Fiction: narrative themes

They were known as the "e;no-account Raines boys"e; but they've grown into successful, honorable men and everything they have, they've fought for tooth and nail.

To British privateer Ethan Sharpe, Grace Chastain was nothing but a pawn for vengeance against Harmon Jeffries, the traitor responsible for his brutal years in prison.

Bella Benedict's five grown children are scattered around the world like a handful of precious jewels.

Harriet Allistair came west to Montana to build a new life, convinced that inheriting her uncle's farm offered the chance to prove herself to her family, to the world and most important, to herself.

A kiss of darkness.

Moira Kelly has come home to Boston to celebrate St.

Centuries ago, in another lifetime, the man Jillian Llewellyn loved tried but failed to save her.

The small town of Black Falls, Vermont, finally feels safe again - until search-and-rescue expert Rose Cameron discovers a body, burnt almost beyond recognition.

She has no time to take a break after playing a key role in the arrest of dangerous fugitive Nicholas Janssen.

The bodies of seven women have been discovered in Skull Valley, Arizona.

There's a body buried behind a Mississippi farmhouse.

New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham choreographs a sexy thriller of passion and murder.

Allison, Jodine and Emma set their apartment on fire.

Just five days after they meet, Julie Hanrahan and Dr.

Along the banks of the Hudson River is one of New York's premier enclaves, Riverside Park, where up-and-comers rub shoulders with those who have already made it.

Matt Stone doesn't believe in ghosts.

When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion that she has always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a long-dead housekeeper who practiced black magic.

Jessy Sparhawk has seen firsthand how gambling can ruin people's lives.

A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived an explosion that took the life of her fiance, Matt Connolly.

Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key.

Hannah Shay has finally shown the town of Black Falls what she's worth.

In a town of flamboyance, wealth and family feuds, a mystery of the past is about to resurface.

For more than a year, Sebastian Costas has been trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son.

When air force captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he's shocked to find the police-and even more shocked when they charge him with rape.

One afternoon in May, Zoe Duncan's thirteen-year-old daughter goes missing from her own backyard.

Teenagers Sheridan Kohl and Jason Wyatt were parked at the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee, when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both.

Work is a welcome refuge for New Orleans homicide detective Evangeline Theroux.

On exclusive Seabrook Island, South Carolina, Nicole Seymour is simply Nikki-not the glamorous political fund-raiser she is in Charleston.

Four days after Abigail Browning's wedding, her life changed unimaginably: her husband was fatally shot along the rocky Mount Desert Island coast.

Autumn Sommers knows the danger of ignoring such powerful omens.

Chosen to be the ultimate secret operative, Helen Roston has become the most dangerous woman in the world.

A channel for the dead-a warning to the living A chill falls over Christina Hardy's housewarming party when talk turns to a recent murder that has all the hallmarks of the so-called "e;Interstate-Killer"e; murders from fifteen years before.

For twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-to two very different households.

For twenty-five years, multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-to two very different households.

Elizabeth doesn't believe in ghosts.

Security specialist Hannah Nicks has one goal: earn enough money to regain custody of her son.

There is no statute of limitations on murder.

USA TODAY bestselling author Emilie Richards continues the journey begun in her beloved novel Whiskey Island with this unforgettable tale of star-crossed lovers, murder and three sisters who discover a hidden legacy that will lead them home at last to Ireland.

In her gripping novels, New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers combines action, intrigue, romance and adventure like no one else.

Carine Winters accepts the job of photographing Sterling Rancourt's historic Boston home knowing she's taking a risk-she could run into Tyler North, the pararescuer who once saved Rancourt's life and the man who all but left Carine at the altar a year ago.

Talk about lost in translation.

I just want a normal life.

Carlotta Wren's world is crumbling beneath her well-shod feet.

Under the pert pen name "e;Lady Smart,"e; opinionated Lindsey Graham crusades for social change among London's elite, writing for the ladies' gazette Heart to Heart.

After spending nine months in a coma, Tara Kinsale awakes to devastating news.

The Poe Killings: A string of homicides is mirroring the author's macabre stories.

When a young woman is found dead in a field, dressed up as a scarecrow with a slashed grin and a broken neck, the residents of Salem, Massachusetts, begin to fear that the infamous Harvest Man is more than just a rumor.

The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation.

SOME DEATHS LIVE ON FOREVERFor as long as it has stood overlooking New England's jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness.

"e;I was fifteen when my mother finally told me the truth about my father.