Luanne Rice
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In the halls of Newport Academy, a unique private school that has attracted generations of rebels, outcasts, and visionaries, a poignant and unforgettable lesson in the eternal truths of sisterhood is about to begin for Maggie Shaw, her fourteen-year-old daughter Beck, and her sixteen-year-old son Travis.
2) Last kiss
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Nearly a year after the death of eighteen-year-old Charlie, singer-songwriter Sheridan Rosslare still hasn't played a note of the music that was once her life's passion. Tucked away in the beach house where she raised her only child, she lives with her memories of him and a grief too big to share even with her beloved sisters or her dear friend Stevie Moore. Nor can Stevie comfort Charlie's heartbroken girlfriend, Nell Kilvert, whom she regards as...
4) Little night
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Clare Burke's life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne's defense of her spouse, all lies, and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Claire is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep. The...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Large Print
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed for her insightful depiction of the magic and mystery in everyday life and relationships, Luanne Rice is one of today's most gifted novelists. Now the author of eight consecutive New York Times bestsellers delivers her most powerful book yet-the story of a man and woman forced to choose between the past that haunts them and the love that won't let them go.
Jane Porter left the apple orchards of rural Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, years ago,...
7) Home fires
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Language
English
Description
Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security, family, and love. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes-but runs back into the blaze to save...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Fulfilling her mother's dying wish, anthropologist Susannah Connolly travels from her lifelong home on the Connecticut shoreline to the fabled French Camargue, to see its famous white horses, find a mysterious saint linked to her family's history, and fall in love with an American journalist-rancher with a spirited but troubled daughter.
9) Safe harbor
Author
Series
Hubbard's Point/Black Hall volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Grieving over the death of her sister and her husband, artist Dana Underwood returns to her childhood home to care for her young nieces, but as she begins to fall for Sam Trevor, a young marine biologist, she must search for the truth about what happened to her sister.
11) Last day
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Years ago, Beth Lathrop and her sister suffered through the kidnapping of their mother and the theft of a famous painting. Detective Conor Reid swore to protect them from then on. When the same family painting is stolen again and Beth is murdered, Beth's husband comes under suspicion and Reid vows to solve the crime.
Author
Publisher
New York : Bantam
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Bonds are formed and hearts are healed within a group of five people in Rhode Island's South County as they work together to save a wounded snowy owl and prevent a developer from raising a sunken World War II U-boat that is a cherished part of the community.
13) The shadow box
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Preparing for an exhibit that includes a piece about the domestic violence she once endured at the hands of her gubernatorial candidate husband, an artist survives a home invasion only to find herself pitted against dangerous corrupt forces.
15) The silver boat
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Three sisters come home to Martha's Vineyard to say goodbye to the family beach house--and ultimately to unearth family secrets.