Book of the Day

In Second Act, Danielle Steel presents a heartening tale of how challenging times give way to opportunities and an original outline does not always contain the perfect ending. As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable professional luxury. But then Andy’s world is upended, leaving Andy searching for a new beginning…

Emma Rosenblum’s Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person… But who among them is actually capable of murder?

Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord… 1743.