Lisa Jackson, Cathy Lamb, Holly Chamberlin, and Rosalind Noonan. Kensington, $15 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-7582-6563-0
In this satisfying and often heartwrenching anthology that is not your typical cheery beach read, four authors explore the topic of lost love and the magical qualities of unexpected second chances. In Lamb’s “June’s Lace,” a lawyer turned wedding...
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Cathy Lamb, Author . Kensington $15 (409p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1463-8
The author of Julia’s Chocolates
delivers a sometimes fun tale of revenge and rebirth that begins when narrator Jeanne Stewart discovers her longtime live-in boyfriend has been cheating on her. She exacts a creative revenge involving condoms...
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Cathy Lamb, Author . Kensington $15 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2954-0
When the Bommarito sisters, Isabelle and Janie, hear that their domineering mother is going in for open heart surgery, they must forget the trauma of their childhood and return to their riverside Oregon hometown, Trillium River. Taking care of their
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Cathy Lamb, Kensington, $15 paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2955-7
A 30-something's makeover hits a few snags in Lamb's wan latest. Stevie Barrett has lost 170 pounds since she had a heart attack at age 32, but she still struggles with the same old dysfunctions: horrifying memories of her insane mother drowning her
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Cathy Lamb, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $14 (400p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1462-1
The quirky debut romance from Lamb opens as Julia Bennett flees the Boston altar where her blueblood abuser fiance, Robert Stanfield III, awaits her. She leaves her wedding gown in a North Dakota tree, and arrives in the tiny town of Golden, Oregon...
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Cathy Lamb. Kensington, $15 trade paper (421p) ISBN 978-0-7582-5938-7
Successful life coach Madeline O'Shea is close to her sister, Annie, and her grandparents, whose long love and active sex life inspire her. But Madeline and her sister are both shaped by early abuse at the hands of their stepfather and two of his...
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Cathy Lamb. Kensington, $15.95 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0983-7
Lamb (No Place I’d Rather Be) opens her magnetic novel with a tantalizing glimpse of a mystery, a dreadful car wreck, and a feisty heroine to root for. Natalie Fox Shelton feels blessed: she’s married to the love of her life, Zach; runs an...
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Janet Dailey, Cathy Lamb, Mary Carter, and Elizabeth Bass. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 mass market (416p) ISBN 978-1-4201-2419-4
This unrewarding collection of “lost love” contemporary romance novellas manages to depress more than excite. Lamb’s “The Apple Orchard,” about a traumatized woman coming to terms with her past so she can reunite with an old flame, has a compelling...
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Fern Michaels, Cathy Lamb, Mary Carter, and Terri DuLong, Zebra, $7.99 mass market (472p) ISBN 978-1-4201-0835-4
Four holiday (i.e., Christmas) romance novellas offer traditional (i.e., often predictable) heartwarming vibes. In Michaels's "Holiday Magic," single mom Stephanie, finally away from her abusive marriage, works at a Colorado ski lodge for handsome...
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