At thirty-five, Rebecca Williamson is surrounded by happy endings.Her friends Suzanne and Marci are living out their own personal fairy tales in Atlanta. But despite Rebecca's best efforts four years ago, her adorable college friend Jake Stillwell has officially slipped through her fingers and broken her heart. When Rebecca gets a frantic phone call from her mother back in Alabama, Rebecca is pulled back to the tiny town she worked so hard to leave behind and forced to face the hard truths about her family and past. A past that includes Deputy Alex Chen, who thinks of Rebecca as more than just an old friend's kid sister. Can Rebecca navigate the chaos and get her life back to normal? Will Alex prove himself to be the friend she's always needed? Or will she discover that the door to Jake is not as tightly closed as she thought?M.J. Pullen returns in this final installment to the same captivating group of lovelorn friends, this time following the girl group's...

What can a man learn about himself and his life from the Ghost of Christmas Past and a family that's never known the joy of giving?

"If you know where to look, you can still discover and recognize what it was that intoxicating John Coast fifty years ago." —Sir David AttenboroughThis book is one of the great classics about Bali, now with dozens of illustrations and photographs.Dancing out of Bali is a fascinating personal account of a young Englishman who settled in a small house in Bali in the midst of the political turmoil that griped post–war Indonesia. There, he immersed himself in Balinese culture and made ambitious plans to bring a troupe of Balinese dancers and musicians to Europe and America. The book relates John Coast's daring and remarkable adventure that took him from revolution in Indonesia to the footlights of London and Broadway. Within a few weeks, the troupe had captured the hearts of audiences. Here are photographs of Bali and stories of the performer's magic island and of the enchanting dancers, including the beautiful...

What happens when you fall in love with your worst enemy? When the CEO of one of New Zealand's biggest companies steps down, heir apparent Kate McPherson and Australian outsider Sam Shanahan are left fighting for control of McPherson & Co.But Sam hasn't just travelled to New Zealand for business. He's there to avenge the wrongs done to his mother three decades ago, and he's determined that no one—especially not his beautiful arch rival—will get in his way.Poised to take over the company from her father, Kate has fought hard for her success and will do anything to defeat the stranger who's after her job—no matter how strong the chemistry between them.Sam and Kate are driven apart by ambition and drawn together by fiery attraction. And between them sizzles a family secret that threatens to blow Kate's world apart.

Lorna always wanted to stand out, but her career as a competitive swimmer was cut short by a knee injury. Cara, her daughter, tries hard to blend in, but when she has to fill in for her brother at a school pageant, she is overwhelmed by terror. Lorna is vain about her ability to shut out distractions. Cara can't control her scary thoughts. And while Lorna tries her best to move past life's early disappointments, Cara picks at the cracks in her family's story. Spanning two decades, Catch My Drift follows mother and daughter through life changes big and small, and reveals that despite our shared experiences, we each live a private story.

Can the peregrine falcon, Fria, who has escaped from captivity, learn to fend for herself in the wild? And can Smiler, desperately anxious that Fria should be all right, solve for himself the problem that has kept him in hiding from the police for so long? The final book in Victor Canning's classic children's trilogy, which began in The Runaways and continued in Flight of the Grey Goose.

Nina Porter seems to have it all: husband, home, family and security. But her life turns upside down when a marital row over truthfulness sets her thinking. Isn't she dishonest herself, always playing the good wife? The perfect mother and daughter? The supportive friend? Should she, instead, try to live without the little white lies that support us all?Her husband thinks it can't be done. But he goes away on a business trip. And when a glamorous few days of research in Venice are suddenly on offer, there seems no reason for Nina to refuse them. Or to resist the attentions of the handsome Italian who wants to show her the city.As Nina entangles herself in a web of deceptions, it starts to look as though honesty might not always be the best policy... Mavis Cheek's sparkling new novel is about shaking your life up, striking out and learning to be true to yourself. It's told with all the brio and humour that her readers have come to love.

Darkly handsome Lord Tarrant's deadly game of passion and intrigue is interrupted when his scapegrace brother runs away with Lady Joanna Acton. Now Joanna faces a hasty wedding to the wrong man—a dangerously irresistible rake, who's her own brother's mortal enemy! Determined to defy him, yet fascinated by glimpses of his humor and warmth, can she ever love an unwanted husband with an unforgivable past? 6th of the Regency Reward series. Regency Romance by Julia Ross writing as Jean R. Ewing; originally published by Zebra

Having a parent return from military duty is a dream come true. But sometimes, coming home comes with problems.When Paige's mom returns from her final tour of Air Force duty, Paige couldn't be happier for things to go back to normal. But before long, Paige realizes her mom brought something else back with her—an addiction to pain pills. The irritable, medicated, zombie version of her mom isn't the person Paige wanted to come home. She'll try anything to get through to her mom and help her with her painful secret. But can Paige get her mom clean without ruining their relationship and her own ROTC dreams?