In a novel imbued with magical realism, Sabrina Nielsen arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner in New York City to find at the table not just her best friend, but also her favorite professor from college; her father; her ex-fiancé, Tobias; and Audrey Hepburn.

Retreating to her family's rural house to escape the challenges of urban life, twentysomething artist Frankie explores the chain of events that have challenged her mental stability and art education.

"They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire Kelly finds the walk-up apartment--a spacious loft in Hell's Kitchen. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage it. She meets Abby Williams, a writer trying to make it on her own, far away from her successful family in L.A. Four years later, Morgan Shelby joins them. She's ambitious, with a serious finance...

"When the fun-loving and spontaneous artist Willow West meets buttoned-up, retired English teacher George Emerson, it's not exactly love at first sight. Though she does find the obsessive-compulsive man intriguing. Making it her mission to get him to loosen up and embrace life, she embarks on what seems like a lost cause--and finds herself falling for him in the process. A confirmed bachelor, George vacillates between irritation and attraction whenever...

"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"--

"Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls and husband--until she was convicted of their murder. For ten years, she has counted off the days in Florida's Correctional Center for Women, fully expecting to die behind bars. Fighting to prove her innocence holds little appeal now that her family's gone. But on one extraordinary day, her lawyers announce that Tessa's conviction has been overturned due to a technicality,...

"From the author of Bond Girl and Lost Along the Way, comes a fiercely funny and insightful story of marriage, family, and the arduous road to discovering our true selves"--

"To Harley Stephens, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous . . .The same could be said for T.J. Wilder, who's invited himself along on her trek to study a rare coyote. He's the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and excitement. But Harley's career is riding on this trip, and she doesn't need a stubborn, incredibly sexy distraction tagging along. For T.J., Harley is the one woman...

A family building a life in a new land. A man who has never felt at home anywhere. And a choice to be made between the two. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for her influential immigrant family who achieved power by making its own strict rules, of which Trisha has broken all. But what will she do now that she has met chef Caine, who came from rough beginnings?

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundings and accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. As she...