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LOVE FINDS YOU IN SISTERS, OREGON

Hope Bartolli has avoided Sisters for years—both her hometown of Sisters, Oregon, and her two sisters who live there. But when the thirty-two-year-old corporate lawyer returns home to attend her beloved grandmother’s funeral, she’s surprised to learn that she has inherited Nona’s old house, her little dog, Andy, and an unexpected friendship with Nona’s handsome attorney. If she had any hopes of burying the hatchet with her sisters, these “gifts” from Nona aren’t going to help. Hope wants more out of life—but is she willing to take the risks to get it? And can she trust her family to stand by her side?


LIMELIGHT

"A compelling tale of one woman's journey from the excitement of the limelight to contentment in the twilight. When eighty-two-year-old Claudette is forced to leave her pampered Hollywood life and return to the backward town she escaped decades ago, she isn't sure she wants to continue living — especially if it means facing her estranged sister and the secret she has avoided for years. Limelight is a beautiful coming-of-age story at the other end of the spectrum."

–Virginia Smith, author of Third Time's a Charm and the Sister-to-Sister Series

"Only a gifted writer like Melody Carlson could present a self-centered character in such a way that the reader can't wait to turn the page and learn more about her. Claudette's poignant, yet amusing journey from worldly has-been diva to genuine, honest woman grabs the reader by the heartstrings and doesn't let go, even after the end. Highly recommended!"

–Jill Elizabeth Nelson, author of the To Catch a Thief series

"…any story by Carlson is worth encountering."

–Booklist

"Melody Carlson's style is mature and bitingly funny, and her gift for connecting our heart to the character's plight also connects us to the complicated human condition and our need for one another." –Patricia Hickman, author of Painted Dresses

"Melody Carlson never fails to drag us out of our Christian easychairs and right into the coals of the confusing culture in which we all find ourselves. She never fails to reveal that place of compassion within each of us. Excellent." –Lisa Samson, author of The Church Ladies and Tiger Lillie

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THREE WEDDINGS AND A BAR MITZVAH

86 Bloomberg Place: Book 4

Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately there are scheduling conflicts for that same weekend.

For starters, Megan and Marcus have a family wedding commitment. Anna and Edmond have promised to attend his younger stepbrother's Bar Mitzvah and, to everyone's surprise, Kendall has just accepted her "Maui Man's" proposal of marriage and also wants to be wed on that first weekend in June.

Wedding madness ensues at 86 Bloomberg Place, yet at the same time friendships are being forged that will last a lifetime

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DEAR MOM

EVERYTHING Your Teenage Daughter WANTS You TO KNOW But Will NEVER Tell You

Raising a teen daughter can be like trying to chart a course underwater. You can drown in an ocean of one-word answers, defensive conversations, and unpredictable outbursts..and never get anywhere.

This book helps you cut through murky, deep, uncharted and seemingly unsafe waters so you can hear what your daughter is really trying to tell you.

Instead of focusing on outward behaviors, Dear Mom captures your daughter's heart and soul. You can know her hopes and fears, her doubts and dreams about her identity, guys, friendships and even you. And you can connect with your daughter on a deeper, more intimate level that will carry both of you through the stormy seas of life.

Great tips and lists you'll find in Dear Mom

* 14 ways to help my self-esteem

* 10 ways to humiliate me

* 10 tips for how to act around my friends

* 10 traits I admire most about you

* 21 things I'll never say when I'm a mom

* 11 ways to totally alienate me

* 10 ways to make me tune out

* 9 things you say that shut me down

* 6 things you say that help me open up

* 12 things you've done that make me proud

* 10 ways you could ruin my life

* 13 ways we're alike

* 6 rules I might actually get

* 14 things I don't get about guys

* 9 healthy ways you can help me express myself

* 12 common fears I'll never admit

* 12 ways to encourage my spiritual life

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