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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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

Run It OutBy: Tom DoughertyWhen John receives a diary from his mom, he's skeptical of its value at first. After all, what's a 12-year-old boy got to write about anyway? But he sticks it out. Mom says it will help; and things really haven't...

JC's imagination runs wild. His dreams take on a life of their own. Everyday tasks turn into quests with Roman soldiers and escapades with wild creatures. Where will the adventure take them today?Author: Rebecca StaabISBN-10: 168526185XISBN-13: 9781685261856Publisher: Covenant BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2022Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize:...

Tail 1 follows MICE-Driver on a quest to reap the wisdom of his fellow Mousepotamians in the skill of driving to share their wisdom with the students in his driver's education class. What follows is an adventure story both refreshingly unique and entertaining. Driver...

Everybody loves Stacia. She's smart, charming, and successful in the hospitality world. She's a popular Philadelphia socialite who knows how to put together beautiful, successful charity events, and can work a room like nobody's business, making everyone feel special and valued. Years ago Stacia...

Everybody loves Stacia. She's smart, charming, and successful in the hospitality world. She's a popular Philadelphia socialite who knows how to put together beautiful, successful charity events, and can work a room like nobody's business, making everyone feel special and valued. Years ago Stacia...

Just a Mile More is yet another masterpiece from famed storyteller Inyang E. Ekwo, who has unleashed his latest thriller onto the literary terrain.This novel is a refreshing addition to the ever-expanding horizon of literature. Ekwo has carved a niche for himself with a...

A 19th-century Russian masterpiece about love, politics, family, and the tension between the new generation and the old world. Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Children is a book full to bursting with life, both comic and tragic. At the heart of this novel about love,...

Thirty years after From Rockaway ("A great first novel", Harper's Bazaar), Jill Eisenstadt returns with a darkly funny new work of fiction that exposes a city and a family at their most vulnerable. When Sue Glassman's family needs a new home, Sue relents, after...

The landmark new novel from award-winning author Claire Keegan It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order...

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...

Entangled in her life's most difficult journey, ER nurse Elizabeth Barclay is facing an unknown challenger. Baffled? Yes. Embarrassed? Absolutely!Unable to face coworkers, she seeks peace in the solace of a graveyard.Meeting a cemetery caregiver with a heart for the hurting, Elizabeth is captivated...

Julie Foley is sixteen when she and her family are evicted from their humble mountain dwelling in the Mayo town of Attymass. Their crime is rental arrears. It's 1847 and the potato famine has impoverished Ireland. Corpses of men, women and children lie strewn...

Reminiscent of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, although it's aimed at an adult readership-Kirkus ReviewsAbandoned at birth, raised by her nan, and shunned by polite society, Celia Canterberry is a force to be reckoned with. Between being on the lookout for a...

For fans of The People We Meet on Vacation and everything K-Pop comes a hilarious and thoughtful story of fame, family, and love."Hilarious and relatable." --Talia Hibbert, USA Today bestselling author for The Stand-InAriadne Hui thrives on routine. So what if everything in her...