SUMMARY: Her children are throwing a party for her fiftieth birthday. Ellie Frost will pretend that everything is fine.She'll pretend she's celebrating, not mourning. That all the children are still there, in her house as they are in her memories. That she and Curt are still in love, not on the verge of signing divorce papers. But her facade is about to be stripped away, laying bare her heart and soul.Curt and Ellie's marriage collapsed under the weight of their mutual grief—and her private despair. They lost not only a child, but the core of trust that made their relationship rock-solid.For one night, thrown closer together than they've been for months, Ellie and Curt confront the betrayals and guilt that have eaten away at their life together. But with love as the foundation, their "home on Hope Street" still stands—they just need the courage to cross the threshold again.

Meredith Fischer’s marriage is comatose and barely breathing. She loves her sexy husband, but he doesn’t see her, doesn’t hear her, and may be involved with one of the cute young students at the college where he teaches. She can either pull the plug on her marriage or try to revive it.

THEY'D ALWAYS BE THE BEST OF FRIENDS When it came to things that made summer special, Block Island was right up there with sea breezes and honeysuckle. And, for Shelley Ballard, so was Kip Stroud. When Shelley and Kip were seven they tramped through the sand dunes and explored hidden coves. And Shelley called Kip "friend." When they were fifteen, they talked about sex and practiced French kissing. And Shelley called him a "man." When she was twenty-seven, they talked about the old days and, in a moment of abandon, created a new life.. . . And Shelley called him the "father of her baby." Now, at thirty, they set up a household together on their precious Block Island and raise their son.. . . But can Shelley ever call him "husband"?

The Magic Jukebox sits in the Faulk Street Tavern in the quiet seaside town of Brogan's Point, Massachusetts. No one knows what classic rock songs will come out of the jukebox when a coin is inserted, but every now and then, the jukebox will play a song that casts a spell on two bar patrons—a song that will change their lives and open their hearts to love.Maeve Nolan left town ten years ago in anger and pain, planning never to return. But an unexpected inheritance lures her back to town. If she's going to remain in Brogan's Point, she will have to mend her tattered relationship with her father, Police Detective Ed Nolan, and his girlfriend, Gus Naukonen—the owner of the Faulk Street tavern. She'll also have to deal with Quinn Connor, Brogan's Point's one-time golden boy, who's changed his life but can't escape the expectations the folks in town have of him. When "Take the Long Way Home" emerges from the Magic Jukebox, Maeve and Quinn must figure out what home really means, and...

She's got to solve this murder. The soccer team's schedule depends on it.So, who pulled the trigger of the nail gun that killed construction tycoon Arthur Cavanagh? His widow, who'd sworn to kill him if he ever cheated on her? His hostile teenage son, who felt neglected by his father? His foreman, who'd regularly fought with his boss? The angry environmentalists, protesting his latest development? Or the blond mystery woman who'd been seen with him the night of his death?Lainie Lovett needs to find the culprit before the bumbling local police charge her with the murder. They're determined to pin it on her after she was caught snooping around the crime scene. All she wanted was information on behalf of the victim's wife, her friend Patty. After all, getting Patty off the suspect list was a friend's duty—not to mention that if Patty were charged, the Colonielles might lose her for an entire season.Lainie has three passions in life: her nearly-adult children, her...

Book Three of the Daddy School series, originally published in 1998. Dennis Murphy's rambunctious seven-year-old twins swear he's the best lawyer in Arlington, Connecticut. They don't make his job easy, however. When the nanny he hires to watch the twins walks out on them one afternoon while Dennis is meeting with the opposing attorney concerning a libel case, Dennis is forced to bring his work home with him.Gail Saunders is a lawyer in the public defender's office. When her former client, a Russian immigrant who's had a few scrapes with the law in the past, implores her to sue the city's newspaper for libel after his name appears in a front page article in connection with a series of thefts, she agrees to represent him, even if it means going up against Murphy and his prestigious, wealthy law firm, and even if it means she has to deal with his wild children once their nanny goes AWOL. Gail isn't the sort to become all warm and fuzzy around children—especially imps like Sean and...

Reach out, hold tight, stand up, move forward.Learning that life goes on is the hardest lesson of all.One life destroyed. Four others irrevocably shattered. Overcoming the shock and grief of death is an all-too-familiar rite of young adulthood.Walking home from a tennis game on a bright spring day, April Walden's three closest friends watch in horror as she is struck by a car and killed. The senseless accident plunges all three young women—and the car's driver—into a devastating and often misguided search for comfort, purpose, and inspiration.Becky wraps herself in a protective cloak of obsessions, performing anxious rituals at the base of the red maple tree under which April died. Elyse dives into a high-risk party life, trying to honor April by experiencing everything April missed but mistaking self-destructive indulgence for courage. Florie turns to fundamentalist Christianity, not as spiritual guidance, but as a wall that might shield her from...