Lamar Public Library

In her most scandalously titillating novel since the #1 bestselling Hollywood Wives, internationally renowned author Jackie Collins once again takes her readers behind the scenes and into the bedrooms of Hollywood's glamorous world of superstardom, where narcissism is a virtue, and fidelity means not sleeping with anyone less attractive than your spouse. Leaving her readers to guess which real celebrities she has used as models for her fabulous characters,...

"Decades ago, John and Elizabeth Baxter lived a love story that is still playing out in the lives of their adult children and grandchildren. But few of them know the exact details of that story or the heartbreak that brought the two together. Now in high school, Ashley Baxter Blake's oldest son, Cole, must write a family history paper for a freshman English class. He decides to interview his grandfather about that long ago love story. John is hesitant,...

Amanda Bright has two children, and this novel revolves around the fact that she stays home to take care of them herself. Through Amanda's interactions with others, we are exposed to all of society's views on parenthood, especially those on the stay-at-home mom.

Devastated by the events of September 11, 2001, Luke Baxter has walked away from everything that mattered to him: his faith, his family, and Reagan, his only love. What Luke doesn't know is that he is about to become a father. Someone in his family discovers the truth, but she has a secret of her own -- one that will change the Baxter's lives forever

Addie Sullivan takes a job as a governess at a lavish yet mysterious estate in an attempt to decode her heritage, but she and Lieutenant John North discover the estate's secrets while cultivating a romance.

Continues the story begun in the author's novel, "Look Away," telling of James and Kevin Bannon, brothers whose personal animosity is exacerbated when they fight on opposing sides of the Civil War.

Divorcee Sarah Thompson meets William, Duke of Whitfield, while touring Europe on the eve of World War II. They marry and settle in France. When the war ends, Sarah and William buy jewelry from their neighbors to help the rebuilding effort, the beginning of a family jewelry business. When her husband dies and son Phillip moves aggressively to expand his role in the family business, Sarah struggles to control the simmering rivalry between her children,...

Jolie relies on God's wisdom and guidance as she struggles to understand homestead politics and her own feelings for Tanner.

"It is a morning like any other in suburban New Jersey when Vinita Patil opens the battered envelope postmarked 'Mumbai.' But the letter inside turns her comfortable world upside down. It tells Vinita an impossible story: she has a grown son in India whose life may depend on her... Once upon a time, a naïve young college girl fell for a wealthy boy whose primary interests were cricket and womanizing. Vinita knew, even then, that a secret affair with...