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It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: waking up in a strange room, with injuries, a new name and hair color, and being told by an undercover …
Emerald Lodge was bought by Jane Weber’s grandparents and she’s summered at the lake house all her life. Now she’s in her 80s, enjoying …
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In 1903 Oxford, Lilian “Lily” Delaney runs a bookbinding shop and bookstore with her business partner and mentor, John Caxton. At home, her boyfriend, …