The Family Saga gathers six classic treatments of domestic life, tracing the household as a site of affection, inheritance, conflict, obligation, and social change. Its range encompasses sentimental domestic fiction, historical narrative, regional and frontier-inflected storytelling, and psychologically attentive accounts of kinship. Across these varied modes, family emerges not as a static refuge but as a structure shaped by class, gender, migration, moral conviction, and generational mem...

A Husband by Proxy by Jack Steele

A Collector's Edition of 47 Storybooks About Inheritance gathers tales in which property, lineage, kinship, and heredity shape private desire and public consequence. Moving among domestic realism, sensation fiction, romance, adventure, juvenile narrative, comedy, and speculative or didactic prose, the volume places contested wills, family secrets, social rank, and biological inheritance in revealing dialogue. Its breadth makes inheritance not merely a plot device but a cultural question. T...

In "A Husband by Proxy," Jack Steele expertly intertwines the themes of love, duty, and personal sacrifice within a rich tapestry of modern romance. Set against the backdrop of a fast-paced corporate world, the narrative follows protagonist Claire Hartley, who navigates the complexities of an arranged marriage that is both unorthodox and profoundly intimate. Steele's prose is characterized by sharp dialogue and evocative imagery, deftly capturing the psychological landscapes of his charact...

Poor Pig is the story of a portly pig who needed some help from his friends on the farm. I suppose you have read about portly little pigs. Well, this is a story about a portly little pig who laid down for a nap but could not get up because he had eaten so much. This is a true story because pigs sometimes do this.This book is published in loving memory of the author and illustrator, Jack Steele.

From New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan...A perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood, Lady Elaine Warren is resigned to her position in society. So when Evan Carlton, the powerful, popular Earl of Westfeld, singles her out upon his return to England, she knows what it means. Her former tormenter is up to his old tricks, and she's his intended victim. This time, though, the earl is going to discover that wallflowers can fight back.Evan has come t...

What if the best morning of your life suddenly turned into your worst nightmare? Sam Case is about to find out. Saving Rachel is the story of what happens when killers force a man to choose between his wife and his mistress...and the one he rejects must die. "If Dean Koontz collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock at the circus, this would be their brain child." –Vintage DM Book Reviews

I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU . . . DEADAfter a tough breakup with her boyfriend, Lucy Kincaid needs a different kind of break. So she heads west to join her brother, an ex-cop, for a long weekend of skiing in the mountains. At a picturesque lodge tucked high in the Sierra Nevada, Lucy finds just what she’s looking for: a peaceful retreat undisturbed by Internet, television, and cell phone distractions. She also finds an unexpected group of newlyweds seeking their own idyllic getaway.

Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. The man’s finger tightens on the trigger and Dodge has only a split second to react . . . and forever pay the consequences.Alone . . . that’s where the nightmare began for cool, beautiful, and dangerously sexy Catherine Rose Gagnon. Twenty-f...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts spins a tale that blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy as a man and woman discover just how deep their bond lies—and how some dreams are meant to be…While on a much-needed vacation in Ireland, world-famous photographer Calin Farrell is bewitched by the ravishingly beautiful Bryna Torrence, even if he refuses to believe in the spell that has brought them together—and could destroy them both...

In the Colorado mountain town of Glenwood Springs not far from Aspen artist/photographer Gwyn Sanders discovers a cryptic letter her sister Kelly left behind. The victim of a deadly hit and run Kelly reveals she was sexually involved with her sisters boyfriend and is scared for her life. Both Gwyn and her remaining sister Linda have since married their boyfriends so either of their husbands could be guilty of murder. The sisters received a large inheritance before meeting these men and kno...