Hannah's Hunks


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A Recipe for Disaster Begin with a sleepy small town. Add Hannah Hart, a whimsical caterer who can't cook. Include a host of eccentric townspeople. And a nefarious crime ring. Bring to a quick boil. Then throw in Chance McCoy, secret agent extraordinaire, and mix well. Let the situation summer for a few weeks, until sexual tension explodes. When it's done, you should end up with one hilariously happy couple. If not, poke them with a toothpick! "A fun-filled, sexy and madcap look at modern love. The sweetness in this book is sugar-free!" —bestselling author Susan Wiggs




Hannah's Hunk


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Hollywood Hunk


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There's only one thing worse than playing personal assistant to a handsome, egotistical, oversexed actor--falling in love with him. REVIEWS FOR THE TRUE HOLLYWOOD LIES SERIES: “…The tone is confessional, the writing laced with venomous humor…” –The Wall Street Journal “Brown captures the humor of working for a megalomaniac…[A] well-paced, entertaining story.” –Publishers Weekly “A fine piece of literary work.” –New York Post, Page Six “Josie Brown does an outstanding job capturing the glitz and glamour of Hollywood living yet illuminating the stark loneliness present beneath the façade. Filled with good-natured humor and witty repartee…” —Romance Reader's Connection “Before you check out the stars walking the red carpet at next Sunday's Oscars, spend time with Josie Brown's new satirical novel, about an irritating actor nominated for an Academy Award, his harried personal assistant and all the angst endured from the moment the nominations are announced until the winning name is read out loud. Brown, a journalist with her share of celeb interviews, drops names a-plenty.” –Lowell (MA) Press “With tongue-in-cheek dialogue, Josie Brown provides a fascinating look at the jet set lifestyle of the rich and for-the-moment famous…. You will laugh, cry, and wonder if it's worth it to be rich and famous.” –Romance Reviews Today




ONE MOM TOO MANY


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MATCHMAKING MOMS The Game of Matchmaking The players—Maureen O'Malley and Bridget Kingsford Two mothers with marriage on their minds—for their kids. Little do they suspect that they have done their work too well…. The pawns—Daniel O'Malley and Rose Kingsford Confirmed bachelor and bachelorette. Both intend to marry someday, but not now. That is, until they set eyes on each other. Suddenly, settling down doesn't seem so bad…. Checkmate Maureen and Bridget are pleased with their work—until they meet one another. Then all hell breaks loose. Back in Ireland, Bridget and Maureen had been best friends. But a bitter dispute changed all that and they've been bitter rivals ever since. The last thing either of them wants is to acquire an "in-law" from the enemy camp. Can true love survive a mother scorned?




Cosmoknights


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Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life might not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world... and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down.




An Overdue Healing


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Ian McKenzie is stunned by the woman he is introduced to while on security duty at high society event. But Hannah is anything but receptive to him as a man. Finding out she would be present at most of the events hes assigned to work over the next few weeks gives him an edge to get to know her better. Hannah cant believe her luck! After all of these years, the one person she never wanted to see again is suddenly standing before her. She is sure hes the same arrogant, jock she knew in high school and had hurt her but gave her a resolve, which had carried her into her adulthood. Deadly circumstances bring the two together, Hannah as a victim in another horrible crime and Ian as the cop assigned to the case. Hannah, being the only survivor, holds the key to helping the police solve this case. Can Ian get her to trust him enough to protect her and unravel the clues to this case and to her private demons?




The Wrong Kind of Money


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A gripping novel of dark family secrets, bigotry, lust, and lies set in the world of the phenomenally wealthy The Liebling family is among the wealthiest in New York, but in the eyes of “old money” gentile aristocrats like the patrician Van Degans, they will always be lower-class Jewish nouveau riche—especially since it’s common knowledge that patriarch Jules Liebling built the powerful Ingraham Corporation from the profits he made selling liquor during Prohibition while in cahoots with dangerous mobsters. Jules is long dead and his widow, Hannah, runs the business with a tyrannical hand. Hannah is reluctant to turn over the reins to the heir apparent, her capable son Noah, despite the fact that she is now well into her eighties. But when Noah’s wife, Carol, meets Georgette Van Degan for lunch at Le Cirque, gossip circulates around Manhattan about a thaw between the families and, quite possibly, a partnership. As rumors fly, family skeletons on both sides are exposed, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and even violence. Author Stephen Birmingham explores the dark side of wealth, family, and privilege in The Wrong Kind of Money, brilliantly displaying his phenomenal storytelling skill along with his intimate knowledge of the lives of America’s aristocrats.




The Horse That Hannah Built


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Earth has been a desert for 300 years. Eldritch creatures known as seraphim now roam the planet's surface at its new masters, consuming any form of life in their wake. Any human survivors were driven underground long ago, into subterranean colonies where they have stayed for centuries. The Boston colony had recently been wiped out due to a seraphim breach. Hannah Derryberry, chief engineer of the Rockport, Massachusetts colony, built a robotic horse for her husband, Daniel, and sent him out on a secret expedition in search of other colonies across America that may still be thriving. Left behind, Hannah contends with mentoring a Bostonian refugee, motherhood, and the degradation of the Rockport colony, knowing that Daniel's failure to find another sanctuary could mean the death of perhaps the last colony left on Earth and the end of mankind. The Horse That Hannah Built is a story with peril, uncertainty, and human connection.




Math with Bad Drawings


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A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.




Hannah and the Highlander


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Hannah Dounreay agrees to marry Alexander Lochlannach, Laird of Dunnet, after he saves her from attack by a drunken suitor, but threats to his land and the dark secret he is hiding endanger the love growing between them.