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21) Bloodline
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[2020]
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In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she's eager to settle down. Lilydale's motto, "Come Home Forever," couldn't be more inviting. And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village.
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Pregnant and on bed rest, McKenna calls her sister Natalie, who fled Shelter Springs, Idaho, after family tragedies took their toll, pleading for help running the Shelter Inn during the busy upcoming Christmas season.
Nat Shepherd has no desire to come home for Christmas. After her beloved mother and brother died when she was a teenager and her grief-stricken father abandoned the family, she left home for college and never looked back. Her sister,...
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"To the tourists and summer residents, Kentwater County is a picturesque community of small-town charm, fruitful farmland, and gorgeous freshwater beaches. To middle-aged widow Isabel Puddles, it's where she enjoys breakfast every morning at a local café with her childhood best friend and spends her evenings cozying up with a good book and her devoted Jack Terrier, Jackpot. In between, Isabel makes ends meet through a variety of trades - preserving...
26) The edge
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2023.
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A Brutal Murder: Retired from the Army's most prestigious special ops force, Travis Devine is now part of an elite undercover team in Homeland Security. But when he's brought in by DC Emerson Campbell to investigate the murder of a young woman, he quickly learns that this case is more personal than most. A Small Town: Four days earlier Jennifer Silkwell was found dead on the rocks of the Maine coastline. A high ranking analyst for the CIA, she had...
27) The best of me
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Ruby Butterman and her husband, Peanut, cannot have children, but they're given a second chance at a family when eight-year-old orphan Carlie is left in their care. It's a challenge for Carlie to adapt to a new town, a new school, and a new family, and when she gets bullied at school, Ruby and Peanut discover how to step up as parents, and how to make a forever family for their beloved little girl.
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[2023]
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"As a successful film liaison, Elisha Rowe has her heart set on one thing and one thing only: putting her hometown back on the map. So, when she gets the chance to secure the long-hoped-for sequel to Sleighbells under Starlight, a beloved holiday movie, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, that includes claiming to have already gotten permission to film at the historic Christmas house—permission...
29) A bread factory
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[2019]
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In part one, after 40 years of running a community arts center, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple come to town and build an enormous complex down the street. Part two revolves around rehearsals for the Greek play, Hecuba, but the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers.
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Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and TJ Klune, this humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community, and finally experience his life's great adventure...--
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[2016]
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English
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The Rose family's dreams of escaping their town are suddenly thwarted when the town's potential buyer succumbs to a diabetic coma. It's now clear that their stay in this simple setting will be much longer than they ever imagined. Faced with this horrific truth, the Roses must do the only thing they can: change the town from within.
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2020.
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"In this haunting novel, a young nurse forms an unlikely connection with the elderly man she cares for, and finds herself confronting the guilt she carries from her past. Marguerite Demers is twenty-five when she leaves Paris for the sleepy southern village of Saint Sulpice to take up a job as a live-in nurse. Her charge is Jerome Lanvier -- once one of the most powerful men in the village, now dying alone in his large and secluded house surrounded...
33) All is bright
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"Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her father's firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker. The former pro baseball player is still healing from the physical and emotional scars after a plane crash left him a wheelchair-using single dad, and he's determined not to let anyone breach his emotional defenses. Sage knows her work on Mason's new home in Hope's Crossing is her best work yet, and she won't let her...
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2021.
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"Boutique owner Sophie Daniels certainly isn't looking to adopt a dog the day veterinarian Chase Lewis convinces her to take in Comet. A rambunctious puppy with a broken leg may not be the best choice for a first-time pet owner. And house calls from the handsome doctor--her high school sweetheart who's just moved back to Sweetwater Springs--may not be the best choice for her heart either. Chase has come home to help his nephew but finds that he's...
35) Bayou beloved
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2023.
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Jayna Cardet returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou to practice law, but when her first case pits her against her high school crush, attorney Quaid Havery, she is stunned when he wants to get to know her, and so begins a courtship destined to end in a wedding or a war.
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[2020]
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Created by and starring Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, this irreverent, character-driven comedy centers on the 'reversal of fortune' story of the once filthy-rich Rose family. Suddenly finding themselves broke, the Roses are forced to rebuild their empire in a small town they once purchased as a joke. As the years go on, we see them thrive in a place they begin to call home, ready to take their personal relationships, business pursuits and, for some,...
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[2020]
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English
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Created by and starring Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, this irreverent, character-driven comedy centers on the 'reversal of fortune' story of the once filthy-rich Rose family. Suddenly finding themselves broke, the Roses are forced to rebuild their empire in a small town they once purchased as a joke. As the years go on, we see them thrive in a place they begin to call home, ready to take their personal relationships, business pursuits and, for some,...
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[2022]
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English
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Rutherford Falls is an idyllic small town until lifelong best friends Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells discover their quiet community sits on a powder keg of problems. When the mayor makes a simple proposal to move a crash-causing statue, she inadvertently initiates a crazy chain reaction of mayhem. The two friends suddenly find themselves clashing with a casino CEO, their town's cultural heritage, and one weird resident after another in this quirky...
39) The Winners
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"Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place...
40) A sweet mess
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"Aubrey Choi loves living in her small town nestled in the foothills of California, running her highly successful bakery away from the watch of her strict Korean parents. When a cake mix-up and a harsh review threaten all of her hard work and her livelihood, she never thought the jaded food critic would turn out to be her one-night stand. And she sure as hell never thought she'd see the gorgeous Korean hunk again. But when Landon Kim waltzes into...
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