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"Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow are two young people in love. Michael attends college and works at the Arcadia nursing home while Faye prepares for medical school in Baltimore. The future seems rife with possibilities -- and a hasty marriage before Faye's departure would seem to seal their bond and protect them forever. But they will discover that even the deepest love must weather life's demands. And that forgiveness and faith must be at the...

Peter receives a piece of land as a gift for his upcoming wedding. While preparing the property to build a home for his new family, he finds human remains in the ground. He decides to keep the discovery to himself so that all of the wedding arrangements can go on as planned. However, the deeper he tries to keep his secret, the more he seems to be under control of something -- or rather someone -- as strange visions and events begin to haunt the celebratory...

When a wealthy family vacations in a remote house in England, the husband/father experiences weird hallucinations and abnormal reality as a menacing spirit seems intent on making him pay for his past sins.

Stacey's parents are divorced, but they both depend on her. But how can she choose between them, when her mother is home sick, and her father wants her to go with him to the dinner celebrating his promotion to vice-president.

"A mountain lodge 5,000 feet up in Washington State's Cascades mountains, accessible only by skis-or an SUV tricked out with bulldozer-size snow tires. A sleek cabin just 80 minutes from Manhattan, overlooking the property's pond and 19 acres of woodland.A romantic, eco-friendly escape in the misty mountains of Bali's Gunung Agung volcano. A glass-domed Finnish hut offering unobstructed views of the Northern Lights. Whether readers are seeking a once-in-a-lifetime...

Miss Mackle's third graders share December holiday traditions --Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, and Korean New Year-- with each other and with Harry's great grandfather, who has just moved to a nursing home.

Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends. But when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

"Our homes are more than an assemblage of bricks and glass, wood and nails. They are the keepers of our childhood memories, our milestones, and heartaches. They evolve as we do. As a family grows and eventually retracts, a home can change hands and begin again. We are the chapters in the book of a house. They carry on after we are gone, setting the stage for another story, a new life, new memories. From Erin Napier, coauthor with her husband, Ben,...

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building...