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Diary of a Dating Diva [MultiFormat]
by Tamara Divine
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Meg Carmichael has not been able to hold a job since she graduated from college. Her tendency to tell the truth has gotten her into nothing but trouble. When her favorite uncle suffers a heart attack, he begs her to step in and help run his Sacramento dating service. Meg recruits her gay friend Emerson, who has more boy toys than Meg has shoes, as Event Coordinator, who attempts to win over the staff and increase business through a number of outlandish schemes. Dealing with lonely, often despera... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 96680 - Reading Time: 276-386 min.
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Fakin' It [MultiFormat]
by Kris Condi
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Devoting three decades to a husband whose oddities range from turning the furnace off during a Chicago blizzard to blasting the alarm has Spartan Fluey questioning if love ever existed. After witnessing the amorous lives of never-nesting employers, Edmund and Isabella Chapman, she knows something is missing in her life. Benjamin Brennart is works for an escort agency to fake it. After being hired for one full day, his duty is to pretend to be completely in love with Spartan. Something that comes... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 36071 - Reading Time: 103-144 min.
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Find Your Way Home [MultiFormat]
by Diana Stefano
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Cora St. John led a charmed life until she realized her husband was keeping a secret from her; one that was so powerful and so overwhelming that it would change her life forever. As her world comes crashing down around her, Cora realizes she is holding onto her own secret--and as she comes up against her worst fears--she knows she has no choice but to tell Phillip the truth. When all of the truths are brought to the surface, they are suddenly faced with the idea that, for the first time, their l... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 73377 - Reading Time: 209-293 min.
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Full Circle [MultiFormat]
by Joyce L. Rapier
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Unwilling to face his anxieties over his Vietnam Veteran father's death, Todd hides within the refuge of his mother. As a child, his solace was Patch Dimple, a scruffy teddy bear. Years later, on learning Patch Dimple was sold at a garage sale, Todd is emotionally wrecked. Inside the stuffed body was his father's Purple Heart and letters he'd written home. Devastated with the untimely death of his mother, Todd searches to find his beloved teddy bear. Circumstances lead Todd to Tommy J. Moon, a V... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 51500 - Reading Time: 147-206 min.
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Gunshot Echoes [MultiFormat]
by Jim Woods
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Murder for hire, drug smuggling, serial murders, and revenge killings are just some of the themes in this six story anthology of conspiracy and murder. "The Outlander" is an American businessman in South Africa, who becomes involved in a murder-for-hire that leads him into the shadowy worlds of conspiracy, betrayal, and cover up killings. A "Mexican Holiday" unravels into international kidnapping and drug smuggling terror. In "Hambone Calls the Tune," the new detective on the force is faced with... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 78746 - Reading Time: 224-314 min.
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Way of Tides [MultiFormat]
by Stephen Gordin
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Laden Riley is a Viet Nam veteran from one of the small barrier islands off the South Carolina coast. Upon returning from the war, he resumes his life as a day laborer and fisherman. He lives with his mother and is relatively content with his world. However, his mother develops breast cancer. While taking her for therapy, he meets a former lover who rekindles his hope for obtaining his one lifelong dream. Her presence reminds him of something his grandfather had taught him long ago: the tides ma... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 93425 - Reading Time: 266-373 min.
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