This work is the author's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape. Anyone familiar with the author's fiction will recognize Gloversville, New York, once famous for producing that eponymous product and anything else made of leather. This is where the author grew up, the only son of an aspirant mother and a good-time, second-fiddle father who were born into this close-knit community. But...

Two American couples, one from the East and one from the West, form a fast and lifelong friendship during the mid-thirties of the Depression.

"Josie and all of Wilfred are buzzing with excitement. A-list movie star Daphne Morris has chosen to interview Roz, assistant librarian and novelist, for her book club. But when the glamorous actress quickly charms both Roz's long-time love and Sheriff Sam, the object of Josie's unrequited affection, Josie turns to the whispers from her beloved books for ideas on revising the plot. Yet soon there's another twist ... At a party to celebrate the interview,...

From the minute Grace Evangeline throws her sweet tea in Devin Bressard's face, their battle of wits and cross-purposes overtakes their lives. Sassy "angelic" Grace Evangeline will stop at nothing to see her romance novel produced for Broadway. Devin Bressard knows all about the commercial success of Ms. Evangeline's "novels"--As far from his literary, nerve-striking plays as anything could be. Grace intends to pull his head out of the rarefied air...

Romancing the stone: Setting out to rescue her sister, held in Columbia by thugs looking for a priceless jewel, romance novelist Joan Wilder teams up with fortune hunter Jack Colton, who has convinced her to beat the bandits to the treasure. Jewel of the Nile: Bored with life on a yacht, Joan Wilder and Jack Colton find excitement thrust upon them when Joan accepts a speaking engagement in the Middle East and is kidnapped and re-involved with the...

In a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever simple. Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica. But British editor Zachary Easton holds Nora's fate in his well-manicured hands, and she must rewrite her newest novel to his exacting standard, in just six weeks. Nora's grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining... and shockingly arousing...

Mike Enslin, a skeptic who writes about supernatural phenomena, receives an anonymous postcard suggesting he visit the Dolphin Hotel but warning him against entering room 1408, but he insists on being allowed to rent the room where he learns firsthand the truth of reports that 1408 is evil. A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine...

"The modern romance novel is elevated to a subject of serious study in this addictively readable biography of pioneering celebrity author Elinor Glyn. Society darling Elinor Glyn shocked her English peers with the 1907 publication of Three Weeks, an intensely erotic novel that launched her to international fame and infamy. Historian Hilary A. Hallett traces Glyn's meteoric rise for the first time, beginning where most romance novels end: with her...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Danielle Steel comes an uplifting novel about an author who—to her surprise—inherits a grand estate near London.
Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires with her two beloved dogs. But behind this peaceful exterior is a dark, painful past. As a child raised by an emotionally...

"Jessica Fletcher investigates a mysterious manuscript with deadly consequences in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series. Jessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, both as a bestselling novelist and amateur sleuth. But she never had any reason to worry about her longtime publisher, Lane Barfield, who also happens to be a trusted friend. When mounting evidence of financial malfeasance leads to an FBI investigation...