Mourning the death of her husband, the loss of her favorite manager, her only child's lack of aspiration, and the grim state of the world, independent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out. She fantasizes about going into hiding in the secret back room of her store. Renowned poet Raymond Chaucer has published a new collection, and rumors that he is to blame for his wife suicide have led to national cancellations of his publicity tour. Only...

Tiffany comes to live with her wealthy biological father, whom she has never met, and his family after her mother's death, but her position in her very strict new home is threatened when another man claims to be her father.

"After falling for the notorious Italian tycoon, waitress Marnie Clarke is horrified to discover that--in Leandro Vialli's world--she's 'his dirty little secret.' It breaks her fragile heart and she flees with her dignity...and their unborn baby! Leandro refused to believe the child was his until a paternity test proved him wrong. So when a shocking accident steals Marnie's memories, he seizes his chance. Convincing Marnie that she's his fiancée...

Bridget Jones, beloved Singleton and global phenomenon, is back with a bump in Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries.
 
8:45 P.M. Realize there have been so many times in my life when have fantasized about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time.
 
Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at...

"A memoir of family, the Holocaust, trauma, and identity, in which Adam Frankel, a former Obama speechwriter, must come to terms with the legacy of his family's painful past and discover who he is in the wake of a life-changing revelation about his own origins. Adam Frankel's maternal grandparents survived the Holocaust and built new lives, with new names, in Connecticut. Though they tried to leave the horrors of their past behind, the pain they suffered...

"It is accepted by most acholars that Thomas Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children. This conclusion is based on a 1998 DNA study published in Nature and on the work of historian Annette Gordon-Reed, assumed by many to be the last word on the subject. But as author M. Andrew Holowchak argues compellingly in this eye-opening investigation, the DNA evidence is inconclusive and there are...