Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $22.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-55166-811-6
Set in the suburban town of Willow Grove, Calif., Macomber's latest (after Always Dakota) follows the friendship of four women who meet at the Mocha Moments cafe every Thursday morning. For the new year, Clare Craig, Liz Kenyon, Julia Murchison...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $6.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-830-7
As a family court judge, Olivia Lockhart has dealt with numerous divorce suits but none as peculiar as Cecilia and Ian Randall's. Before the young couple was married the year before, Cecilia and Ian signed a prenuptial agreement stating their...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-55166-841-3
The fictional town of Buffalo Valley, which was the setting for Macomber's Dakota trilogy (Always Dakota,
etc.), faces a new hurdle at Christmastime in this fourth volume. Recently discharged after seven years in the army, Vaughn Kyle arrives...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $22.95 (332p) ISBN 978-1-55166-905-2
The prolific Macomber follows up Thursdays at Eight
with this scrapbook-style novel, which relies solely on letters, newspaper clippings, diary entries and even school essays to tell the story of a friendship spanning more than half a century. Born
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $7.50 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-929-8
Life goes on in the small coastal town of Cedar Cove, Wash., as real life does everywhere—with small dramas and personal epiphanies—in this sedate slice-of-life drama. The last time readers visited Cedar Cove in Macomber's 16...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $14.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-55166-944-1
Prolific, bestselling romance novelist Macomber offers fans a stocking stuffer for the Christmas season. Twenty-eight-year-old workaholic Noelle McDowell takes a rare vacation from her high-powered computer company in Dallas to come home to...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-55166-690-7
Macomber (Between Friends; Navy Wife) covers familiar emotional ground in an unusual setting, giving readers a glimpse of life in a Minneapolis convent. In the early 1960s, three young women find themselves taking vows: Angelina Marcello, answering...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $14.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-55166-736-2
Prolific Macomber puts a new twist on the smalltown romance with this lightweight Christmas caper, which takes place in the one-woman town of Snowbound, Alaska. Despite having a population of only seven, Snowbound has a cafe, a grocery, an airstrip...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $19.95 (344p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2044-9
A Seattle knitting store brings together four very different women in this earnest tale about friendship and love. Lydia Hoffman, a two-time cancer survivor, opens the shop A Good Yarn as a symbol of the new life she plans to lead. She starts a...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $7.50 (377p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2073-9
The books in Macomber's contemporary Cedar Cove series are like a box of assorted Krispy Kremes: light and fluffy but irresistibly delicious and addictive. In this fourth entry, Peggy and Bob Beldon, owners of the Thyme & Tide B&B, are...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $14.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2090-6
Christmas travel calamities lead to cross-country romances in bestseller Macomber's latest, a treacly but well-told story that begins when widowed Washington State teacher Emily Springer engineers a house-swap with Boston history professor...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $19.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2144-6
Macomber revisits the cozy Seattle yarn store of 2004's The Shop on Blossom Street
in another heartfelt tale of crafts and camaraderie. After a slow beginning, this sequel clips along satisfyingly, as shop owner Lydia, a cancer survivor, and...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $14.95 (284p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2225-2
A smalltown Washington reporter learns to love fruitcake in Macomber's chick-lit take on A Christmas Carol
. Emma Collins ("kinda cute in an uptight sort of way") hopes that writing obituaries and selling ads for the Puyallup Examiner
...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $23.95 (347p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2302-0
Bestselling author Macomber (There's Something About Christmas
) explores the intricate dynamics of family with sincerity and wit in this well-crafted novel. At 50, Seattleite Susannah Nelson is unsatisfied with her American dream: she's got
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $7.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2334-1
The aftermath of a fire at the Lighthouse restaurant and the search for an arsonist spark the sixth volume of smalltown drama set in Macomber's fictional Washington town of Cedar Cove (after 50 Harbor Street
). Justine and Seth Gunderson, the...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $16.95 (269p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2349-5
Katherine O'Connor, a Seattle medical transcriptionist, has a booming sideline business, writing other people's Christmas letters. A run-in with Dr. Wynn Jeffries, however,ruins her holiday cheer. Katherine's sister is a devotee of...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $24.95 (393p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2451-5
Women who share a love of knitting support each other through the vicissitudes of life in Macomber's unsurprising third novel set on Seattle's fictional Blossom Street. Lydia Goetz, the proprietor of the knitting store (and series anchor) A...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . FaithWords $22.99 (220p) ISBN 978-0-446-58087-8
B
estselling novelist Macomber ventures into nonfiction as she encourages Christian women of faith to knit themselves into God's purpose for their lives. Just as many of her novels (A Good Yarn
; The Shop on Blossom Street
) feature knitting...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $7.99 (410p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2485-0
Macomber’s bestselling multigenerational series returns (following 6 Rainier Drive
), interweaving drama and romance from all corners of fictional Cedar Cove, Wash. The focus this go-round is international chess champion Bobby Polgar and his...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $16.95 (296p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2515-4
Archangel Gabriel and his three mischievous Prayer Ambassadors—Shirley, Goodness and Mercy—lend their celestial aid to three needy Christmas cases. Harry Alderwood, 86, prays that his increasingly forgetful wife, Rosalie, will agree to...
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $24.95 (360p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2550-5
Macomber returns to Seattle's fictional Blossom Street of A Good Yarn
(and others) for a hopeful tale of four widows who meet at 38-year-old Anne Marie Roche's bookstore. Separated from her husband after he refused to have a baby with her,
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2643-4
Macomber adds a tear-jerking installment to the Blossom Street series with this account of lives intersecting at the series-hinging yarn store, A Good Yarn. Upbeat cancer survivor Lydia and her pragmatic sister, Margaret, start a “Knit to Quit&
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Debbie Macomber, Author . S&S/Howard $22.99 (216p) ISBN 978-1-4391-0893-2
Macomber, one of today’s leading fiction writers with more than 100 million books in print, walks a new path with this nonfiction title. “I’ve just got to share the news,” she says of her book on generosity. “Intentional
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Debbie Macomber, Author . Mira $24.95 (412p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2780-6
Macomber (Summer on Blossom Street
) delves into a Seattle widower's pursuit of love in her hopeful latest. Hannah Everett dies at 36 of ovarian cancer, leaving behind a letter for her pediatrician husband, Michael Everett, to be opened on the...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Mira $16.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2591-8
Mary Jo Wyse, the protagonist of this trite little throwaway, is extremely pregnant. She sets out for Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve to hunt down her child's delinquent dad, David. Hot on her trail are her three overprotective brothers (the three Wyse...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Avon $7.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-108309-9
Readers put off by the raunchy sexual appetites and morals of some contemporary romance protagonists will enjoy this story of a lonely young widow who slowly gets under the skin of a misogynist mercenary until he discovers that love is the best...
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Debbie Macomber, S&S/Howard, $23 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4391-0896-3
New York Times bestselling author Macomber—with more than 100 million books in print—started out with a list of 30 people she wanted to meet. Yet she was often disappointed when she met them. "I had misplaced my admiration," she writes. That's when...
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Debbie Macomber, Author HarperCollins Publishers $5.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-108184-2
Macomber ( Morning Comes Softly ) borrows heavily from It's a Wonderful Life while following three kooky angels on Christmastime missions to earth. Mercy's weakness for machinery has led to escapades with motor scooters and escalators; she is...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Harlequin Books $6.99 (379p) ISBN 978-1-55166-434-7
Well-developed emotions and appealing characters help freshen this familiar contemporary of an embittered cowboy, a wary divorcee, a rebellious teenager, a ranch in trouble and--oh, yes--a hooker with a heart of gold. After learning that her beloved
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Debbie Macomber, Author Silhouette Books $6.99 (376p) ISBN 978-0-373-48352-5
Three college classmates meet at their 15th reunion to discover that their lives have taken unexpected twists. Upon graduation, each planned to marry, but was betrayed by the man she trusted. Each in turn relates the story of her heartbreak, her...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Mira Books $6.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-602-0
Buffalo Valley's depressed economy has taken a turn toward recovery in this second installment in Macomber's trilogy set in contemporary North Dakota. Buffalo Bob's bar is flourishing, Rachel's weekend pizza delivery has become a full-fledged...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Mira Books $12.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-55166-613-6
Macomber's name sells books, and her newest title doesn't let readers down. Sometimes the best things come in small packages. Such is the case here, as Macomber returns readers to Promise, Tex., a small ranching town filled with loving, friendly...
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Debbie Macomber, Author Mira Books $6.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-55166-800-0
A multifaceted tale of romance and deceit, the final installment of Macomber's Dakota trilogy (Dakota Born, Dakota Home) oozes with country charm and a strong sense of community spirit. Thanks to the arrival of enterprising newcomers, the once...
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Debbie Macomber. Mira, $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2983-1
Perennial bestseller Macomber serves up another heartwarming entry in her popular Blossom Street series (Hannah's List, Summer on Blossom Street). Bethanne Hamlin's ex-husband, Grant, wants them to reunite, but Bethanne isn't sure she can ever trust
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Debbie Macomber. Howard, $22.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4391-9059-3
In this slim volume, part memoir and part inspirational tract, megaselling romance novelist Macomber (Cedar Cove series) explores her lifelong practice of choosing a single word each year to study, meditate on, and incorporate into daily religious...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $26 (338p) ISBN 978-0-345-52881-0
Macomber’s latest (after The Inn at Rose Harbor) is a by-the-numbers tale of midlife crisis and renewal. High-powered attorney Libby Morgan has abandoned her friends and marriage in order to make partner at her firm. One morning, in the sixth year...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $18 (226p) ISBN 978-0-345-52889-6
Contemporary romance queen Macomber (Rose Harbor in Bloom) hits the sweet spot with this tender tale of impractical love. Newspaper reporter Carrie Slayton is sick of covering Chicago society events, so she hops on a plane to the Alaskan bush,...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-0-553-39113-8
Prolific author Macomber’s mastery of women’s fiction is evident in her latest (following Blossom Street Brides). Jo Marie Rose is the proprietor of Rose Harbor Inn, a bed-and-breakfast in Cedar Cove, Wash. Jo Marie has been taking solace in her...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-553-39183-1
Macomber's consummate writing craft shines in this conclusion to the Rose Harbor series (after Silver Linings), set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Jo Marie, the innkeeper at the Rose Harbor Inn, resumes dating after her boyfriend, Mark,...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $20 (288p) ISBN 978-0-553-39173-2
Christmas is approaching in bestseller Macomber’s latest holiday contemporary (after Dashing Through the Snow), and Julia Padden has barely enough time for all her holiday activities: she’s working full-time at Macy’s, she volunteers at a Boys and...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (384p) ISBN 978-0-553-39196-1
Macomber (A Girl’s Guide to Moving On) continues her New Beginnings series with two parallel stories of love almost lost. New-to-town music teacher Beth and mechanic Sam don’t hit it off immediately when their mutual friends Nichole and Rocco set...
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Debbie Macomber, read by Emily Beresford. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, 8 hrs., $14.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-6540-6
Originally published in 1997, Macomber's romance traces the lives of three women who reconnect at their 15-year class reunion. The last they knew, all of them were engaged to be married and ready to live happily ever after. However, things didn't...
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Debbie Macomber, Author, Mary Lou Carney, Author, Vincent Nguyen, Illustrator , illus. by Vincent Nguyen. HarperCollins $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-165093-2
Young Cameron is counting on Grandma Susan to come through with a cool gift for his birthday. Instead, he gets a hideous sweater—one that defies all the boy's attempts at eradication (including donating it to the church rummage sale and...
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Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, and Christina Skye, Mira, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2937-4
In this uplifting anthology, Macomber (Between Friends), Mallery (Someone Like You), and Skye (Bound by Dreams) spin three yarns related to a passion for knitting and accompanied by appropriate knitting patterns. In "The Twenty-First Wish," 10-year-o
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $21 (256p) ISBN 978-1-984818-81-2
A Christmas visit home becomes complicated when a letter to Santa gets involved in this sweet and simple holiday romance from bestseller Macomber (Jingle All the Way). Graphic designer Lindy Carmichael is fresh off a devastating breakup with her...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-984818-78-2
Bestseller Macomber (Cottage by the Sea) wows with this heartwarming romance between middle-aged divorcées. Six years after Julia Jones’s divorce from her husband of 31 years, Julia, now approaching her 60th birthday, is “easing into retirement.”...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-399-18119-1
Venerable romance author Macomber’s latest inspirational novel suffers from uninspired, generic plotting. The paint-by-numbers narrative, set in Seattle, is divided between Shay Benson, whose embezzlement on her brother’s behalf sent her to prison...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $20 (272p) ISBN 978-1-984818-75-1
Bestseller Macomber (A Walk Along the Beach) delivers a sweet Christmas story about a driven female executive and the easygoing naturalist who sweeps her off her feet. Chicagoan Everly Lancaster, the co-founder of a thriving real estate company, is...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-399-18136-8
Macomber (Window on the Bay) scores another home run with this surprisingly heavy but uplifting contemporary romance between a café owner and a photographer. Coffee shop owner Willa Lakey hasn’t had it easy: her mother died of a brain aneurysm when...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-60055-9
Bestseller Macomber (The Best Is Yet to Come) delivers exactly the type of sweet and squeaky clean small-town romance that fans expect. Four years after Joan Sample’s beloved husband died suddenly from an aneurysm, the 54-year-old widow is still...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $22 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-50010-1
Bestseller and Hallmark Channel stalwart Macomber (Dear Santa) does it again with a candy cane–sweet holiday romance about two friends who swap lives for a week before Christmas. Framed as a true story told by a grandmother to her two young...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-984818-84-3
Fan favorite Macomber (It’s Better This Way) brings sweetness and sensitivity to this weighty military family romance. After teacher Hope Goodwin’s beloved twin, Hunter, dies in Afghanistan, Hope escapes her native California for a small coastal...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $20 (256p) ISBN 978-0-399-18128-3
Macomber (Cottage by the Sea) brings her signature charm to this appealing tale of an aspiring chef and a taciturn, small-town sword maker. When lifelong Seattleite Josie Avery takes a short-term cooking job in remote Ponder, Alaska, she’s simply...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-18125-2
Macomber’s vivid standalone novel focuses on a tragedy that changes one woman’s life. When Annie Marlow loses her parents, brother, sister-in-law, and niece in a mudslide in Washington State, the guilt and pain she feels is almost unbearable. After...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $20 (272p) ISBN 978-0-399-18122-1
Macomber’s heartfelt, cheerful, and almost entirely predictable holiday contemporary finds a bit of freshness in shopworn romance tropes. Merry Knight is finishing up a year of temp work at the Matterson Consulting Firm as the holidays approach. She
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $20 (272p) ISBN 978-0-399-18139-9
This faith-filled holiday tale has little romance but plenty of Christmas spirit. After many failed attempts to get pregnant, Laurel McCullough has finally given up hope, although her husband, Zach, believes it will one day happen. Laurel’s...
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Debbie Macomber. Ballantine, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-399-18133-7
Macomber (Cottage by the Sea) hits all the standard beats in this formulaic standalone double romance. University of Washington college buddies Jenna Boltz and Maureen Zelinski are now empty nesters and long since divorced. They are encouraged by...
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