Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. He loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, When Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick's brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian. Despite having a set of "Guncle Rules" Patrick has no idea what to expect. After years barely holding on after...

How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for it but debts and an inherited brick house that is falling apart. The magazine where Willa worked has folded; the college where her husband had tenure has closed. Their dubious shelter is also the only option for a disabled father-in-law...

“[The] Ukrainian American heroine of this sweet-bitter debut is a wisecracking fatalist who can be counted on to say the inappropriate thing, a tendency that becomes more pronounced as doomed crushes and family crises pile up on the road to adulthood.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
 
When Oksana and her family move from the Ukraine to Florida to begin a new American life, her physicist father delivers pizza...

A comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-plus years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn't itself shocking: they're "just not in love any more." The announcement sparks a week-long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy and possibly haunted beach house.

"Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people's pasts while trying to forget her own. But then her work as an expert on fine china--especially Limoges--requires her to return to the one place she swore she'd never revisit.... It has been thirteen years since Georgia left her family home on the coast of Florida, and nothing much has changed except that there are fewer oysters and more tourists. She finds solace in seeing her grandfather...

Mark Rubin's family is missing, and the police can't do a thing because all the evidence indicates that his wife left willingly. So the successful furrier turns to Tess Monaghan. Tapping into a network of fellow investigators spread across the country, Tess is soon able to locate the runaway wife and her stolen progeny, moving furtively from state to state, town to town. But a man is traveling with them -- a stranger described by witnesses as "handsome"...

A novel about Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature. Set in Brooklyn from 1902 to 1919.

"Smoke Jensen and his children won't let a little snow stop them from heading to Reno for the holidays. And Smoke decides to take the short way--through the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the trail that brought the legendary Donner Party to a gruesome, tragic end"--From the publisher's web site.

"After living an opulent life with her aunt, the last thing Isabella Garcia wants is to celebrate Christmas in a small mining town with her parents. But she's surprised to see how much the town--and an old rival--have changed and how fragile her father's health has become. Faced with many changes, can she sort through her future and decide who she wants to be?"--Publisher description.

"Returning to her small Colorado hometown to find her old high school flame newly single and a new gas field threatening her family's cattle ranch, eco - activist Addie Decker ignites an armed conflict revealing cold truths about love and family, forgiveness and self - discovery"--FantasticFiction.com.