In a novel that reaffirms her reputation as "America's Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing suspense. Nicholas Spencer, charismatic head of the medical research company Gen-stone, involved in the development of an anticancer vaccine, suddenly disappears. His private plane crashes en route to Puerto Rico, but his body is not found. Early results of the vaccine seemed highly promising. Yet, coinciding with Nicholas Spencer's disappearance comes news that the FDA is denying approval. Then follows the shocking revelation that Spencer had looted Gen-stone of huge sums of money -- including the lifetime savings of people who had risked every penny they had. Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo, the thirty-two-year-old columnist for the Wall Street Weekly, is assigned to cover the story. Carley is the stepsister of Spencer's wife, Lynn, an aggressive PR woman and socialite, whom she dislikes and distrusts. The day after news of her husband's disappearance rocks the financial and medical world, Lynn attends a meeting of the stockholders of Gen-stone, flaunting expensive clothing and jewelry. Accused of having participated in the scam, she appears indifferent to the anger and despair of the people attending, among them a man whose child has cancer and who is now about to lose his home. That night, she narrowly escapes death when her mansion in Bedford, New York, is set on fire. She turns to Carley, begging her to use her investigative skills to prove that she was not her husband's accomplice. As Carley proceeds with her investigation, she is confronted by seemingly impenetrable questions: Is Nicholas Spencer dead or in hiding? Was he guilty or set up? Why the sudden reversal in medical opinion of the vaccine from recognition to condemnation? And as the facts begin to unfold, she becomes the target of a dangerous group involved in a sinister and fraudulent scheme. The Second Time Around is Mary Higgins Clark at her best, telling a story that intertwines fiction with the stuff of real-life headlines in a novel of breathtaking suspense and surprises.

I never thought it would happen to me, to anyone and everyone else but not me. I got divorced, for the second time...No one has ever warned me, and I was in no way whatsoever prepared for that. I was, as I thought, in a marriage that would last a lifetime...or so I thought.In this book, I wrote down and analyzed my emotions against the backdrop of a first marriage and divorce through everything that led to the second divorce.My intention is for this book to have therapeutic value to its readers, who might find themselves in a similar situation I find myself in, or who will see the warning sings and start acting to prevent the same from happening to them. I was too late to save mine, but you could still save yours if you act in time, and of course, if it is worth saving.The best time to save your marriage is when it is not in trouble...

Chayton "Falcon" Baker thought his life was settled. Leaving the reservation, he was finally going to establish himself to everyone back home. He would show them that he was just as worthy of certain rewards as anyone and he would prove it to her, even if she’d never know. His newest event, a benefit for the widows and children of fallen heroes, had all the makings of a success. If he could get it off the ground without a hitch. He was right on track. Then she showed up and turned his life upside down. Jasmine was happy with how her life had turned out. Sure, she had no steady boyfriend, hadn't had one in months, but she wasn't worried. After all, she still had her fantasy life. So what if her most erotic dreams featured a man she hadn't laid eyes on in five years? But now, her best friend has asked her to make the ultimate sacrifice. Go back to the resort where she'd found and lost Falcon. Telling herself that she had nothing to worry about, after all, he had probably moved on. She could go, purge her demons and finally, finally put him and the memories they'd made behind her. She was wrong. Coming face to face with the one man who had the ability to make her body hum, the man she'd nearly given her heart to, would she be able to walk away so easily again?

Peter White, aging foreman of the Randolph Ridge horse ranch, bemoans the rigours of his job when an inheritance from James Randolph offers him the perfect chance to start a second career. His wedding plans to marry a high school sweetheart are underway when a secret from his past throws his world for a loop. The engaged couple must alter their plans but will their relationship survive the changes.

Two people from different backgrounds and goals are surprised how God, with the help of a little boy, can take away the hurt and bitterness of past relationships. Lynn Fairchild died of lung cancer leaving her multi millionaire husband, Chris, bitter, alone, and being chased by every widow and divorcee hot on his tail. To get away from it all, he moves to the little town of Timber Bay. There, he meets Jesse Taylor, who had just escaped from an abusive marriage with the determination never to marry again. Joey, her six-year-old son, is a master at destroying pain and tying heart strings together. Come laugh and cry with the honesty of a six-year-old as he tells it like it is. Blending hearts “The Second Time Around.”

So many people I meet say, "How wonderful." "You write." "Wish I could do that." I don't understand that reasoning. "Don't wish it, just do it", I say. Keep a pad at hand. Pick up a pen, remember a thought, a meaning, a feeling. Jot it down and see where it goes. That's all I do. There's no secret to it at all.

Poetry & Prose on sentiments, love and consciousness

Potter Lake, GA is a small town filled with life and love, where the hustle and bustle slows down just enough to notice what— and who is around you. For recent transplants Sage Owens and Bennett Alexander, their greatest losses marked the end of to have and to hold. While time marches on, it doesn't move in reverse; it doesn't bring back the love of your life. These two souls are drawn together in this quaint town and discover that their meeting is not so accidental but fated. What time may bring this holiday season is a second chance at love.