Family life fiction Books

A mixed-race, White passing, 46-year-old recently divorced CEO of a top publishing company, and mother of two wild pre-teen boys and a rebellious teenage daughter. A Tanzanian, 43-year-old New York Fashion Designer, and married mother of three sons,...

A thousand eyes were watching me. Nobody in the room was talking, and the only sound was a muffled cough from the darkness in the back of the auditorium. Why wasn't everyone whispering to their neighbors? Shouldn't they be playing on their cell phones or...

Neighbors ...Friends ...Lovers?Egyptus's parent no longer allowed her to spend time alone with her best friend and neighbor. It was unseemly to be alone with a man.But he is her best friend ...When forced apart, Afra realized he wanted her as his wife...

A young Irish mechanic is persuaded by an American banker’s daughter attending a post-graduate course in Belfast to return to America with her. There they will seek new opportunities and find themselves a niche and utopia in a warmer climate.After...

A gripping psychological thriller with jaw-dropping twists and an ending you won't see coming. Get ready to stay up all night!My name is Callie Crawford. I'm a mom and a survivor. I live with my daughter Ava in Boudreaux Parish in rural...

Sometimes life forces us to make impossible choices.Lizzie saved Rachel's life when they were young girls and that one moment cemented a lifelong friendship. But twenty-five years later life has dealt them some rough blows.Lizzie is recently divorced,...

Waiting for Butterflies is an achingly tender portrait of a mother whose love reaches beyond the possible.When tragedy strikes, Maggie discovers a mother's love never ends--not even when her life does. Longing for her family after her sudden death, she...

“One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf.”~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book ReviewMeet Elizabeth. She’s unruly—the kind...

Haughty Boys of Ngoroke Agoyi's afterschool argument with his step-mother sets off an unpredictable series of intriguing misadventures. The subsequent meandering journey is one of the choices between what is morally right and the lure of the...

A little girl named Audrey faces many challenges throughout her years of age, and a tragedy that causes her to see her true colors. Scars, will she ever love them?

Believing herself abandoned by her parents, a young girl sets off on a quest to find them and on the way finds herself. Travelling through Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden and America, her search is aided at different times by her Aunts Aninya, Elena and...

The truth can set you free, or make you a prisoner…Thirty years ago, Nicola Watson lived with her parents and older brother in a respectable suburb. At ten years old, she didn’t yet understand why her stomach tightened when she heard her...

A mistake from the past. An unspeakable evil. A death which will open old wounds ...When a mutilated body is found in an abandoned house on Morecambe's seafront, the police are quick to disassociate it from a similar murder that shocked the resort in the...

'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The Mirror Good Girls never tell tales... Everyone that meets Kat Keating is mesmerised. Beautiful, smart and charming, she is everything a good...

The nature of relationships dominates this international collection of contemporary short stories; not just relationships between people, but also between individuals and their pasts and, in consequence, their potential futures.The British and...

When Michael decides to track down ex-girlfriend Rae, who disappeared ten years ago while pregnant with his baby, he knows it could change his life forever. His search for her takes unexpected turns as he unearths multiple changes of...

The start of a gripping WWII series by bestselling author Fenella J. MillerAs war rages, Barbara Sinclair is desperate to escape her unhappy home life. And with the threat of German bombs ever present, Barbara reluctantly agrees to marry John, her...

Book two in Fenella J. Miller's gripping and emotional WWII series.Will her secret destroy her chance at happiness?The phony war is over and Hitler is beginning his rampage through Europe. But back home Barbara Sinclair has troubles of her own. With her...

1884 - When Betsan Morgan's mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in,...

A mother and daughter adrift, a friend in need, and a village to call home...When Kate O'Hare discovers she's pregnant, she is determined to return to her hometown of Sandycove in Dublin.On the other side of the Atlantic, her estranged mother,...

Santos Armadou Conteh was born on May 15, 1943, at Nwagoronwa village, Magbaimba Dohahun chiefdom, Bombali District of Sierra Leone. He graduated from the Magburaka Boys Secondary School in 1960. Admitted at Fourah Bay College, University of Durham...

A family home, full of secrets.Number Thirty-Two was once a family home. Anna was once a mother and a wife. Now, she is in arrears and alone.With little choice but to sell up, she is forced to confront the memories of the people who once inhabited the...

When the Dandelions Sing"When The Dandelions Sing," is a warm, heartfelt story about a young boy named Ronnie Jefferson McFarland Jr., who is trying to understand the meaning of the word "purpose", and what his purpose is in life.His grammy, who...

Somewhere in a college classroom, the ancient myth of Plato's Allegory of the Cave is being retold and someone is remembering their ascent out of the dark cave. The Punk and the Professor pieces together the story of a man who began his journey...

A common question asked when something is not working or working properly. Perhaps you should check the manual. We get manuals for almost everything: cars, TVs, dishwashers, bookshelves, etc. Most of the time, we refer to the manual only AFTER...

"The last time I checked, the definition for vacation is rest from work. So that's what I'm doing from here on out...

My Twin Friend takes AJ on an adventure with his best friend Blake. They spend spring break together at AJ's house. The boys always have fun together. AJ learns a valuable lesson about embracing the diversity of their personalities after he makes a wish...

For fans of Maria Semple's Where'd You Go Bernadette or Camille Pagan's I'm Fine and Neither Are You, comes the perfect laugh-out-loud dramedy AND THEN THERE'S MARGARET about marriage, midlife and a controlling, manipulative and...

In 1956, two white children find out about racial prejudice when a black family with two kids moves into their previously all-white neighborhood in Buffalo.Watching the black children endure taunts and cruel pranks at the hands of their classmates, the...

The central figure in the story is a young man named Mitch Lavin. He was raised by his great-aunt when his parents were killed when he was six years old. At seventeen years of age, Mitch gets a full scholarship to Widmark College, where he plays center...

Two years of marriage ruined by one drunken mistake. Lucy's story is not yet over. In the sequel Where Will We Go?, Lucy Berry is faced with new challenges that will both excite and challenge her. Newly divorced from her high school sweetheart David, she...

Small dreams can damn as much as full-blown nightmares, as proven in the short stories Laura Argiri has written in her debut collection, Guilty Parties. Small town life can host the bitterest gossip, and and small-minded folk can offer the cruelest...

Even though Rita knows that life has its ups and downs, she still wishes she could change her circumstances. So far, Fate has left her to live with her grandparents full-time with occasional visits from her mother, Coral, that are never quite enough to...

"The Essence of Neverland is a remarkably well-crafted tale, perfect for children and adults. The story spins a colorful web of mystery, suspense, and love. It offers just enough detail to satisfy the inquiring mind, while creating enough curiosity to...

""Der Kampf um die Kunst: Drei Novellen"" ist eine Sammlung von drei Kurzgeschichten des deutschen Schriftstellers Karl Erdmann Edler, die erstmals 1895 ver������ffentlicht wurden. Die Geschichten behandeln das Thema des Kampfes um die Kunst und den...

This poignant novel follows the story of a family as they struggle to build a new life in a new place. Filled with richly drawn characters and vivid, evocative prose, this book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity...

Follow the fortunes of a young couple trying to make their way in the world in this charming novel by Edwin Bateman Morris. When they inherit a dilapidated inn on the coast of Maine, Jack and Nellie set out to turn it into a prosperous business. Along...

Set in a small New England town, this novel tells the story of several intertwined families and their everyday struggles and triumphs. The author explores themes of love, loss, and the importance of community.This work has been selected by scholars as...

They say you can't go home again, but sometimes you can't help trying. When Mitch's father dies, his New York City law firm collapses, and his marriage to Sandi starts to crack under the strain, he is forced to return to the small, upstate town of Nile...

THIS IS AN ADVANCED READER COPY ONLY  - A poignant tale of extreme hardship, anguish and love where one man must decide whether he’ll accept life’s circumstances surrounding the coveted, sacred Italian tenant of ‘Omerta’ for...

Imagine...that you are an average fifteen-year old boy in an American public high school. You study hard, play soccer, and look forward to getting your driver's license next year along with your first job. One typical day, a popular cheerleader...

A heartwarming Christian fantasy that will have the reader laughing, crying with joy, and mesmerized in the land of Santa Claus and his helpers. The second book in The Santa Claus Trilogy is an inspirational story that puts a significant emphasis on the...

It has been decades since Bobby last saw his mother. Now, his sister calls, and he knows before she even speaks—the old woman is finally dead. He’d expected to feel nothing; but death, Bobby knows, has a funny way of surprising you. Now,...

Two sisters, Amelia and Simona Lillostra, share a secret. One so distressing to them it is never to be revealed. What they didn't count on is a young Russian man entering their lives, a man related to Amelia's Russian lover from WWII.When TV anchor,...

Set against the backdrop of Defiance, Texas, Life in Defiance, book three in the Defiance Texas Trilogy by Mary DeMuth, reflects a choice we all face: reveal our secrets or bury them forever ... and live with the consequences.

The life of Niels Larsen, a gifted young cellist, is unfolding as it should. He's about to complete his music studies at the University of Toronto, and is ready to commit to Aude, his long-time love and soulmate. His world is shattered when a casual...

El algoritmo del matrimonio es un libro que, lejos de mecanizar algo tan impredecible como lo son las relaciones humanas, busca hacernos comprender que dentro de nuestros vínculos pueden aplicarse códigos y fórmulas que nos generan resultados...