Frank, Dorothea Benton.
Summary: Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley's wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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Frank, Dorothea Benton.
Summary: Caroline Wimbley Levine must preside over the Tall Pines Plantation after her mother's death. However, who, if anyone, could possible fill the void left by The Queen of Tall Pines?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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Summary: This is a story of people whose lives are changing--a southern gentleman returning home to lead a more peaceful life and his talented New York wife who is not quite sure she is ready to make the transition. They are moving north to south, fast pace versus slow pace, downsizing. And while they are doing this, they are getting glimpses into other people's lives over the course of a summer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2016
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Summary: The blue-blooded Langley family and the new-money Barretts are at odds over the impending wedding of JD and Betts. And then a shocking event on the night of their engagement changes everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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Summary: For Big Al and Connie, their move from New Jersey to Hilton Head, South Carolina, has been fraught with complications, especially for their daughter Grace, a thirty-one-year-old single, Catholic woman struggling for independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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Summary: To many, Folly Beach is one of the most beautiful and idyllic of places. But to Cate Cooper, it is the place that harbors many bad memories from the past. She never planned on coming back, but her late husband has left her both penniless and without a home. As Cate takes inventory of her life, she looks to Folly Beach's history for answers to her future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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Summary: Returning to Folly Beach, her childhood home, newly widowed Cate Cooper, whose late husband's financial exploits have left her homeless and broke, discovers that it is possible to go home again and discover the person she was meant to become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2011
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Summary: "Best friends since the first day of classes at The College of Charleston, Ashley Anne Waters and Mary Beth Smythe, now 23 years old, live in Ashley's parents' beach house rent-free. Ashley is a gallery assistant who aspires to become an artist. Mary Beth, a gifted cook from Tennessee, works for a caterer while searching for a good teaching job. Though they both know what they want out of life,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Co. 2014
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Summary: Miriam Elizabeth Swanson's middle-aged life shifts from Manhattan to Sullivans Island in South Carolina and, along the way, she learns more about life and herself than she realized she needed to know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007
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Summary: The last original wife among her husband's group of cronies, Leslie Anne, after an accident, realizes her perfect life is a sham and embraces the healing powers of South Carolina's white beaches where she, with the help of the feisty and funny residents,reclaims the strong and sexy woman she was meant to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2013
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Summary: "Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the last original wife among her husband's group of cronies. They've all traded in for younger... blonder... more enhanced models. But she is proud of her status and the longevity of her marriage. Sure the spark isn't quite there the way it once was. And it would be nicer if her husband paid a bit more attention to her desires but there's something to be said for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2013
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Summary: When Caroline Wimbley Levine returned to Tall Pines Plantation, she never expected to make peace with long-buried truths about herself and her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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Summary: Caroline Wimbley Levine returns to her childhood home of Tall Pines Plantation in South Carolina to help her brother deal with their eccentric and headstrong mother, Miss Lavinia, in a story of family bonds, secrets, betrayal, and understanding.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 2001
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Summary: In the South Carolina Lowcountry, three generations of a family--a grandmother, a mother, and a son--discover the indelible power of love as they share a memorable summer on Sullivan's Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 0000
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Summary: Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But her notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. With her mother leaving to fulfill her own dreams in Paris and her aunt, uncle, and stepfather moving to California, Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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Summary: Having left behind the island family cottage of her youth, a soul-weary woman struggles to come to terms with questionable choices from her past while endeavoring to remember life lessons about love and magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2007
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Summary: Hoping to sell some of her watercolors, Becca Sims wanders into the seaside Gallery Valentine, never expecting that her life will be transformed by the gallery owner and his best friend, in a novel set in small-town South Carolina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2005
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Summary: In the South Carolina Lowcountry, three generations of a family--a grandmother, a mother, and a son--discover the indelible power of love as they share a memorable summer on Sullivan's Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: In the South Carolina Lowcountry, three generations of a family--a grandmother, a mother, and a son--discover the indelible power of love as they share a memorable summer on Sullivan's Island.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: The queen of sassy Southern fiction. — Charlotte Observer Dottie Frank's books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property. —Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is back home in the Carolina lowcountry, spinning a tale that brims with the warmth,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins US 2012
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Frank, Dorothea Benton.
Summary: Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2009