"From a writer who spent twenty-five years working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art comes a sly and stylish novel - remarkably told through museum wall labels - about a twentieth-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist"--

"Jake Whitmore is enjoying a rare bonding moment with his sixteen-year-old son, Kurt, when disaster strikes. They get in a terrible car accident that threatens to derail not only Kurt's chances at college, but his entire future. Jake makes a split-second decision that saves his son from formal punishment, but plunges them both into a world of guilt, lies, and secrecy. Just when Jake thinks he has everything under control, a malevolent outsider comes...

"From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier's college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon - before the world knew her as Jackie"--

"When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage."--Publisher

In 1935 on a remote Minnesota lake, six-year-old Emily has disappeared from her family's vacation home. Generations later, Justine returns to the family home to escape her abusive relationship and start a new life with her daughters. But the ghosts of the past still haunt the lake house and no one is safe. 352pp., 50K

An unexpected college bond guides three very close, but very different, women through a 20-year friendship full of love, loss, jealousy and adventure. 352pp., 40K, Auth res: NY

"Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome of glamour and a highly respected artist. But her success has come at a price: She has a strained relationship with her daughter, Morgan, who at thirty-eight still blames Ardith for putting her career before being a mother. Morgan is a successful plastic surgeon in New York City--and the distance from Ardith's Bel Air mansion is not lost on either of them....

The army doctor never dreamed he'd come back from leave to bury his wife. Devastating revelations make Dr. Mike Scanlon wonder if his wife was murdered, and to make matters worse, Mike's daughter doesn't recognize him. Despair leads to a series of life-changing decisions when Mike returns to Afghanistan. His final trip home strengthens a resolve to move forward with his daughter even as disturbing truths emerge. 384pp., 300K, Auth res: PA, Tour