The Growing Season: The Complete Set

Literature & Fiction

Duncan, Leigh D.

Genre Fiction

Gardenia Street Publishing

Her entire life is based on a lie.Rocked by the discovery of a long-hidden family secret, high school teacher Meridith Robins embarks on an increasingly dangerous journey to uncover the truth about her past. Her efforts take her to the middle of the Amish countryside outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania where she infiltrates a harsh religious cult in order to meet its mysterious founder—her father. The ink has barely dried on Brad Lang’s medical license when yet another in a recent spate of troubling accidents lands newcomer Meridith on his exam table. Concerned for the raven-haired woman’s safety, Brad warns Meridith away from the ruthless men in charge of the ragtag group known as The Prepared. His fears mount when Meridith appears to fall under the spell of the sect’s charismatic leader and disappears behind the compound’s fortified walls.With guards monitoring her every move, Meridith soon realizes that getting into compound of The Prepared was the easy part. Escaping—with her father—requires far more strength and courage than she possesses in this taut suspense by National Readers’ Choice Award winning author Leigh Duncan.

Pattern of Deceit

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Duncan, Leigh

Mystery

Justine Gale just got incredible news. The struggling single mom has inherited the flourishing citrus grove where she spent idyllic summers and formed lifelong friendships. Once on the fast track to success, Justine has recently learned her five-year-old daughter faces a lifetime of expensive medical treatments. Treatments, she can't afford. The decision to sell the land her family has owned for generations seems like the simple and smart way for Justine to provide for her daughter's future. But when she returns to Orange Blossom, she quickly realizes her plans could hurt every resident of the small town that depends on Castle Grove to survive. Justine's dilemma is only complicated by Nate Rhodes, her first love and now Orange Blossom's mayor, who stakes his own claim to the land she has inherited. He'll do whatever it takes to stop her, even if it means losing the woman he loves...one more time.

Butterfly Kisses (The Orange Blossom Series)

Romance

Contemporary

Sarah Bowen is trapped in Orange Blossom...and she’s desperate to escape. While Sarah works in her family’s pie shop, she dreams of becoming a famous chef and opening her own restaurant. But one disaster after another has delayed her plans, leaving her trapped in a small town filled with nosy matrons who frown as they look over her shoulder. One bite of Sarah’s orange meringue pie convinces confirmed bachelor Craig Star he’s found more than the winning entry in this year’s prestigious Patty-Cake cook-off. While Craig peppers Sarah with kisses as they prep for the winner-take-all contest that will give them both the success they seek, their love simmers. But when Sarah discovers that taking first place will put her family’s pie shop out of business and destroy her small home town, will she sacrifice her heart and her dreams to save Orange Blossom?

Sweet Dreams

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with best friends Michelle, Reggie, Nina and Erin for a second chance at all life has to offer.

The Gift At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women's Fiction (Sugar Sand Beach)

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with Reggie Frank and her best friends for a second chance at all life has to offer. 
Reggie has life all mapped out. The husband she put through law school has just landed his first big case. He’ll probably make junior partner within the year. In no time at all, they’ll move out of their cramped apartment, pay off the bills from the fertility clinic and buy a nice house in the suburbs, where they’ll raise the baby Reggie longs to hold in her arms. 
Except…life goes seriously off course when Reggie’s husband walks out on their marriage the same day she receives the most devastating news. With her hopes and dreams for the future crumbling, Reggie turns to three of the best friends a girl could ever want. 
Helping Michelle, Nina and Erin convert a run-down beach house into the Sugar Sand Inn is just the project Reggie needs to restore her self-confidence and heal her battered soul. A talented gardener, she volunteers to restore the neglected grounds around the inn to their former glory with the help of handyman Chris Johnson. In no time at all, Reggie’s world is filled with bright possibilities for the home and family she’s always wanted. But will the secret she harbors jeopardize Reggie’s new-found happiness? 
Join Reggie, Michelle, Nina and Erin as they build new lives in Sugar Sand Beach, where fresh opportunities for life, love and happiness are as limitless as the blue Florida skies.

The Secret At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with Nina Gray and her best friends for a second chance at all life has to offer. 
At forty-five, Chef Nina has all but given up on her dream of having a kitchen of her very own. Once hailed as the fresh, new face on the restaurant scene, she saw her hopes for the future fall like an overbaked soufflé after the man she loved betrayed her and destroyed her reputation. For ten years, Nina has worked hard at regaining the trust of the top chefs in the DC area. But opening a restaurant of her own? That dream went up in a puff of smoke a long time ago. Or she thought it had…until, thanks to the best friends a girl could ever want, Nina gets one more chance to make her dreams come true. While Michelle, Reggie and Erin concentrate on converting a run-down beach house into an inn, Nina tests out new dishes and recipes for the soon-to-be-opened Cafe at Sugar Sand Inn. But when rumors of Nina’s past threaten the Cafe, will diners and guests patronize the beautiful restaurant she’s always wanted? Or will history repeat itself? Join Nina, Michelle, Reggie and Erin as they build new lives in Sugar Sand Beach, where fresh opportunities for life, love and happiness are as limitless as the blue Florida skies.

The Cafe At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with Erin Bradshaw and her best friends for a second chance at all life has to offer. Sugar Sand Beach Book 4

The Reunion At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Escape to Sugar Sand Beach with best friends Michelle, Reggie, Nina and Erin for a second chance at all life has to offer. 
Welcome to Christmas at the Sugar Sand Inn! Michelle and her friends have replaced the welcome sign on the front gate with one that reads “Closed for the Holidays.” The four women deserve a little break after spending the summer working nonstop to convert the house Michelle inherited from her birth mother into an inn. The past three months they’ve definitely been thrilled—and maybe a little overwhelmed—by the influx of guests who have alternately charmed and confounded them. Now with a wedding in the works, it’s no wonder the four friends need some time to kick back, help themselves to a glass of the inn’s signature cocktail and enjoy the warm winter breezes that blow off the Gulf.\nOf course, no holiday would be complete without a few problems. A tight housing market makes it difficult for Erin and her fiancé to find a house to rent. Meanwhile Michelle, Reggie and Nina prepare a very special surprise for the newlyweds. Unexpected arrivals complicate matters, and soon every room of the “closed” inn is filled to overflowing. Despite the challenges, laughter rings throughout the halls, and good smells drift from the kitchen, where Chef Nina and her team whip up holiday treats and one very special wedding cake.\nJoin Nina, Michelle, Reggie and Erin as they enjoy the new lives they’ve built in Sugar Sand Beach, where fresh opportunities for life, love and happiness are as limitless as the blue Florida skies.

Christmas At Sugar Sand Inn: Clean and Wholesome Contemporary Women’s Fiction (Sugar Sand Beach)

She has one final wish before she puts a For Sale sign in front of the only home she’s ever known, but can her family make her dream come true?\nMargaret Dane Clayton has spent her entire life at the Dane Crown Inn, the beautiful resort located in the quiet beachside town of Emerald Bay. But the inn once hailed as the “gem of Florida’s Treasure Coast” is showing its age, much like its fiercely independent owner. Margaret swears she’ll keep the doors of the inn open forever … until an accident forces her to accept the fact that she can no longer cater to guests on her own. After reaching the most difficult decision of her life, Margaret asks her daughter and nieces to grant her one final wish before she places the property on the market. But will these five women put their busy lives on hold to grant it?\nOne by one, each of the cousins arrives in Emerald Bay with armloads of excuses and far too much baggage. But when the town’s grumpy—yet oh, so handsome—mayor threatens to close the inn for good, the women agree to give the resort the overhaul it desperately needs. Working with a bank account that’s far too small and facing one crisis after another, Margaret’s daughter and her nieces race to fulfill her final wish. Only one question remains: Can this fractured family set aside their differences long enough to restore the inn … and rebuild the closeness they once treasured?\nThe Emerald Bay Series\nAfter a lifetime of running the finest inn in Emerald Bay, Margaret Clayton has to make a decision … sell the Dane Crown Inn to a stranger or put her hopes for the future in her family’s hands. For most people, the choice would be simple. But nothing about her family is simple … especially not with her daughter and four nieces whose help Margaret needs now more than ever.\nThe five cousins know the inn as well as Margaret does. As young girls and teenagers, they spent every summer keeping the cottages and suites spotless, and enjoying the gorgeous beach as a tight knit family. Thirty years later, though, these five women have complicated, important, distant, and utterly packed lives. The last thing any of them can do is drop everything and save the inn. But, when it comes to family, the last thing is sometimes the only thing.\nAs the once-close cousins come together on the glorious shores of Florida’s Treasure Coast, they learn that some things never change, but others can never be the same. And the only thing that matters is family which, like the Dane Crown Inn, is forever.\nTreasure Coast Homecoming, Book 1 
Treasure Coast Promise, Book 2 
Treasure Coast Christmas, Book 3 
Treasure Coast Revival, Book 4 
Treasure Coast Discovery, Book 5 
Treasure Coast Legacy, Book 6

Treasure Coast Homecoming (Emerald Bay)

Women's Fiction

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