Fiction - Family Life - Siblings

With a dramatic WWII love story woven throughout, JoAnn Ross's women's fiction debut is a generational saga full of sisterly affection and rivalry, perfect for fans of Susan Wiggs, Mary Alice Monroe and Lisa Wingate.When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a...

Four sisters face new beginnings in this heartfelt modern take on Little Women by New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra. Amy March is more like her older sister Jo than she'd like to admit. An up-and-coming designer in New York's competitive fashion industry,...

Phylicia thought life was passing her by, but maybe this was love's plan all along. . . At twenty-nine, Phylicia Chandler put her life on hold to care for her dying mother with her sisters, Joanna and Britt. Now Mom is gone and their...

From the author of 'A Man without Qualities, ' a novel about spirituality in the modern world. Agathe is the sister of Ulrich, the restless and elusive "man without qualities" at the center of Robert Musil's great, unfinished novel of the same name. For...

For readers of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner comes a "pacy Lebanese mystery. A man is haunted by his father's disappearance in this acclaimed debut novel set against the backdrop of Middle Eastern politics" --The Guardian Samir leaves the safety and comfort of his...

When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they...

On the shores of Cape Cod, the Bailey sisters reunite with their long-lost father for a summer of hope and forgiveness in this heartfelt novel from the author of the "sharp and evocative" (Kirkus Reviews) Mystic Summer, The Lake Season, and The Summer House,...

In Catherine Lowell's irresistibly clever (Vogue) debut novel--" a] piquant paean to the Bront sisters (The New York Times Book Review)--the only remaining descendant of the Bront family embarks on a modern-day literary treasure hunt to find the family's long-rumored secret estate, using only...

Set in an idyllic village named Avalon, a warm and wonderful new novel from Ireland's #1 bestselling author. #1 international bestselling author Cathy Kelly's writing is "warm, lyrical, and fascinating" (Marian Keyes) and "rich with the emeralAuthor: Cathy KellyISBN-10: 1451681402ISBN-13: 9781451681406Publisher: Gallery BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Audrey Moretti always knew she wanted to be a police officer, but she never expected it would take her on the most harrowing venture of her life-the search for her sister on September 11th, 2001...Audrey has made it to the final weeks of the...

A Sarah Selects Book Club Pick!"As sophisticated and delicious as lobster bisque." --Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author A shimmering summer read set in Maine about family secrets, marriage, motherhood, and privilege, from the bestselling author of Two Truths and a Lie...

Finding Grace intersects the journeys of many characters that brings gales of laughter and tissue-filled tears, weaving its way to a heart-warming, satisfying conclusion.Author: Gary Lee MillerISBN-10: 1631956590ISBN-13: 9781631956591Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2022Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d

Time heals all wounds. . . or does it? Asia Butler and her sister, Ivy Butler Morelli, have not spoken in fifteen years. The two endured brutal emotional abuse from their mother, Veronica, and want only to forget the past . . . and...

Howards End (1910) is a novel by English author E.M. Forster. Inspired by his interactions with the famous Bloomsbury Group of writers and intellectuals, as well as by his personal experience growing up with a large inheritance on the family estate of Rooks Nest,...

Germany, 1940. While struggling to survive at an orphanage, young Didi crosses paths with a rebellious, quirky girl who will either help her escape a life of abuse and uncertainty or lead her down an even darker path. Fast-forward to 1970. With help from...

How can you choose what is right for you when your decision will break the heart of someone you love?Having abandoned her childhood dream years ago, Johanna Thatcher knows what she wants from life. Discovering that her fianc was cheating on her only convinces...

From Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Chesapeake Diaries series, comes the next book in her popular Hudson Sisters series, which follows a trio of reluctant sisters who set out to fulfill their father's dying wish and discover themselves in the...

"Pearson delivers a poignant debut that explores the faith of one African American family. . . . The writing is strong, and the story is engaging, and readers will be pleased to discover a new voice in Southern inspirational fiction." --BooklistChristy Award winner!To hear...

Meet the Calhoun family in these two classic stories celebrating the power of sisterhood, family and love. Courting Catherine Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is doing everything she can to keep from having to sell the family's generations-old mansion at all--but especially not to hotel magnate...

"A brilliant and absorbing drama."--Good Housekeeping (UK)A fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, Katherine Webb debuts with a haunting novel about a secret family history. Already a sensation in the United Kingdom, Webb's The Legacy is a treat for every fan of...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTLONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD"A brilliant debut novel." --Joyce Carol OatesA brother and sister's paths diverge in the wake of political upheaval: one forced to leave, one left behindOn a small Pacific island, two siblings tune...

Step into the vineyard with Susan Mallery's most irresistible novel yet, as three women search for the perfect blend of love, family and wine.Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all--a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the...

The House Behind the Cedars (1900) is African-American writer Charles Chesnutt's debut novel. Inspired by his own experience as a Black man capable of passing for white--which Chesnutt consciously chose not to do--as well as by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, The House Behind the Cedars...

He's been obsessed with her in every lifetime. Will recognition come too late?She recalls the past...Margaret Holt is just an everyday, average mother of three-with one exception; she has the ability to remember her past lives. When Gabriel James moves in next door, she...

Is it too much to want the dog and the guy?I've never been one to take life too seriously. I've always been kind of a whirlwind free spirit--Dawn Vasquez, the girl with the sunny disposition and the flighty personality. But then an adorable golden...

Like most boys, Jason Blake wants to please his father and older brother. But this erratic father and hyper-competitive brother challenge beyond the norm. To find his way, Jason tries on different roles: schoolyard bully, football player, actor, student. At 20, Jason escapes his...

A brilliant literary debut about belonging, family, and love, and the enigmatic nature of identity. Beside Myself is the disturbing and exhilarating story of a family across four generations. At its heart is a twin's search for her brother. When Anton goes missing and...

When she discovers her son has designs to sell her home out from under her, Miss Amethyst-ninety-three years old and as sharp as ever-isn't about to let her legacy go. She pins her hopes on her granddaughter, Little Am, a good-natured child who has...

With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of The HoursMichael Cunningham's best novel in more than a decade.-Megan O'Grady, VogueIt's November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park when he is inspired to look up at the sky; there he sees a...

A WOMAN'S WORLD BEST NEW BOOK WINNER OF THE DAILY MAIL FIRST NOVEL COMPETITION "As convincing as it was gripping, a fabulous debut thriller."--Sunday Mirror If your whole life is a lie, who can you trust? Raised in a quiet rural community, Anna has...

A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes....

"Her writing is both vividly descriptive and surprisingly insightful."--Boston Globe"It's the three-dimensional men, women, and children who populate her fiction that I'll remember for a very long time."--Nancy Pearl's PicksFollowing the phenomenal success of her novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me, New...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring a delicate laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping and ribbon marker, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Austen fans who appreciated the Seasons...

Get to know the Calhoun sisters in these two reader-favorite tales of first love and family ties! Courting Catherine Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, the Towers, in the family. The cost of maintaining the crumbling mansion is expensive, so...

"This is a big-hearted belly-laugh of a book, told with wit and poignancy. Family secrets, laughter and tears, shocking reveals, and an uplifting ending make this a story to savor--and share."--Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost and Found BookshopAn accomplished...

Welcome to Valentine Valley, where romance blooms and love captivates even the most guarded of hearts . . .From the moment Secret Service agent Travis Beaumont strides into the town and through the door of Monica Shaw's flower shop, she feels a sizzle of...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK - A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system. This debut of a blazingly original voice "bursts...

The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex, eleven at the time, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. After their mother's suicide, the girls' father shut down emotionally, leaving Alex responsible for caring for Colleen, then...

The next hilarious, uplifting book from Abigail Mann, author of The Lonely Fajita!'Heartwarming, charming and witty' Sophie Cousens #1 bestselling author of This Time Next YearJournalist Ava takes a DNA test hoping to discover her roots. Instead, she finds out she has a half-sister...

In this "ingenious, funny, and chilling" novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the author of Spaceman of Bohemia, two long-lost siblings risk everything to save their mother from oblivion in an authoritarian near-future America obsessed with digital consciousness and eternal life--a story that "packs...

A beach cafe. An event to remember. The summer heats up with friendship and fun.When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmer's market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a cafe on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina...

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes a friends-to-frenemies-to-lovers story... Add in a few secrets. Shake. Stir. Then read on a lazy summer day at the beach... Brynn Turner desperately wishes she had it together, but her personal life is like a...

A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families--one rich, one not--vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home. Fripp Island, South Carolina is the perfect destination for the wealthy Daly family:...

Two sisters in love with the same man -- one engaged to him and the other about to sabotage the wedding -- struggle to reconcile in this delicious novel from the bestselling author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Café.The Harrington sisters have never...

The Tides of Truth novels follow one lawyer's passionate pursuit of truth in matters of life and the law. In the murky waters of Savannah's shoreline, a young law student is under fire as she tries her first case at a prominent and established...

Beloved and bestelling novelist Carrie Fisher's "autobiographical...funny, and touching, single woman's exploration of survival and motherhood in 1990s Hollywood" (Harper's Bazaar) is a dazzling romantic comedy full of "charm with a vengeance" (Entertainment Weekly). Hollywood screenwriter Cora Sharpe has what one of the endless...

"An absorbing achievement . . . A nimble, entertaining literary homage, but it is also, chillingly, what James would have called 'the real thing.'"--New York Times Book Review Cynthia Ozick is a literary treasure. In her sixth novel, she retraces Henry James's The Ambassadors...

It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the squabbles with his parishoners in Affairs at Thrush Green are settled. And yet the good vicar wistfully recalls his...

Ready or not...love will find a way Single dad Hogan Guthrie is getting his life back on track, and working as the "barbecue master" at a local diner is just a temporary detour. He and restaurant owner Violet Shaw constantly butt heads...until one night...