Recommendations based on Half a Heartby Karen McQuestion

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  1. Hello Love

    by Karen McQuestion
    A heartwarming story of a woman who receives letters from her deceased husband, guiding her towards a new love and a second chance at happiness.

    From the bestselling author of, The Long Way Home, comes a charming novel about two strangers who find a second chance at happiness when they’re brought together by one extraordinary dog. A year ... (Goodreads)

  2. Beach Rental

    by Grace Greene
    A woman rents a beach house to escape her troubled life, but finds unexpected love and healing.

    On the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, in the small town of Emerald Isle... Juli Cooke, hard-working and getting nowhere fast, marries a dying man, Ben Bradshaw, for a financial settlement, not ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. Dark Stranger: The Dream

    by I.T. Lucas
    A human woman is kidnapped by a powerful vampire who claims she is his soulmate. She must navigate a dangerous world of supernatural beings to uncover the truth about her past and her connection to the vampire.

    "Love Love Love this book! This book had me hooked right from the beginning! I had to read every book in the series one right after the other and I can't wait for the next! This is probably the best ... (Barnes & Noble)

  4. Don't Let Me Go

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde
    A heartwarming story of a young boy and his mother's friend who form an unbreakable bond.

    Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors—beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Girl With No Name

    by Diney Costeloe
    A young girl is evacuated from London during WWII and ends up in a new family, facing challenges and uncovering secrets about her past.

    Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a small suitcase. Among them is ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. Defiance

    by C.J. Redwine
    Rachel Adams defies the ruthless leader of Baalboden to save her father and falls in love with Logan McEntire, a fellow survivor.

    While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they bend like reeds to the will of their male Protectors, she uses ... (Goodreads)

  7. Lie to Me

    by J.T. Ellison
    A psychological thriller about a woman who discovers her husband's lies and must unravel the truth before it's too late.

    They built a life on lies, , , Sutton and Ethan Montclair's idyllic life is not as it appears. They seem made for each other, but the truth is ugly. Consumed by professional and personal betrayals ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Lost Colony

    by A.G. Riddle
    A team of scientists travel back in time to the lost colony of Roanoke, but their mission is threatened by a deadly virus and a conspiracy.

    Can humanity survive on a new world? On Eos, the last survivors of the Long Winter face their greatest challenge yet–and race to unravel the deepest secrets of the grid. It's a journey across space ... (Goodreads)

  9. Deep and Dark and Dangerous

    by Mary Downing Hahn
    A young girl uncovers a dark family secret while spending the summer at her aunt's lake house.

    Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one ... (Goodreads)

  10. Lethal Bayou Beauty

    by Jana Deleon
    CIA assassin Fortune Redding goes undercover in a small Louisiana town to solve a murder mystery.

    No one in Sinful liked Pansy Arceneaux, but who hated her enough to kill her? When aspiring actress Pansy Arceneaux returns to Sinful, Louisiana to head up the beauty pageant portion of the Summer ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Tracker

    by Chad Zunker
    A lawyer turned private investigator searches for a missing girl, uncovering a web of corruption and danger.

    Trust no one. Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Curious Minds

    by Janet Evanovich
    A tech genius and an eccentric researcher team up to solve a corporate conspiracy. A light-hearted, humorous mystery novel.

    Janet Evanovich teams up with Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of mysteries featuring Emerson Knight and Riley Moon, a dynamic duo with instant and undeniable chemistry. Emerson Knight is ... (Goodreads)

  13. A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray

    by Ann M. Martin
    A stray dog's journey through life, from puppyhood to old age, facing challenges and finding love and friendship along the way.

    Squirrel is a mixed-breed dog who lives in a shed behind the summer home of a wealthy family, the Merrions. She lives with her mother, Stream, and brother, Bone. Squirrel and Bone were the only two ... (Wikipedia)

  14. The Ghostwriter

    by A.R. Torre
    A struggling writer is hired to complete a famous author's unfinished manuscript, but soon discovers dark secrets about the author's life.

    from a New York Times Bestseller..., I have three months to write the last book of my life. Three months to confess the details of that day, and how it changed everything for me. My name is Helena ... (Barnes & Noble)

  15. Worthy

    by Catherine Ryan Hyde
    A troubled teenager finds redemption through a kind-hearted neighbor who teaches him the value of hard work and self-worth.

    They might’ve been a family., Virginia finally had the chance to explore a relationship with Aaron when he asked her on a date. She had been waiting, hoping that the widower and his young son, Buddy, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. The Last Girl

    by Joe Hart
    In a dystopian future, a young woman fights to survive in a world where women are scarce and hunted.

    A mysterious worldwide epidemic reduces the birthrate of female infants from 50 percent to less than 1 percent. Medical science and governments around the world scramble in an effort to solve the ... (Goodreads)

  17. Prisoner B-3087

    by Alan Gratz
    A young boy's harrowing journey through ten concentration camps during the Holocaust.

    Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. The Centurion's Wife

    by Davis Bunn
    A Roman centurion and a Jewish widow are brought together in a dangerous quest to uncover a conspiracy.

    Janette Oke has dreamed for years of retelling a story in a biblical time frame from a female protagonist's perspective, and Davis Bunn is elated to be working with her again on this sweeping saga of ... (Goodreads)

  19. The Witch's Daughter

    by Paula Brackston
    A witch, seeking to escape her past, lives a solitary life until a young girl seeks her help. She must confront her demons to protect the girl.

    My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins. In the spring of 1628, the ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Forests of Silence

    by Emily Rodda
    An epic quest to save a magical kingdom from an ancient evil.

    The book opens with a boy called Jarred, a friend of Prince Endon. After the death of King Alton and his queen, Endon is proclaimed King in his father's place. To consummate this, a magical steel ... (Wikipedia)

  21. New York to Dallas

    by J.D. Robb
    Detective searches for a serial killer on a cross-country manhunt, uncovering secrets along the way.

    Twelve years ago, Eve Dallas was just a rookie NY cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a man she discovered to be a sick murderer and pedophile, who was keeping young ... (Goodreads)

  22. The Liar

    by Nora Roberts
    A woman's life is turned upside down when her husband is exposed as a liar and a cheat. She must rebuild her life and find love again.

    Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions … The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Masterpiece

    by Francine Rivers
    A successful LA artist's life is turned upside down when he meets a young woman who challenges his worldview and faith.

    New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken ... (Goodreads)

  24. Because of Winn-Dixie

    by Kate DiCamillo
    A girl's journey of self-discovery and healing, as she finds friendship in an unlikely companion.

    Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. Kate DiCamillo's first published novel, like Winn-Dixie himself, immediately proved to be a keeper—a ... (Goodreads)

  25. The Librarian of Auschwitz

    by Antonio Iturbe
    Based on a true story, a young girl in Auschwitz risks her life to protect and share books with fellow prisoners.

    Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

    by L. Frank Baum
    Dorothy and her friends journey through the magical Land of Oz, encountering strange creatures and adventures.

    Dorothy Gale is gladly joining her Uncle Henry in California to visit relatives who live at Hugson's Ranch, after their vacation from Australia in, Ozma of Oz, . Dorothy meets Hugson's nephew who is ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Leota's Garden

    by Francine Rivers
    A woman's journey of self-discovery, healing, and redemption through gardening.

    Once Leota’s garden was a place of beauty—where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Heist

    by Janet Evanovich
    A daring team of criminals embark on a mission to pull off the greatest heist of all time.

    From Janet Evanovich, #1, New York Times, bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for, Monk, comes the first adventure in an ... (Goodreads)

  29. Brian's Winter

    by Gary Paulsen
    A retelling of the classic novel, "Hatchet", from the perspective of a young boy struggling to survive in the frozen wilderness.

    The story deals with Brian, still stranded at the L-shaped lake during the fall and winter, constructing a winter shelter, building snow shoes , being confronted by a bear , befriending and naming a ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

    by Louis Sachar
    Whimsical adventures of a class of students in a peculiar school.

    Mr. Gorf was the son of Mrs. Gorf, who tormented the students in, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, before being turned into an apple and eaten. He was born in Kathmandu, Nepal . He was never ... (Wikipedia)