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Merry and Bright (Audio CD)
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avg rating 3.82 — 21,788 ratings — published 2017
A Little Ray of Sunshine (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 15,073 ratings — published 2023
The Homewreckers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 55,758 ratings — published 2022
The Shop on Royal Street (Royal Street, #1)
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avg rating 4.13 — 11,072 ratings — published 2022
Sweet as Pie (Good Southern Women, #1)
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avg rating 3.88 — 216 ratings — published
The Christmas Bookshop (The Christmas Bookshop, #1)
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avg rating 3.68 — 95,215 ratings — published 2021
Witcher Upper (Magical Renovation Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,538 ratings — published 2020
Home for the Holidays (Juniper Springs, 1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,577 ratings — published 2020
The Lions of Fifth Avenue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 82,446 ratings — published 2020
Always With Me (Whisper Lake #1)
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avg rating 4.21 — 4,738 ratings — published 2019
Black List (Black's Bandits #1)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,093 ratings — published 2019
Deadhead and Buried (English Cottage Garden Mysteries #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 4,533 ratings — published 2019
Met Her Match (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 6,205 ratings — published 2019
When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2)
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avg rating 4.01 — 46,286 ratings — published 2019
The Last Move (Criminal Profiler, #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 23,967 ratings — published 2017
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1)
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avg rating 3.57 — 163,333 ratings — published 2018
Toughest Cowboy in Texas (Happy, Texas, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,098 ratings — published 2017
The Cottage at Firefly Lake (Firefly Lake, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 367 ratings — published 2017
Chasing Shadows (South Shores, #1)
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avg rating 3.56 — 1,854 ratings — published 2016
One Tequila (Althea Rose Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 11,478 ratings — published 2015
Flawless (New York Confidential #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 4,071 ratings — published 2016
The Memory House (Honey Ridge, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,646 ratings — published 2015
Wild Horses (The Montana Hamiltons, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,007 ratings — published 2015
The Blossom Sisters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 2,566 ratings — published 2013
Wyoming Tough (Wyoming Men, #1)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,712 ratings — published
One Reckless Summer (Destiny, #1)
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avg rating 3.82 — 5,346 ratings — published 2009
On Mystic Lake (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 93,355 ratings — published 1999
No Limits (Ultimate, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 9,229 ratings — published 2014
Close Your Eyes (Kendra Michaels, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 8,579 ratings — published 2012
Murder on a Girls' Night Out (Southern Sisters, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 7,554 ratings — published 1996
Backrush (Tempest Island, #1)
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avg rating 4.40 — 2,549 ratings — published
Never Slow Dance with a Zombie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.21 — 728 ratings — published 2009
The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 62 ratings — published 1995
Not Now, Not Ever (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 750 ratings — published 2017
A Line in the Dark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.25 — 4,296 ratings — published 2017
People Like Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.51 — 19,558 ratings — published 2018
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 870,662 ratings — published 2017
The House at Sugar Beach (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 8,062 ratings — published 2008
“ Once inside, I stood in the shadows where I knew that I was out of sight and carefully peered through the windows. What I saw made my heart skip a beat. It was Franz Knüppel, making his way between some of the huge bales of rubber towards the forward part of the ship. In the dark I fumbled for the signal pistol kept in a box on the bridge for emergencies and rammed a cartridge into its chamber.
Not wanting to lose sight of Knüppel, I quietly stepped out onto the wing of the bridge, all the time keeping my eye on him…. I don’t think that he knew that he had been seen, because by this time he had made his way to the bollard holding our bow lines. Still trying to stay out of sight, I quickly stepped forward and watched as he suddenly took a few steps to where he could leap across the open space between the dock and the ship. “What’s he up to?” I thought, as I saw him coming down the port side of the Farmington closing the distance between us. My heart was racing as I stepped out of the shadows and pointed the pistol at him from the bridge and said in my most convincing way, “Get off my ship or I’ll fry your ba11s with a flare!” I was so nervous that had I pulled the trigger it could well have happened.
“I’m just looking for Olaf,” he lied. Acting as judge and jury I proclaimed, “The hell you are, he’s dead, you killed him and now it’s your turn!”
I never saw anyone move as fast. Knüppel jumped to the dock and ran, ducking between the big bales of raw rubber. Suddenly all of the lights on the dock came on, illuminating everything within sight. The watchman having heard the commotion had thrown the master switch and now started blowing his English Bobbie’s whistle as he gave chase. I knew that the watchman was no match for Knüppel and hoped that he wouldn’t have to confront him.
By now the entire Port of Harbel was awake! I could see lights going on everywhere, but Franz Knüppel, the deserter from the French Foreign Legion, eluded the watchman and disappeared into the dark. I’m glad that I didn’t have to pull the trigger because I only had one shot handy and would have had to make it count. I don’t know where Knüppel went, but the night swallowed him up!”
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Not wanting to lose sight of Knüppel, I quietly stepped out onto the wing of the bridge, all the time keeping my eye on him…. I don’t think that he knew that he had been seen, because by this time he had made his way to the bollard holding our bow lines. Still trying to stay out of sight, I quickly stepped forward and watched as he suddenly took a few steps to where he could leap across the open space between the dock and the ship. “What’s he up to?” I thought, as I saw him coming down the port side of the Farmington closing the distance between us. My heart was racing as I stepped out of the shadows and pointed the pistol at him from the bridge and said in my most convincing way, “Get off my ship or I’ll fry your ba11s with a flare!” I was so nervous that had I pulled the trigger it could well have happened.
“I’m just looking for Olaf,” he lied. Acting as judge and jury I proclaimed, “The hell you are, he’s dead, you killed him and now it’s your turn!”
I never saw anyone move as fast. Knüppel jumped to the dock and ran, ducking between the big bales of raw rubber. Suddenly all of the lights on the dock came on, illuminating everything within sight. The watchman having heard the commotion had thrown the master switch and now started blowing his English Bobbie’s whistle as he gave chase. I knew that the watchman was no match for Knüppel and hoped that he wouldn’t have to confront him.
By now the entire Port of Harbel was awake! I could see lights going on everywhere, but Franz Knüppel, the deserter from the French Foreign Legion, eluded the watchman and disappeared into the dark. I’m glad that I didn’t have to pull the trigger because I only had one shot handy and would have had to make it count. I don’t know where Knüppel went, but the night swallowed him up!”
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“Because he was leaving Liberia, Chris had tried selling his Italian made, Vespa motor-scooter. It had seen a lot of use and I know that he didn’t buy it new, but it ran and was transportation for him. ‘I’ll give you fifty for it.” I said. “The hell you will,” was his curt reply, “One hundred and fifty makes it yours.” “Don't make me laugh; it's not worth the fifty I'm offering.” I could see his face turn beet-red knowing that I had him over a barrel. “Tell you what Chris, let's cut it in half and depart friends.” I offered. I don’t think he could believe his good luck, as he was quick to accept. “Done,” he said “but you pay the taxes and license!” Of course I knew that these charges were mine but I pretended to groan anyway. With the deal done I was now the proud owner of the motor scooter. Right after the license was transferred, I rode it into a backyard body shop and had it cleaned up and painted bright red. No longer would I have to depend on a taxi or others for transportation. I was free to zip here and there at will. From now on it was the first thing off and the last thing onto the ship. I had Bo-Bo Ben, the ship’s carpenter, make a cradle to secure it and had brackets welded to the main deck behind the house, to lash it down. It still left enough elbow-room for the crew to fish off the stern.”
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