The Lighthouse Inn - A Single Mom Small Town Romance Novel


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His ambition brought them together. Her secret could tear them apart. With love on the line, will they invest in their hearts? Innkeeper Jasmine Evans yearns to transform her struggling bed-and-breakfast into a huge success. As the single parent of a daughter conceived from a nameless one-night stand, she has no time for romantic entanglements. So when a handsome new guest arrives with a startlingly familiar face, she must guard a life-altering secret: He’s the father of her child. Atlas Remington is on a mission to prove he’s a capable heir to his family’s empire. Determined to be named CEO over his always-successful brother, he plans to buy the inn his sibling failed to acquire. But when the attractive owner unexpectedly melts his heart, he’s forced to choose between covertly chasing the deal or earning her affection. Reluctant to give in to her growing feelings until she reveals her daughter’s paternity, Jasmine is terrified being honest will send her new beau packing. And just as Atlas decides to forego familial respect in favor of the innkeeper’s charms, he learns devastating news that may cost him everything he’s ever wanted. Can the wounded couple overcome their secrets and invest in happily ever after? The Lighthouse Inn is the enthralling fourth standalone novel in the Shattered Cove romance series. If you like secret-baby suspense, small-town charm, and tantalizing tension, then you’ll adore A. M. Kusi’s steamy read. Buy The Lighthouse Inn to reveal love’s truth today! ***No cheating. HEA guaranteed.*** ---------- Keywords related to this contemporary romance novel: Small town romance, single parent romance, single mom romance, asian romance book, beach romance, contemporary romance novel, interracial romance books, multicultural romance books, secret baby romance, single parent romance, strong female lead, strong women, beach reads, seaside romance, beach romance, seacoast romance, strong heroine, small town romance, interracial romance books, romance ebook, white man asian woman interracial romance, IR romance books, abused heroine romance, contemporary romance series, romance series book, asian american romance, ir, IR romance books, romance novels to read, love story, love story books, interracial relationship, brothers best friend romance bwwm, secret baby romance books, small town romance series, romance book with secret baby, shattered cove series, multicultural romance books,




Romance Fiction


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A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction. More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves. This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.




What Do I Read Next? 2002


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By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication dateSeriesNames and descriptions of charactersTime period and geographical settingReview citationsStory typesBrief plot summarySelected other books by the authorSimilar books by different authorsAuthor, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.




Wishing for Yesterday - A Second Chance MM Romance


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A teenage love that destroyed a family. Decades of stifling his true self. Two broken hearts fighting for connection. Ricky Emerson has been lying to himself for years. Worried that living his truth will trigger scornful rejection by his family, the adopted playboy is terrified of his sole slip-up coming to light. So when the only man he’s ever kissed arrives at dinner as his sister’s date, the incorrigible flirt fears he’s about to lose everything. Everett Popova refuses to hide. Fresh out of a disappointing relationship with a closeted ex, the experienced counselor is stunned to bump into the one guy who was violently ripped from his arms. But with his former lover still hiding their bisexuality, he’s leery of starting another hush-hush affair with more painful secrets. As Ricky flies from anger to passion while battling their undeniable chemistry, he leans on the strong man’s patient shoulders when traumatic memories turn to sheer panic. And though Everett is swept off his feet for a second time, he’s petrified that old wounds will tear them apart forever. Torn by old turmoil, can they overcome fear and bigotry together? Wishing For Yesterday is the emotional third book in The Emerson Family of Shattered Cove contemporary romance series. If you like LGBTQ+ heroes, steamy action, and dashes of humor, then you’ll adore A. M. Kusi’s struggle for belonging. Buy Wishing For Yesterday to fight for the future! **No cheating. HEA guaranteed.*** ---------- Keywords related to this contemporary romance novel: Contemporary romance series, mm romance, male male romance, coming out romance, gay for you romance, gay romance, interracial romance, small town gay romance, grumpy hero romance, LGBTQ romance, latino hero romance, small town romance, interracial romance books, contemporary romance novel, interracial romance books, beach reads, romance ebook, IR romance books, contemporary romance series, small town romance, romance books, ir books, romance novels to read, love story, emotional romance, love story books, interracial relationship, multicultural romance, small town romance series, shattered cove series, widower romance, deaf romance, blue collar hero, blue collar romance, mute romance, hearing impaired romance, romance books, romance novels.




The Advocate


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The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.




The Witching Place: A Perilous Page (A Curious Bookstore Cozy Mystery—Book 3)


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“The perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads.” --Midwest Book Review (For Now and Forever) THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE is book #3 in a charming new cozy mystery series by bestselling author Sophie Love, author of The Inn at Sunset Harbor series, a #1 Bestseller with over 200 five-star reviews. When Alexis Blair, 29, is fired from her book publishing job and breaks up with her boyfriend on the same day, she wonders if life is urging her to make a fresh start. She decides it’s time to pursue her lifelong dream of opening a bookstore of her own—even if that means leaving Boston and accepting a job in a curious bookstore in a small seaside town an hour away. A cryptic visitor comes into town, looking for a rare book, and willing to pay anything. But when he ends up dead, Alexis wonders: was the price too high? And did Alexis’s mysterious store owner have anything to do with it? A page-turning cozy, rife with the supernatural, mystery, secrets and love—and centered around a small town as odd and endearing as its shop—A PERILOUS PAGE will make you fall in love and keep you laughing out loud as you turn pages late into the night. Books #4-#5 are also available! “The romance is there, but not overdosed. Kudos to the author for this amazing start of a series that promises to be very entertaining.” --Books and Movies Reviews (For Now and Forever)




A Curious Bookstore Cozy Mystery Bundle (Books 2 and 3)


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A bundle of books #2 (THE WITCHING PLACE: MURDER BY MANUSCRIPT) and #3 (THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE) in Sophie Loves’s Curious Bookstore cozy mystery series. This bundle offers books two and three in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In THE WITCHING PLACE: MURDER BY MANUSCRIPT (Book #2), when Alexis is dispatched to scout out some books in an estate sale in a gothic mansion, she finds something she does not expect: one book is incredibly rare, the only one of its kind in existence, worth millions of dollars. She also soon finds something else she does not expect: a dead body. Thrust in the middle of the crime, will Alexis be able to clear her name? And will she discover the mystery at the heart of her very own store? In THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE, a cryptic visitor comes into town, looking for a rare book, and willing to pay anything. But when he ends up dead, Alexis wonders: was the price too high? And did Alexis’s mysterious store owner have anything to do with it? A page-turning cozy, rife with the supernatural, mystery, secrets and love—and centered around a small town as odd and endearing as its shop—A CURIOUS BOOKSTORE will make you fall in love and keep you laughing out loud as you turn pages late into the night. Books #4-#5 are also available!




A Curious Bookstore Cozy Mystery Bundle (Books 3 and 4)


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A bundle of books #3 (THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE) and #4 (THE WITCHING PLACE: A VANISHED VOLUME) in Sophie Love’s Curious Bookstore cozy mystery series. This bundle offers books three and four in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE (Book #3), a cryptic visitor comes into town, looking for a rare book, and willing to pay anything. But when he ends up dead, Alexis wonders: was the price too high? And did Alexis’s mysterious store owner have anything to do with it? In THE WITCHING PLACE: A VANISHED VOLUME (Book #4), when a mysterious stranger brings one of the rarest occult books in history into the shop, Montgomery is excited to acquire it—while Alexis wonders if it is too good to be true. And when someone soon thereafter turns up dead, leaving Alexis framed for the crime, she quickly realizes that either this book is cursed—or someone is up to foul play. Is this book what it seems to be? And why would someone kill for it? A page-turning cozy, rife with the supernatural, mystery, secrets and love—and centered around a small town as odd and endearing as its shop—A CURIOUS BOOKSTORE will make you fall in love and keep you laughing out loud as you turn pages late into the night. Book #5 is also available!




A Curious Bookstore Cozy Mystery Bundle (Books 1, 2, and 3)


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A bundle of books #1 (THE WITCHING PLACE: A FATAL FOLIO), #2 (THE WITCHING PLACE: MURDER BY MANUSCRIPT), and #3 (THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE) in Sophie Loves’s Curious Bookstore cozy mystery series. This bundle offers books one, two, and three in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In THE WITCHING PLACE: A FATAL FOLIO (Book #1), when Alexis Blair, 29, is fired from her book publishing job and breaks up with her boyfriend on the same day, she wonders if life is urging her to make a fresh start. She decides it’s time to pursue her lifelong dream of opening a bookstore of her own—even if that means leaving Boston and accepting a job in a curious bookstore in a small seaside town an hour away. But the odd shop, Alexis soon learns, is from more than just a rare, occult bookstore. Something strange is going on in the shop’s secret back room, with its eccentric owner, and in the small town itself. And when a dead body appears, Alexis, with her beloved newfound cat, may find herself right in the middle of it all. In THE WITCHING PLACE: MURDER BY MANUSCRIPT (Book #2), when Alexis is dispatched to scout out some books in an estate sale in a gothic mansion, she finds something she does not expect: one book is incredibly rare, the only one of its kind in existence, worth millions of dollars. She also soon finds something else she does not expect: a dead body. Thrust in the middle of the crime, will Alexis be able to clear her name? And will she discover the mystery at the heart of her very own store? In THE WITCHING PLACE: A PERILOUS PAGE (Book #3), a cryptic visitor comes into town, looking for a rare book, and willing to pay anything. But when he ends up dead, Alexis wonders: was the price too high? And did Alexis’s mysterious store owner have anything to do with it? A page-turning cozy, rife with the supernatural, mystery, secrets and love—and centered around a small town as odd and endearing as its shop—A CURIOUS BOOKSTORE will make you fall in love and keep you laughing out loud as you turn pages late into the night. Books #4-#5 are also available!




New York Magazine


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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.