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2013.
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Recently divorced, Ellen McClarety has opened a bake shop in her small Midwestern town, hoping to turn her life around with the traditional Danish pastry called kringle. Her younger sister, Lanie, a successful divorce attorney with a baby at home, is beginning to feel that her perfect life is not as perfect as it seems. As close as two sisters can be, both women long for the guidance of their mother, who died years ago.
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"Maddie is hoping to have some downtime during Daybreak Island's off-season to tackle her to-do list. Her grandfather's house-turned-cat-café is under construction and she's also scoping out places to open a juice bar on the island. On top of that, her relationship with adorable dog groomer Lucas has taken a pawsitive turn. But easy is getting harder every day for Maddie, especially when a big-name writer who's on the island working on a new project...
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"The holiday season on Daybreak Island is a mixed bag for Maddie James. On the one hand, her Christmas spirit is in the doghouse after a break-up. On the other, she's busy enough that she doesn't have to pretend to be merry. Business at her cat café is booming, and Maddie's care-taking of a feral cat colony in one of the area's wealthiest communities only helps her bottom line. But tensions between the homeowners and animal activists are escalating...
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Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lost their husbands but found independence - and, in each other, a life raft of support, inspiration, fresh baked goods, and their own business. But when the Cackleberry Club cafe opened its doors in the town of Kindred, who'd have guessed that the three women would be working a double shift as amateur sleuths? When Suzanne stops by the local funeral home to deliver a pie to funeral director Ozzie Driesden, she discovers him...
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Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day: When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan's country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie's hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa the dog? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly-sweet murder ...
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene...
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"Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv, the orc barbarian, cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen. However, her dreams of a fresh start filling mugs instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune's shady underbelly...
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"Devil's Beach is percolating with a hot murder case, and reporter-turned-barista Lana Lewis could be the next to get beaned in Tara Lush's third Coffee Lover's mystery, perfect for fans of Cleo Coyle and Lucy Burdette. Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil's Beach island, Florida. She's juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying the company of her best friend,...
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"When Paige Danvers isn't managing events for the Whitman Street Cat Caf©♭, she is busy navigating dating disasters as a single woman in Brooklyn. Urged by her boss and best friend Lauren to find a distraction from ineffectual dating apps, Paige volunteers with a cat rescue organization, where she actually meets a guy with some real relationship potential. Recent law school grad Josh Harlow is putting in long hours at a Manhattan law firm as he...
50) Ground up
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Light streams through the windows as the espresso machine roars; a gorgeous, rich scent fills the air; and witty conversation unspools over the porcelain cups.
That's the café dream. Mark and Nina are about to experience the reality. Determined to re-create the perfect Viennese coffeehouse, they descend on New York's gritty but hip Lower East Side to educate the locals on authentic café culture. Soon Mark and Nina are in a downward spiral that...
51) Leaving November
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Howard Books
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[2007]
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English
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There's one thing she's vowed to never abide in a man … could the horrible rumors be true? Is her life repeating itself? Eight years ago, Vienne Kenney moved away from Clayburn and all its gossip to pursue a law degree in California. But now she has failed the bar exam again. Is she destined to be stuck forever, a failure-just like her father-in this tiny Kansas town? Nine months ago, Jackson Linder left Clayburn with no explanation to anybody....
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Harlequin Love Inspired Books
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[2015]
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English
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"Lily Rogers begins her job as temporary nanny of Peyton to earn enough for a plane ticket to L.A., but then Lily begins to have feelings for Peyton's uncle, coffee shop owner Blake Stonely. As Valentine's Day approaches, Lily is no longer sure of what she wishes her future to hold." --
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Walker & Co
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2009.
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Katrina's kindness to a man she finds sleeping behind her grandmother's coffeehouse leads to a strange reward as Malcolm, who is actually a teenage guardian angel, insists on rewarding her by granting her deepest wish.
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Thorpe, Charnwood
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2017.
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English
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Becca Fletcher has always hated Christmas, but she has her reasons for being 'Little Miss Grinch'. Now, though, she can't avoid her version of ho-ho-hell, because she's travelling to the Comfort Food Caf ťo spend the festive season with her sister Laura and her family. She's expecting mulled wine, twenty-four-hour Christmas movie marathons, and all kinds of very merry torture. Little does Becca know that the Comfort Food Cafe is like no other place...
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Pickles are mentioned in the Bible. Cleopatra ate them as a beauty regimen. Shakespeare put them in his plays. Mason designed jars for bottling them. So did Ball. Did Mason and Ball fight over the King of the Pickle Jars title? I don't know. I did know this much: I used pickles to keep fear, pride, and my love of Jay Wakefield behind a door I would not risk opening again. Even now. Wakefields take what they want. MacBrides never surrender. For nearly...
56) Mocha and murder
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[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
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[2017]
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English
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"Roxanne Bloom becomes entangled in another murder as she puts her sleuthing skills to work in order to prove that Louise Carlton didn't kill Fred Hill over a pet adoption gone wrong. After all, if Louise goes to jail, who is going to find all the animals at Pet Palace a home." --
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Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2022]
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English
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"Life is sweet for Issy Randall, owner of the Cupcake Cafe. Taught how to bake by her beloved late grandfather, she is proudly carrying on the family tradition with her London eatery. Not only is business thriving, the icing on the cupcake is that she also happens to be head over heels in love. Plus she's surrounded and supported by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline don't seem quite as upbeat about the upcoming season...
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[Tonya Kappes]
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[2016]
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English
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"Gossip in Honey Springs is as hot at the coffee served at Roxy Bloom's the Bean Hive Coffeehouse. Roxy has her hands full with the opening of the new coffeehouse. But when her Aunt Maxi is accused of murdering The Crooked Cat book store owner, Alexis Roarke who was holding one of The Bean Hive's pastries, Roxy has to uncover who is behind the murder not only to save her shop, her aunt, but her life." --
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[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
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[2017]
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English
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"The holidays have arrived, and nothing is going to steal the joy of Roxanne Bloom's first Christmas in Honey Springs. The town's annual Christmas in the Park is underway and includes a Christmas Pawrade that'll help the furry residents at Pet Palace get a home for Christmas. It's not the four-legged creatures that steal the show, it's the pair of legs sticking out from the Christmas tree lighting ceremony that has all the town talking The suspects...
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[Tonya Kappes?]
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[2018?]
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English
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"Meet Roxanne Bloom, ex-lawyer and who likes to be called Roxy by her close friends. She's the owner and operator of the The Bean Hive coffee shop in Honey Springs, Kentucky. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of coffee beans, the cozy coffee shop becomes an all-out-crime scene and everyone in the small town is hankering for some good gossip. Sheriff Spencer warns her to be careful because everyone is a suspect. Roxy's snooping...
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