The couple's dramatic emotional turmoil and external sources of conflict (when they're advised to "trust

One Of Us Is Back offers more Bayview intrigue and young love, family conflict and growth, and builds

I loved Johnson's first book set in this complex, futuristic, postapocalyptic world of conflicting classes

As in all good rom-coms, there's a conflict keeping the potential couple apart, and I appreciated the

is reeling from economic troubles; Brendan's older adoptive brother deeply resents his presence; and conflicts

the Summer, she offers up an irresistible rom-com premise with weighty, messy, real-life-imperfect conflicts The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting

their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases they are unable to cope with their conflicting Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty.

Will their conflicting needs and expectations blow apart their marriage?

The rom-com conflict that prevents an immediate happy resolution was based on a communication fail--a

And growing conflicts, puzzling developments, and murky motivations and loyalties complicate everything

But the story's conflict centers around the magical and horrifying danger Adelaide has never acknowledged

strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes burdens of loyalty, love, and and conflicting wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories, conflict

planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction novel about interspecies relations and conflicts

01 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict among Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Religion is a particular conflict in the novel, with the Christian characters proving themselves to be

battle is soon to be upon them all, and she'll need to find out what she's made of in the life-and-death conflict

The Night Ship centers around the dilemmas, conflicts, and discoveries of two characters separated by

The end section of the story involves fast-paced reactions and conflicts, with SecUnit doing its thing

India, and how a tiny bit of empathy might have unraveled the increasingly devastating whirlwind of conflict Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power.

But Carl is a convicted murderer who was released because he's so gravely ill and close to death.

be dispensed with during the course of the story and a more dastardly one emerges and prolongs the conflict

Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother, and wife struggling with the conflicting

setting, the character of Sherriff Winston Barnes, and the pulsing racial, class-based, and family conflicts Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the

mother's in jail, his stepfather is gone, and his best friend and most solid source of advice is a convicted It centers around one family’s conflicts with crooked and powerful neighbors; cruel and aggressive Native

Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power. Griffin Sisters  also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future

zany (a fake-dating-the-brother code of silence) and two parts believable (longstanding professional conflict

Tales and Retellings For this list, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts The main protagonist and conflicted priest were irresistible characters.

the Summer , she offers up an irresistible rom-com premise with weighty, messy, real-life-imperfect conflicts The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting

By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, convicted San Francisco DA Wes Farrell helped send Paul Riley to prison years ago when Riley was convicted of the

society's pressures, and the fiction that her family attempted to portray of being perfect--despite conflict

Missing Trees by Elif Shafak Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees explores past Turkish-Greek conflicts The fig tree shares the story of the young lovers and while exploring the conflicts between Turkish and

the Summer, she offers up an irresistible rom-com premise with weighty, messy, real-life-imperfect conflicts

The rom-com conflict that prevents an immediate happy resolution was based on a communication fail--a be dispensed with during the course of the story and a more dastardly one emerges and prolongs the conflict

try to find their way back to a friendship, a track that is not without hiccups, their own sometimes conflicting

memoir Rebel Rising , and I'm listening to the Australian's account of a challenging youth, familial conflicts

Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War conflict.  Griffin Sisters  also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future

But her current mission is a first for Frankie: to find the long-missing sister of a convicted serial

wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories, conflict book by bristling at his necessary role as high king, but he soon must lead his people through the conflict

Were the Kennedys . 04 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions details of life in the time period, as well as the unassuming women who show their true strength and conviction

The river balloons to 80 feet wide, and three convicts and their leader arrive at the ancestral home

The river balloons to 80 feet wide, and three convicts and their leader arrive at the ancestral home

And I wanted more conflict and more self-realization from Jenna than the clarification that she doesn't

The Night Ship centers around the dilemmas, conflicts, and discoveries of two characters separated by boarding school years, when her roommate Thalia was murdered--and the school's athletic trainer was convicted

to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting

Conflicts between Korea and Japan and war and occupation swirl around them and those within their orbits

investigated her blue color, its causes, and her feelings about either changing her color to avoid conflict

Steven Smith was a mischievous child raised by his older brother and hadn't yet become the convicted

This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible

Lessons in Chemistry explores deep issues, conflict, and dark times, yet offers hope and joy.

For me, much of the story’s depth lay in its exploration of conflicting elements of morality and necessity

to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting Wrong Time. 05 The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts