Just for the Summer
Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.
3,090-word summary · 14 min read
contemporary + family
18 books tagged both “contemporary” and “family”.
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Part of Your World
ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.
3,078-word summary · 14 min read
The Kiss Quotient
Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.
2,716-word summary · 12 min read
What Alice Forgot
After a gym fall erases ten years, Alice, 39, wakes as her 29 year old self and must relearn her three kids and failing marriage as a stranger.
2,495-word summary · 11 min read
Yours Truly
Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.
2,475-word summary · 11 min read
Dear John
A soldier and a student trade letters through war until duty and waiting pull them apart.
2,138-word summary · 10 min read
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Sidda Walker, a theater director, fights with her mother Vivi after a New York Times interview, then learns Vivi's past through the Ya-Ya scrapbook from…
2,611-word summary · 12 min read
The Art of Racing in the Rain
A dying dog named Enzo retells the life of his race car driver owner Denny, from love and fatherhood to loss and a custody fight.
2,767-word summary · 12 min read
The Last Song
Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.
2,761-word summary · 12 min read
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
On a snowy night a doctor gives away his newborn daughter and tells his wife she died.
2,154-word summary · 10 min read
The Rosie Project
Melbourne genetics professor Don Tillman launches the Wife Project to find a partner by questionnaire, then meets chaotic Rosie Jarman and agrees to help her…
2,780-word summary · 12 min read
American Dirt
Lydia and Luca flee Acapulco after cartel murder and ride north through Mexico toward the US.
2,079-word summary · 9 min read