Recommendations based on The Fixer Upperby Mary Kay Andrews

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  1. Hissy Fit

    by Mary Kay Andrews
    A wealthy Southern belle throws a fit when her husband leaves her for a younger woman. She seeks revenge and finds love along the way.

    "Andrews is at her best in this thoroughly satisfying story with the right blend of mystery, romance, and sharply funny writing." —Orlando Sentinel Whether it’s a mystery, sassy women’s fiction, or a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  2. Little Bitty Lies

    by Mary Kay Andrews
    Humorous and heartwarming tale of a woman who reinvents herself after her husband leaves her.

    New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews delivers another treasure of a comic novel. Little Bitty Lies is a tantalizing tale about an abandoned Atlanta housewife and mother who tells one ... (Goodreads)

  3. Summer Rental

    by Mary Kay Andrews
    Three friends rent a beach house for the summer, navigating love, friendship, and secrets in a charming coastal town.

    Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction… Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Girl On Legare Street

    by Karen White
    A woman moves into a haunted Charleston house and uncovers secrets of the past, including her own family's history.

    Acclaimed author Karen White returns with the sequel to the national bestseller, The House on Tradd Street,. Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have ... (Goodreads)

  5. Porch Lights

    by Dorothea Benton Frank
    A woman returns to her childhood home in the South and confronts family secrets, love, and loss.

    When fireman Jimmy McMullen is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. Flash and Bones

    by Kathy Reichs
    Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a puzzling case involving a missing girl and a NASCAR racing track.

    Brennan is called to examine a body found in a barrel of asphalt beside the racetrack in Charlotte, North Carolina . Things get very complicated when a toxic substance is found in the body, and the ... (Wikipedia)

  7. The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

    by Jill Conner Browne
    A humorous and irreverent guide to love and life, filled with advice, anecdotes, and recipes from the self-proclaimed Sweet Potato Queens.

    To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, ... (Goodreads)

  8. Welcome to Temptation

    by Jennifer Crusie
    Two sisters arrive in Temptation to make a documentary, but end up getting caught up in the town's scandals and romances.

    The novel begins as Sophie Dempsey and her younger sister Amy approach the small Ohio town of Temptation. They have been hired by their former sister-in-law, Clea Whipple, to create a movie that will ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Cross My Heart

    by James Patterson
    Alex Cross investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to his own family. The killer is always one step ahead.

    James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. ... (Goodreads)

  10. A Land More Kind Than Home

    by Wiley Cash
    An exploration of the rural American South, casting a spotlight on the bonds of family and the power of faith.

    In his phenomenal debut novel—a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town—author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent ... (Barnes & Noble)

  11. Smooth Talking Stranger

    by Lisa Kleypas
    A wealthy Texan businessman helps a woman in need, but their attraction complicates things.

    A sinful attraction., Jack Travis leads the uncomplicated life of a millionaire Texas playboy. He makes no commitments, he loves many women, he lives for pleasure. But no one has ever truly touched ... (Goodreads)

  12. Hope to Die

    by James Patterson
    A gripping mystery involving a detective's desperate search for a serial killer.

    Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family – his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious ... (Goodreads)

  13. First Family

    by David Baldacci
    A secret service agent must protect the president and her family from a ruthless terrorist.

    Following the instant #1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, and Simple Genius, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in David Baldacci's most heart-pounding thriller to date . . . ... (Goodreads)

  14. Divine Justice

    by David Baldacci
    A political thriller about a vigilante seeking justice for a murdered family.

    What's the central theme in "Divine Justice?" Oliver Stone is the most wanted man in America. No, not the maverick filmmaker Oliver Stone but the covert agent whose real name is John Carr. Men in the ... (Goodreads)

  15. A Reliable Wife

    by Robert Goolrick
    A dark tale of deception, secrecy and manipulation between two strangers in rural Wisconsin.

    Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. Hell's Corner

    by David Baldacci
    A former secret service agent must unravel a sinister plot to assassinate the President.

    Oliver Stone and the Camel Club star in #1 bestselling author David Baldacci's most stunning adventure of the series. An attack on the heart of power . . . In sight of the White House . . . At a ... (Goodreads)

  17. Top Secret Twenty-One

    by Janet Evanovich
    Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is on the hunt for a used-car dealer who has skipped bail. But things get complicated when dead bodies start showing up.

    Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she’ll pull it all off: top secret. Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy ... (Goodreads)

  18. Secrets of a Charmed Life

    by Susan Meissner
    A young woman discovers family secrets, learns the power of forgiveness and finds her place in the world.

    The author of, A Bridge Across the Ocean, and, The Last Year of the War, journeys from the present day to World War II England, as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime... , , Current ... (Goodreads)

  19. Mudbound

    by Hillary Jordan
    Two families, one black and one white, struggle to survive and thrive in rural Mississippi during and after World War II.

    In the winter of 1946, Henry McAllen moves his city-bred wife, Laura, from their comfortable home in Memphis, Tennessee to a remote cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta —a place she finds both ... (Wikipedia)

  20. From Dead to Worse

    by Charlaine Harris
    Supernatural forces wreak havoc on a Southern town, testing the bonds of family and friendship.

    After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire Summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Art of Racing in the Rain

    by Garth Stein
    An uplifting story of a race car driver and the bond between humans and animals.

    Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by ... (Goodreads)

  22. Secrets She Left Behind

    by Diane Chamberlain
    A woman's suicide leaves her sister and daughter to uncover the secrets of her past. A story of love, loss, and family secrets.

    One afternoon, single mother Sara Weston says that she's going to the store—and never returns. In her absence, she leaves her teenage son alone with his damaged past and a legacy of secrets.,Keith ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. Me and Mr. Darcy

    by Alexandra Potter
    A modern-day woman travels to England and falls in love with a man who resembles Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."

    Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature’s most eligible bachelor! After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she’s had it with ... (Goodreads)

  24. Twenties Girl

    by Sophie Kinsella
    A young woman's life is turned upside down when the ghost of her great-aunt Sadie appears, demanding her help in finding a missing necklace.

    Lara is a twenty-seven-year-old girl. At the funeral of her great-aunt Sadie, she gets visited by her ghost , in form of a bold, demanding, Charleston-dancing girl. Sadie has one particular request: ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Vampire's Bride

    by Gena Showalter
    A human woman is kidnapped by a vampire prince to be his bride, but she may be more than he bargained for.

    He is Layel, king of the vampires, a master seducer no woman can deny. But since a rogue horde of dragons killed his beloved over two centuries ago, Layel has existed only for vengeance - until he ... (Goodreads)

  26. Home Safe

    by Elizabeth Berg
    A widow struggles to come to terms with her husband's death while navigating the complexities of family relationships and personal identity.

    In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping ... (Goodreads)

  27. Little Town on the Prairie

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    A young girl's story of growing up on the prairie, facing the joys and struggles of pioneering life.

    The novel opens in May 1880, after the Hard Winter . At the Ingalls' claim, Pa begins planting the corn and oats that will serve as cash crops for the family, after which he builds the second half of ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Wild Rose

    by Jennifer Donnelly
    A tale of love, loss, and redemption set in the early 20th century. Follows the journey of a young woman from London to the Canadian wilderness.

    The vast multi-generational epic that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose now reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Wild Rose. London, 1914. World War I is looming on the ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Time Between

    by Karen White
    A woman returns to her childhood home to uncover family secrets and heal old wounds. A story of love, loss, and redemption.

    A stunning new novel of betrayal and forgiveness from, The New York Times, bestselling author. Thirty-four-year-old Eleanor Murray is consumed with guilt for causing the accident that paralyzed her ... (Goodreads)

  30. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

    by Christopher Paul Curtis
    The Watson family travels from Michigan to Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, experiencing racism and tragedy.

    The Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963 , celebrates 20 years with this anniversary edition featuring a special letter from Christopher Paul Curtis and an ... (Goodreads)