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Delia Sweeney has always been unlike her older sister--fair and delicate compared to tall, statuesque Nora, whose hair is as dark as Donegal turf. In other ways too, the sisters are leagues apart. Nora is her mother's darling, favored at every turn, and expected...

A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find strength in his familial identity, from a stellar new voice in literary fiction. Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the...

For readers of Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone and David Vann's Legend of a Suicide, C. B. Bernard's debut novel shows a father and a daughter fighting toward hope through a traumatic past.In the town of Disappointment, Oregon, washed-up boxer Lewis Yaw makes ends...

From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B. Weinstein comes a moving novel of hearts lost and found, and of one woman torn between two love stories.When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Soon they're settled in the Florida...

Rebee Shore's life is fragmented. She's forever on the move, ricocheting around Alberta, guided less than capably by her dysfunctional mother Elizabeth. The Shore Girl follows Rebee from her toddler to her teen years as she grapples with her mother's fears and addictions, and...

'All afternoon the voices called, the two syllables of her name singing through the woods, down the steep garden, and across the sands to the sea.'On a hot July day, thirteen year old Lindsay Mathieson walked along the shore, past the rocks and out...

Second chances...and the secrets that sabotage them.At 48 years old, Margie Clifton never expected to be starting her life all over again. But when her brother gifts her a property on San Juan Island, that's exactly what she decides to do. After all, it's...

At nine years old, Gilda Marie Stevens experienced a cruel and unexpected event that landed her family on the wrong side of the tracks. A place in her mind where only she suffered and only her dreams were shattered. Fate turned against her again...

After years of hard work in a factory outside of Santiago, Chile, Ramón accepts a peculiar job: to look after a Coca-Cola billboard located by the highway. And it doesn't take long for Ramón to make an even more peculiar decision: to make the...

A fiction yet factual book series to help overcome the maze of the mind. TIED to the negative consequences of a life changing decision made out of fear. Internally DESTROYED by self-sabotage in response to an out of control situation. Emotionally & mentally TORMENTED...

In the not-too-distant future, dogs have been genetically engineered to live as long as the people to which they are matched to avoid early heartbreak. Ten-year-old Will finds a natural mongrel puppy in the woods that he names Hunter. The two become fast friends...

He could be her knight in shining leather-or just another heartache waiting to happen...Sean O'Malley isn't a forever guy. Looking for a night or two of wicked, dirty fun? He's happy to oblige. But relationships? No thanks. So, imagine his surprise when his connection...

Nothing gets under your skin quite like love... Norah O'Malley has way too much on her plate to even consider romance. Being home for the first time in ten years-single and pregnant-is more than enough. Too bad her heart has other ideas when she...

At the reading of her beloved father's will, Kate, a divorced French professor, learns of his affaire de coeur during World War II with a French artist named Emilie, to whom he has left a substantial bequest. Kate, stunned to discover the existence of...

Jamila and David, estranged twins are on seemingly opposite paths--she is pathologically self-destructive while he is quite possibly an enlightened bodhisattva. When heart-broken Jamila lands in the hospital after a failed love affair, David is drawn back home to New York City ostensibly to...

Surrendering to the tide of life might just make all their dreams come true. Lily is preparing for the high season at Glass Beach Cottage and looking forward to her son's upcoming visit, when she's hit with an unwelcome surprise-her estranged sister is back.Wendy's...

"Behind every great man there's a great woman . . . and in Noxon's telling, behind every great woman there's a charming, deeply conflicted guy (sometimes holding a very expensive handbag). Hilarious and unflinching, Plus One is a funny, sharply observed, heartbreaking look at...

Home is where the heart isA big block halfway up a hill in a quiet cul-de-sac. White weatherboard cottage with a heritage red steel roof. Fragrant yellow roses in the front garden. Gum trees out the back. White picket fence.Bill the postman knows exactly...

A Story of Grandparent CarersWhat happens when a family falls apart, for whatever reason? Be it drugs, alcohol, mental illness or domestic violence, children are caught in the middle, and they suffer. But who will step in to save them?This dilemma faced Donna, a...

Amidst the dairy farms of South Australia, ordinary lives are destroyed as trust between family members erodes. In the quest for atonement, brother, sister, Mum and Dad fall victim to one who feels betrayed and entitled. And where the law should work in their...

Ash and Destiny enjoy a happy life in Melbourne with their young son, Tomas, a large and slightly dysfunctional family, a successful art gallery, and Destiny's new exhibition about to debut. But everything changes for Ash on one extremely hot Summer Solstice when a...

When a brilliant young student makes a breakthrough botanical discovery in the late 1960s, it seems her life is set on its course, but a socially unacceptable romance and a resultant pregnancy throw everything into turmoil and ultimately leads her to disaster. Her brother,...

Cedric Errol and his mother had been living in poverty on the streets of New York City when they receive news that Cedric has inherited the title Lord Fauntleroy and is heir to the earldom and a huge estate.Plucked from the streets and taken...

'How deeply I envy any reader coming to her for the first time ' Elizabeth Jane Howard * A finely nuanced exploration of responsibility, snobbery and culture clash from one of the twentieth century's finest novelists. When Amy is suddenly left widowed and alone...

1965, an English country mansion. Eleanora Byngh is not in a good state. Wedded to the whisky bottle and with her house crumbling round her ears, her days seem destined to follow a lonely (and grumpy) downhill path. Then the post brings an unexpected...

The cute personal trainer hits "stop" on my treadmill, and I stumble off, colliding into him. He grabs me by the waist, and looks at me with his ocean-blue eyes, flashing me a grin that makes my heart flutter. Is he smiling because he...

She has my husband. She has my child. She has my life. I never thought I would end up here. Alone, in a cold one-bedroom apartment, only seeing my precious daughter once a week. Another woman is living the life that was once mine....

When a dream trip becomes your worst nightmare... You've been excited about this getaway for months - at last, a chance to reconnect with your husband at a secluded island resort. But when he unexpectedly calls you from the beach, you hear the urgency...

The woman looked at me, anguish brimming in her eyes. I picked up the note she'd left and read the scrawl: HELP!!! Then: Mom. Followed by a number. A gripping and heartbreaking read, based on the true story of the Jonestown cult, one of...

I was starting to believe it might be my turn for the fairy tale. A man who adored me, someone to return to at the end of the day and to share my life with. And Rebecca. Capable, reliable Rebecca who could help me...

Thea placed her hands on the soft, aged leather of her grandmother's suitcase, the one the slight old woman never let out of her sight. The thunk of the lock sounded very loud in the stillness of the cottage and Thea froze, her eyes...

Your ex-wife didn't leave you because of me. She didn't abandon her little girl because of a couple of love notes in your jeans pocket. She left because she's twisted, and she wanted to punish you. And she's not finished yet. You have to...

Meet Elizabeth and discover there is no greater happiness to be found than when lost in a wilderness of a garden, with bird cherries, lilacs, hollyhocks and lilies crowding the vision. This is her sanctuary from a host of unreasonable demands, whether from the...

Reprint of the original 1924 English translation edition! Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann, chronicling the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations, incidentally portraying the manner of life and mores of the bourgeoisie. Mann...

Refreshing and devastating--The Oklahoman Despised and feared by her sprawling family, Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene refuses to go quietly from her long life without revealing the secrets she's held locked away for more than fifty years--the same secrets consistent with the rumors her grandchildren...

Family tensions escalate when Pete, A.K.A. Philippa, A.K.A. Phil abruptly moves to a new city.Gilda Peterborough has always worried about her twin, but when Pete deletes his Facebook page, she is doubly concerned. Pete, A.K.A. Philippa, A.K.A. Phil, is intersex, and Gilda credits all...

"It's like you're in a story, walking through the forest, picking up breadcrumbs as clues. And the breadcrumbs are leading you to the truth..."All her life, Darby Coleman-Shields has felt like an outsider in her family. Her parents have often sided with her two...

Award-winning author's novel covers relationships, regrets, and the questionable decisions we make when we're in love.As a successful singer and recovering addict, Lauren Stone is no stranger to regret.When a publicity stunt gone wrong brings her face-to-face with one of her biggest regrets-her high...

There is no going back. Fifteen years ago, Sarah was a biology student with a lot of potential. Since then, she's been drifting from city to city, leaving behind friends and family to follow her ambitious husband as he rises to the top of...

Oregon, 1925. Like his semi-reclusive parents, ten-year-old George Graham doesn't have friends, preferring to live inside the safe and predictable world of his books. This all changes when his classmate Louise Pearson, new to town, befriends him. Curious about his family's secrets, and with...

When the Heart Brings You Home is a collection of three novellas for the Connor Falls Christmas Series. Set in the fictional small town of Connor Falls, Pennsylvania, each heartwarming story possesses a touch of romance in a setting of close-knit community, family and...

In Book 1 of this 7 Book Series by children's author Tania Isley-Robinson, readers are introduced to "The Shadow," a dark oil spill that has threatened all of the sea creatures of our wonderous town of Ocean Tides. Our beloved young main characters, including...

In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they've made and confront circumstances beyond their control.Nona "Peaches" Davenport, abandoned by the man she loved and betrayed by family, left her Natchez, Mississippi, home fifteen years...

In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they've made and confront circumstances beyond their control.Nona "Peaches" Davenport, abandoned by the man she loved and betrayed by family, left her Natchez, Mississippi, home fifteen years...

For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends.Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks...

For two women generations apart, going home will change their lives in this funny, poignant, and life-affirming novel about family, secrets, and broken hearts by the author of For the Love of Friends.Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks...

It's time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you're getting married (and gay) than on your family WhatsApp group?Amar can't wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he's found The One, and he's getting married. But it turns out announcing...

It's time everyone knew the truth, and what better way to announce you're getting married (and gay) than on your family WhatsApp group?Amar can't wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he's found The One, and he's getting married. But it turns out announcing...

From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes an evocative dual-timeline novel detailing one woman's journey to discover the hidden stories of her family's seaside resort.When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow.Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale's hometown of...

From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes an evocative dual-timeline novel detailing one woman's journey to discover the hidden stories of her family's seaside resort.When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow.Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale's hometown of...