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The Memory of Water Karen White The Memory of Water
by Karen White
Featured May 15, 2008

On the night their mother drowns, sisters Marnie and Diana Maitland discover there is more than one kind of death. There is the death of innocence, of love, and of hope. Each sister harbors a secret about that night-secrets that will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood.

After ten years of silence between the sisters, Marnie is called back to the South Carolina Lowcountry by Diana's ex-husband, Quinn Read More »

Mulberry Park Judy Duarte Mulberry Park
by Judy Duarte
Featured May 14, 2008

Claire Harper wraps up a hard day of work with a jog through Mulberry Park. Her workout is so much more than an effort to stay in shape. She runs to find a respite from the grief that has enveloped her since the death of her young son, but she never manages to alleviate the pain or the haunting memories of that fateful day . . . until she finds a little girl’s letter to God perched Read More »

A little girl's note to God sets off a chain of events with many unexpected results.

Pack Up The Moon Anna McPartlin Pack Up The Moon
by Anna McPartlin
Featured May 13, 2008

THERE'S A BIG LIFE AHEAD OF HER.
CAN SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE IT?
Emma is twenty-six -- pretty, intelligent, and happily living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother won't stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and John feel like the perfect couple, their future alive with possibilities. But out of the blue, a tragedy Read More »

A candid, funny and honest look at dealing with grief.

Women in Hats Judy Sheehan Women in Hats
by Judy Sheehan
Featured May 12, 2008

Her name is Leigh Majors and she isn’t going to change it. She works hard in her off-Broadway theatre as a director of small, critically acclaimed plays. She has a sane and happy marriage with Michael, and a delightful best friend in Maddie. Her mother, the famous Bridie Hart, was America’s favorite TV sitcom mom, who can only play the role of a good mother if somebody else writes the dialogue. Leigh Read More »

Intimate portrayal of the difficulties of being raised as the child of a famous celebrity.

Things I Want My Daughters To Know Elizabeth Noble Things I Want My Daughters To Know
by Elizabeth Noble
Featured May 11, 2008

How do you cope in a world without your mother? When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes letters to her four daughters, aware that they'll be facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at their side. But how can she leave them when they still have so much growing up to do? Take Lisa, in her midthirties but incapable of making a commitment; or Jennifer, trapped in a stale marriage Read More »

Stalked Brian Freeman Stalked
by Brian Freeman
Featured May 10, 2008

OBSESSION. BLACKMAIL. MURDER. IN ZERO DEGREES.

Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter night. She's obviously hiding a terrible secret. And her silence only feeds suspicion. Maggie isn't the only one keeping secrets in Duluth. A seductive young woman has disappeared, leaving behind a stash of lurid fantasies and a cryptic message. I know who it is. Following a twisted trail, Stride uncovers a sordid Read More »

Lost Souls Lisa Jackson Lost Souls
by Lisa Jackson
Featured May 9, 2008

Twenty-seven-year-old Kristi Bentz is lucky to be alive. Not many people her age have nearly died twice at the hands of a serial killer, and lived to tell about it. Her dad, New Orleans detective, Rick Bentz, wants Kristi to stay in New Orleans and out of danger. But if anything, Kristi’s experiences have made her even more fascinated by the mind of the serial killer. She hasn’t given up Read More »

Could the mysterious disappearances be related to a supposed vampire cult on campus?

Janeology Karen Harrington Janeology
by Karen Harrington
Featured May 8, 2008

Texas college professor Tom Nelson searches for answers after his wife Jane snaps and drowns their toddler son.

Jane, a loving mother of two, has drowned her toddler son and is charged with his murder in this powerful examination of love, loss, and family legacy. When a prosecutor decides Jane's husband Tom is partially to blame for the death and charges him with "failure to protect," Tom's attorney proposes a radical defense. He plans to create reasonable doubt about his client's alleged guilt by showing that Jane's genealogy is Read More »

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