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       Tales of Romance and Humor 

Bank, Melissa.  The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing

As she works her way from defiant teenager to reluctant career girl, growing older and getting smarter, Jane maneuvers her way through love, sex, relationships, and the occasional perils of the workplace.

 Barr, Emily.  Backpack

Following her mother's death, jaded Londoner Tansy abandons her miserable boyfriend, trendy friends, and media job to backpack across Asia, discovering many things along the way, including a serial killer who seems to be targeting her.

Berg, Elizabeth.  Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Patty Murphy’s biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr. Right and start a family? But Patty is in love. There's just one small problem: He is also gay.

 Bushnell, Candice.   Four Blondes

Four very different women endure romantic intrigues, betrayals, liaisons, and victories as they seek love amid the playgrounds of the rich and powerful.

 Cook, Claire.  Must Love Dogs

Anticipating her first date in more than a decade, divorced preschool teacher Sarah Hurlihy wonders about the man whose personal ad she responded to and is stunned when he is the last person she expected.

 Crane, Megan.  English as a Second Language

Alexandra Brennan is bored with her life in New York, and seeks to escape by entering a graduate school in England, only to find herself involved in relationships even more confusing than those she left behind.

 Crusie, Jennifer.  Faking It

Matilda Goodnight and Davy Dempsey are both trying to get the upper hand with gold-digging Clea Lewis, but they forge a temporary alliance to take on an inept art collector, an exasperated hitman, and a seductive femme fatale.

Evanovich, Janet.  Stephanie Plum series

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum struggles to fight crime, incompetent assistants and interfering relatives while juggling the handsome men in her life. 

Finnamore, Suzanne.  Otherwise engaged

In a humorous take on the institution of modern marriage, Eve struggles to cope with life after the man of her dreams pops the question.

Fforde, Katie.  Highland Fling

Taking a business trip to Scotland after a fight with her boyfriend, financial assistant Jenny Porter works to save a troubled textile mill and helps in a variety of local causes, including a mobile food stand and a troubled romance.

Fielding, Helen.  Bridget Jones’s Diary

The daily chronicle of a 30-something single English woman who is convinced her life would be perfect if she could lose weight, stop smoking and develop "Inner Poise."

Green, Jane.  Mr. Maybe

When publicist Libby Mason thought of Mr. Right, she really thought of Mr. Rich. Now, she's torn between two lovers and two very different life styles.

Johnson, Diane.  Le Divorce

When her stepsister's marriage begins to fall apart, Isabel Walker journeys to Paris to offer moral support

Kauffman, Donna.  Big Bad Wolf Tells All

With all of her friends settling down in the mundane joys of matrimonial bliss, Bay Area romance columnist and self-proclaimed free agent in love Tanzy Harrington begins to feel left out, until the arrival of Riley Parrish, a polite, handsome, boring good provider with the touch of the devil in his eye.

Keyes, Marian.  Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married

When Mrs. Nolan reads her tarot cards and predicts that Lucy will be getting married within the year, Lucy Sullivan refuses to believe it, until she starts meeting a variety of charming men

Kinsella, Sopie.  Shopaholic Ties the Knot

Becky Bloomwood is delighted when her boyfriend proposes, but her visions of a perfect wedding day dissolve as her mother plans a backyard wedding and her high-society mother-in-law-to-be insists on a lavish affair at the Plaza Hotel.

Kizis, Deanna.  How to Meet Cute Boys

A young journalist who chronicles her romantic disasters for Filly, a women's magazine, believes that she has finally met the man of her dreams in Max, until she discovers that he is a lot younger than she is and is demonstrating signs of male commitmentphobia.

Lipman, Elinor.  The Way Men Act

Unmarried at age thirty, Melinda LeBlanc grows tired of helping her dull former classmates plan their weddings and wonders why her romantic interludes are limited to an occasional meaningless horizontal encounter

Maxted, Anna.  Getting over it

Far from fulfilling her life's dreams, Helen wrestles with lowly job positions, old cars, and disastrous relationships until her father's death slowly puts things into perspective.

McCouch, Hannah.  Girl Cook

Layla Mitchner struggles to carve out a career for herself in the high-pressure world of Manhattan restaurants and, at the same time, find true love, despite her dwindling bank account, misogynistic boss, and frequently divorced mother.

Naylor, Claire.  Dog Handling

Stunned when her fiance calls off their wedding, Liv Elliot embarks on a life-altering trip to Sydney, Australia, where she finds a new career and new romance, until a chance encounter with Ben Parker, with whom she had indulged in a brief summer fling, turns her life of upside down.

Parks, Adele.  Larger than Life

Georgina has gone to great lengths to transform herself into the kind of woman Hugh Williams could love. She never planned on getting pregnant. But as Georgina grows bigger, Hugh grows more distant.

  

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