Diego de la Vega, the son of an aristocratic Spanish landowner and a Shoshone mother, returns to California from school in Spain to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for the weak and helpless.

Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's elite LA detective agency and along with it such cases as an NFL gambling scandal, 18 unsolved schoolgirl slayings and the murder of his best-friend's wife.

When the Reverend Noah Kincaid arrives in Virgin River to reopen an abandoned church, he finds an unlikely assistant in Alicia Baldwin, a former exotic dancer who needs a respectable job in order to regain custody of her children.

When Paige Lassiter, scared and covered with bruises, comes into his bar with her three-year-old son, Marine John "Preacher" Middleton, immediately drawn to this courageous woman, offers her a safe haven in his arms.

It is the beginning of December. Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point. It is Yuletide. For Reuben Golding, now infused with the wolf gift and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises to be like no other . . . as he soon becomes aware that the Morphenkinder, steeped in their own rituals, are also celebrating the Midwinter Yuletide festival deep within Nideck forest. From out of the shadows...

"Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their...

It's been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara there, as a teenager, she'd been sent home suddenly after being dragged out of a wild party--by the guy she had a crush on, just to make it more embarrassing. Obviously Mason Fletcher--only a few years older but somehow a lot more of a grown-up--was the overprotective type who thought he had to come to her rescue. Now, returning after her aunt's...

Unjustly driven away from the home ranch and from his sweetheart by his father’s displeasure, Ben Ide seeks refuge in the remote vastness of Forlorn River. There, with two companions, he follows the trail of a herd of wild horses led by the beautiful wild stallion, California Red. Suspected of cattle thieving by the ranchers, Ben knows that the only way to clear his name, is to run the real thieves to earth. But when he finally comes face to

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A mother's murder, her daughter's redemption, and the complicated past that belongs to them both. Kelly always knew her family was different. She knew that most children didn't live with their grandparents on a boat in the LA harbor, that most family businesses weren't adult video stores, and that drug addicts and johns weren't normal next-door neighbors. She also knew that most of her classmates knew more about their moms than their cause of death....

"Beloved New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a compulsively readable tale of an idyllic California beach town forced to reckon with scandal when a high school valedictorian's speech reveals secrets that shake the town to its core"-- Every town has its secrets... In idyllic Alara Cove, a California beach town known for its sunny charm and chill surfer vibe, it's graduation day at the elite Thornton Academy. At Thornton, the...