Frances: 2004 books

There's no place like home. When Sarah Fortune inherits an apartment from one of her many lovers, she moves in and begins to receive letters from someone claiming the apartment belongs to him instead. At first she believes the letters to be harmless, but as they grow more threatening, she can...

Bedded, banished, pregnant! Talented photographer Coral Dahl can’t afford any distractions on her first major photo shoot. But the beauty of her location, the private Greek island of Hydros, is nothing compared to the lethal charisma of its owner, tycoon Raffaele Rossini! A charisma that...

"The inevitable comparisons to Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project (2013) and Julia Claiborne Johnson's Be Frank with Me (2016) are natural, but Ellie's authentic voice offers a fresh perspective on being different."—Booklist Elvira Carr believes in rules. She also strongly believes in crisp...

Richard Beaumont hoped to see the elusive crow on the Dover cliffs. Instead he sees a young woman falling to her death. No one recognizes her, and no one has reported her missing. Richard returns, shaken, to his wife, but instead of seeking comfort in Lilian's presence, he locks himself away and obsessively...

Ride along with Victoria Storm her fiancé Benjamin and her elderly boarders as they unravel clues to a murder in this humorous yet hair-raising adventure. Ride along on a hair-raising adventure with Victoria Storm and her cohorts as they comb Cedar Chapel for clues to a murder. When the local pet...

The Head of the House of Coombe follows the relationships between a group of pre–World War One English nobles and commoners. It also offers both some interesting editorial commentary on the political system in prewar Europe that Burnett feels bears some responsibility for the war and some surprisingly pointed social commentary.

Set in Japan from 1901 to 1905, The Lady of the Decoration is a novel in the form of letters written by a young missionary schoolteacher who travels to Vladivostok, Russia, as a result of the Russo-Japanese War. The novel captured the imagination of the American public, who knew very little about Japan at the time.

Kate is apprehensive about meeting her son Joey for the first time in thirteen yearsthe first time since she gave birth to him and relinquished custody to the father, Michael Shaw. Shes invited to Michaels home where he lives with his husband, Stuart Shaw, a restaurant manager. Kate feels a bit uncomfortable,...

Abigail didn’t expect this. . . When Abigail James accepted a teaching position at the Cecilia Quincy School for the Deaf, she wasn’t prepared for what awaited her. First, one of her young pupils is both deaf and blind. . .a challenge Abigail isn’t sure she’s prepared for. Then there’s...

His most tempting conquest! Lucinda Bond might be descended from English nobility, but her aloofness hides painful insecurities. Painful enough that she's never allowed herself to be touched. Then Dante Hermida sweeps her from the Caribbean Sea, assuming she's drowning, and Lucie finds...

Marylin and Kate find that boys can be just as complicated as friendship in this conclusion to the bestselling Secret Language of Girls trilogy, a “quietly perceptive tour de force” (Kirkus Reviews) from the bestselling author of Dovey Coe and The Secret Language of Girls. Marylin knows...

In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being. Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend, Marylin, about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend....

**JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING.... UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING.** When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat:...