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Everyone has been touched by a unique pup at some point in their lives. Ever since Charlie joined their family...it was obvious he needed a friend. One day in the middle of summer the whole family agreed it was time to find him a...

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

In the winning new novel from the beloved author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, the house cleaner of a famous reclusive author must carry out her employer's life-changing last wish...Have you ever wished you were someone else?Mother of two Liv Green barely...

Can Sophia transition into her new family without sacrificing something personal? Sophia and Richie leave their baby behind and go for a holiday to celebrate Richie's promotion at work and to prepare for Sophia's imminent return to work. Little did she know the journey...

When her husband, Kristoffer, dies from a burst appendix in Iowa in 1905, middle-aged Karoline Olsen, mother of six, must make the 145-mile trip from Cedar Falls to Soldier by horse-drawn wagon to bring his body home. With the corpse on fast-melting ice, Karoline...

Todd and Lacey find each other in a nightclub in Sutton, Surrey. Love and lust grows fast and furious, and what seems like a fairytale for the pair soon turns into a living nightmare. As life goes on around them: death, image issues, addiction...

A NPR Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Books of 2023 A Library Journal 2023 Best Book Covers of the Year "Sidle Creek is one of the best story collections I've read in a long time." - Ron Rash, New York Times...

The Cantaloupe Moon captures the gentle conversations between a parent and her child. Each night, the little girl notices that the moon changes slightly. Her curiosity and imagination are off and running as she compares the cosmic object to her favorite type of food:...

Luke and Lola in Lockdown is a picture story book about a young family who are suddenly faced with dramatic change. The young children in this book are five year old twins named Luke and Lola. It focuses on their ability to handle the...

Never Give Up is an inspirational story of a boy who works hard to make the competitive school soccer team. He never gives up due to his disability because he is determined to be the best that he can be. This book is inspiring...

Never Give Up is an inspirational story of a boy who works hard to make the competitive school soccer team. He never gives up due to his disability because he is determined to be the best that he can be. This book is inspiring...

An emotional and hopeful debut that asks: Can first love survive 18 years, 11,000 miles and a lifetime of misunderstandings?"How I loved this story... It has it all--an evocative setting, complicated characters and a tale that keeps you turning those pages. Super!" --Imogen ClarkEighteen...

The One Just South of Paradise is the O'Neil family's nickname for their rustic fly-fishing lodge on a remote cay on the edge of the Out Island Bahamas. Here and on the majestic saltwater flats to the north is where South Florida surgeon Jack...

The One Just South of Paradise is the O'Neil family's nickname for their rustic fly-fishing lodge on a remote cay on the edge of the Out Island Bahamas. Here and on the majestic saltwater flats to the north is where South Florida surgeon Jack...

A perfumer in Paris is forced to return to her California roots in an exhilarating novel about family, self-discovery, and taking risks by the author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave.The daughter of proud Napa Valley hoteliers, Asha "Poppy" Patel chose a different...

Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this "old-school page turner" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle--a girl...

Now a Netflix film starring Florence Pugh: In this "old-school page turner" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review) by the bestselling author of Room, an English nurse is brought to a small Irish village to observe what appears to be a miracle--a girl...

What do you do when destiny isn't turning out as planned? For Sean Doran, you make a course correction . . . and go home. USA Today bestselling author Juliette Fay delivers a richly-drawn page-turner with humor, heart, and hope for finding oneself when...

Set in the coastal town of Salter Path, North Carolina, the story follows Bodhi Salter and his fianc馥, Ellie, returning to Bodhi's hometown of Salter Path. Bodhi's ancestors moved to the island in the 1800s after a hurricane forced them to leave Diamond City...

Seventy-five-year-old Glory hoped the rest of the world would let her fade away in peace. Instead, a county official came knocking on her door, which forced her search for helpers and clean up the loose ends in her life. After a few months of...

Two sets of three women - three decades different in age - meet on a celebratory vacation that forever changes all their lives. Megyn, Claire, and Paige, friends since college, can't believe they are about to turn thirty. It seems so old! Agreeing they...

The relationship between Father and Daughter is priceless. Walking with my father has always been something that I really enjoyed. Having that time together gave me so much peace and hope. His words were always full of wisdom. I hope that by reading this...

A novel by an acclaimed American poet, House under Snow is a story of mothers and daughters, of sexual identity, and a family slowly disintegrating after the premature death of its patriarch.Anna Crane, soon to be married, reflects back on her childhood in Ohio...

If Mae loses the Inn, she'll lose everything.Mae Benson was born to run the Sweet Island Inn. She cooks, she cleans, she laughs, she makes a mean pot of coffee, and she always knows which beach to recommend to her guests. But suddenly, that...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, a moving tale of forbidden love and extraordinary courage in the face of disasterEighteen-year-old Niri and his family live a modest but secure life working in the villa of the wealthy Benzes. But...

10-year-old Henry Rowley's family life is about to change, big time. After his grandmother Belle McNally wins $109 million in a lottery, she decides to use the money to bring her estranged daughters together and mend their relationship.But soon after arrival, Belle passes away...

10-year-old Henry Rowley's family life is about to change, big time. After his grandmother Belle McNally wins $109 million in a lottery, she decides to use the money to bring her estranged daughters together and mend their relationship.But soon after arrival, Belle passes away...

10-year-old Henry Rowley's family life is about to change, big time. After his grandmother Belle McNally wins $109 million in a lottery, she decides to use the money to bring her estranged daughters together and mend their relationship.But soon after arrival, Belle passes away...

10-year-old Henry Rowley's family life is about to change, big time. After his grandmother Belle McNally wins $109 million in a lottery, she decides to use the money to bring her estranged daughters together and mend their relationship.But soon after arrival, Belle passes away...

10-year-old Henry Rowley's family life is about to change, big time. After his grandmother Belle McNally wins $109 million in a lottery, she decides to use the money to bring her estranged daughters together and mend their relationship.But soon after arrival, Belle passes away...

A crime forged in grief. One child abducted to replace another. But does a parent ever stop missing, or searching for, their lost child? In time, the discovery of a decomposing body, surrounded by drug paraphernalia, yields clues that help unravel the mystery of...

A 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Award winner"A powerful novel that will resonate with anyone who has returned to a place they no longer recognize as home." --KIRKUS REVIEWSCassandra Soelberg, pregnant at seventeen, was cast out by Mormon patriarchs of her community. Returning...

The captivating and unforgettable saga of the Dollanganger family continues in Petals On the Wind, the New York Times bestselling sequel to Flowers in the Attic and the inspiration behind the Lifetime original movie and tortured love story (Variety).Forbidden love comes into full bloom....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All Your Perfects and It Ends With Us. Sometimes two people have to fall apart to realize just how much they belong together.As Layken and Will's emotion-packed story continues, a stunning and unforeseen revelation about...

In twentieth-century England, many working-class people were victims of values and circumstances not of their own making. They were people to whom things were done to, not for. Billy and Tommy Jones and their mother, Mary, were such people. The boys were born out...

An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel--perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian...

It is 1934 and Bea Ledoux is a headstrong seventeen-year-old who has just returned from a stint at a home for troubled girls with more than a suitcase. She has also brought the baby with her that she was supposed to give up for...

It is 1934 and Bea Ledoux is a headstrong seventeen-year-old who has just returned from a stint at a home for troubled girls with more than a suitcase. She has also brought the baby with her that she was supposed to give up for...

Inspired by her own family's experiences following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Susanne Pari explores the entangled lives within an Iranian American family grappling with generational culture clashes, the roles imposed on women, and a tragic accident that forces them to reconcile their guilt or...

Enuresis is daytime or evening urinary incontinence influencing kids. It is characterized as commonplace and complete, compulsory and oblivious pee, without harm to the urinary lot at an age when control of pee is typically gained. Daytime and evening urinary self-restraint (control of pee)...

A widow on the brink of enormous change. A shock of a lifetime that nearly tears a family in two. And an old man who, as it turns out, isn't done living quite yet -- not by a long shot.Charlotte Hamner lost her beloved...

Little did Amanda Stoddard know that after turning over evidence to the police, she and her widowed mom Doreen (Dee) would wind up in protective custody miles from home with new identities and the continual dread of being recognized. When assured that the threat...

The town of Lambert is full of characters; there is Old Bill the Mayor, Bernie and Joe the publicans, Rev. James the vicar, Roy the local weirdo, Mum and Dad, Morrie the Friday night entertainment, and my brother, my husband Pete, our three boys...

In this heartfelt novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a young woman with an unforgettable voice fights for the freedom to pursue her dreams. Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no...

Critically acclaimed author Michael Parker, in a novel that promises to be his breakout book, tells the searing and unforgettable story of Earl and the cost of one bad decision that irrevocably changes the course of his life. Beginning in the 1970s in Carthage,...

An engrossing, breakout, standalone, suspense novel with heart, by New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author Matt GoldmanJoey Green has returned to Beaufort, South Carolina, with its palmettos and shrimp boats, to look after his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia, while...

The desire to look good is intrinsic to human beings. Is weight loss then just a trivial pursuit? Is it really only about being attractive to others? The slim and svelte-are they the happiest people?Come and join Siya in her weight loss journey as...

This Book "Madame Claire" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has...

This Book "Madam: A Novel" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book...

One-Match Fire is the story of love given and withheld among a grandfather, a father, and a grandson, and the Ozark cabin where they could usually find peace amid their struggles with each other. It is a saga of three generations. A late-in-life, reluctant...