Julia leaves home when she discovers she is pregnant. She finds work in a hotel. Eunice, wife of the manager, is also expecting. Julia's baby is stillborn but Eunice has a healthy baby girl, Amanda. Although heartbroken at the...
Fiction
- Author:Harris, RosieSummary:
- Author:Burke, James LeeSummary:
Cajun cop Dave Robicheaux from New Iberia infiltrates the mob in New Orleans, going undercover when he is wounded and his partner killed.
- Author:Wingate, LisaSummary:
Hanna Beth has been caring for her aging husband--who suffers from Alzheimer's--and her developmentally challenged adult son for years on her own. But when she suffers a stroke, estranged stepdaughter Rebecca must take the reins....
- Author:Brown, LarrySummary:
Jimmy's daddy isn't much of a father. He'd much rather lie under the chassis of a '55 Chevy than bother with a son. Jimmy knows it, so he figures he'll leave his daddy alone as much as he can. When next-door...
- Author:Benson, AngelaSummary:
With the tales focusing on what happens when a character wins the lottery, the collection boasts hard-earned truths about Christian charity, redemption, and the place of the almighty dollar in people's lives. Angela Benson,...
- Author:Brunstetter, Wanda E.Summary:
Convinced the blacksmith just wants a mother for his young daughter and a wife to cook and clean, Miriam spurns his heartfelt attention. Soon she meets an intriguing reporter. But will she find true love and happiness with an outsider...
- Author:Austen-Leigh, James EdwardSummary:
James Edward Austen-Leigh's Memoir of his aunt Jane Austen was published in 1870, over fifty years after her death. Together with the shorter recollections of James Edward's two sisters, Anna Lefroy and Caroline Austen, the...
- Author:Diggs, Anita DoreenSummary:
Jackie Blue is a hard-working, ambitious, young black editor. She looks forward to her weekly meetings with the Black Pack, a small group of African-American professionals with ties to the industry. These connections have helped place...
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
Can a reality TV show solve a cold case? The crew of a true-crime reality TV show, Malice Aforethought, shows up in Chinook to do an episode about the death of Trudy Samuels. Trudy's death had originally been ruled accidental, but with...
- Author:Lodge, DavidSummary:
As he lies dying in 1944 in Lodge's fictional account, H.G. Wells takes the opportunity to reflect on his many sexual conquests, but finds himself focusing on his memories of a handful of wives and mistresses. Recollecting his time...
- Author:Millner, DeneneSummary:
Aaron and Nina grew up on the same street and have been best buddies for 25 years. Now they wonder if they might ruin their relationship if they make room in it for passion and romance.
- Author:Willis, ConnieSummary:
Holiday stories and traditions enchantingly reimagined-with an insightfully satirical twist. Featuring five stories new to this collection, plus seven previously published stories, now all collected together for the first time. From the...
- Author:Barry, SebastianSummary:
- Author:Burnett, Frances HodgsonSummary:
Little Sara Crewe, a student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, suffers the ultimate setback when she loses her beloved father and goes from rich to poor overnight. Instead of wallowing in her dingy attic room, however...
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
24-yearold Cassandra works for a wealthy Philadelphia widow who treats her with grandmotherly kindness. But Cassie's 1857 life takes an unexpected turn when a Boston investigator asks her to pretend they're courting so he can...
- Author:Brooks, TerrySummary:
Crippled in body and soul by the magic he wields and horrific dreams, John Ross wanders America, a knight-errant pursuing the agents of the Void. His only hope is a young girl with her own powerful magic.
- Author:Deveraux, JudeSummary:
Dougless Montgomery sends out a heartfelt plea to find someone who will love her for who she is. Ask and ye shall receive--16th-century knight Nicholas Stafford appears, bringing a love that defies time.
- Author:Rendell, RuthSummary:
On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective...
- Author:Defoe, DanielSummary:
Being observations of the most remarkable occurrences which happened in London during the last Great Visitation in 1665.
- Author:Laurence, MargaretSummary:
In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rachel Cameron, a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world.
Trapped in a milieu of deceit...