Those who live in the isolated port town of Two Harbors, Minnesota, still remember the strange downfall of Lila Maywood-a striking beauty who abandoned her family for Hollywood with dreams of becoming a movie star. Lila's disappearance has defined the life of her daughter, Casey, left with only an autographed, heart-shaped headshot of her mother. When a big-city stranger shows up in town, Casey reluctantly falls for him, only to have him desert her, too. This new abandonment brings Casey face-to-face with the legacy of her mother's past, and the possibility that her own future could follow...

Everyone wants a relationship that lasts. Yet nearly half of all today's parents split up. Harry and Kate Benson began their own married life with great expectations. But within a few years, they stood on the brink of divorce. Today, their marriage is stronger than ever and they have helped many other struggling couples. So what changed? In this ground-breaking book Harry and Kate tell their own inspiring, hope-filled story, set within the wider context of family research into what works. Harry and Kate's radical solution to strengthening families and reducing unnecessary family breakdown is...

Devastated by circumstances beyond her control, Sophie Ryan's life rips her from the arms of her first love, Jack. With only memories of their lost love, she's forced to start over in a new town; surviving on her own for the first time since he left. Trying to begin her new life, fate decides a different direction for her, causing her to make a choice she never thought she'd have to. Unsure of commitment after his failed engagement, Chase Mitchell finds himself stuck on a path of failed conquests and late nights at the bar. That is until he finds a pair of mesmerizing green eyes sitting in...

Just when it seems she's finally moved on from one of the most difficult times in her life, devastation rocks Sophie Ryan's world again. When long buried demons from her troubled past resurface, Sophie is forced to face her darkest fears, questioning everything she once thought was real. Will she be able to return to the path she once traveled? Will she turn back on the promises she's made in the past? Or will she be confronted with a harsh truth? Every decision, every choice, has a consequence? When life thrusts a path in your direction, what fate will you choose?

Just as her life finally seems to be on the road to happiness, an unimaginable twist of fate rocks Sophie Ryan's world yet again. Torn between two paths that promise her unconditional love and unbearable heartbreak, Sophie faces the hardest choice of her life. New truths will be revealed, old demons will resurface, but when future and past collide, who will she trust to keep her secrets?

Sophie Ryan has not had an easy life. In the past two years, she's faced heartbreaking loss, gotten a rare second chance at unconditional love, revealed her darkest secrets and been forced to make unimaginable choices. Dusting herself off time and time again, she's always bounced back in the name of love. After suffering yet another devastating blow, Sophie is faced with the choice of fight or flight. With forces and emotions from her past still in play, will she find that some promises are made to be broken? Or will she finally make the commitment it takes to find the forever she's been...

Analise Since the moment I first laid eyes on Drake Mitchell, something primal has been inside me, just below the surface. He came into my life when I least expected it, giving me things I never knew I needed before I met him. It's been six months since I took his hand and left everything, everyone I've ever known to be with him. The decision wasn't an easy one. The path we took to get here was riddled with turmoil, tears and more heartache than I ever thought I could bear. However, I knew letting him walk away would leave me nothing but a mountain of regret. Now that I've surrendered to him,...

I knew the moment I met Analise Walker, my life, my soul would never be the same. We'd met by chance, a random encounter having her crash into my life when I least expected it. Our whirlwind romance was instant, my craving for her insatiable. She embraced my secrets, stroked my dominance, completed me in ways no one else ever had. We'd faced obstacles just like everyone else, devastation and heartache had come for us time and time again. In the end, we'd always managed to emerge. Together... Stronger. No matter what tragedy found us, we knew as long as we had each other, we'd rise above the...

Some love sets off a spark... Others ignite the flame. When the athletic Zeke Turner moves in next door to eccentric Addie Greyson, the unlikely pair become instant friends. Growing inseparable over the years, the two stand together through all the trials of adolescence. Zeke returns for the summer after his freshman year of college right as Addie's preparing to start hers at another school. Their time apart forces them to begin seeing each other in a whole new light. When the temptation becomes too much to resist, lines are crossed and their friendship is irrevocably changed. As outside...

Two years after a misunderstanding pulls free-spirited Addison Greyson from tenacious Zeke Turner's life, fate finds a way to give her back. Not all reunions are simple, though. Between a sordid arrangement she made to save her father, the secret she vowed to keep and her twisted new reality, Addie returns to Zeke a different girl. When their attraction to each other proves too much to deny, they reunite in secret, rekindling their long lost love in the shadows. Their feelings ignite into something more and staying apart is no longer an option. Fighting to stay together when it seems the...