Light from one Star

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Elizabeth Ashton

The big ambition of Clare's life was to write a romantic novel—but how could she, when she had absolutely no personal experience of love or romance? Then she met Christopher Raines, who was certainly romantic and an experienced man of the world—but was he really the best person to choose for her research? Wouldn't any experience she shared with him be likely to be hurtful rather than useful? For Chris's pet name for her was 'brown sparrow'! Where was that going to get her—especially when his old flame, Violetta Albanesi turned up, ready to rekindle the fire!

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Anne Rivers Siddons

A single event in her childhood irrevocably marked Catherine Gaillard -- and made it impossible for her to leave her cloistered mountaintop town in Tennessee for the next thirty years. But her devotion to her husband, Joe, and her desire to forever put the incident behind her propel Cat on a life-changing trip to Italy.Making their way across the countryside of Tuscany with two other couples, Cat and Joe soon feel themselves pulled in different directions, and the fabric of their marriage begins to unravel. Expanding beyond the bounds of a carefree trip, their journey takes them deep into the heart of their relationship...and becomes the ultimate test of their love.

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Diane Chamberlain

Joelle D'Angelo's best friend, Mara, is left with brain damage after she suffers an aneurysm giving birth to her son. Alone and grieving, Joelle turns to the only other person who understands her pain: her colleague - and Mara's husband - Liam. What starts out as comfort between friends gradually becomes something more.

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Roberta Eckert

Beautiful Andrea Howard has been living a quiet life in the country with her ailing grandfather and two cousins when she meets their handsome neighbor, the Duke of Haverford. The first encounter goes badly, yet intrigued with each other, Andrea and the duke agree to marry to respect her grandfather’s wish that she be settled in life before his illness takes hold. Married life begins promisingly but when the duke is called upon to break up a ring of French spies, he leaves Andrea on her own with no explanation. The misunderstanding makes Andrea unsure about whether the marriage can survive.