Family life fiction Books

Napoli 1647: l'ambiziosa figlia di patrizi Mirella Scandore è fidanzata con un nipote del viceré spagnolo, quando il popolo di Napoli insorge contro la sua dominazione.Napoli elegge il duca di Lorena, Enrico di Guisa, a suo nuovo doge. Mirella impara a...

En liten flicka väntar på att hennes mamma ska hämta henne vid vattnet vid Lake Ontario. Hon sa att hon skulle komma strax, men solen går ner och det börjar bli mörkt. Var är detta barns mamma? Har det hänt något som hindrar henne från att komma tillbaka?

Shadow Family is the story of a birth mother, an adoptive mother, and their struggles with life's pitfalls. Their son, after searching diligently for his birth mother, brings them together in the end. Told in these three voices, it is a story of...

Descubre una emotiva historia de amor, sacrificio y redención en El Duelo del Adiós. ¿Podrá la inquebrantable determinación de una madre salvar a su hija de la autodestrucción antes de que se acabe el tiempo?En medio de un diagnóstico fatídico, Tess...

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...

There is no greater gift than friendship.For the first time in fifty years, Lynette Howe's financial struggles are behind her. Her wildly prosperous online boutique is now someone else's headache. It wasn't hard to bid farewell to the fast-paced...

Leo Malone. Running from his past. Running into trouble. In Martinique, Leo Malone meets Taylor Hoffman, a young man who could be his identical twin. Whey they run afoul of a local gangster, Taylor is murdered and Leo assumes his identity to sneak...

Although both time and origin separate them, this story is of lives that fate and circumstance have tied to Pakistan. Aasiya slips away from watchful eyes to meet her lover at a teashop in the same city her grandparents, Suraiya and Iqbal, once moved to...

How can a relationship that starts for all the wrong reasons feel so right? That's the question Natalya keeps asking herself. After all, her daily routine isn't usually so dramatic...or so damn hot. By day, she works at a local men's clinic, fending off...

It is summer of 2001, and renowned American painter Orla Castleberry is in Naples, Italy, as part of a project to call attention to human trafficking perpetrated by the Camorra, a notorious criminal organization. With the help of friends in unusual...

Thirteen-year-old Brian has been unexpectedly uprooted from his home and planted in northern Wisconsin for the summer. Surrounded by beavers, thunderstorms, walleye, forests, a rippling lake, and his tenacious little Granny Jane, nothing can prepare...

Over a century of bad blood. A woman worth fighting for. And a past that refuses to let go.Hunter:I returned to the Florida Keys to face my demons- to rebuild both my life and my shattered relationship with my brother. I'm starting my security business...

Vera Bitter is dead, but her secrets have yet to be buried.After the tragic death of Bridget's parents, her grandmother took her in. Vera Bitter raised her from behind a closed door-cold and uncaring from the moment she arrived at Bitter House. After...

A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction, Maggie's Ruse is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. According to an Eric Hoffer Awards judge, Anne Leigh Parrish delivers "astute insight, big characters, a snappy...

Between February and November is a story that delves into the messy uncertainty of a long-term marriage. It takes place in a modern-day lakeside town in Vermont. That February morning started out like any other; Layla Ranker got her kids ready for school...

Sometimes to find your future, you have to face the past...The death of a childhood friend while under Jefferson Parker's counsel fills him with doubts about his calling as a minister.  Convinced he's incapable of helping anyone, he still...

This collection of 21 stories is organized into five sections, each with from one to six stories loosely focused on a particular place/time and set of characters. The Blue Heron Lake stories follow a community of Latino workers who eventually attempt to...

When a fun-loving American nanny turns a millionaire British single dad’s world upside down, it’s inevitable life is going to get complicated.Taking a break from screenwriting in New York City, Londyn Bellerose takes a nannying job in...

Can anyone identify a perfect spouse? Is there such a person? You'll know the truth after you read The Perfect Spouse.Jason is the protagonist of the story, but the book is primarily about The Perfect Spouse and their plans for other people. Jason...

Part-memoir, part-fiction, James & Elle is a delicate mosaic of vignettes reflecting a deeply personal perspective and the complications of having-and supporting-a loved one with PTSD.Two siblings are unravelling their past and uncovering hidden...

When a group of North London writers meet each month for a chat, coffee, and cake - what else is on their agenda? Constructive criticism? New Ideas? An exciting project? And maybe, more than one prospective romance...?Eavesdrop on the monthly meetings of...

What secrets is this seaside town hiding? Izzy's world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She's forced to come home from abroad, back to the small village she worked so hard to escape and a past she wanted to forget...

Sometime around now an unnamed virus has laid London and its people to waste. No one knows what the government is doing or where they are. 'Cleaners' raid homes; neighbours spy, animals are feral, old people are saying goodbye on the ends of phones about...

Looking out over the twinkling city lights of Florence, Claire thinks of the letter that has brought her here. Written by a woman who escaped the Blitz, it holds a secret kept for a lifetime... but can Claire make the woman's dying wish come true?Claire...

Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members!When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it's not the 'good life' she'd imagined, as three hours of digging barely yields a...

I straighten the apron wrapped around my waist and swipe the key card in the guest room door. As I place the cleaning bucket by my feet, I see the woman lying unmoving on the plush carpet, her eyes frozen.Each morning, I arrive at the luxury Cedarwood...

The past catches up with a mobster who has tried to go clean.When the head of an organized crime gang who had become a respectable businessman is found dead by shotgun in his home, the police force know it can't be suicide.Barry Dancer was a man of many...

SHE INVITED HIM IN, NOW SHE CAN'T GET HIM OUT . . .Donna is so ready to start her new life. But the nightmare has only just begun.Donna's had enough of her dead-end job in Chicago, her unhappy family life, and total lack of boyfriend. Then her...

I thought we would be safe here. But I was wrong... My son Clark and I live in a beautiful cabin outside a rural town, somewhere nobody will find us. I could not have found a more perfect place to start over, shielded by the trees and far away from...

We were all at the party. Which of us wanted her dead? As the smoke from the bonfire spirals into the night sky and the cool drinks slip down our throats, none of us can take our eyes off Lacey. She dances in the dunes, her long golden hair damp...

Turning off the winding coastal road and seeing the old farmhouse surrounded by cranberry vines ahead, Lily's breath catches in her throat. It's just how she remembers it. But pushing open the wooden front door for the first time in decades, it's clear...

I gave them my baby... but can I trust them? Giving away my child is the hardest decision I have ever had to make. But when I move into the Thorpes' stunning home so they can support me through the pregnancy, it seems like they are everything I...

This is the third book in 'The Old Gatehouse' series. It follows the fortunes and day-to-day lives of the Barnes family as it moves between Caiston Estate and Fenland. Set in the early nineteen-twenties, it begins as Anthony embraces life as a chorister...

He is everything to me.But nothing to everyone else.-----From the day his brother was born, M.B. knew he had to protect him.He would have done anything for Barrett: forgone his own needs, position himself in the line of fire, run away with him to start...

Ellen Peterson avoids conflict at all costs to maintain her delusion of a peaceful and successful family. When her teenage son becomes increasingly sullen and violent, Ellen continues to make excuses for him and hide his behaviors. But secrets can kill...

A Gripping Psychological ThrillerWhat if you can't trust your memories?Stefan, a disturbing, but charismatic artist goes to see Anna, a therapist, but gradually he takes control of the sessions and convinces her that her whole life has been based on lies...

Audrey Moretti always knew she wanted to be a police officer, but she never expected it would take her on the most harrowing venture of her life-the search for her sister on September 11th, 2001...Audrey has made it to the final weeks of the police...

Life can sometimes strike a blow that will knock the wind out of you. Before you know it your are curled up in a corner unable to speak or breathe . As you lay there with your thumb in your mouth, crying uncontrollably, hundreds of questions violently...

From the Award-Winning Author who brought you the best selling, Clifford's War series:Darius and Marcus Tye, traumatized by their father, found it difficult to cope with the tragic loss of their mother at his hands Despite efforts to find...

As parents, we unknowingly teach our children at a young age to rely on us for love. We say things like "Who loves you the most?" and the answer is typically us. Then as children grow up and go to school, they seek the approval and acceptance of...

Milwaukee FBI Special Agent in Charge Cole Huebsch is devastated when the woman he loves is brutally attacked in front of him. Was someone trying to silence journalist Michele Fields, or was it a way to get to Cole, the true target? While the love of his...

"A truly lovely book, gentle and humorous, about a couple having to deal with the hard stuff life can throw at you and finding a way through." -Reedsy DiscoveryIn Broken Pieces of God David B. Seaburn returns to the domestic arena to explore the complex...

Luke and Lola in Lockdown is a picture story book about a young family who are suddenly faced with dramatic change. The young children in this book are five year old twins named Luke and Lola. It focuses on their ability to handle the sudden changes,...

Another story about Maggie Barnes and her family. By digging into online genealogy records and talking with their chatty Aunt Lillian, Maggie's children discover the World War II struggles of their paternal grandparents and their silent father, Ross...

In the distant future, Greapa celebrates an uncommon birthday--his thousandth--by inviting numerous guests to an uncommon gathering. There Greapa will tell what has lain untold and hidden for centuries. He will recount in detail the momentous events that...

Beneath the willow tree in their backyard has always been the place where Margaret Dowling has gathered her four daughters to share her life's wisdom. Now terminally ill, she brings them back together under the tree to disclose her news-and make a final...

Banjo Man tells the story of Susan Willson Reese, a widow, retired schoolteacher, and accomplished bluegrass and old-time banjo picker. A native of the fictional community of Willson's Cove in the North Carolina mountains, she has been trying to find one...

Yvette is a talented and gifted third-grade student who likes to read and learn. Her parents instilled in her the importance of getting an education and how it will impact her life when she becomes an adult. The story is from Yvette's perspective on the...