Melanie: 1971 books

"It makes you feel all the feels. And it lets you know that it's okay to feel it all." -Cookie O'Gorman, The Art of Taking Chances Foreword *In love, you have to leap to feel the rush. * From first kisses to second chances and celebrity encounters, this collection of young...

Aristotle "Aris" Thibodeau is 12.5 years old and destined for greatness. Ever since her father’s death, however, she’s been stuck in the small town of Kanuga, Georgia, where she has tomanage her mother Diane’s floundering love life and dubious commitment to her job as an English professor....

“Marry me or lose everything.” The Italian’s outrageous proposal Heiress Isabella Byrne is on a deadline. She has twenty-four hours to wed or she’ll lose her inheritance! Her father’s protégé, hotel magnate Andrea Vaccaro, knows she can’t refuse his arrogant proposition...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Aviator’s Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New York’s “Swans” of the 1950s—and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley. People’s...

When Maya met Giorgio Sabbatini, he married the penniless waif and stray despite her inferior breeding. So her decision to divorce him now is made with a heavy heart. Giorgio belongs to a notorious blue-blooded family, and their duty to maintain its lineage is unquestioning. Unable to give him the...

For Patrizio Trelini, everything points to Keira Worthington's infidelity. The ruthless Italian throws his temptress wife out—he won't listen to her lies! But, two months later, necessity brings Keira back into Patrizio's life, and into his bed, although his heart remains cold. With...

Billionaire Luc Sabbatini may have ruthlessly cast Bronte from his life…but he'd be lying if he said he'd forgotten this sweet ballerina. That's why he's back, and ready to reawaken their lost passion. Only this time he finds Bronte isn't quite so biddable! Her better judgment is urging...

What happens when you discover your father didn't die in Vietnam, like your mother said he did, and he's white, not black like you? What happens when the future your family has set for you doesn't fit into your dreams? The Color of My Soul takes you on a journey through race and culture, family loyalty and self discovery.

A lo largo de nuestra vida, todos experimentaremos dolor, pero nadie sabe cuándo comenzará ni cuánto tiempo durará. En la actualidad, un diez por ciento de la población de los Estados Unidos sufre dolor crónico. Este ensayo rastrea las diferentes concepciones del dolor a través de la historia...

Richard VanRyan can add another line to his resume—Daddy. How does he handle the new addition to his life? The Baby Clause is a short continuation of Richard and Katy’s story, containing humorous glimpses into his life as a father, and how his world has changed. A must read...

Divorced rancher Truitt Higdon brings his bratty daughter Bess, thirteen, with him from Texas to pick up a a few very special horses he has purchased from a widow in the Altain Mountains of Russia.  Kolka, a thirteen-year-old boy loves these unique breed of small orange coated horses with black spots,...

Miracle on 34th Street meets Sleepless in Seattle. Toronto business consultant, Serenity Layne, knew the only person she could depend on was herself. Married to her career, she has no time for other pursuits and life’s intangibles. Widowed for three years, Roger Scott, a data security...

With a lyrical beauty that reverberates off every page, Sweet Hearts tells the tale of a brother and sister that is as haunting as it is majestic Sixteen-year-old Flint Zimmer escapes juvenile detention, hitchhikes 612 miles across Montana, and arrives home, trailing “bad weather and bad...

A story of love, death, and mystery that “shimmers with the light and landscape of New Mexico” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).   Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jicarilla Apache and a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—begins this tale of star-crossed lovers . . .   The...