EMILIE RICHARDS

Las hermanas Donaghue habían compartido todas las alegrías y tristezas de una complicada existencia, y las tres se encontraban en su propia encrucijada. Megan tenía que luchar para sacar a flote su matrimonio, Casey se estaba adaptando a su nueva vida y Peggy, la menor de las hermanas, había dejado de lado su carrera médica para cuidar a su hijo autista... Entonces apareció una tía suya cuya existencia desconocían. Peggy no dudó en aceptar el ofrecimiento de la anciana Irene e irse a vivir a su casa con el pequeño Kieran... Pero no todo el mundo se alegraba de la llegada de la joven madre. El doctor Finn O'Malley, el médico de Irene, lamentaba la instantánea unión que había surgido entre Peggy y su paciente. Lo que era innegable era la atracción que había entre Finn y Peggy...

Tessa MacRae se sintió atrapada en cuanto aceptó pasar el verano ayudando a su madre y a su abuela a arreglar la vieja casa familiar. Nunca había estado muy unida a aquellas dos mujeres, pero tenía la esperanza de que pasar un tiempo alejada de su marido la ayudaria a encontrar el porque del fracaso de su matrimonio. El verano comenzo con las tormentas emocionales que tan bien conocian las tres. Helen, la matriarca del clan, era dominante, mordaz e incapaz de demostrar afecto alguno. La madre de Tessa, Nancy, parecia haber centrado su vida en trepar en la escala social. Pero, poco a poco, Tessa entro en contacto con la historia de su familia, una historia llena de dolor. Y por primera vez en su vida, fue capaz de olvidar los resentimientos y ver a su madre y a su abuela como las mujeres valientes y luchadoras que siempre habian sido.

Tate Cantrell se quedó paralizada en la puerta de su casa, aislada en la montaña. Aquel desconocido armado era un preso que se había fugado de la cárcel. Estaba herido y necesitaba ayuda urgente.Carl Petersen se habia propuesto dar con el traidor que lo habia vendido, pero una bala lo habia herido y se hallaba solo en pleno bosque. No sabia que estaba a punto de encontrar a la mujer que iba a iluminar su existencia, la mujer con la que cumpliria una cadena perpetua de amor Sin embargo, pronto tendria que huir de nuevo porque, si los encontraban juntos, podria no ser el unico que pagara con su vida.

Needing time to contemplate her troubled marriage, Tessa MacRae agrees to spend the summer helping her mother and grandmother clean out the family home in Virginias Shenandoah Valley. But the three women have never been close. Helen, the family matriarch, is domineering and sharp-tongued. Nancy, Tessas mother, appears to be little more than a social climber. And Tessa herself is in turmoil following a family tragedy that has affected them all. Now, with the gift of time, Tessas eyes are opened, and she begins to see her mother and grandmother for the flawed but courageous women they are. As she restores a vintage wedding-ring quilt pieced by her grandmother and quilted by her mother, the secrets that have shadowed their lives unfold at last. And each woman discovers that sometimes you have to clean house to find the things you thought were lost forever.

Three women fight for the chance to raise the child theyve all come to love When Lilia Swallows husband, Graham, goes into remission after a challenging year of treatment for lymphoma, the home and lifestyle blogger throws a party. Their best friends and colleagues attend to celebrate his recovery, but just as the party is in full swing, a new guest arrives. She presents Lilia with a beautiful baby boy, and vanishes. Toby is Grahams darkest secrethis son, conceived in a moment of despair. Lilia is utterly unprepared for the betrayal the baby represents, and perhaps more so for the love she begins to feel once her shock subsides. Now this unasked-for precious gift becomes a life changer for three women: Lilia, who takes him into her home and heart; Marina, who bore and abandoned him until circumstance and grief changed her mind; and Ellen, who sees in him a chance to correct the mistakes she made with her own son, Tobys father. A custody battle begins, and each would-be mother must examine her heart, confront her choices and weigh her dreams against the fate of one vulnerable little boy. Each woman will redefine family, belonging and loveand the results will alter the course of not only their lives, but also the lives of everyone they care for.

A powerful and thought-provoking novel that will both break your heart and fill you with hope." International bestselling author Diane Chamberlain With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, do-anything-to-succeed real-estate developer. Shes at the top of that mountainbut her life is empty. Her friends are as grasping and insincere as she has become. Far worse, shes alienated her family so completely that shes never held or spoken to her only granddaughter. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realizes that her ambition has almost destroyed her chance at happiness. So Charlotte vows to make amends, not simply with her considerable wealth, but by offering a hand instead of a handout. Putting in hours and energy instead of putting in an appearance. Opening her home and heart instead of her wallet. With each wrenching, exhilarating decision, Charlotte finds that climbing a new mountainone built on friendship, love and forgivenesswill teach her what it truly means to build a legacy."This is truly a marvelous piece of work. New York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson "Haunts me as few other books have. New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas

A beautiful story Diane Chamberlain How far would you go to help your sister? As children in foster care, Cecilia and Robin vowed they would be the sisters each other never had. Now famous singer-songwriter Cecilia lives life on the edge, but when Robin is nearly killed in an accident, Cecilia drops everything to be with her. Reunited, the sisters begin to work on a project that could uncover memories for them both. Yet soon dark secrets of the past emerge that could test their bond to its very limit. Fans of Tracy Buchanan, Diane Chamberlain and Jodi Picoult will adore When We Were Sisters.

Some betrayals are like rivers, so deep, so wide, they cant be crossed. But for those with enough courage forgiveness, redemption and love may be found on the other side. On the night her home is consumed by fire, Janine Stoddard finally resolves to leave her abusive husband. While she is reluctant to involve her estranged daughter, she cant resist a chance to see Harmony and baby Lottie in Asheville, North Carolina, before she disappears forever. Harmonys friend Taylor Martin realizes how much the reunited mother and daughter yearn to stay together, and she sees in Jan a chance to continue her own mothers legacy of helping women in need of a fresh start. She opens her home, even as shes opening her heart to another newcomer, Adam Pryor. But enigmatic Adam has a secret that could destroy Taylors trustand cost Jan her hard-won freedom.

Daughter of a legendary Virginia hunt master and aristocrat, Julia Warwick grew up in a world where Thoroughbreds and foxhunting are passions, not pastimes. Julia finds her own passion in Christian Carver, a talented young horse trainer. But when a beautiful heiress is murdered and Christian is convicted of the crime, a pregnant, desperate Julia marries a friend who offers solace. Now, though blindness darkens her world, it opens her eyes to hidden truths. About her husband, her family, her friends and the man she loved. And as the story starts to emerge, a forgotten memory begins to return, a mystery comes to lightand two lovers torn apart by forces they couldnt control face each other once and for all.

With the warmth and comfort of a handmade quilt, Endless Chain explores the intricate patterns of family and community, and the threads that bind them together. ?Sam Kinkade is finally feeling at home as a minister in rural Toms Brook, Virginia, content with his life and Shenandoah Valley congregation. But his plans to welcome the areas growing Hispanic community are being met with resistance. Fortunately, when the church-run community center is threatened, a stranger named Elisa Martinez walks through his door and Sam realizes he has found a woman capable of building bridges. Elisa isnt looking to make connections. She has come to Toms Brook to hide. But despite her fears of discovery she is enchanted by the beautiful work and the friendship offered by the women who invite her to join their quilting circle. And even though she fears the consequences for both of them, she finds herself powerfully drawn to Sam, and to a generations-old love story rooted in the towns past.Will she and Sam repeat the past, or can they find the love and the freedom they seek at last?

Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key. With her husband in prison, pampered Tracy Deloche is left with five ramshackle beach houses and no idea how to start over. Janya Kapur left her close-knit Indian family for an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. Wanda Gray takes a job guaranteed to destroy her already failing marriageif her husband cares enough to notice. Widow Alice Brooks has grown forgetful and confused. Her family comes to stay with her, but Alice isnt sure shes grateful. When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, the four women warily join forces to find his family. Together they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they loveand uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.

Christy Haviland served eight months in prison, giving birth behind bars to the child of the man who put her there and might yet destroy her. Now shes free again, but what does that mean? As smart as she is, a learning disability has kept her from learning to read. And thats the least of her hurdles. Georgia Ferguson, talented educator, receives a mysterious charm bracelet that may help her find the mother who abandoned her at birth. Does she want to follow the clues, and if she does, can reticent Georgia reach out for help along the way? Both women are standing at a crossroads, a place where unlikely unions can be formed. A place where two very different women might bridge the gap between generations and education, and together make tough choices. Somewhere between the townships called Luck and Trust, at a mountain cabin known as the Goddess House, two very different women may even, if they dare, find common ground and friendship.

USA TODAY bestselling author Emilie Richards continues the journey begun in her beloved novel Whiskey Island with this unforgettable tale of star-crossed lovers, murder and three sisters who discover a hidden legacy that will lead them home at last to Ireland.Megan, who is feeling hopelessly unprepared in her new marriage, has no idea how to fix the problems already facing her relationship. Casey, who is happily married to her high school sweetheart, is facing a new challenge: motherhood. And Peggy, who always dreamed of becoming a doctor, has put medical school on hold with the discovery that her young son is autistic. Each facing her own difficulties, the Donaghue sisters are brought to the remote Irish village of Shanmullin by Irene Tierney, a distant relative who hopes that they will be able to help her learn the truth about her fathers death in Cleveland more than seventy-five years ago. As a stunning tale of secrets and self-sacrifice, greed and hidden passions unfolds, the life of each sister will be changed forever.

The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well-lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowlera girl desperate to rescue her parentsunder her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation. Isaiah Colburn, the Catholic priest who was her first mentor and the man she secretly longed for, understands her struggles only too well. At a crossroads, hes suddenly reappeared in her life, torn between his priesthood and his growing desire for a future with Analiese. Divided between love and vows theyve taken, both must face the possibilities of living very different lives or continuing to serve their communities. With a defeated familys trust and her own happiness on the line, Analiese must define for herself where darkness ends and light begins.

Nouvelle Orléans, 1965. À lautomne de sa vie, Aurore Gerritsen, héritière dune grande famille de Louisiane, engage pour rédiger ses mémoires un jeune journaliste : Phillip Benedict. Pourquoi lui ? Il