Exposed to fashionable society and romance--as well as clues about her mother--Lillian Haswell, brilliant daughter of a local apothecary, is torn when she is summoned back to her ailing father's bedside to save the family legacy at a time when women are forbidden to work as apothecaries and the suspicious eyes of a scholarly physician and a competing apothecary are upon her.

"Mina and her father live in a tree stump on the edge of a pond on the edge of a forest. Mina loves to read. And her father loves to knit. And they are very happy until one day her father brings home a new pet. Mina is a mouse, and while she loves her father very much--especially how he is always full of surprises--she is sure that the new pet he brings home is not a good idea. Mina's father says not to worry, he is sure the new pet is a squirrel....

When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements.

After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics.

"Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie...

Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal,...

"Kate gets the surprise of her life when her ex-husband, Brandon, wants to reconnect with his daughter, but what's his motive? Mia and Travis work toward having a relationship again, but will someone try to get in their way? Evie tries to build a new relationship with her father, but can she ever forgive him? Jack comes to town and is keeping a life-changing secret from his daughters. What will they do when they find out what it is?" --Page 4 of cover....

"When her father buys an island off the coast of Maine with the hope of breathing new life into it, Camden Grayson thinks he's lost his mind. An unexpected event sends Cam to his rescue, and she discovers the island has its own way of living and loving" --

"Seventeen year old Andie always has a plan, but when her father suffers a political scandal, her summer med school program is taken away from her, and a new guy comes into the picture, she finds a lot of unexpected things can happen when you're busy making other plans"--

After the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. Caroline, the youngest, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major...