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Gingerbread Jitters

This Christmas, Freddy's class is making gingerbread houses to donate to a local children's hospital. Everyone has a great idea of what to bring for decorations — everyone, that is, except Freddy! If he can think up the perfect ingredient, this season will be totally sweet!
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Dr Di Angelo's Baby Bombshell

SUMMARY: Dr. Darby Phillips is horrified to open the invitation to her high-school reunion! She was the shy, studious girl boys never looked twice at. Her heart won't survive the humiliation if she turns up without a date!Enter her colleague, the delicious Dr. Blake Di Angelo. His Italian charm wins over every girl he flashes his twinkling smile at--including Darby! But her proposition is strictly business.She never imagined playing the happy couple could lead to bona fide romance. Reality hits hard, though, when Darby must tell Blake that his playboy penthouse will soon be hearing the pitter-patter of tiny feet....
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The Doctor's Pregnancy Bombshell

Surprise baby! Dr. Melissa Conner steeled herself to tell her partner, James—the man who'd always insisted he never wanted kids—that he was going to be a daddy! Only, E.R. consultant James Stanley dropped his own bombshell first. Unhappy with the way work had overtaken their relationship, he was leaving! And then he discovered Melissa's pregnancy. He knew that a baby would reopen painful scars from his past. But he still loved Melissa, and after the ultrasound scan he was surprised to find he loved his unborn baby, too. Could this tiny, growing life inside Melissa bring these two complex souls back together again? Yes, he hoped so.
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The Year Money Grew on Trees

Chapter 1: A Bad Choice and a Worse One My dad always said that his feet were the only stupid parts of his body. They had walked him into every bad decision he had ever made, so he had to watch them carefully. He repeated that little pearl of wisdom so often that I began to take it literally and stare at my feet when they were moving. I had my eyes on them the afternoon they walked me into my career in agriculture. I blame my feet because I was only thirteen at the time and not exactly in the job market.On that particular day, I was mostly thinking about what I could eat when I got home from school. I was trudging along the dirt lane from the bus stop while my sisters and cousins rushed past me, trying to escape the biting New Mexico wind. The lane's rutted tracks had filled with water from a snowstorm and then frozen into narrow strips of dirty ice. It felt powerful and satisfying to crush the fragile surfaces and watch the underlying brown water ooze around my...
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Carter Finally Gets It

A laugh-out-loud and surprisingly poignant novel about getting through high school, getting the girl, and getting it together.
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Act 3

A show-stopping middle-grade series about life in and out of the spotlight from Broadway stars and Internet sensations Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Wetherhead.Two weeks at Camp Curtain-Up is just what Jack and Louisa need to fuel their passion for theater: Broadway musical sing-alongs, outdoor rehearsals, and tons of new MTNs (musical theater nerds) to meet... maybe even a special someone. It almost feels like fate when the two friends return home to find local auditions for The Sound of Music. But as Louisa fantasizes about frolicking in the Alps, Jack gets tempted by a student-run drama competition that would reunite the two with their camp friends. Will Jack get Louisa to skip an audition? Can Lou handle Jack as her director? And will someone finally get a big, Broadway happy ending?
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