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The French, the Basques, and the myriad of foreigners who lived in wartime France often developed clever strategies for negotiating the Nazi Occupation of 1940–1944. This sometimes entailed living in harmony and cooperating with the “enemy,” accommodating to the Germans’ presence, or rejecting them through various modes of resistance and hostility. People so often simply tried to survive the Occupation as best as they could; and contrary to early perceptions of the French people. Most were...

Coming to Netflix November 18th: Guarding Stars, the Netflix adaptation of The Bodyguard, starring Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki.Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is “My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York...

Sam Kercher is a walking, talking, hulking specimen of a U.S. Marine.So why is he toting a diaper bag instead of a sniper rifle?When Sam’s military pals call in a favor, they force him to face a new line of duty.He’s going undercover as a nanny for their newly divorced sister and her twin boys.If Sam can assemble an M16 in his sleep, diaper duty should be easy, right?But Operation Nanny isn’t so simple.Sherid...

It’s a thin line between love and love-hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center.Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer ...

A hilarious British cozy mystery set in a quaint English village - filled with quirky characters, unexpected twists and a cat with a big personality! ~ Gemma ditches her high-flying job and returns to Oxford to pursue her dream of opening a traditional English tearoom. It means moving back in with her parents and coping with her bossy, matchmaking mother, but she’s sure it'll all be worth it. In fact, business is already booming… that is, until an American tourist is found...

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies—good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates—The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!—it’s a break too big to pa...

They thought they could leave their past behind. But murder doesn’t retire.Retired cops Rita and Rhonda Knight are eager to leave their crime-fighting past behind them and retire to the sleepy little town of Clovedale Falls. With the annual Pumpkin Festival right around the corner, the pair work day and night to get their bakery ready so they can finally say goodbye to solving crime.But their dreams of a quiet new life are shattered when a strangely familia...

What do you get when you combine mango cake, murder, and Mom?An unlikely recipe for a better life!When Mom convinces Christy to ditch her "lousy" job and help with the catering business, their fledgling partnership suffers a few setbacks. One of them can't cook, they're short a catering van, and the guest of honor at their first party is murdered.That would be bad enough, but then, Christy's cousin, Celia, becomes the prime suspect.Solving a murder ...

It better not be another ghost…After moving to escape someone no one else could see, I finally got my own apartment. Ghosts have followed me around since childhood, but between unpacking and culinary classes, I don’t have time to deal with wayward spirits.Mom and Gram say they’ve warded my new place against ghosts, whatever that means, but soon, things begin to fall over, move around, and roll across the floor.I may not be as alone as I had hoped. W...

Deadly gossip, a café in trouble, and sisters determined to keep a promise.Scarlett and her sisters have different aspirations, but the one thing they agree on is that the café must survive. The trouble is, someone else is just as determined to have them fail.Hounded by deadly gossip, Scarlett's determined not to give in to the pressure to close the family business and she’ll do anything to turn things around and give her sisters a better life.Anyth...

The glorious novel from the beloved author whose bright, hopelessly romantic New York Times bestsellers have been called “My perfect 10 of a book” (Emily Henry) and cheered for their “speedy pacing and sexual tension for miles” (People).Love may be blind. But what if . . . what you see isn't what you get?It’s all starting to come together for struggling artist Sadie Montgomery. She was just named a finalist in the...

A killer pie. A meddling ex. One sassy cat who smells trouble.Maddie never expected to win the apple pie contest and trip over her friend’s body at the Spring Festival. Now, thanks to a trail of suspicious evidence, she’s the prime suspect.With the clock ticking and the sheriff’s department breathing down her neck—led by her infuriatingly handsome ex—Maddie must clear her name before she’s serving time instead of pie.Good thing she’s got he...