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Meet the Kyler Family… From the outside, the Kyler family appears charmed. David and Rita, happily married, have four beautiful, athletic, intelligent children. The quintessential mama bear, Rita’s greatest fear is facing a rapidly approaching empty nest, so she wants this summer to be packed with family time. Although the season begins with great promise, the family faces one dilemma after another. As her carefully laid plans unravel, Rita begins to doubt her own parenting, leaving the door open for memories of her troubled past to creep in unexpectedly. When an unthinkable tragedy ...

Faith Carson is having difficulty navigating her own life. Susanna Carson left behind a grieving husband and daughter. Despite Doug’s efforts to help his daughter think otherwise, Faith believes she was her mother’s greatest disappointment. Struggling to gain momentum in her life, Faith allows childhood memories to plague her, until she is convinced she is undeserving of love. Travis is captivated by the beautiful, troubled Faith, but there is little hope for them when Faith can’t even like herself. When a dark secret from her mother’s past is revealed, turning everything Faith ...

Picking up the pieces to start all over is difficult--and sometimes even dangerous. “He didn’t break you.” Grace Warrens wants to believe Lexie, but her best friend isn’t the one standing in the rubble of a shattered existence. In a desperate attempt to put her life back together, Grace, divorced and jobless, leaves Tucson to return to Chicago—a place she never planned to call home again. She also never planned to fall for Dr. Benjamin Hayward. Drawn into the fairytale existence of his power and wealth, Grace ignores the warning signs. Benjamin’s secrets—the death of his ...

Fairview has everything you expect to find in a small town--a tight-knit community, helpful neighbors, secrets, jealousy, gossip, and, of course, petty revenge. Life in the small town of Fairview is nearly perfect. Nestled on the shores of beautiful Laurel Lake, the community has been home to the Keller family for generations, and Madison Keller’s childhood was mostly idyllic. Mostly. For ten years she has pushed away memories of the accident that changed the trajectory of her life, but now there’s an onslaught of reminders, brought on by her Grandma Ruth’s progressing Alzheimer’s. ...

Two moms. Two sons. Two families forever connected. An unforgettable story of motherhood, friendship and loss. Julia has the perfect life—a happy marriage, a precocious son, and twin daughters on the way. She is forced to rethink her idea of perfection, however, when her daughters, born prematurely, face devastating health consequences and her marriage can’t withstand the challenges of this new normal. Gail has not allowed herself to get caught up in looking for perfection, having learned long ago no such thing exists. She creates a life that works for her and her son. Despite his ...