Fiction - Family Life - General

Set in the crumbling Spanish missions of nineteenth-century Baja California, this mythic novel in linked stories follows two grief-stricken people as haunted as the desolate chapels around them: a priest who caused the drowning of a native boy by compelling him to fish for...

LONG-LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - Heartbreaking and redeeming, Pearl is the story of a young woman in a small English village who is struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago. "A masterful novel, shot through with legend...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A Paris gallery owner finds herself in danger when a mysterious man begins leaving her messages, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel's thrilling new novel. As she approaches the milestone birthday of forty, delicate blond beauty...

A 1960s boy band determined to conquer the music world must contend with the cost of fame--and a ghost with a grisly past--in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Kids. Odysseus Johnson dreams of musical stardom for...

Author: Ann CharlesISBN-10: 1940364957ISBN-13: 9781940364957Publisher: Ann CharlesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2024Pages: 386Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.96d

Grief Brought Them to the Edge. Will Love Help Them Return?In the summer of 2005, three dissimilar people-Henry, a grieving Black landscaper; Rivka, a restless Jewish social worker; and Jayce, a guarded Indigenous archaeologist-find their lives colliding in quiet, powerful ways.From New England to...

In the late eighteenth century, a man named Lindsey Black and his wife, Lucille, owned a large farm in northeast Ireland. They were Christians. Lindsey kept a book of records for his future family. One story was that one of his future descendants would...

The Magpie Cards features the wise, enigmatic and compassionate Madam Maria Popoff and her quirky vintage dress shop in the seaside town of Margate. Poppy, a middle-aged woman, relocates from London to Margate and finds gainful employment in the shop. Things cross the threshold...

In Naples, Florida, The Real Estate of Lucy Belltown tells a poignant story of love, redemption, and family bonds. Overlooking the Gulf, the blue mansion represents Belltown history. For Lucy, time is running out. Now terminal, she must reconcile with her estranged daughter or...

My husband and I share a secret. How far will I go to keep it? In the middle of our school's bustling summer picnic, I watch Harriet walk purposefully toward my husband, Michael. She places her hand on his arm, introducing herself and laughing...

Let the Great World Spin meets The White Lotus when three passengers from wildly different backgrounds board a cruise ship bound for Bermuda shortly after 9/11 and learn en route that they can't outrun their regrets about the risks not taken. It's Sunday, September...

Adam and Jules have been married for twenty-five years when they discover a time machine in their shed - can it bring back their romantic spark? Or will it unravel everything? Written by a real-life couple who fell in love while writing their bestselling...

From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez comes a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what--if anything--we owe one another. From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have...

A moving and powerful debut novel celebrating and embracing the richness of life, even in the face of death. Not long after giving birth to her eighth child, Renie Staggers--a thirty-nine-year-old wife and mother--is diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer with only three months...

Who Cursed Us?! is a stirring historical novel by Age Gjokaj Ivezaj that delves into the emotional legacy of Albanian families torn between tradition, survival, and the uncertain promise of a better life abroad. Set in the town of Hoti, Montenegro during the mass...

A hidden photograph. A twin she never knew. A truth that changes everything.Rae Chapman has her dream job, an upcoming wedding, and a family she's always trusted. But everything unravels when she discovers a photograph of herself as an infant... beside a twin sister...

An uplifting, magical story about a once-celebrated antique appraiser who gets caught in the thrall of a strange, powerful necklace--one that has the power to transform her life, and the fortunes of those around her. Grace Schaffer is adrift. Raised by an eminent but...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades.It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents...

In a provocative novel addressing contemporary immigration by the sharply observant Lionel Shriver, a New York family takes in a Honduran migrant--who may or may not be the innocent paragon she claims to be. Gloria Bonaventura, a divorced mother of three living with her...

Things I Didn't Do is an intimate and epic reckoning with the past, place, and the people who shape the course of our lives. Ryder Mickelson's life changes forever the day he falls from a loaded pack mule high in the Book Cliffs of...

Can someone over fifty still find their soulmate? Bev became a successful business woman, designing her own line of spandex undergarments for plus sized women and amassing a fortune as the company grew to a multibillion dollar international conglomerate. If she hadn't lost her...

I am meeting this woman for one reason and one reason only. And that officially makes her off-limits. I want the one woman I cannot have. Again. The second I lay eyes on Naomi Kent, I know I want her. And not just for...

When Camille Holmes left her husband, Nick, it came as quite a shock to her friends Kate and Tara. Kate Collins spent the following year questioning if they were ever as close as she thought, especially considering their husbands had been like brothers for...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine in South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The...

The Widow Barnaby Vol. III by Frances Milton Trollope delves into the complexities of family relationships, societal expectations, and financial challenges in early 19th-century England. Set in a small Devonshire town, the story follows the Compton sisters, with a particular focus on Miss Martha...

A wedding... Two exes... What could go wrong?All promises come at a cost, and Aiden has made many he cannot break. Especially the one made to a man on his deathbed. Take care of our Savannah. Now he must learn to parent a teenage...

Inspired by real life events, The Summer Triangle offers a compelling glimpse into life and family dynamics of 1980s rural America. Twelve-year-old Jessica Peabody has lost both parents and lives with her Uncle Jake and her grandmother. As she enters her adolescent years, she...

Destitute after being conned by a recent beau, Nadine Bishop learns she's been named in a will under the condition she monitor the sobriety of the dead man's twenty-nine-year-old son, Remmington. The catch? The dead man was her first married lover. The caveat? If...

Can we ever truly know another person, however well-loved? Brainy, decent, funny, and likeable, the members of Horace Houseman's family and his closest friend possess quirky and compelling interior lives that they reveal to no one else. Nothing Can Make Me Do This, David...

When his life falls apart after a horrific tragedy, a composer returns to his native France, where he creates an AI machine with his dead wife's voice, with unexpected, devastating consequences... This spellbinding novel takes readers on a multi-sensory journey through love and loss,...

Author: Daisy O'SheaISBN-10: 1836183615ISBN-13: 9781836183617Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 368Format: Paperback

Escape to the beautiful coast in this heartwarming romance Dare to dream big... When Nancy opened her dream bookshop overlooking the golden sands and shimmering waters of Driftwood Bay, she may have taken on a little too much. She might know all about books,...

The BRAND NEW instalment in Sheila Riley's emotional Beamer Street series. Set against the backdrop of The General Strike difficult lines have to be crossed... Liverpool May 1926 Peggy and Dar Tenant's dream for security and respectability has been their driving force since they...

'I loved her then, I love her now. Annie's back and she's better than ever! Fun, feel good and feisty - Annie Valentine is the woman you want to share a cocktail with!' Portia MacIntoshThe opponents: mothers vs. daughtersThe battle scene: a boutique changing...

John 3:16 - the most beloved verse in the Bible. Christopher lets his nose guide him as he tells the story of his life from the first time he met his broken, human family to when he must say good bye. Along the way,...

"Vincent Donovan writes a magnetically thrilling tale, a magnificent story not just about sacrifice but also growth...a definite attention grabber." -Amy's Bookshelf ReviewsA gripping tale of resilience, sacrifice, and the search for belonging.Gabrielle Ruiz, an undocumented migrant farm worker, follows the harvest until she...

A terrifying new novel from bestselling #HorrorBookTok sensation Ania Ahlborn--the acclaimed author of the modern classic Brother.Hailed as a writer of "some of the most promising horror I've encountered in years" (Seanan McGuire, author of the Ghost Roads series), Ania Ahlborn delivers a novel...

Nearly fifty years have passed since Elizabeth last saw the colonial house in Nelson, New Zealand, where she once boarded as a young teacher in 1962. Where the Bellbird Sings takes Elizabeth back in time to her memories of the house and the peace...

'Extraordinary. I loved it' - Jessie Burton'Engrossing and moving . . . gives voice to so much that's unspoken about Ireland' - Emma Donoghue'Wonderfully compelling . . . haunting' - Joseph O'Connor Delving into the lives of three generations of women, The Amendments is...

Experience the heartwarming holiday story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans where a snowstorm and a chance meeting reveal a Christmas miracle that transforms Nathan Hurst through faith, hope, and the magic of the season. Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For...

Will Alexander is on a journey of the heart and soul, searching for something elusive, something missing from his life-something obscured by the chaotic circumstances of his life and the mists of uncertainty. Blind to obvious truths, he is unable to see clearly what...

In 1866, Lily and Rose, beautiful, mischievous identical twins, aged fifteen, set out in a covered wagon to the Colorado Territory with their stern minister father, the Reverend Daniel Wright. Lily and Rose have been as one since birth. Now they face identity crisis...

Abby Brenner faces impossible struggles. She became a mother at fifteen, on welfare, living in a run-down house while raising two sons, Peter and Alex. Abby struggles to keep sanity in her life as well as her sons. While being faced with betrayal, poverty,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Alice Austen uses her considerable gifts to remind us that the past and the present are more connected than we wish to believe, and that vigilance, loyalty and art hold the key to survival. This is a beautiful and deeply engaging novel." --...

When a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people--and their families--reeling, in this poignant novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Women in Sunlight "A moving immersion in...

Bestselling author Kris Radish delves deeply into the emotions of five very different women who are thrown together by chance--only to discover that they have more in common than they ever could have imagined. Holly Blandeen has always cherished the story her grandmother told...

Take the long way home... Full of big dreams of the fast life, Tallie Beck hit the road at the age of seventeen to become a rock 'n roll star--and vowed never to look back. Now, at thirty-four, she's little more than a down-and-out...

Jack Keliher and Lily Sterne lead ordinary lives. But when their eighteen-month-old daughter, Katie, is accidentally burned while home alone with Lily and rushed to the hospital, their ordered world begins to unravel. An emergency room physician's report brings the state to take temporary...

Sometimes the place you're trying to run from is exactly where your heart needs to be...Bailey Hart has never felt like she measures up to her cousins at Heart Fire Ranch. It doesn't help that her rocker attitude has made her a black sheep...

Brooke Morgan makes her dazzling debut with Tainted--a novel of unrelenting suspense that immediately rockets her into the upper echelons alongside Joy Fielding, Tana French, Mary Higgins Clark, and other masters of everyday terror. Evocatively set against the seemingly placid backdrop of Cape Code,...