In the anxious minutes ahead Jim was lost in thought, trying to convince himself that everything was going to be okay. Time passed ever so slowly. Hearing the sound of voices down the corridor, he looked up to see the doctor coming toward him looking very solemn and strained. "Jim, you have a little girl." he reported. Then a pause, and his tone changed. "Jim, Anna didn't make it. We did all we could. I am so sorry. She just had too much stress on her frail body the past few months and we ...

“One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense.”—Los Angeles TimesNew York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon is back with a gut-wrenching mystery about an architect whose troubled mother has been found 25 years after being kidnapped—by a killer who is still on the looseThe summer of 1985 changed Reggie’s life. Thirteen, awkward, and without a father, she finds herself mixed up with her school’s outcast...

Marty was never happier than the day she drove away from Prescott Hall for the last time. She had moved into the spooky old mansion with her aunt Martha when her parents died in a car accident when she was a very young girl. The clock ticking behind the wall sent goose bumps down her spine, and the people from another time dancing in the third floor ballroom sent her running to her room to hide under the covers. When she looked up for the last time to wave goodbye to the house and saw the ...

From the bestselling author of Borrowing Trouble, sparks fly when a commitment-phobic firefighter and a headstrong woman share an apartment.Dana Calloway is tired of being second choice. No question she was her parents’ consolation prize, and now she’s placed second in the race for a guy’s heart—a guy she could have sworn was The One. Is it any wonder such a normally type A person accidentally burns down her house in one distracted moment?Cal Fire ...

From a New York Times–bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter, two teens kill their friend, then befriend the girl's family to avoid suspicion.On a beautiful October day in the San Fernando Valley, teenager Missy Avila was lured into the woods, beaten, tortured, and drowned. Missy's best friend, Karen Severson, publicly vowed to find the killer and even moved in with Missy's family to help. Thre...

The four elder Trask brothers have a plan. Worried about their youngest brother Mitch turning into a hermit, they secretly hire Sophie Matthews to redesign his garden, hoping he’ll fall in love with her.When Sophie arrives at Mitch Trask’s ranch for her first landscape design job (and that’s all she thinks it is), she doesn’t know what to expect, but has visions of creating a stunning showpiece.Instead, all Mitch is interested in is not being bothered by anyone, especially ...

What marks the boundary between a miracle from God and the imagination of a child?Leah is a child from Away, isolated from her peers because of her stutter. But then she begins painting scenes that are epic in scope, brilliant in detail, and suffused with rich, prophetic imagery. When the event foreshadowed in the first painting dramatically comes true, the town of Mattingly takes notice.Leah attributes her ability to foretell the future to an invisible fri...

“Rita skillfully reveals the depth of her characters.”--New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline SheehanIn Carmen Rita's savvy, scandalous, and wise new novel, four close friends who've earned the best of everything are forced to decide what they can afford to lose…Cat, Magda, Gabi, and Luz. They've helped each other up the ladder with unshakable encouragement--and raw honesty--since forever. But lately, trouble is throwing everything these for...

When life gets complicated, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves family—and love—can make all the differenceFacing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother’s home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexp...

Superheroine Risa Remington once had the power to read thoughts and emotions with a stroke of her fingertips.Until a lab accident changed everything. Now Risa has to learn to live in the real world–virgin territory for a girl who's never experienced life, love or sex. CIA agent Daniel MacAlister has orders to babysit gorgeous Risa. She can't fall into the wrong hands–she knows too much.But when Risa falls into his bed one night–soft, warm and naked–he's for...

"Great characters, interesting plot, action-galore and 'cop-speak' that is realistic enough to put you right in the thick of things, this is a police-procedural that is not to be missed." ~John E. Donovan, Verified ReviewerBurgess's hopes for a calm Columbus Day picnic slam up against reality when two boys spot a dead body in the water.It's Reggie the Can Man—a damaged, alcoholic veteran who Burgess has tried to patch back together since they return...

Cynthia knows it's outrageous to ask Jonathan's help when they haven't spoken a civil word in the fourteen years since she was sixteen. Yet she's just flown across the country to find him, trying to find the right words all through the four-hour flight.She didn't call to say she was coming, so he won't be expecting her. He certainly won't smile when he sees her, or when she announces, "I came to ask you for money."She's desperate for the money, for her brother. But is she d...