Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child?that has haunted her every waking moment?while forging the power to finally strike back.

"In a riveting debut novel that reads like Prep meets Gone Girl, a young woman is determined to create the perfect life--husband, home, and career--until a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret of all. Twenty-eight-year-old New Yorker Ani FaNelli seems to have it all: she's a rising star at The Women's Magazine, impossibly fit, perfectly groomed, and about to marry Luke Harrison, a handsome...

During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded...

Unfolding over the course of a late summer day in the fabled resort town of Sintra, Portugal, three generations have gathered for a vacation organized by the family matriarch, Frankie. In this fairy tale setting, husbands and wives, parents and children, friends and lovers, stirred by their romantic impulses discover the cracks between them, as well as the unexpected depth of feelings.

"Peter Heller, the celebrated author of the breakout best-seller The Dog Stars, returns with an achingly beautiful, wildly suspenseful second novel about an artist trying to outrun his past. Years ago, a well-known expressionist painter named Jim Stegner shot a man in a bar. The man lived, Jim served his time, and he has learned to live with the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Jim enjoys a quiet life in the valleys of Colorado. He works...

"A riveting psychological thriller about a woman forced to confront the darkest moment in her childhood in order to move on from her past and open her heart to love. One night when Jeanie King is twelve years old, her father comes home covered in blood. The next day, Jeanie wakes up alone. Her father has disappeared and he's taken her beloved twin brother, Jamie. Inevitably, this loss leads to others, as Jeanie is ripped from her life in rural Washington...

Striving to find a better life, Clarence is enthralled by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine existence.

"There are moments in life when we find ourselves in extreme situations, when relief and clarity seem so very far away. Along with numerous reflections promoting empathy and understanding, these are useful tips to learn how to listen to other people, as well as some clear explanations on what smiling depression is and how to avoid it. When 'hanging in there' is not enough suggests the best advice for those moments of crisis and helps us avert those...

Working as assistant to extreme sports enthusiast Will, wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident, Louisa struggles with his acerbic moods and learns of his shocking plans before demonstrating to him that life is still worth living.