In the early twentieth century, Irene and Val fall in love in Wideland, Oklahoma. While carving out a home for themselves, they invite neighbors Bertha and Joseph to build a house and live on their land. As the families cope with the hardships of changing times and fortunes, children are born and people pass away, the characters learn the importance of living one's life boldly and squeezing out every possible moment of joy. (Bestseller)

Winner of the Gold Pen, Romantic Times Career Achievement, and Zora Neale Hurston Literary Awards, Rochelle Alers has nearly two million copies of her books in print. Here she crafts the tale of a hotshot athlete and the woman who can fulfill his dreams. Super Bowl MVP Brandt Wainwright's good fortune runs out when he crashes his SUV into a tree. During the long recuperation, the fun-loving quarterback becomes cranky and sullen-until private nurse...

Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon's two families - the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are...

Best friends Annette and Rhoda find their lives in turmoil as Annette tries to balance her new found love life as she tries to reconcile with her husband Pee Wee and discovers a devastating secret while Rhoda must deal with her daughter Jade, whose antics lead Rhoda to throw her out of the house.

Still reeling from her husband's untimely death, Deborah Robinson needs a fresh start. So she decides to pack up her family, box up her bookstore, and return to her grandmother's ancestral home on Cavanaugh Island. The charming town of Sanctuary Cove holds happy memories for Deborah. And, after she spies a gorgeous stranger in the local bakery, it promises the possibility for a bright, new future. Dr. Asa Monroe is at a crossroads. Ever since the...

Phylicia Phillips is close to reclaiming her cherished girlhood home in Louisiana. But before she can buy it back, Jamal Johnson beats her to the punch. The renowned architect plans to convert the stately Victorian into a B&B -- and he wants Phylicia's help! Hiring the home restoration specialist was a stroke of genius, until Jamal finds out the house was in Phylicia's family for generations. Will troubles from the past keep these two from building...

Architect Morgan Dane lives according to a plan, crossing off her achievements one by one. But when she's offered her dream job -- the restoration of Angels Landing Plantation -- Morgan's life takes an unexpected turn. Carpenter Nathaniel Shaw once took a chance on commitment and lost. Returning to Haven Creek to join the family business, he finds nothing changed -- except Morgan Dane. The high school wallflower is now a beautiful woman ... and stirs...

David, a respected college professor, and his wife, Kari, appear to be the perfect churchgoing prosperous couple when their young daughter is abducted. When reports surface of a serial kidnapper on the loose with a pattern of killing his victims on the seventh day, there's no time to waste. Then the police uncover startling information about Kari's past that threatens her marriage and challenges the couple's capacity to forgive.