Fiction - Sagas

Romeo and Juliet's families caused all sorts of problems, but the two lovers took that poison themselves, the idiots. When Beth Ellingson meets Ethan Brooks, it's because her aunt and father are conspiring to steal the Birch Creek Ranch from the handsome young man....

Follow the money in this gripping literary puzzle--the fourth and final installment of Sarah Caudwell's brilliant Hilary Tamar mystery series."Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers."--A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Julia Larwood's...

A lawyer's lucrative case has deadly consequences in the third installment of the Hilary Tamar mysteries that began with Thus Was Adonis Murdered "Sarah Caudwell is one of my very favorite mystery writers."--A. J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in...

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction 2024Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023"Wandering Souls is a poetic, heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant celebration of the human spirit. Casting well-known history in new light, Pin offers a capacious rendering of the...

The Biographies of Ordinary People is the story of the Gruber family: Rosemary and Jack, and their daughters Meredith, Natalie, and Jackie. The two-volume series begins in July 1989, on Rosemary's thirty-fifth birthday; it ends in November 2016, on Meredith's thirty-fifth birthday.The second volume...

A family torn apart by the effects of war must now deal with the trickle-down effects of peace: the collapse of the kelp industry on which they depend. Sheila McLean worries about her children getting ahead in the rapidly industrializing world of 1822, while...

"From Amazon bestselling author Steve Gannon, thrillers that will keep you up all night . . . but make sure to lock your doors and windows first."From the drama of the High Sierra to the beaches of Malibu and the streets of Los Angeles,...

In the ancient mists of time, a ragged band of refugees takes to the icy sea to escape the war-torn Scythian plains of Indo-Europe. Although the Cruithne, named for their chief, find a new home in a distant and unfamiliar land, fewer than two...

Called home to a funeral in Monte Alto, a small ranching community in New Mexico, journalist Maggie Chilton finds herself face to face with everything she left behind when she graduated from high school. Against the harsh beauty of the landscape and the memories...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS 2018: General Fiction Book of the Year and Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the YearIn 1978 the Northern Territory has begun to self-govern. Cyclone Tracy is...

From a National Book Award winner comes a masterful novel set in the 1940s about a woman finding a new life for herself and her grown children after her husband's death.Author: Robb Forman DewISBN-10: 0316013307ISBN-13: 9780316013307Publisher: Back Bay BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2006Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize:...

E.S. Louis is the pen name of a retired, highly decorated veteran cop of 33 years on a major city police department and a retired Sergeant with 17 years in grade. During those years, he acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science;...

In the fictional town of Durham, the Pentlands are a proud and wealthy family with a rich history dating back to the founding colony of Massachusetts Bay. Everything is how it should be with John, the elder patriarch; his son Anson and his wife...

An epic comedy about love, spirit, and the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, from the author of the perennial cult bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K. A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and...

When Johnny Redfeather, an Irish/Cheyenne Civil War veteran, and Union Colonel William Swanson escaped from Lawton Prison in Georgia in late 1864, Redfeather killed a young guard named Hank Bulger. Vowing revenge for his brother's death, Jake Bulger pursues Redfeather and Swanson to Green...

A brand new series from best selling author R.C. Stephens. Get ready for a steamy heart-stopping happily ever after. The only thing I ever loved more than hockey? Skylar Ward. The one who got away, or rather the one I pushed away and into...

The year is 1915, and the war is raging on . . . The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all and as 1915 begins, the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life. Diana, the eldest Hunter daughter, sees her fiance off to...

After the war that almost took my husband from me, life felt settled-as settled as it could be when you belonged to the infamous Fausti famiglia . Enemies retreated, and the life we created in New York seemed to be moving us in the...

Luca Leone Fausti, heir to the infamous Fausti throne, was one of the most ruthless men our line had ever known. And he was my father. Only one thing had held him back from ruling over the years: iron bars. So when the King...

Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident...

Sydney journalist Chloe Brown is painfully aware that her biological clock isn't just ticking, it's booming. When her long term boyfriend finally admits he never wants children, Chloe is devastated. Impulsively, she moves as far from disappointment as she can - to a job...

From internationally bestselling author Belinda Alexandra comes a sweeping, emotional journey that "depicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughters" (Paullina Simons, author of The Bronze Horseman). In a district of the city of Harbin, a haven for White Russian families since...

In post-WWII San Diego, Ben Prescott, an unhappily married lawyer, begins an affair with Aly, a mysterious young woman whose beautiful face hides a dark, dangerous core. When their relationship ends badly, Aly begins a vicious campaign to destroy him and everything he holds...

England, 1940. Opening the box with trembling hands, she couldn't believe it - a tiny baby lay inside. She gently lifted the newborn as it started to cry. Cradling the little one to her chest, she searched the darkness for any sign of whoever...

Author: Ruth HamiltonISBN-10: 1447287665ISBN-13: 9781447287667Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2015Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d

From the bestselling author of The London Girls comes a story of courage and resilience amidst the horror of Auschwitz--and one woman's last chance to share it with the world.London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a news broadcast...

She's a little bit country and a lot of rock-n-roll. Fiona Lizette Lowry, an architect and engineer, is caught between the comfort zone of her past and the promises of an exciting future. The two men in her life are as different as night...

A shivering young woman leans against a lamppost on London's most notorious street of ill repute. Chastity Armitage is on the run from her lecherous stepfather. Desperate for food and lodging for her siblings, she takes to the streets. She never expected a tall,...

"A riveting mother-daughter tale." -- Elle"A celebration of life in all its forms and a joy to read." -- Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The ExilesA sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from...

In the tradition of Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, The Heracliad: The Epic Saga of Hercules is a monumental epic adventure sure to delight all fans of classical history and mythology. Follow Heracles as he embarks on his famous Twelve Labors to the ends...

The Twisted Sword, the eleventh novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, now a major TV series from Masterpiece PBS.Cornwall 1815 Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For...

The moment I looked into his eyes, I knew I was in trouble. The second I heard his name, I knew I should stay away. Our fathers were enemies--Chicago crime bosses from rival families. But that didn't stop Leo Conti from wanting me. Being...

Raw, emotional, and compelling, the final standalone in the Hayden Family series by bestselling author Jennifer Millikin will leave you breathless. I've made a mess of things again. Not that anybody is surprised. After I'm politely asked to withdraw from college for my antics,...

Bestselling author Jennifer Millikin delivers an emotional small-town romance about a misunderstood man and the woman who can set him free. There's a thin line between being a hero and a villain, and I'm well aware I walk right down the middle of it....

Secrets emerge and romance sparks in this irresistible suburban romance from the USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Ryan. The man she can never have . . . Kerris Moreton should be the happiest woman in the world: She has a successful business and is...

Change comes to all but must it be so painful? Leaving home, the burdens of life, and her troubles behind, Sarah Jane is now part of a new family, a new school, and a new way of life. She finds a true friend and...

Un monumental relato moral sobre Dios, la avaricia, el éxito y la familia . --The Economist Deslumbra con inteligencia y humor . --Le Figaro Littéraire Se lee con interés gracias a los momentos más humanos, la seducción de las esposas: las disputas y los...

Jeremiah Staggart, a Confederate soldier, discovers while on leave in 1863 that Union soldiers have murdered his family and burned his farm in Tennessee. Because he could not save his family, Staggart succumbs to a paralyzing guilt that leads him to the edge of...

In the second book of the DuPont Family Chronicles, Blaise and Gisselle DuPont begin their epic lives in America. The post-war years provide them with opportunities to build their American Business Empire and contribute to the advancement of the country's rise to power and...

Death and the Flower is a collection of six short stories centered on the themes of family and peril. The title is derived from a Keith Jarrett album of the same name.Author: Koji SuzukiISBN-10: 1934287008ISBN-13: 9781934287002Publisher: VerticalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/08/2014Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.74h x...

Sedahlia explores the human cords that bind and the racial lines that divide two families, the Masters and the Lindseys. When Johnny Masters and Rachel Lindsey dare to blur those lines, personal needs and mores collide, rumbling through the families and the post-Civil War...

Author: Joanne BunyakISBN-10: 1436395801ISBN-13: 9781436395809Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2009Pages: 372Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d

Can the Seaside Girls embrace the new year with courage...Cleethorpes - 1940As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for the girls to move on.Years of struggle are over for Frances O' Leary when Johnny...

A French Huguenot apothecary's legacy of secrets, a mystic healer's inspiration, a fateful decision.IN THE MYSTERIOUS CÉVENNES MOUNTAINS OF LANGUEDOC, FRANCE, 1695, Jehan BonDurant, a young nobleman forcibly held in a Dominican prieuré as a child, comes of age only to inherit a near-derelict...

As long as Carmel stays in London, nothing can happen to shatter her perfect life. But something is pulling her home. Should she resist?She has a wonderful marriage, a rewarding career and a great bunch of friends. As far as she's concerned, the sadness...

Gilda, Fallon, Noshi--Three children, the sole survivors of the Roanoke massacre. Fallon, the oldest, made a solemn pledge to protect his younger charges at all costs. But before long they are torn apart: Fallon is sentenced to death, saved at the last moment and...

This thrilling and thought-provoking story follows, Todd, a man pushed to the brink by life's mounting pressures and the never-ending struggles with his spouse's inner demons. Summer Break Volume 1 delves into the difficult issues we often want to avoid, while providing insight and...

My life was simple: I kill for money and I'm the best in the Bay at my job.That was enough for me until I met the woman of my dreams, only to deliver her to hell itself for a pretty penny.Nothing will stop me...

Monsters have stalked me my entire life.From my father's failing drug business to the evil men he sold me to, I have seen the worst of humanity only to find safety in the arms of the greatest monster of all.I call the Butcher of...

Rob Carswell has recently relocated to the Wiltshire village of Essington St Mary, although the reality is proving less peaceful than he had expected. For one thing, there's a nuisance of a dog to deal with but then he discovers the plight of neighbour...