Family life fiction Books

A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her...

Ellen Peng straddles two inescapable complexities in her young life and family - her status as the first born and role model for her younger siblings and her very complicated relationship with her mother, Lydia who's chosen to jeopardize her own future...

When self ambition takes over one innocent Asian teenager's life, a horror lies ahead...   Recent high school graduate, Imtiyaaz Muhammad is eager to leave Indonesia. She’s always coveted working abroad, and, at last, the...

What if the only friend you have isn’t real?  When the voices in his head begin to make sense, high school senior Branson Kovac turns to the one friend he’s still got… only to discover he’s not really there.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So gripping I read this in one sitting . . . The tension is palpable and grows with every page. I had to keep remembering to breathe.' HarmonyUtterly compelling women's psychological fiction.'She wasn't crying. That was the terrifying part.'My...

Would you swap houses with a stranger?Nina has always played it safe. But when her divorce papers come through on her fortieth birthday she decides enough is enough.She's always chosen the sensible route, staying in her stable job and marrying her...

There's a cost to keeping secrets... Everyone knows about the fight between Kathleen Walsh and her sister on the night she disappeared. For six months, no one has heard from Kathleen. Not her bullying husband, not her teenage son, and not her...

Inspired by real people and events.The Jordan farming family in Reighton face a day of reckoning as the head of the family becomes frail. Old Francis Jordan is stubborn and refuses to discuss his will. His eldest son, William, expects to inherit but will...

One night. One choice. Changes everything.One single moment can change a person's life forever. Moving to Granite Cove was supposed to be Rebecca's fresh start. She has a firm no dating rule. There's no time or room in her life-and she has horrible taste...

★★★★★ from Readers' Favorite: "Finding Isobel goes beyond a riveting, page-turning story to explore what it means to be a parent, a child, and the effects that secrets and decisions cause throughout lives."Gold Medal Winner - Independent...

His jealousy and greed became a deadly murder for hire.Based on a true untold story. This story is set in the Inland Empire region of Southern California in the 1970s-1990s.Raymond McDade was dealing with the devil when he bought the radio station that...

"A fun, entertaining novel! I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't enjoy this book as much as I did." -Leslie A. Rasmussen, award-winning authorWhen Mar Meyer's husband divorces her for another woman, she reacts by abandoning everything in her past: her...

Two women's lives intersect. One goes missing and needs to be found while the other must remain lost. Both their lives depend on it.  Following a horrific event twelve years ago, Cheryl MacGregor disappeared from the city where she grew up and...

A small girl who has asked for a pet just for her. She has a brother who has his, and they are just for him. She finally finds a puppy out in the field and claims it for her own. Then the responsibility that goes with it. And being told it is a wild...

Mike O'Shea and Andy Cotto knew each other their entire lives. Born days apart on the same block, baptized in the same water, the two friends were inseparable growing up and into adulthood.After celebrating their 40th birthdays together, Mike falls ill...

A fake-marriage, a lie, and a murderous brother somehow combine to give her the life she always wanted...if only she can live long enough.Maisy Feldman has lived in a haze for years, coming out of it only recently to learn the brother she thought she...

Two brothers growing up in the 1950s Bronx navigate a toxic home environment headed by an emotionally abusive father and an unhappy mother. One brother eventually finds escape through academic achievement and a new life on the west coast, while the other...

Book Synopsis:Stacey & Jay meet on a blind date at a mutual friend's house for dinner. Neither one is looking for a long-term relationship. Jay is a 35-year-old distinguished doctor of sports medicine & orthopedics. He has high profile clients...

Three sets of twins attending the annual Twins Days festival are about to have their lives - and their whole universes - turned inside out.Teens April and May are there on their own for the first time. Along with elderly funeral home operators Jeff and...

Irish artist Richal Ryan travels to the tropical island of San Sebastian in the West Indies to meet her pen pal Daniel San Laurant. She thinks she has finally found the man of her dreams, and sparks indeed fly as soon as they meet face-to-face. The two...

Joseph and Anita are a successful, strong Christian husband and wife with beautiful children and a happy life. However, the flesh is weak. Joseph meets a woman who shares his wife's name at a coffee shop. She is flirtatious and lovely, and Joseph is soon...

The book is a fictional account of a foreigner's experience in Nigeria being relayed with reference to her experience in her war-torn home country. It attempts to lay out the struggles of many African countries in search for peace and unity amidst...

There is nothing like a near death experience to bring life back into focus. Josh Eyre, a surgeon and family man, was having an off year. He had always been a big fan of Christmas but this year he was just not feeling the joy. There was nothing...

'Moving and beautifully written ... explores the complex ties of family and friendship with insight and compassion.' Tracey EmersonCan you leave the past in another country?Francesca Maier knows little of her father's home country or her...

What happens when our dreams and reality begin to blur together? Serena Indigo has the perfect life. A handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, a gated home, and a rewarding career as a physician, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology...

From New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis comes her first women's fiction novel--an unforgettable story of friendship, love, family, and sisterhood--perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Susan Mallery, and Kristan Higgins.They say life can change...

From the USA Today bestselling author of the Hope River series comes a new contemporary midwife novel.Say "goodbye" to your old life, and "hello" to the life you've been waiting for...Midwife Clara Perry is accustomed to comforting her pregnant patients....

The acclaimed, award-winning essayist and memoirist returns to fiction with this reflective, bittersweet tale that introduces the irrepressible aging poet Thomas Murphy--a paean to the mystery, tragedy and wonder of life.Trying his best to weasel out of...

Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s Chicago jazz scene, a highly ambitious and stylish literary debut that combines the atmosphere and period detail of Amor Towles' Rules of Civility with the emotional depth and drama of The Memory Keeper's...

The hip and heart-warming story of what it means to be a girl and what it takes to become a woman.When Lilly's best friend, Maya, gets engaged, the tenuous peace treaty Lilly thought she had finally established with her perennially single self shows...

Mark L. Brooks hits a homer with this first novel if you love family dynamics, how each member plays on each other with the good, the bad, the most ugly, and how they can arrive victorious. Laying Autumn's Dust is a novel told in three first-person...

Governor Beauregard Swaggart is every Texan's nightmare. A governor with questionable scruples, he appears to be hell-bent on dividing Texas into five states. But his true mission is far more ominous - he has his sights set on the U.S. Presidency. Only a...

Leaving Sarah

Zsofia Lakatos was orphaned early in life. Hardships forged her into becoming strong and independent. With her wit and determination she fulfilled her dream of becoming a fine architect. She never allowed anyone to break down the fences she had created...

Embark on an Inspiring Tale of Resilience and Rebirth Amidst Ireland's CharmDiscover a heartwarming saga of resilience, love, and rebirth in Dr. Jac Fitzenz's The Shanahans Full House. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis,...

1961 brought the promise of a family to couple Tom and Dot Cornell. Until one day, several days past her due date, Dot nearly collapsed to the floor in excruciating pain.Knowing something was horrifically wrong, Dorothy made her way to the couch and laid...

Two Friends, Two Lives, One Secret: A Tale of Love, Friendship, and Unexpected Twists. Join Harlow, Hazel, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters in a Summer Camp Adventure!In the heart of the narrative, we find Harlow and Hazel, two friends who, despite...

Patricia Emrie Hilton dedicated her life's work to raising her five children. She always put her family first while putting this book on her list of rainy day dreams. You will find a very clever and creative approach to her story telling in this...

Genevieve Austin carries a seventy-year-old secret. Does this secret shape or harm her? In The Making of Genevieve, we learn the complexity that is Genevieve. We navigate the tumultuous road to her golden years, beginning as a teen on the...

Just when it looks as though Isobel Matheson will get everything she's wanted since she was a teenager, Charlotte Harper returns home – and she has an ultimatum to deliver to her husband. Everything Isobel ever wanted hangs in the balance along...

After the death of her beloved James, one woman faces a future of feeling adrift and must find a reason to go on without the love of her life, from the bestselling author of Wish Me Home. When Caroline McClellan's beloved husband passes away,...

La prosa de Roberto Jordán es lúdica, reflexiva, contextual, histórica y me atrevo a decir que hasta un tanto irónica. Por sus historias pasan toda clase de anécdotas, algunas de las cuales, contienen fuertes dosis de...

Ruby is a raccoon shifter and a baker who is looking for her family. She knows they're out there, and after the death of her brother, finding his daughters—who were given away against his will—is her only focus. Racoon shifters need to...

El berenjenal sombrío es una compilación de cinco cuentos que nada tiene que ver el uno con el otro pero que aún se enredan entre sí al compartir cosas en común como lo son: la soledad, el amor, la muerte la...

This up and coming Family novel will take you on an emotional roller coaster. Your mind will go to another place when you walk with this family through the good, bad and the ugly. You will laugh with them, lie with them, cheat with them, fight with them,...

Jess is living a normal life when she gets devastating news. She is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and now she must fight for her life. Will her journey be the last? Or will it be the beginning of a new "existence". Whatever the...