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Virginia

Everything has a reason for being, and you are mine. Without you, there is no me.Every love story has a beginning.Some are dark and painful.Some are bright and beautiful.And for some, fate intervenes, setting two people on the right path.Our love has no ending. It's forevermore and everlasting.This is our story.

Forevermore

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#paperback #fiction #holiday #romcom #novella

California

A Novel

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love--but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk, that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it.At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit--beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish hand: it's from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?Ivy's quest brings her into the community, at a time when all she wanted to do was be left alone and nurse her wounds. But the magic of Christmas makes miracles happen, and Ivy just might find more than she ever thought possible: a welcoming town, a family reunited, a mystery solved, and a second chance at love.

The Santa Suit

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#paperback #fiction #novella #thriller #averybishop #dearseraphina #signededition

Texas

Dear Seraphina

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Pennsylvania

A Magnolia Novella

When Ryder Marsden and Jemma Cafferty return to Magnolia Branch for Christmas break following their first semester at their respective universities in New York City (Columbia and NYU), their secret relationship is revealed--they're literally caught under the mistletoe, kissing. Unexpectedly, their parents--who've spent their entire lives pushing them together--are somehow less than thrilled, especially when they realize the depth of their deception.Tensions mount as the Marsden and Cafferty families struggle to come to terms with Jemma's and Ryder's feelings for each other. At the same time, Jemma and Ryder must face their own problems that have arisen as a result of attending different schools--there are jealousies to be sorted out and hurt feelings to mend if their relationship is going to stand the test of time.Will their love last, or are they star-crossed lovers, after all?"...just what I was looking for: fun, light, with plenty of hot moments." --Kirkus Reviews on MAGNOLIA

Mischief and Magnolias

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New York

Before Maxwell found something real with Jenna, he had something unexpected with Crystal. Find out how it all began.

Something Real ☆signed☆

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#hardcover #fiction #shortstories #botm #novella #nonfiction #prison 

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Tennessee

A Novella and Stories

The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice and insight to the subjects of race, grief, apology, and American history. Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters' lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief--all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American history--about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight. In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo of her in a Confederate-flag bikini goes viral. In "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," a photojournalist is forced to confront her own losses while attending an old friend's unexpectedly dramatic wedding. And in the eye-opening title novella, a black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.

The Office of Historical Corrections

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New Jersey

A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story

Cleaning the Gold

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“Can this wandering cowboy convince his first love that he deserves a second chance in a charming contemporary romance for fans of New York Times bestselling authors Jennifer Ryan and Maisey Yates—with a bonus novella by Carolyn Brown!

Leila Valentino will do anything to keep her grandparents’ Colorado winery afloat. Even partner with August Harding, the first—and last—man to break her heart. Fifteen years ago, August left Silverado Lake, and Leila, far behind. Now the cowboy’s back with an offer that could save her family’s business. But to keep her grandparents from worrying over the vineyard’s finances, Leila insists August give a different reason for his return: her. 

August Harding is one step away from a huge promotion. All he has to do is ensure that his company acquires Valentino Bellas Vineyards. And if pretending he and Leila are back together is the cost . . . well, he can’t say no. Leila has never forgiven him for the way he ended things, but the longer they pretend to be a couple, the more he begins to wonder if a second chance isn’t impossible after all. But can he convince Leila that this time he’s not walking away? 

Includes the bonus novella  Sunrise Ranch  by Carolyn Brown!“ #fiction #romance #love #paperback #cowboy #sararichardson #lastdancewithacowboy #midwest #womensfiction #novella 

Florida

Includes a Bonus Novella

Fans of New York Times bestselling authors Jennifer Ryan, Maisey Yates, and Lexie Blake will love the next charming contemporary western romance in Sara Richardson's Silverado Lake series--which includes a bonus novella!

Last Dance with a Cowboy

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Oregon

Once More Upon a Time

#hardcover #gillianflynn #novella #shorthorror

Michigan

A Story by the Author of Gone Girl

When a charlatan "psychic" visits her Victorian home to find the source of her terror and grief, Susan, the psychic, and her teenage stepson are soon forced to confront the truth about ghosts.

The Grownup

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Presents two novellas, including "Hotel Paradise," an exploration of the emotional isolation and identity quest of adolescence, and "The Train Now Departing," in which the female protagonist is embroiled in darkness by the man in her life

The Train Now Departing

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Booby Trapped

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An Erotic Fantasia

A standalone erotic short story from Tiffany Reisz that ties into the first Godwicks novel, The Red. First published in Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Vol. 1.

The Beguiling of Merlin

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Full-On Clinger

Some coffee stains on bottom edge. #fantasy #novella #scifi #weird #speculative 

For readers of George Saunders, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, and Karen Russell, This Census-Taker is a stunning, uncanny, and profoundly moving novella from multiple-award-winning and bestselling author China Miéville. In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries--and fails--to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? Filled with beauty, terror, and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and identity. Praise for This Census-Taker "China Miéville is a magician . . . who can both blow your mind with ideas as big as the universe and break your heart with language so precise and polished, it's like he's writing with diamonds."--NPR "The book haunts the reader; what actually happened seems always just out of reach, glimpsed in shadow as it rounds a corner ahead of our vision."--Los Angeles Review of Books "[Mieville's] been compared to Karen Russell and George Saunders, and rightfully so."--The Huffington Post "Marvellous."--The Guardian "Lingers in the mind like an unsettling dream."--Financial Times "A thought-provoking fairy tale for adults . . . [This Census-Taker] resembles the narrative style, quirkiness, and plotting found in the works of Karen Russell, Aimee Bender, or Steven Millhauser."--Booklist "Brief and dreamlike . . . a deceptively simple story whose plot could be taken as a symbolic representation of an aspect of humanity as big as an entire society and as small as a single soul."--Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.

This Census-Taker

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USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost seduces readers into a forbidden new world as she teams up with romance stars Shayla Black and Sharie Kohler for a sizzling collection of original novellas featuring fallen angels, anarchistic demons, warrior wizards, and irresistibly dangerous creatures of the night.

Enter the dark realm of Nocturna in Jeaniene Frost's redhot tale, where blisteringly sexy Raphael dominates the demons of a lawless dimension and tries to help a beautiful young woman avenge her cousin's disappearance. In the shadowy world of Shayla Black's Doomsday Brethren, magical warrior Raiden vows to protect his woman and their unborn youngling from evil--and deliver her safely to another man. But once he's saved her, can he let her go? Lycans rule the night in Sharie Kohler's suspenseful story, as a fiery woman stalks mysterious Luc, the undeniably hypnotic being she believes can save her from turning . . . if she kills him. Danger beckons in these captivating paranormal tales that will tempt readers to the edge and leave them begging for more.

Haunted by Your Touch

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#girlhood #girls #novella #teenlife #newauthor

Massachusetts

An "LGBTQ Book That Will Change The Literary Landscape in 2021" --O, The Oprah Magazine "Piercing. It shook me, and it made me see." --Victor LaValle

Justine

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After a frustrating series of bad dates, Vivian Carmichael has concocted a plan for turning around her romantic life. She wants someone with confidence and experience--a man who really has his life together. So she's going to start dating older men.

Okay, fine. She actually just wants one man. Rick Grant, the hot novelist who spends hours writing at her favorite coffee shop. But she can't have him. In fact, she desperately needs to get over him, so she's going to find someone else in his age range and fall for him instead.

If Rick can introduce her to some of his friends, that will expedite matters. After all, he's not interested in her, so it's not like he'll get jealous when she starts to date one of his friends.

Even if her plan doesn't go exactly the way she intends, she might still end up finding the love of her life.

 #romance #agegap #theoldermanplan #noelleadams #clairekent #contemporaryromance #novella #romcom #romanticcomedy #smut 

Cobble Coffee Series

The Older Man Plan

"Monty's epic grand tour may be over, but now that he and Percy are finally a couple, he realizes there is something more nerve-wracking than being chased across Europe: getting together with the person you love"--

The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky

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#paperback #classics #fiction #literature #novella #cervantes #humor #satire #fantasy

THE ART OF THE NOVELLA SERIES

The first talking-dog story in Western literature-from the writer generally acknowledged, alongside William Shakespeare, as the founding father of modern literature, no less?Indeed, The Dialogue of the Dogs features, in a condensed, powerful version, all the traits the author of Don Quixote is famous for- It's a picaresque rich in bawdy humor, social satire, and fantasy, and it uses story tactics that were innovative at the time, such as the philandering husband who, given syphilis by his wife, is hospitalized. Late one feverish night he overhears the hospital's guard dogs telling each other their life's story-a wickedly ironic tale within the tale within the tale, wherein the two virtuous canines find themselves victim, time and again, to deceitful, corrupt humanity.Here in a sparkling new translation, the parody of a Greek dialogue is so entertaining it belies the stunningly prescient sophistication of this novella-that it is a story about telling stories, and about creating a new way to discuss morality that isn't rooted in empiricism. In short, it's a masterful work that flies in the face of the forms and ethics of its time...and perhaps ours as well.

The Dialogue of the Dogs

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Realtor Joan Freeboard, trying to dispel the Elsewhere mansion's creepy reputation, arranges for a psychic, a parapsychologist, and a noted author to move in with her and declare it ghost-free.

Elsewhere

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#paperback #fiction #humor #love #novella #romance #nytbestseller #bestseller

North Carolina

A Novella

With more than 340,000 copies in print, Steve Martins Shopgirl has landed on bestseller lists nationwide including: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Filled with the kind of witty, discerning observations that have brought Steve Martin incredible critical success, this story of modern day love and romance is a work of disarming tenderness.

Shopgirl

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Book has been read but is in like-new condition with no marks or creases on the cover or on any pages. #paperback #fiction #fantasy #paranormal #horror #mystery #thriller #booktube #novella #detective 

Alex Grayson

Forevermore

Mary Kay Andrews

The Santa Suit

Avery Bishop

Dear Seraphina

Kristi Cook

Mischief and Magnolias

M. Clarke

Something Real ☆signed☆

Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections

Karin Slaughter; Lee Child

Cleaning the Gold

Sara Richardson

Last Dance with a Cowboy

Roshani Chokshi

Once More Upon a Time

Gillian Flynn

The Grownup

Martha Grimes

The Train Now Departing

Sylvie Stewart

Booby Trapped

Tiffany Reisz

The Beguiling of Merlin

Sylvie Stewart

Full-On Clinger

China Mieville

This Census-Taker

Shayla Black; Sharie Kohler; Jeaniene Frost

Haunted by Your Touch

Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections

Forsyth Harmon

Justine

Noelle Adams

The Older Man Plan

Mackenzi Lee

The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; David Kipen (Translator)

The Dialogue of the Dogs

William Peter Blatty

Elsewhere

Steve Martin

Shopgirl

Daniel B. Greene

Breach of Peace