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When Chelsea Adams agrees to cater Muriel Winter's Independence Day party, she has mixed feelings. She's eager to widen her company's clientele in southern Maine, but it's hard to hide her distaste for her wealthy employer's condescending elitism. Chelsea's problems multiply when she meets Muriel's handsome son, Jeff Blaine, and finds she must struggle to resist the powerful longings he awakens in her. Muriel soon detects the chemistry between them and makes it clear she'll destroy Chelsea's business if she shows any interest in Jeff. To regain control of her turbulent feelings, Chelsea spends her off-hours with long-time friend Stuart Potter, a down-to-earth lobsterman. When Stuart surprises her by proposing marriage, Chelsea accepts in the belief it will resolve her problems and stabilize her life. But Chelsea's emotions are not to be tamed with an engagement ring. When circumstances repeatedly bring her into contact with Jeff, she's forced to decide: Will she choose a sensible prudence? Or will she follow the bewildering desires of her incautious heart? Originally published in 1994, this light romance is now available for the first time in ebook and trade paperback.

Allison Curtis knows she's the luckiest woman in New England when she accepts the proposal of the wealthy and charming bachelor, Cabot Wilder. But when his socialite mother insists on planning the fall wedding, Allison accepts her best friend's pleas to spend the summer with her on picturesque Harper's Island, off the Maine coast. There she'll be able to relax and calm her pre-wedding jitters. But from the moment of her arrival, Allison's days are anything but calm. She repeatedly crosses paths with the disturbingly handsome lobsterman, Brent Connors, who arouses her secret desires and intensifies all her doubts about the future. And when Cabot makes a surprise visit to the island, Allison is forced to choose between her longings and her loyalties. Originally published in 1992, this light romance is now available for the first time in ebook and trade paperback.

In one week, Karen Carmody, 30, manages to lose both her job and sublet. She's unemployed, broke, and homeless. As with every era, heartless landlords and high rents rule in 1980s Manhattan, landing Karen in The Arcadia, a "Home for Young Ladies" - never mind that most of its occupants are in their second or third youth.Among its many eccentricities, The Arcadia is run by The Army of Light and thus off-limits to males - so why has Karen's secretive roommate, Martha, crammed a teenage boy into their tiny room? And speaking of males, there's stockbroker and sexy Jury Duty pal Mark Pitofsky to consider. Now that she's hit rock bottom, things can only go up for Karen. Right?PRAISE FOR THE LAST ROOM IN MANHATTAN "A fine, funny, and moving story about bright, hip, but unambitious Karen Carmody, a young woman searching for direction, meaning, an apartment and love in a dead-on depiction of the contemporary urban landscape. Karen is the sort of marginal character Tama Janowitz writes about, but Lawrence handles the material more honestly, less superficially, without the romantic sheen. Karen is immensely likeable, and her life altogether real." -Kirkus Reviews"An offbeat adventure about women living on the edge in an unforgiving city. The author captures the emotional state of near homelessness, when the fear that one is approaching the border can still be kept at bay by a Visa card, though it may be an expired Visa card. Lawrence gives the best, most succinct reason why people want a piece of New York so much, why they stay when they come, despite the odds 'I like what can happen in the city.'" -New York Times Book Review"Caustic humor...wit and sensitivity. What differentiates [Lawrence's] writing is her ability to bring warmth into her reminiscences besides just humor-a nutty, but charming 1980's love affair blossoms...Halfway between reality and fairy tale, this contemporary novel will delight urban singles and suburban dreamers." -Library Journal"Lawrence displays a sure hand in her witty, gritty depiction of down-and-out life in contemporary Manhattan...The reader comes to an understanding of Karen's prickly, impetuous, and embattled nature. The author's lively humor, keen observation, gift for dialogue and ability to arouse compassion are strong."-Publisher's Weekly"This book is really a hilarious, but insightful and deep example of contemporary fiction. I was laughing through most of it... a delightful group of characters...full beings that enrich the reader and make this book an excellent choice."-The Vermont Standard"[Lawrence's] story rings true; her characters have flesh on their bones. They are people you can believe exist. Their world certainly does, and Lawrence has hit home with her book about them."-The Dayton Daily News""The Last Room in Manhattan gives us the frantic, frustrating, grabbing-for-straws lifestyle of a young, upwardly mobile career woman who has just been knocked off her career ladder... her youth, wit and ever-hopeful attitude serve her well. A Manhattan without flash or glamour...an interesting story of people who live on the edge."-Chattanooga News Free Press ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kathleen Rockwell Lawrence is the author of three books - her two novels Maud Gone and The Last Room in Manhattan and The Boys I Didn't Kiss, a collection of her essays, several of which appeared in The New York Times, Ms., Glamour, Salon, Vogue, and The Antioch Review, among others. She is grateful for her residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell, Bread Loaf, and Ragdale. She has taught at Hunter College High School and The City University of New York. Lawrence is a member of PEN America, The Authors Guild, and The Writers Room, where she is currently working on a new novel.

Approaching his forty-first birthday, Dr. Geoffrey Kurland was a busy man. His work as a Pediatric Pulmonologist, caring for children with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and asthma, led to long hours on the wards at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. At the same time, he was in the midst of training for the Western States Endurance Run, a grueling 100-mile long footrace across the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His long training runs, the responsibilities of patient care and teaching, and relationships attempting to replace his departed girlfriend occupied most of his life. Dr. Kurland's ordered world is suddenly turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia, a rare blood cancer with a low survival rate. His work, his running, and his friendships are altered by his struggle to survive. He finds he must undergo many of the procedures he performed on his patients, must endure surgery and chemotherapy, and must relinquish control of his life to his physicians, surgeons, and his disease. He learns first-hand what cannot be taught in medical school about the consuming power of a chronic illness and its treatment. Confronting his own mortality, Dr. Kurland is now the patient while remaining a physician and runner. With the support of his physicians at the Mayo Clinic, the University of California, and the University of Pittsburgh, he resolves to continue to live his life despite his potentially fatal disease. He discovers his personal inner strengths as well as weaknesses as he struggles to confront his illness and regain some of the control he lost to it. Along his nearly two and a half year journey, we follow Dr. Kurland as he endures surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and life-threatening complications of his illness. He emerges into remission with new inner strength and understanding of what it means to be a doctor. He also finds that he is still a runner, with the same goal, to run the 100 miles across the Sierra Mountains.