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The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

A Novel

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

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The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

A Novel

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

A grave loss changes the lives of three friends in ways they never imagined in this warm and heartrending debut novel. What makes a wife a lover? For Kate, the spark went out of her marriage long ago but her husband doesn't seem to notice. Their role as parents consumes their lives so they need to rekindle the romance they once shared. What makes a woman a mother? For Jo, a high-powered career has led her to believe that she doesn't have a single maternal instinct. When an orphan unexpectedly enters her life, she is forced to confront her own unhappy childhood and the walls it has built around her heart. What makes a man the love of your life? For Sarah, home is the steamy jungles of Africa while the man of her dreams waits in the air-conditioned confines of Los Angeles. Her longing for this man from the past is blinding her to a new love standing right in front of her. What these women all have in common is a friend with a generous soul, an irrepressible spirit- and a serious illness. In her final letters, Rachel raises one last question: What makes a friend live in our hearts forever?

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0446575127

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Loving Wild

By: Lisa Ann Verge

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Loving Wild

By: Lisa Ann Verge

HE NEEDED HER Dylan MacCabe was a man with a mission, and Casey was his last hope for completing it. His first problem was convincing her of that. His second was figuring out how to spend three weeks with her in the wilderness, sleeping under the stars, and not follow Nature's course . SHE DIDN'T WANT TO NEED HIM Casey Michaels had written about a lot of daredevils in her career, but Dylan MacCabe was unlike anyone she'd ever met. None of the others would have convinced her to join in some crazy, dangerous adventure. None of them would have dared to breach her defences. None of them would have succeeded in arousing her animal passion .

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HarperCollins Australia

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1460866681

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9781460866689

Senseless Acts of Beauty

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

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Senseless Acts of Beauty

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

A new novel of women's friendship from the beloved author of Random Acts of Kindness that will appeal to fans of Kristin Hannah, Luanne Rice, and Karen White. A towel with a faded camp logo is the only clue that fourteen-year-old Sadie Tischler has to the identity of her birth mother. With her family life in upheaval, the reckless teenager runs away to the Adirondack camp, determined to find her mother and force her to take responsibility for the child she'd so callously given up. Tess Hendrick has a secret. For years, she has been following the life of the daughter she gave up for adoption, firmly believing that Sadie has a better home than she could have ever provided. Now, with Sadie on the run, Tess has no choice but to rush back to the hometown she swore never to set foot in again. But Tess's unexpected return has stirred up old memories, probing questions, and a dangerous investigation. The only way Tess can protect her daughter is to hide the ugly truth about the past-and deny, at all costs, that Sadie is hers. In this deeply moving new novel from Lisa Verge Higgins, the unbreakable bonds of family unknowingly guide two strangers in making difficult choices, adapting to momentous changes, and finally finding their way home again.

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1455572888

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One Good Friend Deserves Another

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

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One Good Friend Deserves Another

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

A funny and heartfelt story of four best friends who, one heartbreak at a time, created a set of rules for relationships. But now in their mid-30s, those rules might need to be broken. New from the bestelling author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship.

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Allen & Unwin

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1743314736

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Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

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Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

A novel of women's friendship, loss, and recovery from the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship. TOP THREE REASONS TO VISIT EUROPE: 1. Explore foreign cultures 2. Sample outstanding food 3. Desperately flee impending personal crisis Lenny left his wife, Monique, a bucket list of things they'd dreamed of doing together before cancer took his life. For four years, she ignored it, too busy raising their daughter to consider the painful task of resurrecting shattered dreams. But when her next-door neighbor, Judy, starts a slow slide into a personal crisis, and another friend, Becky, receives shocking news about her future, Monique realizes that Lenny's legacy could be a gift to three women in desperate need of a new perspective. Whisking her friends away on adventures from London to Paris, from Monaco to Milan, she is determined to follow the bucket list to the letter-until one eventful evening knocks the three friends off the beaten path. Caught up in adventures of their own making, they begin to understand: Sometimes getting lost is the only way to find what you're really looking for.

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1455517755

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Logan's Way

By: Lisa Ann Verge

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Logan's Way

By: Lisa Ann Verge

HER WAY Ginny Van Saun thought she was alone until she stepped out of the shower naked and discovered a brawny, handsome, angry man in her room. She wasn't a people person at the best of times, and his compelling presence was unsettling, to say the least. No way was she going to share her intimate hideaway with such a man! HIS WAY No way was Logan Macallister going to be run off by some sexy, volatile redheaded intruder! If she wanted to share his place for a few weeks, okay. But it would be on his terms. And after his first unforgettable sight of Ginny, he knew what those terms would be .

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HarperCollins Australia

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1460860489

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Random Acts of Kindness

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

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Random Acts of Kindness

By: Lisa Verge Higgins

A novel of women's friendship, resilience, and legacy from the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship and Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. Claire Petrenko always knew it was coming. Breast cancer has already claimed both her mother and her younger sister. Now, as she cobbles the pieces of her life back together, the devastating family legacy returns, and Claire receives the same diagnosis. So when her old friend Jenna Hogan suddenly shows up at her door - like a fairy godmother offering to grant a wish - Claire seizes the chance to revisit her past . . . and salvage her future. What begins as an impulsive trip soon becomes an odyssey as the women cross the country, gathering friends as they make their way to their childhood home of Pine Lake. There, they discover that Jenna's random act of kindness has rippled out into the world like a stone dropped into a pond, surging back to transform all their lives in ways they never expected.

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1455572861

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Random Acts of Kindness

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The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

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Senseless Acts of Beauty

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Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

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The O'Madden: A Novella

By: Lisa Ann Verge

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The O'Madden: A Novella

By: Lisa Ann Verge

Another sexy, adventurous, historical romance from the RITA nominated author of eighteen novels, Lisa Ann Verge Bound by a family curse, Maeve journeys to the Samhain fires of a distant village for one purpose alone: To conceive a child with a nameless stranger. The gentle giant who catches her eye proves a passionate lover. But when moonlight gives way to dawn, Maeve has no choice but to leave him behind. For the strong Irishman she’d spent the night loving is now the one man she can never have.

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1940963028

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The Wishing Thread

A Novel

By: Lisa Van Allen

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The Wishing Thread

A Novel

By: Lisa Van Allen

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Reader to reader, knitter to knitter: You’re going to love this book.”—Debbie Macomber For fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Sarah Addison Allen, The Wishing Thread is an enchanting novel about the bonds between sisters, the indelible pull of the past, and the transformational power of love. The Van Ripper women have been the talk of Tarrytown, New York, for centuries. Some say they’re angels; some say they’re crooks. In their tumbledown “Stitchery,” not far from the stomping grounds of the legendary Headless Horseman, the Van Ripper sisters—Aubrey, Bitty, and Meggie—are said to knit people’s most ardent wishes into beautiful scarves and mittens, granting them health, success, or even a blossoming romance. But for the magic to work, sacrifices must be made—and no one knows that better than the Van Rippers. When the Stitchery matriarch, Mariah, dies, she leaves the yarn shop to her three nieces. Aubrey, shy and reliable, has dedicated her life to weaving spells for the community, though her sisters have long stayed away. Bitty, pragmatic and persistent, has always been skeptical of magic and wants her children to have a normal, nonmagical life. Meggie, restless and free-spirited, follows her own set of rules. Now, after Mariah’s death forces a reunion, the sisters must reassess the state of their lives even as they decide the fate of the Stitchery. But their relationships with one another—and their beliefs in magic—are put to the test. Will the threads hold? BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Lisa Van Allen’s The Night Garden. Praise for The Wishing Thread “With deft needlework, a dash of folklore, and some good old-fashioned family angst, Lisa Van Allen knits together the threads of second chances, the pleasure of giving, the complications of sisterhood, and love. There’s a bit of magic in The Wishing Thread, in the words and the story as well as in the yarn.”—Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters “Rich in myth and mystery, The Wishing Thread explores the tangle that is being a woman—from family and friendship to romance and community. Prepare to be ensnared, enthralled, enchanted!”—USA Today bestselling author Christie Ridgway “The Wishing Thread is a lyrical, emotional, finely knit portrayal of three sisters struggling with love, magic and sacrifice. This is the best book I’ve read all year.”—Lisa Verge Higgins, author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship “An intriguing story of three sisters tied by blood and a strange inheritance, each searching for a way to belong in that place where magic and life intersect. Wonderful!”—Shelley Noble, author of Beach Colors “Van Allen knits together this pleasantly entertaining tale as easily as the Van Ripper women knit together the often unraveling threads of people’s lives. . . . Chick-lit cozy meets magical realism with inevitably warm and fuzzy results.”—Booklist “Fans of magical realism will want to pick up this enjoyable novel, which not only weaves magic through stitchery, but also weaves a realistic story about family and sisterhood and the threads that pull us back home.”—RT Book Reviews Includes an exclusive conversation between Sarah Addison Allen and Lisa Van Allen. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.

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Ballantine Books

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0345537823

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9780345537829

Book's by Lisa Verge Higgins

The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

Loving Wild

Loving Wild

Senseless Acts of Beauty

Senseless Acts of Beauty

One Good Friend Deserves Another

One Good Friend Deserves Another

Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Logan's Way

Logan's Way

Random Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness

The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship

Senseless Acts of Beauty

Senseless Acts of Beauty

Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

The O'Madden: A Novella

The O'Madden: A Novella

The Wishing Thread

The Wishing Thread

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