In this third of the the Earth's children novels, Ayla and Jondalar meet the Manutoi, the mammoth hunters, and when she is drawn to another man Jondalar becomes jealous. It is not until the great mammoth hunt, when Ayla's life is in danger, that a fateful decision is made.

Royce Varisey, Duke of Wolverstone and the leader of the mysterious Bastion Club, reluctantly decides to marry out of a sense of duty and finds all eligible ladies uninteresting before falling for his castle's aloof chatelaine.

Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish quarter of Baltimore, he was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in haste. Pauline, impulsive, volatile, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious and judgmental, proceeds deliberately. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll....

"Sophia Armitage was a friend, indeed. She had agreed to help Sir Nathaniel Gascoigne find a husband for his cousin Lavina in the glittering city of London-only half hoping to find one for herself. Sophia knew the odds were against her. Men simply did not seem to be attracted to her-not in that way. Even her late husband had treated Sophia more as a companion than a lover. But than something shocking in London-Sophia found herself in the arms of Nathaniel...

In an effort to keep himself footloose and single in spite of the efforts of the town's matchmakers, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, begins a sham courtship with Daphne Bridgerton.

Kate Madison's stylish resale shop in SoHo has supported her children. Now they are ready to forge lives of their own. Isabelle, a dedicated attorney, is in line to make partner at her Wall Street firm when she falls for a client she represents in a criminal case. Julie, a young designer, meets a man who seems too good to be true, marries quickly, gives up her job, and moves to Los Angeles to be at his side. Justin is a struggling writer whose push...

Emma thinks she knows what is best for everybody, including herself. This is one of many editions of this 1815 novel. Emma, when first published in 1816, was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In it, we have her two greatest comic creations -- the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintissential bore, Miss Bates. In it, too, we have her most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author...