" In the quiet of a warm summer's evening, two young mothers are forced to give up their babies. Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. Despite the...
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- Author:Court, DillySummary:
- Author:Matheson, RichardSummary:
Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Scott must struggle to survive in a world that seems to be growing ever larger and more perilous--until he faces the ultimate limits of fear and existence.
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
At the age of nineteen, Seth Sileski had everything. A superb athlete and scholar, handsome and popular, he was the pride of Thunder Point. Destined for greatness, he lost it all in a terrible accident that put an end to his...
- Author:WELLS, H. G.Summary:
Mr Polly is a middle-aged man, tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as a gentleman's out fitter in a small town. Facing bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his...
- Author:Fragoulis, TessSummary:
In the Great Fire of Smyrna (1922), Kivelli lost everything: her family, her friends, her social position, and her future. Stranded in the Greek city of Piraeus, populated by gangsters, prostitutes, fortune tellers, and other refugees,...
- Author:Lamprell, MarkSummary:
A funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.Michael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the...
- Author:Hury, HadleySummary:
Laurel Beach is one of the last old-fashioned villages in the West Florida panhandle, one that has, so far, escaped commercial over-development. It presents both a haven and opportunity, and, this summer, it plays host to a varied cast....
- Author:Smith, J. P.Summary:
Every seven years, a boy disappears from Camp Waukeelo. Who will be next' It doesn't take long for a little boy to disappear. Joey Proctor can't swim, but that doesn't stop camp counselor Alex Mason from leaving him...
- Author:Olmstead, RobertSummary:
Set in 1950, this novel follows Henry, a marine who arrives in Korea just before the devastating Chosin Reservoir battle. Days of brutal fighting leave Henry forever haunted by what he's seen, but the true depth of his scars doesn...
- Author:Mitchell, Gilaine E.Summary:
Married woman Natha Cole works as a prostitute and eventually reconnects with her former client, bookstore owner, Jules Moore and becomes drawn to an auctioneer.
- Author:Doig, IvanSummary:
Tom Harry and his son Rusty live alone and run a bar in a small Montana town in the early 1960s. Their lives are upended when a woman from Tom's past and her beatnik daughter breeze into town.
- Author:Tatlock, Ann.Summary:
When Eve discovers her uncle's bootlegging operation, she knows it's against Prohibition law. But can she really condemn the only thing supporting her family?
- Author:Baumbich, Charlene AnnSummary:
In this charming tale of second chances, renewed faith, and forgiveness, a captivating heirloom triggers inexplicable changes.
- Author:Kawatski, DeannaSummary:
A tale that begins in 1970 and involves two childhood friends, Emily and Rachel. Emily remains in their northern hometown while Rachel sets out for Europe. The focus is on Emily and her quest for wholeness, which leads her, at the age...
- Author:Griffith, NicolaSummary:
From the author of Hild, a fierce and urgent autobiographical audiobook about a woman facing down a formidable foe. So Lucky is the sharp, surprising new audiobook by Nicola Griffith-the profoundly personal and emphatically political...
- Author:Lane, AmySummary:
Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his sex toys in bed with a complete stranger. When Will knocks over Kenny's...
- Author:Jacobs, AlexaSummary:
Olivia Reynolds was free. Twenty years old, living in New York City, and having absolutely no idea what she wanted to be when she grew up, every day would be an adventure, or at least that was the plan. When a phone call from her...
- Author:Carlson, Ron.Summary:
Carlson spins a story of growing up and growing old as four high school friends and former bandmates reconnect 30 years after graduating. When they learn that one of them is dying, it feels like getting the band back together might be...
- Author:Shreve, AnitaSummary:
A rookie paramedic pulls a young woman alive from her totaled car, a first rescue that begins a lifelong tangle of love and wreckage. Sheila Arsenault is a gorgeous enigma--streetwise and tough-talking, with haunted eyes, fierce desires...
- Author:March, EmilySummary:
Savannah Moore arrives in Eternity Springs alone, determined to put her troubled past behind her. But the sexy, suspicious local sheriff promises to upset her hard-won happiness.