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Pretend She's Here
Oct 24, 2018
Pretend She's Here
Oct 24, 2018

Emily Lonergan's best friend died last year.

And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie Porter was lively, loud, and fun -- Emily's better half. Emily can't accept that she's gone.

Available for pre-order:

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Oct 24, 2018
The Beautiful Lost
Jan 18, 2017
The Beautiful Lost
Jan 18, 2017

Three Things to Know About Maia

Ever since her mother left, Maia's struggled with depression -- which once got so bad, she had to go to an institution for a while. She doesn't want to go back.

IndieBound • Amazon • Apple iBooks • Barnes & Noble

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Jan 18, 2017
The Secret Language of Sisters
Aug 12, 2015
The Secret Language of Sisters
Aug 12, 2015

I loved writing about these sisters Tilly & Roo, they way they can communicate with a look or a laugh.  My sisters and I were like that. Love, Luanne xxoo

IndieBound • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • iBooks • Google Kobo • Books-A-Million • GoodReads • Scholastic (Publisher)

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Aug 12, 2015
The Night Before
May 15, 2014
The Night Before
May 15, 2014

From bestselling author Luanne Rice, a haunting and emotional short story, never-before released, and free to all readers. On the eve of a wedding by the edge of the sea, a once-in-a-lifetime storm sweeps through a family farm on the Connecticut Shoreline and sets in motion the events of The Night Before. 

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May 15, 2014
How We Started (ebook)
Mar 19, 2014
How We Started (ebook)
Mar 19, 2014

In these never-before-published stories, Luanne Rice gives her readers two tales of early love and longing. "Paul and Clare" introduces the heroine of her upcoming novel, Little Night, and offers a glimpse into how she met the love of her life -- and the beginning of her life-long passion for birds and nature, even in New York City.

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Mar 19, 2014
The Lemon Orchard
Jan 11, 2013
The Lemon Orchard
Jan 11, 2013

In the five years since Julia last visited her aunt and uncle’s home in Malibu, her life has been turned upside down by her daughter’s death. She expects to find nothing more than peace and solitude as she house-sits with only her dog, Bonnie, for company. But she finds herself drawn to the handsome man who oversees the lemon orchard. Roberto expertly tends the trees, using the money to support his extended Mexican family. What connection could these two people share? 

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Jan 11, 2013
Little Night
Jan 1, 2013
Little Night
Jan 1, 2013

Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.

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Jan 1, 2013
The Geometry of Sisters
Oct 17, 2012
The Geometry of Sisters
Oct 17, 2012

New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters, in an unforgettable story of loss, redemption, and forgiveness

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Oct 17, 2012
The Letters
Aug 22, 2012
The Letters
Aug 22, 2012

In this remarkable collaboration, acclaimed writers Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create, through a series of searching, intimate letters, a powerful novel of an estranged husband and wife—and the moment that changed the course of their lives forever.

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Aug 22, 2012
The Silver Boat
Feb 4, 2011
The Silver Boat
Feb 4, 2011

A heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha’s Vineyard one last time to say goodbye to the family beach house. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar, the oldest, turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth.

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Feb 4, 2011
Secrets of Paris
Jan 4, 2011
Secrets of Paris
Jan 4, 2011

Passion and friendship get equal billing in this entertaining love story, shaded with dark undertones. The Paris setting and themes of betrayal and forgiveness distinguish this spirited romance.

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Jan 4, 2011
What Matters Most
Nov 23, 2010
What Matters Most
Nov 23, 2010

Picking up where Sandcastles lets off, this a story about two people who've loved each other forever but live their lives apart.  "Writing the novel, I tried to capture that feeling of complete longing for something you can never have yet, at the same time, carry in your heart at all times." –Luanne

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Nov 23, 2010
Sandcastles
Aug 14, 2010
Sandcastles
Aug 14, 2010

The lives of one broken-hearted woman and her family are changed forever when one of her daughters brings back the man who left so many years ago to the family he’s always loved. Some things, like sandcastles, don’t survive the changing tides. But love, family, and friendship–just as fragile–have a way of standing against anything.

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Aug 14, 2010
Summer's Child
Jul 30, 2010
Summer's Child
Jul 30, 2010

A powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made. On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden–and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother.

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Jul 30, 2010
Jun 20, 2010
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Jun 20, 2010

A legendary island steeped in the mystery and wisdom of centuries… A runaway heiress learning to trust life, and love…

A mother and daughter, separated for years, searching for a way to face the future together… Luanne tells a powerful story of love, family, and friendship through the lives of two women who reunite at a place where dreams begin.

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Jun 20, 2010
Blue Moon
Jun 14, 2010
Blue Moon
Jun 14, 2010

At the forefront of this well-crafted story stands Cass, youngest and feistiest of the Keating sisters, a mother of three who enjoys hot sex in semi-public locations with husband Billy Medieros, her sweetheart since high school.

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Jun 14, 2010
Home Fires
Jun 14, 2010
Home Fires
Jun 14, 2010

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she was raised, trading a seemingly charmed life jetting between her Manhattan penthouse and France for a harsh winter in a wind-whipped island off the New England coast.

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Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Dance With Me
Jun 14, 2010

The story of a man and woman forced to choose between the past that haunts them and the love that won’t let them go...Jane Porter left the apple orchards of rural Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, years ago, fleeing memories that could tear two families apart. Now she has been unexpectedly drawn home to her mother and only sister.

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Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Stone Heart
Jun 14, 2010

A powerful and complex portrait of family when one woman's homecoming becomes an emotional journey towards a new beginning...After fifteen years away, Nomadic archaeologist Maria Dark hopes that she can rediscover the joy and optimism of her youth in the arms of her family. But things have changed.

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Jun 14, 2010
The Edge of Winter
Jun 14, 2010
The Edge of Winter
Jun 14, 2010

A journey into the tender, unmapped territory that lies between mothers and daughters, and fathers and sons, in this mesmerizing new novel that travels into the past to find the key to a boundless future.

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Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Light of the Moon
Jun 14, 2010

Against a backdrop of stunning natural beauty, and in the shadow of a mysterious family legend, one woman is about to discover that to find your way home, sometimes you must travel far away...

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Jun 14, 2010
Last Kiss
Jun 14, 2010
Last Kiss
Jun 14, 2010

Is it true that old love never dies, that hearts can mend, that a secret revealed can change everything? Luanne spins a mesmerizing tale readers will long remember–the powerful story of a close-knit community grappling with a dark mystery, and of a woman reclaiming a love she believed lost a lifetime ago.

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Jun 14, 2010
Follow the Stars Home
Jun 14, 2010
Follow the Stars Home
Jun 14, 2010

As lyrical and moving as the poetry of nature, Follow the Stars Home is a miracle of storytelling that will take your breath away. If words alone can dare us to confront our fears and to choose joy over sorrow, then Luanne's magnificent novel is a benediction and a call to celebrate our lives.

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Jun 14, 2010
Firefly Beach
Jun 14, 2010
Firefly Beach
Jun 14, 2010

Coolly sophisticated and steadfastly single, Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline thought that they had all put the past behind them. But as summer gets under way, a mysterious man arrives—a man who has the power to bring it all back...

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Jun 14, 2010
Summer Light
Jun 14, 2010
Summer Light
Jun 14, 2010

An entrancing story of love at first sight, the true meaning of family, and angels right here on earth. May’s own faith in true love was shattered when she was abandoned by the father of her child. Still, she finds joy in raising her daughter Kylie, a very special five-year-old who sees and hears things that others cannot. . .

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Jun 14, 2010
True Blue
Jun 14, 2010
True Blue
Jun 14, 2010

The story of two sisters and the boy next door...In True Blue Luanne explores the powerful bonds that connect old friends, and the joy of life’s unexpected second chances. Returning to the Connecticut beach town at the center of many of her novels, she touches our hearts with a spellbinding story of a love lost--and saved.

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Jun 14, 2010
Safe Harbor
Jun 14, 2010
Safe Harbor
Jun 14, 2010

Haunting and powerful, Safe Harbor is an unforgettable story of family bonds, love lost and found, and of a painter's unfolding vision of herself, as an artist -- and as a woman. Set on the timeless New England coastline that Luanne has made her own.

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Jun 14, 2010
The Perfect Summer
Jun 14, 2010
The Perfect Summer
Jun 14, 2010

Old friendships--and love--make all things new again. Luanne takes us back to the seaside, delving into the heart of a once happy family facing troubled waters.

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Jun 14, 2010
The Secret Hour
Jun 14, 2010
The Secret Hour
Jun 14, 2010

The gripping story of a man fighting for his family, a woman searching for her sister--and the promise of a new life where both least expected it...Beneath his careful and controlled demeanor, attorney John O’Rourke is a man whose life is in turmoil. Since the death of his wife, he has been juggling the rigors of a controversial capital murder case and the demands of raising two children.

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Jun 14, 2010
Jun 14, 2010
Silver Bells
Jun 14, 2010

On a quaint, snowy Chelsea street, librarian Catherine Tierney and a widowed Christmas tree seller from Nova Scotia will rediscover the magic of the season where they least expect it: in a chance encounter that leads to a holiday surprise of love and hope powerful enough to last a lifetime.

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Jun 14, 2010
All the Books
Pretend She's Here
Pretend She's Here
The Beautiful Lost
The Beautiful Lost
The Secret Language of Sisters
The Secret Language of Sisters
The Night Before
The Night Before
How We Started (ebook)
How We Started (ebook)
The Lemon Orchard
The Lemon Orchard
Little Night
Little Night
The Geometry of Sisters
The Geometry of Sisters
The Letters
The Letters
The Silver Boat
The Silver Boat
Secrets of Paris
Secrets of Paris
What Matters Most
What Matters Most
Sandcastles
Sandcastles
Summer's Child
Summer's Child
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Home Fires
Home Fires
Dance With Me
Stone Heart
The Edge of Winter
The Edge of Winter
Light of the Moon
Last Kiss
Last Kiss
Follow the Stars Home
Follow the Stars Home
Firefly Beach
Firefly Beach
Summer Light
Summer Light
True Blue
True Blue
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor
The Perfect Summer
The Perfect Summer
The Secret Hour
The Secret Hour
Silver Bells

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