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Lisa Wingate, national best-selling author and inspirational speaker, delivers a novel that examines the paths we choose in life and the realization that we may be on the wrong one. One morning while running late to work, Laura Draper is ambushed by a future-determining call from her boyfriend that ends in an ultimatum. Suddenly, Laura finds herself at a crossroads and she is unsure of her next move.

In this compelling tale by Lisa Wingate - award winning author of the national best-seller Lone Star Café - the associate producer of TV's hottest show fears Amber Amberson's tiny Texas hometown already knows its Amber who is an American Megastar finalist. But after several hilarious culture clashes, the Hollywood pro enlists the help of the quirky townsfolk when the sweet and naïve Amber goes missing.

Experience three novellas about the joys and trials of sisterhood.

Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then, a rough case on the boards of her 911-operator job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip - trapped in a car with her mother - is the last thing she needs. It’s time to convince Aunt Sandy to abandon her little seaside store on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and return to the family fold in Michigan.

Allie Kirkland has never been one to take wild risks. But when she's offered a costuming assistant's job on a docudrama in the hills near Moses Lake, she jumps at the chance. She's always dreamed of following in her director-father's footsteps, and the reenactment of the legendary frontier settlement of Wildwood is a first step. The family expectations will have to wait. But in 1861, the real Wildwood held dangerous realities. Town founder Harland Delevan held helpless residents, including young Irish schoolteacher Bonnie Rose, in an iron grip.

“A story beautifully told, with richly drawn characters that will...make you want to laugh and cry”* from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours. All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like a dandelion seed on the wind. Now, at...

Award-winning, best-selling crossover author Lisa Wingate pens inspirational Southern fiction that tugs at the heartstrings. Blue Moon Bay takes Seattle architect Heather Hampton to quiet Moses Lake, Texas, where a promotion at her firm hinges on the sale of family farmland for a proposed industrial plant. Her plans hit a few snags thanks to her quirky family and a handsome banker opposing the land deal. It soon becomes clear that providence has other ideas for her future, and maybe this small town is the place where all her dreams could come true.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her...

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller “Poignant, engrossing.”—People “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power...

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal—some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a...

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Wingate’s stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region’s history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review From...

Für Avery hat das Leben keine Geheimnisse. Bis sie auf May trifft. Die 90-Jährige erkennt ihr Libellenarmband, ein Erbstück, und besitzt auch ein Foto von Averys Großmutter. Was hat diese Frau mit ihrer Familie zu tun? Bald stößt Avery auf ein Geheimnis, das sie zurück in ein dunkles Kapitel der Geschichte führt. Memphis, 1939: Die junge Rill lebt mit ihren Eltern und Geschwistern in einem Hausboot auf dem Mississippi. Als die Kinder eines Tages allein sind, werden sie in ein Waisenhaus verschleppt. Rill hat ihren Eltern versprochen, auf ihre Geschwister aufzupassen.

En stormfuld aften i 1939 efterlader mr. Foss sine fem børn på familiens husbåd på Mississippi River for at haste på hospitalet med sin kone. Den tolvårige Rill er efterladt med ansvaret for sine mindre søskende, da fremmede dukker op og tvinger dem med sig. Med løftet om, at de snart vil få lov at vende hjem igen, overlades børnene til Georgia Tann og flytter ind på hendes børnehjem, hvor Rill kæmper for at holde søskendeflokken samlet. Godt 75 år senere kaldes Avery Stafford, som ellers har gang i en god karriere som anklager i Washington D.C.

Blau ist die Farbe der Treue. Diese Perlen bedeuten, dass wir immer zusammenhalten, egal, wo wir sind... 1875: Nach dem Ende des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs macht sich Hannie, eine ehemalige Sklavin, auf den Weg nach Texas. Sie will ihre Eltern und Geschwister wiederfinden. Nur drei blaue Glasperlen sind ihr als Erinnerung geblieben - und als Erkennungsmerkmal, sollten sie sich jemals wiedersehen.

Quando Iola Anne Poole, un'anziana signora dell'isola di Hatteras, muore nel letto della sua abitazione, Tandi Jo Reese viene incaricata di risistemare la casa della defunta che è anche proprietaria del cottage in cui lei abita. In fuga da un matrimonio oppressivo e da un passato tormentato che continua a perseguitare anche il suo presente, Tandi è scappata insieme ai suoi due bambini e ora vive di fronte alla splendida e sontuosa villa vittoriana della signora Poole. Anche se le due donne non si sono mai conosciute, è stata proprio Tandi a ritrovarla, ormai morta, nel suo letto.

Den 11-årige Olive ved instinktivt, at hendes stedfar ikke har gode intentioner med de to søstre fra Choctaw-stammen, der er blevet anbragt i deres hjem. Da den ældste pige forsvinder, flygter Olive ud i skoven med den seksårige Nessa. Sammen drager de ud på en farefuld rejse til de barske Winding Stair Mountains for at finde hjælp, og undervejs møder de andre børn, der også har søgt tilflugt i skovene. Da parkbetjenten Valerie begynder på sit nye job ved Horsethief Trail National Park, drømmer hun om et stille liv med sin søn.

Oklahoma 1909. Die elfjährige Olive weiß, dass ihr Stiefvater es nicht gut mit den beiden Choctaw-Mädchen meint, die als Mündel in seinem Haus untergebracht sind. Als das ältere Mädchen verschwindet, flieht Ollie mit der sechsjährigen Nessa in die Winding Stair Mountains, das berüchtigte Revier der Geächteten und Schatzsucher, wo sie auf Gleichgesinnte treffen.