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Day One It couldn't happen here. This is what the citizens of the close-knit village of Stonesmere in the Lake District of England would say if asked. They were wrong as it did happen there. On the annual Day One primary school play a lone gunman opened fire in Read more...
The Still Point Bea, Savvy and Olive have studied ballet at the same conservatory for years and this is their final year there. This will be a year like no other because Etienne Bernay, a French ballet dancer, has come with a film crew to create a documentary as he directs this Read more...
Union Station In 1953 John Russell, a British journalist, is living in Los Angeles with his actress wife Effie and their adopted daughter. He has managed to leave behind his former life as a double agent behind by blackmailing one of Stalin's henchmen. Life is good, but all that changes Read more...
The Resort On the surface, Koh Sang Resort in Thailand seems like paradise. Scratch the surface, and you'll find something completely different. The resort is staffed by a group of expats calling themselves the "Permanents," who don't easily welcome newcomers into their "family". Turns out there are valid reasons Read more...
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead Charlie Colbert has achieved success. She has a career and is engaged to Tripp, an heir of a prestigious family. However, there is more to Charlie than meets the eye. Nine years ago while in graduate school, she was witness to a horrible act of violence. Whether from shock Read more...
One Wrong Word Hardworking and knowledgeable, Arden Ward is very good at what she does. She is a crisis management expert for a public relations firm and her professional reputation is stellar. Her world implodes when her boss gives her two weeks' notice because the wife of a wealthy client has accused Read more...
I Love You More Avery and Tess Stone were close sisters once, but now that Avery is engaged to Bennett she can't seem to put aside the jealousy that Avery feels toward Tess. The reason? Bennett loved Tess first, but the relationship ended when Tess moved to New York City. Avery is Read more...
Nightwatching Put yourself in her place. She's the young mother of two small children. Their house is huge and old and there is a blizzard, but she knows the sounds she is hearing have nothing to do with the storm. There is someone in the home who shouldn't Read more...
The Boyfriend Amy had a good life that included a successful career, her own flat and good friends. All she lacked was a serious relationship and this weighed on her heavily. One night she fell which resulted in a concussion and a memory loss of the past six months. If Amy Read more...
Twenty-Seven Minutes It shouldn't be difficult to remember what happened during twenty-seven minutes. However, ten years ago Grant Dean was in an accident. His sister, Phoebe, died as a result of her injuries, but not immediately. She was badly injured, but alive. It was twenty-seven minutes after the Read more...
The Clinic They hadn't been close for years, but Meg knew that eventually she and her sister Haley would work things out. Then she was told Haley had died while at an exclusive rehab center. The cause of death? Most likely suicide. Recognizing that their childhood left much to be Read more...
Murder of an Amish Bridegroom Petunia Yoder holds an unusual title. In her Amish community of Blueberry, Pennsylvania, the twenty-two-year-old is considered to be the youngest old maid. She doesn't fit the mold of what is considered to be a good wife. She is opinionated and speaks her mind Read more...
Perfect Little Lives Ten years. That's how long Simone's father has been in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife. A wife who was pregnant with someone else's baby. Simone doesn't believe he did it but doesn't have the money to hire the right people to Read more...
We Must Not Think of Ourselves WE MUST NOT THINK OF OURSELVES by Loren Grodstein is a historical fiction novel based on information obtained and documented as part of a testimony-gathering project by some of the occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto. The narrator and Read more...
When Hattie Finds Love Hattie Schrock, a fifty-nine-year-old widow, would tell you she has a good life in her Amish community. She and her cousin have a popcorn store, she has children and grandchildren, and is an active member of the Widow's Club. She has many endearing characteristics Read more...
The Frozen River In 1789 the Kennebec River in a small Maine town was frozen as was the body of a man discovered in it. Martha Ballard, a midwife, was asked to examine the body and to determine the cause of death which she did. She stated he was murdered. Read more...
Take the Long Way Home The only child of a Black barber and a hairdresser, Claudia Patterson was born in 1940 in a Mississippi town founded by freed slaves. When she was twelve years old she came across a battered white boy and one might say this one event shaped her future. Read more...
The Engagement Party There were probably subtle signs from the start that something was wrong with her fiancée. But Kass Baptiste had quickly fallen madly in love with Murray Sedgemont and the three-carat diamond on her finger was enough proof for her that he felt the same about Read more...
The Woman with a Purple Heart Based on an actual person, THE WOMAN WITH A PURPLE HEART by Diane Hanks brings to life a Canadian nurse named Annie Fox. By November of 1941, she had risen through the ranks of the US Army to Lieutenant Read more...
Good Taste The year is 1932 and much of England suffers from the Great Depression. Food writer Stella Douglas knows a great deal about cuisine and when she is offered the opportunity to research and write a book about English culinary history she learns much more about food and herself Read more... |
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