Frustrated by his research efforts and depressed over the death of his brothers, Andre Banson runs into two fellow anthropologists, a married couple, in 1930s New Guinea and begins a tumultuous relationship with them.
Living in virtual isolation years after the revelation of a painful family secret, Constance is terrorized by a belligerent silk factory owner and fights back in ways outside the confines of early-20th-century women. 100,000 first printing.
A 15-year-old girl endures wrenching public and private challenges when she unexpectedly falls in love with a female counselor at her Appalachian summer camp. A first book.
A slipcased edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary master's best-selling novels collects both hardcover editions in a shrink-wrapped printed-paper slipcase. 50,000 first printing.
A collection of short stories depicts the Filipino experience, including a man who smuggles pharmaceuticals from New York to Manila for his sick father, and a struggling writer and college student who is jealous of her brother's exciting life.
Raised with a sophisticated palate by her single father, Eva learns the culturally rich stories behind a series of Midwestern dishes while becoming the star chef at a legendary restaurant. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
"When Jackie and Paula's teenage foster daughter Star disappears with Comet, their disapproving neighbor's spirited horse, the neighbors are thrown together--far too close together. But as the search for the pair wears on, both families must learn to putaside their animosity and confront the choices they've made and the scars they carry"
Engaging in secret high-risk activities to escape from her regimented life as a master psychologist, Grace Blades has a one-night stand with a man who turns out to be her new client—one who claims a unique connection to Grace's foster father. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Alex Delaware series.
A British-literature professor and a heavily drinking actress recall a nightmarish summer when, as 12-year-olds, they were abducted by a stranger and held for two months in an Adirondack hunting lodge. A first novel.
Discovering a passion for photography after being given a camera during World War I, young Amory Clay embarks on a search for life and artistic expression throughout subsequent decades before becoming one of the first woman war photographers.
The best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl reimagines the story of Henry VIII's sixth wife, Kateryn Parr, who after being forced to marry the king struggles against dangerous adversaries to observe her own faith and promote religious reforms.
Rookie Border Patrol agent Valentine Pescatore is recruited as an informant by a beautiful U.S. agent investigating a powerful Mexican crime family and is plunged into the lawless “triple border” region of South America in a showdown of violence and betrayal.
Torn between the frenetic responsibilities of her family life and obsessive media-trend goals, Elisabeth leaps at a professional opportunity only to be challenged by a family illness, her floundering marriage and unexpected changes at work.
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