Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits. Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of eight strangers hostage. Each...

Greed. Envy. Sex. Property. In her subversively funny and genuinely moving new novel, Jane Smiley nails down several American obsessions with the expertise of a master carpenter. Forthright, likable Joe Stratford is the kind of local businessman everybody trusts, for good reason. But it's 1982, and even in Joe's small town, values are in upheaval: not just property values, either. Enter Marcus Burns, a would-be master of the universe whose years with...

Jay Jarvis just moved east. His dating life's gone south. What else is a guy to do but go fishing? Jay is new in town. He's young, successful, and single, and he's not afraid to plop down in a church pew to scope out the females. But in the murky waters of the South Carolina singles scene, Jay's whole world is in danger of being turned upside down.

In "Sell with Soul" the author shares her rise from a nervous rookie agent to a successful real estate broker in Denver, Colorado. The book contains detailed instructions and checklists for many of the activities a new agent must master, such as building a contact database, learning the market, working with buyers, crafting marketing listings, negotiating inspections, and considering the needs of the client.

"Stella O'Neil can hardly believe her luck...her favorite romance writer is moving to town and wants Stella to be her agent! Stella's fantasy of becoming [BFF]s and getting to read advance copies is cut brutally short when Alicia BeeWater is murdered before she can even move in to her new home. Suspects abound in this all new edition to the Flamingo Realty series."--Back cover

Jim Evers is a real estate agent whose latest project is to find a buyer for a huge but dilapidated old house in New Orleans. However, when Evers and his family visits the property before their family vacation, he discovers it's already inhabited by 999 ghosts, none of whom are interested in sharing the space. As the spirits make their displeasure known, Evers and his family, with the help of an eccentric medium named Madame Leota, try to get the...

From a New York Times–bestselling author and a "terrific storyteller," a paranormal suspense in which a woman abducted by an alien falls for her captor (Booklist). In one fleeting moment, anything-and anyone-can change . . . Real estate agent Julie Ferris is enjoying a day at the beach with her sister Laura when a strange, almost undetectable charge fills the air. Then, under the hot Malibu sun, time stops altogether. Neither sister...

Like most people Frank Bascombe of New Jersey, a divorced realtor, has plans for the Fourth of July weekend: find a new home for a client, see his semi-girlfriend and take his son to a sports hall of fame. Instead, one disappointment follows another, but he takes them in his stride--philosophically. By the author of The Sportswriter.

"While visiting a friend in Colorado after quitting her job, Caron Hollister wins a Colorado destination wedding. Back in Florida with her dream job gone and her perfect boyfriend seeming less than perfect, she accepts a job offer from a former boyfriend, returns to Colorado and begins to question everything about her relationships"--