Beauty, wealth, and a succession of lovers are not enough to give Alba the peace and happiness she so desperately seeks, but she finds hope for the future when she discovers a picture of her dead mother and begins to uncover the secrets of the past.

The Hartes and the Golds, long-time neighbors and friends, are not surprised when their children Chris and Emily fall in love, but the bond between the families is placed under an enormous strain when Emily is killed, leaving behind the question of whether her death was a suicide, or murder.

In chapters told from alternating points of view, the love story of Nora and Timothy unfolds as the couple from vastly different backgrounds meet, fall in love, and find themselves caught in a murder mystery.

After the fire that injured her and burned down Goose Harbor's only church fourteen years ago, Shelby Beck is planning to rebuild--the structure and her life. But her wounds have always caused her to keep men at a distance. When Joel Palermo returns to town as a fireman and is assigned to help Shelby raise funds for the new construction, she's surprised at how easy it is to get close to her brother's old friend. Could he be the man she'll finally...

Bill Fitzgerald travels to Venice to meet an old friend. While there, he meets an unhappily married woman from New York and begins an illicit though fateful love affair.

Jane, who spends a lot of time alone as a child while her mother works as head of a Broadway theater company, develops a friendship with an imaginary man named Michael, and meets him again when she is in her thirties.

Presents three novels of romance and mystery, originally published in the 1980s, including "This Magic Moment," "Search for Love," and "The Right Path."

Presents two novels by Nora Roberts: "Local Hero" is about a comic book writer, Mitch Dempsey, who sets out to be the protector of the single mom who lives upstairs; and in "Dual Image" actress Ariel Kirkwood has designs on Booth DeWitt, her leading man.

Siblings Enoch and Taylor Bestman arrive in Gooding, Texas, to fill the open positions for town doctor and veterinarian, but the town's residents are reluctant to accept the new doctor is a woman, until Taylor manages to melt the heart of Karl Van der Vort, who finds his feelings for her growing as he protects her from an unexpected threat.

Pilar, an independent young woman, renews her relationship with a childhood friend who is now a maverick seminarian, and together they follow a spiritual path to true love.