Taeko and her husband Jiro are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with her pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping Park, who is deaf and currently homeless. With nuanced performances and craftsmanship, this is a melodramatic and moving meditation on grief and acceptance.'

When her husband returns from war, the Marchioness of Hawkstone battles for her independence
Less than two weeks after their wedding, Gavin Colporter, Marquess of Hawkstone, left his lovely wife Mollie at home and went off to war with Lord Wellington. Four years later, Mollie has become accustomed to running the estate and doing as she pleases. It’s quite a shock when Hawkstone returns and immediately begins to assume his rights and...

I now pronounce you husband and wife . . . for the weekend. When Megan Rooney gets fired from her job, her life is turned upside down. But then her sexy neighbor, Nick Walker, tells her that he needs a wife for a weekend trip to Tuscany, and she's the perfect candidate. She surprises herself when she agrees to go -- but what if the lie turns out to be exactly what she's always wanted? BookShots Flames • Original romances presented by JAMES PATTERSON • Novels...

It all seemed so idyllic. Not everyone gets to fulfil their childhood dream of marrying a Prince, but of course, to live the best of times, you have to endure the worst…With their wedding ceremony finally approaching, Alyssa and Ali's fairytale romance threatens to hit the rocks. Struck by disagreement on the ceremony, she begins to wonder whether everything is too good to be true, and whether she's cut out for a life of royalty.After a perilous...

The Danger Guys head to the jungle on a quest to find an ancient treasure. It's Noodle and Zeek's greatest adventure yet! The boys are excited to learn that they are going on a quest for the mysterious Golden Lizard with the Emersons, the famous husband-and-wife explorer team. What could be more daring and fun than a treasure hunt in the jungle? But as the group soon discovers, they aren't the only ones after the Golden Lizard. When the Emersons are...

The Tough Love series is about men and women working in tough careers who sometimes need a little help finding their happily ever after. Naked Truth - An FBI agent goes undercover as an exotic dancer (think Magic Mike) to catch a killer, while embarking on an affair with a gun-shy nurse. The trouble *really* heats up when his case puts her life in danger. Undercover Heat – It's enemies to lovers with a heavy dose of suspense when two troubled FBI...

The husband-and-wife artists celebrate the ageing process through painting, sculpture, and personal reflections in this award-winning book. In this beautiful book, painter Alice Matzkin and her sculptor husband Richard Matzkin explore the experience of aging through their art, finding inspiration rather than despair. Both in their sixties, their ongoing collaboration has produced more than 60 works. They also share personal narratives examining various...

Someone powerful will fall.Someone greedy will die.Someone guilty will lose it all.Destiny has sealed their fate as husband and wife, but nothing has changed the Don. No evil will ever come between him and Mirabella again. Or so he thinks. Don Giovanni Battaglia has sacrificed all he intends to for la famiglia. The only obsession he has now is to preserve the love of his Bella Donna and protect his babies from his world. A vow he swore the Mafia could...

The First Volume in the Much Anticipated Series from 11x Writers of the Future short fiction award honoree!For the first time, collect Niz Thomas' short fiction all in one place with a career-spanning, multi-volume series focused on delivering the perfect combination of genre fiction with each release.Volume One collects over a dozen short stories of relentless, page-turning suspense, beautifully taught and committed prose, and an inside look at characters...

When the residents of Tybee Island are rocked by the suspicious death of a local man, it will be up to a husband-and-wife pair of sleuths to crack the case and restore peace to paradise If Belinda Carlisle is right and heaven really is a place on Earth, it exists just off coast of Georgia. Tybee Island is a sleepy Southern town of entrepreneurs and eccentrics, a veritable paradise filled with oak lined streets and pastel colored, clapboard cottages....