Martha Moody's national bestseller—a compassionate and tender novel about best friends from college. A testament to the power of female friendship. When Clare Mann arrives at Oberlin in 1973, she’s never met anyone like Sally Rose. Rich and beautiful, Sally is utterly foreign to a middle-class, Midwestern Protestant like Clare—and utterly fascinating. The fascination only grows when Sally brings her home to L.A. Mr. Rose—charismatic, charming, and owner of a profitable business shrouded in secrey—is nearly as compelling a figure to Clare as he is to his own daughter. California seems like paradise after winters in Ohio. And Clare begins to look forward desperately to these visits, to carefree rides in Sally’s Kharmann Ghia and lazy poolside days. As the years pass, Clare becomes a doctor and Sally a lawyer, always remaining roommates at heart, a plane ride or phone call away. Marriages and divorces and births and deaths do not separate them. But secrets might—for as Clare watches, the Rose family begins to self-destruct before her eyes. And the things she knows are the kinds of things that no one wants to tell a best friend.
Young love means everything . . . until it leaves you with nothing. The summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not. Six years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn. But she can’t reconcile the loving woman with the heartless parent in her mother’s book. As she looks for answers, the ex-boyfriend who’d witnessed her darkest days reappears, stirring up both pain and hope. When her mother's vindictive fans threaten her grandmother's livelihood and the lighthouse Laney has come to love, she turns to the century-old words of a young lighthouse keeper to help her find the courage to move forward. But once truths from the past come to light and old love finds new beginnings, will Laney discover that forgiveness is the only way toward true healing?
Hello, Crafternooners! Maura Madden invites you to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of crafting.... Named after a monthly event that comedian and crafting superstar Maura Madden began hosting in 2002 as a way to get her friends together, meet new people, and have a good time making some cool stuff, Crafternoon is both an entertaining how-to guide and an irreverent social manifesto. Organized by month and theme, Crafternoon explains how to create and host a fun-filled casual gathering (including recipes for snacks and decorating tips) that celebrates the art of crafting. Knot nautical-themed crafts to wear, quilt new additions to your home decor, make the perfect gift for any holiday, or feel free to BYOP (bring your own project). All crafters are always welcome and encouraged to bring guests, and if your knitting or clay-shaping skills are a bit rusty, that's fine, too -- there are instructions aplenty! A must-have for anyone who wants to get their craft on, this quirky guide offers a twelve-month blueprint for a year of connecting with friends old and new, and enjoying a possibly messy, but always fulfilling afternoon.
Lisa Sugar, founder of the popular lifestyle website, POPSUGAR, shares her secrets of success, offering advice on everything from becoming your own boss to ditching a relationship and creating more meaning in your life.
A celebration of friendship returns readers to a quirky animal kingdom where a menagerie of grizzlies, bunny rabbits, and other critters humorously explore relationship issues.
A profile as an up-and-coming lawyer in a swinging city doesn't quite marry with the fact that Jason Richards barely has a social life, much less a love life. So when a colleague entreats Jason to join him on a regimen of sex, style and more sex, Jason jumps at the opportunity: and is soon enjoying nights filled with supermodels and swanky loft parties. but something - someone - is making him itch to break the code. Jason is longing to get back to a real life with a real woman, and agrees to one last party before he goes. A party that will change everything...
Enjoy this steamy small-town romantic suspense series, where family bonds run deep, and the power of love will sweep you away. With a kiss … a heart can open. Desiree Desmond Goodwin walked away from her ex-husband with millions. Now, she's back in Swan Harbor to reconnect with old friends and invest in the Mountain View Lodge project. But when a late-night warning call forces her into hiding, she's left with just one message: trust no one. Does that include the man on whose porch she accidentally ended up? Dawson Phillips traded the corporate grind for a simpler life, finding peace managing the Siren’s Song in Swan Harbor. Then, everything changes when a pair of lips touch his. As he searches for the woman behind that moment, one question haunts him: what if the person he’s looking for isn’t the one he truly wants? Caught in a dangerous web, Desiree turns to Dawson to help her unravel the mystery. As the enemy reveals an unexpected face, they race against time to find the answers. When the truth finally comes to light, and the final shot echoes, will they have missed their chance? Or will they find the closure they seek, love, and their own happy ending? A kiss can open a heart. But love can lead to forever. Welcome to Swan Harbor The Kiss of Love is Book 12 in the Hope & Hearts from Swan Harbor Series. If you enjoy books where love shows up at unexpected times, you’ll enjoy Dawson and Desiree’s romance. It’s a small-town, forced-together, later-in-life mystery romance with a guaranteed happy ending. This is Book 12 of a 15-book complete series. Curl up with a copy of The Kiss of Love and catch up with Swan Harbor’s residents.
Tricky curves ahead After three years of grieving, it's finally time for widow McKenna Wellington to take that long-awaited road trip…though her adventure isn't meant to include Parker Fordum. The stodgy, set-in-his-ways economics professor is the last person McKenna wants to accompany her across 2,400 miles of defunct highway. But her late husband's friend has his own reasons for signing on. And Parker's surprising McKenna in all sorts of good ways. Somewhere between Chicago and LA, an unlikely friendship blooms, turning a cross-country trip into something more. But what awaits them at journey's end?
