"Jeannette Mason swore off relationships of any kind when she moved to Hope Harbor to start a new life--but a single dad with a grieving little girl and an unruly pup may test that resolve." --

In this story set among the missions of nineteenth-century southern California, Ramona, a young woman of white and Indian descent, falls in love with Alessandro, a handsome Indian--but their passion is forbidden by Senora Moreno, Ramona's cold adoptive mother, who took Ramona in as a child out of obligation and holds personal prejudices against both sides of her ancestry.

"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...

"Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he has realized most of his dreams. A passionate, ambitious behavioral psychiatrist, he is now the superintendent of a mental institution and finally turning the previously crumbling hospital around. He also has a home he can be proud of, and a fiercely independent, artistic wife Laura, whom he hopes will soon be pregnant. But into this perfect vision of his life comes Penelope, a beautiful, young epileptic who should...

At 43 Jeremiah Johnston, a successful businessman, marries a teenager and builds a magnificent mansion for her. She soon runs off with a lover, leaving her daughter, Sabrina, with her husband. Later she returns to claim Thurston House as her own.

Lucy Honeychurch, a young middle-class girl, travels with her spinster cousin, Charlotte Bartlett, to Florence where they are on holiday at an Italian pension set up specifically for vacationers from Great Britain. There Lucy meets Mr. Emerson and his son, George, whom she encounters quite unexpectedly on walks and carriage rides. George and Lucy have unsuspected, intimate talks which happen without any intention of hypothetical conclusion. George...

"Samiah Brooks never thought she would be "that" girl. But a live tweet of a horrific date just revealed the painful truth: she's been catfished by a three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Suddenly Samiah - along with his two other "girlfriends," London and Taylor - have gone viral online. Now the three new besties are making a pact to spend the next six months investing in themselves. No men, no dating, and no worrying about their relationship status...

"It's 1885, and all Nora Shipley wants after graduating from college is to take over the scientific journal her late father started. She joins a research expedition in India, to prove herself in the field. India isn't what she expects, though, and neither is the rival classmate who accompanies her, Owen Epps. As her preconceptions of India--and of Owen--fall away, she finds both far more captivating than she expected. Nora befriends Sita, a young...

Rahul, an ambitious young man, works for an ad agency and complies with all the demands of his boss, even covering for his numerous peccadilloes, in the hope of being rewarded with his own agency some day. Rahul is attracted to a model, Seema, who is ambitious like him, but she also captures his boss's fancy. Rahul is for the first time faced with the problem of an alternative to his standard reply, "Yes, boss."

In the world of Kelewan, Mara, Ruling Lady of the Acoma, struggles for survival against her rivals. Mara trades her heart for power as she marries the son of an enemy, while plotting his death.