Novak, Brenda
Summary: "Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop ... And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband's return? She can only trust her heart and hope...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: When Serenity Alston discovers she has two half sisters through 23andMe, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. Meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NOVNovak, Brenda.
Summary: Claire O'Toole's mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago. That was big news in Pineview, Montana, the kind of town where nothing much ever happens. Then, last year, Claire's husband, David, died in a freak accident—after launching his own investigation into Alana's disappearance. Is Alana dead? Or did she simply abandon her husband and daughters? Claire is determined to find out—and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2011
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Novak, Brenda
Summary: Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossi's sister, Margot, begs her to come home to Wakefield, Iowa, to help with their ailing mother, Gia knows she has no choice. After her rebellious and at-times-tumultuous teen years, Gia left town with little reason to look back. But she knows Margot's borne the brunt of their mother's care and now it's Gia's turn to help, even if it means...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: Ellen Truesdale isn't here to make friends but to make trouble. She plans to put her father out of business, as payback for his abandoning her. But will her plans be derailed by her father's business partner's charm?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: Trapped alone in her fiancé's family 'cottage' as a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island, Ismay Chalmers, as she prepares for the storm, discovers some disturbing items hidden in a closet that have her questioning everything she knows about the seemingly perfect Windsor family-especially her fiancé.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2024
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3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: After everything she worked for is destroyed, pediatrician Natasha Gray is determined to build a new life. Divorced, bankrupt and suddenly a single mom, she's ready to start over in Silver Springs on her own. She certainly doesn't need help from Mack Amos, the man who's already broken her heart twice. Although Mack has had feelings for Tash since they first met, too many things have stood in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda.
Summary: A shocking betrayal... Riches. Power. An ancient heritage of pride. The Earl of Druridge wanted only for an heir. So when he learned that his wife was carrying another man's child, he was filled with a thirst for vengeance. But he wasn't the one who caused Katherine's death. Or was he? To his horror, he remembers nothing of that dreadful night, when, when their last shocking confrontation ended...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Montlake Romance 2013
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Summary: Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn't sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound--the ominous thump before all went quiet. In the morning, her mother was gone. The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn't sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: When a near-fatal accident leaves her with a debilitating facial scar, a once-promising Hollywood starlet retreats to her producer's Silver Springs estate to house sit where she discovers she has a handsome new roommate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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1 available in Holiday Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: Shackled to her small town, vintage gift shop owner Jane Tanner longs to become a mother before her biological clock ticks out and drunkenly propositions the worst possible candidate, her sister's ex-boyfriend, who is on board until they're soon reminded just how messy life is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2024
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Novak, Brenda
Summary: Mariners Island is barely ten miles long, but when Ivy, Ariana and Cam were teenagers, it was their whole world. Beyond the pristine beaches and iconic lighthouse lies the beautiful old library that belongs to Ivy's family. While that bound Ivy to the island as an adult, Ariana could not leave Mariners behind fast enough. The town holds too many memories. Not only her unrequited feelings for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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Summary: Mariners Island is barely ten miles long, but when Ivy, Ariana and Cam were teenagers, it was their whole world. Beyond the pristine beaches and iconic lighthouse lies the beautiful old library that belongs to Ivy's family. While that bound Ivy to the island as an adult, Ariana could not leave Mariners behind fast enough. The town holds too many memories. Not only her unrequited feelings for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: After a painful divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to the small island off the North Carolina coast where she grew up. Upon finding a box of old photographs, Maisey and her brother Keith begin to uncover distant memories of a little girl who they believe was their sister. Their mother claims there was no sister, but Maisey is convinced there was. So where is she now?
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Novak 2015Novak, Brenda
Summary: Talulah Barclay doesn't like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her great-aunt's estate. As she'd feared, her "runaway bride" reputation is waiting right where she left it, and her ex's best friend, Brant, isn't about to let her slip by unnoticed. Brant...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin MIRA 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: Jada Richardson's life changed forever when she fell for Maddox Richardson back in high school. Her brother is now crippled and she has a young son she is raising on her own. Then Maddox returns to Silver Springs to try to make amends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2019
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Summary: The Seattle police suspect Madison Lieberman's father was the serial killer they call the "Sandpoint Strangler." Madison refuses to believe it. Her father is now dead, and all she wants is the chance to create a new life for herself and her six-year-old child. Then she discovers something in the crawl space beneath her parents' house. Something that makes her question her father's innocence....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin 2012
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Novak, Brenda
Summary: When Harper Devlin's rock star husband leaves her, she takes her two daughters to Silver Springs hoping that her family can heal their broken heart. She finds unexpected comfort after meeting ex-con Tobias Richardson and learning about his own tragic past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2019
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1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: FIC NOVCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: "When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn't know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers. The women decide to dig into the mystery together at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira/Harlequin Enterprises, Limited 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: "Savanna Gray needs a do-over. Her 'perfect' life unraveled when, to her absolute shock, her husband was arrested for attacking three women. With her divorce settled, she takes her two children to Silver Springs to seek refuge between the walls of a farmhouse her late father had planned to renovate. It needs a little TLC, but she's eager to take control of something. Gavin Turner understands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: "The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it's suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn't believe it. Keith bears scars, both physical and emotional, from his childhood, but he's worked hard to overcome the past. After walking away from his mother and her controlling ways five years ago, he's built a new life in LA. He's also accumulated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira Books 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Novak 2016Novak, Brenda.
Summary: After learning that she needs a liver transplant and that her time may be limited, Callie Vanetta decides to move out to her late grandparents' farm, which hasn't worked in years. Callie fears that making the farm operational may be too much work; but things look up when a handsome, mysterious stranger offers to trade work for shelter. What initially seemed like an ideal temporary situation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: A traumatic loss makes Sloane McBride decide to find out the truth behind her mother's mysterious disappearance when she was five. But as Sloane starts digging, the question isn't whether she can uncover what really happened, it's what will remain of her family if she does?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NOVNovak, Brenda
Summary: When Autumn returns to her hometown, she runs into a previous boyfriend and old feelings resurface. But should she hold out hope for the return of her missing husband?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021