"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...

When someone tries to kill security expert Sophia Leone on a dark road, she's rescued by her husband-a US army general she thought died a year ago. Suddenly, Frank Leone is back, very much alive, and insisting that someone is trying to kill Sophia. Convicted of treason before his supposed death, Frank claims a shadow group is behind everything. Now Sophia must put her life in the hands of the handsome desperado she married for better or worse thirty...

Daniele Pellegrini must wed or lose his family inheritance. Eva Bergen is the perfect candidate for three reasons: 1. Her body is pure temptation. 2. She can't reject his outrageous charitable donation in exchange for their vows. 3. Most important, she can't stand him--this hard-hearted tycoon won't risk his wife falling in love with him! When Eva's first youthful marriage ended in tragedy, she buried any hope of loving again. She's certain she'll...

Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck's classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman's coming of age as she's torn between Eastern and Western cultures. Kwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl, taught by her mother to submit in all things, 'as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.' Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she's surprised by one aspect of her anticipated life: Her husband-to-be has been educated abroad...

How well do you really know the person you love? How far would you go to find out?    If there were one person in the world Dr. Lauren Chambers was sure she could rely on, it was her beloved husband, Michael. Recovering from an agoraphobic depression and prone to episodes of blinding anxiety, Lauren is a gifted psychologist for whom her husband's love and support mean everything. So when Michael suddenly and mysteriously vanishes, Lauren once again...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Caroline Leavitt comes an unusual twist on the family-in-jeopardy story-a couple's love and faith are tested when after labor complications, a young mother lapses into a coma. It can take a long time to build up a life, and only moments to destroy it. Gary and Molly met in the way couples do: after a long haul of being single, quickly becoming soulmates and rejoicing in that fact. Beautiful,...

Cal and Marie Bradley are happily married, he is a psychologist and she a loving mother to their three children. Their trouble begins when Peter Blue, an engaging but disturbed young man accused of arson and of assaulting a police officer, comes to Cal for treatment. As Cal becomes involved in Peter's case, it is soon apparent that there are odd, almost supernatural connections between Peter and Marie. Finally, Cal realizes that his whole married...

Set against the backdrop of World War II and beyond, Seasons of the HeartIn 1941, with America at war, Ann Pollock falls in love. Handsome, charming attorney Phillip Coulter is everything she could want in a man and mate. But soon after they marry, Phillip leaves to fight for his country. When he comes home, he's a stranger, his body and spirit broken in a Japanese POW camp. It is only Ann's indomitable will and determination to succeed against all...

The husband-and-wife sleuths leave London and take on crime in the Caribbean. Detective Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, have escaped the London winter to bask in the Caribbean sunshine. They have an ulterior motive for the trip, though-to try to help their elderly friend who says she's being targeted by a cocaine ring. While keeping up the pretense of being clueless, wealthy tourists, the couple pokes around amid the palm trees-and...

Hipnótica y adictiva, La otra, es el nuevo thriller psicológico de Mary Kubica, autora del best seller Una buena chicaSadie y Will Foust se acaban de mudar junto con su familia desde la bulliciosa Chicago hasta el pequeño pueblo de Maine. Poco después, su vecina Morgan Baines aparece muerta en su casa. El asesinato ha sacudido al pequeño pueblo costero, pero nadie está tan conmovido como Sadie. Pero no es solo la muerte de Morgan lo que tiene...