When we first meet Josephine Therese Marzynski, it is in January 1918, when the twenty-year-old woman has returned to Boston after spending thirteen months in Berlin. She is speaking with Eliot Robinson, who will assist her in writing her memoir about her experiences. The story takes us back to late 1916, when Josephine, a Jewish daughter of immigrants, is given the opportunity to travel to Berlin to study opera at the  Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory.  Despite Germany bei

Elly Parker, a successful social media influencer with millions of followers for her posts on random acts of kindness, experiences a shocking turn of events during a livestream. The newly married Elly enters her Manhattan apartment only to find her husband, James engaging in an affair with her best friend Harriet. The public, who witnessed it all, quickly rallies to support Elly. Except for one man. On a subway platform, Elly comes to the aid of an attractive, well-dressed ma

Following the death of Frank Sheridan, the immensely successful author of the beloved Ravian book series, his daughter Ciara is left with numerous responsibilities while she grieves. Ciara, also a writer who has had moderate success, must first attend to the large house in Ireland she inherited, which requires repairs. She also has to deal with the many fans who make pilgrimages to the home. And finally, she needs to preserve her father's legacy, starting with his request for

When we meet Melissa, it's 2012 and she is living in New York City, working as an editorial assistant and copywriter describing photographs of luxury destinations for a high-end travel magazine. Her thoughts keep taking her back to her childhood. After her mother's passing, her marine biologist father moved them from Manhattan to an island off of Thailand to continue his wife's research on manta rays. At her school in Phuket, Melissa meets Arielle, whose parents run an area h