Bøger af Susan Wells Bennett

Forty-five and pregnant, Claire is playing a high stakes game of hide and seek with her baby's father. Milo, distracted by his new business venture, has a blind spot when it comes to figuring out why Claire is avoiding him. Meanwhile, his partner Sax is relishing his new profession, even as it drags him into the disturbing world of the Goth scene. And Sondra is attempting to calculate her way out of a marriage to a much younger man and into a generous cash settlement. What they all wish for, in one way or another, is a NEW LIFE - and this may be their last chance to start over.

When Francis DeLucia returns home at the end of WWII, he encounters a job and housing market crowded with other returning veterans. Desperate to support his growing family, Francis accepts a job from a suspected Mob boss. Katie, his young Irish wife, does her best to support her husband. When she realizes what he may be doing to support them though, she makes a life-altering decision.

Lazarus Dale can teach you how to reach your full potential through his Learning to Listen Well seminars. You, too, can have a beautiful wife, a successful career, a stylish mansion -- all you have to do is follow his instructions for a perfect life.

Things are changing down at the local watering hole... Actress-turned-comic-book-muse Sondra is contemplating marriage to a man half her age. Already familiar with the seamy underbelly of Sun City, former cop Sax finds himself back on the job. Milo, lonely and bored, begins bartending at the Brass Monkey. But Claire may be making the biggest change of all... And when Sondra's life is threatened, her friends come running to help.

Milo Crosby is a retiree with too much time and too many women on his hands. He's the thorn in a zoo volunteer's side, an easy mark in an aging actress's sights, and the co-conspirator in his doting granddaughter's life. When all four paths intersect, Milo discovers just how WILD LIFE can get.

What if, on a particular day in the future, you could send an email that would change your past? What would you change? How many lifetimes would it take for your life to be perfect? Diana spent her life married to her college sweetheart - a dream who believed that such a day was coming. She gave up her musical and theatrical aspirations to bear his three sons. Now, at last, the day Joe said was coming has arrived. Should she hit send?

Evelyn lived a full life -- one with missteps, triumphs, and the thousands of small moments that make a person who they are. She had a career, a family, and a true love. When she saw death approaching, she didn't cower and beg for more life...but her sister did it in Evelyn's name. Now, as the possibility of another lifetime stretches before her, will she choose to go on? Or have 100 years taught her that immortality is more of a curse than a blessing?

Sun City, Arizona: where old people go to die. At least that's what Milo, a retired border patrolman, thinks when he first arrives in the palm- and orange-tree-lined retirement community. He takes up photography to wile away his remaining days. Before long, he is fighting and flirting with Claire, a young widow who is working through her trauma while volunteering at the zoo. He meets Sax, a former cop and the bartender at the Brass Monkey, and Sax's favorite barfly, Sondra. Unable to turn off their suspicious natures, Milo and Sax see danger and intrigue simmering just beneath the serene picture-postcard settings of Arizona. And life will never be the same for any of them!