adultery

In seventeenth century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she has committed.

In seventeenth century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she has committed.

In 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts, Hester Prynne conceives a daughter through an affair. As she struggles to raise her rambunctious daughter, Pearl, on her own, the father of her unborn child is revealed and is shown to be experiencing severe guilt. Through the scorn and judgment of the citizens and Roger Chillingworth (Hester's husband), the two decide to remain together.

"If Avery Chambers can't fix you in 10 sessions, she won't take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal--she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault--and almost absorb the emptiness she sometimes feels since her husband's death. Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple--until Marissa cheats. She wants to repair things, both because she loves her husband and for the sake of their 8-year-old son. After a friend forwards an article about Avery, Marissa takes a chance on this maverick therapist, who lost her license due to controversial methods. When the Bishops glide through Avery's door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it's no longer simply a marriage that's in danger"--Provided by publisher.

"William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--Provided by publisher.

In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage.

A graphic novel adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel in which Puritan Hester Prynne commits adultery and has a child, but refuses to reveal the identity of the father despite being publicly marked and ostracized.

After finding out that her husband is lying and cheating on her, Caroline turns to the stranger on the beach by her house. As her marriage and lifestyle changes around her, Caroline and the stranger begin a fling that means nothing to her ... but means everything to him. The stranger's obsession with Caroline grows more disturbing, especially when she finds out her husband is missing.

In seventeenth-century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she had committed.