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"Every writer needs one good reader. I found mine in a Culver City diner." -- Back cover.

The Light Breaking Through is a poignant and evocative novel that explores the intertwined lives of Claire Winslow and Jack Calder, whose bond is as deep and enduring as the tides shaping their Key West home. Raised in the close-knit Conch community, they build lives rooted in art, marked by loss, and sustained by a fierce love for the island and for each other. As the pull of separate destinies grows, they must confront whether love can survive the...

Falling in love with my brother's teammate, the very last guy on my scorecard, was the one thing I never expected to happen. Well, falling in love . . . period. But it happened. I fell for the NHL's rookie playboy, and together we brought our beautiful baby girls into the world. And while our story started as a fake engagement, it turned into the most real thing I'd ever experienced. Until everything changed in the blink of an eye, and now I have...

At twenty-six, Isabel De Vere already has her whole life mapped out. With a degree from a good school and a closet full of blazers, she is climbing the corporate ladder in her family business, knowing everything will fall into place from there. But Isabel's paint-by-numbers life falls apart when her vivacious and beloved sister dies, leaving behind an unfinished bucket list. Isabel escapes to Ibiza for the summer where she becomes free spirited Elle,...

Meri Sue is a young woman searching for her place in the world, but when the People's Army threatens to blow up a landmark building in Astoria, Oregon in 1969, they turn her life upside down. As her world spirals downward, she must make a difficult choice: can she trust the promises of a new man in her life who offers her an unfamiliar perspective? As tensions rise, Meri Sue must make the ultimate decision.

"Ellie McCain has always dreamed of a bigger life, so when she's accepted into a prestigious acting school in New York City, she packs her bags--even though it means leaving behind her family, friends, and Rory Campbell, the boy who held her heart for years. At first, life in New York is even better than Ellie had dreamed--she loves her classes, she gets a position at a fancy production company, and she's even falling in love with her classmate-turned-roommate-turned-best...

Alexandra Chambers is a writer who has run out of words. Struggling with writer's block and the pressure to secure a new book deal, she wins a week in a writer-friendly cabin through a drawing held at a Lowcountry literacy center. What she finds is far more than she expected--a vibrant community brimming with inspiration, a past steeped in history and culture, and a man who both intrigues and unsettles her. Gabe Scott, a bestselling author and the...

High school might be officially over, but the real nightmare is just beginning. When two best friends are attacked on graduation night, only one of them makes it out alive. Left for dead on the side of the road but determined to find out who killed her best friend, Rose is rescued by former high school quarterback and heartthrob, Jake, who becomes an unexpected ally... and maybe something more. But when she learns that fifteen years ago, another girl...

"Ivy Bennett learned early on how to fight-literally-for what she wants, and what she wants is to escape the Marriage Mart. Spending her days as a governess and her nights running a secret self-defense class for women, Ivy is generally content-as long as she can avoid her surly employer. But when several crimes appear to be tied to the new viscount, Ivy is tasked by the spymaster known as the Dove to gather intel on the grumpy, brooding-and handsome-lord....

Day in, day out, servant Rosalie is forced to aid in the harrowing medical selections at Auschwitz, marking prisoners as 'fit' or 'unfit' with trembling hands. She once thought 'unfit' meant they'd get the help they needed. Now she knows the devastating truth: 'Fit' means they live another day, 'unfit' means they don't... Every day, her heart breaks further as she hopelessly scans the crowds for the face of the man she loves, torn from her a year...