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Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Julia Springer, a newly wealthy widow in a small Southern town, finds her quiet life shattered when a church member announces a scandal—her late husband’s illegitimate child is now under her care.

In the North Carolina town of Abbotsville, Miss Julia Springer steps in when Jacob, the housekeeper's clumsy son, falls from the stairs and a group of women struggle to learn the basics of cooking.

Fiction, Ghost story, Setting - England

Melanie Middleton, a Charleston real‑estate agent with a love for historic homes, inherits an old mansion on Tradd Street. While she navigates the house’s haunted past and its secrets, she and a writer named Jack Trenholm uncover hidden Confederate treasures and a malevolent ghost.

America's favorite Woman of a Certain Age takes the law into her own hands when a band of jewel thieves targets her townIt's lonely and boring in Miss Julia's normally boisterous town, what with husband Sam off on a long-planned tour of Russia and Hazel Marie vacationing in Mexico with Mr. Pickens. After inviting twenty-five of her closest friends to a party in her home, Miss Julia discovers that she's been robbed—her jewelry, including her engagement ring (a perfect replica of Princess Diana's), is missing! According to the police, this is not the first time the town has been the target of thieves, but Miss Julia is determined to make it the last. Packing Little Lloyd into the car, Miss Julia heads to Palm Beach for sun, sand, and a stakeout. With Etta Mae Wiggins along for the ride and a positively sodden PI on retainer, it's only a matter of time before they get their men. Miss Julia Strikes Back will delight Ann Ross's growing legion of fans and will be the perfect gift for Mother's Day—or any day.

Miss Julia, a sharp‑tongued Southern widow, faces a marriage proposal from longtime beau Sam Murdoch while juggling a proposed Holy Land theme park, a town scandal, and a mischievous great‑granddaughter.

When developers threaten to raze Abbotsville’s historic courthouse, Miss Julia Springer sets out to protect her town, her marriage, and her sanity amid eccentric residents, vanished husbands, and unexpected supernatural sightings.

Agnes Browne, a widowed mother of seven in 1960s North Dublin, balances family chaos, neighborhood gossip, and an unexpected romance with a French pizza‑shop owner, all delivered in Brendan O'Carroll’s sharp, affectionate humor.