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66) Awful nice
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"When two brothers take a road trip to fix up the lake house they inherit, they find themselves in for the time of their lives. Deep in Branson, Missouri, they party with the Russian mob, run into questionable business associates, and hang out with a schitzo waitress-- all while fighting each other as well. If they can survive it all, maybe only then can they enjoy the trip"--Container.
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Sarah Moriarty's debut is a portrait of the family scars and faults passed along the generations, brilliantly capturing life on the Maine coastline, where time seems to stand still even as the waters never stop moving. On an island in Maine, four siblings arrive at their sprawling, old summer place for the Fourth of July. It's the Willoughbys' first summer without their parents, and their beloved house is falling apart. When a substantial offer is...
72) Cardinal cabin
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"Frank Lombardo's never been spontaneous. The closest he's come was accepting a side job chopping firewood for a lakeside community of rustic cabins. But with another lonely holiday season imminent, Frank's sister urges him to be spontaneous because, seriously, who does he ever expect to meet out in the woods? With a suitcase in hand and a bit of reluctance, too, Penny Hart arrives at Cardinal Cabin on Snowflake Lake. It's only for a brief stay,...
75) The inheritance
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"I thought he took my secret to the grave. But the truth can't stay buried forever... In the wake of my darling husband's death, I am so lucky to have my three beautiful, grown-up daighters by my side at our holiday home in Scotland. We need some time together, to recover from the shock. but I also need to set some things straight about their beloved father... I've always known this house was the perfect place to bury secrets - remote, isolated, surrounded...
77) The first wife
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"I moved closer to the little girl, afraid that our voices would be caught by the monitor. 'What happened to you, Lucy? Can you tell me?' When Sophie's life falls apart, she accepts an invitation from a childhood friend, Caroline, to visit her family's beautiful beach house, situated at the mouth of an isolated cove, miles from the nearest town. The silence is broken only by the rhythmic crash of the waves against the jagged black rocks below. But...
79) Suddenly dating
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When Lola Dunne's friend offers the use of her summer home overlooking Lake Haven, the aspiring writer sees the chance to focus on herself for a change. Engineer Harry Westbrook is waiting for his ship to come in... and nursing a heartache... when his pal extends an invite to his lake house in East Beach. When it turns out that their friends are a divorcing, not-on-speaking-terms couple sparring over the same house, the strangers find themselves accidental...