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Wish You Were Eyre by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe book club says bon voyage to Concord and bonjour to France! It’s a dream come true for Megan, who’s jet-setting to Paris for Fashion Week with Gigi. Meanwhile, back in Concord, Mrs. Wong decides to run for mayor, so Emma and Stewart team up to make her campaign a success... -
![Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick]()
Home for the Holidays by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis Christmas season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of holiday-themed adventures! Becca, Megan, Emma, Cassidy and Jess have plenty of reading material to bring on their trips, too, because the book club is tackling the Betsy-Tacy series before their next meeting on New Year’s Eve. But unfortunately, nothing goes quite as planned for any of the girls... -
![Dear Pen Pal by Heather Vogel Frederick]()
Dear Pen Pal by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe third book in the Mother-Daughter Book Club series by Heather Vogel Frederick follows the girls for a new year of humor and friendship... -
![Pies & Prejudice by Heather Vogel Frederick]()
Pies & Prejudice by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRight before the start of freshman year, Emma’s family unexpectedly moves to England. The book club members are stunned—but thanks to videoconferencing, they can still keep the club alive, and they decide to tackle Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice . And when the girls try to bring Emma home by starting a bake sale, it becomes a thriving business: Pies & Prejudice... -
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![The Season of Dreams by Fiona Valpy]()
The Season of Dreams by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this romantic tale in the Escape to France collection from bestselling author Fiona Valpy, Sara has one summer to make wedding wishes come true... -
![Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran]()
Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Bay’s life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives...Categorized as:
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![Much Ado About Anne by Heather Vogel Frederick]()
Much Ado About Anne by Heather Vogel Frederick
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe mother-daughter book club is back! This year the mothers have a big surprise in store for Emma, Jess, Cassidy, and Megan: They've invited snooty Becca Chadwick and her mother to join the book club! But there are bigger problems when Jess finds out that her family may have to give up Half Moon Farm...Categorized as:
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![The Little Village of New Starts by Donna Ashcroft]()
The Little Village of New Starts by Donna Ashcroft
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes turning everything upside down feels just right… Evie Stuart is playing it safe. She lives on her family’s remote farm in the Scottish Highlands and never ventures beyond the local village of Lockton. The most unpredictable events in her life are the antics of Miss Daisy, her grandmother Agnes’s pygmy goat... -
![Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon]()
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Hating Game meets Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by way of Morgan Matson in this unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours.Today, she hates him. It’s the last day of senior year... -
![The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove by Jaimie Admans]()
The Beekeeper at Elderflower Grove by Jaimie Admans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer new start is about to bee-gin!Having moved into her mum’s spare room after a disastrous break-up, Kayleigh Harwood is desperate for a fresh start... -
![Just The Way You Are: The perfect uplifting, feel-good read for 2022 by Beth Moran]()
Just The Way You Are: The perfect uplifting, feel-good read for 2022 by Beth Moran
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA novel about friendship, romance and learning to love yourself - just the way you are.When Olivia Tennyson – or Ollie to her friends – was sixteen, she wrote a Dream List of all the things she wanted for her life, including a happy marriage and a family... -
![Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green]()
Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFaking the best summer ever is a lot harder than it looks...At the start of summer, Jack and Nate find themselves dumped as their respective exes, Dylan and Tariq, start up a new relationship together. Not only that, their exes start posting pics on social media, showing the whole world how fabulous their new life together is!Jack and Nate are reeling...Categorized as:
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![Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith]()
Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig.She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania. Thankfully, it's temporary. Her lifelong dream of travelling the world is just months away from becoming reality... -
![Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson]()
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.Dance until dawn? Sure... -
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![Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass]()
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAnd as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, I realize that I never saw real beauty until now.At Moon Shadow, an isolated campground, thousands have gathered to catch a glimpse of a rare and extraordinary total eclipse of the sun...Categorized as:
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![Katie's Cornish Kitchen by Rosie Chambers]()
Katie's Cornish Kitchen by Rosie Chambers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKindness, community and cake are all on the menu at Katie’s Cornish KitchenPre-order the new feel good romance from Rosie ChambersAfter the heartbreak of being jilted by her fiancé, Katie Campbell has been mending her broken heart in Bali. She has local restaurant owner and new friend Agatha to thank for providing a listening ear in her moment of need... -
![Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh]()
Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThirty-one-year-old matchmaker Lola James had it all – until she broke her leg at a wedding and discovered that her so-called ‘best friend’ was suddenly too busy to call, her flat had far too many steps, and her boyfriend replaced her quicker than you can say ‘crutches’... -
![Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle]()
Thirteen Plus One by Lauren Myracle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinnie has finally gotten the hang of junior highÑ gaining two fabulous BFFs and a perfect (OK, sometimes perfect) boyfriend in the process. And with graduation just around the corner, the countdown to high school has begun. Not that Winnie is obsessing about it, since she has a whole bunch of things to check off her To-Do-Before-High-School list...Categorized as:
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![The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby]()
The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGirl Online meets Wild in this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to rediscover herself and escape the superficial persona she created on social media.Mari Turner’s life is perfect. That is, at least to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet starlet...Categorized as:
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![So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones]()
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York's social darling just woke up in a nightmare: Oklahoma. Problem is, it's right where God wants her. Bella Kirkwood had it all: A-list friends at her prestigious private school, Broadway in her backyard, and Daddy's MasterCard in her wallet. Then her father, a plastic surgeon to the stars, decided to trade her mother in for a newer model...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary]()
The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA heart-warming story about family secrets and one woman’s escape to dreamy Sandy Cove on the stunning west coast of Ireland.The picturesque beach of Wild Rose Bay is the last place Lydia Butler thought she’d be. But having just lost everything, the run-down cottage she inherited from her Great Aunt Nellie is the only place she can take her daughter, Sunny... -
![Guitar Notes by Mary Amato]()
Guitar Notes by Mary Amato
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA "sweet story of two different loners finding their counterpoint" (School Library Journal) from a star of state master and children's choice lists making her YA debut. Clean YA with the emotional resonancy of John Green and Sarah Dessen.On odd days, Tripp Broody uses a school practice room to let loose on a borrowed guitar... -
![The Impact Zone by Jordan Ford]()
The Impact Zone by Jordan Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA nomad. A wallflower. A riptide of romance…Savannah enjoys living in the shelter of her best friend’s shadow. But when a mysterious accident sends her BFF into a coma, Savannah is left adrift... -
![Rescuing Single Mom by Suzanne Hart]()
Rescuing Single Mom by Suzanne Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI almost gave in... He was too tempting to resist... Until I found out who he was. All I want is to give back to society, to the neighborhood that needs my help. That, and raise my kid right. I sure don't need Silas Denton, with his perfect chiseled body and his Roman nose, dripping sensuality... -
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![A Wedding in Tuscany by Sandy Barker]()
A Wedding in Tuscany by Sandy Barker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Parsons sisters are all loved up.Sarah is living in Sydney with Josh and their cat, Domino, but is anxious about her fast-approaching fortieth birthday.And Cat is still living in London with her flatmate, Jane, but is in a long-distance relationship with Jean-Luc, her childhood sweetheart and recently re-discovered love... -
![It's a Wonderful Wife by Janet Chapman]()
It's a Wonderful Wife by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Spellbound Falls novels comes a delightful new romance set on the coast of Maine… Jesse Sinclair and his two brothers spent years dodging the women his grandfather threw in their path. But then the matchmaking old wolf died, and his brothers did the unthinkable: they ran off to Maine to get married. Now Jesse wants to join them... -
![Wherever the Wind Takes Us by Kelly Harms]()
Wherever the Wind Takes Us by Kelly Harms
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen life stops making sense, it’s time to raise the anchor and follow the tide.Twenty-two years of marriage, and all Becca Larkin’s divorce settlement includes is a live-aboard sailboat and a huge helping of heartache... -
![Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita]()
Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's not going to be all Kumbaya sing-alongs and gooey s'mores...Categorized as:
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![Onwards and Upwards by Celia Anderson]()
Onwards and Upwards by Celia Anderson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA retitled alternate cover edition of this ASIN B0D2JFP3WH can be found here A New Lease of LifeA laugh-out-loud story of fun and friendship, for women of a certain age! Ingrid is desperate to sell up and move on. Recently widowed, she no longer needs the large house or the treasures (and tat) collected by her late husband, Tommy, an auctioneer. Then there’s the debt he left her with, too... -
![One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan]()
One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with this heartwarming novel about the power of friendship, love and what happens when an ending is just the beginning…To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace has planned the surprise of a lifetime for her husband—a romantic getaway to Paris. But she never expected he’d have a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce...Categorized as:
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![Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin]()
Break the Rules by Joanna Philbin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe only daughter of supermodel Katia Summers, witty and thoughtful Lizzie Summers likes to stick to the sidelines. The sole heir to Metronome Media and daughter of billionaire Karl Jurgensen, outspoken Carina Jurgensen would rather climb mountains than social ladders. Daughter of chart-topping pop icon Holla Jones, stylish and sensitive Hudson Jones is on the brink of her own music breakthrough...Categorized as:
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![Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst]()
Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree generations of women in the Ferrari family must heal the broken pieces of their lives on a trip of a lifetime through picturesque Italy from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst Workaholic, career-obsessed Francesca is fiercely independent and successful in all areas of her life except one: family...Categorized as:
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![One True Loves by Elise Bryant]()
One True Loves by Elise Bryant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a master in the subtle art of not giving a . . . well, you know what. But now that graduation is here, she’s a little less sure.She’s heading to NYU in the fall with a scarlet U (for “undeclared”) written across her chest...Categorized as:
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![Seducing Summer by Serenity Woods]()
Seducing Summer by Serenity Woods
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFour friends. Four seasons. Four ways to fall in love. Book 1: Seducing Summer When a CEO falls in love with her PA, it can only lead to trouble… Callie Summer, CEO of The Four Seasons lingerie business, is in shock. She’d expected her new PA to be a middle-aged frump, but Jean turns out to be Gene, and he’s neither middle-aged, nor anything like a frump... -
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![Gimme Some Sugar by Kimberly Kincaid]()
Gimme Some Sugar by Kimberly Kincaid
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOut of the frying pan. . .and into the fire!Desperate to escape the spotlight of her failed marriage to a fellow celebrity-chef, Carly di Matisse left New York City for a tiny town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The restaurant she's running these days may not be chic, but in Pine Mountain she can pretend to be the tough cookie everybody knows and loves... -
![Best (Boy)friend Forever by Melissa J. Morgan]()
Best (Boy)friend Forever by Melissa J. Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPriya Shah is Camp Lakeview’s resident tomboy—her BFF in the whole world is Jordan: a BOY, but they are just friends. The girls in bunk 4C aren’t buying it, though. Priya’s used to the teasing and thinks she can take it. But during the fourth-division field trip to D.C. she realizes she’s never been more wrong...Categorized as:
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![Summer at Serenity Bay by Helen Bridgett]()
Summer at Serenity Bay by Helen Bridgett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when you send a city girl to a tiny seaside village?Career girl Chloe Walsh is in need of some TLC. Her boyfriend was unfaithful and her job was at a dead end.She’s leaving London to get away from it all and visiting her best friend Roisin in Serenity Bay... -
![Spies, Lies, and Allies: A Love Story by Lisa Brown Roberts]()
Spies, Lies, and Allies: A Love Story by Lisa Brown Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummers are supposed to be fun, right? Not mine. I’ve got a job at my dad’s company, which is sponsoring a college scholarship competition. I just found out that, in addition to my job assisting the competing interns, I’m supposed to vote for the winner. Totally not what I signed up for.My boss is running the competition like it’s an episode of Survivor...Categorized as:
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![Road Rash by Mark Huntley Parsons]()
Road Rash by Mark Huntley Parsons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teenage drummer finds out what life is really like on tour with a rock band in this funny and bittersweet YA novel. For anyone who loved Almost Famous or This Is Spinal Tap. After being dropped from one band, sixteen-year-old drummer Zach gets a chance to go on tour with a much better band...Categorized as:
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![How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles]()
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMoshav? What’s a moshav? Is it “shopping mall” in Hebrew? I mean, from what Jessica was telling me, Israeli stores have the latest fashions from Europe. That black dress Jessica has is really awesome. I know I’d be selling out if I go with the Sperm Donor to a mall, but I keep thinking about all the great stuff I could bring back home... -
![Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman]()
Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn... -
![The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder]()
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne moment can change everything.Amber’s life is spinning out of control. All she wants is to turn up the volume on her iPod until all of the demands of family and friends fade away. So she sneaks off to the beach to spend a day by herself.Then Amber meets Cade. Their attraction is instant, and Amber can tell he’s also looking for an escape...Categorized as:
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![Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally]()
Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEveryone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol.But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true...Categorized as:
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![He's So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott]()
He's So Not Worth It by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlly Ryan, come on down to the Jersey Shore and forget your troubles! Have you recently been humilated in front of your friends and family at your former best friends birthday party? Was your almost boyfriend partly responsible for that humilation by withholding some vital information about where your estrangerd father is? Did you come home to find said estranged father sitting on your... -
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![Paper Hearts by Ali Novak]()
Paper Hearts by Ali Novak
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I’m sorry,” he said, slowly untying the ribbon that held his mask in place. “It’s just…I didn’t want you to think of me any differently.”Somehow I kept my mouth from falling open. I knew his face, but my mind couldn’t accept that he was the person looking down at me.“My real name is Alec.”Felicity has her entire future planned...Categorized as:
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![Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais]()
Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAwarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean they're going to sit around crying about it?Well..Categorized as:
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![Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo]()
Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHand this utterly unique contemporary YA to anyone who loves ballet or is a little too wrapped up in their Plan A. (It's okay to fail, people!) Harper had a plan. It went south. Harper Scott is a dancer. She and her best friend, Kate, have one goal: becoming professional ballerinas...Categorized as:
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![One Paris Summer by Denise Grover Swank]()
One Paris Summer by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMost teens dream of visiting the City of Lights, but it feels more like a nightmare for Sophie Brooks. She and her brother are sent to Paris to spend the summer with their father, who left home a year ago without any explanation. As if his sudden abandonment weren't betrayal enough, he's about to remarry, and they’re expected to play nice with his soon-to-be wife and stepdaughter...Categorized as:
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![Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs]()
Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaeve Connolly is tired of being labelled as irresponsible. Yes, she may spend unhealthy amounts of time on Facebook and watch marathon sessions of America's Next Top Model, but Maeve isn't a typical post-college slacker. Determined to change her life and make her own luck, Maeve impulsively decides on a grand adventure - driving cross country to LA...Categorized as:
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![Taming Chloe Summers by Anna Katmore]()
Taming Chloe Summers by Anna Katmore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTerrible things happen at summer camp. Guys fall into rivers and get attacked by leeches. Hearts get broken. And I’m going to lose my mind. ~ Chloe Summers We’re all haunted by ghosts from our past somewhere along the way. Mine catches up to me at summer camp, of all places...
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