Central Kansas Library System

"If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew." Jillian Kane appears to have it all--a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the truth of her abusive marriage in order to protect Addie and Drew, knowing, if she left, Gordon would destroy her--destroy them. When, in an act of desperation,...

"When therapist and mediator Grace McDonald returns to Kansas to be with her daughter and autistic grandson, she expects a tough adjustment. but what Grace cannot anticipate is being assigned the mediation case from hell. Not just about parental rights and custody, this case becomes a battle over a child's soul and eternal life. Mike is a combat vet who was never told he had a son. Becca belongs to the gay-bashing, funeral-picketing Westboro Baptist...

Noah Bryan is an up-and-coming country singer determined to become a country music star until his ego gets in the way and is left with custody of his son after a show. He agrees to meet the boy and realizes he must do the right thing to raise him.

"Can the magic of mistletoe bring together two busy single parents? Mallory Maitland knows all too well what it's like to feel abandoned, which is why she's sworn never to give up on her two stepsons -- her late husband's children. But when the teens land in hot water, she's got a whole new problem: how to resist the caring and incredibly hot Chief of Police Gabriel Buchanan. All Mallory wants is to give the boys a magical holiday. She doesn't need...

A grieving widower is entrenched in a custody battle with his biracial granddaughter's paternal family.

Some kids split their time living with parents in two different households.

"Adorable baby Micah melts Sienna King's heart instantly. Too bad he's related to the most insufferable man Sienna knows. Joel Armstrong has temporary custody of his sweet nephew--and no clue what he's doing. Sienna has free time...and a yearning to be a mother. It could be a perfect match. But what happens when they both start wanting a long-term ever after?"--Page 4 of cover.

"Libby needs a break. Three years ago her husband split, leaving her to raise their infant son Ethan alone as she struggled to launch her writing career. Now for the first time in years, things are looking up. She's just sold her first novel, and she and Ethan are going on a much-needed vacation. Everything seems to be going their way, so why can't she stop looking over her shoulder or panicking every time Ethan wanders out of view? Is it because...