"A heartbreaking and darkly funny portrait of a woman unravelling in the wake of tragedy. Sam is dead, which means that Elsie Jane has just lost the brilliant, sensitive man she planned to grow old with. The early days of grief are a fog of work and single parenting. Too restless to sleep, Elsie pores over Sam's old love letters, paces her house, bickers with the ghosts of Sam and her dead parents night after night. As the year unfolds, she develops...

Delves into family relationships and what parenthood, either biological or by adoption, means. We follow the members of two families living in the idyllic, perfectly-planned suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio: Mia and Pearl, a mother and daughter living a less traditional lifestyle, moving from town to town every few months, and the Richardsons, the perfect nuclear family in the perfect suburb - until Izzy Richardson burns her family home down.

"A hilarious and poignant love story about the way families are invented, told with the savvy of Zadie Smith, the energy of Junot Diaz, and an inventiveness all Ian Williams' own, set amidst a collision of cultures banging together in one polyglot suburb of Toronto. Felicia and Edgar meet as their mothers are dying. Felicia, a teen from an island nation, and Edgar, the lazy heir of a wealthy German family, come together only because their mothers...

After Dylan Childress, who is struggling with a difficult decision, comes to the aid of Katie Malone, who gets stranded on her way to visit Virgin River with her two young sons, they yield to their mutual attraction.

Bartering for services gets a cowboy exactly what he never knew he wanted in this sweet Texas hometown romance from the author of Hill Country Reunion. Including his property in the local historical society's grand tour could have huge benefits for Kent Ritter, but he has no clue how to decorate it. So he strikes a deal with town newcomer Erin Dearborn: she'll give him decorating advice if he'll make repairs to her home. It's a fair bargain . ....

You can't always pick who you fall for… Her orchard. His heart.Can they successfully heal both? When her family's apple orchard is damaged by a storm, single mom Libby Creighton knows the harvest she's depending on is in jeopardy. Though he prefers a solitary life, Jax McClaren has the skills to revive Libby's orchard-and her guarded heart. But he'll have to overcome the secrets of his past if he and Libby are going to have a fruitful future together. Golden...

He came home for a mission...Will he end up with a family? Army ranger Lee Remington didn't think he'd ever go back to Wickham Falls, home of some of his worst memories. Now, returning home to help his sister, he's shocked by a powerful attraction to military widow Angela Mitchell...and floored by this mother of toddler twins, who accepts his proposal. But as he preps for his ready-made family, there's one thing Lee forgot to tell her...

In this heartfelt Southern love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook, a daring fireman rescues a single mom—and learns that falling in love is the greatest risk of all.
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't...