New Releases by barbara davis

"A year ago, Dovie Larkin's life was shattered when her fiancé committed suicide just weeks before their wedding. Now, plagued by guilt, she has become a fixture at the cemetery where William is buried, visiting his grave daily, waiting for answers she knows will never come. Then one day, she sees an old woman whose grief mirrors her own. Fascinated, she watches the woman leave a letter on a nearby grave. Dovie ignores her conscience and reads the letter -- a mother's plea for forgiveness to her dead daughter -- and immediately needs to know the rest of the story. As she delves deeper, a collection of letters from the cemetery's lost and found begins to unravel a decades-old mystery involving one of Charleston's wealthiest families. But even as Dovie seeks to answer questions about another woman's past -- questions filled with deception, betrayal, and heartbreaking loss -- she starts to discover the keys to love, forgiveness, and finally embracing the future & -- Amazon.com.

From the author of The Wishing Tide comes a stunning new novel about two summers, one journal, and the secrets that can break and open our hearts.... Pragmatic, independent Lily St. Claire has never been a beachgoer. But when her late father leaves her a small house on Hideaway Key—one neither her mother nor she knew he owned—she’s determined to visit the sleepy spit of land along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Expecting a quaint cottage, Lily instead finds a bungalow with peeling shutters and mountains of memorabilia. She also catches a glimpse of the architect who lives down the beach…. But it’s the carton of old journals in the front room that she finds most intriguing. The journals were written by her mother’s sister, an infamous beauty whose name has long been banned from the St. Claire home. The journals tell a family tale Lily has never heard, of her mother and her aunt as young girls in Tennessee and the secrets that followed them into adulthood. As she reads, Lily gains a new understanding: about her family and about herself. And she begins to open her heart—to this place, these people, and the man next door. But can she ever truly learn to trust, to believe that love is not a trap but a harbor? And is it true that hearts, even broken ones, can be forged anew?

"Five years ago, Lane Kramer moved to Starry Point, certain the quaint island village was the place to start anew. Now the owner of a charming seaside inn, she's set aside her dreams of being a novelist and of finding love again. When English professor Michael Forrester appears on Lane's doorstep in the middle of a storm, he claims he's only seeking a quiet place to write his book. Yet he seems eerily familiar with the island, leaving Lane wondering whether he is quite what he appears. Meanwhile, Mary Quinn has become a common sight, appearing each morning on the dunes behind the inn to stare wistfully out to sea. Lane is surprised to find a friendship developing with the older woman, who possesses a unique brand of wisdom despite her tenuous grip on reality. As Lane slowly unravels Mary's story and a fragile relationship blooms between Michael and her, Lane realizes that the three of them share a common bond. But when a decades-old secret suddenly casts its shadow, Lane must choose between protecting her heart and fighting for the life--and the love--she wants"--

Caprice is a Business Analyst in information technology and works for a company that sells fancy juices from around the world. As a Business Analyst, Caprice helps the company to design software to run its stores and to help its customers to shop online from the comfort of their own home. Join Caprice in her adventure as she designs and programs new software for the store she works at. She has all sorts of fun learning the jobs that the software has to perform to be useful. Each story will follow the adventures of a REAL-LIFE person as they work or learn something new in each of the areas. Also included is a programming for girls (STEM) activity book.