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1) Now or Never
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Now or Never is the third book in the contemporary women's fiction/family saga series, Prime Time, which began with Anna Mason's story in Auld Acquaintance.
In this book, two of Anna's dear friends travel to Italy for very different and urgent family reasons.
Will Maria find common ground at the villa with her rebellious teenage daughter before it is too late?
Will Susan persuade her husband, Jake, that a new, unproven treatment for multiple sclerosis...
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If I had had the wits to see through his charm, I would have run like the scared rabbit life had made of me.
Sand in the Wind is the fourth story in the contemporary women's fiction Prime Time series. Set in Egypt, this story follows two friends as they discover a depth and dimension to their personal histories they never could have imagined.
In this story, we see the depth of the friendship between Anna and Alina.
Anna uncovers more about Helen...
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The Seas Between Us is the sixth and final book in the Prime Time series, which began with Anna Mason's story in Auld Acquaintance. This epic family saga comes to a stunning and emotional conclusion that will leave you satisfied.
Anna Mason has transformed her life by learning to welcome challenges.
With the help of her Samba friends, she has enlarged her existence and found another home in Scotland. Now that the mystery of Helen Dunlop's past is...
4) Remedy House
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Phase three in the women's fiction series about the co-housing project: Home Sweet Home
Can anything surpass their first year together in Harmony House? One thing is certain. This amazing group of women has proved they are full of surprises. But life is never perfect for long. How the women deal with difficulties will test their friendships to the limit.
"Mavis and Hilary found us and brought us together. Vilma found her dogs. Eve found safety....
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When women change, can their men adjust?
The week in the Lake District apartment is over. Valerie, Sandra, Corinne and Zoe have shared secret parts of their lives but now they all return home. There are men in their lives who must adjust to changes they are not expecting.
Book Two in the new Seven Days series from Ruth Hay! The complete series is now available!
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When friends reunite after years apart, what secrets will be revealed?
Valerie Westwood never expected to outlive her husband.
David had been so full of life, such a commanding presence as a father and partner, that even after his cancer diagnosis, she could not imagine he would fail to beat this challenge, as he had all others.
His final years had been much harder on her than she could believe.
Now she was alone with decisions to make. Their grown...
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A new women's fiction novel in the Home Sweet Home series by Ruth Hay! The perfect harmony of six women sharing a home is disrupted with the unexpected arrival of a fourteen-year-old girl--a long-lost relative who turns everything upside down. Companionship and female friendship are central to this story of mystery, travel, family and drama. Dreams don't always come true but sometimes even fantasies can be fulfilled.
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First in a new women's fiction series from the author of Auld Acquaintance!
Mavis and Hilary have a common problem. Both retired widows, they've reached the point in their lives where it would make most sense to move into a retirement community. Neither want that for their future, however, and they devise a plan to solve all their problems and provide a residence designed exactly to their requirements. But it won't work for just two women--and so...
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When women change, can their men adjust?
So much has happened to Valerie and her friends in the decade since they spent a week of friendship and bonding in the Lake District.
Now Valerie wants to revisit that memorable event but her plans have to change when an unexpected surprise takes precedence.
Book Three in the new Seven Days series from Ruth Hay! Complete series is now available!
Also available by Ruth Hay...
10) Auralie
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High-flying Auralie MacQuillan is blind to her family's Irish history until she confronts the evidence in a crumbling old mansion.
Rapid decisions follow as Auralie remakes her life to fit her more authentic self.
Ambitious women are the focus of Ruth Hay's new women's fiction series, Journey of A Lifetime. Each story gives you insights into a woman's chosen career and her secret compromises on the way to the top.
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Auld Acquaintance is the story of a woman in her 60s who has lost her confidence through life events, including a divorce. Anna has a part-time job in a library, and a group of good friends, but her hopes for a brighter future are growing dim.
Unexpectedly, she receives a legal letter informing her that she has inherited a piece of property in Scotland. Her first instinct is to ignore this letter as she has no knowledge of the person named as the...
12) Memory House
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Phase Five in Ruth Hay's Home Sweet Home series.
Harmony House was an experiment based on the principles of mutual help and support.
When one of their members died, Hilary and Mavis knew more tests would arise as time went on.
What they did not know was how much the past predicts the future, for good and bad.
13) Anna's Armchair
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Anna has remained in Oban, in her beloved McCaig Estate Farmhouse, with Ashley's family.
They have had some difficult settling-in times, but at last all seems to be calm and comfortable with baby Austin now approaching three years old.
The last thing Anna needs is more disruption, but she knows her life in Oban has many moving parts and many loving people, and time marches on faster than even she can imagine.
14) Rosalind
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You can't drown your fears in a swimming pool no matter how fast you swim.
Her life was limited to the size of a backyard pool until her time ran out and she found herself forced to enter the much larger and more challenging pool of adult existence.
A new women's fiction novel from the author of Harmony House!
15) Nadine
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A Woman in a Man's World
Getting to the top sometimes requires deception; a lot of deception.
Nadine Cowan lives two lives simultaneously. She is a rising star in the big business of education and a mother of four children with a stay-at-home husband and a support system designed to keep everyone happy, healthy and moving forward.
The secret to her success is in separating these two lives.
Completely.
But it has not been easy.
16) Family Bonds
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Elizabeth Goodwin Mowat sacrificed many years to bring up her family.
Her secret desire to escape and live a different life has been thwarted by the needs of her mother, Sadie Goodwin, and the cascade of problems resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic.
Can she now plan to extricate herself from all her responsibilities and begin again?
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When a woman has it all, will she risk everything for that one last dangerous dream?
Don't ever confuse your life and your work. The second is only part of the first."
Anna Quindlen.
The amazing Mexican week is behind them but repercussions echo into the following months.
In England, Zoe and Wesley must deal with their tentative promises to each other and the Toronto Beck family's three generations is only starting to cope with a number of challenging...
18) Anna in Exile
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As the ninth book in Ruth Hay's beloved Prime Time Series begins, Anna Mason Drake finds herself in a dilemma. Many of her richest memories, and her most dear acquaintances, are in Oban, Scotland, while she is trapped in Canada by the global pandemic. Time is going by. Will she ever see the McCaig Estate House finished? Will she miss exciting events in the lives of those she loves? Is she to be isolated forever by circumstances, and held hostage by...
19) Fade or Flourish
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Rachel has learned that money is a good thing.Money buys privacy in a grand house set in lovely surroundings.Money buys fine furnishings, clothes and jewellery.But … money can't buy everything.Faithful husbands cannot be purchased at any price.Rachel knows this because she has tried, and failed, three times.Now, she needs money to maintain her lifestyle.Compromises must be made … but Rachel Rowland is not good at this.
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