Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist infatuated by Dorian's beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Suddenly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than...

Recently divorced and having no family of her own, Joy Candellaro is beginning to dream of a new life with widower Daniel O'Shea and his son, Bobby, until a fateful Christmas Eve forces her to make a painful choice Joy Candellaro used to love Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she finds herself at loose ends. Recently divorced and estranged from her sister, she can't summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating....

Roach explores how and why sexual arousal and orgasm is difficult, and presents what scientific efforts are being made to make the bedroom experience more satisfying.

Despite falling in love, Mary Jo Wyse is wary of a relationship with her next-door neighbor Mack McAfee. If her baby's father, David Rhodes, learns of such a relationship, he might just sue for sole custody of their daughter, Noelle. To occupy the time and get her mind off of her own problems, Mary begins to read a stack of World War II letters that she recently discovered.

Bruce Peyton wonders where he went wrong. A widower, he worries that he has spoiled his thirteen-year-old daughter Jolene, and in doing so, caused so much tension and hostility in his home that his new (and pregnant) wife, Rachel, has left him. He struggles to regain her trust and to raise a daughter he can be proud of, because in Cedar Cove, nothing is more important than family.

Ayla is training to become a Zelandoni, one of the community's spiritual leaders and healers. She becomes the acolyte to the Zelandoni for the Ninth Cave and begins the series of intensive journeys that are part of the sacred training. But as she struggles to find a balance between her calling and her duties as a new mother, her pursuits begin to take a toll on her relationship with Jondalar.

After their epic journey across Europe, Ayla and Jondalar have reached his home, the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region konwn today as southwest France. Jondalar's family greet him warmly, but they are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses.

Ayla and Jondalar journey across Ice Age Europe, awing the primitive tribes--she with her ability to communicate with animals, and he with his mastery of the tools of war. Orphaned Ayla, and wandering Jondalar, set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, looking for a place they can call home. In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both savage enemies and brave friends. Together they...

Best selling author Debbie Macomber returns with the 8th volume in her Cedar Cove series. Pastor Dave may be having an affair, and also may have something to do with some stolen jewelry, and an old flame of Sheriff Davis has just moved into town.

Meet blissfully happy newlyweds Bobby and Teri Polger. He's an international chess champion, she's a salon stylist, and both will soon be confronted by deadly threats from a vindictive Russian rival.