When Rahmat and Maryam Sharaf left Afghanistan for northern Virginia, they sought a better life, the American Dream. After early challenges, Rahmat worked hard and overcame many obstacles to amass enough wealth to buy a large home, providing for his wife and four children, who were born in the U.S.  Rahmat and Maryam strived to maintain their Afghan customs and beliefs, which proved difficult when their teenage daughter Zorah began to feel trapped by her parents' guidelines a

Lena lives with her seventeen-year-old son, Lucas, in a house on a quiet tree-lined street in Bristol, England. Recently separated from her husband, she faces further separation as her son prepares to leave home to attend college. Lena is struggling to find her own identity. When a retired couple, Henry and Marielle Morgan, move in next door, she is at first happy to meet them. However, Lena overhears a conversation between the couple on an old boom microphone Lucas is using

While some sequels can be enjoyed as standalones, with Hope Rises , it's strongly recommended to start with book one, Nash Falls . If you've already read the first installment of the Walter Nash  series, you've surely been anticipating this next book about a mild-mannered investment banker who becomes embroiled in an FBI investigation, loses everything, and transforms completely, now seeking vengeance under the alias Dillon Hope. Walter is determined to make Victoria Steers p

In 1963 London, Evelyn Westbrook was a successful model who gave up her career when she married Henry, aiming to be the perfect wife. But she wasn't happy, feeling pressure to start a family and tormented by a recurring nightmare. She sought treatment with Dr. Daley, a  Freudian psychoanalyst. As Evelyn begins to her open up to her new doctor, she finds herself becoming more and more attracted to him. Daley keeps his distance while encouraging Evelyn's  transference of emotio