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The Unlit Lamp (1924) is a novel by Radclyffe Hall. After publishing several collections of poems, Hall turned to fiction in 1924 with two successful novels. The Unlit Lamp is the story of a young woman with an unhappy home life who falls in love with an older teacher and dreams of moving to London to become a doctor. Despite her independent spirit, Joan struggles to escape the clutches of her controlling mother. "Mrs. Ogden put her hand up to her...
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The Rainbow Cedar is the journey of one woman struggling with the loss of love and commitment from one, and the possibility of finding it all again with someone new.
As interior designer Jay Burns watches her long-term relationship slowly unravel, she runs into-literally-landscape designer Drew Montgomery. As their paths cross, both professionally and personally, a friendship develops, one they each try to maintain despite the obvious attraction...
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Since her ex-lover left her hurt and humiliated, carpenter Kasey Hollander has been determined to play it safe. Owner of a successful renovation company, she hires accountant Connie Bradford - who has just ended a relationship with her boyfriend - to do the books. And the two hit it off!
8) Hood
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A tale of grief and lust, frustration and hilarity, death and family
Penelope O'Grady and Cara Wall are risking disaster when, like teenagers in any intolerant time and place-here, a Dublin convent school in the late 1970s-they fall in love. Yet Cara, the free spirit, and Pen, the stoic, craft a bond so strong it seems as though nothing could sever it: not the bickering, not the secrets, not even Cara's infidelities.
But thirteen years on, a car...
9) Dream lover
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Jo Creighton's life was in tatters. All she had to show for the last ten years was a failed marriage and trampled self-esteem. She'd been a naive fool who believed in fairy tales and true love.
Gathering the last remnants of her resolve Jo decides to make a clean break, get away, find the person she used to be. So she takes leave from work and escapes to the mountains where she's sure the clean, fresh air will clear the negativity, the fuzzy cobwebs...
10) The wild one
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Widow Rachel Weston's life is a constant juggle between raising her two children and managing her landscaping business. As a single mum she didn't need any drama upsetting her world. It's bad enough that she can't find suitable staff, but the latest gossip throws her into a panic.
Quinn Farrelly, the Wild One, has returned. No one expected her to come home after her release from prison, but it seems she has. And she's even more attractive now.
Memories...
13) Just like that
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Syrah Ardani tried independence-but the call of the Napa Valley hills and rolling vineyards of her family's winery have brought her home again. She is content with her ordered world until she learns that her father's feckless management has put Ardani Vineyards into receivership.
Corporate turnaround specialist Toni Blanchard's arrival is preceded by tales of her slash-and-burn techniques. Determined to meet this soulless corporate raider head on,...
14) Car pool
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Car pool heaven turns into car pool hell when Anthea Rossignole realizes her lover is having an affair with the other woman sharing their daily commute. Now shes looking for someone to share the long drive. When Shay and Anthea begin carpooling together, they find that first impressions of each other dont bode well, and second impressions dont improve their chemistry much. But when Shay uncovers alarming test results in her work information that...
15) Mirrors
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They both have dedication. Passion. Commitment. No wonder Jean and Shayna are best friends. Jean Carson is a teacher, striving to make a difference to her students. Shayna Bradley is an attorney, determined to help lesbian mothers keep their kids. Shayna has her life under control, has things just how she likes it: her own law practice and a girlfriend and, always, her best friend Jean. For Jean, it's different. There's always Shayna. There are her...
16) Coyote sky
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Kate Winters, author of the popular mystery series The Masters, finds herself in a bit of a predicament-she doesn't seem to be able to write any longer. So when her old friend and wealthy widow Brenda invites Kate to spend the summer in Coyote, New Mexico, Kate decides that a summer in Coyote might be just what she needs to clear her writer's block.
Leaving behind the Dallas heat-and her girlfriend, Robin-Kate retreats to the high mountain desert...