As she impatiently waits for Santa's arrival, Olivia the pig tries to help with family preparations on the day before Christmas.

It is 1967 and Charlene has just graduated from the University of Michigan – without her "Mrs." degree. Her mother recently passed away, and soon afterwards her father fled the silence, to a new home and job on the other side of the state. So Charlene is going "home" to what is now an empty house.Two things will make this long, hot summer bearable: Her father has hired Reeves Valenti – the high school sweetheart she left behind – to help her...

It is 1857. Olivia, Nick, their two little girls, and Charlie still live in the old boarding house. It has been nine years since Mourning left. Nine years since the last time Olivia has seen him – though he has always managed to arrange with Michelle to have Charlie spend a few weeks with him each summer.But today Olivia is anxiously awaiting Mourning's arrival. Yesterday he sent a message with Michelle – he needs to talk with Olivia. Why now?...

Olivia has one toy that she loves more than anything. She feeds him, dresses him and takes him everywhere. So when he disappears, Olivia is FURIOUS! She looks under the rug, under the sofa, under the cat. She shouts at Ian and baby William, she cries, she stomps...all to no avail. Then, one dark and stormy night, Olivia hears a noise...Clutching a candelabra, she creeps bravely into her bedroom, and sees a huge menacing shadow on the wall. Who is...

Olivia remembers her trip to the circus very well. The performers were out sick, so she had to do everything. She... rode on a unicycle jumped on a trampoline juggled five balls tamed lions flew through the air

Four murders. Four countries. One terrible secret. Olivia Wolfe is a journalist who travels the world exposing heinous crimes. She has more enemies that most. When her anonymous source is murdered, Wolfe must unravel the terrible secret that connects a series of gruesome murders. But powerful people want her stopped. Betrayed and isolated, Wolfe is hunted by a faceless killer. Can she stay alive long enough to expose the shocking truth? A completely...

Ten years separate these two poignant novels featuring the same young woman. Invitation to the Waltz: Seventeen-year-old Olivia Curtis has been invited to her first dance. She is thrilled and terrified. In her diary, she confides her hopes, doubts, and fears-about her pretty, confident older sister, Kate; her precocious baby brother, James; her eccentric country neighbors; and of course, the upcoming party, which she is sure will be the crowning...

Rosamond Lehmann's enduring classic, told from the point of view of its seventeen-year-old heroine, who has been invited to her first dance   Today is Olivia Curtis's seventeenth birthday. In exactly one week, she will attend her first dance. She is thrilled . . . and terrified. Will Tony Heriot ask her to dance? Will he even remember that they once attended the same costume party? What will she wear? Something bright and beautiful-red silk?...

Master's degree-check. The perfect resume-check. Boyfriend-well… Finally finished with her Master's degree, Olivia Barrett is ready to start a new chapter in her life. Graduating at the top of her class, she's one step closer to landing her dream job and has the man she plans to spend the rest of her life with. Things are looking up-that is, until she walks in on her boyfriend of seven years, Evan Gallagher, cheating on her with her college roommate. Hurt...

After searching all over the house to discover what an adventurer does, Olivia's mom sends her out to locate her calm. Olivia quickly gathers everyone and sets out on a new quest. Will she, Taylor, Daisy, and Miss Kitty locate her calm? If so, where will they locate it?