YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER
by Margaret Leroy

Such a pretty girl. Four years old; well loved by her young mother, Grace. But there's something . . . "off " about the child. Her deathly fear of water; her night terrors; most of all, her fixation with a photo of an Irish seaside town called Coldharbour. "Sylvie, tell me about your picture. Why's it so special, sweetheart?" My heart is racing, but I try to make my voice quite calm. "That's my seaside, Grace." Very matter-of-fact, as though this should be obvious. "I lived there, Grace. Before."

A WEEK IN DECEMBER
by Sebastian Faulks

London: the week before Christmas, 2007. Over seven days we follow the lives of seven major characters. With daring skill and savage humor, A Week in December explores the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life; as the novel moves to its gripping climax, its characters are forced, one by one, to confront the true nature of the world they—and we all—inhabit.

THE LANGUAGE OF SECRETS
by Dianne Dixon

Justin Fisher has a successful career, a lovely wife, and a charming young son. But Justin can no longer ignore the hole in his life left by his estranged family. When he finally gathers the courage to reconnect with his troubled past, Justin is devastated to learn that his parents have passed away. And a visit to the cemetery brings the greatest shock of all—next to the graves of his parents sits a smaller tombstone for a three-year-old boy…

THE CROSS GARDENER
by Jason Wright

John withdraws from life and love when a fatal car accident steals away his wife-and unborn child she carried. He erects a small cross at the scene of his wife's accident and visits daily, grieving. Then one morning he encounters a young man kneeling before the cross, touching it up with white paint. John's conversations and travels with this mysterious man-known to him only as the Cross Gardener-will forever change his world.

IRREPLACEABLE
by Stephen Lovely

Alex Voormann loses his wife, Isabel, when she is killed by a reckless driver. Alex, reluctantly, agrees to donate her heart. Janet Corocoran is sick with heart disease. She is on the waiting list for a transplant, but her chances are slim. She watches the Weather Channel, secretly praying for foul weather and car crashes. The day Isabel dies, Janet gets her wish.

DEEP CREEK
by Dana Hand

A small-town judge takes his daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. This historical thriller is about the 1887 massacre of Chinese miners in remote and beautiful Hells Canyon, the middle-aged judge who went after their slayers, and the sham race-murder trial that followed. A dazzling new tale of courage and redemption, and loss and love, for fans of Leif Enger, Lisa See, and Ivan Doig.

HERESY
by S. Parris

Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that the universe is infinite. This alone could have got him burned at the stake, but he was also a student of occult philosophies and magic.

ETERNAL ON THE WATER
by Joseph Monninger

From the day Cobb and Mary meet kayaking on Maine's Allagash River and fall deeply in love, the two approach life with the same sense of adventure they use to conquer the river's treacherous rapids. But rivers do not let go so easily...and neither does their love.