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It's been three years since Mila Thomas's brother Jed went missing and his case went cold. Since then, Mila has fled town, running from the voices of the dead that reach her from the depths of the old family bog, afraid she would hear her brother's among them.

Juliette left home for the stage, leaving behind her husband Eli and their daughter Aria. Two years later, she’s back, not as the star she imagined she’d be, but as a woman desperate to rebuild the family she broke. But forgiveness doesn’t come easy. Aria is older and guarded. Eli is stronger and no longer hers. And the life Juliette abandoned? It’s moved on without her.

Latisha Walker Adams is a young married woman, settled in a new home and her long-sought-after career. She's earned her DVM and treats small animals at a veterinary clinic in nearby Oxford, Mississippi. The parting words of her estranged mother haunt her: "You might want to check your DNA" causing her much unhappiness. Is it true, or did Angel Forrester throw those words at her in spite? Is LaMont her father? Beyond that is her beloved Gran, Rose Walker, really her grandmother?

Ele está perdido, esquecido e sem chances... até que uma garota muda tudo. Dexter já foi um cachorro com um nome, um lar e um humano que o amava. Agora, ele é apenas mais um vira-lata, catando restos de pizza, desviando de carros e tentando se lembrar do calor de uma mão em seu pelo. Mas quando uma adolescente destemida chamada Emily lhe oferece uma segunda chance, Dexter ousa ter esperança novamente. Ao se tornar parte de sua família em dificuldades, ele descobre um novo propósito: proteger aqueles que o salvaram. Mas nem todos querem que Dexter continue livre.

The warring Browne sisters. Lucy. Susannah. Tara. Each is haunted – by disgrace (Lucy), vanity (Susannah) and envy (Tara). Most of all they are haunted by secrets. Just before a dinner at their mother's idyllic holiday cottage, Susannah disappears. That same night a young woman is killed violently on a nearby beach. Amid the confusion the next morning, Lucy discovers a link between Susannah and the murder victim. Lucy must summon all she knows from her short-lived policing career to figure out the connection and find her sister.

Claire grew up with the legend of the Unsinkable Mounsey Women. Fanny, her great-great-grandmother, made headlines in 1915 for washing ashore in England nearly a year after her ship sank. Fanny’s daughter Sarah went to collect her mother on a British ocean liner named the Lusitania—whose sinking she, too, survived. Their improbable survivals led them to success on the vaudeville circuit and as Midwestern icons. But Claire never knew the full story—until now.

Unprecedented Times captures the beauty, frustration, love, and pain that exists in relationships between best friends, between lovers, between mothers and daughters, and between storytellers and themselves. Malavika Kannan’s fresh, arresting novel captures the excitement and the terror of modern young adulthood through the eyes of an unforgettable, flawed, and lovable narrator.

Lexi is a sixty-year-old widow whose solitary life is thrown into turmoil when a desperate young woman moves in with her, soon followed by the unexpected arrival of her best friend, who has separated from her husband of forty years.

Beautiful and profound, Sweet Pea is a tender and emotionally-compelling novel about the healing power of one woman’s love and care for her found family.

1950: Seventeen-year-old Josephine Cliffe and her younger sister, Eliza, have the perfect lives, wanting for nothing in the huge house they live in with their parents in Sydney, Australia. But when her father's mining company falls apart, the family are left with nothing. They have no choice but to return to Durham, England, to live with their harsh, mean-spirited grandmother. Life in England isn't what Jo expects, and as bad luck continues to follow the Cliffe family, she'll need to rely on the local community if her family are to survive.

Lily has two loves. There's the boy, in whom she finds a kindred spirit. And then there's Jane, her brilliant but troubled younger sister and best friend. When one fateful night throws Lily's life on an entirely new course, she'll discover just how fragile the futures are that we so carefully plan and imagine for ourselves.

»Mein Vater war Gärtner. Jetzt ist er ein Garten.« In seinem bisher persönlichsten Roman lässt Georgi Gospodinov das Leben seines Vaters in einer bewegenden Hommage auferstehen. Mit Witz und Wärme feiert er den leidenschaftlichen Gärtner, der bis zum Schluss nicht vom Umgraben, Säen und Jäten abzubringen ist – und vom Geschichtenerzählen. Der Vater zeichnet mit seinen Worten ein Bild der Welt, überall und so lebendig, dass alle Schmerzen vergehen und der Blütenstaub der geschilderten Kirschbäume sich in den Aschenbechern seiner Ärzte wiederfindet.

Sarah Blay watches the convict ship Indefatigable begin its voyage to the other side of the world with her husband, and his friend James Tedder, on board. One year later, Sarah bundles up her three small sons and says a final goodbye to her mother, and follows her husband to Van Diemen's Land on a dangerous journey that will take fourteen long months.

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In the wake of her debut novel’s breakout success—and a very painful public divorce—Charlotte Williams-Jackson has something to prove. With her second novel overdue, she’s scrambling to hold it together. But her focus is rocked when she discovers that her childhood wasn't as it seemed—and she has a tween half-sister who's been orphaned in Italy.

A Victorian family saga. Inspired by a true story of promises and hope for Alfred Maurice Tyler. But even new beginnings could not avert his tragic path of destiny. Loss. Secrets. A broken promise and ultimately tragedy in the small town of Brighton. Alfred Maurice Tyler had a difficult but blameless life until he broke, The Pledge.

After six years of caring for her ailing parents, literature professor Selwyn Aldridge is alone in the weathered Victorian house where she grew up. Grief hangs heavy in every room, and her mother’s once-glorious garden is buried beneath weeds. When a bottle of morphine disappears during a moment of despair, Selwyn begins to question her grip on reality—until a radiant stranger named Blossom appears, arriving with uncanny timing and an instinct for exactly what Selwyn needs. With Blossom’s quiet guidance, Selwyn begins to restore her mother’s garden—and, slowly, her own sense of purpose.

Natalie and her husband decide to escape the city for a much-needed break. After suffering from a terrible accident, Natalie needs some time and space to recover. So when they find a gorgeous rental home on an estate in the Hamptons available at the last minute, it seems too good to be true. The owner of the estate, Sadie, is beautiful, elegant and wealthy, and Natalie is immediately drawn to her. But as the women begin to bond, Natalie can't shake the feeling that Sadie is hiding something beneath her polished exterior.

Charlotte is trying to navigate being a mother of two children on the spectrum, while suffering from her own crippling anxieties. The unique challenges that families face with one child on the spectrum are hard enough. But she has two who both have their own unique needs. She and Matthew have been together over twenty years and seem to struggle more and more with each day. Matthew is trying to be there for her, but how do you ask for help when you don't even know how to help yourself? Their love for each other and their boys is the fuel that keeps them going and fighting every step of the way.

Two women. A chance meeting. Friendship is the love story you can count on. Remy is lucky. Her three best friends have always been there for her - until the day that they're not. One of them is moving to New York. One of them is pregnant. And one is busy with her (awful) boyfriend. Suddenly, their foursome is splitting - and it feels like a break-up. Simone doesn't need friends. The only people she needs are her family - but when they cut her off, she realises how alone she is. When Simone and Remy meet in a bookshop, they don't immediately click.