For a spellbinding story, Susanna Kearsley is always the author to turn
to for a great read. BELLEWETHER
is no exception, featuring two life star-crossed lovers during the French
and Indian War and a present-day storyline involving a museum curator
trying Read more...
Abbie Rose Stone is taking a huge chance and starting her own hard
cider business. Have spent her entire adult life as a nurse in Ann Arbor,
MI, married to a hardworking lawyer, and raising three sons, she's ready
to spend more time at their cottage, work in an Read more...
Amateur photographer Cady Drake has always been a loner - she spent
most of her young life in the foster care system, and has kept everyone
at a distance. When the one person she let herself get close to, Maxine,
passes away, Cady finds herself completely alone, with only Gus, an Read more...
Born a slave in Missouri, Cathy Williams never considered herself one.
Her mother always told her stories of her grandmother, an African
queen stolen from her home and unwillingly brought to America. Even
though they have faced unspeakable hardships, the women of Cathy's
family have been brought up to Read more...
Quinn LaPointe left Butternut Lake, Minnesota as soon as she graduated from high school ten years ago. Now a successful journalist living near Chicago, Quinn makes an unexpected decision: to return to Butternut Lake and attend a memorial service for her high school boyfriend, Jake Lightman. Cross country superstar Read more...
Eleanor Moskovitz is having a rough time - the man she thought could
be the one left her with no warning, she's having a hard time finding
purpose at work, and she still lives with her overprotective Jewish
mother. To make matters worse, on her way to a new job Read more...
Soldier-turned-spy Adam Drummond is undercover at
the Duke of Marsley's estate, acting as the majordomo,
keeping things
running since the Duke's death. He's actually there on
behalf of the
Silent Service, a dark branch of the war office tasked with
difficult
missions. It is believed Read more...
Alison Bannister is caught off guard when she sees a small
painting
claiming to be a new portrait of Anne Boleyn. She is
positive it is of
Mary Seymour, daughter of Henry VIII's widow Katherine
Parr, long
believed to have died in infancy. Alison knows it is Mary
because Read more...
Portia Hobbs has decided to make some major changes in her
life.
She's done drinking, done coasting through jobs, and most
of all, she's
done with men. To make sure her new lifestyle sticks, she
applies and is
accepted to be a sword maker's apprentice in Scotland Read more...
Set in the near future, VOX by
Christina Dalcher is a provocative thriller, exploring the
power of
language, and what happens when women's voices are literally
silenced. After the election of a conservative president,
heavily
supported and influenced by the religious right Read more...
Beleaguered orderly at a retirement home for elderly authors
and
publishing professionals, Cecibel Bringer is beside herself
when her
favorite author, and formerly notorious lothario, Alphonse
Carducci
moves into the home to spend his final days among his peers.
While
he's not as strong as he was in his Read more...
Daughter of self-made hotelier, Kitty Tessler wants nothing
more than
to be accepted into New York's high society set.
Fashionable, witty, and
vivacious, Kitty's considered "new money," and knows the
only way
she'll ever be a true socialite is by marrying into a family
with old Read more...
Kyra Dixon remembers Will Chase as the handsome rich guy from college, dating her roommate who never treated him well, and honestly, the one who got away. They bonded over their love for classic literature, quoting poetry to one another in quick passing. While Will has gone on to Read more...
In this interesting retelling of Cinderella, Danielle
Teller's ALL THE EVER AFTERS gives readers
the backstory of Cinderella's evil stepmother. But was she
really evil?
Or did circumstance simply frame her that way?
Beginning in her youth, Agnes is sent to Read more...
In HOW I RESIST, edited by
Maureen
Johnson, thirty diverse authors, actors, activists, and
leaders (among
other interesting professions) come together to offer advice
and insight
to young people looking for ways to get involved with their
communities
during this difficult political climate Read more...
After five years of marriage, Cass and Jonathan Coyne have
reached a plateau in their marriage. Neither is particularly enthused,
the cute quirks from early in their relationship are now full-blown
pet-peeves, and they both can't help but start to dissect every single
event that has brought Read more...
The last person Connie Reyes ever expects to spend time with is her
ex, Jonathan Pierce. Years ago they shared an unforgettable summer
that ended in regret when she returned to college, and he decided to
pursue his dreams. Since then, Connie has become a successful
lawyer, working her way Read more...
Skilled cook for a noble family in London, Kat Holloway
never seems to be far from scandal. When her employer, Lady
Cynthia, asks Kat to help her dear friend from a devious
plot involving stolen antiques, Kat is hesitant but knows
Cynthia would only come to her if she were Read more...
Set on the fictional Winthrop Island, where the who's who of New
England high society spend their summers, THE SUMMER WIVES by Beatriz Williams is an
atmospheric and deeply emotional novel, taking place in the years after
WWII. Miranda Schuyler is fresh Read more...
Laura has lived a sheltered life growing up in a small
California lakeside town; her parents are loving-yet-strict,
her mother very religious, and her father very protective. A
new family moves in across the lake, and Laura is tasked
with introducing herself to the daughter of a single Read more...