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Jack Lester wanted a wife who was attractive, kind, a good conversationalist, and who would accept him as he was (good looking and poor). He was sure if London society discovered that his family were no longer poor, it would be impossible for him to find his true love.

"Life Without Summer" tells the story of Tessa, a mother who has just lost her four-year-old daughter in a hit-and-run accident and the grief counselor, Celia, who tries to help her to put her life back together. When their lives begin to intersect in powerful and unexpected ways, they discover that the answers one needs might be the other's only chance for peace.; When Tessa Grayαs four-year-old daughter, Abby, is killed by a hit and run driver,...

Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the 'rememberer' and write down everything that happens while they're growing up. Lonnie's reflections in his letters to Lili are bittersweet. He's happy that they both have good foster families, but while his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries.

Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley lives on the fringes of polite Victorian London society, tending her beloved plants--and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. For the notorious botanist can detect almost any type of poison, especially those derived from plants. But the murder of a lord has shaken Lucinda: at the scene, she picks up traces of a toxin from a very rare species. So rare, in fact, that only...

Headstrong fifteen-year-old Mistaya is kicked out of her prestigious boarding school and assigned by her father, Ben, to reopen the kingdom's abandoned library, a task she avoids before discovering a magical plot against Landover.s Ben Holiday, High Lord of the magic kingdom of Landover, and his wife Willow have sent their 15-year-old daughter Mistaya to our world to attend a prestigious girls' boarding school. Mistaya, Misty to her friends, is not...

Brooke and Peter are struggling in their marriage when they're faced with a tragedy. As three-year-old Hayley fights for her life, the Baxter family draws together, not sure how to pray. Peter distances himself and finds illegal ways to ease his pain that could destroy his marriage and his life. A Baxter wedding takes place that gives all of them a reason to smile again. What will it take for Brooke and Peter and all of the Baxter's to move past the...

Lady Rebecca Marshall fulfills her mother's fondest wish when she becomes a maid of honor at the court of Queen Victoria. Having been disappointed two years ago when the Duke of Norford's heir, Raphael Locke, married another woman, Rebecca's mother sees this court appointment as a golden opportunity for Rebecca.

Seth Winters presents a rip-roaring spoof of the classic Jane Austin tome, Sense and Sensibility. Evicted from their home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are desperate to find suitors, and even more desperate to defend their coastal cottage from giant squid, great white sharks, and other sea monsters. Armed with nets, harpoon guns, and plenty of dry wit, they'll need to conquer unscrupulous cads, meddling matriarchs, and a...

When a high-speed chase goes terribly wrong, Santa Fe police officer Dan Page watches in horror as a car and gas tanker explode into flames. Torn with guilt that he may be responsible, Page returns home to discover that his wife, Tori, has disappeared. Frantic, Page follows her trail to Rostov, a remote town in Texas famous for a massive astronomical observatory, a long-abandoned military base, and unexplained nighttime phenomena that drew onlookers...

Related stories, linked by recurring characters and an interwoven plot, recreate an American foot soldier's experience in the Vietnam War. Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness.