Joyce Bean

When her mother, who is unexpectedly pregnant, receives a devastating diagnosis, Sonnet Romano must decide what really matters in life and, putting her career on hold, stays in Avalon and takes a job that forces her to work alongside her biggest mistake--award-winning filmmaker Zach Alger and Sonnet's former lover.

"When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted lakeside estate of Avalon's renowned Bellamy family, she's intent on rebuilding her shattered life and giving her two daughters a chance at a better future. But she faces a formidable challenge in the form of her stubborn and difficult new employer, Alice Bellamy. While Faith proves a worthy match for her sharp-tongued client, she often finds herself at a loss for words in the presence of Mason...

As single father Logan O'Donnell prepares to give his son, Charlie, the best Christmas ever on the shores of Willow Lake, he may be in for a Christmas surprise himself, in the form of sharp-witted and independent Darcy Fitzgerald.

Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity, that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village. Spanning more than forty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement resurrects pivotal episodes in history: from the collapse of China's last imperial dynasty, to the rise of the Republic, the explosive...

Holidays on Nantucket are always magical. Unfortunately for newly married Nicole Somerset, Christmas means a dreaded visit from her step-daughter. Headstrong Kennedy brings husband Archer and adorable three year-old-son, Maddox. And Kennedy has yet to get over her parents' divorce. In an attempt to reconcile her father and mother, she sets in motion a scheme to sabotage Nicole's meticulous holiday plans. Holidays may be a perfect time for reconciliation,...

The fourth riveting novel featuring the incomparable Dr. Samantha Owens, by critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison Waking to sirens in the night is hardly unusual for Sam Owens. No longer a medical examiner, she doesn't lose sleep over them, but a routine police investigation in her neighborhood has her curious. When her homicide detective friend, Darren Fletcher, invites her to look over the evidence, she immediately...

Jane Whitefield of the Seneca Nation has spent years helping desperate people disappear. But now she is about to become the hunted one. When James Shelby is unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, Jane spirits him out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. Then, within minutes, Jane is kidnapped. The person who killed Shelby's wife now wants him dead, and Jane's captors will put her through excruciating torment...

This biography for young readers examines the life of an American who advocated for women's rights and the abolishment of slavery. Susan B. Anthony was born into a world in which men ruled women. A man could beat his wife, take her earrings, have her committed to an asylum based on his word alone, and take her children away from her. While the young nation was ablaze with the radical notion that people could govern themselves, "people" were understood...

"After she cheated on her boyfriend, he dragged her to the home of the offending man and made her watch as he killed him. Sara testified against the boyfriend, but a bribed jury acquitted him, and now he's free and trying to find and kill her. Jane Whitefield agrees to help, and it soon becomes clear that outsmarting the murderous boyfriend is not beyond Jane's skills. When members of a Russian organized crime brotherhood learn of a woman who disappears...

In this gorgeous, moving memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caldwell reflects on her own coming-of-age in midlife, as she learns to open herself to the power and healing of sharing her life with a best friend.