Family Drama Fiction

He needs a wife... But he doesn't want one. Find out what happens when he places an ad for a wife and finds a woman he can't live without. Cash's grandfather left him the family home but he can't take possession of it unless he has a family of his own. He places an ad in the local classifieds and is shocked when Maggie shows up at his door. She was the one that got away. But not this time. He'll do everything he can to win her trust back and be the man she deserves. But will it be enough to make up for shattering her heart? Or will the two of them say goodbye just as fast as they said I do?...

To the outside world, beloved advice columnist Lane Meckler has all the answers. What no one knows is that she also has a secret: her life is a disaster, and it's just gotten worse. Her husband, whom she was planning to leave, has died in a freak accident. Her six-year-old son, Henry, has stopped speaking to everyone but her. Lane's solution? Move. Growing up, that was what her family did best.

The Scottish conflict between the MacDonalds and the Campbells, stemming from the 1692 massacre at Glencoe, has come back to haunt Australian girl Caroline MacDonald. It seems ridiculous, but working in the London office of the irascible Robert Campbell becomes a battle of wits. Forced to give up her European travel plans to assume the temporary job as his secretary, Caro is challenged when he instructs her to get on a plane for Scotland. Problems have arisen over Robert’s inheritance of a Scottish castle. His presence is required in Scotland to sort things out and he needs her assistance...

It’s been fifteen years since Gem’s eight-year-old daughter Sara-Jane went missing, snatched with her best friend Abby right outside their school. A frantic search united the community at first, but after Abby was found and brought home, single mother Gem’s dogged persistence only led to accusations that she was stirring up class tensions. Even that she was somehow involved.

Family…however close or distantly connected…is still family. And no one knows that better than the many members of the McAdams family. Few understand the vast implications that come with a large extended family as Drew McAdams does…and especially now. His brothers and sisters are also beginning to understand just how complicated it can be now that the four of them are responsible for the equally vast and extensive McAdams Trust. The headaches have only just begun. Life as they knew it will never be the same. Drew McAdams strongly suspects that if another call or message comes into his...

Dead is dead. Missing is gone. When Felix Brewer meets nineteen-year-old Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk at a Valentine's Day dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative - if not all legal - businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July in 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Felix, facing prison, vanishes. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband - or his money - might be, she suspects one woman does: his devoted young mistress, Julie.

Journals. Once discovered, they have the power to destroy and encourage. Nora Cavanaugh was a force to be reckoned with and her life is revealed when the journals she kept from her wedding day until her death are passed around between the generations of women who come after her. The comfortable lives that each of these women had been enjoying is flipped upside down as secrets are revealed and mistakes are made. Nora’s Heart is opened and laid bare for those who come after her. Her journals become something of a therapy session for her great-granddaughter, Ami, who is struggling in a ...

Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel, but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive, determined to shoulder the blame for the accident. Her decision then turns into a deception that takes on a life of its own and threatens the special bond between mother and daughter.

I’m Nina Hastings, and I’m Windy Morning’s best friend. Andy’s our other bestie, he’s the absolute sweetest guy ever. I was partnered with Andy for a project back in fourth grade when Andy first moved here. Windy and I adopted him right away and the three of us have been inseparable ever since. I work at an investment firm as the VP of sales. It’s a stressful job, but I worked hard to get where I am. I love my job and wouldn’t give it up for anything. I have a great team and I’m pretty proud of them. I don’t have a boyfriend, even though most everyone assumes that Andy and...

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree – does it? Beth thought she had everything under control - a new life, a beautiful home, and of course, her beloved son Archie. But as Archie grows older, she begins to notice something troubling: violent tendencies she can’t ignore. When an incident at school forces her to confront the reality of her son’s behaviour, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her family. With the shadow of her husband’s secrets weighing her down, Beth’s neighbour Sarah is keen to help her new friend and she starts to look into Archie’s ...

A daring WWII pilot who grew up among the clouds, Juliet Caron’s life was one of courage, adventure - and a love torn apart by war. Every nook of her Cornish cottage is alive with memories just waiting to be discovered. Katherine Henderson has escaped to Cornwall for Christmas, but she soon finds there is more to her holiday cottage than meets the eye. And on the eve of Juliet’s 100th birthday, Katherine is enlisted to make an old lady’s final Christmas wish come true....

April, May, June, and July Barber don’t have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated. While the siblings’ search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other’s lives, it also intensifies their private dramas.

Chaos ensues when a little boy's wish for his mother to come home for Christmas twists with a woman's wish to never be alone for the holidays. Can both wishes come true, or will one unravel and leave a broken heart under the tree? Ethan Hall would do anything for his son, including allowing his unstable ex-wife to stay for Christmas. Pearl is a tornado wrapped up in a tsunami with a dollop of earthquake thrown in--and that's on a good day. But, when Nick, a wish-granting Kringle from the North Pole, accidentally grants another wish on top of the first, the two of them twist together like ...

A Universal Dilemma The Eskimos leave their old people out on the ice to die when they are no longer able to contribute to society. What is the best course to take when dealing with an elderly parent in modern Western society? The dilemma confronting the three grown-up daughters of Levi Koenig is not an unusual one. Should he be placed in sheltered accommodation, encouraged to live with one or another of his 'girls,’ or enabled to stay in his own home with a live-in carer? This situation is not new. Back in the seventeenth century Shakespeare tackled it in his play, King Lear. But was he ...

I just found out I have an identical twin. Wasn’t looking for one. Would have preferred to not have one, but here we are. We have nothing in common. I was adopted by a successful businessman who raised me to see life as a game and gave me the skills to win it. Him? He is about to lose his family’s farm. You heard me—farm. Lucky for him, I’m a firm believer that when it comes to family, no one goes to battle alone. I’m in. I’ve switched lives with him and will use every business trick I know to save his farm.

Kate Alden faces the depths of loss and the promise of new beginnings. Grieving a loss, she finds unexpected solace with T.C. Martin, a plumber with dreams of writing. Their journey leads Kate to uncover startling family secrets linked to her late love. An error introduces a conflict which tests Kate’s strength. Set from Manhattan to Iowa, this tale explores the resilience of love and family bonds amidst revelations that challenge everything Kate knows about identity and belonging.

In the seventh book of the Jason of The Valley series, Jason and his friends face a fresh batch of challenges in life and love. Jason's mother, Cheryl, is getting engaged, but Jason is less than thrilled by the groom. Jason and Dave are enjoying co-habitational bliss, but when they are about to make a big change, an even bigger change comes along, putting their domestic bliss at risk. Ken is still in the glow of marital bliss with Adam, but things get challenging when he comes into work and discovers his bosses are crooks and when his company is dissolved, along with his job. Back on the ...

Terrell wants the truth. A single remark from Kim reveals who killed his father—and now he’s out for blood. But before he can make his move, he needs leverage. Kim, ruthless as ever, rescues her sister Rima from their abusive mother, only to uncover a chilling betrayal. Angela sold Rima to a monster. Now, Kim must do the unthinkable, kill her own mother and track down the man who violated her sister. But this enemy is more dangerous than she imagined. And one wrong move could cost Kim everything. Is this the fall of a queen, or the rise of something even deadlier?

Breen Kelly had always been a rule follower. So when her father left when she was 12 years old, promising to return, she waited. Now, more than a decade later, she needs to move forward. She can wait no longer. A summer trip to Ireland seems like the perfect next step. She never dreamed it would lead her through a portal to another world.

Christmas comes but once a year... but will it be different this Christmas? Callie Mae Copeland is the only child of affluent landowner, Sullivan Copeland, and his wife, Faye. Because Callie has been doted on her entire life, she is pampered and outspoken. Although the Civil War is looming and is in its second year, it hasn't affected the Copelands or their neighbors in north Alabama too much ... yet. Once she turns sixteen, Callie realizes the influence she has over boys her age and uses her flirtatious graces to her advantage. She turns her sights on Christmas and is determined to do ...