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In a suburban Atlanta neighborhood where divorce is as rampant as kudzu, Mary Bliss McGowan doesn't notice that her own marriage is in trouble until the summer night she finds a note from her husband, telling her he's gone. Stunned and humiliated, a desperate Mary Bliss, left behind with 17-year-old daughter Erin and a mountain of debt, decides to salvage what's left of her life by telling one little bitty lie.

A Savannah florist is about to score the wedding of a lifetime—one that will solidify her career as the go-to-girl for society nuptials. Ironically, Cara Kryzik doesn't believe in love, even though she creates beautiful flower arrangements to celebrate them. But when the bride goes missing and the wedding is in jeopardy, Cara must find the bride and figure out what she believes in. Maybe love really does exist outside of fairy tales after all.

As a movie location scout, picture-perfect is the name of the game. But her last project literally went up in flames, and her career is on the verge of flaming out. Greer has been given one more chance, if she can find the perfect undiscovered beach hideaway for a big-budget movie. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida panhandle town called Cypress Key. There's one motel, a marina, a long stretch of pristine beach and an old fishing pier with a community casino-which will be perfect for the film's explosive climax.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to me - it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.” So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road....

It's the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to deck out her shop for the Savannah historical district decorating contest, which she intends to win. Weezie is ready to shoot herself with her glue gun by the time she's done, but the results are stunning. She's certainly one-upped the owners of the trendy shop around the corner, but suddenly things start to go missing from her display and there seems to be an uninvited midnight visitor to her shop.

The winds of change are blowing, bringing gentrification to Callahan Garrity's funky Atlanta neighborhood. Though it probably won't harm her House Mouse housecleaning service, not everyone welcomes the rebirth. And when the body of a murdered microbrewer is discovered in the aftermath of a furious Halloween gale, suspicion falls on the aging "flower child" shopkeeper whom the victim put out of business.

Keeley Murdock's wedding to A.J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia.

Mary Kay Andrews' audiobook is the story of five people questioning everything they ever thought they knew about life. Five people on a journey that will uncover their secrets and point them on the path to forgiveness. Five people who each need a sea change, and one month in a summer rental that might just give it to them.

Callahan Garrity is the owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta’s elite. She’s also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set. When Callahan Garrity gets caught in a liquor store holdup on the way home from a St. Paddy’s Day party, one of her best friends is shot.

Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk has lost all her worldly possessions, thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motel on Tybee Island, an eccentric beach town that calls itself a drinking village with a fishing problem.

Twas the night before Christmas, and Savannah was breezy. But there's trouble afoot—and it's heading toward Weezie. Seems BeBe’s been holding a big secret back that would make Santa’s reindeer stop dead in their tracks. Can these two best friends wriggle out of these twists? Will they do it in time to ensure Christmas Bliss?

Eloise Foley, known to her friends as Weezie, has been through the divorce from hell. Her ex-husband Tal (aka Talmadge Evans III) was awarded their house in Savannah's historic district, the house that Weezie had spent years painstakingly restoring to its original splendor. Weezie was awarded the two-bedroom carriage house on the same property. Each was sure the other would sell.

After 10 years of cleaning up the dirt on Atlanta's streets, Callahan Garrity is trading in her badge for a broom and a staff of house cleaners. But, though the uniform is a little different, Callahan soon finds herself right back in the middle of a mystery when a client's pretty, pious 19-year-old nanny is gone...along with the jewelry, silver, and a few rather sensitive real estate documents. Before she knows it, the meticulous Callahan is up to her elbows in a case involving illicit love triangles, crooked business deals, long-distance scams, and a dead body.

We're four bestselling novelists and friends whose common love of reading, writing, and independent bookstores bound us together. Now we want to share and celebrate stories—of the books we’ve written, the ones we’re reading now, and the art of writing—with each other and the guest authors we invite to join us. If you love books and are curious about the writing world, you’re in the right place.

Gefühl ohne Andrews ist wie Suppe ohne Salz! Gina Foxton hat sich gerade als Fernsehköchin einen Namen gemacht, als ihre Welt zusammenbricht. Erst erwischt sie ihren Produzenten und Freund in flagranti, dann soll ihre Sendung abgesetzt werden. Doch Gina gibt nicht auf: Sie will den Sprung ins nationale Fernsehen wagen. Dafür muss sie an Tate Moody vorbei, der die Kochszene dominiert. Ein Kochwettbewerb der Superlative beginnt.

Keeley Rae Murdock, eine seriöse 34-jährige Innenarchitektin, will morgen ihren Verlobten heiraten. Doch der vernascht beim Probedurchlauf im Country Club kurzerhand die Trauzeugin. Und das gleich im Saal neben dem Trauzimmer! Keeley verliert die Fassung. Sie bekommt den Tobsuchtsanfall ihres Lebens: Sie verpasst der Trauzeugin einen saftigen Fausthieb ins Gesicht, wirft Gläser an die Wand, ritzt in das Auto ihres Verlobten das Wort Arschloch und wirft dem Pfarrer das Beweismaterial mitten ins Gesicht.

Gerade noch war das Leben von Lifestyle-Bloggerin Grace perfekt. Bis sie ihren Mann mit einer anderen erwischt und vor lauter Wut sein Luxuscabrio im Pool versenkt. Das Gericht verdonnert sie zum Besuch einer Gruppentherapie. Glücklicherweise sind die anderen vier Teilnehmer genauso entsetzt von ihrer Therapeutin wie Grace, so dass sie beschließen, ihre eigene Gruppensitzung abzuhalten - jeden Mittwochabend in der Strandbar "The Sandbox".

Drei Frauen, zwei Familien und ein Sommer voller Geheimnisse: die perfekte Ferienlektüre - Herzklopfen inklusive... Annajane und Patricia sind beste Freundinnen seit ihrer Kindheit. Nun sind sie zu Gast auf einer Hochzeit - der Hochzeit von Annajanes Exmann Mason und der reizenden Celia. Annajane redet sich ein, dass ihr das überhaupt nichts ausmacht. Schließlich ist sie über Mason hinweg und hat neue Pläne: Gemeinsam mit ihrem neuen Verlobten Shane will sie sich ein Leben weit weg von der beschaulichen Kleinstadt am See aufbauen, in der sie aufgewachsen ist.

Cara versucht Fuß auf dem Heiratsmarkt zu fassen. Natürlich nur beruflich. Als Floristin entwirft sie romantische Blumenarrangements für den großen Tag. Privat glaubt Cara schon lange nicht mehr an die Liebe und mit ihrem Ehemann ist es aus. In ihrem Leben läuft es wirklich alles andere als rund: Ihr Assistent will lieber für die Konkurrenz arbeiten, ihr strenger Vater fordert sein Geld zurück und ein Hundedieb hat es auf ihren Vierbeiner abgesehen. Warum nur sieht der Kerl so unverschämt gut aus?