Sparks, Nicholas

"A thirty-six-year-old single mother single mother recovering from a wrecked marriage jogs along the shores of Cape Cod and finds a half-buried bottle containing a love letter. Upon reading the touching, heartfelt words a man had written to his "darling Catherine" only three weeks earlier, she decides to take a dramatic leap that will change her life forever. As she boards a plane, her future is uncertain, yet brims with the promise of self-discovery and the possibility of finding the deepest kind of love"--Container.

Julie Barenson's young husband left her two gifts before he died-a Great Dane puppy and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years later she is ready to make a new commitment, but to whom? Richard Franklin, the handsome engineer who treats her like a queen or Mike Harris her husbands best friend? In making a choice Julie finds herself in a fight for her life.

Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door.

After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.

Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding if she wants to put down roots and find true love.

Two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks, now middle-aged, are called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, and they will be forced to confront the choices each has made.

In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda and Dawson fall deeply in love. Although they come from different sides of the tracks, their love for each other is real. Then comes senior year and events that tear the young couple apart, sending them down different paths. Now twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson come back to their home town for a funeral. Neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget their passionate first love.

Divorc?e Theresa Osborne, on a vacation at the seaside, finds a love message in a bottle and becomes obsessed with learning the story behind the note.