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Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten. Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the...

The Widows Wine Club of Viv, Janet and Zelda have navigated choppy waters before. Having supported each other through the first shaky years of widowhood, the future was starting to look brighter. But when Janet is dealt another blow, it’s all hands on deck for the firm friends. Deciding what Janet needs is a change of scenery, Viv and Zelda book a luxury cruise on the Queen Mary 2, heading for the bright lights of New York. And once on board, the women are entranced. A floating pleasure palace, the Queen Mary is just what the doctor ordered.

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If I didn't love her, I would kill her. I'd kill her for so much, but mostly for hiding my kid from me. For up and running, and choosing to keep my daughter out of my life. She doesn't just belong to Melody. She's mine, too, and Melody doesn't get to keep her to herself. She said she ran because of me, because of what I did. I can't blame her for that. I f--ked up, and I might have lost the most important woman in my life, but I refuse to lose my daughter. Not when we haven't even had a chance. Will fighting for my daughter lead me to winning back my girl's heart?

Viv, Janet and Zelda know all about facing the wobbly first year of becoming a widow as their friendship was forged when they ran away from the same dreary support group. Forming instead the much more lively widows' wine club – The Muscateers – they welcome new member Libby with open arms. Libby feels lost without Jim, her husband of more than thirty years, but the warmth, friendship and fun the women wrap her up in inspires her to begin to look to the future.

The Foster and Seigal kids are all grown up, and their parents couldn’t be more pleased to see them living their dreams. But are they really doing that? Or are they hiding within lives that help them avoid their personal truths?

When Pepper Taylor meets handsome, brilliant movie mogul Gabriel Seigal, she can’t help but suspect that he’s just another failed relationship in disguise. After all, her best trait has always been attracting the wrong type of men. But Gabe isn’t like all the others. Instead, he’s everything she never thought existed and more. When he pops the question, Pepper doesn’t hesitate, grabbing on to happiness with both hands as tight as she can. Ultimately, Pepper learns Gabe can’t offer the type of love originally promised.

The music died in Vivienne Stark’s life a long time ago and nothing would bring it back. How could the trivialities of life matter when people like her husband died defending their country? She’d vowed to never fall in love again and find meaning in other ways.

A confirmed bachelor, Cliff Howard drives an expensive car and dates stylish glamour girls. But one look into Diana Collins's soulful brown eyes has him thinking about car pools instead of the fast lane. Try as he might to resist, Cliff is soon forced to admit that this lovely widow and her rambunctious young daughters could grow on a man. But can they convince Cliff to give up his playboy ways for domestic bliss?

With her only child off to Harvard, recent widow Francie Davis is finally going to college. But when a grumpy and undeniably attractive new boss and an unexpected visitor enter the picture, she realizes life still has a few surprises in store for her.

Since the death of her husband, Abigail has been lonely and drifting in a house that’s too big and a town that’s too small. When she literally runs into sexy widower and whale-watching excursion captain, Tack Garrity, on the dock, she’s entranced by his adorable five-year-old daughter. But will Tack, who has harbored a secret crush on Abigail for almost two decades, be able to capture her heart?

Leah is raising her two children alone after losing her husband three years ago in an accident, and is in fear of losing their farm. Leah is being courted by widower Jonah, hoping that her feelings for him will grow. Leah longs to love again and struggles with continuing to court Jonah, although marrying him will provide security for her family. But when she finds a friend in neighbor Simon, she finds herself happy again, even though Simon's family tries to keep them apart.

Gervaise, veuve à vingt-deux ans d'Auguste Mirette, le boulanger du quartier, rencontre par un curieux hasard Nicolas Delval, un avocat de renom, qui s'en éprend dès qu'il l'aperçoit tellement sa beauté le chavire. Empressé, il fait tout pour la revoir. Puis, follement amoureux, il en informe sa famille de Westmount. Ses parents comme ses deux soeurs sont offensés de le voir fréquenter une veuve d'un quartier populaire. Faisant fi de leurs commentaires,

Même les meilleures amies ne se disent pas tout (surtout côté sexe). Même les filles les plus gentilles deviennent parfois (très) méchantes. Même les épouses aimantes peuvent souhaiter une mort (vraiment) atroce à leur mari. Maryse, alias Karma-Mamma, en sait quelques chose. Son salaud de mari s'en est bien tiré en mourant de manière opportune et ça ne calme en rien le volcan qui gronde en elle. L'heure de la vengeance à sonné.

It all changed one night, with one kiss. He was nineteen. She was only sixteen. She would've been better off if she'd been kissed by the Devil himself. Olive's good girl from a broken family who always looks for love in all the wrong places. West is her brother's best friend-a super hot bad boy biker raised on the streets of Las Vegas, and totally off limits. That summer Olive moves with her mother to the East Coast for a chance at a better life, but she never forgets about West.

When Sally's husband dies in a freak tractor accident, she is devastated, but not for the reasons most people thought. Secretly, quietly, Sally is glad he is gone, and she detests herself for having such hideous complicated thoughts. Jim had unknowingly broken her dreams, for there was always an undercurrent to her, a mismatched sexual electrical wire that no rancher could ever understand.