Balancing three drinks on a small tray should be easy, she told herself as she took a deep breath and carefully lifted the tray. The trick was to not think about what she was doing. Or somehow do it better, she added as the tray dipped a little. She was already on probation from an unfortunate incident the previous day. It had involved crab cakes, a large leather handbag jutting out into the walkway and an oil based sauce landing smack on a shantung silk jacket.
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Back in high school, Liz Sutton was the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Then she'd stolen the heart of the most popular boy in town, and their secret romance helped her through the worst of times until Ethan Hendrix betrayed her and everything they'd ever meant to each other. Devastated and pregnant, Liz left Fool's Gold, California - forever, she thought.
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Jenna Stevens is still reeling from a recent divorce and recuperating from wounds inflicted by a husband who belittled her at every opportunity. A classically trained chef, Jenna no longer believes she’s capable of the leaps of creativity that once won her praise from her instructors and from food critics, so she moves back to her hometown in Texas to open a retail cooking store.
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In high school, studious Jayne Scott and wild child Rebecca Worden became unlikely best friends, a tie that endured even after Rebecca fled her family to live overseas. After Jayne's mother passed away, she became part unpaid assistant, part surrogate daughter to the wealthy Wordens. But now, ten years later, Rebecca is coming home to L.A. to cause havoc for Elizabeth, the mother who all but rejected her.
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The last two years have seen Susan Mallery become incredibly prolific (not as much as Nora, but getting there!) and each new series features her trademark small town setting (and scandals!), endearing characters and dialogue. Followed in June and August with Almost Perfect and Finding Perfect respectively, this is the first book of the Fool’s Gold series.
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Dare we say, deliciously romantic and witty, Susan Mallery will have you smiling from beginning to end in this first book in the Buchanan quartet.
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Back in print, Falling for Gracie is just a delight to read. Overload your senses on delectable cakes and a calamitous romance where this klutzy heroine attracts trouble wherever she goes… the title is literal… falling! First comes love then comes marriage… Or that was Gracie's plan, anyway, at the ripe old age of fourteen. She loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush.
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Angst and humour go hand in hand in this concluding novel of the Fools Gold trilogy. Pia was your typical popular girl in high school - she made friends easily, cheered on the squad, and had her share of dates with the school jocks. But she's always had a hard time committing to something, or someone. So when her best friend Crystal succumbs to cancer, Pia is devastated, but also shocked by the inheritance her friend has left her - her frozen embryos. Pia's in a quandary. It's not like she can just throw them away. But is she really capable of being responsible for another human being?
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One moment, computer consultant Parker Hamilton was quietly programming in his house along the rugged Pacific coast. And the next, his life was thrown into a tailspin. He discovered he was a father. What would he do? What would he say to his daughter? Did she know the truth - that he hadn't known about her? And why was her beautiful aunt, Erin Ridgeway, suddenly giving him the chance to be a full-time father?
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Handsome stranger Jordan is injured while saving Holly's life. Now, Jordan asks Holly for help by moving in with him. She has no problem helping out. It's the sexy glances from Jordan that she's not prepared for.
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Small town secrets, loyalty and undeniable passion collide in this latest modern romance from perennial favourite Susan Mallery. Dana Birch vowed never to put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She became a deputy so that she could take care of herself, and protect those she loved. Especially her best friends, the Titan sisters.
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For sheer contemporary delight, don’t miss the novels of Susan Mallery. If you love the humour, emotion and intensity of Susan Elizabeth Phillips, discover Susan Mallery. This is the second charming book of the Buchanan series.
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Skye Titan's wealthy father thinks he can still dictate his daughter's choice in men. Now widowed and a single mother, Skye isn't the yes-girl she once was. Especially since the love of her life is back in Texas after eight long years. He won't like the answers to the questions he's asking - about why she left him at the altar and about her eight-year-old daughter.
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If Darcy Jensen had known she was going to be kidnapped, she would have worn better shoes. Or at least more sensible shoes. As it was she'd dressed in black strappy sandals that weren't all that comfortable for walking, let alone being dragged across a parking lot and thrown into the back of a van.
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Mia Marcelli was used to sleeping alone so it came as something of a shock to wake up with a strange man in her bed. She did what any other self-actualized, self-defence-trained woman would do - she screamed and jumped to her feet.
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Back in print in this one trade paperback edition are The Marcelli Bride and The Marcelli Princess. Incidentally, both are still available in stand alone paperback editions if you prefer. The Marcelli Bride. If Darcy Jensen had known she was going to be kidnapped, she would have worn better shoes. Or at least more sensible shoes. As it was she'd dressed in black strappy sandals that weren't all that comfortable for walking, let alone being dragged across a parking lot and thrown into the back of a van. The rebel of the Marcelli family, Joe never joined his sisters Katie, Francesca, and Brenna in running the winery business. Instead, he chose a life of military service. But now that this handsome, headstrong former Navy SEAL has received a new, undercover assignment, protecting none other than the commander in chief's daughter, he finds himself stationed back at the California vineyard he defiantly left behind.
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They're your neighbours, your aunts, your sisters and your best friends. They're women across North America committed to changing and enriching lives, one good deed at a time. Three of these exceptional women have been selected as recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award and three authors have kindly offered their creativity to write original short stories inspired by these real-life heroines.
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These have been sweet and fun but we think its time for Susan Mallery to introduce some fresh new characters. Of course, having said that, we need to know what’s going to happen to Nevada first! Wedding bells are ringing in Fool's Gold, but not for Nevada Hendrix. Her triplet sisters are engaged, and even her mother has a more active love life than she does. Determined to make a fresh start, she applies for her dream job, only to discover that her new boss is her first love.
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We thought the Fool’s Gold series was a trilogy – done and dusted even though more are always welcome. Well, don't say Susan Mallery doesn’t listen to her fans with three more books out back-to-back, starting with Only Mine. Her town's lack of men may make headlines, but it isn't news to Dakota Hendrix. The beautiful blonde has bigger problems to deal with, such as overseeing the romance reality competition filming in Fool's Gold. Screening eligible bachelors is a difficult enough task, but Dakota hits an unexpected snag when a sexy stranger comes to town.
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Andie Cochran thought she had at last escaped the clutches of her ruthless, power-mad ex-husband but then he abducted the child she loved more than life itself. And now, alone in a foreign country, she had no one to turn to but another very dangerous man, a man who awakened passions she had thought long dead.
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On the heels of Only Mine, in store now, comes this latest addition to the Fool’s Gold series. Montana Hendrix has found her calling, working with therapy dogs. With a career she loves in a hometown she adores, she's finally ready to look for her own happily ever after.
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Irreverent humour, charming characters and a wonderful small-town setting characterise Susan Mallery’s books. This is the second book to feature the Marcelli sisters. If you love Marcia Evanick and Dallas Schulze, don’t miss these delightful books.
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Eagerly anticipated, this third book of the Marcelli sisters trilogy promises to be as endearing as the first two. If you love Linda Francis Lee and Dallas Schulze, engaging dialogue and a cast of characters you just want more of, then indulge in the sheer pleasure of these books! The Seductive One is the third of the series – begin with The Sparkling One and The Sassy One.
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Who can forget the immoral machinations of the Buchanan matriarch? Far from being a doting grandmother, this old woman interferes without compunction in her grown grandchildren’s lives. Romantic, humourous and utterly likable, the current generation of Buchanan siblings have the world at their feet and love on the cards – wonderful reading for fans of Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
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Jill Strathern left town for the big city and never looked back until she returned home years later to run a small law practice. It turns out her childhood crush, Mac Kendrick, a burned-out LAPD cop, has also come back to sleepy Los Lobos. Even though Mac had rejected her back in high school, Jill can't deny the attraction she still feels for him. Now Jill and Mac are tangled up in enough drama to satisfy the most jaded L.A. denizens - Mafia dons, social workers, angry exes and one very quirky eight-year-old can make even the simplest romance complicated. And it all goes to prove that when it comes to affairs of the heart, there's no place like home. REISSUE
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Jill Strathern left town for the big city and never looked back until she returned home years later to run a small law practice. It turns out her childhood crush, Mac Kendrick, a burned-out LAPD cop, has also come back to sleepy Los Lobos. Even though Mac had rejected her back in high school, Jill can't deny the attraction she still feels for him. Now Jill and Mac are tangled up in enough drama to satisfy the most jaded L.A. denizens - Mafia dons, social workers, angry exes and one very quirky eight-year-old can make even the simplest romance complicated. And it all goes to prove that when it comes to affairs of the heart, there's no place like home. $15.95
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Eldest Marcelli sister Katie is an event planner. When she’s asked to plan a prestigious law firm’s annual fund-raiser, it’s really quite a feather in her cap. Problem! Zach Stryker, the divorce lawyer who’s hired her, just ‘happens’ to be the father of Katie’s teen sister’s fiancé. Got it? Is Zach happy about his 18-year-old son marrying Katie’s 18-year-old sister? Absolutely not!
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What a joy its been to enjoy the Titan sisters in consecutive months! Emotionally intense and passionate, it’s a trilogy to savour. Izzy has always been the fearless Titan sister but when an oil rig blows up, leaving her barely able to see, her sisters find themselves as concerned by her emotional withdrawal as by the possibility that the explosion was no accident. Are the mind games their long-lost brother Garth has been playing turning physical? Or is someone else out to get them?
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Unexpected and wholly appreciated, this book seemed to pop out of nowhere from Susan Mallery and is rich in emotion, friendship and romance. L.A. accountant Megan Greene has a successful job, a handsome cardiologist fiance and a doting father. Surely they make up for her estranged sister, hypochondriac mother and a niggling sense that something, somewhere, got lost along the way. But then Megan's life falls spectacularly apart.
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Jamie Sanders was finally turning her back on her secret life as government agent to search for who she really was as a person, and as a woman. But first she had to take on one final mission. She was determined to help the man who had made her into a lethal killing machine, the man who had also awakened the woman within her.
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Picking up where Sweet Talk left off, this is the second book in this charming trilogy. Responsibility should be Nicole Keyes's middle name. After all, not many people would sacrifice their lives to run the family bakery and raise a younger sibling. But with Nicole's twin sister now blissfully married and her younger sister turning out more femme fatale than girl-next-door, super reliable Nicole is getting sick of putting everyone else's needs first. Enter Hawk. The deliciously sexy former NFL player offers Nicole a taste of the freedom she craves. Hawk may know the way, blindfolded, to her sweet spot, but Nicole's not about to let him get close enough to break her heart. Of course, she might not have a choice in the matter if Hawk's past keeps getting in the way of their present.
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Once upon a time there were three little sisters, and all they wanted to do was to be together… not! Claire Keyes, Nicole’s twin, was wrenched away from her family at the tender age of six as a child prodigy, a brilliant pianist. Claire spent her life touring, playing, recording, not seeing family, pressure pressure… Then her mother visited and was shockingly killed in a car accident. Nicole blamed Claire and never forgave her, while she was stuck at home raising baby Jesse and running the family bakery. That’s the set-up for this marvelously warm, emotions-laid-bare sisters trilogy.
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Finish off this emotional trilogy with Jesse’s story. Jesse Keyes has done some serious growing up. With a steady job and a vibrant four-year-old son, Gabe, she's in a far better place than when she left Seattle five years ago, pregnant and misunderstood by almost everyone in her life.
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This quartet has been a pleasure to read and of course, the culmination is Dani Buchanan’s story. Lovely to see that the evil grandmother isn’t quite to evil in this book – even if we do find her change of heart a little hard to believe! You’ll have to read the previous books to understand exactly how nasty she can be!
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Logan Phillips didn't expect to like his nurse, let alone find himself attracted to her. But Melissa VanFleet's gentle humour and sweet spirit soothes the architect's frustration at his temporary blindness. He finds she's tempting him down a road he's sworn never again to travel. Melissa realizes immediately that she would never fit into Logan's exclusive world. So when she finds herself falling for her patient, she knows she's in trouble. Once his vision is restored, she's certain he won't look twice at a plain Jane like her even though she'd love to be wrong! REISSUE
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Delightfully funny, romantic and passionate, Susan Mallery is bliss to read. Smart, modern romances where nothing too awful happens to her characters, her books are rich in emotion and characters you cant help but relate to. If you love Jessica Bird and Laura Moore, discover Susan Mallery. And if you haven’t read Jessica Bird or Laura Moore – well, you are in for a reading treat!
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Humour, emotion and complex family relationships are the hallmark of Susan Mallery who has established herself alongside Nora Roberts and Susan Elizabeth Phillips on our family series keeper shelf. Lexi Titan can just see the headlines. All of Titanville will be buzzing. Not that she has any other choice. Faced with exactly thirty days to come up with two million dollars, she is out of options. Marry Cruz Rodriguez or lose everything - the successful day spa she built herself, her tyrant of a father's respect and the long-standing competition with her sisters for the family business.
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