Secret Keepers
10 best books like Secret Keepers (Mindy Friddle): A Heart to Mend, Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China, Lightspeed: Year One, I Hope You Dance [With I Hope You Dance CD], The Embers, Awakening Avery, Summer Sanctuary, Chocolate Roses, Denting the Bosch: A Novel of Marriage, Friendship, and Expensive Household Appliances, Murder by Yew
| Author | Myne Whitman |
| ISBN | 1449047505 |
SHE HAS AN OPEN FUTURE Gladys moves to live with an estranged aunt in Lagos and to continue her search for a job. Before long she lands the job of her dreams with the foremost oil company in the city and makes several new friends. She also gradually resolves the mystery of why her aunt previously cut all ties...
| Author | Aminta Arrington |
| ISBN | 1590208994 |
When all-American Aminta Arrington moves from suburban Georgia to a small town in China, she doesn't go alone. Her army husband and three young children, including an adopted Chinese daughter, uproot themselves too. Aminta hopes to understand the country with its long civilization, ancient philosophy,...
| Author | John Joseph Adams |
| ISBN | 1607013045 |
Lightspeed (www.lightspeedmagazine.com) is the critically-acclaimed, online science fiction magazine edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Lightspeed publishes all types of science fiction, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf,...
| Author | Mark D. Sanders |
| ISBN | 1558538445 |
Named the CMA song of the year, "I Hope You Dance" is a challenge to make the most out of life: "And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance."
This beautiful gift book by the Nashville team that wrote the song includes a CD with an acoustic version recorded especially for this...
| Author | Hyatt Bass |
| ISBN | 0805089942 |
A once-charmed family is forced to confront the devastating tragedy that struck it years ago in this fiercely tender tale of betrayal and reconciliation It’s the fall of 2007, and Emily Ascher should be celebrating: she just got engaged to the man she loves, her job is moving in new and fulfilling...
| Author | Laurie L.C. Lewis |
| ISBN | 1935217615 |
Every once in a while I like to change things up and read a book that is by a Christian writer. I won this book, it was written by an LDS author. The story was extremely well written. There was a story or two within the main story and I won't go into it more so I won't spoil it for those who haven't read it yet, it was...
| Author | Laurie Gray |
| ISBN | 1935462342 |
Matthew knows that this summer is going to be the worst ever. His best friend Kyle is gone, his younger brother Mark has surpassed him in size and athletic ability, and his mother is pregnant for the fifth time. The eldest home-schooled son of a preacher, Matthew plans to bury himself in books about the...
| Author | Joan Sowards |
| ISBN | 1935217623 |
She’s in love . . .
he’s out of reach . . .
Is there any hope?
Janie Rose Whitaker’s world revolved around her chocolate shop until Roger Wentworth and his young daughter moved into the apartment across from Janie’s. Anyone would think Roger fit the mold of the “perfect”...
| Author | Teresa Link |
| ISBN | 0312643411 |
A gorgeously written, sharp debut novel about three middle-aged couples who find themselves unmoored in the prime of their lives, in the vein of Sue Miller, Anne Tyler and Meg Wolitzer
Three couples in San Diego—best friends, empty nesters living the California dream—have reached...
| Author | Suzanne Young |
| ISBN | 0615290108 |
When her handyman dies of taxine poisoning, Edna Davies, amateur herbalist, becomes the prime suspect. Nearly certain that she hadn't concocted a poisonous potion and desperate to save herself from arrest, Edna taps into strengths she never before realized she possessed. Shunned by the townsfolk,...
| Author | Christine Lemmon |
| ISBN | 0971287422 |
Twenty years ago, Anna Hott thought she could control everything -- her crumbling marriage, her demanding children, her hectic life -- by quitting her high-placed job in New York City and moving her family to tranquil Sanibel Island, Florida. But she brought her untamed emotions, her rage toward her...
| Author | Marcia Willett |
| ISBN | 0312361009 |
In the mellow stone house of his childhood, Roly Carradine has found refuge from a broken marriage. Here he welcomes Kate, who has just lost her husband, and young Daisy Quin, a dancer recovering from a back injury. Roly’s son Nat lives not far away, and he must suffer visits of his unsympathetic mother...
| Author | Diane Meier |
| ISBN | 0805090819 |
A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that’s going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home
Coming-of-age can happen at any age. Joy Harkness had built a university career and a safe life in New York, protected and insulated...
| Author | Francesca Lia Block |
In a little house from another time, with lace curtains in every window and paintings hung in gold doily frames, Wildflower, Rockstar, and Miss Selene live a warm and cozy life. They wear fancy dresses, bake play-dough cakes, and spend their days enjoying one another's company.
For the three...
| Author | Kaylin McFarren |
| ISBN | 1926681193 |
From Pacific Northwest's award-winning author Kaylin McFarren comes a powerful novel about love, loss, and the power of forgiveness...
Successful yet emotionally stifled artist Kate Flaherty stands at the deathbed of her estranged father, conflicted by his morphine-induced confession...
| Author | Dianne Dixon |
| ISBN | 0385530633 |
From a fresh and exciting new voice in women's fiction, The Language of Secrets unflinchingly examines the lifelong repercussions of a father's betrayal.
Justin Fisher has a successful career as the manager of a luxury hotel, a lovely wife, and a charming young son. While all signs point to...
| Author | Sharyn McCrumb |
| ISBN | 0345414942 |
"In an earlier life, McCrumb must have been a balladeer, singing of restless spirits, star-crossed lovers, and the consoling beauty of nature. . . . The overall effect is spellbinding."
--The Washington Post
Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb is "a born storyteller" (Mary Higgins Clark)...
| Author | Carrie Adams |
| ISBN | 0755329570 |
Two women are vying for position in one man's life. Their greatest fear is each other. But there's no point taking sides because, as they are about to find out, there are just too many.
The Ex: She managed to keep her divorce amicable by burying past hurts. It cost her dear, but it's worth it to see...
| Author | Kylie Brant |
| ISBN | 0425238539 |
No one knows the patterns and nuances of communication like forensic linguist Macy Reid. She is also an expert on kidnapping, having experienced firsthand the stark terror of being abducted when she was a child. So she is the perfect investigator to be called in when a Denver tycoon's eleven-year-old...
| Author | David Matthew Klein |
| ISBN | 0307716813 |
From Debut Novelist David Klein – A Page-Turning Story of Suburbia and Its Secrets
Gwen Raine is a woman readers will instantly recognize: an attractive, thirtyish stay-at-home mom who lives in the kind of tranquil suburban community where the wives spend their days ferrying the kids to...
| Author | Ellen Block |
| ISBN | 0440245753 |
A magical novel that unravels one of life’s greatest mysteries—how to go on after a devastating loss—through the power of words and their ability to heal, to transform, and to touch the heart.
Luck: an event that could be for good or ill, depending on your interpretation.
As...
