Fiction - Family Life - General

From the acclaimed author of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir W-3, a trio of novellas about three women's bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with the fulfillment of our individual selves. With an introduction by...

The latest gripping domestic drama from the author of The Move and The People at Number 9...Moving in together. What could go wrong?'Sharp, dark and brilliantly twisty' OK!Two couples, best friends for half a lifetime, move in together. What could possibly go wrong...?Harriet and...

The plot of "Jacklighters" unfolds in the fictitious small Illinois town of Silverton, where life is normally quaint and peaceful. When Riley Jensen hears that Len Wilkins, a family friend who also employs her father as a farm hand, has been found dead with...

In bestselling author Holly Chamberlin's poignant novel, a mother and daughter escape to a beautiful coastal town in Maine to find healing in the wake of heartbreaking loss. The journey to Yorktide, Maine, was always a happy one for Frieda and Aaron Braithwaite and...

The movement of the ship seals his fate. He could be sailing anywhere, anytime, but he's not, he's going to the other side of the world. He could be anyone, but he's not, he's the son of a respectable London businessman. His crime? An...

They begin working together for a cause greater than themselves when something magical happens.Author Ruby Bennett has a romance novel to finish. But when she gets word that the retirement community she and her Irish Setter, Red, frequently visit is under fire for building...

These colorful characters of the 1930s and '40s lived life's circumstances as adventures. They lived at a time when they were called upon to build a city and a history-making dam, to grow a fledgling spit of a town in the desert into what...

A reunited couple search for a valuable treasure, a precious jewelry box, stolen from the Nazis and hidden away since World War II, in this powerfully emotional and romantic novel of rekindled love--perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Josie Silver, and Jill Santopolo.Then...Once upon...

An award-winning Haitian novel about silence, beauty, and the solidarity of tears.Airports are distillations of the world. I like thinking of them that way. The hope of leaving and the desire to come home, existing side by side. Any voyage is possible. My mind...

In these stories, the protagonists find themselves living outside cultural mores and expectations as they confront the central questions of their lives. In doing so, they undergo a range of moral and psychological transformations. If they see themselves on some level as living in...

On a midsummer's night in 1941, a family is illegally arrested, by order of Stalin, in cosmopolitan Rīga, Latvia, and deported in cattle wagons to the frozen wilderness of Siberia. Sixty years later, the son, Laimonis aka Lucky, now an actor, visits Sydney and...

Award-winning Lily King's first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short storiesWith Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King's books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country and established her as one of our most brilliant (New York Times), wildly talented (Chicago Tribune),...

When April Turner and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Blake, stumble upon a homeless girl holding a sign asking for help on the streets of downtown Chicago, they simply walk past her without giving her another thought. But, when April hears the voice of her deceased...

"Beautifully written... Timely and pressing... McCraw Crow deftly navigates the campus and national politics of the '70s." --Amy Meyerson, bestselling author of The Imperfects A powerful exploration of what a woman can be when what she should be is no longer an option In...

Lilly Carlsen has planned the perfect wedding reception for her brother, but her plans unravel in spectacular fashion when a dead body turns up and someone's dangerous prank spirals out of control. After Bill and Noley head off to their well-deserved honeymoon in the...

This is a story about two boys, who are best friends and face life's challenges together. They are in the fourth grade, about to be fifth-graders. They are each from opposite sides of the tracks. Benny lives in the run-down, poor side of town;...

Family is worth finding and keeping...Sheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, work to complete their UncleGavin's challenge of turning his rundown hotel into a profitable operation within one year. Winning means earning a share in their uncle's sizable estate. More than...

A gift from the heart is the best gift of all...When Marissa Crawford and her husband Brad decide to start a family, Marissa has serious doubts about her ability to be a good mother--she was raised by one of the worst. Torn between telling...

After 40 years of marriage, Olivia's husband unexpectedly passes away. But when Ben's will reveals a life-altering secret, she suffers a blow no widow should ever experience.Olivia learns that she gave birth to a baby who later died in the nursery. Instead of telling...

You'll Never Amount to Anything, Roy! is the story of a very ordinary man who lives extraordinarily in his dying days. Roy may have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but that's not going to stop him from playing for his hometown soccer team. Honoring...

Mother Nature does her best to rip this family apart. When a hurricane threatens to wreak havoc on the South Carolina coast, Annie prepares Sweet Magnolia for what she thinks will be a day or two without electricity while Jack checks on Lady Powell...

A family saga filled with love...In 1970, Violet Hawkins' only wish at eighteen is to escape her life in the Dayton, Ohio, foster-care system and make her way to the west coast to enjoy a mellow life and find the love she's been missing...

Father Goriot (1835) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. An early work in his La Comédie humaine sequence, Father Goriot has since become one of Balzac's most critically and commercially successful novels. It contains several characters who appear throughout his other...

Brain Teaser Word Search Puzzle Game helps keep your mind active and younger.Practice the challenge of canvassing 200 puzzle games to find random words. Train your brain with selective focus and uncover hidden words with this non-themed word search workbook.It is a fun pastime...

Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic...

Goodbye to Ribbons is a historical biography that follows the incredible story of a remarkable woman growing up in rural Britain in the 1950s. Rosie only wants one thing-her mother's love. But for reasons she is yet to discover, her popular, bolshy, and brash...

Two women try to beat the odds as they continue to run their upscale seaside hotel in Florida, finding surprises along the way...Ann Rutherford's and Rhonda DelMonte Grayson's lives continue to be full of surprises as they run The Beach House Hotel, their small,...

Themba, a mixed-race boy, and Alex, a white boy, negotiate the restrictions apartheid inflicts on their day-to-day lives to sustain their brotherhood over time. In 1980's South Africa, the gap between the way Themba and Alex are treated is present in each and every...

L.J. Diva's Porn Star Brothers series continues in Stefan: The New Generation...Thirty years has passed since Carlos, Pedro and Tomas Stefan made a name for themselves in the world of porn in the late '70s. They have not only forged new careers for themselves...

Will Junior's secret destroy him from the inside?The family's oldest son, Jose Luis Mendoza - Junior - battles a haunting childhood secret. Because of the burden, he hasn't been able to grow into the man he wanted to be.Soon, he must confront his unloving...

Phil Ochs has his troubles. His adult son is a failed artist who's targeting him in a terroristic poetry campaign, his wife has developed an addiction to As Seen On TV gadgets, and a professional rival is poaching managers from his seventeen Fry Buddy...

A Good Morning America Buzz PickA Betches Book to Add to Your Fall Reading ListA PureWow Book We Can't Wait to Read in SeptemberA Skimm Reads Pick A hilarious, heartfelt story about four lifelong friends determined to change their lives, come hell (terrible bosses,...

The Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember.Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking and has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. while Ruby dreams of...

Frances Sweet can't really remember her real parents. Brought up by her uncle, her cousins Ruby and Mary have always treated her like their little sister.As the war continues to keep her cousins separated from the men they love - Frances is growing up...

The story takes place in an old western town with one sheriff, in Allen East Transylvania. Dennis Brown Doctor, scientist, and a Dracula lives in a castle on the out skirts of town. His family comes to help him create something in his laboratory....

Everyone has a guardian angel. For those who hear their voice clearly, the world can be an amazing and dangerous place - for there are misguided men who fear the voice and label those who can hear their angel to be witches.Stan worked for...

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...

What is chutzpah? Dictionary.com gives as synonyms "nerve" and "audacity." The word is Yiddish, and its roots go back to Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus Christ. The dog in the book's title, Lady, has chutzpah. She is a canine force of nature.When her...

When is being selfish the right thing to do?A child wanders the courthouse hallways alone. She won't speak. Or, can't speak. Anna agrees to foster the abandoned girl. But danger lurks in Anna's past. Just when she thinks that all her striving has finally...

Twenty-five years ago her child was stolen.Doog Wilson has never forgotten her son and now, a quarter of a century on, with only hazy memories of the place where he was taken from her arms, she embarks on a quest to the north-west of...

Margaret Beck is proud of her work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard sewing stars onto the Stars and Stripes, but she yearns to contribute to the war effort more meaningfully. She's angling for a promotion to the mechanic section, but she doesn't want to...

Comes from a soldier that is strong for his country, but yet to fall weak for the love of his wife. If truth be told his whole family has turned on him as it seems. He has one tour of duty left before he...

"Fresh, surprising, and compulsively readable."--New York Times bestselling author Andrea Bartz A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn't sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption are brought together by secrets from the past that...

While Ellie's away, murder will play . . . Is the death of Ellie's son-in-law really the result of a burglary gone wrong? Ellie's absence abroad is disastrous for her daughter, Diana - when her husband is attacked by intruders and left for dead...

A heartwarming novel about what we are prepared to give--and give up--in the name of love, from the author of Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song. Two boxes, both alike in size and shape . . . Marnie Fairchild is the brains and talent...

A young girl is in terrible danger ... but can they reach her in time?Somebody's coming for youCalifornia: Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home--unloved and unwanted. And although she has found relative contentment with her...

Welcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds. One of the O'Mara girls is expecting, but...

Ten days of sightseeing in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?The O'Maras are living it up in the sunshine at Mammy's brother-in-law, Cormac's mansion smack bang in the middle of Bel Air. They've come to spend time with him and Patrick, the eldest son...

A NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS FROM BESTSELLING AND PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR JOYCE CAROL OATESAmid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious...

Summer in Last Ride is about to get a whole lot hotter... The chance to be near his young son is the only thing that could entice former SWAT commander Matt Corbin back to his hometown. Matt has only a few happy memories of...