Sarah Jio
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Torn between two men, Kailey Crane is faced with an impossible choice: embrace the bright future she has with her new fiance, or dedicate herself to reclaiming a past love that may be gone forever. Set amidst the Seattle music scene of the 90s as well as the present day, Always parallels the past and present in a unique love story about a woman who discovers what she's willing to save and what she will sacrifice"--
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
June Andersen is professionally successful but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her great-aunt Ruby's estate and determine the fate of Bluebird Books, the children's bookstore Ruby founded in the 1940s. Amidst the store's papers, June stumbles upon letters between her great-aunt and the late Margaret Wise Brown and steps into the pages of American literature.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, good night and reluctantly leaves for work. She hates the night shift, but it's the only way she can earn enough to keep destitution at bay. In the morning--even though it's the second of May--a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes to wake Daniel, but his bed is empty. His teddy bear lies outside in the snow. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor's fate, but little suspects that Penny's mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the classic song, this magical story from the New York Times bestselling author of Always and Blackberry Winter tells the tale of a woman with the unusual gift to see true love—but will she be able to find it for herself before it’s too late?
Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability...
Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A librarian inherits a bookshop from her estranged mother, leading her halfway across the world on a journey of self-discovery that transcends time and honors the unbreakable bonds of love and family. When librarian Valentina Baker was a teenager, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own. Now in her thirties and fresh out of a failed marriage, Val feels a nagging disenchantment with her life--and...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
2009: Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past. Slowly regaining recollections of a man and a young child, she vows to piece her life back together. 1943, Nazi-occupied Paris: Céline, a young widow, tries to build a new life for her daughter while working in her father's flower shop. When a ruthless German officer discovers her Jewish ancestry, Céline is forced to play a dangerous game to secure the safety of her loved ones....
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
When garden designer Addison, along with her husband, take up residence at an old English manor, she stumbles upon a mystery, dating back to World War II, that involves the enchanting camellia orchard and an old gardener's notebook, which conceals a series of horrible crimes.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A military nurse in Bora Bora during the summer of 1942 finds herself drawn to a mysterious soldier until they witness a horrible crime and he is redeployed, leaving her seeking the truth about what happened for 60 years.
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform...A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother...A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room...On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information...