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May.12.2013
Unbeknownst to many folks outside the Amish Mennonite population in America, Pinecraft, Florida---a village tucked away in the heart of Sarasota---is the vacation paradise of the Plain People. Unlike any other Plain community in the world, this village is a virtual melting pot of Amish and...
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May.12.2013
"Elvis & Mama"--how my mother's sacrifice for me lead to her moment of a lifetime--plus Mama's recipes
REMEMBERING ELVIS...and his greatest fan...my Mama
August 16, 2013 will be the 36th Anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. No one could...
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May.12.2013
You come from a long line of mistakes, Guy Caulder tells his daughter Alice. My mother married the wrong man. Her mother did the same.
At the end of a love affair, Alice journeys to Normandy to meet Guy's mother, the grandmother she has never known. She tells her...
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May.11.2013
"The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the "contest era" of the 1950s and 1960s. Stepping back into a time when fledgling advertising agencies were active partners with...
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May.11.2013
A review and reading recommendation from Virginia Campbell : )
"Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen", by Donia Bijan, is exquisite. If I could, I would give it a "10 star" review! Both beautiful and heartbreaking, this very personal story is as emotional...
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May.11.2013
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Debbie Macomber returns to Seattle’s beloved Blossom Street in this heartfelt tale of friendship, renewal, and discovering what’s truly important in life.
For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure...
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May.08.2013
REVIEW: "Old-School Comfort Food--The Way I Learned to Cook" by popular TV Chef Alex Guarnaschelli
How does one become an Iron Chef and a Chopped judge on Food Network—and what does she really cook at home?
Alex Guarnaschelli grew up in a home suffused with a love...
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May.07.2013
AUTHOR TERRY SPEAR--welcome to her wild and wolfish world of paranormal romantic adventure!
Elaine Hawthorn is a gray American werewolf, currently out of work, and on a mission to share in a family treasure. When she arrives in Scotland, she nearly has a head-...
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May.03.2013
REMEMBERING MAMA--one of kind, vastly entertaining, often disconcerting, always my Mama!
Today, May 3rd would have been my mother's 80th birthday. It's hard to imagine my mother being eighty years old. She's been gone for almost seven years, and though she was very ill for the...
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Apr.21.2013
Author Laura Frantz--compelling historical romance--inspirational and unforgettable!
Laura Frantz, a lifelong lover of history, is the author of The Frontiersman's Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, and The Colonel's Lady. Her latest release, Love's Reckoning, is Book One of her...
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Apr.21.2013
Superb American Civil War historical romance from author Jessica James: "Noble Cause: A Novel of Love and War"
My lifelong love of history and romance grew and came into bloom from my roots deep in my home state of Virginia. From one corner of the state to another, and points in...
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Apr.21.2013
SHELLY LAURENSTON'S "PRIDE STORIES" SERIES--Sexy Shifters--Fabulous, Furry, Fun--Romance That Roars!
WOLF WITH BENEFITS by Shelly Laurenston
Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but...
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Apr.15.2013
Author Jodi Thomas--bestselling and award-winning author of contemporary and historical romance
ONE TEXAS NIGHT by Jodi Thomas
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas lassos the heart of Texas with these four spellbinding stories, available together for the first time,...
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Mar.30.2013
Lynne Marshall is a Harlequin, Mills & Boon, and Wild Rose Press, multipublished author of contemporary romantic fiction, and Medical Romance. She believes it's never too late to fall in love, and enjoys writing not only about young romance, but more mature romance as well. Lynne heartily...
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Mar.26.2013
Author Kendra Elliot writes intelligent, capable, attractive heroines who bring back the original appeal that I first found as a young reader of romantic suspense.
Kendra Elliot grew up in the lush Pacific Northwest and still lives there with her husband, three daughters, two cats, and a...
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About Virginia
Faith, Family, Friends and Felines are the four corners of my world. Coffee, chocolate, cheese and cookies are my four food groups. I love books, everything related to books, people who also love books, and talking about books and promoting literacy. I am a...
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I live in a very small town with few job opportunities. I would love to be employed in a position which allowed me to promote literacy and put books in the...