Kate Sweeney

A love story perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson about a girl who moves cross country and finds herself falling for someone new who throws her whole life out of order. Nine months after the death of her father, Marigold; her little sister, Bea; and her mom move from sunny California to Upstate New York to live with Mary's aunt El. Maybe New York will be a fresh start for them. But living in New York means missing all the things Mary left--from her BFF, Nora; to her now long-distance boyfriend, Bennett; her older sister, Hannah; and the memories of her father tied to the places she used to live. How can she keep them in her life with everything so far away? Then, while settling into the new normal, Mary meets Jesse, a fellow photographer and kindred spirit who just seems to get her. Falling into a friendship with Jesse feels easy, there's something about him she can't stop thinking about. But as things with Bennett are so uncertain, she can't seem to make a move either way. When things come to a head, Mary will have to come clean and decide what she really wants and how she feels--finding a way to finally come to terms with her family, friends, and herself.

Catch the Light

A gorgeous contemporary romance about two ex-best friends, Cass and Syd, on a life-altering road trip following the reunion tour of the Darlas—the band Cass’s mom was in when she died. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, Mary H.K. Choi, and Jandy Nelson. After their high school graduation, former best friends Cass and Syd are gearing up for their futures. Cass has planned to go to college to become an engineer, while Syd—despite the fact that her family thinks she’s messed up her whole life—has lined up a sound internship at a historic music venue. But Cass is keeping secrets. Though his dad has forbidden it, Cass has been playing music, taking trips to San Francisco BART stations to play and make money. Somehow, it’s become a way for Cass to connect with his mother—who was also a musician—who died in a drunk driving accident on the way back from a gig when he was one. But after Syd catches Cass playing at the BART station, and Cass finds out his mom’s old band the Darlas is going on a reunion tour, everything changes. On impulse, Cass invites Syd to the first Darlas show, and without telling anyone, they make a break for it. Turning one show into a cross-country journey, the two former friends throw away all their plans for the future and embark on a life-altering road trip following the tour, keeping it a secret from their friends and family. Along the way, they’ll untangle the messy threads of how they became “ex”-best friends, experience the power of nature and music, and decide what they really want their lives to be. Maybe, through it all, Cass and Syd can find a way back to each other, too.

This One's for You

Please note this is a Gay Fiction title. After the untimely death of a former lover, Casey Bennet receives a letter from Julie's lawyer, begging Casey to help Julie's partner, Liz Kennedy, and their adorable, yet precocious three-year old, Skye, who are now alone. An avowed bachelorette, Casey has no idea what's in store when she grudgingly agrees to help Liz, who, by the way, is also pregnant and due in four months. Casey, Liz, and little Skye find themselves in for a hilarious, tender ride that will change their lives forever.

Winds of Heaven

Detective and mystery stories. After a three week photo assignment chasing wild mustangs in the heat of South Dakota, Kate Ryan wants nothing more than a quiet week at her log cabin in the woods. She decides to make it a girls only week and invites her sister Teri, dear Aunt Hannah and Maggie. Kate s nice quiet week turns out to be anything but nice and quiet. Maggie ends up bringing a friend along, causing Kate to grow even more reluctant to acknowledge any feelings she might have for her. But Kate finds a champion in Aunt Hannah, who is determined to see her cynical niece and the elusive Kate together at last. Then something quite troublesome begins to happen on the lake. A violent storm soon leaves them isolated and a body washes up on the beach. Kate finds there are too many suspects and no way out but that s just the trouble with murder.

The Trouble with Murder

Moonbeams and Skye

The Hypotenuse of Love

The Best Things in Life

At forty-nine, Alana Sanders was at the stage where life should be easier. She had put her artistic passion on hold when she married, raised two children and kept a happy home. Now that the kids are grown and out of the house, it is Alana’s time, at last. However, she and her husband find themselves faced with a new, and sad dilemma—figuring out who the stranger is that sits across from them at the dining room table. The questions and doubt now begin when Alana retraces the decisions she has made that brought her to this point. As her life unravels around her, she meets Toni O’Hara, a Chicago fire inspector. Through her humor and compassion, Toni helps Alana come to terms with her life, her culpability in her failed marriage, and the most wonderful realization of all—Love, at last.

Love at Last

Evelyn's Whimsy

Stone Walls

Professor Tess Rawlins spent the last twelve years teaching agriculture in California, away from Montana and her heart. When she's called back to the sprawling Double R cattle ranch and her ailing father, Tess is thrown back into the world she had nearly forgotten since the death of her brother two years earlier. Unsettling memories boil to the surface for Tess, and her only pleasant distraction is the new cook Claire Redman and her son Jack. However, there is more facing Professor Rawlins than dealing with the memory of her brother or her attraction to Claire. Tess must figure a way to save the Rawlins's five thousand acres of rich grassland. It has thrived for five generations, when her great-grandfather started the dynasty in the 1880's; now she may lose it all to an unscrupulous land developer. Set in the foothills of the Bitterroots, Tess and Claire find themselves in the fight of their lives - for love and the sea of grass.

Sea of Grass

Freelance photographer Kate Ryan stumbles into murder and mayhem, and a position she never thought she would be in again--with feisty Maggie Winfield. The elusive Kate combines forces with the sarcastic Maggie, as they become the nucleus for this ongoing series. (Adult Fiction)

She Waits

A dark and powerful mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and true crime podcasts, in which a teen girl must do whatever it takes to find her missing cousin—who everyone else thinks is dead. Remy Green is missing. Eight days after the death of her boyfriend, River O’Dell, the magnetic, golden-haired girl disappeared in the dead of night. Jules Green, Remy’s cousin, is her opposite in every way: awkward, shy, and a bit strange, never feeling at home in the small town of Black Falls, NY. The only place she has ever belonged is with River and Remy. Now she’s on her own—and everyone around her believes that Remy is dead. But Jules can still hear Remy’s voice in her head, urging her to keep looking. With the help of River’s cousin Sam, a troubled and mysterious boy, Jules starts untangling the truth of what exactly happened. Through her search, Jules must delve into the dark corners of her hometown—unearthing family secrets and hidden truths about the two people she thought she knew most. Who was Remy, really, behind the popular-girl façade she wore? What trouble was she involved in? And can Jules find a way to save her from it? Or is this a dead girl story after all?

This Is Not a Dead Girl Story

Jessica Pierce, a single mother of two, desperately needs the job she finds at the college newspaper, even if it is just for the summer. Dr. Marion Clifford desperately needs someone with organizational skills for her current project with her former employer, the FBI. She's on a deadline, which is fine- it keeps her from thinking of the past and the emptiness of her like as it is. These two women- each desperate in their own way- find each other with the help of Jessica's loving teenage son, and his mischevous little sister.

Lilac Time

Inamorata

One Night In Paris

Who Wouldn't Love Me?

Rose Culhane leads an unremarkable life. She lives in a quaint apartment on the North Side of Chicago and has an ordinary job that pays the bills and affords her a yearly adventure-to visit her cousin, Kathleen, and her family in Ireland at the Culhane ancestral home, Peacock Walk. In an instant, however, her life becomes quite remarkable. Rose is notified of the death of Kathleen, whose husband died tragically the year before. And to make matters even more unbelievable-she is now guardian of Kathleen's two children and inherits the ancestral home. Rose must now travel to Ireland for a different adventure. Through her sadness and confusion, she finds comfort in Meghan Quigley, an attractive, charismatic friend of her cousin, who knows more about the Culhanes than Rose realizes. But the strange circumstances surrounding her cousin's death and the now ever-present Meghan have Rose worried for the two children in her care. When Rose seeks to know what happened, she finds more questions than answers. And the mystery behind Peacock Walk begins.

Mistress of Peacock Walk

Buoyed out on the Foam of the Sea

Grace Morgan is having a rough time. One minute, she's a successful environmental lawyer, the next, her client is missing, and the police are looking to her for an explanation. What else can happen? Enter egotistical but fashionable Sydney Crosse. She and Grace were once very much in love and haven't seen each other in years. And now they're thrown together again, trying to solve the disappearance that quickly turns to murder. Grace tries to keep old memories at bay when she's forced to rely on Sydney, who makes no secret of the feelings she still has. What could possibly go wrong?

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