When fate brings three strangers to a charming space for lease on the California coast, the Boardwalk Bookshop is born. Part bookstore, part gift shop, part bakery, it's a dream come true for Bree, Mikki and Ashley. But while their business is thriving, their personal lives are...not. Bree, wounded by brilliant but cold parents and her late husband's ultimate betrayal, has sworn to protect her heart at all costs. Even from Ashley's brother, a writer...

What if you could bring your best friend back to life--but only for a short time? Jamal's best friend, Q, doesn't know that he died, and that he's about to die again. He doesn't know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven't been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents. But what if Jamal could have a second chance? A new technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before...

Returning home to say goodbye to her best friend, Prentice, abuse survivor Aurea Belle Shepard finds this trip turning into the opportunity to have the life and love she’s always wanted with the man who has always been by her side.

Told from separate viewpoints, best friends Willa and Flor are tempted by love that would violate the Girl Code when Willa's long-term crush, Zach, breaks up with Flor, who is fighting her own crush on her math tutor.

When, while organizing the living Nativity, best friends Joel and Jana find a baby in the manger, they decide to take the child home, and as they begin to fall in love with the precious bundle, they realize that their relationship goes far deeper than friendship.

"Looks at a teen's life after the death of his best friend and how he navigates through the guilt and pain by celebrating their lives--and ultimately learning to forgive himself"-- Provided by publisher.

High school senior Rosie Fuller struggles to cope with a sexual assault, a new romance, problems with her best friend, and feeling distant from her mother.

On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charity has been missing for over a month, and now she wants to tell Margaret all of her destructive secrets.

"From the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness comes a high-stakes literary thriller following three women who have been best friends since medical school, whose twenty-five-year-old secret threatens to blow open when their teenaged children find themselves in an eerily similar situation"-- Provided by publisher.

"When other commitments threaten the success of the Best Babysitters Ever, Malia is frustrated until she comes up with a plan to hire new babysitters and take a cut of their wages"--OCLC.