In this delightful, moving novel, Peter Pezzelli brings to life the earthy sensuality of Italy's Abruzzo region- the smell of just-baked bread wafting through the village piazza; the shopkeepers sweeping the sidewalks first thing in the morning; groups of cyclists dotting the mountain roads-and spins a story of May-December romance as sharp and delicious as the olives of Villa San Giuseppe. . . SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO FIND YOUR WAY HOME. After...

With the intention of scattering his ex-wife's ashes atop a mountain they once climbed together, American Alec Hudson travels to North Wales, where he stays at a bed-and-breakfast and forms a relationship with the owner Fiona Edwards, a forty-three-year-old woman trying to cope with a reclusive husband.

Criminal defense lawyer Olivia Randall represents her former fiance, who's been arrested for a triple homicide. As the evidence against him mounts, she wonders if she really knew him.

In one horrible moment, Jon Stuart became a widower and a social outcast. Although cleared of any involvement, his friends, colleagues and even old lovers pronounced him guilty. Four years later, his only hope is that the prime suspects' memories are as long as those of his accusers, and that by bringing them together again at the scene of the crime, history will repeat itself--this time in front of witnesses.

Founded by the three Bender sisters, the Amish community of Promise Lodge is thriving-and growing. In fact, residents are thrilled to welcome a charismatic new arrival-one who may not just strengthen their faith, but put it to the test . . . When Christine Bender meets widowed Bishop Monroe Burkholder, it's love at first sight. But Preacher Amos finds him too good to be true, and is determined to find out what's behind his sudden, unannounced arrival....

"Artemis Jones--'respectable' finishing-school teacher by day and Gothic romance writer by night--has never lost sight of her real dream: to open her own academic ladies' college. When Artemis is unexpectedly called upon by a dear friend, a fellow Byronic Book Club member, to navigate her first London Season, she comes at once. Who knows, perhaps she can court the interest of a wealthy patron for her school. As long as she can avoid her high-handed...

The lone lawman in the small Texas town of Branding, widowed single father Sheriff Sam Delaney shoulders a lot until a special someone enters the picture.

Still grieving over the death of his wife back in Chicago, process-server Lew Fonesca takes on one impossible task after another as he crawls out of exile just long enough to rescue every lost soul in Sarasota. He is tracking down terminally ill county commissioner William Trasker; finding Janet Severtson, who left for Orlando with her husband Kenneth's partner Andrew Stark ; he rub elbows painlessly with misfits like homeless Digger and alcoholic...

"Every month, a letter. That's what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she's dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find happiness again. Joshua and Lauren are the perfect couple. Newly married, they're wildly in love, each on a successful and rewarding career path. Then Lauren is diagnosed with...

Gabriel Gless and Helen Crouch's first meeting nearly ends in tragedy because of Helen's wayward son. Despite all they have in common--the loss of their beloved spouses, the experience of raising their children alone, their rock-solid faith--it seems their chances of finding new love together are gone before they've even had an opportunity to get to know each other. Meanwhile, Helen's good friend, Annie Plank, is still reeling from the death of her...