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A mysterious accident took the life of Victor, Sandra's husband, which left her under a cloud of suspicion. Determined to leave the town of Paradise, she decides to hire Mike Malloy to renovate her beach house. Mike awakens all her buried dreams. But can he trust a man with unbreakable ties to a community she wants to leave behind? --
2) Ocean Beach
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After arriving in Ocean Beach to renovate an old home, Avery Lawford, her interior designer mother, and some friends discover a set of unexpected challenges.
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"Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money, buys a small house in a gentrifying neighborhood, flips it, then puts the money into her next project. But that house...
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"Times are tough lately, financially and personally, in Betsy Devonshire's life. Her Crewel World needlework shop has been struggling, and she's feeling bad about not connecting with the daughter of her new boyfriend, Connor. So when the Larson family, who bought one of Betsy's cabins, invites her to come and help with renovations, she agrees to go. But their work comes to a chilling halt when they discover a human skeleton under the linoleum -- and...
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Hope Harbor volume 9
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Buying a haunted house was never in Ashley Scott's plans, but when an intriguing opportunity drops into her lap after a major life setback, she finds herself trekking cross-country to Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast to launch a new life. Wounded warrior Jonathan Gray isn't sure what to make of the attractive woman on his reclusive older neighbor's isolated property, but her presence is none of his business -- until she enlists his help with an ambitious...
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Summer Beach volume 1
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"A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives. If only renovating a historical home didn't unveil a host of hidden secrets in the beachside community--and the mayor wasn't her former...
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"Sophie Winston's reclusive neighbor, Professor Mordecai Artemus, has died and left his sprawling home to his Pomeranian. Sophie feels a tad guilty for not having befriended Mordecai. But at least she's not as heartless as her nemesis, Natasha, who's descended upon the house with a crew of interior designers and contractors to renovate the place for the statewide Spring Home and Garden Tour. Even Sophie's been assigned a room to decorate: the family...
9) The house
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A workaholic attorney living in a tiny apartment and holding onto a relationship that's going nowhere, Sarah Anderson has always lived life by the book. But now she's about to do something completely out of character. An elderly client has died and left her a generous inheritance, with the stipulation that she must use his money for something wonderful, and to live well. In compliance with her client's wish, she buys a neglected but magnficent old...
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A comprehensive source for home buyers, covering the ins and outs of buying, selling, and renovating a house, with hundreds of full-color photos throughout. Jonathan and Drew Scott, known as The Property Brothers, cover numerous topics including the hidden costs of moving, savvy negotiating tactics, and determining your home must-haves. Other handy features include a calendar of key dates for finding the best deals on home products and a cheat sheet...
12) Seabreeze summer
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Summer Beach novel volume 2
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While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after fire forces Summer Beach residents from their homes. Despite the chaos, Ivy has just one summer to save the house from an impending tax sale. And when a documentary filmmaker arrives to reconstruct the history of the old house and its secretive former owner, yet another secret emerges from an unlikely place.
13) Maggie moves on
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House flipper and YouTube sensation Maggie Nichols arrives in Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, to bring a crumbling eighteen-room Victorian mansion back to life. At least, that's the idea until she meets tall, charming landscaper Silas Wright. Now not only does she have a determined suitor on her hands, there's her half-sister who shows up on her doorstep with a toddler and a big ask. And her ex-husband Dean and Silas's stepbrother...
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A Patricia Amble mystery volume 3
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Renovator Tish Amble tries to start a normal life, but her past is catching up with her. Would a homecoming be more painful--and deadly--than she's ready for?
17) A reckless love
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Daughtry House volume 3
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"In the fine tradition established by her Southern grandmama, Aurora Daughtry has recently orchestrated the marriage of her eldest sister and facilitated her middle sister's engagement. She also rejoices in her part in transforming the family's dilapidated plantation manor into a luxurious and lucrative resort hotel. Just when it seems there is nothing left to absorb her considerable talent for managing people, in walks federal deputy marshal Zane...
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Patricia Amble mystery volume 2
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Patricia Amble might be down, but she's not dead--yet. As if she didn't already have enough questions about her mother's suicide, Tish is forced to confront one more. She is renovating a northern Michigan log cabin, one in which she spent her childhood summers. But what she finds doesn't speak of carefree vacations in the woods: a torn photo of her mother with the words "don't ask why" written across her face. Combined with mysterious relatives and...
19) The fixer upper
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Andrews's latest Southern charmer begins with junior lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew in the crosshairs of a political bribery investigation. Suddenly unemployed and the victim of a sleazy smear campaign by her former boss, Dempsey decides to take up her father's offer of flipping a recently inherited family home in Guthrie, Ga. As it turns out, the house needs much more than a fresh coat of paint, and Dempsey's ornery cousin and her dog are squatting...
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"Awaken to the energetic connections between you and your home. When you make conscious changes to your living space, you can transform your life and uplift your soul. [This book] presents your home as an integral component for holistic living, correlating every room with its physical, mental, or emotional counterpart in you. Your home is a reflection of you, and being in tune with its energy allows you to create positive changes in your life. From...