The year is 1966, a time of innocence, possibility, and freedom. And for Atlanta, the country, and one woman making her way in a changing world, nothing will be the same . . . After an airless childhood in Savannah, Smoky O'Donnell arrives in Atlanta, dazzled and chastened by this hectic young city on the rise. Her new job as a writer with the city's Downtown magazine introduces her to many unforgettable people and propels her into the center of momentous...

"An outstanding multigenerational novel...We are hooked from the moment we meet Maude." —New York Times

An unforgettable story of love, acceptance, and tradition from New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons.

When Maude Chambliss first arrives at Retreat, the seasonal home of her husband's aristocratic family, she is a nineteen-year-old bride fresh from South Carolina's Low Country. Among the patrician

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"What attracts Pascalet more than anything, in this country of Provence where he lives, is the river. He has never seen her before. He often dreams of it, especially when the poacher Bargabot brings home the fish he has caught there"--

A spellbinding tale of unearthly terror that vibrates with tension, passion, and suspense. When a new house is built in a peaceful Southern neighborhood, terrifying things begin to happen. Slowly, with cold calculation, the house drives its inhabitants to scandal, madness, and death-until one woman summons the courage to stop its evil power. Filled with richly crafted characters and evocative suspense, this is a darkly haunting tale from one of America's...

He would make her whole again. Leaving behind a disastrous marriage, Andy Calhoun moves to the small town of Pemberton, Georgia, "in search of banality." What she discovers, though, is not serenity, but Tom Dabney, a passionate and magical man. An exuberant poet who worships the wilderness surrounding Pemberton, Tom is everything Andy doesn't need in her life right now. But despite warnings from friends, Andy is soon deeply immersed in Tom's life...

Hill Towns is a classic novel of remarkable emotional power, insight, and sensitivity from Anne Rivers Siddons, whose books live on the New York Times bestseller list and in the hearts of millions of her adoring fans. One of the acknowledged masters of contemporary Southern fiction-the author of such phenomenally popular works as Nora, Nora; Outer Banks, Islands; and Sweetwater Creek-Siddons carries the reader from the mountains of Tennessee to the...

After twenty-one years Micah (Mike) Winship is making the big move--she's going home for a visit. She hasn't been back since 1963, when her father threw her out, but now he is dying and asking for her. And although she is armed with her successful journalism career and the strength found after her divorce, she is nearing forty and her sophisticated urban lifestyle is falling apart. Heading home, Mike is unprepared for a past that has lain in wait...

Francine Rivers is winner of the ECPA Gold Medallion and many other awards. Her inspirational novels move the hearts and souls of millions of readers. Following A Voice in the Wind (K1069), An Echo in the Darkness is the second book in her remarkable saga set in ancient Rome. As a Roman trader grieves over a lost slave woman, he begins to learn about the faith that gave her enough strength to face death.

Sidney the frog and Sherry the snail follow their brook all the way down to the sea, in search of all the different noises it makes as it rushes along.

A science fiction story that had no beginning and no end where a villain confessed to have brought death to countless people by convenience.