Henry Carter Hull

Jamie Long agrees to become a surrogate mother for Amanda Hartmann, the head of a famous evangelical family; however, she soon discovers that the Hartmanns plan to claim the baby as their natural-born child and she realizes that her own life may be in danger.

"A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town"-- Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days....

An enthralling fourth trip to the house at Badgers Brook sees a young woman facing tension at home and in the office Meriel Evans has worked for her father's estate agency ever since she left school. While happy there, she knows she must carve a career of her own, so lands a job with Cwm Derw's Ace Estate Agency. Soon she discovers her new boss, George Dexter, dislikes her father intensely, though she cannot understand why. Just what is at the root...

"The first novel written for an adult audience by the mega-selling author of the Divergent franchise: five twenty-something heroes famous for saving the world when they were teenagers must face even greater demons-and reconsider what it means to be a hero . . . by destiny or by choice"--

Four girls are best friends and inseparable at Salten, a second-rate boarding school near the cliffs of the England Channel. They are notorious for playing the Lying Game, telling lies to both fellow boarders and faculty. Their little game has consequences when they soon learn their shared past was not as safely buried as they had once hoped.

"Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early,...

On a quest to avenge her sister's death, Eleanor Watkins never expected to fall for the man following her through pleasure gardens and into ballrooms. But soon nothing can keep her from the arms of a sinfully attractive scoundrel, not even the dangerous secrets she keeps. Strong, compassionate, and utterly irresistible, James is all she desires. But can she trust him enough to let herself succumb to all the pleasures that midnight allows? James Swindler...

"If you like Mary Higgins Clark, you'll love Wendy Corsi Staub." -Lisa Jackson "Wendy Corsi Staub is a master storyteller!" -Brenda Novak "Once Staub's brilliant characterizations and top-notch narrative skills grab hold, they don't let go." - Publishers Weekly Superstar thriller writer Lee Child calls the novels of Wendy Corsi Staub, "Solid gold suspense," and readers who dig into Hell to Pay will discover they've hit the mother lode. The third book...

"One dinner party will destroy everything. The night that throws a wrecking ball into Abby's life starts out perfectly at first. There's still a hint of summer sun in the purple-streaked sky. Abby and her best friend, Sienna, look on fondly as their two husbands laugh under the garden gazebo. None of them know it's the last time they will be together again. What starts out as just a little fun, has devastating consequences for the couples. Alone with...

Florida private investigator Thorn, having inherited a secret family fortune and began a deal with wealthy rancher Earl Hammond which would protect a large area of land, is kidnapped by contract killers after Earl's murder and thrown into a sinkhole in the middle of a game preserve, leaving him to find a way out, while Earl's son begins to connect the murder to Thorn's disappearance and uncovers facts about a sinister plan that dates back to the 1930s....