Things take a sudden turn for a stepdad who is trying to earn the respect of his stepchildren when the biological father returns.

Growing up dominated by his stepfather's superstitions about an imminent end of time, Jory escapes to school every day with his friends and explores the outside world at the same time he is required to help build an underground disaster shelter.

Dusty and Brad agree to have Christmas in one house so their kids do not have to travel, but their plans are thrown into chaos when Dusty's macho dad and Brad's ultra-affectionate dad arrive.

When Claire Barclay receives news that her beloved stepfather has had a stroke, Claire and her husband, Art, leave New York and fly back to Scotland to care for him during the summer. When their visit makes clear that Leo is no longer capable of living on his own but determined to stay in his beloved old house, they offer to purchase the place from Leo and build him a cottage on the property. But Claire's old flame Jonas Fairwether (who has become...

"When Leo's sister Paris goes missing, she and her new friend Max must follow Paris's secret notes and clues to find her"-- Provided by publisher.

"After heartbreaking betrayal, Carley is sent to live with a foster family and struggles with opening herself up to their love"-- Provided by publisher.

Presents a magical version of St. Paul, Minnesota, in which a twelve-year-old boy uses his new magical powers and the help of a fire hare to defeat his stepfather.

After learning their stepfather plans to marry them off, Laura Stiles and her sisters escape to find better matches and claim their father's lumber dynasty. Laura sees potential in the local minister of the poor town they settle in, but when secrets buried in his past and the land surface, it will take all they have to keep trouble at bay.

In 1910 New York City, four years after her father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.