Böcker av Amy Iketani

Luna Delaney was planning a vacation to Cancun with her friends. When Luna applies for a passport, she asks for her birth certificate and notices something odd. Her father is not the father listed on her birth certificate. Luna finds an online match for her biological father in Italy. Encouraged by her friend, Chad, Luna embarks on a solo trip from Erie, PA, to Italy to meet her father. She meets Antonio who offers to help Luna on her journey. She meets her biological father, Cosimo Vernetti, but a stroke leaves him unable to provide answers. Luna returns home until she learns that Cosimo has died and Luna is in his will. When Luna returns, she is reunited with Antonio. She learns that her father owns Vernetti Vineyards, whose future now depends on her. Luna confronts her mother and demands to know the real truth about him. Will Luna's mother reveal the truth she's been hiding for decades? Luna is now faced with a decision that would forever change her life. I Never Knew shows us that life is full of choices and risks. Sometimes the decisions that scare us the most are also the most rewarding. Follow Luna on an emotional journey as she discovers that there are people in her life who are worth risking it all.

Russell Reed is a widower with a seventeen year old son, Adam. His wife, Lynn, died last summer after a long battle with cancer. The Reed family vacationed at their beach house on Jekyll Island every summer. That is, until last summer, when the emptiness was too much. Now, with Russell struggling at work and Adam barely holding it together, maybe the one thing they have been avoiding is the one place they might start to heal. Adam sees the girl next door, Mandy, who is now all grown up. She is no longer the little girl with pony tails and braces. Russell must contact the elderly neighbor's daughter, Iris, after she falls. When Iris arrives, she may just be his safe return to love. When Adam finds out his father is thinking about selling the beach house, he takes matters into his own hands. Adam's act of defiance turns into a life saving mission of Iris and her mother, Fern. Adam finds his mother's old journal and now believes that the beach house is exactly where they need to be. The Last Wish is a story of loss and love. Follow Russell and Adam as they maneuver the emotional path of finding a reason for happiness.

Louise Jensen and Jude Weber grew up together on Lake Erie and were high school sweethearts. They are both haunted by a drowning on the lake that happened as children. Louise broke up with Jude after graduation and went away to college. Now a pediatrician in New York City, she has a neurosurgeon boyfriend, Benjamin Brock. The same night that Ben proposes to Louise, she receives a phone call that could change her life. Louise's mother is in a coma and she must return to Erie.Louise must now face the family and friends she left ten years ago, including Jude. Jude reveals that he still loves her. When Louise returns to New York and accepts Ben's proposal, an unexpected meeting with Jude makes her question her decision. When Louise decides to return to Erie one more time, Ben won't let her go so easily. Does Louise return to her New York life with Ben or does she see a future with Jude in Erie? Louise must now decide where her home truly is. Coming Home is about the decisions that shape our lives and our happiness. It follows Louise as she both runs away from and returns home to the emotions and friends that she left behind. A book that will take you on an emotional journey with Louise as she discovers herself.