Jane Pyre is one half of the duo called The Lightning Bottles, a band that electrified the world in the 1990s with their unique sound and moving lyrics. To many music fans, however, she’s by far the lesser half. Sure the band’s singer–and her husband–Elijah Hart had insisted that she was the creative force behind…
On the face of it, three particular female guests at the Franks’ ritzy annual summer clambake have little in common, despite all being closely tied to Peter, the family’s handsome heartbreaker of a younger son. Maya Romero is his tennis star girlfriend, whose recent win at Wimbledon has been eclipsed by her growing concern at…
When Regan’s husband John buys her an expensive lakehouse for her birthday, she’s both thrilled and ready to forgive all the ways in which she considers him a deficient spouse and parent. Frankly, she’s not at all misguided in her estimation of him: he works long hours and barely pays attention to their two young…
The pseudonymous Alex Finlay—a prominent lawyer residing in Washington, D.C. and Virginia—achieved breakout success with his debut thriller, Every Last Fear (2021). He has since continued to merge the high concept premise with high precision plotting, earning critical acclaim, global readership, and interest from the entertainment industry (all of his books are under option for…
Lisa Scottoline’s latest novel is an absolutely gripping page-turner, equal parts legal thriller and domestic drama as a family of lawyers strives to hold it together in the face of lies and violence. TJ Devlin has always been the screw-up of his high-achieving family. While his parents and siblings worked hard to establish the family…
Reality doesn’t dovetail with what’d you’d expect from an almost-married couple. Meet the bride and groom: Carrie Reynolds is a nurse at Denver’s Memorial Hospital and Oliver Phoenix is a wealthy entrepreneur. They’re clearly under some strain. Oliver blows off Carrie when she asks to see a wedding gift that he’s just opened. He says,…
Esme Foster is heading back home to Graybridge, Massachusetts, broke, unhappy and alone. Her once-promising ballet career ground to a halt after her hip had finally had enough, forcing her to retire from dance in her mid-20s. Her boyfriend Kevin assumed that she’d want to join him in developing his career as a restaurateur, and…
Ellen Walsh seems like the kind of woman who has it all, or – at the very least – is on the verge of attaining it. Married to the doting Adam, she’s the mother of beautiful teenage Orla and twin toddler sons Kian and Max. Their family lives in a charming suburban town called Thames…
Anna Victoria Alcott is on the verge of having it all. After years of struggling as a working actress, she’s gaining both critical and popular acclaim for her latest movie role, one that’s rumored to be in contention for Oscar consideration. She’s also blissfully happy with her tech entrepreneur husband Dex. The only fly in…
After Trent Saban is laid off from his job, he and his family decide to move to a new home, the first – and thus cheapest – one built in the Dunsany Estates subdivision. Trent, his wife Rita and their son Milo are unimpressed by the dusty exterior, but the house itself proves to be…
