Maya, her mother Nalini, and her brother Satchin have left a carefree life in India to come to England. But when Mayas father disappears, leaving only deceit and debt behind, they are left to fend for themselves in a strange, damp land. Maya, though, doesnt know of her fathers betrayal. Nalini, determined to preserve her […]
“Eric is a newly minted historian just out of graduate school, unsure of his past choices and future options. With no clear direction, he follows his lover, Emily, when she travels to the Yucatan for her scientific research. But he ends up alone in this foreign place. And so he pursues his own private quest, […]
In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the rather presumptuous pledge “first you will smile, and then you will cry,” but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated ability to throw your heart around like a yo-yo (try out his earlier Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you […]
No one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer takes us to places weve never seen and introduces us to people well never forget. Meet the philandering husband […]
All around the globe, people are being reported dead or missing. In Berlin, a woman vanishes from the city streets. In Paris, a man plunges from the Eiffel Tower. In Denver, a small plane crashes into the mountains. In Manhattan, a body washes ashore along the East River. At first these seem to be random […]
Kai Ting is the only American-born son of an aristocratic Mandarin family that fled China in the wake of Mao??s revolution. Growing up in San Francisco??s ghetto, Kai is caught between two worlds??embracing neither the Chinese nor the American way of life. After his mother??s death, Kai is suddenly plunged into American culture by his […]
Using details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for Hamlet, John Updike brings to life Gertrudes girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King Hamlet, and her middle-aged affair with her husbands younger brother. As only he could, Updike recasts a tale of medieval […]
Message in a Bottle launches a remarkable woman on a mysterious voyage of self-discovery and renewal when she finds a deeply-felt love letter hidden in a bottle, a letter that reawakens her belief that star-crossed lovers will find each other across time and space.
New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes the long-awaited follow-up to his classic tale of enduring love, The Notebook. After 30 years, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law to Noah and Allie (of The Notebook fame), is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Despite the shining example of his in-laws 50-year […]
For thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory, leaving her husband seems to offer the only way out from the mundaneness of every day lifes earthly possessions and emotional complications. In the bank, she withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she never […]
Danielle Steel celebrates families of every stripe in her compelling new novel??a tale of three very different couples who struggle and survive, love, laugh, and learn to take life?? Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family, her last name loaded with expectations. Her mother is a mega-bestselling author who writes under the name […]
In this liberating and enriching book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer teaches us how to tap into the power of our higher selves and live each day, regardless of what we do, with a greater sense of peace and fulfillment. Your Sacred Self?ÿreveals a three-step program to help us understand our place in the world and […]