The loveless meeting is a somber collision of two souls traversing parallel paths, devoid of the spark and resonance that typically accompanies the union of hearts. It's a moment shrouded in a sense of emptiness and disconnect, where the absence of genuine connection casts a pall over the encounter. In the absence of love, the meeting feels hollow, as if two strangers pass each other by in the vast expanse of existence, their paths crossing momentarily...

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Elizabeth McGee never thought she'd set foot in Loveless, Texas, again. But after the reading of her father's will, Elizabeth learns she's inherited her grandmother's house and all of the personal contents. If that wasn't enough to knock her off her feet, she soon discovers that JD Carmichael, her lost love from high school, is the contractor who has been hired to finish renovating the house. JD once had the world by the tail. But after a premature...

Dramatized audiobook! Book 2 of the Promises of the Heart series. Liz and Mary scheme to make Mary's dream of owning a hat shop come true. They are unaware that their husbands, Michael and Peter are scheming behind their backs to try to realize a dream of theirs that the girls do not discover until late in the story. Harriet, Liz's sister, has come home and has eyes for the mysterious Isaac all the while being pursued by the quirky revered Lyons. Harriet,...

They say trauma travels through family lines ... until someone is ready to heal it. From the moment she was born, all Bonnie ever wanted was love. Unfortunately for her, this was something even her mother couldn't give. Bonnie was abandoned along with her siblings at a children's home in the 1960's. Left reeling from her mother's desertion, Bonnie struggles to belong. But with help from a new friend, she awakens the wonders of childhood...

The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.

"For Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan, the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time. Soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela has given herself one last summer of freedom--in Paris, with her two best friends. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, is known for her ruthlessness in business. It's not money she chases, but power. When she sees the opportunity to secure her position among...

"For fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry, a novel set at a 1950s Reno "divorce ranch," about the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future "A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice." -Rebecca Makkai Lois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951, though,...