Catalog Search Results
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Appears on list
Description
Forty-five-year-old Adrienne Willis, heartbroken after her husband abandons her, takes refuge for a weekend at a small North Carolina inn, where a storm puts her in close quarters with Paul Flanner, another soul running from his past.
2) The Shining
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Formats
Description
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance,...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Jesse O'Brien has overcome a lot: the challenges of attention deficit disorder, the near bankruptcy of her beloved inn at Eagle Point, and her self-perception as a failure among overachievers. Finally ready to share the future with a man, her friends persuade her to try a dating service, but she gets no takers. However, her childhood friend, psychologist Will Lincoln, has already chosen the perfect man for Jess: himself. Even with the entire town's...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Owen is the organizer of the Montgomery clan, running the family's construction business with an iron fist. And though his brothers bust on his compulsiveness, the Inn BoonsBoro is about to open on schedule. The only thing Owen didn't plan for was Avery McTavish. Avery's popular pizza place is right across the street from the inn, giving her a first-hand look at its renovation - and an appreciation for Owen, who was her first boyfriend when they were...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king-and hes a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm. All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesnt...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"Until Camryn Neff can return to her 'real' life in Chicago, she's in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. She's not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she can't resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Jill Mansell is a huge internationally bestselling author with 22 novels and over 4 million copies sold. Our first six U.S. editions have sold over 85,000 copies. Hotel manager Daisy MacLean thinks she has people all figured out. When she meets cocky, sarcastic Dev Tyzack, it's a no brainer-stay away. But as guests come and go, Daisy realizes Dev is the one person she wants to stay.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
When Lizzie Rush uncovers evidence that thrill-seeking billionaire Norman Estabrook may be at the center of an international criminal network, she finds herself playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse. When someone sets off a bomb in Boston, Lizzie discovers that Estabrook as well as the FBI director's daughter have disappeared. Together with intelligence officer Will Davenport, Lizzie sets out to track down Estabrook.
Author
Series
Amish Inn novels volume 2
Formats
Description
"When sparks fly between a good Amish girl and a hunky member of the Hollywood elite, even matchmaking innkeepers Esther and Lizzie know better than to fan the flames. Evelyn Schrock has dismissed the attempts of every young man in her small Amish community to court her. She's willing to wait for a suitor who shares her curiosities about life and faith. The only reason Jayce Clarkson is in Amish country hefting equipment for his famous father's movie...
Author
Series
Innkeeper chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers--a special group who provide 'lodging' to other-planetary visitors--so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud--completely abandoned...
12) Carolina breeze
Author
Series
Bluebell Inn volume 2
Formats
Description
"Rising Hollywood star Mia Emerson is looking for a safe place to land in the wake of a public breakup and scandal, and she finds it in the lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina--the location of her canceled honeymoon. She wants nothing more than to hide and wait for the tabloids to die down. Soon after her arrival at the Bluebell Inn, Mia meets Levi Bennett, who runs the inn along with his two younger sisters. Drawn to one another from the start,...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Naomi Byler cooks meals for the guests at The Peony Inn, where Amish sisters and owners of the inn Esther and Lizzie love her like a granddaughter. She’s as happy there as a young woman can be, considering that her fiancé, Thomas, has left her to court someone else. She knows she’ll get over the love of her life in due time, but she assumes marriage will never be a part of her future. Amos Lantz and his mother are guests at the inn,...
14) The perfect hope
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out. He's surly and unsociable, but when he straps on a tool belt, no woman can resist his sexy swagger. Except, apparently, Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his own Inn BoonBoro and the former manager of a D.C. hotel. She's where she wants to be except for in her love life. Her only interaction with the opposite sex has been sparring with Ryder. Still, no one can deny the electricity between them....
Author
Series
Follow your heart (Melody Carlson) volume 1
Formats
Description
"Managing the Value Lodge in her hometown was not what Anna Gordon had in mind when she set out in the hospitality industry. But it's a safe choice for a woman whose childhood was anything but stable. Out of the blue, she gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reinvent herself by moving to New York City, where she hopes for a management position at a stylish new boutique hotel. The big city is full of surprises--not the least of which is Sean O'Neil....
16) AUTUMN SKIES
Author
Series
Bluebell Inn volume 3
Formats
Description
"The Bluebell Inn is turning a profit, and it's time for the Bennett siblings to sell it and move on. Only Grace has plans to stay in the small lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina, where she hopes her growing outfitters business will save her from the loneliness of her siblings' departure and the persistent sense of unworthiness in her life. A gunshot wound resurrects the past for Secret Service agent Wyatt Jennings, and a mandatory leave of absence...
17) Dockside
Author
Series
Lakeshore chronicles volume 3
Formats
Description
Nina Romano, finally free to pursue her own adventures after raising her daughter, falls for innkeeper Greg Bellamy, a single father with two children of his own.
Author
Description
"Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter's Pass. Cutter's Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings--rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall--and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into...
19) Lake season
Author
Series
Bluebell Inn volume 1
Formats
Description
"When their parents die in a tragic accident, Molly Bennett and her siblings pull together to fulfill their parents' dream: turning their historic Bluebell, North Carolina home back into an inn. The situation would just be temporary-three years at the most-then they would sell the inn and Molly could get back to chasing her own dreams. Adam Bradford (aka bestselling author Nathanial Grey) is a reclusive novelist with a bad case of writer's block....
20) The welcoming
Author
Formats
Description
"Visitors come to Charity's friendly little inn to escape their ordinary lives. But FBI Agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. His mission is to expose the dangerous criminal gang operating out of the inn. Going undercover, Roman begins his investigation—which puts Charity's life on the line. A hit-and-run attack leaves her shaken and bruised, but only Roman knows how close she came to death. And with the...