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Little Town, Great Big Life

by Curtiss Ann Ann Matlock

So what if Winston Valentine is ninety-two years old? He isn't dead yet! And he's out to prove it. His exuberant show of life—coming to you live from radio dial 1550—revitalizes Valentine, Oklahoma, for its...

Milkrun

by Sarah Mlynowski

Must think happy thoughts. Julie Andrews dancing. Cadbury's chocolate Easter eggs. But no amount of positive thinking changes the fact that Jeremy—the man of my dreams, the man I would marry, the man who should...

So Much for My Happy Ending

by Kyra Davis

If I really press myself, I can remember. The warning signs were there. No neon signs, mind you, just little sparks at the end of a very long string. Funny that I could have been blind enough not to realize...

Angel's Rest

by Charles Davis

Growing up in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains, eleven-year-old Charlie York lives at the foot of an endless peak called Angel's Rest, a place his momma told him angels rested before coming down to help folks....

The Ocean Between Us

by Susan Wiggs

On the surface Grace Bennett has it all—three wonderful children, a devoted husband and a life of adventure and travel. But somewhere between her husband Steve's demanding career, raising a family, the constant...

The Bikini Car Wash

by Pamela Morsi

After Andrea Wolkowicz abandons corporate life to help care for her sister, she quickly wears out the want ads in their rustbelt hometown. Time to be her own boss.

Every mogul knows the best idea is an old idea...

The Social Climber of Davenport Heights

by Pamela Morsi

Jane Lofton has everything she ever dreamed of: a high-powered career, a fabulous home, a wealthy husband, David, and a beautiful daughter, Brynn. Of course, David also has a new girlfriend spending his old...

Red's Hot Honky-Tonk Bar

by Pamela Morsi

Unruly Red knows she's no one's idea of a sweet old granny. But with one long-distance phone call, the fortysomething bar owner with the tattoos and tight jeans is suddenly responsible for two young grandchildren...

Last Dance at Jitterbug Lounge

by Pamela Morsi

Sometimes the sweet sounds of remembered melodies can reignite the heart…

Jack and Claire Crabtree were once happily married, but separate interests have left each one dancing to their own tune. She refuses...

Snapped

by Pamela Klaffke

Sara B. is losing her cool

Not just in the momentary-meltdown kind of way—though there's that, too. At the helm of must-read Snap magazine, veteran style guru Sara B. has had the job—and joy—for the past fifteen...

The Kommandant's Girl

by Pam Jenoff

Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau has been married only three weeks when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland. Within days Emma's husband, Jacob, is forced to disappear underground, leaving her imprisoned within...

Two Women of Galilee

by Mary Rourke

Seeking to restore health to her lungs, Joanna, wife to Herod's chief steward, approaches her cousin Mary, mother of the healer Jesus. Though their families were estranged when Joanna's parents adopted Roman...

The Wind Comes Sweeping

by Marcia Preston

Marik Youngblood left her Oklahoma hometown—and the child she gave up for adoption—intent on becoming an artist instead of a rancher. Her father's death brings her back to a failing cattle operation, a pile...

Trudy's Promise

by Marcia Preston

An act of desperation divides a mother and her child. Only an act of faith can reunite them.

Trudy Hulst has no idea if her husband survived his attempted escape past the newly constructed Berlin Wall. But she...

The Southern Comforts

by Luanne Jones

They were three wild girls, all grown up…but not quite settled down.

Growing up in rural Orla, Oklahoma, the three George cousins were as wild as a pack of heathens. But with Bess's passing, it's up to Minnie...

Icing on the Cake

by Laura Castoro

When Liz Talbot's husband left her for a woman half her age, Liz put all her passions into her bakery. The problem is that fad diets and fitness crazes are ruining sales and she's barely staying afloat. Liz's...

Single Mama's Got More Drama

by Kayla Perrin

This single mama's been through hell—her cheating (and still married) fiancé is dead, her professional reputation is in tatters, the man she really loves walked out of her life and, worst of all, she's about...

Single Mama Drama

by Kayla Perrin

Her baby daddy's a deadbeat. Her ex-boyfriend thinks she's a booty call. Her fiancé was cheating on her—and his wife… And now he's dead.

Twenty-eight-year-old Vanessa Cain had no idea that Eli, her husband-to-be,...

Gloss

by Jennifer Oko

It's a new day, U.S.A.! And possibly a whole new world.

It was a harmless human-interest story for breakfast television: who would've thought it would land her in jail? New York producer Annabelle Kapner's report...

The Weight of Silence

by Heather Gudenkauf

It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night.

Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet,...