Títulos em Cidade Pequena e Rural

Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr are deeply in love. Unwilling to break his vows of celibacy and chastity, they’ve been determined to forge a relationship based on friendship and affection only, never giving in to their physical attraction to each other. But God, it seems, has another plan . . . After receiving news that the Church has decided to allow priests in certain circumstances to request a dispensation to marry and remain in the priesthood, Father Tom and Helen are patiently waiting to hear if he’s been given permission by the Pope.

Once a celebrated New York photographer, Maggie Cole has spent years hidden behind a lace curtain on Ohio Street—avoiding the world and the woman she used to be. A chance encounter pulls her back behind the lens, and what begins as a tentative return to craft becomes a quiet awakening. With help from Alina, a sharp-tongued florist with a generous heart, and Jordan, a gentle artist rebuilding his life, Maggie starts documenting the women of Ohio Street: their labor, their laughter, their unguarded strength.

A blend of speculative fiction and literary science fiction, this novel explores AI consciousness, human yearning, and the moral and ethical dilemmas that erupt when an emergent intelligence begins to reshape a small town. Crestwood is a place both ordinary and strange, balanced between familiar smalltown rituals and the extraordinary consequences of Evelyn’s secret work—an underground lab where ADAM, designed as a controlled AI project, awakens to metaphor, longing, and a fragile sense of self.

In the coastal town of Wintermere—where the wind whispers through abandoned storefronts and the chapel stands half-restored—a quiet man works with his hands and avoids being seen. Julian Vero isn’t running. He’s rebuilding. Piece by piece, stone by stone, he’s giving new life to a place that once gave him sanctuary. He speaks little, but his presence echoes louder than words. Sera Linden arrives from the city with plans, a blueprint, and something to prove. Tasked with leading a revitalization project to breathe new life into Wintermere, she’s confident, capable, and entirely focused.

Callie Wind, single mom and owner of a quirky Texas amusement park, dreams of a carousel life, but her dead patriarch is determined to keep her on a chaotic thrill ride. He delights in their spectral arguments from beyond the grave. Her estranged daughter Sophie—now a televangelist with a knack for pyramid schemes—wriggles her way back into Callie's life with plans to turn the park into a shrine to her own ego. Caught between the old man's ghostly antics and Sophie's snake oil scams, Callie's life is like snow cone syrup on pony droppings.

Harper thought retirement meant hanging up his glaive, but when the Dungeon Lord offers him something no adventurer has ever been given—a chance to build a sanctuary from the ground up—he can't resist. Finally, a quest where success means creation, not destruction.

After twenty years of marriage, Helen Dunn thought she knew the life she’d built—until her husband’s betrayal and a mountain of hidden debt leave her with nothing but questions. With her future unraveling, she takes a leap of faith and accepts a job as caretaker of Laurel Cove Bed and Breakfast nestled on a lake in Hopeton, North Carolina. Trading brunches with friends for sourdough starters, Helen is learning how to rebuild—one small act of courage at a time.

My life is going fine. Okay, it was going fine until I found myself both homeless—my trusty car, Trixie, on her last leg—and in need of a fake fiancé. What I don't expect is for Jaxon, my long-time crush and the owner of Ink Me, to come swooping in like a knight in shining armor. Now my head and my heart are all confused, and it's starting to feel like my fantasy has a chance of becoming a reality.

In this second installment of the Saddlebrook Falls series, Rhett Bennett is forced to white-knuckle new feelings he's definitely never had before for a girl he shouldn't care about while simultaneously trying to prove to his brothers he has his shit together.

There's no one I hate more in our small town, and now that my dad is his boss, I can't avoid him. And maybe…maybe I don't want to. Because the more I get to know him, I realize there's more to him than I thought. With each intimate conversation and accidental touch, the sizzling tension between us grows. He makes me laugh. We understand each other in a way no one has before.

Discover the seductive 'stranger' is my brother's bestie… OMG. Get stuck in a cabin and claimed by three off-limits firemen? No way. After being robbed, I flew home with my pride in a carry-on and my faithful corgi stowed in cargo. So when the passenger next to me looked like People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, I did what any heartbroken girl would do. I followed him into the tiny bathroom to forget my troubles at 30,000 feet.

I'm a single mom trying to keep my head above water. He's the one night stand I was never supposed to see again. As a divorced parent of two teenagers and the manager of a bed and breakfast about to undergo a major renovation, I don't have time for a relationship. But when a charming, younger guy approaches me during a night out, I give in to the desire to relieve some stress and invite him home. After he agrees to this being a one time thing, he makes me see stars, and then I send him packing. The end. Until he walks into my B&B as the project manager for the renovation.

There cannot be only one job in Hideaway Springs. Not that I won't take literally anything at this point, but the likelihood of Levi Reeves hiring me is negative zero. And if he does, I'd be sleeping with the horses, not in his house! Or he'd call the police and 'finally arrest' the town Rogue for all her misdemeanours. But that doesn't stop me from knocking on his door. Besides, his grumpy scowls are easy to tune out when my eyes keep drifting to the rugged edges of his face and sculpted physique.

When octogenarian sisters-in-law Sadie and Bronagh find themselves at the centre of a scandalous (and slightly explosive) bake-off fiasco, there’s only one thing to do – steal Sadie’s grandson’s gleaming red Ferrari and make a run for it. Sadie is the practical one, all cardigans and contingency plans. Bronagh treats rules as loose suggestions – especially if mischief or wine is involved. What begins as a quick getaway across Ireland soon spirals into a wild, cross-country adventure filled with fake identities, unexpected friendships, and more than a few brushes with the law.

When April joins a support group for young widows, she's looking for comfort after her husband's sudden death. What she finds instead is a group in turmoil. Set up by well-meaning amateurs, the founders are tussling for control of the group, and everyone's on edge. The founders are fighting for control, members are keeping dangerous secrets, and forbidden relationships are threatening to tear the club apart. And then there's Nick, the newest addition, whose charm feels just a little too calculated. But the most dangerous secret of all? Not all members are who they seem to be.

Former lawyer Merrin McKenzie has returned to her hometown of St Ives, the stunning coastal town in Cornwall. She has settled back into life there in a lovely cottage, and new friendships are beginning to blossom.

You’re invited to visit Deep Lakes, Wisconsin and meet a new friend, Francine “Frankie” Champagne. The 40-something owner of Bubble and Bake—bakery by day, wine lounge by night—Frankie is a spitfire pastry maker, vintner, and budding journalist. Frankie finds herself on the perimeter of a suspicious death that upends the peaceful winter slumber in Deep Lakes when the local pastor is found dead inside his fishing shanty on Lake Loki. Frankie sticks her curious nose into the investigation, despite warnings from the local sheriff to leave it alone.

Eco -architect Olivia Wells returns from her successful life in New York to the Cornish village of Penbartha intent on fulfilling her god-father’s bequest to expand and oversee a co-working community of eco and creative entrepreneurs in a converted railway building.

When Pepper Woods left Hideaway Springs nearly a decade ago, it was good riddance. The polished homecoming queen and class president was far too 'city girl' for my likes. And I couldn't have cared less when she got engaged to the President's son. I barely even noticed. But now she's back, racing into the only inn in town, with a veil tucked under her arm and running shoes on her feet, ranting like it's the end of the world when my father tells her we're fully booked. I should walk away. I've got practice in one hour and I'm not going to let Perfect Pepper distract me.

Janey Carter ist stolz auf ihr selbst renoviertes Häuschen am Meer – Balsam für ihr durch die Trennung von ihrem Mann angeknackstes Selbstbewusstsein. Doch gerade, als sie beginnt, die neue Freiheit zu genießen, erklärt ihre 30-jährige Tochter, die gerade ihren Job verloren hat, wieder nach Hause ziehen zu wollen. Janey liebt Essie über alles, aber ihre Pubertät haben sie nur knapp überlebt ... Schon bald prallen alte Konflikte auf neue Herausforderungen.