Millicent Foxboro is haunted. Not by ghosts, but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future. After all, even in the progressive year of 1928, most people would balk at hiring a woman who’d spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia. So when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive Professor of mythology falls into her lap, her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature. But the closer she finds herself drawn to Professor Hughes and his strange estate, the more the house closes in, threatening to reveal her secrets.

Working as a lady’s companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs–yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry, who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry was thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of this force they can neither prevent nor control, Henry and Clare’s struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.

The Thorn Birds is a chronicle of three generations of Clearys—an indomitable clan of ranchers carving lives from a beautiful, hard land while contending with the bitterness, frailty, and secrets that penetrate their family. It is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys’ only daughter, Meggie, and the haunted priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart—and the intense joining of two hearts and souls over a lifetime. A relationship that dangerously oversteps sacred boundaries of ethics and convictions.

When Linda Martin first arrives at Château Valmy as a governess to the 9-year-old Count Philippe de Valmy, her world seems like a wondrous dream. But a palpable terror is crouching in the shadows. Philippe’s uncle, Leon de Valmy, is the epitome of charm, yet dynamic and arrogant. Only his son Raoul, a handsome, sardonic man, seems able to stand up to him. To Linda, Raoul is an enigma—though irresistibly attracted to him. And when an accident in the woods nearly kills Linda’s innocent charge, she begins to wonder if someone has deadly plans for the young count.

In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone, fascinating, magnetic and famous for her controversial work studying South Pacific tribes, her intelligent and aggressive husband Fen, and Andrew Bankson, who stumbles into the lives of this strange couple and becomes totally enthralled. Within months the trio are producing their best ever work, but soon a firestorm of fierce love and jealousy begins to burn out of control, threatening their bonds, their careers, and, ultimately, their lives…

When Sonia and Sunny first see each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them. Sonia, an aspiring novelist, has returned to her family in India. She fears that she is haunted by a dark spell cast by an artist to whom she had once turned for inspiration. Sunny, a struggling journalist resettled in New York City, is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together.

Days after a tragedy leaves Marin Blythe alone in the world, she receives an invitation from Alice Lovelace—an acclaimed horror writer and childhood friend of Marin’s mother. Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House, the family’s coastal estate. Marin accepts and soon finds herself minding Alice’s peculiar girls. As Marin settles in, she can’t escape the anxiety that follows her. All is not well at Lovelace House, and Marin must unravel its secrets before they consume her.

The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. And within the black-and-white canvas tents is a unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: A duel between two magicians, Celia and Marco, who unbeknownst to them both, are a part of a game in which only one can be left standing. Celia and Marco soon fall headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences.

It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be—led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his new girlfriend Eva, at her doorstep to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel’s antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn’t. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and soon gives way to infatuation.

London, 1893. Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, and she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Seeking refuge in a new environment, she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex, accompanied by her 11-year-old son, Francis, and the boy’s nanny, Martha. Once there, they hear rumors that the mythical and fearsome Essex Serpent has returned after three-hundred years. And when a young man is mysteriously killed, fear turns to terror. With no patience for superstition, Cora is enthralled and eager to investigate.