Before World War I in Paris, a girl alternates between a French student, Jim, and a German student, Jules. After the war, they meet again and form a constantly shifting triangle.

Offbeat homage to Hollywood musicals finds a stripper rousing her lover's jealousy by seducing his best friend.

Feeling safe but unfulfilled in her sterile relationships with her father and husband, Gwen Merchant agrees to pose as the wife of a college boyfriend to fulfill his dying mother's last wish, an arrangement that leads to unexpected feelings and Gwen's reevaluation of everything she thought she believed.

"A missing painting. A mysterious woman. Her husband and her lover. Here, the internationally acclaimed author delivers what his fans have been waiting for since The Reader--a powerful new novel about obsession, creativity, and love. A brilliant and na©&#x;ve young lawyer's life is changed forever when a painter and his subject--a breathtakingly beautiful woman--appear at his office in Frankfurt. The woman's husband is deliberately marring the painting...

Tells the touching and provocative story of Davy, a 28-year-old writer on a road trip to promote his unpublished collection of short stories. A random phone call in Davy's motel room from a mysterious, sexy woman leads to a series of phone sex sessions that surprisingly over time become emotionally and sexually satisfying for the shy writer. Later, when he meets a former girlfriend, he must try to choose between them, but only if he can arrange a...

In Red-headed woman, Lillian "Lil" Andrews uses powerful men to get what she wants in life. In Waterloo Bridge, a soldier falls in love with a woman during World War I. In Baby face, an amoral woman sleeps her way to the top floor of an office.

Headstrong Rosy lives on the heathered hills of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. She cannot forsake her passionate romance with a handsome British officer. Yet, for Rosy, there is a greater love - the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles. When Rosy has an illicit affair and is ultimately charged with treason, it is Charles who will stand by her side.

"Comparing her stable marriage to a passionate affair she had twenty-six years earlier, Annabelle feels neglected by her busy husband and cares for her pregnant daughter before an encounter with her past love forces her to question her choices."--NovelList.