<div>From a New York Times bestseller, “avivid portrait of four very different women and the bonds between them. . . . A jewel of a book, and every facet sparkles”(Nora Roberts, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Identity). Meet the Saving Graces, four very different friends who get together once a week to kick back and take shelter from the trials and triumphs of their lives. Emma, the brazen skeptic with a soft heart, is hopelessly in love with a married man. Rudy, the fighter, is desperately trying to hold on to a deeply troubled marriage. Lee, “the normal one,” longs for a baby—an overwhelming desire that threatens to destroy her idyllic marriage. Isabel, divorced and free, is falling for her neighbor, a man whom she is sure is gay. For the past ten years their unexpected friendship has helped them cope with husbands, lovers, careers, children and everything in between. Though they’ve always been there for each other, when tragedy strikes their love, loyalty, and courage is put to the ultimate test. As this mesmerizing story eloquently captures, men, jobs and crises come and go, but nothing lasts like true friendship. “Compelling . . . breathtaking . . . unique.” —Washington Post Book World “An intimate portrayal of friendships through the eyes of four unforgettable women. I hated to put it down!”—Michael Lee West, author of Crazy Ladies “Emotionally spellbinding.” —Romantic Times “Strong characters . . . an always readable story . . . a great book for the beach.” —Kirkus Reviews “This ode to the friendships between women could easily become the northern version of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.” —Booklist</div>

The Saving Graces

<div>Anna has studiously avoided her Aunt Rose&#8212;the woman she once loved more than anyone else in the world&#8212;ever since the night Rose betrayed Anna and her mother, Rose's own fatally ill sister. In the sixteen years that have passed, Anna has built another life for herself far from her hometown on Maryland's eastern shore, but she can't forgive or forget.Now another betrayal, by a faithless lover, has brought Anna back to her family's restaurant, where Rose needs her estranged niece's help&#8212;and trust&#8212;more than ever before. Determined to leave as soon as the struggling business is back on its feet and her own hurt is healed, Anna joins Rose in the kitchen of the Bella Sorella, resolved to remain unaffected by Rose's longing to undo the past. But Anna's resistance could blind her to a true and unexpected love that's reaching out to grab her by the heart.New York Times bestselling author patricia gaffney's Flight Lessons is a poignant, funny, and wise story of truth, loyalty, and the bonds that shape, sustain, and ultimately uplift us.</div>

Flight Lessons

<div>The Goodbye Summer is an unforgettable novel about daring to love, braving a loss, and setting yourself free, byPatricia Gaffney, the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, The Saving Graces. Poignantly exploring one woman&#8217;s inner growth and self discovery over the course of a season of profound change, The Goodbye Summer is women&#8217;s fiction at its finest&#8212;heartbreaking, healing, emotional, and real. As Nora Roberts so aptly puts it, Patricia Gaffney &#8220;reminds us what it&#8217;s like to be a woman.&#8221;</div>

The Goodbye Summer

<div>A legendary gunfighter brings big trouble to a frontier town, and ignites the passion of a local saloon owner When Jesse Gault saunters into Paradise, Oregon, with a gun on each hip, the town is instantly abuzz. What could a legendary gunslinger want in Paradise? And what will the townsfolk have to do to keep his trouble from becoming their own? Cady McGill, proprietor of the Rogue Tavern, thinks she may know what Gault has come for, and she doesn&rsquo;t like it one bit. Cady&rsquo;s ongoing battle with Merle Wylie, who has been buying up or burning down properties all over town, is coming to a head, as Wylie tries to get his hands on her tavern and her dried-up gold mine. Hiring a gunfighter like Gault would be just Wylie&rsquo;s speed. But Cady senses something else behind Gault&rsquo;s mysterious fa&ccedil;ade, and as the two grow closer she learns that his closely guarded secrets could spell life or death for the town&mdash;and for Cady herself.</div>

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Outlaw in Paradise

<div>On the eve of the French Revolution, the daughter of a traitor might be the only one who can save the British Crown Cassandra Merlin is in dire straits. Her father, Patrick, has just been executed for treason against the British Crown. Her aunt, Lady Elizabeth Sinclair, is eager to marry her off rather than bear the expense of sheltering a turncoat&rsquo;s daughter. And when a handsome young patriot named Philip Riordan enters her life, Cass knows he is destined to complicate matters further. Riordan wants her to enter the spy game, to provide valuable information about her father&rsquo;s plot against the monarchy in order to save the king&rsquo;s life. But the intelligence game is never a simple one, and even a heart as jaded as Cass&rsquo;s may not be safe from the charms of Philip Riordan, renowned cad, Member of Parliament . . . and die-hard loyalist.</div>

Fortune's Lady

<div>Two con artists team up in 1880s California for the score of a lifetime&mdash;but end up fighting for their lives instead In a stagecoach en route to San Francisco, Grace Rousselot is posing as a nun to drum up &ldquo;donations&rdquo; from fellow travelers. Across from her, Reuben Jones is faking blindness to prey on unsuspecting travelers. Both grifters are surprised to learn that they have competition, and even more surprised when their stagecoach is ambushed and robbed, leaving them both flat broke. Not keen to discuss the robbery with the police, Reuben and Grace decide to work together to recoup some of their losses. Soon enough, what starts out as a practical partnership evolves into something more. And with the Chinese mafia hot on their heels, neither is sure just how far they can trust a man&mdash;or a woman&mdash;with a crooked heart.</div>

Crooked Hearts

<div>Trapped in a loveless marriage at the turn of the twentieth century, a British noblewoman finds renewed passion with a young architect Lady Sara Longford&rsquo;s once-storybook marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Ben Cochrane, a New York entrepreneur, married Sara in the hopes that a high-society English wife would improve his odds of entering New York&rsquo;s uppermost social strata, but so far those ambitions have remained unfulfilled, and the relationship has soured. But things change when Sara meets up-and-coming draftsman Alex McKie, hired to build Cochrane&rsquo;s garish summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. When Cochrane sends Sara away to Newport to oversee the construction, Sara finds herself increasingly drawn to the charming Alex. As their relationship develops, Sara must chose between the safe life she knows and the forbidden love that threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.</div>

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Another Eden

<div>From the author of The Saving Graces: &ldquo;When I crave romance with emotional punch and unforgettable characters, I turn to Patricia Gaffney&rdquo; (Nora Roberts). Newly installed at his modest post in Wayne&rsquo;s Crossing, Pennsylvania, Tyler Wilkes is a doctor, a hero of the Spanish-American War, and the heir to a great fortune. His wealthy family in Philadelphia doesn&rsquo;t approve of his new station, but Tyler is sure of his calling. And the young ladies of Wayne&rsquo;s Crossing can&rsquo;t seem to get enough of their handsome young physician, exploiting every excuse to visit his offices with imagined maladies. Tyler is most intrigued by Carrie Wiggins. Mute, sensitive, lovely, and troubled, Carrie lives with her abusive alcoholic stepfather, Artemis, in the mountains just outside of town. Her gentle nature and the loving care she bestows on injured animals in the woods quickly endear her to Tyler, though they belie the darkness in her life. Can she overcome her tortured past to give voice to her heart?</div>

Sweet Everlasting

<div>A young noblewoman, fleeing from the darkness of her past, falls into life as a housemaid at a country manor&mdash;and into the arms of the lord who owns it Born a lady, but now orphaned and left to the care of distant relations, Lily Trehearne&rsquo;s fortunes are low indeed. All she inherited from her spendthrift father is a tangled web of debt, and her ultra-pious guardian, the Reverend Roger Soames, seems determined to marry her off to his son Lewis. Determined to save herself from that dreary fate, Lily panics and flees to Cornwall. Under the pseudonym Lily Troublefield, she accepts the first position she is offered, as a housemaid at the ominously named Darkstone Manor, property of Devon Darkwell. Lily&rsquo;s new master is eccentric, deeply troubled . . . and strangely irresistible.</div>

Lily

<div>New York Times&ndash;Bestselling Author: In an oppressive Victorian world, a woman is drawn to a man untouched by civilization . . . The daughter of an anthropologist in late nineteenth-century Chicago, Sydney is a young widow being wooed by a proper, ambitious&mdash;and somewhat suffocating&mdash;professor. But her life is about to change thanks to the &ldquo;lost man&rdquo; her father is studying. Found in the Canadian wild, he is a puzzle to be solved, kept captive in a guesthouse&mdash;from which he keeps trying to escape . . . Her suitor sees him as something of a zoo animal&mdash;and a ticket to fame. Sydney, however, sees something else, something that stirs her heart. His loneliness is palpable, and she can tell he feels drawn to her as well. But society will not be so understanding as a passionate bond grows between them, and as they attempt to uncover the tragic mystery behind his past . . . Praise for Patricia Gaffney &ldquo;Gaffney&rsquo;s books are always heartfelt and wise.&rdquo; &mdash;Janet Evanovich &ldquo;With a lyrical voice and keen wit, Patricia Gaffney weaves compelling stories that echo in the human heart.&rdquo; &mdash;Nora Roberts &ldquo;Gaffney writes with power and passion.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times</div>

Wild at Heart

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author &ldquo;delivers a knockout with the one-two punch of action-packed adventure and heart-pumping romance&rdquo; (Nora Roberts). When her husband, Nick, is killed by a masked man just hours after their whirlwind elopement, the sheltered shipbuilding heiress Anna Jourdaine is horrified and heartbroken. The tragedy is only made worse by the authorities&rsquo; revelation that Nick was suspected of selling her family&rsquo;s ships to the American Confederacy&mdash;and that he wasn&rsquo;t at all who he claimed to be. Refusing to believe it and desperate to clear his name, she finds herself in a deceptive plot, pretending to be married to Nick&rsquo;s brother&mdash;who turns out to be far from a gentleman. In fact, Brodie has just been saved from the hangman&rsquo;s noose. Yet Anna soon feels stirrings of desire for this disreputable character&mdash;and uncertain about which brother is the criminal and which is merely a thief of hearts . . . &ldquo;One of the finest writers to come along in years.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times</div>

Thief of Hearts

<div>A pretty Scottish spy is captured by an Englishman in this &ldquo;romance with [an] emotional punch and unforgettable characters.&rdquo; &mdash;Nora Roberts In eighteenth-century Scotland, Katherine McGregor will do anything to defeat the despised English forces&mdash;including posing as a woman of low morals. But when the beautiful spy finds herself held captive by English officer Maj. James Burke, her fierce anger eventually begins to waver&mdash;and she is overwhelmed by a dizzying mixture of hatred and love . . . A winner of the Golden Heart Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers&rsquo; Choice Award for First Historical Romance, Sweet Treason is an absorbing tale of war and desire by a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author who &ldquo;writes with power and passion&rdquo; (Romantic Times). Praise for Patricia Gaffney &ldquo;Gaffney has a blunt and convincing insight into her characters, particularly the women.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;A powerful, original voice.&rdquo; &mdash;Kristin Hannah, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Nightingale</div>

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