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"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. 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,...
2) Ocean Beach
Author
Series
Beach volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
x, 438 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a dead body halts her renovation of an old Victorian church, Shannon Hammer discovers the church is hiding a century of secrets and must figure out which one someone with a screw loose would kill to protect.
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Series
Hope Harbor volume 9
Language
English
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"Buying a supposedly haunted house wasn't in Ashley Scott's plans, but when an intriguing opportunity drops into her lap, she's ready to launch a new life. But she can't do it alone, and her reclusive new neighbor Jonathan Gray may be just the person to help--if only there were room in his life for romance"--
6) Echo Lake
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Series
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342 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
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While restoring a stately country home, Heather Sloan encounters a man from her past, Diplomatic Security Service agent Brody Hancock, who has taken a sudden interest in her, causing her to suspect that he is up to something.
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Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After being dumped, Gretchen Hanover decides to become a house flipper, buying houses and fixing them up to sell, but when the house that she buys has more problems than she anticipated, carpenter Noah Campbell steps in to help.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Georgina Havoc's dream of a happily-ever-after falls apart when her boyfriend blindsides her with a pause. She is determined to pick up the pieces of her previously perfect life, but with the reappearance of her troubled twin sister, plus the presence of a ruggedly handsome ex-sniper, she's left facing not only her shattered future, but also her past"--
Author
Series
Domestic diva volume 3
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
x, 293 p. ; 18 cm.
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English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
While trying to transform a Victorian mansion into apartments for homeless families in time for the holidays, contractor Shannon Hammer investigates the murder of a miserly bank president, in which her father is the chief suspect.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. 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,...
13) Cicada summer
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Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this moving, witty novel, author Maureen Leurck explores the intricacies and joys of renovation and rediscovery--as one woman's improvement project promises to transform much more than a home.
People keep a house alive, not the other way around. Alex Proctor has seen the truth of this in every empty, rundown property she's bought and renovated since her divorce almost three years ago. Her newest project is a dilapidated, century-old house just...
14) The loyal one
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. They've always had a rocky relationship, and she is partly responsible for his most recent breakup. Harley realizes that Katie's been hiding her mother's hoarding, but they discover that clearing the debris in one old house also means they have to do some clean-up in their lives. Forced to reevaluate their...
Author
Series
Sanctuary Sound novel volume Book 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Center Point large print edition.
Physical Desc
430 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Claire McKenna knows about loss. The bullet wound that ended her promising professional tennis career drove her to make a quiet life for herself working with fabric samples, chatting with her book group, and spending time with her parents in her sleepy coastal Connecticut hometown. There was a boyfriend who dumped her to pursue her adventurous childhood friend. Claire's business has hit a financial snag, but she's up to the challenge. After all, she...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly ... Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors, construction crews, decorators, and landscapers. Thanks to several new hires, Shannon is sure she can handle the extra load--until...
17) The hideaway
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
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"When her grandmother's will wrenches Sara back home from New Orleans, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever did in life. After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags's ramshackle B & B in Sweet Bay, Alabama. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life and thriving antique shop in New Orleans. Instead, she learns Mags has...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
447 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel. It's 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip after three years of being pilloried in the presses of two continents over fleeing her abusive husband. Now his sudden death allows her to return to New York to make a fresh start, restoring Liefdehuis,...
19) A willing murder
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English
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Sara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold. But lately, retirement has been boring her and she's found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she'd admired as a child. It's much too big for her alone, but she'd die before letting anyone in town know that. Then Sara's niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan - a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate. She...
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English
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"The sun beamed down on Melissa Henderson's shining dark hair, pinned up on her head in a loose knot, as sweat ran down her face, and the muscles in her long, lithe arms were taut with effort as she worked. She was lost in concentration, sanding a door of the house in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts that had been her salvation. She had bought it four years before. It had been weather-beaten, shabby and in serious need of repair when she found...