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...
Domestic fiction
- Author:Harris, RosieSummary:
- Author:Koppelman, AmySummary:
We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her...
- Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:
Mrs. Miracle shows an ordinary family that they are blessed beyond belief in this uplifting holiday tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. As the holiday season begins, Laurel McCullough could use some good news...
- Author:Raney, DeborahSummary:
Reserved contractor Wade Sullivan never expected to fall in love with Starr Parnell or to love her three small kids as if they were his own. But that's exactly what happened. As their wedding draws near, however, tragedy strikes, and...
- Author:Karon, JanSummary:
Mitford's longtime Eposcopal priest, Father Tim, fills in at a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters.
- Author:Hunter, TravisSummary:
Beloved teacher Dallas Dupree just can't get over the death of his wife. To fill the void, he spends most of his time with his daughter Aja. But the new woman in Dalls' life is hiding a nasty secret that could cost him his career,...
- Author:House, SilasSummary:
Young Irish American Saul Sullivan marries a beautiful Cherokee woman named Vine. As a mixed race couple, they weather a storm of prejudice, but eventually find acceptance with Saul's family. Then Saul must move away to another country...
- Author:Tyler, AnneSummary:
A lovable loser tries to get his life in order. He is Barnaby Gaitlin, 30, the black sheep of a rich Baltimore family, ex-juvenile delinquent who specialized in housebreaking for kicks. He works for Rent-a-Back, moving furniture for old...
- Author:Berne, SuzanneSummary:
Mr. and Mrs. Cook-Goldman need a nanny for their two children. When they hire Randi, they fail to check her references. The convenient new arrangement soon leads to a string of troubling events.
- Author:Lennon, MaureenSummary:
Long-listed for the 2006 Re-Lit Award for Best Novel For 15-year-old Cathy Mugan, "a place apart" is where she longs to be: apart from her mother, an unhinged, uncontrollable terror who explodes at the slightest provocation....
- Author:Mirza, Fatima FarheenSummary:
Vanity Fair: "Ultimate Summer Fiction" Good Morning, America: "Best Books To Bring To the Beach This Summer" Glamour.com: "The 17 Best Books to Read This Summer" Refinery29: "Brilliant Books To Bring...
- Author:Chiaverini, JenniferSummary:
For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. On this quilter's holiday, Master Quilter...
- Author:Rax, CydneySummary:
To keep their family ties strong, the five Reeves sisters meet regularly to give each other a reality check. But explosive family secrets begin to pour out like molten lava, and forever change all they treasure most ... After a...
- Author:Brunstetter, Wanda E.Summary:
Ruth finds her dream to marry Martin Gingerich and raise a family about to be realized when her life is shattered and her faith is put to the test.
- Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:
Abandoned by their mother while they were still small children, the Mitchell sisters have always felt the pain of rejection. Their search for love and a sense of worth drives them apart as adults. But when their mother, now a famous...
- Author:Woods, SherrylSummary:
Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix original series! Ever since she discovered her ex-husband's affair, Dana Sue Sullivan decided to put down new roots and create the best restaurant in Serenity, South Carolina. After years of hard labor,...
- Author:Warley, John, Fowler, Therese AnneSummary:
Set against the exquisite, historical backdrop of Charleston's insular South of Broad neighborhood, A Southern Girl is a tale of international adoption and of families lost, then found anew through revelations, courage and the...
- Author:Harry, LilianSummary:
When Jennifer Tucker arrives in the sleepy Devonshire village of Burracombe, she's searching for more than a place to settle...Like the rest of the nation, the Burracombe villagers are shocked when King George VI dies suddenly. But...
- Author:Morgan-Cole, TrudySummary:
When a devastating fire sweeps through St. John's, Newfoundland, in the summer of 1892, nineteen-year-old Lily Hunt hopes it's the beginning of a new life that will transform her from a dutiful daughter to a crusader, a suffragist, and...
- Author:Hébert, AnneSummary:
This magnificent and final novel from Anne Hebert completes an internationally acclaimed literary oeuvre that is fearless in its explorations of the dark and violent side of human passion. Rose-Alba Almevida, her husband Pedro, and her...