Amy McFadden

"In this re-telling of Jane Austen's classic, Persuasion, an English professor in California fighting for tenure experiences a huge setback when her first love and ex-fiancé is hired as the college's new president. Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen's classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all"--

In Baby blessed, when Molly Larabee gets pregnant after a night with her estranged husband, Jordan, she fears he will not take her back. In Yesterday once more, Julie Houser tries to win Daniel Van Deen back three years after leaving him just before their wedding.

"A Conspiracy of Alchemists is the first book of the Chronicles of Light and Shadow series, starring the spunky dirigible pilot Elle Chance and the handsome warlock Marsh. Set during the Belle Epoque, Conspiracy is a thrilling and inventive historical fantasy, where the myths and legends of Old Europe live side by side with the wondrous creations of modern scientists and aviators. It's also set in a world haunted by vampires, fairies, and other supernatural...

Traces the intersecting lives of three women five years after a fateful love affair, including Tia, who gave up her baby for adoption; Caroline, the adoptive mother; and Juliette, who views her husband's affair differently upon learning about the baby.

"From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a novel about love, loss, and the beautiful mess of family. Marnie MacGraw and Patrick Delaney have been in love for a few years now, enough to realize that they are imperfectly perfect together. Still, there are some things that maybe need a little attention. Marnie's ebullient; he's brooding. She thrives on change; he prefers stability. She sees marriage and parenthood in their future,...

It's nothing special on the surface, merely a rambling old Victorian summerhouse on a secluded island, where the sky is blue and the water is clear. Yet after a month at the Rainshadow Lodge, people begin to change -- and fall in love. How else can you account for what happens to the most mismatched, unlikely couples? There's Beth, who's stuck sharing the lodge with a complete stranger -- and a difficult one at that. And Mitch, a workaholic on a deadline...

"Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. The circumstances are murky, but what is clear is that the other two need to notify the authorities. Minutes become hours become days as they hesitate, caught up in their guilt and hope that their friend has somehow made it safely to shore. As valuable time passes, they...

In the first story, office assistant Stephanie is assigned temporarily to the big boss, who's known to be a grouchy dictator. Her co-workers, however, believe that he's the classic lonely hero and just needs to fall in love and settle down--with Stephanie. In the second story, Bethany Stone's boss asks for her help with his ten-year-old daughter who is moving in with him. The daughter quickly develops a matchmaking plan for her dad and Bethany.

Everyone wants to be the kind of leader who can energize and mobilize others with their words, who in a single conversation can change the direction of someone's life. But why is it that so few crack the code of how to do just that? Executive coach Kristi Hedges has spent years studying exactly what inspiring leaders do differently, and in The Inspiration Code dispels the myths that have hindered too many in their unsuccessful campaigns to inspire...

Mary Kildare knows how to read people. It's both why she makes a great therapist and why she refuses to trust the average bachelor. Staying fiercely independent has been her primary relationship strategy-until wealthy playboy pilot (and commitmentphobe) Glen Fairchild reappears in her life. After a yearlong teasing tug-of-war, Mary and Glen test the waters of attraction, only to find that their physical chemistry runs deeper than flirtation. At first,...