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Taking a Chance

By: Renee Kumor

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I love curling up with a good romance. But I hate it when I reach the end of a good book because I want to spend more time with the characters. That's why I was delighted to discover Renee Kumor's Riverbend Chronicles series, allowing me to move from book to book with Lynn and Dusty. This is only the second book in the ongoing series, so I have much more to look forward to reading." - Rosemary Mason, author of 123 for ME! This second entry in the popular River Bend Chronicles gives us a growing relationship between Lynn Powers and police detective Dusty Reid -- along with two murders. It begins with a battered woman being taken to the local woman's shelter, and Lynn recognizing her as a potential donor to the River Bend Philanthropies. What's going on in this peaceful little town?.

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AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com

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1492816574

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9781492816577

500 Kisses

By: Renee Kumor

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500 Kisses

By: Renee Kumor

The folks of River Bend have become like family. I love following their adventures from book to book. Renee Kumar has found a winning recipe for an ongoing romance series that is peppered with mystery and murder." —Marcy Birdweather, Marcy's Musings It's the beginning of a new year. Lynn Powers is still recovering from witnessing her friend Susan Carmichael die in an explosion. Polly, Susan's teenage daughter, has agreed to stay in River Bend for the rest of her freshman year of high school. She is having some difficult periods of adjustment. As Lynn and her friends cope with Polly, Yolanda Valeri receives a bequest from an elderly admirer. She is given a half-a-million dollars to distribute to local nonprofits as she sees fit. However, Lynn and her friends are drawn into a mystery as a nonprofit tries to intimidate Yolanda into granting it all her money.

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AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com

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1945772719

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9781945772719

Who Am I

By: Renee Kumor

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Who Am I

By: Renee Kumor

Reviewers say: "I love this series of books. I feel like I am visiting a town I grew up in when I read another volume. It's nice because you could start with any one of the books and still know who all the characters are. Looking forward to another book by Renee Kumor."—Roberta A. Depiero "River Bend is a small town filled with secrets, intrigues, romances, and murder. Lynn and Dusty seem to weather the storms -- allowing us to join them in this wonderful series." —Pamela Page Lynn Powers is facing the month of May caught up in the activities driven by a son who is graduating from high school. But that doesn't stop her from becoming embroiled in mayhem as she discovers an elderly black woman who has been assaulted. Throughout the story Lynn and her family learn about the history of many people in town, including the simmering feuds and sad stories among members of River Bend's African-American community. In addition, Lynn learns more of her own family history as she discovers a small diary belonging to her mother. Mix all this in with the usual antics of Lynn, Dusty and their family and it adds up to another installment of the River Bend Chronicles.

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323

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AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com

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1530311624

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9781530311620

Kudzu Summer

By: Renee Kumor

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Kudzu Summer

By: Renee Kumor

“Take a chance on reading the Riverbend Chronicles. You won’t be disappointed. They are both intriguing with the mystery of the story with a little romance thrown in...”—A Reviewer “Perhaps the best romance/mystery series I have ever read ...” —Pamela Paige, former feature writer, Florida Times-Union “I’m hooked ...” —Martha Griswold, Online Critics Corner The long lazy summer of the pandemic finds the gang in River Bend adapting to the new normal. Lynn and Dusty both maintain home offices. Lynn declares her back yard a mask-free zone allowing friends to gather face-to-unmasked-face while social distancing. Crime seems to have surrendered to covid until Teniquia gets involved in a murder in Des Moines and Dusty and Danny organize to protect Emily Jacobs and her great-grandchildren from another murder attempt. The story wraps on the promising note that a vaccination is expected soon.

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237

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J. T. Colby & Company, Inc.

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1955036500

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9781955036504

Someone Cares

By: Renee Kumor

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Someone Cares

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I'm hooked; I don't mind admitting it. I've read every book in Renee Kumor's River Bend Chronicles ...and feel like I'm a resident there, along with Lynn and Dusty and Sonny and the other inhabitants of the wonderful romance series." - Rosemary Mason, 123 for ME! Being a parent is filled with challenges. Through generations men and women have stumbled into success and failure as parents. Dusty spent his first four months as a stepfather, trying to find the right balance between discipline and friendship. After another fight with Jason, Dusty spends the evening in his office and hears about a fight in the park over his scanner. Jason and his friends were at the park! The detective rushes to the park to find Jason's truck ... and nothing else. Soon rumor of a missing fishing boat has Dusty concerned that Jason and the boat may be together. For much of the story Dusty searches for a good role model to pattern his parenting. While he makes an effort to improve, another man, Sean Hennessey, has returned to River Bend and learns that his father was a sad and lonely man, a man who died before he ever made peace with his son. Everyone has ideas on parenting. And the mystery is not who attacked Jason, but will Dusty learn from his mistakes.

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AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com

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1500973300

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9781500973308

An Act of Charity

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An Act of Charity

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In this fourth entry in the River Bend Chronicles, Lynn Powers and Dusty Reid have broken off their engagement to the consternation of both families. But as usual, Lynn gets drawn into a murder that requires Dusty's intervention. An actor who has come to town to help with an Arts Council grant to produce a play is found dead. Then, two days later, another actor is found murdered. All the actors in the become suspects. The investigation leads up to opening night, when Dusty begs Lynn to elope with him. But the killer has other plans for Lynn. Murder and marriage — what a combination!

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1497480965

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9781497480964

Charity in Motions

By: Renee Kumor

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Charity in Motions

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As helpful a book about the world of nonprofit boards as you'll ever come across..." - Shirrel Rhoades, Board President, KWAHS Custom House Museum "Terrific if you are thinking about joining a local board of a national organization."—John T. Colby Jr, Former Board President of the Glen Cove Boys and Girls Club. Most communities rely on services provided by nonprofit organizations: a shelter for victims of domestic violence; safe afterschool programs; emergency support for victims of fire or flood from the American Red Cross and local groups; and social need support from groups such as food pantries and homeless shelters. In addition local nonprofits augment the life of a community through arts and theater programs as well as support for the local libraries, museums and schools. There is always support to be found for animals and the environment as well. In fact, many of us find ourselves ready and willing to support an array of local nonprofits because of the work they do in addressing concerns close to us. This book does not address issues that relate to multimillion-dollar agencies, but to the challenges faced locally by staff and board members — from bylaws to human resource issues to the always necessary fundraising.

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AbsolutelyAmazingebooks.com

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069265450X

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9780692654507

'Tis the Season

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'Tis the Season

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In this third book in the River Bend Chronicles, Lynn Powers, a fortyish widow with a teenage son, continues to build her new life in River Bend. It's two weeks before Christmas and the holiday season is going full tilt -- except for Lynn and her son. In an effort to rekindle their slow starting romance, chief detective Dusty Reid pays a visit and finds Lynn's household untouched by holiday cheer. Dusty takes Jason on a routine call and starts a series of events that mirrors the death of Lynn's husband two years ago. In addition to grieving on the anniversary of her husband's death, Lynn has been advised by one of the board members of the River Bend Philanthropies that his review of a local nonprofit, River Bend Reads, has revealed embezzlement. This story weaves through the Christmas holidays, with Lynn and Dusty's big New Year's Eve date spent in the morgue identifying the body of a staff member of River Bend Reads. And then another body turns up.

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149449762X

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Taking a Chance

Taking a Chance

500 Kisses

500 Kisses

Who Am I

Who Am I

Kudzu Summer

Kudzu Summer

Someone Cares

Someone Cares

An Act of Charity

An Act of Charity

Charity in Motions

Charity in Motions

'Tis the Season

'Tis the Season

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