Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

"A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their...

Maryse Roicheaux can't help heaving a sigh of relief at the news that her not-so-beloved mother-in-law has kicked the busket. The woman was rude, manipulative and loved lording over everyone as the richest citizen of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn't slow Helena Henry down one bit. Being haunted--or more like harried-- by Helena's ghost isn't even the worst of Maryse's problems. Close to making a huge medical breakthrouhg, she's suddenly...

Ellie Haskell and her friends plot different deaths for their mother-inlaws. When one ends up in the morgue, Ellie realizes someone is serious.

Gossip Girl meets Charmed in Gabriella Pierce's fabulous follow-up to her debut supernatural romp, 666 Park Avenue. Continuing her phenomenal gothic chronicle of witches, covens, and curses, and the darkness lurking behind the glitter of New York high society, Pierce enchants us once again with The Dark Glamour. Fans of Meg Cabot's Insatiable and LJ Smith's Vampire Diaries will love this edgy paranormal tale, as the unfortunate bride whose Prince...

Battles ensue after a newly engaged woman meets her future mother-in-law, who is determined to break up the couple.

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years—good years—but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese...

During a cold Massachusetts winter, a tragic car accident leaves a mother childless and her daughter-in-law a widow. Naomi and Ruth are now each other's only comfort. Naomi lost her own husband eight years ago, and now she has lost her son. Carrying a deep secret in her soul, Naomi decides to return to her childhood home in coastal South Carolina. When she tells Ruth her plan, she receives an unexpected reply: "Where you go, I will go." So the two...

A series of chain letters turns into full fledged mail fraud. Stella Diamond is determined to solve the case. Meanwhile, her daughter-in-law Maude, with whom she shares a home, is busy fulfilling another book contract and dealing with a house full of animals.

A book full of the delights of a warm and loving household, Phyllida Law recalls the 17 years she shared with her live-in mother-in-law.