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Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic--almost mythic--story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently, all the while contending with an unforgivi...

'A restrained tour-de-force, profoundly unsettling, brilliantly executed, and deeply humane' Emily St. John Mandel, on The FollowersWhat kind of man kills his own family?When Tom was eight years old, his father took a shotgun and shot his family: his wife, his son and baby daughter, before turning the gun on himself. Only Tom survived.He left his tiny, shocked community on the island of Litta and the strained silence of his Uncle Malcolm's house while still a young boy. For twenty years he's tri...

Life at The Keep changes forever when Fliss, Mole and Susannah arrive in the summer of 1957. Their parents and elder brother have been killed in Kenya so the children are sent to their grandmother, Freddy, in Devon. Freddy is no stranger to grief, but she would be lost without her devoted helpers, Ellen and Fox, who enable her to cope with this latest tragedy. And, above all, she looks to her brother-in-law, Theo, to guide her while the children heal their wounds and embark on the treacherous jo...

Make no mistake: Martha Bragg Picket is a headstrong southern woman with a rebellious spirit, a characteristic her son Michael shares. Yet to see her after almost twenty years of marriage, it might no longer seem clear. A Yankee contractor's arrival in town catalyzes her dissatisfaction, leading her to turn her life upside down - unaware that her son will follow suit. Both heartfelt and shrewdly humorous, this widely acclaimed first novel from author Fenton Johnson is an affecting look at one wo...

Petra came into the close village community of Mindon when she was unexpectedly left a cottage there by an old friend of her mother's. She was lonely and unsettled - her parents had been killed in a car accident, her boyfriend had decided to go back to his wife, and as a painter she led a solitary life in her North Yorkshire home town. But she felt immediately at home in the gracious stone house that had been bequeathed to her, and was made welcome by the local residents - in particular, by the...

'When I had first come to the Hebrides Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope - in case," . . . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . . . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach c...

James Glickman's first novel Sounding The Waters sold 10k copies when it was released in hardcoverCrossing Point holds close to the historical record of the slaves that fought in the American RevolutionMost of the people that have read it are historians of that era and have been impressed by how well it holds to the real historyAppearances in the novel by Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Nathaniel Green, etc.Deep look at what American freedom meant and means to different g...

The Pregnancy Pact Identical twin sisters Bridget and Liz Van Zandt wanted families. Any no way would their vacant ring fingers thwart their girlhood pledge to have babies-hubbies or no hubbies-by age thirty. So when the birthday bell tolled, the baby hunt began! But their pact didn't play out exactly as expected.... After her presto pregnancy at a sperm bank, sophisticated Bridget began to yearn for the set-in-stone bachelor Nick Raines. And in her qu...

Her grandfather told her never to trust a Barzonni Nothing gives Liz Crenshaw more delight than walking the hills of her family's winery and tending her precious vines. And nothing frustrates her more than Gabe Barzonni, the handsome, successful and utterly aggravating son of Indian Lake's most prominent farmers. All her instincts scream "avoid," especially when she finds out he's going into the wine business himself. But Liz can't s...

Sullivan's Rules He Has Six Rules About Marriage Lucas Sullivan is a sociologist who's come up with a set of rules that, in his opinion, will guarantee a happy marriage. Unfortunately, April Morgan, his editor, sees things quite differently. She Has Six Lessons To Teach Him- About Life, Love And Marriage April considers Sullivan's ru...

From the desk of Emily Winters Bachelor #2: Grant LawsonTitle: General CounselProblem No. 1: How to get the brooding lawyer to love againProblem No. 2: How to help Ariana in PR get custody of her unborn twins How about merging both problems for the perfect solution! Grant might have sworn off marriage, but if anyone can get the stubborn millionaire to feel again, it's tenderhearted Ariana. She needs an ace attorney to fight for her babies, and she dese...

Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war England Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so she goes to visit her brother, while he sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety of eccentrics and country characters, and several unsuitable houses. It gradually emerges that th...

AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIMEAdrift in a storm, Professor Max Quartermain believes he hallucinated the beautiful mermaid who rescued him from certain death. But Lilah Calhoun is no mystical creature - she's a flesh and blood woman. Lilah is surprised by the intense attraction she feels for the man she saved. She's never met a man like him before - reserved and intelligent, but with a deep, passionate side she wants to know better. But how can she truly give her heart to Max when he is k...

As a nurse to wealthy spoilt people, Constantia had seen the misery too much money could bring. Jeroen though, was only a poor overworked GP, so when Jeroen offered marriage, Constantia accepted. At first she was happy until she began to discover things, that took away her new-found happiness.

When housekeeper Jo Anderson meets her new boss, she barely recognises the scarred and reclusive millionaire. Six months ago, Mac MacCullum was a charismatic celebrity chef. Now, Jo could help Mac build a brighter future...but only if he'll let her.

A turbulent affair plays out in the pilgrim city of Lourdes'Carries you through with humour, warmth and, above all, the urgency of a great romance' Guardian'Closing this novel after reading the last page, one briefly believes in miracles, at least of the human redemptive kind' Independent on Sunday'Jubilate is something to celebrate indeed' IndependentA woman wakes in a Lourdes hotel room beside her lover of just two days. She has brought her brain-damaged husband on a pilgrimage to seek a mir...