Family life fiction Books

Why would a rich girl become a prostitute?Three years ago Joy refused to sleep with an ex boyfriend. When he committed suicide, her guilt was enormous. To punish herself she opted to serve as a prostitute for three years.​How far would you go to protect...

A whimsical and visually stunning tale celebrating human potential.

Return to the quintessential American small town, Lily Hollow. Learn more about our favorite complicated and lively locals, and about everyone's favorite bookstore, The Bookshop Hotel.In the first book, A. K. Klemm made us fall in love with the colorful...

Why would you walk away from the one person you can’t live without?As a child, Vicky Hall never had the sort of family she wanted. The least important person in her new step-family, ignored by her mother in favour of her two younger half-siblings,...

Twenty years ago, a tragic death shattered the lives of Emily Knight and her family. Now in her mid-thirties, Emily has moved back to her home of The Lizard and the family owned, clifftop caravan park where she was raised. However, her return is...

My life is split into two parts. Before my best friend Danni died, and after.For years that night at the party has played on repeat in my mind. Danni was tipsy and heartbroken after being dumped suddenly by Nathan. We talked it through as she cried and...

The next instalment in Georgina Troy's Sunflower Cliffs seriesSet sail for the breathtaking island of Jersey in this gorgeous, romantic series. Perfect for fans of Jessica Redland and Phillipa Ashley.When shoe designer Paige Bingham is jilted she decides...

'An easy five stars from me. Funny, warm, relatable, romantic. I absolutely loved it.' Sandy BarkerBerkley Kaine was lucky enough to meet her perfect man at a young age.Blissfully in love, she's about to graduate college, take on her dream job, and has...

The cute personal trainer hits "stop" on my treadmill, and I stumble off, colliding into him. He grabs me by the waist, and looks at me with his ocean-blue eyes, flashing me a grin that makes my heart flutter. Is he smiling because he fancies me or...

She didn’t love you. She bought you. And if she bought you, you were done.Pearl Ellis lies dying in the hospital in the small town of Carbon, Kansas. Located near the Bible Belt, religion is a defining force in the culture of Carbon, but...

SAY GOODBYE TO ROMANCE?  NO WAY!Don’t settle for less than a passionate, heart-pumping love affair. With raw honesty, fresh humor, and practical insights, Chris and Melina Hann unlock secrets to reignite your romance, spice up your love life,...

"An excellent book for anyone who has suffered a loss, to remember that your loved ones spirit lives on through you." -Jack Canfield, Coauthor of the New York Times Bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and The Success Principles: How...

HER MARRIAGE IS TO DIE FOR...Alicia Gray knows she's a lucky woman. With a gorgeous, successful husband who whisks her away on romantic trips, a beautiful home in one of the country's richest zip codes, and two wonderful daughters, life couldn't be...

Let's face it ... Relationships can be hard. Friendships require patience. Marriage is both joyful and heart-breaking at times. Do you feel stuck in old patterns, or are you wondering what happened to the adventure, the passion, and...

An aging priest in rural Wisconsin gives an impassioned Christmas homily condemning abortion as murder and exhorting his parishioners to stop it. A former mayor responds by starting a hunger strike in city hall, and the editor of the...

From the Beginning: The Saga of the Next Generation is a continuation of the Newman Springs publication of From the Beginning: A Cautionary Tale of an Everyday Family and based on the actual events of Wayne E. Held growing up in a family that faced abuse...

A Resurrection in Bonners Ferry is the story of Lawrence Greenwood, a federal parole officer living in Connecticut who has reached a crossroads in his life. He is turning fifty, his marriage to Nilda is in its death throes, and his career is winding down...

Upon love and its mystery to love someone, no one has a better idea or answer to make love last. This is why Marshall B. Abbott is surprised about his wife and what happened to their marriage, which lead him to get involved with Olivia, a married woman...

Ein Neuanfang. Ein sonniger Strandort. Ein Sommer, um eine andere Seite an sich zu entdecken. Die neue Strandlektüren-Reihe, die im geliebten Summer Beach, Kalifornien, spielt.Nachdem Marina Moore ihren Job verliert, sucht sie Zuflucht im Coral Cottage,...

A joyful summer celebration... but old rivalries erupt in Summer BeachThe next heartwarming chapter in the Coral Cottage series.When Marina and her sister Kai volunteer to manage Summer Beach's centennial celebration, they expect a fun parade down Main...

Life is always full of challenges with its colors of fairness and unfairness. What happens if your childhood memories are running and ruining your marriage?Ryan is a very happy boy until one day, he discovers that he was engaged to an unknown girl, who...

Family ties are strong, but even the strongest can be broken.Building on the story of faith and family, the Grandma, Mom, and Me Saga continues with Elaina, a story of devastating loss, constant lies, overwhelming betrayal,...

Transformation of the Hearts Series has been filled with family stories being told, secrets revealed, and it seems there is nothing left uncovered. However, one more mystery lies hidden inside these pages, and it's only a 3×5 picture of a five-year-old...

Marriage is tough and relationships are always complicated....Harry and Noelle Phillips know this all too well. In order to refocus their lives together after eighteen years, the couple begins a long weekend excursion in Michigan's Upper Peninsula...

Nathan, a professor at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, is a happily married father of two. He has a wide range of interests, including Western classical music, foreign languages, water sports and he is a connoisseur of...

Many place self-interest above personal relationships, but Shawn Butler?s priorities differ. He seeks to elevate people, not defeat them. When solving problems, Shawn collaborates rather than compete. In dealing with matters such as a fist fight or a...

"We live in a world where the demands we face as professionals, parents and students has grown exponentially, yet the amount of hours in a day has stayed constant. Many people turn to time-management strategies to keep up with the growing to-do list...

Graaf Pepoli is een historische roman in drie delen geschreven door Anna L. Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint en gepubliceerd in 1860. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de 18e eeuw in Itali����� en volgt het leven van de adellijke familie Pepoli. Het eerste deel...

Gone Home is a novel written by C.S. and first published in 1881. The story is set in a small village in England and follows the life of a young woman named Ruth. Ruth is a devoted daughter who has been caring for her sick mother for several years...

Have you ever started to climb a staircase and wondered when it would end? Each step an accomplishment, ending one step of a struggle. Climb the stairs with Rose on her journey to fulfill her dreams. Conquer each of the forty-seven steps. Fight the...

Times were tough for unemployed men in Scotland in 1895. William Fraser travels to Dundee to find work and, he hopes, love. Independent working women dominate Dundee's factories, and jute spinner Mary Coyle is one of them. The attraction is immediate and...

When we saw them last, Kevin, Melissa, Regan, and Kim were reeling from Regina’s death.Sometimes looking back gives us a good idea of how to move forward.How did I get here? Kevin is in jail for killing his pregnant wife, Regina. Kevin never quite...

Using a dead girl's name and secretly dating a professor are just some of the things Ana Lopez is willing to do to graduate college and build some sort of future for herself. You name it, she'll do it, if it gets her closer to a better life and helps her...

For Shelby, childhood was anything but guilt-free. According to her father, Spivey, she was to blame for anything and everything wrong in his life. In his eyes, she would never be good enough for anything. Spivey worked to manipulate Shelby into...

He has no family. She wishes hers would leave her alone.Lawrence's mother has just died. With the little money he has left after paying her medical bills, he heads to Seattle to make a fresh start. Deborah has plenty of family support, but not for...

""Lois Greiman is a natural storyteller."" -Victoria AlexanderWild horsesWild heartsAnd a diapered lamb under the Christmas tree. . . Could life get any more hectic at the Lazy Windmill? With the holidays reminding Casie of every mistake she's ever...

Since the age of twelve, McKenzie Arnold has spent every summer at Albany Beach, Delaware, with her best friends Aurora, Janine, and Lilly. The seaside house teems with thirty years of memories--some wonderful, others painful--and secrets never divulged...

In this emotionally charged and riveting novel from the author of One September Morning and In a Heartbeat, one woman is torn between loyalty to her family's ways and to her most profound convictions...The daughter of a career cop, Bernadette Sullivan...

How can you belong when you don't know who you are? Gina Reid is surrounded by people getting married or having babies. She's under pressure to settle down but how can she do that when she doesn't even know where she came from? Since the startling...

The latest offering from Helen Brown, Like Father... Like Son, is a story of family, betrayal, and ultimately forgiveness. Ben Bannister unseats his father as chairman, and then, years later is unseated by his own son. Can this broken family be healed by...

As the fourth, and final, novella in The White Sails Series, CHRISTMAS AT GILLY DOWNS jumps forward ten years to see what the beloved characters from The White Sails Series are up to as they prepare to reunite for Christmas at Gilly Downs...

A startling novel of motherhood, love and death from the author of Recipes for a Perfect Marriage