The Match (Harlan Coben)
~ After months away. Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he’s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life. Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he’s ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions that answers…
The Summer Getaway (Susan Mallery)
~ With her divorce settlement about to run out and a mortgage she can’t afford, Robyn Caldwell needs a plan for her future. She nurtured her family and neglected herself. But how’s she supposed to think when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son and her ex is making a monumentally bad decision that could bring everything crashing down on Robyn’s head? So when her great-aunt Lillian invites her to Santa Barbara for the summer, Robyn hops on the first plane. But it’s hard to run away when you’re the heart the family…
What Only We Know (Catherine Hokin)
~ When Karen Cartwright is unexpectedly called home to nurse her ailing father, she goes with a heavy heart. The house she grew up in feels haunted by the memory of her mother’s death and her father’s closely guarded secrets. When she packs up the house, Karen discovers an old photograph and a stranger’s tattered love letter to her mother postmarked from Germany after the war, and it’s not from her father. During her life, Karen struggled to understand her shy, fearful, mother, and her suicide left Karen feeling abandoned and lost in the world. But now she is realizing there was so much more to her mother than she knew. For one thing, her name wasn’t even Elizabeth, and her harrowing story begins long before Karen was born.
Becoming My Sister (V.C. Andrews)
~ Like everyone else in Palm Springs, Gish idolizes her smart, beautiful, kind older sister, Gloria. Even their parents compare Gish unfavorably to Gloria – threatening to send her to boarding school once the more perfect sister leaves for college. But Gloria has an unwavering love for Gish, even if that connection belies a weariness with her own accomplishments. Wanting a better life for her over-looked sibling, Gloria teaches Gish how to talk to boys, embrace her femininity, and finally develop a life of her own. And just as things are looking up for Gish, Gloria meets a handsome, mysterious boy. Obsessed with the stranger, Gloria closes herself off to Gish – then disappears without a trace…
High Stakes (Danielle Steel)
~ Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department. Hailey is dedicated to the authors she represents, but her home life is chaotic and challenging. After her husband’s tragic and untimely death, she was left widowed with three children to raise on her own. Then there’s Francine Rivers, the stern and accomplished head of the literary department. Also a single mom after her husband’s affair with their nanny, she has to overcome the resulting financial hardships, but only with unbearable sacrifice. Compared to Hailey and Francine, drama agent Allie Moore’s life seems much more carefree and uncomplicated. She relishes her success and loves working with the talented actors the agency represents – until a passionate relationship with one of her rising-star clients threatens to derail her career…