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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Nights in Rodanthe: Adrienne Willis is a woman with her life in chaos. She retreats to the small coastal town in the Outer Banks where she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs. She has a wayward husband who has asked to come home and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Upon arrival, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. Paul is the only guest at the inn, and he is facing his own crisis...
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
"Set amid the politically turbulent times surrounding World War II, Strangers & brothers chronicles the impassioned life of young Englishman Lewis Eliot. In a world where truth and justice test the personal philosophies of even the strongest men, Eliot is the ambitious lawyer fighting the temptations that could ruin his personal and professional life. Eliot's decisions lead his career on a tempestuous journey of success, tragedy, and rekindled love....
503) Home from the hill
Pub. Date
[2007], c1959
Description
Southern drama involving a wealthy landowner's conflicts with his wife and two sons, one of which is illegitimate.
504) I smile back
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the facade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful...
505) Acrimony
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A faithful wife tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
Zoe Reynard's perfect life--marriage to her childhood sweetheart, a thriving business, and three wonderful children--begins to unravel as she begins to lose control, fails to get her husband to open up to her sexually, and embarks on three extramarital affairs.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
"Marina, una mujer casada, con tres hijos, con una vida familiar resuelta, coreógrafa de cierto prestigio, se ve involucrada en un amorío improbable con un hombre impensable. Salvar el fuego retrata dos Méxicos completamente escondidos uno del otro, en los que Marina, que pertenece a la clase social más alta, se vincula con un hombre al extremo de la sociedad. Esta es una novela que retrata las contradicciones de un país y las contradicciones...
509) The Apartment
Pub. Date
c2007, c1960
Description
"C.C. "Bud" Baxter knows the way to success in business-- it's through the door of his apartment. By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake, he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik, elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that...
510) Anna Karenina
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Set in late 19th century Russia high-society, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
512) Perfect addiction
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
After catching her boyfriend cheating on her, kickboxing trainer Sienna Lane, bent on revenge, trains her ex's archnemesis to win the championship fight, but when passion enters the ring, she must decide whether revenge is more important than a shot at real love.
513) The scarlet letter
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In a time when adultery is punishable by death, Hester Prynne becomes involved in a risky and scandalous affair with her town's handsome minister.
515) Madame Bovary
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A dramatization of Gustave Flaubert's classic about the tragic consequences that await a frivolous woman.
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
During a trip to the picturesque snowcapped mountains in Colorado, eight married college friends have gathered for their annual seven-day reunion. But the cozy mood is shattered when the group comes face-to-face with one pair's infidelity. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins questioning the validity of their own marriage. Over the course of the weekend, husbands and wives take a hard look at their lives, wrestling with issues of commitment,...
518) Meet Bill
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
By all appearances Bill's life is perfect-- a perfect mess, that is. His wife is having an affair with the local news anchor and he is stuck in a dead-end job at his father-in-law's bank. Bill sees no escape from his miserable life until he becomes a mentor to a self-assured teen who is determined to help Bill reinvent his life by setting him up with a sexy lingerie saleswoman who promises to spice things up. Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless...
519) Couples retreat
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Following failed attempts to conceive, Jason and Cynthia are contemplating divorce. In an effort to save their marriage, they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called Eden. To save money they encourage their friends to join them, claiming that their friends can enjoy the party activities and not take part in the therapy. Reluctantly their friends, Dave and Ronnie, Joey and Lucy, and recently divorced Shane and his girlfriend Trudy agree....
520) The women
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
In New York City's world of high fashion and publishing, Mary Haines seems to have it all until she finds out her husband is having an affair, calling into question the fate of her marriage and her female friendships.