Mountain Man's Wild Obsession
Hazel J. North
Hazel J. North
I didn't order a case of wine from the local vineyard, but the second I see the woman delivering it, I know I'm never letting her leave. WestonThe highest peak in Timber Peak Valley is mine for a reason. Solitude and zero complications are how I thrive. Then Romy knocks on my door, holding a case of wine I never ordered. I immediately send her away, but the moment she's gone, I realize I've made a mistake. By sunrise, I'm at her vineyard with only one goal: showing her what happens when a mountain man like me finds his obsession. RomyA delivery mistake leads me to a grumpy mountain man who looks like he could snap a tree trunk with his bare hands and who makes it crystal clear he wants nothing to do with me. Fine. I don't have time for a recluse with an attitude problem anyway. But then he shows up at my vineyard the next morning....
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Leyla's House
Zülfü Livaneli
Zülfü Livaneli
Evicted from her Istanbul mansion, an elderly aristocrat forms surprising new connections across class and culture. A colorful, nuanced novel about old and new money, the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, from the internationally bestselling author of Disquiet.The last living member of a great Ottoman family, the refined yet sheltered Leyla finds herself homeless and vulnerable when her house is sold by the bank to a business tycoon and his ambitious wife. Forced out of this historic mansion on the bank of the Bosphorus, Leyla is rescued and taken in by Yusuf, the son of her family’s former gardener who has become a journalist. She follows him to a modern, cosmopolitan district of Istanbul where she discovers a world of artists and outcasts alongside Yusuf’s partner, Roxy, real name Rukiye, a hip-hop singer. Despite initial hostility, a real friendship gradually develops between these two very different women.When Leyla’s former home is...
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The Last Supper
Wendy J. Fox
Wendy J. Fox
As stay-at-home mom Amanda turns forty, she faces a reckoning. She' s doing her best at parenting eight-year-old Toby, who only wants to eat orange-colored food, and almost-four-year-old Blake, who really should be in pre-school but is home doing YouTube aerobics with her. Amanda' s mother is a successful attorney. Her next-door neighbor makes an enviable living as a visual artist. Her two best friends from college seem to handle careers and motherhood just fine. Yet, Amanda just barely manages to muddle through dinner every night while obsessively Googling life advice. She' s racked up failures, like being swindled into pyramid schemes, and is struggling to launch what she thought was a sure-fire influencer lifestyle brand, AMANDAtory. When her husband loses his job and threatens her with divorce, Amanda is forced to face her choices head-on. Will she finally forge her own identity, or is she doomed to repeat her past mistakes?
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