Crown Publishing Group

A NovelWhen Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was her best friendno one could come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet.When an unexpected letter arrives from Sonia ten years after the incident that ended their friendship, Cameron...

A NovelWhen California-born war correspondent Saffron Roch discovers that shes pregnant (read: knocked-up, newly jobless, and single at thirty-eight), she decides to leave Sierra Leone and surgeon Oscar DeVries, the babys cheating father who, despite his huge ego and surprisingly small member, had captured her heart.So Saffron turns in her...

A NovelTommie Simms was supposed to be the community hope, the young man from the neighborhood who made good. He attended a state university, married a respectable woman, and landed a position at a white-collar insurance rm. Watching over Chicago from the thirty-third floor of his companys downtown high rise, Tommie ignores the gnawing sense that...

A NovelAmerica is starkly divided between the haves and the have-nots. A Republican president seeks reelection in the afterglow of a war many view as unnecessary and imperialisttic. He is bankrolled by millionaires, with every step of his career orchestrated by a political mastermind. Religious extremists crusade against the nation's moral...

A Novel"e;An original, intriguing tale about the ways that love can break us or bind us."e;Therese Fowler, author of Souvenir and ReunionThis haunting debut novel explores the intense bond of sisterhood as a grieving twin searches for her own identity in the ruins of her sister's past. A LOST SHADOWMoira Leahy struggled growing up in...

Gives parents and other adult readers the help they need to share the joy of reading. Contains 42 stories, poems, and excerpts from novels and plays, divided into 3 listening levels. Even better than the first edition--and I loved that. A must book for every reading parent and teacher!--Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook Line...