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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Banks Follows the life lessons of Jane, from defiant teenager to reluctant career girl, as she makes her way through love, sex, relationships, and workplace perils, prompted by dubious advice from a pop-psych guide to life. Catalog Link |
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How Nancy Drew Saved My Life by Lauren Baratz-Logsted When Charlotte Bell takes a new position in Iceland, working for Ambassador Edgar Rawlings, she, stumbling upon a mystery that is begging to be solved, calls upon the keen skills of detection she has garnered from reading all fifty-six original Nancy Drew books. Catalog Link |
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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding The daily chronicle of a 30-something single English woman who is convinced her life would be perfect if she could lose weight, stop smoking and develop “Inner Poise.” Catalog Link |
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My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle Obsessing about an ex-girlfriend who broke up with him three years earlier, Will Kelly fantasizes about reuniting with Agnes and breaking up with his clingy current girlfriend Martina. Catalog Link |
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Baby Proof by Emily Giffin Having agreed from the start of their relationship that they did not want children, Claudia and Ben find their previously idyllic marriage tested when Ben realizes that he wants to be a father after all. Catalog Link |
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Pen Pals by Olivia Goldsmith Jennifer is smart, sexy woman in a high-powered position on Wall Street. She agrees to take the fall for her boss when he is caught playing fast and loose with the SEC. Jennifer’s fiancĂ© is a well-connected lawyer who is supposed to get her off. Instead she ends up in Jennings Correctional Facility for Women in a whole different world with a lot of well-connected women, including Movita, the crew leader. Catalog Link |
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Jemima J. by Jane Green Plus-sized Jemina Jones struggles with weight, dating, and work issues as she navigates a treacherous world dominated by thinner women. Catalog Link |
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Mr. Maybe by Jane Green Libby Mason has found the almost-perfect guy—Nick is good looking, fun to talk to and great in bed—but he’s always strapped for cash and allergic to commitment. Then there’s Ed—wealthy, longing for stability—but stodgy, awkward, and lousy in bed. It’s the classic story of what happens to a girl when her heart and her head aren’t looking for the same thing. What will Libby do?. Catalog Link |
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Second Chance by Jane Green Reunited by the tragic death of one of their number, a group of former schoolmates works through their shared grief while evaluating the unforeseen ways in which each of their lives have been impacted. Catalog Link |
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The Secret Ingredient by Jane Heller Realizing that her marriage has gone stale, Elizabeth Baskin, a professional perfectionist, finds the solution to her problems in a packet of miracle herbs, which she feels will restore her husband to his former glory. Catalog Link |
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Some Nerve: A Novel by Jane Heller After failing to score an important interview with a reclusive actor, Hollywood magazine reporter Ann Roth returns to her Missouri home only to discover that the actor is in her hometown, where he is using an alias while undergoing heart surgery. Catalog Link |
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Farm Fatale: A Comedy of Country Manors by Wendy Holden Two urban couples seeking the rustic bliss of rural life head for the quaint village of Eight Mile Bottom, a rural utopia populated by eccentric residents, where both couples find a host of romantic complications. Catalog Link |
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Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes When Anna Walsh—who has a job and husband in Manhattan—wakes up in her family’s house in Dublin badly injured and with no memory of what has happened, she returns to New York to find clues to her memory loss. Catalog Link |
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Watermelon by Marian Keyes When her husband, James, leaves her after she delivers her first child, Claire retires to her family in Dublin, where she slowly recovers from the experience, giving James a big surprise when he shows up again. Catalog Link |
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Gucci Gucci Coo by Sue Margolis The proprietor of an ultra-chic, hip London baby boutique, Ruby Gold finds her own life thrown into disarray when her fifty-year-old mother announces that she is pregnant and she stumbles onto evidence of a possible shady baby-brokering ring. Catalog Link |
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The Daddy Clock by Judy Markey Deciding that it is high time he had a baby, semi-famous sportswriter Charlie Feldman asks Lacy Gazzar, the feisty, thirty something advice columnist for his paper, for help, which results in a pregnancy he wants and she does not. Catalog Link |
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Welcome To The Real World by Carole Matthews When she lands a spot on the reality TV show “Fame Game” and becomes the personal assistant to world-famous singer Evan David, Fern Kendal becomes close to her new boss, and, in a twist of fate, is shocked to learn that he is the newest judge on the show. Catalog Link |
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A Tale of Two Sisters by Anna Maxted Heartache, new loves, professional differences, and other mistakes threaten to separate two very different sisters—Cassandra, a clever, charismatic, and successful woman caught in not-so-wonderful marriage, and Lizbet, a plump, plainer dreamer striving to make a name as a journalist. Catalog Link |
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Me vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski Gabby Wolf, torn between two alternate realities when her wish to have it all comes true, plans the perfect wedding to her longtime boyfriend in Phoenix, while flying solo and working at her glamorous new job in New York City, and must decide which life is a dream and which is a reality. Catalog Link |
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The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder by Clare Naylor A former congressional intern who takes a job as second assistant at a powerful Hollywood talent agency, Elizabeth Miller copes with the trials, tribulations, and dirty dealings of the film world. Catalog Link |
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The Romancipation Of Maggie Hunter by Jane Sigaloff Not sure if she is ready to go from “me” to “we” when her almost perfect boyfriend Max asks her to move in with him, commitment-phobic Maggie Hunter wishes Max could be more like her best friend Eliose’s boyfriend, who is allergic to forward planning, and wonders if people really can change. Catalog Link |
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Just Friends by Robyn Sisman Upset by a breakup with her boyfriend, Michael, free-spirited art dealer Freya seeks refuge at her friend Jack’s apartment, but her arrival complicates Jack’s relationship with his new girlfriend, Candace. Catalog Link |
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The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner A collection of short stories that explores the progress of love and relationships over a course of a lifetime, from a teenager coming to terms with her father’s disappearance to a widow accepting two young women into her home. Catalog Link |
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Her by Laura Zigman The romantic relationship between Elise, a graduate student in Washington, D.C., and Donald, an investment banker-turned-teacher, is headed for a storybook wedding until the arrival of Donald’s gorgeous ex-fiancĂ©e, Adrienne. Catalog Link |