Valentine Roncalli struggles to save her decades-old family business, finding love and the life she wants along the way.

From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes the captivating and heartfelt tale of a couple who has everything--except the dream they long for most. But this Christmas, a reunion with someone from the past could gift them a once-in-a-lifetime last chance. Successful, secure, and still very much in love, middle-aged couple Eugene and Rosemary Johnson have never given up on one special wish--to be parents. And while Christmas always...

Despite the success of his first solo show in Paris and the support of his brilliant French wife and young daughter, thirty-four-year-old British artist Richard Haddown is too busy mourning the loss of his American mistress to appreciate his fortune. But after Richard discovers that a pointing he made for his wife when they were first married and deeply in love has sold, it shocks him back to reality. Richard resolves to reinvest wholeheartedly...

Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.

Summary: In Charlottesville, Virginia, amidst the social and political turmoil of 1968, 11 year-old Alice learns when to fight battles and when to let go from her family's elderly gardener, Doc, and begins to connect with her widowed mother.