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Once a gifted ballet dancer, Julia Costell buckled under the demands of a professional dance career, and has landed with a thud in an unglamorous job as a guidance counselor at a performing arts high school. Living back home with her parents and feeling lost, she is afraid she’ll never soar again...until the day young Dell Jordan is sent to her office, carrying an essay. In Dell’s writing, Julia sees luminous sparks of hope. But as she fights to forge a brighter future for one disadvantaged student, she's drawn into startling undercurrents of conflict and denial within the academy.

Adopted at 13, Dell Jordan was loved, mentored, and encouraged to pursue her passion for music. Now, at 20, after a year abroad with a traveling symphony, a scholarship to Julliard is within reach. But underneath Dell's smoothly polished surface lurk mysteries from the past. Why did her mother abandon her? Who was her father? Are there faces somewhere that look like hers - blood relatives she's never met? Determined to find answers, Dell sets off on a secret journey into Oklahoma's Kiamichi Mountains, drawn by the only remaining link to her origins.

Oklahoma, 1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn’t have good intentions toward the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home as wards. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees to the woods, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the notorious territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, Ollie and Nessa form an unlikely band with others like themselves, struggling to stay one step ahead of those who seek to exploit them . . . or worse.

All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like a dandelion seed on the wind. Now, at 16, she must move to the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill and work where she's not wanted: in an upscale home on The Hill. J. Norman Alvord's daughter has hired a teenager to stay with him in the afternoons. Widowed and suffering from heart trouble, Norman wants to be left alone. But in Epie's presence, Norman discovers a mystery. Deep in his mind lie memories of another house, another life, and a woman who saved him.

New York editor Jen Gibbs knew when she bought Evan Hall's next blockbuster book, it would change her career. She didn't know it would change her life. But after being sent along on the European book tour, at Evan's request, she has made a promise she's not sure she can keep - she's crossed professional lines and accepted Evan's surprising engagement proposal. Now she's scared to death. In Jen's family, marriage represents the death of every dream a woman holds for herself.

Karen Sommerfield has been hiding from the big questions of her life - the emotional distance in her marriage, her inability to have children, and her bout with cancer. Getting lost in her high-powered career provides the sense of purpose she yearns for. Until the day she's downsized out of her job and the doctor tells her the cancer may be back. It's a double blow that would send anyone reeling.

Faced with legal papers for a fraud she didn't commit, Tandi suspects that her sister has done something unthinkable. With Tandi's wedding just around the corner, a trip to the North Carolina Tidewater for a reckoning with Gina was not part of the plan. But unraveling lies from truth will require confronting strained sibling bonds and uncovering a dark family secret that could free Tandi from her past or stain her future forever.

Lisa Wingate, national best-selling author and inspirational speaker, delivers a novel that examines the paths we choose in life and the realization that we may be on the wrong one. One morning while running late to work, Laura Draper is ambushed by a future-determining call from her boyfriend that ends in an ultimatum. Suddenly, Laura finds herself at a crossroads and she is unsure of her next move.

National best-selling author Lisa Wingate has inspired countless readers with her homegrown tales from her Texas Hill Country series. Archeologist Lindsey Attwood is distraught that her ex-husband has taken their eight-year-old daughter to Mexico for the summer. To take her mind off her worries, she agrees to visit her twin sister Laura and best friend Collie to help find stolen fossilized dinosaur tracks. But Lindsey soon discovers more than she bargained for, including a friendly mutt and hunky cowboy/veterinarian Zack Truitt.

Avery Stafford ha vivido una vida de riqueza y privilegio, tiene una exitosa carrera política y pronto va a casarse con su encantador prometido. Pero un encuentro fortuito suscita dolorosas preguntas que la empujan a investigar en la historia oculta de su familia...y a destapar secretos que pueden llevarla a la destrucción o la redención.

Für Avery hat das Leben keine Geheimnisse. Bis sie auf May trifft. Die 90-Jährige erkennt ihr Libellenarmband, ein Erbstück, und besitzt auch ein Foto von Averys Großmutter. Was hat diese Frau mit ihrer Familie zu tun? Bald stößt Avery auf ein Geheimnis, das sie zurück in ein dunkles Kapitel der Geschichte führt. Memphis, 1939: Die junge Rill lebt mit ihren Eltern und Geschwistern in einem Hausboot auf dem Mississippi. Als die Kinder eines Tages allein sind, werden sie in ein Waisenhaus verschleppt. Rill hat ihren Eltern versprochen, auf ihre Geschwister aufzupassen.

From best-selling author Lisa Wingate comes Never Say Never, an enthralling blend of small-town charm and wholesome romance. Kai Miller has never put down roots and doesn’t intend to change. Yet when a hurricane evacuation brings her to Daily, Texas, she begins to reexamine her tumbleweed ways.

Kai Miller has never put down roots and doesn’t intend to change. Yet when a hurricane evacuation brings her to Daily, Texas, she begins to reexamine her tumbleweed ways. After meeting Kemp Eldridge, she can almost see herself settling down—until her dreams are dashed when she hears he’s promised to another. But locals have learned to never say never—especially when Aunt Donnetta is cooking up a scheme.

En stormfuld aften i 1939 efterlader mr. Foss sine fem børn på familiens husbåd på Mississippi River for at haste på hospitalet med sin kone. Den tolvårige Rill er efterladt med ansvaret for sine mindre søskende, da fremmede dukker op og tvinger dem med sig. Med løftet om, at de snart vil få lov at vende hjem igen, overlades børnene til Georgia Tann og flytter ind på hendes børnehjem, hvor Rill kæmper for at holde søskendeflokken samlet. Godt 75 år senere kaldes Avery Stafford, som ellers har gang i en god karriere som anklager i Washington D.C.

Blau ist die Farbe der Treue. Diese Perlen bedeuten, dass wir immer zusammenhalten, egal, wo wir sind... 1875: Nach dem Ende des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs macht sich Hannie, eine ehemalige Sklavin, auf den Weg nach Texas. Sie will ihre Eltern und Geschwister wiederfinden. Nur drei blaue Glasperlen sind ihr als Erinnerung geblieben - und als Erkennungsmerkmal, sollten sie sich jemals wiedersehen.

Quando Iola Anne Poole, un'anziana signora dell'isola di Hatteras, muore nel letto della sua abitazione, Tandi Jo Reese viene incaricata di risistemare la casa della defunta che è anche proprietaria del cottage in cui lei abita. In fuga da un matrimonio oppressivo e da un passato tormentato che continua a perseguitare anche il suo presente, Tandi è scappata insieme ai suoi due bambini e ora vive di fronte alla splendida e sontuosa villa vittoriana della signora Poole. Anche se le due donne non si sono mai conosciute, è stata proprio Tandi a ritrovarla, ormai morta, nel suo letto.