 | The Summer of the Bear: A Novel
Publication Date: June 7, 2011With her fifth novel, critically acclaimed writer and journalist Bella Pollen takes readers into the private dynamics of a family grappling with the loss of father and husband in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, where between elemental beauty and utter bleakness, strange forces are at play.In 1980 Germany, under Cold War tension, a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. When the clever diplomat Nicky Fleming dies suddenly and suspiciously, it’s convenient to brand him the traitor. But was his death an accident, murder, or suicide? As the government digs...
 |  | The Hungry Season
Release Date: February 1, 2010It's been five years since the Mason family's holiday at the lakeside cottage in north Eastern Vermont, close to where prize-winning novelist Samuel Mason grew up. The summers that Sam, his wife, Mena, and their twins Franny and Finn spent at Lake Gormlaith were noisy, chaotic, and nearly perfect. But since Franny's death, the Masons have been flailing, one step away from falling apart. Lake Gormlaith is Sam's last, best hope of rescuing his son from a destructive path and salvaging what's left of his family. As Sam struggles with grief, writer's block, and a lo...
|  | A Stirring from Salem (Days of Our Lives)
Publication Date: May 1, 2011| Series: Days of Our Lives As New Year's fireworks light the London sky...The fallout from Richard Gaines's financial debacle spreads deeply into the lives of the citizens from Salem. With John and Marlena's help, Charley believes Richard's unspeakable wrongs have been rectified. But soon, while on an unexpected and lifechanging journey to South Africa, Charley discovers that the scandal has far wider implications.In the exotic and dangerous lands of South Africa...A deadly secret is revealed that threatens a clinic run by Kayla, Patch, and Bill Horton. Jo...
|  | The Madonna of Excelsior: A Novel
Release Date: February 10, 2005"A generous, patient, wry and intelligent voice...[that] suggests not just a writer who can seduce us through beautiful language and unfailing humor.We also encounter a writer who has the power to shock and frighten us, to astound and anger and unsettle us...In short, his is a voice for which one should feel not only affection but admiration." --Neil Gordon, New York Times Book ReviewSelection, Summer Reading, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1971, nineteen citizens of Excelsior in South Africa's white-ruled Free State were charged with breaking apartheid's Immoral...
|  | Counterfeit Lady
Release Date: July 1, 1991Nicole was a passionate French beauty, kidnapped by mistake and swept accross turbulent seas...to be the bride of a stranger.In eighteenth-century Virginia, the lush lands embraced the rivers that bounded the great plantations. There Clayton awaited his English lady...but when he showered his bride with ardent kisses, the woman he found in his arms was Nicole Courtalain! ...
|  | Paul and James's Naturist Adventure
Publication Date: February 17, 2012Paul Jessop and James Handle are two fourteen-year-olds who have known each other all their lives. One very warm day while out roaming through the local countryside and woods, not far from home, they're suddenly surprised when they spot a naturist rambler. Having never seen anyone walk about like this before their curiosity gets the better of them and they decide to follow him. It leads to them finding out about a naturist swim at their own local leisure centre and, after deducing what the word 'naturist' means, want to find a way of getting in to see for t...
|  | A Wish for Christmas (Cape Light)
Release Date: November 2, 2010| Series: Cape LightNothing captures the essence of the holidays like Thomas Kinkade's paintings-and the unforgettable town of Cape Light.Gifts of kindness are never forgotten... After serving in Iraq, the injured David has returned home to find his widowed father remarried and his ex-girlfriend working for him on his tree farm. Trying not to seem bitter or discouraged is even harder than the physical therapy, and David realizes that he not only needs to heal his body but his heart as well. Meanwhile, Lillian Warwick's daughters are concerned about their eld...
|  | A New Leaf (Cape Light, Book 4)
Release Date: January 6, 2004A quaint New England village by the sea, Cape Light is populated by an unforgettable cast of characters who know the importance of lending a hand and cultivating gratitude. Even though their lives are sometimes touched by disappointment, the residents of this close-knit community have discovered time and again how love has the remarkable power to sustain our spirit and heal our suffering. Ever since her bitter divorce, single mom Molly Willoughby has become increasingly disillusioned by matters of the heart. Over the years, she has shied away from love-and given ...
|  | On Strike for Christmas
Release Date: October 30, 2007At Christmastime, it seems as though a woman’s work is never done. Trimming the tree, mailing the cards, schlepping to the mall, the endless wrapping—bah humbug! So this year, Joy and Laura and the rest of their knitting group decide to go on strike. If their husbands and families want a nice holiday—filled with parties, decorations, and presents—well, they’ll just have to do it themselves. The boycott soon takes on a life of its own when a reporter picks up the story and more women join in. But as Christmas Day approaches...
|  | Crazy Little Thing
Release Date: October 23, 2012If Sadie Turner is good at anything, it’s putting stuff in order. Sowhen she finds her “perfect” life in disarray, she hopes a summervacation at her aunt’s lake house will help her piece it back together.She wants to relax, reboot, and heal the wounds left by her cheatingex-husband. And that requires time away from men. All men. Or so she thinks. With two slobbering dogs and two cousins living there—one aflamboyant decorator intent on making over Sadie—it’s hard to get amoment’s peace at eccentric Aunt Dody...
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