Juliette Fay Books in Order

Widowed Janie struggles with grief and anger while raising two young children. A builder arrives to construct the porch her husband secretly commissioned, and the project opens her isolated life to unexpected friendships and the possibility of renewed connection.

Newly divorced Dana faces money worries, unsettled children and a teenage niece who needs a home. As romance and social acceptance beckon, she must reconsider the cost of pleasing others and discover what it means to remain true to herself.

After two decades nursing in war zones and disaster areas, exhausted Sean Doran returns to his Massachusetts hometown. His struggling relatives need help of their own, forcing him to reconsider responsibility, belonging and the purpose he has pursued far away.

When their father’s injury threatens the family’s livelihood in 1919, four sisters take to the vaudeville stage. Traveling among a colorful company of performers brings freedom and possibility, but also dangers that test their loyalties and dreams.

Three performers flee a traveling burlesque show in 1921 and head for Hollywood, hoping to find work in silent films. Poverty, prejudice and difficult choices test their friendship as they search for recognition, love and a place to belong.

Pregnant, homeless and grieving her partner, Cass resolves to stop drinking and build a stable life for her child. Seeking help from his baseball-star brother creates an uneasy alliance, challenging both to confront their troubles and imagine a different future.

At fifty-eight, Helen encounters the boy whose brief romance with her shaped decades of regret. He wants to reconnect, but revisiting their past means confronting buried hurt and the possibility that neither understands what really happened.

In 1926, two women with very different backgrounds become railway-hospitality waitresses to escape desperate circumstances. Sharing a room and dangerous secrets, they must overcome mutual dislike while navigating demanding work and the hazards of life in the Southwest.