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From the time it was written back in 1868, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women has enchanted young readers, who identify with the realistic and lively personalities of the four March sisters. Growing up as the Civil War rages, Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy face the challenges and difficulties of life--and, sometimes, each other. Francesca Rossi's wonderful illustrations are perfect for the contemporary audience.

When a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow, the event forever alters the 11-year-old's understanding of the world. A brilliant and beautiful contemporary novel about love and memory from the author of the bestselling novels All He Ever Wanted and The Pilots Wife. The events of a December afternoon, during which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow, will forever alter the 11-year-old girls understanding...

When faith and restoration are common ground, can the attraction between two people grow from a whisper of understanding into a proclamation of love?

Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.

"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...

In Cape Light a troubled marriage is healed by a runaway teenager and a divorced woman finds happiness with a struggling magazine writer who dresses up as Santa Claus.

While filming a movie on Angel Island, actress Charlie Miller falls for local fisherman Colin Doyle after he rescues her from drowning.

In a town like Cape Light, there's always room in the inn. But when hardships bring people together under one roof, things don't always go smoothly.

Liza Martin has booked a June wedding, the first major event at her inn, and hopes everything comes together after noticing tensions between the bride and groom.

"From the New York Times bestselling author of the Angel Island series comes the sixteenth Christmas novel set in Thomas Kinkade's beloved town of Cape Light. The holiday season finds one treasured relationship about to be torn apart...while another is just coming together. As Christmas approaches, Molly Harding and her partner--and best friend--Betty Bowman are swept up in the annual holiday rush at Willoughby's Fine Food and Catering. With the...