Wealthy New Yorker Alec Walker meets a young widow, Julie Eden, and a romantic relationship quickly develops. However, Alec has not told her that he is already locked into a loveless marriage to the avaricious Maida, who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. A coincidental car crash alerts the two women to each other's existence, a situation to which they each react very differently. Maida, who married Alec for his money and...

"Sam Dodsworth is a small town rags-to-riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife Fran, seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him to take her on a grand tour of Europe, where she promptly deserts him for a romantic but penniless baron. Brokenhearted, Sam meets Edith, a widow who arouses passions he never thought he had and sets him on a collision course with his wife, unleashing a torrent of...

"A compelling and complex drama of jealousy, grief, madness, lust and love. A woman haunted by the death of her sweetheart and by her father's unnatural obsession marries a man she doesn't love and has a child through an adulterous liaison with a handsome doctor, a secret they keep throughout their lives"--Container.

"In 1620, a group of religious outcasts boarded the Mayflower in England and set sail for the New World, where they founded a tiny wilderness outpost that was the genesis for what would become the United States of America. This is their thrilling story, a tale of hardship and devotion, and of storms, hunger and disease faced and defied"--Container.

"Robert and Cathy Wilson, possibly the dullest married couple in England, bid each other a tepid farewell when World War II separates them. Robert joins the Navy, gets in shipshape condition and becomes a war hero. Cathy joins the WRENS, tries lipstick and a new 'do, and becomes a woman of the world. And both experience a thrilling romantic fling. Three years pass before they get leave at the same time, bringing a reunion they dread. Can the 'new'...

"Having barely survived the warfare of their wedlock, Amanda and Elyot decide to play it safe, choosing dull mates to marry the second time around. But pedestrian is no match for passion, especially when mixed with proximity -- as in adjoining honeymoon suites! Off they go, leaving stunned new spouses to console each other. But it isn't long before the brawls begin again"--Container.

The story unfolds in China, where Katrin's marriage to busy Dr. Walter Fane is in trouble. Lonely and neglected, she falls in love with diplomatic attaché Jack Townsend. When Walter discovers their affair, he takes Katrin inland to fight a cholera epidemic, maliciously thinking the disease will kill them both. But working together helps rebuild their marriage, until Townsend resurfaces. Now Katrin must choose.

Slap him once, slap him 100 times, the Big Top crowd roars. The clown known to delighted throngs as HE has made a comedic art of getting batted around. Life has battered him even more. Behind the mask, HE hides the torment of once being a brilliant scientist whose research and wife were stolen by a colleague. And behind the mask, when the time comes, HE realizes his revenge.

"Jacqueline leaves her husband for another man, and when she returns to take care of her sick son, her husband flatly rejects her. She leaves without seeing the boy; and beginning her path on the downgrade, she meets and helps a cardsharp named Laroque. When they return to France, her home, Laroque decides that because of her name he can squeeze out a goodly sum from her. At the threat of blackmail, Jacqueline, in a rage, shoots him and is subsequently...

The hatchet man: A Tong executioner allows his wife to run off with a gangster only to learn she's been sold into prostitution. Skyscraper souls: A financier stops at nothing to gain control of a 100-story office building and a naive young woman. Employees' entrance: A tyrannical department store manager chases after profits and a young woman. Ex-lady: An artist who doesn't believe in marriage reluctantly weds her lover only to discover he's seeing...