American Lola Laforet seems to have it all - a whirlwind romance, a charmed life on the Cote d'Azur and ownership of the magnificent Hotel Riviera. Tragically the dream ends when her beloved husband mysteriously disappears. Heartsick, confused, and lonely, her life is thrown into further turmoil when a handsome stranger, Jack Ferrar, drops anchor in Lola's harbour and teaches her the meaning of instant attraction. When the police and various sinister people, all claiming ownership of the Hotel Riviera, suddenly appear, Lola is forced to confront the past she left behind and track down her 'vanished' husband, with only Jack, and her conflicted emotions, for company....

Jessica and her friend Dr Seth Hazlitt get the shock of their lives when they travel to a Florida retirement community for the funeral of their old friend Portia Shelby, only to discover that she has been murdered. Needless to say, America's most beloved sleuth soon finds herself with a Palm Beach potboiler on her hands. Who would want to kill her dear friend? A neighbour with a grudge? The victim's handsome husband, in line to inherit her riches? One thing is certain, the beach umbrellas aren't the only shady things in the seemingly innocent community.

This is the astonishing true story of twenty-one young men who were killed during the first horrifying minutes of D-Day and the friends and families they left behind in the small town of Bedford. Twenty-one sons killed - no other town in America suffered a greater loss in one day. It is an unforgettable story of triumph, courage, and tragedy based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives as well as diaries and letters. Alex Kershaw's remarkable book brings to vivid life the hitherto untold story of one small American town, their sons, and the brutal war that deprived them of their futures.