Annette Lyon

Ellen Stanhope escorts her three daughters to a ball. As her oldest flirts with a beau, Ellen is reminded of her courtship and early years of marriage with Anthony, before tragedy struck, which made their marriage fade and dull. Not until Ellen sees Anthony dancing with a woman he courted years before does she realize how much she misses him, still loves him, and wish he still loved her.Ellen Stanhope escorts her three daughters to a ball. As her

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When her brother duels the world's most powerful wizard, Aino is cursed; if she can't break the spell in time, she'll be trapped—forever.
From a USA Today bestselling and award winning author: To Aino, the idea of spending her life warming the bed of a wrinkled old man—especially when it means life without her secretly betrothed love—is horrifying. But that is the fate that awaits her because her brother,

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A librarian investigates her husband's dark past and winds up dead. Now it's up to her best friend to uncover the truth. Becca's life is turned upside down when she finds Jenn dead in the bathtub. Soon she begins to unspool the secrets Jenn kept in life, including a troubled marriage to Rick and two dead wives in his past. The more Becca learns, the more determined she becomes to get justice for Jenn, even if the clues surrounding her death aren't...

Abraham Franklin feels like an outcast in every sense of the word. As an American Indian living in the Utah Territory--and not a member of the Mormon Church--Abe faces everything from simple ignorance to outright bigotry. To make matters worse, the only woman he has ever loved has chosen to marry his best friend. It is past time for Abe to start his life over. At the urging of his devout mother, Abe settles in Snowflake, Arizona, where he promptly...

After a bitter divorce from her unfaithful husband, Paige moves from Utah to California with her two little boys and vows to make a fresh start. She finds a job at a dental practice that helps her get back on her feet, but it's the friends she makes at her new book club who help her realize how strong she is and who give her support to carry on as she faces the challenges of being a single mom. She also meets Derryl, a wonderful, kind, attentive man...

On the downward spiral of addiction Ilana Goldstein must rely on her family and friends in the Newport Ladies Book Club to overcome her devastating losses.

When the war on terror calls their husbands to duty, five LDS women are left behind to fight battles of their own. In good company, they worry over safety in the field and stability at home and offer one another counsel and comfort. But as their personal crises build, each woman faces the risks of forming deep bonds of trust. And when tragedy strikes, they must confront the painful realities of war that pull families apart and bring friends together...

When Athena Di Jasper accepts dashing bookstoreowner Grey Ronning's proposal for marriage and they sit down to work out the details of the wedding, there's only one thing they can do: take a cruise and have a destination wedding in Athens--and with their trademark show of support, the women of the Newport Ladies Book Club are going international with them.

Six Historical Short Stories.