One True Loves
Emma Blair loses husband Jesse presumed dead, rebuilds life in Acton with fiance Sam, then Jesse returns alive after years missing, forcing a painful choice…
2,418-word summary · 11 min read
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Maybe Someday
Sydney moves across the hall after betrayal and writes songs with deaf guitarist Ridge.
2,077-word summary · 9 min read
Layla
Leeds brings Layla back to the bed-and-breakfast where they met after a shooting changes her, then a new guest named Willow blurs every line he trusted.
2,211-word summary · 10 min read
In Five Years
Dannie sees herself with another man in 2025, then meets him as her best friend Bella's boyfriend. A sad, readable story about plans, friendship, and grief.
2,748-word summary · 12 min read
Heart Bones
Poor Beyah spends summer in Texas with distant father and falls for secretive Samson.
2,072-word summary · 9 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
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
Conversations with Friends
Rooney's debut: Frances and Bobbi, Dublin students and ex-lovers, fall into the orbit of married Melissa and Nick, and wit turns into affair and ache.
2,194-word summary · 10 min read
Confess
A young mother fighting to see her son takes a job with a Dallas artist who turns anonymous confessions into paintings.
2,733-word summary · 12 min read
Bared to You
Eva starts over in New York and falls for Gideon Cross, whose past mirrors her own trauma.
2,471-word summary · 11 min read
Archer's Voice
Bree flees to Pelion, Maine and falls for Archer Hale, a mute recluse hiding a violent family past.
2,787-word summary · 12 min read
All the Bright Places
Grieving Violet and struggling Finch wander Indiana for a school project and each other.
2,208-word summary · 10 min read