Suffering an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his fiance's murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery.

Veteran police detective D. D. Warren, investigating the apparent murder-suicide of four members of a Boston family, meets Danielle Burton, a dedicated nurse whose past haunts her, and Victoria Oliver, a mother who will do anything for her troubled son, and the lives of the three women unexpectedly become connected.

"Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up--she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true ... But Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing....

After learning about the American Revolution on a family trip to Boston, Judy Moody makes her own Declaration of Independence and tries to prove that she is responsible enough to have more freedoms, such as a larger allowance and her own bathroom.

The relationship between Rosie and Alex evolves from childhood best friends into something more as separation, an unexpected pregnancy, and other romances turn their lives upside down.

"Having recently lost her both parents in a tragic car accident, Alex Woods is shocked to discover ... that her beloved mother was keeping a secret: a baby she gave up for adoption when she had just left high school"--Dust jacket flap.

Third-grader Clementine's school field trip to Plimoth Plantation leads to all kind of discoveries, from fourth grade eating rules to the source of the stink on the bus.

Archaeologist Sophie Malone, left for dead a year ago after finding a Celtic treasure in an island cave, is convinced she can find the answers to her ordeal in Boston, and her search collides with Detective Cyrus "Scoop" Wisdom's efforts to find a killer who is using ancient rituals to commit modern-day murder.

New York medical examiner Dr. Jack Stapleton is contacted by his sister requesting his help in a malpractice suit against her husband Craig, a doctor who has, built a practice based on providing personalized care to select patients, and while he is able to prove Craig is not guilty of the charge against him, Jack does learn an even more disturbing fact about his brother-in-law.