Family life fiction Books

The last thing retired teacher Nancy Brewer wants is to be answerable to someone else for her every move, every decision, every problem she could sort out herself, just because she has recently been widowed and her daughter worries. She isn't ready to be...

When Melissa dreamed about her bachelorette party, she never envisioned the night would end with her in the hospital after a drunken brawl with her future mother-in-law and her fiance' calling off the wedding. When the bride, fueled by liquid...

"This book had me turning pages way past my bedtime." - Sharyn Bradford Lunn, bestselling fiction authorOn a crisp, fall night, Serena Westwood wakes to the faint stirs of her crying baby.Bottle in hand, she tiptoes to the other side of the house,...

In a secluded cabin deep within the woods, an ominous stranger is about to change the lives of six unsuspecting teenagers forever ...When Owen ventures outside and mysteriously vanishes, Jackson and Aiden set out to find him. As night descends and the...

To save her marriage, Laura Harrison accompanies her husband Jack to Indonesia where he is to take over as president of troubled bank; but when her premonitions become reality, events spin out of control.Laura expects their new home in Jakarta to be a...

Critical acclaim for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD:"This movie is a blast of sheer, improbable joy...A lot of thinking has gone into BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, about themes as well as methods, about the significance of the story as well as its shape. And...

Praise for Barbara de la Cuesta's previous novel, The Spanish Teacher, winner of the Gival Press Novel Prize... "The Spanish Teacher has everything to thrill you—pace, a great balance of description, gesture and...

Russia 1948.Stalin is purging everyone he sees as a threat.Gulags and shallow graves are full of writers, scientists, artists, journalists, politicians, academics and poets.Ludmila Sirotovska, a young militia officer, comes to a remote outpost in Central...

Audrey has a lot on her mind.In some ways, she's just like any other West Coast kid growing up in the late 1960s, preoccupied with riding bikes, the new restaurant with the golden arches, and the most effective way to set up a slip and slide. But there's...

Losing Sophie is like losing part of herself.After her sister's tragic death, Jess is forced to confront the world alone for the first time. Always the quieter, more anxious twin, Jess feels lost without confident, risk-taking Sophie by her side...

阮宇明（Jimmy），1965年生于广东中山，澳大利亚著名铁艺设计师及企业家，澳大利亚朗亚铁艺loyal Iron、澳大利亚Euro Iron铁艺设计公司、中国澳三铁艺创始人，居住在澳大利亚的沙特已故国王AL-FAISAL名下院校及寺院铁艺装饰指定唯一设计师。多年来专注于觉性科学研究，著有生命哲学感悟文学作品《明言》。Jimmy从小对美学及设计有着浓厚的兴趣，青年时期的澳大利亚留学经历增长了Jimmy对铁艺与豪宅别墅的设计见识，后创立澳大利亚朗亚铁艺公司loyal...

Can a Greek escape be the start of something special?Xanthe Fox has it all: a famous, drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend, a dream career and bright future - until heartbreak sends her life into a tailspin.So when Xanthe's Greek godmother unexpectedly leaves...

At the bottom of the meadow is a tiny crescent of beach, and beyond it the wild grey sea. I've pictured this view in my head so many times, and now I'm here, I know it will change everything. The whitewashed cottage with a peeling green painted door to...

The year is 1955, the location picturesque Devon.In a house by the River Dart, schoolgirl Josephine Kennedy posts invitations to her twelfth birthday party – a party that never takes place.Horrific violence is committed that night in the family...

The Anniversary covers it all, as only family stories can. It is a story of personal resilience for Maggie and her sister Grace after a tragic event changes everything. Life always required navigational skills for the girls, but nothing they couldn't...

Hiding from a controlling and dangerous partner, Grace Rhodes goes off the grid when she joins an artists' retreat to escape to a remote area of Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park. There, she bumps into Cam, who brings back old memories-happy memories...

What could be worse than being stranded on an island?Try being there with six coworkers that you hate.Jonathan Jackson and Mark Thompson are the very definition of workplace toxicity. As their bickering and infighting threatens to destroy the company,...

A missing body. A bloody bear trap. Is a serial killer back from the grave?Tok, Alaska. Cameron Prescott hopes the past stays buried. After believing her murderous husband is finally dead, the fierce survivor longs to start over with her state trooper...

The Douglas' were a conservative Black family, "boujee" in every sense of the word. They enjoyed a prominent lifestyle in a world where most blacks were not as fortunate. Carletta was a beautiful stunning young girl and the apple of her father's eye. Her...

The President's only child is dying. Terrorists claim to have the cure.When a private plane whisks CDC epidemiologist Madeline Hamilton to Washington D.C. for an urgent medical symposium, she knows something significant is underway-but she doesn't expect...

Two women, three hundred years apart, must face the devastation of all they hold dear...Suspecting her husband is having an affair, Sarah Rodrigues fights to appear unbroken while attempting to salvage her family. Though distracted by her own troubles,...

Marriage is a ministry, and when accepting a proposal, we need to see beyond a male's natural talents, possessions, gifts, and abilities, in order to see the spiritual man inside.One of the main focuses of this book is about making right choices. God...

Lilly has just moved to Middle America and must put her life back together in her mental health practice as a counselor, while the love for a wanted child looms large.She must convince her husband Dillon, a university head coach, that a conspiracy stands...

A man who fled from his home country Chili with a baby has just arrived in Denver. On his way he met a lovely couple that are traveling to New York. A few years have gone by and the baby girl which name is Elena is now 10 years old. They have recently...

As two broken-hearted strangers stand on a New York train platform, neither has any idea that fate is about to arrive in a lightning bolt moment and gift them with what they never thought they would have again: a second chance at life and love.Juju Apple...

The Domestic Goddess - a story of social media fame, a family in crisis and advice on buying a bike.Adam and Sarah live in a house that's too small for them with a mortgage that's too big for them and, once they've wrestled the kids into bed, they watch...

Comes from a soldier that is strong for his country, but yet to fall weak for the love of his wife. If truth be told his whole family has turned on him as it seems. He has one tour of duty left before he can call it quits, even though it hasn't been A1...

As Pamela sits heartbroken in her favorite chair following the death of her beloved husband, Takis, she attempts to unravel the layers of her existence whose very first memory could have been her last. We follow her through her cinematic reality,...

In A Cosmic Awakening of Relationships beyond Us, love is the goal of each character. Liz and Joe explain their love story and its direct impact on the cosmos. Just when Ruby thinks her negative decisions have distorted love, its power is amplified and...

When a young courious boy looks for adventures and ways to help others ends up in situations that will keep you questioning how he will ever manage to get back on the right track of life. Thunder keeps readers eager to read on so they see what happens...

This book is the story of a family of 10 children as remembered by the youngest child. The children were all very different as noted. It was the second marriage for both parents. Each brought children into their marriage but none of the children chose to...

Rivers to Cross begins with the family history of two young men whose origins came from opposite sides of the Rio Grande. It then follows them from birth on into adulthood where they were unwilling to allow prejudice or their many differences divide them...

I try to ease my mind by reminding myself that I've done this so many times, but all I can think is, "Another failed placement. Another set of rules. Another bout of chores and responsibilities. Prepare yourself."After years of being shipped from foster...

Fired at age fifty, dumped by his wife and grown, college-age children—his wife moved her lover, a UPS deliveryman, into the house as soon as Jack left—Jack Manning is humbled beyond words. Six months later, he’s down and out, living in...

"My Patients Keeper" by Elena González is a fiction book that Chronicles the “real life” challenges faced by so many families, grappling with and caring for a loved one afflicted with Alzheimer’s and dementia.The story...

It is 1960 in Skowhegan, Maine. Libby Carlow is a precocious and curious sixteen-year-old who often wonders why she looks different than everyone else in her family. When an unexpected trip to Texas prompts Libby to meet an uncle she never knew existed,...

After endless hard work and dedication, Abigail has finally established herself as a top producer within a male-dominated industry, but a family crisis threatens it all.Abigail's father has taken on the growing needs of her dementia-stricken mother for...

These early works by Guy de Maupassant were originally published in the 1880's. As a collection of short stories, this represents Maupassant's tales of marriage, and includes 'Useless Beauty', 'Monsieur Parent', 'A Wedding Gift', 'The Door', 'A Meeting',...

These early works by Guy de Maupassant were originally published in the 1880's. As a collection of short stories, this represents Maupassant's tales of unwanted children, and includes 'The Father', 'Useless Beauty', 'A Mother of Monsters', 'The Son',...

These early works by Guy de Maupassant were originally published in the 1880's. As a collection of short stories, this represents Maupassant's tales of the family, and includes 'A Family Affair', 'My Uncle Jules', 'The Gamekeeper', 'The Story of a Farm...

This early work by Guy de Maupassant was originally published in the 1880's. Guy de Maupassant was born in 1850 at the Château de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, France. He came from a prosperous family, but when Maupassant was eleven, his mother risked social...

"As gripping as it is hilarious." -- Vanity Fair"I devoured this novel . . . It just made my whole being vibrate and hum with the impossible, inevitable business of loving other people." -- Leslie Jamison, New York Times best-selling...

"Amazing Love Continues" continues the story "Amazing Love". "Amazing Love Continues" revolves around five 18-year-old brothers (Kye, Jye, John James, Gabriel, and Ty). John James is the Pastor of the Church his father was Pastor of. Jye and Gabriel are...