DescriptionSet on a small, blustery fishing island off the coast of France, Coastliners is the story of Mado, a young woman who returns to her childhood home to find the local community torn apart by family feuds, bad tides, and murky political machinations. Passionate, stubborn Mado tries to save the livelihoods of the villagers of Les Salants by urging them to work together to save the beach from erosion, both natural and man-made. The villagers eventually cooperate with the help of Flynn, a charismatic stranger with a shady past. Then there?s her father, taciturn Grosjean, as "prickly and tightly layered as an artichoke", and local, wealthy businessman Brismand who also seems to be hiding something. Mado must unravel these mysteries, while attempting to keep a hold on her own sense of self in this claustrophobic, close community.
DescriptionA car accident in upstate New York strands Nero Wolfe, America's largest detective, and Archie Goodwin, his confidential assistant, in the midst of a family feud. The feud, over $45, 000 worth of prize bull, turns ugly when the beef in question is found pawing the mangled body of a family scion. Solving the mystery is no problem - but, alas, the evidence keeps disappearing.
DescriptionIn Eclipse Bay, the feud between the Hartes and the Madisons is legendary, but so is the flowering of relationships across family boundaries. Now, Nick Harte, dashing and handsome, finds a new love in art gallery owner Octavia Brightwell. Octavia is suspicious of men who are too charming, but finds herself falling in love with Nick, despite her efforts to forestall the pairing. Her suspicions are only part of the reason for wanting to go slow. In fact, Octavia is related to the woman who started the family feud in the first place, and fears that falling hard for Nick would only ignite the flames again. Octavia knows that her family's past is best kept hidden. But her secret isn't safe in Eclipse Bay, and neither is her heart.
DescriptionTheir grandfathers hated each other. Their fathers hated each other. And as the next generation of the Hartes and Madisons, Hannah and Rafe are expected to hate each other, too. But Hannah Harte remembers the long-ago night on the beach that revealed Rafe as much more than just "that disreputable Madison boy". And Rafe remembers the heroic gesture that proved Hannah's fierce spirit was stronger than any feud, and saved him from near-certain imprisonment. Now, reunited by a surprising inheritance after years of living their separate lives, Rafe and Hannah return to Eclipse Bay, and the hostilities that still divide, and bind, their families. And they are discovering something that is at once delightful and deeply disturbing. They don't hate each other. Not at all.
DescriptionHailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a bright star in the literary sky", Stephen Wright now extends his astonishing accomplishment with a Civil War novel unlike any other. Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of…
