An empty nest has Ingrid Christiansen dreading the upcoming holidays, but her husband, John, couldnt be more excited about this new season of life. He even has a surprise trip abroad planned. Hes sure shell love it. Whats more romantic than Christmas in Paris? Before he can stop her, however, Ingrid agrees to spearhead a major church project. Then their faithful dog, Butterscotch, needs emergency surgery, draining their savings. And then-because disasters...

New York Times bestseller Jane Green delivers a riveting novel about two women whose lives intersect when a shocking secret is revealed From the author of Another Piece of My Heart comes Family Pictures, the gripping story of two women who live on opposite coasts but whose lives are connected in ways they never could have imagined. Both women are wives and mothers to children who are about to leave the nest for school. They're both in their forties...

Her daughter grown up, her husband always working late, Emily Arkin spends evenings alone with memories of her infant son, kidnaped and never found. When the police chief brings a widowed detective looking for a garage, Emily rents hers. They fall in love and learn the husband has had another woman for eight years. Next, the detective digs under a neighbor's tree to find the body of the infant son.

When a single mom becomes an "empty nester," she spreads her wings to rediscover herself -- and her passions -- in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Jenna Boltz's life is at a crossroads. After a messy divorce nearly twenty years ago, she raised her two children on her own, juggling motherhood with her beloved job as a Seattle intensive care nurse. Now that Paul and Allie have gone to college and moved...