Del Norte Public Library

Sparks erupt when Sedona Snow, who manages a small hotel and tavern on Rainshadow Island with her faithful sidekick, Lyle, and who is trying to put her tragic past behind her, catches the attention of a new Guild boss in town.

Tired and fed up, tycoon Simon Shaw seeks refuge in Provence, where he encounters a pretty Frenchwoman who lures him into buying a little hotel that proves far more troublesome than quaint.

"The town of Moonlight Harbor needs to convince tourists that the beach is still the place to be--even when the sunshine goes south for the winter. Jenna Jones, new propietor of The Driftwood Inn, has the perfect idea: a holiday festival called Seaside with Santa. Jenna is happy to throw herself into planning the event. With all the decorating, preparation and extra reservations at the inn because of the festival--and with two wonderful but very different...

"In Danger at the Cove, the second book in a delightful cozy series by Hannah Dennison in which a surprise visitor makes an appearance on the island-and murder ensues. Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot's old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced-and expecting VIP treatment. Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations,...

Kate and John Ryan have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern...four lovely children.. and such wonderful dreams. But this is bout to change as American millionaire Patric O'Neill come to town with money to burn. Love and hate vie for the town's quiet heart, and old traditions begin to crumble away.... Patric faces his own crisis of conscience and heart as the events he sets in motion take on a life of their own in a town that will...

"Death at High Tide is the first installment in the delightful Island Sisters series of cozy mysteries by Hannah Dennison, featuring two sisters who inherit an old hotel in the remote Isles of Sicily off the coast of Cornwall and find it full of intrigue, danger, and romance. When Evie Mead's husband, Robert, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, a mysterious note is found among his possessions. It indicates that Evie may own the rights to an old...

"It's a blazing summer on Animal Boulevard-and Hotel Flamingo is buzzing with excitement. The King and Queen Penguin are coming to stay! It's been a long time since the hotel had royal guests, and there's a lot for Anna and her team to do. But looking after penguins in the middle of a heat wave is no easy task..." --Page 4 of cover.

"When retired actor and irrepressible ladies' man Buffy decides to leave London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is getting himself into. In possession of a run-down bed and breakfast that leans more toward the shabby than the chic, Buffy realizes that he needs to fill the beds--and fast. Otherwise, his vision of the pastoral countryside will go up in smoke. So he has the bold idea of starting "Courses for divorces." Enter a motley...

"Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its coproprietor Bella Ainsworth. She is short of staff and ready money. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she is being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot political cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still...

Merry Christmas Cowboy — Cowboy Wolf Garrett is delighted his brother is happily married. Really, he is. But time can never heal Wolf's own wounds, so being surrounded by such marital joy is a bit much. A trip to his extended family's ranch in Copper Ridge seems the ideal change of scenery, until he meets local innkeeper Violet Donnelly and realizes he's exchanged one form of torture for another: trying and spectacularly failing to resist their...