Sparks, Nicholas

Colin Hancock, a young man with a dark, destructive past now focused on keeping his life straight, has his plans to remain single challenged by Maria Sanchez, a hardworking lawyer.

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. Presented in Spanish.

Veterinarian Travis Parker is very content with his good job, loyal friends, and waterfront home in North Carolina, so he is not looking for love, especially not with his testy new neighbor Gabby Holland, but he cannot seem to keep from trying to ingratiate himself with her, even though he knows she has a longtime boyfriend, and it is not long before they find themselves facing an important choice.

Injured in a car accident, ninety-one-year old Ira Levinson experiences visions of his dead wife, Ruth, who helps him hang on by reminiscing about their life together. Meanwhile, Wake Forest University senior Sophia meets and begins to fall in love with a local cowboy named Luke, and as they grow closer, their story converges with that of Ira and Ruth in unexpected ways.

John Tyree, home on leave from the Army, meets Savannah Curtis, an upper class, straight-laced college student working with Habitat for Humanity in North Carolina, and although their values conflict, the attraction remains strong until the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. prompt John to re-enlist.

North Carolina deputy sheriff Miles Ryan, heartbroken over his wife's death in a hit-and-run accident two years earlier, considers love again when he meets his son's second-grade schoolteacher, Sarah--but he soon finds that his wife's death was anything but an accident and danger is not far away. Includes SAT and ACT comprehension questions and sample writing prompts.

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.

Presents the story of Jamie Sullivan and Landon Carter who fall in love after going to the homecoming dance together, only to have a terrible secret that will take their love away forever; and includes SAT and ACT comprehension questions.

Two couples converge, one half of an elderly couple, and two young people, and find that their lives will never be the same after their interaction with each other.

Four years after her dying husband gave her one last gift, a Great Dane puppy, and promised to always keep her safe, twenty-nine-year-old Julie Barenson is finally ready to love again, but danger lurks as she tries to decide which of two men will make her happy.