"A story of two sisters, bound together by family, food, and a passion for Jane Austen"--

Lily Forrester, a Ventura County judge, finds herself in a mix of bizarre circumstances that lead her onto the trail of a vicious criminal mind. Her husband calls her from a Las Vegas jail where he has been arrested for attempted rape-but Las Vegas wasn't on his itinerary. His accuser, Anne Bradley, is an enigmatic woman with an eerie past, a woman to whom Lily is strangely drawn. FBI Agent Mary Stevens is tracking a killer whose victims are husbands...

Mocha Chocolate Chip. . . Caramel Fudge. . .Strawberry Lemonade. . .Butter Rum. . .There's no such thing as guilt when it's another delicious bitch and bake session with the women of the Cupcake Club. . . When Honey D'Amourvell inherits property on tiny Sugarberry Island, she's prepared to start a whole new life. Her plan is simple--make a home, open a shop, and maybe, finally, find a place to belong. But the building she now owns is leased to none...

"In late 19th-century California, Logan Yates, a self-important ranch owner, must confront his feelings for his beautiful, free spirited housekeeper, Mariah Cooper"--

"John Brodie is a Guardian, a member of a secretive network devoted protecting the vulnerable psychics from a deadly, ruthless -- and virtually invisible enemy. Tasha Solomon is a gifted psychic unaccustomed to depending on anyone for anything. Now, the only person she can trust to guide her through a maze of danger and deception is Brodie"--

Samuel's wife, Sandrine, is found dead in their bed from a deadly overdose of pain medication and alcohol, and Samuel is accused of poisoning her. As the truth of their turbulent marriage comes to light, Samuel must face a town convinced of his guilt.

"During a summer of secrets and lies, temptation and revelation, two sisters will rely on each other to find the humor in their personal catastrophes, the joy in their triumphs, ... and the strength to keep hanging on"--

"After leaving a decade ago, Angie returns to her home town of Harbor Haven, Maine, and the grandmother who raised her following her mother's disappearance. Her mother has been found, and now the question of her whereabouts has become a murder mystery. When another murder occurs, Angie discovers it may have ties to her mother's cold case"--

Bernie Gunther, once Commissar of the Third Reich, is on the run from Erich Mielke, the deputy head of Stasi, and reminisces about a case he investigated seventeen years earlier in which someone shot an engineer on the terrace of Hitler's private residence.

Each member of the Baby-sitters Club sponsors a different girl in the Little Miss Stoneybrook competition, as Dawn also tries to cope with the break-up of her family after her parents are divorced.