Recovering from the death of her son and the end of her marriage, Kelsey Stewart goes to stay with her aunt at her seaside inn in Carmel, California, looking only for retreat. But a local emergency unexpectedly brings Kelsey’s troubled heart back to life again.When a young boy falls from one of the sea cliffs, Kelsey, a therapist specializing in brain-damaged children, is recruited to help rehabilitate him. Kelsey finds herself developing feelings for the boy as well as for his mys...

The lush, secluded mountains of North Carolina’s Lake Lure had drawn Lauren Castle into their spell. It was here, in 1938, that Hollywood’s most beloved glamour girl, Victoria Frazer, drowned during a scandalous affair with actor Roger Brandt. Few knew about the baby spirited away into the night. That baby was Lauren’s mother.It has been two years since Lauren’s filmmaker husband died mysteriously at Lake Lure while making a documentary on Roger Brandt. Now Lauren has received a wa...

From a New York Times–bestselling author: After the Civil War, a young Confederate bride finds herself living in the shadow of her husband's first love.Having lost her fiancé in battle, Lora Blair knew it was the heartache of war, not true love, that drew her to Union soldier Wade Tyler, a grieving widower who still mourned his late wife, Virginia. Married quickly in the ravished little Southern border town where Lora was born, they headed back North to Wa...

Successful author Molly Hunt, the adopted daughter of Long Island parents, is stunned when a handsome man she meets in her publisher’s office makes a startling declaration: that he is about to marry her twin sister. Molly soon discovers that she is actually the long-lost child of the wealthy Mountfort family of Charleston, South Carolina. Eager to solve the puzzle of her birth, Molly begins a fateful journey south.At the historic family plantation, she meets her beautiful twin Amel...

From the "Queen of the American gothics": In turn-of-the-century New York, a strange inheritance lures a vulnerable governess into a trap ( The New York Times).Camilla King knows little of her family history, having never met her estranged relatives. Her late father wanted it that way. But when she receives a startling invitation from her immeasurably wealthy and ailing grandfather, Orrin Judd, to return to Thunder Heights, the crumbling mansion on the Hud...

In the witty and satirical Pastiche and Prejudice, Arthur Bingham Walkley takes a playful jab at the literary world, particularly the popular romance novels of his time. Through a series of clever parodies, he pokes fun at the conventions and clichés of the genre, creating a delightful and thought-provoking read. Walkley's sharp wit and keen eye for detail shine through as he skewers the predictable plots, swooning heroines, and brooding heroes that populate these beloved tales. Prepare to...

For several years, time and circumstance have managed to separate Hallie Knight and her old friend Susan Trench. But when Susan disappears from her grandfather's seaside home on historic Topsail Island, it is Hallie whom Nicholas Trench calls for help. Wealthy, ill, and irascible, he refuses to believe that his beloved granddaughter and the heir to his fortune has been lost to him. He is certain that if anyone can find Susan, it will be her closest friend, the woman who knows her better th...

Hallie Knight is summoned to a historic seaport town by Nicholas Trench, the critically ill grandfather of her former college roommate. Months earlier, Trench's granddaughter Susan mysteriously disappeared from his home and all attempts to learn her fate have failed. He feels that if anyone can find Susan, it will be this woman who was his granddaughter's closest friend.If Hallie is to succeed, though, it won't be with the help of the suspicious relatives who surround the old man. ...

A woman investigates the mysterious death of her mother in Santa Fe in this New York Times bestseller by a "master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark).Between jobs and relationships, Manhattan illustrator Amanda Austin decides it's finally time to take her grandfather up on his request to visit him in Santa Fe. Near death and anxious to reconnect with his granddaughter, Juan Cordova has summoned her to New Mexico so she can get to know her late mother's rela...

The mysterious death of a prima ballerina raises haunting and sinister questions for her twin sister in this novel from "a master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark).Schoolteacher Jenny McClain is looking forward to a bright future with her new husband, Brandon, in their glorious new home at the McClain family's Catskill estate in the Shawangunk Mountains. But Jenny can't forget her past . . .It was the night her twin sister, Ariel, threatened suicide. An emo...

A chilling tale of murder and secrets set against the treacherous slopes of a ski lodge—from "the queen of the American gothics" ( The New York Times).Linda Earle's stepbrother had a bright future. An aspiring athlete, he was being mentored by championship skier Julian McCabe, but then his career was cut short when he was accused of murdering Julian's wife, Margot. Convinced of his innocence and determined to clear his name, Linda takes a job as après-ski ...

From an Edgar and Agatha Award winner: A mystery writer must solve the puzzle of her past when she meets the South Carolina family she never knew existed.Popular mystery novelist Molly Hunt knows all about the twists and turns of fiction, but real life has thrown her for a loop. Raised by adoptive parents on Long Island, Molly has just made a stunning discovery: She’s the daughter of South Carolina blue bloods and was kidnapped as an infant from their ancestral hom...