Romance

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“For all its occasional longeurs, Small Rain is often gripping and sometimes heartwarming.”

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“a sad story efficiently ­told by the author but one that may have been better had it been more vividly shown.”

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“entertaining and fast-paced. . . . Readers who like plot-driven stories with heroic characters, dragons, and happy endings will find much to enjoy.”

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Kevin Barry is an Irish writer to the core with his wild, dark humor and his Gaelic intonations, a beautifully skewed syntax holding up a delicate balance of spluttering facetiousness and a sly ack

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“Read this book for the story, the characters, and the setting, and savor it for the food and the recipes.”

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“I liked my husband well enough . . . but I like him even better dead,” says Duchess Valencia Dedham.

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“[The] concept of past and present ‘bridging’ together, is unveiled in a page-turning romp—a discovery of love, place, and meaning.”

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“a fun bit of vampire courtship with a dash of a mystery thrown in for intrigue.”

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Many succumbed to the mesmerizing prose of Paul Auster 40 years ago when he was writing about his emotionally distant father. Auster was then only 35.

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With a title implying vastness, and a subtitle specifying three subjects broad enough for each to fill its own book, readers can expect an epic novel with them all melded together.

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“A wonderful and entertaining paranormal romance that begs for a sequel.”

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“As in every Penrose novel, the solution to these linked crimes is generated through the loyalty and insight of intelligent and caring friends.”

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“Despite the magnetic pull of eagerly described physical attraction, there’s never a moment when Alex Walton yields control over her own heart and life.”

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“Lloyd’s story has myriad twists and turns—enough to keep the reader entranced.”

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"Donoghue has created a vivid world here, the confined lives of ambitious girls, some manipulative, some kind, but all keenly aware of the social strata containing them. . . .

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Not for the first time, Nan Fischer has delivered an impressive tour de force of a novel with a finely plotted storyline and a host of believable charac

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A beautiful woman with a sordid past, Arabella Yarrington began her ascent into the highest levels of society from the depths of a ramshackle cabin in Alabama where she lived with her widowed mothe

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The Girl from the Papers is a well-told story and well written.”

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“C.K. Chau’s Good Fortune relocates Pride and Prejudice to New York’s Chinatown, reformulating the narrative as a tale of crazy rich Asians.”

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“Sebastian has a breezy style that keeps the reader interested.”

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The Paper Man is a haunting story gorgeously crafted with subtle themes of identity, nationalism, dislocation, lost love, and the price of fame.”

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Twenty-two-year-old May Schott wonders what life has in store for her.

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The Amish community of Paradise Valley, Missouri, is the setting where local widows share their bond of grief and faith in the “Whoopie Pie Widow’s Club.” Taking on the sole responsibility of carin

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“‘Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.’”

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