JoAnn Ross
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Honeymoon Harbor volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
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When he lands in the emergency room after collapsing at the funeral of a colleague and friend, Wall Street hotshot Gabriel Mannion initially rejects the diagnosis of an anxiety attack. But when warned that if he doesn't change his adrenaline-fueled, workaholic lifestyle he could end up like his friend, Gabe reluctantly returns to his hometown of Honeymoon Harbor to regroup. As he adjusts to the sight of mountains instead of skyscrapers, Gabe discovers...
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Shelter Bay volume 1
Pub. Date
c2010
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"Former Navy SEAL Sax Douchett has returned home to the small coastal town of Shelter Bay, Oregon, determined to put war behind him and get on with his life--which is easier said than done when everyone is hailing the former bad boy as a local hero. Adjusting to a new beginning becomes even more difficult when he unearths a long-buried secret that, in turn, reunites him with a cherished part of his past that he's never forgotten. Drawn back into his...
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With a dramatic wartime love story woven through, JoAnn Ross's brilliant new novel is a gorgeous generational saga about the rivalry, history and loyalty that bond sisters together**
When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a conflict of his own making when his three daughters, each born to a different mother, discover that they’re now responsible for the family’s Oregon vineyard—and for a family they didn’t ask for.
After...
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"Caitlin Cavanaugh likes being in charge. Maybe that's why she's an FBI Special Agent. Her latest assignment: Stop a violent madman in Somersett, South Carolina. But even more challenging is working with former Navy SEAL Quinn McKade, who -- though Cait would never admit it -- makes her feel deliciously out of control" Publisher description.
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Former Navy SEAL Lucas Chaffee is settling back into civilian life, refurbishing a farmhouse for an old friend. Celebrity TV chef Madeline Durand has been publicly humiliated by a philandering husband. So she jumps at the chance to return to Shelter Bay to recover and help her grandmother turn the family farm into a new business. Little does she know that the man who broke her heart years ago is already on the job. Original.
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"Single dad Mac Culhane has traveled to some of the world's most dangerous war zones, but now he and his young daughter have settled in Shelter Bay, where he's become the late-night DJ for the local radio station. The last thing he expects is to connect over the airwaves with a caller. After a painful divorce, Annie Shepherd opened up a scrapbook store in town and started volunteering with local senior citizens. Although she loves her work, dreams...
7) Blue bayou
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Now widowed of a deceitful husband, a woman returns to be the librarian in her hometown of Blue Bayou, Louisiana, where she discovers that her childhood home has been bought by a big-time writer.
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Shelter Bay volume 5
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High school physics teacher and basketball coach Dillon Slater finds himself drawn to Claire Templeton, the mother of the troubled fifteen-year-old boy he is working with and a new arrival in town that he finds hard to resist.
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Honeymoon Harbor volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"Working as a Las Vegas concierge, Brianna Mannion is an expert at making other people's wishes come true. It's satisfying work, but a visit home to scenic Honeymoon Harbor turns into a permanent stay when she's reminded of everything she's missing: the idyllic small-town charm; the old Victorian house she'd always coveted; and Seth Harper, her best friend's widower and the neighborhood boy she once crushed on--hard. After years spent serving others,...
10) Moonshell Beach
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2012
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J.T. Douchett has returned home to shut out the world and escape the memories that haunt him from his final mission as a Marine. When he reluctantly agrees to provide security for a town event, the last thing he expects is to experience unbidden feelings for Irish movie star Mary Joyce. Mary has surprised everyone-including herself-by accepting an invitation to a film festival in Shelter Bay. The Oregon coastal town immediately charms her, and an...
11) Confessions
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Men of Whiskey River volume 1
Pub. Date
[1995]
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Whiskey River sheriff Trace Callahan finds his investigation into the high-profile murder of a charismatic senator's wife complicated when the victim's sister, Mariah Swan, insists on being fully involved.
13) Out of the storm
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2008, ©2004
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There's no escaping the sweltering heat when White House correspondent Laurel Stewart arrives in Somersett, South Carolina, and discovers that her best friend -- the vice president's protocol advisor -- has disappeared. As frustrated as she is by Detective Joe Gannon's skepticism regarding her suspicions, Laurel finds his smooth-talking southern ways and brazen bedroom eyes disturbingly, dangerously, seductive. With the homicide rate escalating as...
14) Blaze
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c2005
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Fire cop Tess Gannon is on the trail of a pyromaniac who's setting fires to buildings throughout Somersett, South Carolina. ATF Special Agent Gage O'Halloran arrives on her fire scene, after self-imposed exile. Gage suspects Tess's "Flamemaster" is connected to a serial killer he apprehended three years ago.
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Shelter Bay volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
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When he arrives in Shelter Bay to help a fellow Marine, the last thing Gabriel St. James expects is for his cynical veneer to crack. Then again, he never expected to meet a woman like Charity. A veterinarian with a past that would have defeated a less resilient woman, Charity possesses a heart as generous as her name. With an undeniable attraction, Charity and Gabe agree to a simple affair with no expectations.
16) Homeplace
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Coldwater Cove volume 1
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2006.
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High-priced New York attorney Raine Cantrell returns to her hometown in Washington State to handle a family emergency, and while there, she finds herself attracted to widowed Sheriff Jack O'Halloran and must decide between her love for her family and for Jack and her law career in New York
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Stewart sisters trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2003
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The story starts when ornery Scotsman Duncan MacDougall sends his grandson, Ian, to America to reclaim the Brooch of Lorn, a historic jewel that the feuding Stewart and MacDougall clans have been stealing from each other for centuries. Genius filmmaker Ian masks this surreptitious mission by pretending he's making a film about the annual Highland Games that the Stewart family sponsors in their small Tennessee community. Then he meets and falls in...
20) River's Bend
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River's Bend volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Welcome to River's Bend, Oregon's most western town where spurs have a job to do and cowboy hats aren't a fashion accessory. Rachel Hathaway was living a fairy tale when she learned the hard way that fairy tales never warn you that the prince could die of a perforated ulcer, the creditors could end up with the castle, and it could be back to the ashes for Cinderella. With her storybook marriage shattered, Rachel vows to never, ever, risk her heart...