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Mary Kate takes a deep breath as she stands outside 24 Merrion Square with its red front door and pretty rose garden. Grieving from her recent heartbreak, will returning to the Irish boarding house be the second chance she so desperately needs?

As visitors and village locals come and go through the boarding house, they leave certain memories of their stays and stories. A few that come to mind and that are worth retelling are told here. Thanks for joining us on the porch, in the parlor, and in the bar.

Lizbet Fontaine will do anything to keep her family together, even leave behind the only life she’s ever known to journey to the West. But as the jitney rumbles away, holding tightly to her little brother’s and sister’s hands, she knows something is wrong. Her stepfather has summoned an associate with a predatory glint in his eyes, and Lizbet knows she needs to save them all. She just doesn’t know how…until a kind man points out the Silver Hills Boarding House.

As a teenager, Howell sparked the worst wildfire in Montana’s history. Ten years later, they decide to take fate into their own hands. The great miracle of my life was that no one died. After one reckless act in the Montana wilderness destroys millions of acres, Howell is sentenced to a decade...

A wondrously intimate, funny, philosophical debut novel about an Arab American girl coming of age in the 2000s who becomes obsessed with The Sims, blurring the lines between her characters' desires and her own reality “Bester Wrook is weirdly existential and about all of life and I loved it...

Helena Sandstrom has been working as the governess for Rupert and Tommy Edgerton for several months now, finding the routine a safe place to hide from the troubles of her past. She's accepted that her life will be different from how she always imagined it - not every dream is meant to come true. Caleb Edgerton is nearly worn out after two years of being the sole caretaker for his aging mother. Her health has taken a turn, and he can no longer manage her care alone. Coming to his brother for help, he finds a source of comfort in the most unexpected place - the schoolroom.

When Christina Van Pelt is let go from her teaching position, she feels lost and rejected. Teaching meant everything to her, and without it, she wonders if she truly has a purpose. A letter from a family friend inviting her to come teach in Denver brings her to life again and she eagerly agrees to make the trip, but when she arrives, she finds that the plans have gone horribly awry. John Hall has been teaching in the Denver schoolhouse for five years while also trying to see to the needs of his aging mother.

Whiskey heiress Brandy Dardanelle has been abandoned at the altar. Seething from the sting to her family honor, she follows the lickspittle’s trail to Denver. However, she doesn’t even have time to unpack when she sees the errant ex-fiancé getting on another train. Afraid of losing her prey, Brandy brashly jumps aboard too. Successful rancher Samuel Elliott, Jr., returning home after negotiating the cattle deal of a lifetime, must now convince his neighbors he’s wise enough and mature enough to handle the details.

When Holly Christenson’s husband is killed on his family’s farmstead, his siblings—especially the second eldest who is now in control—heartlessly casts her from their midst. She takes a train to Denver and moves into the Broad Street Boarding House. With help from the Cartwright sisters and Cane, an obliging gentleman next door, she lands a teaching job. The holidays are upon them, and while helping Cane Givens at the Mission House and overseeing the Christmas play, sparks fly between the young couple.

Dublineses (en inglés, "Dubliners") el primer libro de Joyce, es una colección de relatos cortos escrita por el escritor irlandés. Los quince relatos son una representación, en ocasiones satírica, de las clases media y baja irlandesas, en el Dublín de principios del siglo XX. Joyce, quien sería más adelante pionero en el uso del monólogo interior como recurso narrativo, utiliza en esta obra un estilo realista para ofrecer una descripción de los personajes y la ciudad.