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"Quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to repair the dilapidated mansion next door--only to discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need mending, too"--

"Buying a supposedly haunted house wasn't in Ashley Scott's plans, but when an intriguing opportunity drops into her lap, she's ready to launch a new life. But she can't do it alone, and her reclusive new neighbor Jonathan Gray may be just the person to help--if only there were room in his life for romance"--

"Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss's son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Broken hearted, but determined to continue the business of their dreams, she takes the life insurance money,...

"Jason Guthrie has no time for entanglements- -between helping out his widowed brother and teenage nephew and getting his hometown back on its feet, his days are spoken for. But his nights are another story ... And when his lovely new neighbor, Honor Brown, reluctantly accepts his help in remodeling her house, Jason finds himself wishing his handyman skills could knock down the defenses she keeps building around herself." Jason has no time for entanglements;...

Spring has arrived in Holmes County, and Angie couldn't be happier. She's got great friends, a thriving business, and is in the perfect relationship with Sheriff James Mitchell. The only thing raining on her parade is her mother drafting her into a massive home renovation project - and using their sudden mother/daughter bonding time to comment on Angie's ticking biological clock. The house's repairs and upgrades between the Amish craftsmen and their...

Emily Callaghan is back in her quaint northern Michigan hometown of Trillium Bay: divorced, flat broke, and dragging along her twelve-year-old. The arrangement is that Emily, a house flipper, will renovate one of her grandmother's rental properties in exchange for a much-needed loan. But her dad is more distant than ever; her younger sister is dating a much older man, the cottage remodel grows increasingly daunting... and then there's out-of-towner...

"Ready for her next challenge, house flipper and YouTube sensation Maggie Nichols arrives in Kinship, Idaho, with only a cot and a coffeemaker, to bring a crumbling eighteen-room Victorian mansion back to life in four months, five tops. At least, that's the idea until she meets tall, charming landscaper Silas Wright. Maggie hates distractions from her mile-long to-do list. Even if the distraction looks really good shirtless. Now not only does she...

"Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck have successfully flipped houses, but this is the first time they've attempted to renovate a house of worship...The owner of the horse farm next door has asserted a legal claim to the church property...If that's not bad enough, while rehabbing the church, Whitneys cat Sawdust discovers a bombshell in the bell tower--the body of the man who'd delivered their beautiful new replacement windows"--

"Word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, it's been difficult to maintain a low profile. She embraces her new reputation for the chance to restore an historic house that calls to her. The new owners, who hope to run a haunted B & B, want Mel to encourage the ghosts that supposedly roam the halls to enhance the paranormal charm. The catch: Mel has to spend one night in the house to win the project. But...