Books in Center Point Premier Fiction series

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Underwood is totally unprepared to search for his father in the Blythe River National Wilderness. Not only is he small, scrawny, and skittish but he’s barely speaking to the man after a traumatic betrayal. Yet when his father vanishes from their remote cabin and rangers abandon the rescue mission, suddenly it’s up to Ethan to keep looking. Angry or not, he’s his father’s only hope.

Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother’s narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn’t been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three “test tube” daughters — gifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Avery — were engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand ambitions. But now, twenty years after the book’s release, she hopes to redeem herself by taking part in a new documentary.

A man with a painful past . . . a child with a doubtful future . . . and a shared journey toward healing for both their hearts. It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven–year–old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. Her latest customer‚ a bearded stranger‚ drains his cup and heads to his car. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. The stranger understands more about it than he wants to admit. And the beat–up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives. Before it's over‚ they'll both know there are painful reasons why crickets cry — and that miracles lurk around unexpected corners.

From the award-winning author of A Year on Ladybug Farm comes the continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turn a house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home for themselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in the Shenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpected trials— such as the introduction of two young people into the ordered life the women have tried to build for themselves. As the walls of the old house reveal their secrets and the lives of those who have gone before begin to unfold, the cobbled-together household starts to disintegrate into chaos. And when one of their members is threatened by a real crisis, they must all come together to fight for the roots they’ve laid down, the hopes they share, and the family they’ve become.

In this emotionally powerful sequel to The Dead Don't Dance‚ Maggie Styles wakes up from a coma. For her husband Dylan‚ it's been four months of grieving — for their stillborn child‚ for the wife who was as good as dead‚ and for all that might have been. “When Maggie opened her eyes that New Year's Day some seventeen months ago‚ I felt like I could see again. The fog lifted off my soul‚ and for the first time since our son had died and she had gone to sleep . . . some four months‚ sixteen days‚ eighteen hours‚ and nineteen minutes earlier — I took a breath deep enough to fill both my lungs.” Life began again for Dylan Styles when his beloved wife Maggie awoke from a coma. A coma brought upon by the intense two–day labor that resulted in heartbreaking loss. In this poignant story that is filled with Southern atmosphere‚ Dylan and Maggie must come to terms with their past before they can embrace their future.

The Birdwells are a pacifist Quaker family in southern Indiana during the Civil War. A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community. Her husband, Jess, shares Eliza's love of people and peaceful ways but, unlike Eliza, also displays a fondness for a fast horse and a lively tune. With their children, they must negotiate their way through a world that constantly confronts them -- sometimes with candor, sometimes with violence -- and tests the strength of their beliefs.Whether it's a gift parcel arriving on their doorstep or Confederate soldiers approaching their land, the Birdwells embrace life with humor, emotion, conviction, and love.

Acclaimed author Karen White returns with the sequel to the national bestseller The House on Tradd Street.Melanie has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include her estranged mother. Ginnette Prioleau Middleton left Charleston thirty-five years ago. She's returned wanting to protect the daughter she's never really known after receiving an ominous premonition. Melanie never wanted to see her mother again, but with some prodding from her partner, Jack Trenholm, she agrees-and begins to rebuild their relationship. Together Melanie and Ginnette buy back their old home. With their combined psychic abilities they expect to unearth some ghosts. But what they find is a vengeful dark spirit whose strength has been growing for decades. It will take unearthing long buried secrets to beat this demon and save what's left of Melanie's family...

In this stirring and heartwarming tale set during the Christmas of 1943‚ we follow nine–year–old Andy Catlett as he embarks on a bus trip to visit his grandparents’ homes unaccompanied. Andy not only considers this an adventure‚ but his first step into adulthood. Andy Catlett is a sweet remembrance of a time and a way of life that has all but ceased to exist. The old ways are in retreat‚ modern life is crowding everything in its path‚ and now‚ as an aged Andy looks back‚ he recalls the stories of neighbors and friends‚ and generously shares them with his reader. In this world‚ the land is a bond‚ connecting the living and the dead in a perpetual community.