Overwhelmed by experiences of dâejáa vu after a devastating accident, Joyce Conway feels an instant connection to Justin Hitchcock, a blood donor and guest lecturer who wonders about a thank-you gift from a mysterious sender.

Gathering at Lillian’s Restaurant for a weekly cooking class, a young mother struggles with the growing demands of her family, an Italian kitchen designer works to adapt to life in America, and a widower mourns the loss of his wife to breast cancer

While their parents—the President and the First Lady—prepare for a big, fancy dinner, two little sisters conduct secret dog interviews to find the perfect pet.

Eleanor Pottinger consorts with ghosts and travels in time in Brown’s charming romance. Eleanor discovers her hotel room is haunted by sisters Mina and Deirdre Cracklebury, and she agrees to a deal: she will save their brother, Teddy, from a deadly duel by keeping the wicked Lord Shermont from seducing one of the sisters, in trade for meeting Jane Austen. Eleanor wakes up in 1814, meets smarmy Teddy and is instantly attracted to Lord Shermont, who is not all he seems.

A “Saveur magazine” chef describes her haphazard experiences as a student at New York City’s French Culinary Institute, a journey during which she and her classmates tackled a range of challenges from veal calves and fish heads to broken eggs and cutthroat teachers.

Her family and dreams shattered by her father’s untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.

A columnist describes her troubled adolescence as a runaway in New York City, explaining why she exchanged her home for a life on the city streets; her struggle to balance school, the shelter system, and the temptations of the street; and her eventual successful battle to rescue herself from street life.

In the small West Virginia town of Dogwood, Karin Ashworth is married to a minister and loves her three children even though her heart and memories are buried in the past. Will Hatfield returns home to Dogwood after spending several years in prison for a car accident that took the lives of two children. An elderly woman named Ruthie Bowles enters Karin’s life and tries to help her face her unbearable pain and anger against God.

Feeling at the top of her game when she is suddenly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Harvard psychologist Alice Howland struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her concept of self gradually slips away.

A hilarious new cookbook from the Bitchin’ Kitchen Web TV hostess presents a collection of easy-to-follow recipes for real-life scenarios, with more than sixty tasty dishes, organized into such categories as Relationships, Special Occasions, and Cheap Eats, that range from “Save-Your-Sex-Life Souffles” to “Sedate the In-Laws Bison Tartar.”

A family drama and coming of age story follows the lives of three sisters who create a magical world on their street to escape a tragedy that has changed them forever.

Determined to build a dynasty from her family’s traditional sake brewery, Rie faces dual challenges in the form of the industry’s male-driven culture and her womanizing husband’s demands that the children he sired with geishas are accepted as his heirs.

Precious Ramotswe tries to recover her trusty white van after her husband sells it and replaces it with a characterless modern vehicle, while The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency tries to discover if a local football team’s games are fixed.

Beka, who has been promoted from “Puppy” to “Dog” and who is now a full-fledged member of the Provost’s Guard, heads with her former partner to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins.

Intrepid canine detective Chet accompanies his human police officer partner, Bernie, on a first assignment involving the disappearance of a teenage girl who ran with the wrong crowd, a case that is complicated by Bernie’s dysfunctional personal life.

The astonishing story of the still unsolved mystery of Mona Lisa’s disappearance in 1911 told with dramatic freshness and imagination.

A touching memoir tells of one son’s struggle to help his gravely ill parents, both medical professionals, with committing suicide to end their suffering, the impact it has had on him, and his feelings with regard to the personal choice that was made versus the law of the land.

Reflects on the experiences of Jennifer Worth as a midwife in London’s postwar East End, including the nuns from whom she learned her craft and the interesting and challenging births she aided during her career.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel—a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.