What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naive young artist and her handsome physician husband. At first, everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their...

Softhearted sports agent Myron Bolitar must unravel a complex mystery involving blackmail and family tragedy when his client, celebrated rookie quarterback Christian Steele, receives a phone call from a supposedly-dead ex-girlfriend.

Hollywood film detective and film archivist Valentino becomes embroiled in the murder of a blackmailer in this wacky comedic murder romp.

After years of trying to become pregnant without success, Rachel Dawson and her husband Thomas felt their dreams had finally come true the day they brought home their newly adopted twin babies. But soon the birth mother reappears, first demanding more money, then the twins themselves.

Repairman Jack is back in New York City where he tries to find out who is blackmailing a nun and helps elderly Maria Roselli find her missing son, whom may have joined the cult-like Dormentalist Church.

"Montalbano investigates the death of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta in a case that involves a ring of mistresses and family secrets"--

Mojo Sheepshanks, a struggling private investigator with the ability to see ghosts, is in way over her head when a situation involving her wealthy sister, who is being terrorized by a blackmailer, turns into a murder, revealing shocking secrets about the family she thought she knew.

Love takes no prisoners. Piers Gedrick Atherton is seeking revenge and the first step is securing a bride. Winning a lady's hand is no easy task, then Alexandra enters his life. When she proposes marriage, Piers knows trouble haunts her footsteps. She awakens a fierce desire within him and he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe in his arms.

"Morrigan Crow is now a proud scholar in the elite Wundrous Society, but must prove that she belongs in the Society, while battling a new evil"--

Entreated by his goddaughter to help pay off a blackmailer who videotaped her bachelorette party and then threatened to expose her debauchery, Doc Ford reluctantly agrees and then finds himself in danger when the extortionist releases the tape anyway.