Henry Carter Hull

Jude the Obscure, the semi-autobiographical final novel from Thomas Hardy explores notions of surprising candor; within the eponymous protagonist lies the tragic truth of failed ambitions and relationships. In a fierce exploration of the darkness of love and the intellect, this is one of the great tragic novels of English literature. Jude Fawley, an earnest boy from a rural English village, dreams of a life of academia despite his working-class background....

"In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard takes on the topography of the heart - a landscape of grief, reconciliation, forgiveness, and the way the mistakes of parents are passed down through generations, to fester, or to be healed"--

A divorced couple, each with a new life and family, rekindle their affections for each other when they meet again at their son's wedding--fifteen years after their divorce.

Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story ... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.

"Dani must question everything she's worked for as she learns about the corruption of the Median government"--

It was expecting them. Conrad and Joanna Harrison, a young couple from Los Angeles, attempt to save their marriage by leaving the pressures of the city to start anew in a quiet, rural setting. They buy a Victorian mansion that once served as a haven for unwed mothers, called a birthing house. One day when Joanna is away, the previous owner visits Conrad to bequeath a vital piece of the house's historic heritage, a photo album that he claims "belongs...

After a five-year stint in prison, John Sheldon returns home a different man, committed to Christ, but while his son Billy is delighted, his wife Andrea is wary, his daughter Rebekah is skeptical, and his six-year-old daughter Phoebe does not remember her father.

Lady Brenna MacAlister proposed to Highland laird Connor MacAlister when she was just a child, never dreaming he would turn up years later to claim her as his bride.

An intense debut novel explores what happens when lies cause more damage than the secrets they hide, tracing the story of Lucy, who reflects on the shattering loss of her two young children and on the youthful attractiveness that led her into relationships with two complicated men.