Logan's true parentage is revealed, shocking the entire family. Nathan, with whom Logan has been especially close, reacts badly to the news. But it's Iona's reaction that makes...
10) Granddad's House
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Talented real estate broker Olivia Brown has a simple goal: find a family to buy her grandfather's spacious old home and move him into a more manageable place, even though her late father warned her never to represent a relative.
Southern charmer Beau James, a local architect, is the last buyer Olivia wants for Granddad's house, especially after he declares his plan to turn it into a B&B! And, in spite of their mutual attraction to each other,...
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Elaine Lambert, youngest daughter of Iona and Nathan Lambert, has always known her own mind and taken the lead with her boyfriends. But, after her fiancé dumps her, she no longer trusts her own judgment when it comes to men.
She embraces a no-dating mantra, and her recently adopted dog, Bandit, seems to agree with her policy. He won't let any man come near her. Except for Cliff Wyecliff, her niece's former kindergarten teacher and seasonal wildfire...
12) Only You
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Debra Lambert discovers a student bleeding from an attempted suicide. She doesn't know what to think, when her boyfriend, Sawyer, is suspected of having been involved.
Lawyer Todd Prescott is determined to get to know Debra, but she's already spoken for. When she breaks up with Sawyer, Todd's hopes soar.
As much as she's attracted to him, Debra's hesitant to trust Todd to guard her heart any better than other men who have let her down. Moreover,...
13) Dream Chaser
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Change is scary and Suzanna Wallace, wife for 25 years to successful Minneapolis lawyer, Brad, is forced to confront a major change in her life following Brad's sudden death. When she returns home from the anniversary celebration at the beach that ended so badly, Suzanna's grown daughter, Penelope, promises to take care of her, "just like Dad," an offer that sends chills down Suzanna's spine.
Suzanna finally begins what she hopes will be an escape...
14) Choices
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Melanie Holmes has her hands full when 15-year-old Ken and 13-year-old Anne, react badly to her impending divorce from their father. Only four-year-old Jeffrey is his usual sunny self.
Further complicating her life is her attraction to Sam Hudson, the detective called to her home when Ken runs off, and who later rescues Anne after she is abducted from a strip club.
Sam is forced to confront his own demons as he contemplates becoming deeply involved...
15) Fateful Days
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Eden Brinker is eager to rejoin the work force now that her children are in school. Then she learns she's pregnant. Her mixed feelings about adding another child to their family turn to apprehension when she learns her baby may carry a genetic marker for a fatal disease. Meanwhile, someone is stealing scholarship funds from her family's college foundation right out of the office where her husband, Hale, works. Could Hale be the guilty party? She knows...
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Dannilynn Kelly may have been date-raped, but she sets aside how badly her first year at college ended, eager to work at Joel Taylor's veterinary clinic on Cedar Island in Washington state. There she meets Ben Edwards, a veterinary extern. His friendship becomes her key support after she learns she's pregnant.
Determined to keep her pregnancy a secret, she returns to college, but her worst fears are realized when her father pays her a surprise visit...
17) Heartstrings
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Veterinarian Joel Taylor has been in love with his wife, Angela Wright, a family physician, since they met in college. At a conference, he has a drunken one-night flight with an old girlfriend-the biggest mistake of his life.
Ridden with guilt, he is desperate to preserve their marriage, begs for forgiveness and insists Angela can trust him to remain faithful. But, months later, when she discovers she's pregnant again, at age 45, she continues to...
18) Safe Beside You
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A plane crash and dangerous hike out of the Idaho mountains cements a friendship between Carrie and Brian that neither can deny. He wants that friendship to blossom with the attraction he feels for her, but she is engaged and feels guilty that she's attracted to Brian.
Her fiancé Quentin, while continuing to see other women, becomes enraged when he suspects Carrie is cheating on him. He hires a private investigator. Damning pictures that Quentin...
19) Where This Goes
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Nicole Vance is a tough, smart businesswoman with a successful real estate brokerage. When a national franchise threatens to snap up her life's work, Nicole is more than ready to fight them off. If only Realty World's representative, green-eyed Peter Dalton, weren't so attractive.
Peter is certain that Nicole's management style will work well within the franchise, and he has charmed his way through tougher jobs than convincing Lakeview's realtors...
20) Family Bonds
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At Jane Collins' five-year high school reunion party, bad boy and law school wanna-be Chet Barton surprises Jane by rescuing her from a would-be rapist. Although she is attracted to Chet, her guardian Bert doesn't trust Chet.
At Jane Collins' five-year high school reunion party in small town Evergreen, Washington, bad boy and law school wanna-be Chet Barton surprises Jane by rescuing her from a would-be rapist. Although she is intrigued by Chet,...
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