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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Sometimes A Great Commotion by Carolyn J. Rose

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Also by Carolyn J. Rose:

Sometimes A Great Commotion, July 2010
Paperback
Hemlock Lake, July 2010
Hardcover
The Big Grabowski, November 2009
Paperback
The Crushed Velvet Miasma, November 2006
Paperback
The Hard Karma Shuffle, January 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Consulted To Death, September 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Dated To Death, July 2005
Paperback
The Hermit Of Humbug Mountain, October 2004
Paperback
Driven to Death, October 2002
Paperback (reprint)

Sometimes A Great Commotion
Carolyn J. Rose

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Krill Press
July 2010
On Sale: July 1, 2010
272 pages
ISBN: 0773112847
EAN: 9780773112841
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Mystery Cozy

It's bedlam by the bay, chaos on the coast, another dustup in Devil's Harbor.

Thanks to reporter Molly Donovan, the person who killed The Big Grabowski is in jail, but things are hardly back to what passes for normal in the quirky coastal community. With the aging sewage treatment system at its limit and huge penalties looming, the mayor orders extreme water conservation. Townspeople complain, but comply; they make every flush count.

Then Elspeth spots an image scorched into a breaded crab cake served up at the Devil's Food Cafe. Swarms of pilgrims descend on the town and the mayor, despite threats of impeachment or worse, plants a portable toilet on every lawn. Only selling timber from town trust land can supply funds to fix the sewer system. But a tree- sitting activist for hire keeps loggers at bay. When someone takes a chainsaw to his perch, Molly discovers the fall alone didn't kill him-he was poisoned, strangled, and struck with a blunt object. Who did him in? The mayor? The girlfriend he cheated on? The environmentalist he defrauded? Loggers with their payday on hold? While Molly delves into the dead man's past, hoping to untangle a snarl of lies and name the killer before Sheriff Greg Erdman, others chart stranger courses-her father falls for a shady lady, Henri undertakes an extreme makeover, Adam flees to the forest, Elspeth sees the light, Icky becomes a writer, and Shelley takes bold steps to turn back the tide of tourism.

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