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From the makers of Overcomer and Fireproof comes a novel that asks: what’s the most important thing in your life? Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was—the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The Storyteller, and more, comes a “complex, compassionate, and smart” (The Washington Post) novel about a family torn apart by a murder accusation. When your son can’t look...

Becca thought she'd finally found her place at Amberjack Shores, the idyllic beachfront inn owned by her former mother-in-law. After years of putting her legal career first, she's ready to embrace the warmth of family connections and the promise of new beginnings on Florida's sun-drenched coast.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit The Measure—a runaway bestseller and a Read with Jenna TODAY Show pick—comes a stunning speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness, and found friendship. Audiofile Golden Voice Narrator, Marin Ireland and a stellar...

Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the wife of a Mormon bishop. As bishop, Kurt Wallheim is the ward's designated spiritual father, and that makes Linda the ward's unofficial mother whose days are filled with comfort visits, community service, and informal counseling. But Linda is increasingly troubled by the church's patriarchal structure and secrecy, especially as a disturbing situation takes shape in the ward.

The Lassiter siblings have been blessed with an internal detector identified as the love gene. Now that they have found love, one obstacle after another is threatening their happy ever after . . . Luke Lassiter is determined to give his fiance Sasha Coles the perfect wedding on the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean sea. Now that Luke has won Sasha's heart, he wants to protect her peace of mind. The imp, known as Stephanie Coles, is doing all she can to disrupt her daughter, Sasha's life. Her goal is simple, money . . . and money

Aila Sorenson doesn’t know what happened to her marriage. She actively participated in building the life she and her husband, Ben, created, but she no longer recognizes herself when she remembers the role she dreamt up 15 years ago. They appear to be shining pillars of marital perfection - attending church on Sundays, volunteering, and surpassing every expectation society has of them - but deep down, Aila knows their marriage is crumbling. When Aila unexpectedly runs into someone from her past, the illusion she and Ben created begins to shatter.

The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation’s economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie.

"Mehdi se sécha, enfila un tee-shirt propre et un pantalon de toile, et il chercha au fond de sa sacoche le livre qu’il avait acheté pour sa fille. Il poserait sa main sur son épaule, il lui sourirait et lui ordonnerait de ne jamais se retourner. "Mia, va-t’en et ne rentre pas. Ces histoires de racines, ce n’est rien d’autre qu’une manière de te clouer au sol, alors peu importent le passé, la maison, les objets, les souvenirs. Allume un grand incendie et emporte le feu." Enfants de la troisième génération de la famille Belhaj, Mia et Inès sont nées dans les années 1980.

Gabe Wilde has never been more ready for a change. Thirty-three and in the midst of a divorce, he's packed up his second-grade daughter and come home to Birch Bay, Montana. New house, new career, new life. Only, with changes come stress. His daughter is struggling with the transition to their new norm - and Gabe is out of ideas as to how to help.

An uplifting new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America’s favorite storytellers...

Cabe Calaway would sooner swallow a porcupine than tussle with Jovie St. John. Jovie is stubborn, aloof, and darn right rude to him most of the time. He knows all that about her, and he steers clear of her whenever possible. Even though owning the ranch next to his family ranch makes that hard sometimes. What he doesn’t know is why she asked him to dance at the barn raising event his brothers had held. It was totally out of character. Cabe has known Jovie all of his life, and she’s always been reserved and unapproachable, even as a child.

Alice Hoffman's enchanting witch's brew of suspense, romance and magic -- now a major motion picture from Warner Bros. When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts...

An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale—the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel—its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy...

A warm, uplifting companion novel to Kunene Fire. Years after the death of Izan Bloem, his daughters Elize and Sandra finally make the journey they have postponed for too long: a trip to Namibia, the country of their father’s birth, to find his grave and understand the life he left behind. Joined by their teenage sons, they travel north through a country their father had loved deeply—but in the Kaokoveld, a single mistake leaves them stranded, burned, frightened, and stripped of every comfort they brought with them from England. Rescued and taken to Ombari, they find not only safety, ...

An absurdist road novel about two sons carrying their father's cryogenically frozen body to its final resting place When Scott Platt's brother, Nick, calls to ask him to fly to Arizona and retrieve their father’s body from the Cryo Center where it’s been frozen since the nineties, the timing...

Five sisters, fresh starts, and a whole lot of Aloha. Dawn Kalama fostered hundreds of children over the years. She was a pillar of their community in rural Hawai'i . . . until her husband passed away, leaving her unmoored and adrift. The Aloha Sisters come together to support their mother and...

Für ihre große Liebe hat Konditorin Helene den Sprung ins kalte Wasser gewagt und ist nach Paris gezogen, wo sie sich den Traum von einer eigenen Patisserie verwirklichen will. Schockiert beendet Helene die Beziehung – und muss in dem kleinen, verschlafenen Dorf ihrer Eltern einen Neuanfang wagen. Tatkräftige Unterstützung erhält sie dabei von ihrer besten Freundin Marie, die Helene hilft, mit ihren ausgefallenen Tortenkreationen das Dorfleben aufzumischen. In ihrem kleinem Backsteinhaus mit verwildertem Garten kann Helene endlich wieder frei atmen.

Livius Reimer macht sich auf den Weg von München nach Berlin, um seine Ehe zu retten. Als sein Flug gestrichen wird, muss er sich den einzig noch verfügbaren Mietwagen mit einer jungen Frau teilen, um die er sonst einen großen Bogen gemacht hätte. Zu schräg, zu laut, zu ungewöhnlich – mit ihrer unkonventionellen Sicht auf die Welt überfordert Lea von Armin Livius von der ersten Sekunde an.

Oslo, 1938. Johanna von Fehrsburg hat in Norwegen mit Sven ein neues Leben aufgebaut. Doch der Schatten des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands reicht weit. Als ihr Bruder Karl-Georg eine gefährliche Widerstandsmission plant, nimmt Johanna gegen dessen Willen seinen Platz ein. In Berlin taucht sie unter falscher Identität in eine Stadt ein, die sie kaum wiedererkennt. Während sie im Auftrag des Widerstands Informationen sammelt, begegnet sie Moritz – dem Mann, der ihr einst das Herz brach.