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At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville, Washington, a tiny hamlet at the edge of the raging Pacific. She's come home. Home to a place she thought she'd left forever, home of her heart and memories, but not her future. Ten years ago, Caroline launched a career in the glamorous fashion world of Manhattan. But her success in New York imploded on a wave of scandal and tragedy, forcing her to flee to the only safe place she knows....
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"Three plucky women lift the spirits of homefront brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration-even at weddings-in this heartwarming novel based on true events, from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades...
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Sew Zoey volume 3
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Zoey sews special dresses for her friends to wear at the big dance, but then she gets an invitation to be a guest judge on her favorite reality show, and it just happens to be on the same night as the dance!
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When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina's eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.
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Abbey Chandler needs a new start and a place to escape, so Hideaway Grove, where she spent her childhood summers, seems like a perfect choice. Once there, she takes up a rewarding new hobby--but also gets tangled up in a hit-and-run homicide... Abbey has barely arrived in the quaint, quiet town of Hideaway Grove before things turn from blissful to bloody--as the new librarian is mowed down by a car. The only witness on the scene isn't much help, aside...
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 11
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"...when a group arrives at SewTastic to work on a project, a loud and argumentative guest pushes everyone's buttons. And when she winds up dead in Rose's project room - strangled by a sewing machine power cord - it's up to Tori and the gang to stitch together the clues..."--Back cover.
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Sew Zoey volume 10
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"Zoey's aunt lets Zoey in on a very big secret: She and her fiancé are throwing a surprise wedding! She asks Zoey to make the wedding dress and be a junior bridesmaid. Zoey is so excited about the wedding she could burst--but can't say a word to anyone except her dad and Marcus. At school, Zoey has some new sewing competition: A boy in her new Home Economics unit is sewing circles around her, and is a strong competitor for a class sewing contest....
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Walnut Creek volume 3
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"Shelley Shepard Gray weaves a moving and unforgettable exploration of love and friendship. The tragic and untimely death of an old friend has made Elizabeth Anne rethink not only her priorities but her courtship with David, her longtime neighbor and suitor. Though he's Mennonite like herself and has her parents' approval, she feels that a spark is missing. Desperate for a change, she breaks things off -- wondering if, perhaps, she's the one who's...
9) Seams deadly
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"Lydia Barnes is excited for a fresh start when she moves to the quaint mountain town of Peridot, Georgia. Her friend, Fran, offers her a job at the Measure Twice fabric store and even sets her up on a date with the handsome Brandon Ivey, who also happens to be Lydia’s new next-door neighbor. Finally, things are looking up. But after a disaster first date that ends with a fist bump instead of a kiss, Lydia doesn’t think her night can get any worse....
10) Wedding duress
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 10
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Tori is ecstatic to become Mrs. Milo Wentworth in a few days, but she has a lot to do before she sashays down the aisle. Favors need to be sewn, vows need to be written--and a mystifying murder needs to be solved. When Beatrice, a fellow member of the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle, learns that her former nanny took a fatal fall in her new employers' home, she suspects the death was not an accident. Now Tori's spending her last days as a...
11) Let it sew
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 7
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Down south, the holidays mean family - and for Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair, family means the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle. It may not be a white Christmas, but it's one she'll never forget, no matter how hard she tries. Instead of spending a nice, relaxing Christmas with her fiancé, Tori Sinclair has been drafted into Sweet Briar's holiday decorating committee. And the season has brought sad tidings as well: Charlotte Devereaux, a...
12) Sew deadly
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 1
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The rules of South Carolina's Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle are hard and fast, and the new Yankee librarian, Tori Sinclair, has a lot of catching up to do. She'll also need a Northern-to-Southern dictionary -- and a way to clear her name of murder! Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, librarian Tori Sinclair has been the talk of the tiny town. But she's been so busy at work, winning over the sewing circle, and trying to...
13) Death threads
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The members of South Carolina's Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle enjoy their gossip, and new Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair gave then plenty to talk about. But Tori has finally cut through their southern armor- or so she thinks. Tori is basking in the warmth of her new circle of friends from the sewing circle. That is until local author Colby Calhoun reveals an unflattering secret about the town's historic past- and then disappears, leaving...
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"After setting up a small sewing studio in quaint Hideaway Grove, Abbey Chandler is focused on finding crafty, creative ideas to build up her clientele. But murder can be bad for business... Some of the independent shops in this sleepy town are barely hanging on financially--and that includes Sarah's Sweets, Abbey's aunt's bakery. The shop's advantage--aside from the deliciousness of its products--is the fact that it's the only bakery in the area....
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 8
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When a cantankerous Sweet Briar resident ends up six feet under, the ladies of the sewing circle have to deal with a town full of suspects . . . With the library's budget dwindling, Tori Sinclair is forced to let go of her predecessor, and fellow sewing circle member, Dixie Dunn. After losing her job a second time, Dixie decides to volunteer for Home Fare, delivering meals to the homebound. Less than a week after Dixie starts, her client Clyde Montgomery...
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 12
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"Librarian Tori Sinclair and the ladies of the Southern Sewing Circle rally to help one of their members catch a killer when her son is targeted as the prime suspect in the murder of his business partner, who had been a long-time rival of his"--
In Sweet Briar, South Carolina, high school football stars Jake Davis and Noah Madden were fierce rivals. Twenty years later the dueling quarterbacks haven't lost their luster. So townsfolk are surprised...
17) Deadly notions
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 4
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When one of the town's most insufferable moms is murdered, the Sweet Briar Ladies Society sewing circle finds itself fraying at the seams.
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First Tori Sinclair's predecessor -- who wasn't keen on retiring in the first place -- indicates that she's going to make some wonderful changes when she substitutes at the library so Tori can help a friend in the hospital. Then Tori nearly flatlines herself when she watches a woman go into cardiac arrest at the hospital. The woman is Vera, her philandering ex-fiancé, Jeff's, great-aunt. Tori does what she must: she calls Jeff to let him know about...
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Southern sewing circle mysteries volume 3
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After a devastating storm ravages Sweet Briar, the folks in town are busy cleaning up the damage. Tori Sinclair, the Yankee librarian, has her hands full at the library, but when she hears that fellow Sewing Circle member Rose's house was heavily hit, she and the other ladies offer to help out. But Rose assures them that her former student, Kenny Murdock, will be doing her repairs as soon as he finishes up next door at Martha Jane Barker's house....
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"Tori Sinclair has found a sense of home with the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle. During their get-togethers, she can relax with her sewing and listen in on Sweet Briar's latest gossip. Bet when the town is chosen to be the setting of Warren Shoemaker's movie, the sewing circle gets cought up in bigger drama. With dreams of stardom, everyone is hoping to be cast as an extra - which lucky Tori is. But fame has its price, as they learn when...
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