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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Hollis Shaw's life seems picture-perfect. She's the star of the popular food blog, Hungry with Hollis, and is married to Matthew, a dreamy heart surgeon. But after she and Matthew get into a heated argument one snowy morning, Matthew leaves for the airport and is killed in a car accident. The cracks in Hollis's perfect life-her strained marriage and her complicated relationship with her daughter, Caroline-grow deeper. When Hollis hears about something...
Author
Series
Virgin River volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For great storytelling and beautifully drawn characters, enter the world of Robyn Carr."
—Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series...
The community of Virgin River saw Vanessa Rutledge through her darkest days—now she's looking to a bright future.
In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband,...
—Susan Elizabeth Phillips, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series...
The community of Virgin River saw Vanessa Rutledge through her darkest days—now she's looking to a bright future.
In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband,...
4) Night music
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this contemporary novel, widowed orchestral violinist Isabel Delancey finally finds true serenity and love only when she loses what she thought she needed most"--.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Joan Sample is not living the life she expected. Now a widow and an empty-nester, she has become by her own admission something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to reengage with the world. With her support, Joan gathers the courage to take some long-awaited steps: hiring someone to tame her overgrown garden, joining a grief support group, and even renting...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller Canon encourages Atle Petersheim to learn about love through reading romance novels after he mentions his intention to court a local widow as Christmas approaches in the third novel of the series following An Amish Surprise.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her step-daughter steals money belonging to Amber, a woman who has since been evicted along with her teenage son, Cassie invites them to move in with her and as they each form friendships, Cassie discovers that Amber is trying to outrun her dark past.
After her husband's sudden death, Cassie Costas's relationship with her teenage stepdaughter unravels. They move to historic Tarpon Springs, Florida, where Savannah hates the town, her school and...
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Grace isn't exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. They've never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space--especially now that she's stuck at home during a pandemic. Then again, she needs help with the mortgage after losing her job. But living with Mother isn't for everyone. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. Old wounds fester; new ones open. Grace starts having nightmares about...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Evangeline Hussey has made a home for herself on Nantucket, though she knows she is still an outsider to the island's small, close-knit community, one that by 1849 has started to feel the decline of a once-thriving whaling industry. Her husband, Hosea, and the life they built together, was once all she needed-but now Hosea is gone, lost at sea. Evangeline is only able to hold on to his inn, and her place on the island, by employing a curious gift...
10) Breathe: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood... and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her own. They moved from Cambridge, MA to take residency at a distinguished academic institute in New Mexico. Gerard's mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, has uprooted their lives, but Michaela cares desperately for Gerard in his final days as she comes to realize that her love for her husband, however fierce and...
Author
Publisher
Planeta M.R
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Siglo XVII. La pugna por el poder en la Nueva España se intensifica con la llegada de un nuevo virrey. Las prebendas y privilegios otorgados por el antiguo representante de la corona han levantado envidias y enfrentamientos entre la burguesía, el Estado y la Iglesia, representada en esta lucha por su brazo armado, la Santa Inquisición. En medio de este choque una nueva fuerza está surgiendo de las sombras: una hermandad secreta de mujeres que...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have:...
Author
Series
Colección Ancora y delfín volume 1543
Publisher
Ediciones Destino
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Jon, cuidador de elefantes en el zoo, y Edith, viuda que vive con sus once gatos, son los únicos habitantes de una aldea abandonada. Vecinos solitarios primero y ahora buenos amigos, no imaginan que la noche en que la veleta del viejo campanario gira sobre sí misma, el ojo del tiempo se posa sobre la aldea y la vida de ambos está a punto de girar con ella. La llegada de la primavera trae consigo una inesperada decisión por parte de la dirección...
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn't changed her killer tennis game one bit. One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam....
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From rising star Neel Patel ("refreshing...defiant...consistently surprising" --New York Times), a darkly funny and heartbreaking debut novel about an Indian-American family confronting the secrets between them.
"Renu Amin always seemed perfect: doting husband, beautiful house, healthy sons. But as the one-year anniversary of her husband's death approaches, Renu is binge-watching soap operas and simmering with old resentments. She can't stop wondering...