Ozick takes us to the outskirts of the Bronx in the 1930s, as New York fills with Europe"s ousted dreamers, turned overnight into refugees. Rose Meadows unknowingly enters this world when she answers an ambiguous want ad for an "...
Inheritance and succession
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Author:Ozick, CynthiaSummary: - Author:Downing, SamanthaSummary:
In the latest thrillingly savage stand-alone from the twisted mind behind mega hit My Lovely Wife comes the story of a family--not unlike your own--just with a few more violent tendencies thrown in ... Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan...
- Author:Goodkind, TerrySummary:
The Children of D'Hara picks up immediately after the conclusion of the Sword of Truth series. This is the story of Richard and Kahlan and their children 'The Sword of Truth series was my masterwork. Yet, life for these...
- Author:Dodd, ChristinaSummary:
When Captain Kellen Adams receives a job offer that sounds too good to be true, she finds herself balanced between fascination and fear. All she has to do is break a code and find a long-lost fortune, or die trying.
- Author:HAUPTMANN, GabySummary:
Anno Adelmann, a wealthy widower, is the survivor of two heart attacks. His four scheming daughters all have designs on his inheritance. He decides to have a bit of fun at their expense, but what starts as a joke soon becomes more...
- Author:Oyeyemi, HelenSummary:
The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What is Not Yours is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children's stories--equal...
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Author:TinneanSummary:Im Alter von sieben Jahren kommt Ashton Laytham als Waise nach Fayerweather auf das Landgut seines Onkels. Weder von seiner Familie noch von der Dienerschaft erfährt der Junge Zuwendung oder Akzeptanz; auch als Erwachsener bleibt...
- Author:Moore, ChristopherSummary:
Christopher Moore, much beloved scrivener and peerless literary jester, now takes on no less than the legendary Bard himself (with the utmost humility and respect) with a twisted and insanely funny tale of a moronic monarch and his...
- Author:Forest, SusanSummary:
Flights of Marigold is a multi-generational family saga of betrayal, survival, deception, revenge, and redemption caused by a chain of addictions and power struggle. In an empire devastated by conquest and fanaticism, three sisters...
- Author:Waters, SarahSummary:
Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, "mother" to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence.
- Author:Barclay, LinwoodSummary:
When tech millionaire Miles Cookson learns the kids born of his sperm bank donations could inherit the terminal disease he was just diagnosed with, he searches for them. But when he finds one, he learns that the other potential heirs to...
- Author:McCrumb, SharynSummary:
When hotshot stock car driver Camber Berkley crashes his ride on a winding mountain road, the wreckage interrupts the funeral of a wealthy racing fan. The folks of Judas Grove, Tennessee, give Camber a choice. He can either spend three...
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Author:Wang, KathySummary:Some of us are more equal than others... Meet Stanley Huang: father, husband, ex-husband, man of unpredictable tastes and temper, aficionado of all-inclusive vacations and bargain luxury goods, newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer....
- Author:Gray, Shelley ShepardSummary:
When Jennifer Smiley's grandmother leaves her an old farmhouse, she can't pass up the chance for a new start. But she soon learns there is a lot to uncover in Ross County, and more than one secret better left buried.
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery or add to it...
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
As Hercule Poirot sifts through his post one particular morning, he alights upon a letter from an elderly and (as it transpires), exceedingly rich spinster - Miss Emily Arundell. She is clearly in great distress and seeking his help,...
- Author:Brenner, JamieSummary:
An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: the newest page-turner from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner. Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting...
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Author:Ryan, JenniferSummary:Noah Cordero is a modern-day cowboy who loves three things: ranching, his younger sister, and his stepfather. John Cordero groomed Noah to take over the Montana spread where he learned to ride and work the land. But when John...
- Author:Kleypas, LisaSummary:
"I'm Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can't be celibate. Everyone knows that." Desperate to escape her scheming relatives, Evangeline Jenner has sought the help of the most infamous scoundrel in London. A marriage of convenience is the...
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Author:Slade, ArthurSummary:Prince Conn will never be king. And that's just fine with him. He's ninth in line for the pirate throne and is quite happy to sail the skies in his airship with his crew of cheery misfits, plundering as they go. But one by one...
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