When bullying threatens to destroy a teen's life, painful memories resurface for dedicated high school teacher Laura Reed and pediatrician J. C. Fullerton. With the support of the Sweet Magnolias, they bring the town together to...
Domestic fiction
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Author:Woods, SherrylSummary: - Author:Valent, Jennifer ErinSummary:
In the summer of 1938, the dreams of 19-year-old Jessilyn Lassiter begin to come true when her long-time crush falls for her. But their budding romance is interrupted when a young black doctor comes to her small Virginia town, capturing...
- Author:de la Roche, MazoSummary:
First published in 1958, Centenary at Jalna brings us to 1953 when the Whiteoaks gather to mark the 100th anniversary of their estate. It has now been a century since Captain Philip and Adeline Whiteoak arrived in Canada and built their...
- Author:Thien, MadeleineSummary:
Her parents' hidden past in wartorn Asia continues to shadow Gail Lim's life. When she meets a man who was a war photographer in Jakarta, she is brought closer to the truth she's been seeking. This is a story of the legacies of loss,...
- Author:Stratton, AllanSummary:
Chanda’s mother is not herself, her younger sister is acting out, and her best friend needs help. A powerful story set amid the African HIV/AIDS pandemic. In this sensitive, swiftly paced story, readers will find echoes of To Kill a...
- Author:Savignac, LinaSummary:
Tome 3 Voici Charles, le troisième volet d’une saga familiale. Après avoir fait la connaissance d’Éva, d’Eugénie et de Marguerite, vous avez rencontré Lili, la fille de Marguerite. Maintenant, je suis fière de vous proposer Charles, l’...
- Author:Walker, Kate, May 7Summary:
Laurel's twin sister crashed her sports car, killing herself and injuring their little sister Jenny. Jenny needed an operation. Surely Hal would help his wife's sister? The only thing was, Laurel had forgotten just how exactly...
- Author:Preston, AlisonSummary:
One summer afternoon in 1954 a jealous four-year-old girl named Cherry Ring bites her baby brother Pete on the cheek. She bites him so hard that little Pete needs a skin graft to repair the damage and will have a scar for the rest of...
- Author:Zambra, AlejandroSummary:
Nine years after their bewildering breakup, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his high school girlfriend, Carla, now the mother of a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family--a stepfamily, though no such...
- Author:Kwan, KevinSummary:
Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged...
- Author:McHugh, MandySummary:
Chloe Cates, the thirteen-year-old star of the hit web series CC and Me, has disappeared, and nobody knows where she's gone--least of all ruthless momager Jennifer Scarborough, who has spent much of her daughter's young life...
- Author:Carobini, JulieSummary:
California's sunny coast is where carefree Brianna Stone's idyllic life is complicated by her bizarre new boss, her meddling mother-in-law, and her too-busy-to-believe husband. Reinventing herself with a dazzling wardrobe and flattering...
- Author:Price-Thompson, TracySummary:
Juanita and her best friend Scooter are both frustrated in life and love--Juanita because her light skin makes it tough to fit in, and Scooter because he is gay. When they meet two fine-looking Puerto Rican men, their lives head down...
- Author:Kauffman, RebeccaSummary:
The seven Shaw siblings have long been haunted by two early and profoundly consequential events. Told in turn back and forth over time, from the early twentieth century through the 1950s, each sibling relays their own version of the...
- Author:Harvey, Kristy WoodsonSummary:
In the newest installment of New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey's Peachtree Bluff series, three generations of the Murphy women must come together when a hurricane threatens to destroy their hometown-and the...
- Author:Maron, MargaretSummary:
Judge Deborah Knott is faced with a horrifying holiday murder case. After a beautiful young cheerleader is found dead in a car wreck, Judge Knott's husband Deputy Dwight Bryant discovers evidence that the death was anything but an...
- Author:Selvadurai, ShyamSummary:
Set in 1920s' Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Creek Quilters. As they begin...
- Author:Endicott, MarinaSummary:
As the week opens, 50-something Hugh Argylle, owner of the Argylle Art Gallery, has a jarring fall from a ladder - a fall that leaves him with a fractured off-kilter vision of his own life and the lives of his friends, who are going...
- Author:Roy, SuzanneSummary:
Depuis la mort de sa petite fille, Marianne n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même. Sa vie si parfaite a volé en éclat, emportant avec elle le merveilleux couple qu'elle formait avec Charles. Depuis, plus rien ne la...
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