Somer’s life is everything sheimagined it would be—she’s newly married and has started her career as a physician in SanFrancisco—until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children. The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice to save her newborn daughter’s life by giving her away. It is a decision that will haunt Kavita for the rest of her life, and cause a ripple effect that travels across the world and back again. Asha, adopted out of a Mumbai orphanage, is the child that binds the destinies of these two women. We follow both families, invisibly connected until Asha’s journey of self-discovery leads her back to India. Compulsively readable and deeply touching, Secret Daughter is a story of the unforeseen ways in which our choices and families affect our lives, and the indelible power of love in all its many forms.

Readers of Diane Chamberlain and Susan Wiggs will enjoy this USA Today bestselling author's emotional, heart-wrenching story about the enduring power of a mother's love and the strength it takes to rebuild your life after it comes crumbling down. "You were adopted." Three short words and Sabina's life fractures. There would forever be a Before those words, and an After. Pregnant with her own child, Sabina can't understand how a mother could abandon her daughter, or why her parents have kept the past a secret. Determined to find the woman who gave her away, what she discovers will change everything, not just for Sabina, but for the women who have loved her all these years.

The daughter of a white mother and black father describes the factors that caused her mother to place her in the custody of an African-American family and the impact of her mother's later choice to hide the truth about their relationship.

Veronica is an aspiring historian living in present-day Los Angeles when she meets a mysterious man who may be heir to the Russian throne. As she sets about investigating the legitimacy of his claim through a winding path of romance and deception, the ghosts of her own past begin to haunt her. Lena, a servant in the imperial Russian court of 1902, is approached by the desperate Empress Alexandra. After conceiving four daughters, the Empress is determined to sire a son and believes Lena can help her. Charlotte, a former ballerina living in World War II occupied Paris, receives a surprise visit from a German officer. Determined to protect her son from the Nazis, Charlotte escapes the city, but not before learning that the officer's interest in her stems from his longstanding obsession with the fate of the Russian monarchy.

Pilot Guy Blackwolf thought he was doing the right thing when he braved the Alaskan wilderness to change Holly Douglas’s life.... Until she rescued him from his wrecked plane, and her healing touch ignited his body with need. Their passionate joining made Guy yearn to brand her as his own. But once he reunited the “lost heiress” with the loving family she’d always craved, could he convince Holly that she’d never be complete without his love?

An innocent online DNA test releases fifty years of hidden and long-buried secrets. Her husband takes an online DNA test to help in building his family tree and research his ancestry. His wife is somewhat amused by it and doesn't have much interest in it because she knows here heritage. After a few weeks, his DNA results come back. Happy times for him! During a visit to the in-laws, her husband tells his sister and his family all about his results. His sister Joyce is so excited about hearing their origins. She starts dancing around, doing a dance that she believes would have been done there. Everyone is laughing and having fun. This sort of peeks her interest, and after returning home from a three-hour drive, she says to her husband, "You know, I think I want to do the DNA test." He is a surprised by this, looks at her, and for no particular reason says, "You sure you really want to do this?" She replies, "Yes, I know my nationalities but want to know how much of each." Weeks later, her results come back-not exactly what she expected. Actually, it's a little surprising. Over the next few months, she learns that for fifty plus years she has been holding a secret.

A pupil. A teacher. A mother's worst nightmare An addictive novel of psychological suspense. A gripping crime thriller for fans of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies and Louise Doughty's Apple Tree Yard. My daughter is a liar. A liar, liar, liar. And I'm starting to see where she gets it from. When Rosalind's fifteen-year-old daughter, Stephanie, ran away with her teacher, this ordinary family became something it had never asked to be. Their lives held up to scrutiny in the centre of a major police investigation, the Simms were headline news while Stephanie was missing with a man who was risking everything. Now, six years on, Ros takes a call that will change their lives all over again. He's going to be released from prison. Years too early. In eleven days' time. As Temperley's release creeps ever closer, Ros is forced to confront the events that led them here, back to a place she thought she'd left behind, to questions she didn't want to answer. Why did she do it? Where does the blame lie? What happens next? Readers love this gripping psychological thriller: 'Unputdownable' 'Compelling' 'Leaves its mark' 'Tense and emotionally charged'