Bentley Bentley: 401 books

Tamar never made any secret that her goal is to break her mother's heart, now that she has sufficiently ruined her mother's life. Joyce knows Tamar is damaged, and Hollis tells her she should cut Tamar loose and stop letting Tamar torment her. But Joyce has her own secrets. Will the baby Tamar's carrying bring mother and daughter together or only drive them farther apart?

Ted Hughes is widely regarded as a major figure in twentieth-century poetry, but the impact of Hughes's class background on his work has received little attention. This is the first full length study to take the measure of the importance of class in Hughes. It presents a radically new version of Hughes...

Vatis, the Prince of Actaris, a country in the grip of a rebellion, has been kidnapped. Pinned to the Palace door is an ominous message, claiming that the elusive Bandit Lord Kyord has taken the Prince. The Bandit is seeking payment of a sizeable ransom in return of the secure release of the Prince....

When Ellis’s sister and widowed father both announce their engagements, Ellis decides it’s time he thought about marriage too. And when Cassandra--young, beautiful, smart, and as cynical as he is—pays attention to him, he’s tremendously flattered and becomes involved in the conversion process...

During the rise of Nazi Germany, Hagen Messer joins the Royal Air Force as an American soldier who specializes in tracking. He’s attached to British commandos and given a seemingly simple mission—to find a captive and destroy a dam—but everything goes awry. Hagen’s plane crashes into Germany’s...

Alyssa and Nolan are about to be married when Nolan’s best friend, Zeke, arrives. He’s an enigmatic figure, rumored to be excommunicated and to have failed to complete his mission for the Church. Alyssa sensibly marries Nolan, who is good-looking, devout, sensitive, and loving, but conventional....

Vida’s eighth child is finally in kindergarten when she discovers another is on the way. “Conflicted” doesn’t begin to describe her feelings. And when she starts to descend into what her fix-it husband labels “denial,” her marriage grows increasingly fragile, and her frightened husband...

Libby is a born caretaker—although not by choice. Her parents bred her specifically to care for her severely retarded older sister when they would no longer be able to. But at only nineteen—sooner than she expected—Libby is already Mama to Baby. Libby loves her sister, yet naturally still yearns...

Rae and Fitch, both doctors, decided before they got married that having children wasn't for them. But when Rae turns thirty-three, she finds that a career simply isn't enough. She wants a child. Fitch, however, is perfectly content and sees no reason to turn his whole life upside-down. And his wife's longing soon triggers an irrational jealousy that threatens to drive her away altogether.