Even though it wasn't easy at first, Lily learns to how to embrace Mommy's new friend Carl as a member of her family.

"Darika 'Rika' Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening! Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders...

"It’s 1973 and Will Ross, a divorced American geologist, has signed on to work on a troubled dam in a remote, rugged part of Turkey. He decides to take his children with him, but they think they’re only going for their usual two-week stint of shared custody, not to live there. Once in Turkey, Will struggles for control—of his family, his work, the landscape the dam is to be built on, and, ultimately, himself. Alongside these emotional conflicts,...

"Baba, hemchewen bada melaam, der maan terafak perakenedh]a sَr sheb zaguzagu ma]reft. ba chenan weqara dewcherekhh]ash ra ma]raned, guwaa asheraf]zadh]aa aset neshesth ber tَrek aseb. derhala]keh rewa rekeab pea ma]zed balatenh]ash saf w ba]herket bewd. agur peahaash ra nema]dada, meshekel ma]shed beguwaa keh dewcherekhh ma]ranَd. bednesh rewa dewcherekhh bewd wela rewh w fekeresh der 'ealema dagur. aneguar heta sewz serd zemsetan, keh methel...

"Nic and Henry--father and son--stumble on an old forgotten park and make a bizarre discovery. Someone marked all the trees with wads of chewed gum! Who is the gum bandit? Reeling from recent family upheaval, Nic navigates the brave new world of single parenthood. Meanwhile, his ex-wife descends into addiction, abuse, and homelessness. Amid the turmoil, he becomes increasingly and desperately obsessed with exposing the gum vandal. Can Nic rise to...

"Aspiring writers Albert and Lucy meet on a rainy night and fall in love. Happily married with a beautiful little daughter, their simple life starts crumbling down as Albert's career in Hollywood prospers and he falls in love with his leading actress. Growing up and seeing her loving parents go from love to hate, nine-year old Casey has had enough and is tired of being emotionally and physically ignored by her parents so she hires a lawyer and tries...