Nancy Thayer's novels revolve around  families and friendships. For more information on some of the below titles, including excerpts from the book, click on the name of the title. See also The Hot Flash Club.

St. Martin's Press, 2001
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Between Husbands and Friends
Can you marry young and remain faithful all your life? Will marriage fulfill your deepest desires? Is a secret the same as a lie? To whom should you be most loyal, your best friend or your spouse? These are some of the questions troubling Lucy West, the wife of goodhearted Max West, the editor of a small town Massachusetts newspaper. The Wests' best friends are the glamorous Cunninghams; their four children are friends, too. For ten years the two families vacation every August in Lucy's summer house on Nantucket.

St. Martin's Press, 1999 
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An Act of Love
For seven years, Linda McFarland has been happy with her new husband Owen. She believes that her daughter Emily and Owen's son Bruce have joined together to make a happy family. Then Emily accuses Bruce of a terrible deed. Bruce denies it. When you must choose between your spouse and your child, whom do you choose? This is the question both Linda and Owen must face as they try to discover the truth.

St. Martin's Press, 1997
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Belonging
When Joanna Jones, a successful television host and producer, leaves New York City for an old Nantucket house and a new life, she discovers new friends, hidden treasure, danger and deceit, and the surprise of lasting love.

St. Martin's Press, 1995
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Family Secrets
Family Secrets concerns three generations of women. Kirkus Reviews praised the book for "strong, compelling characters and a swift emotional current that tugs us along."

Viking, 1993

Everlasting
Everlasting, which the Anniston Star called a "vivid, steamy romance...a bouquet of a novel," tells the tale of a young woman who builds a prestigious flower shop in New York City. It was a Literary Guild Dual Main Selection.

Viking, 1991

My Dearest Friend
This novel is the story of Daphne Miller, a single mother, and Jack Hamilton, a handsome, married, college professor and new friend. The Los Angeles Sunday Herald said, "a thoughtful, poignant story is this, which reverberates with intelligence and humor as well."

Charles Scribners' Sons, 1988

Spirit Lost
This novel works as "a carefully wrought and credible ghost story" (Publishers Weekly) and as a tale about jealousy in marriage. It was made into a movie by United Image Entertainment and is available on video.

Charles Scribners' Sons, 1988

Morning
Morning is about one woman's struggle with infertility. Booklist said, "Thayer once again delves deeply into women's issues and emotions. Thayer's story is bound to touch hearts."

Charles Scribners' Sons, 1987

Nell
This novel, which is about a divorced woman with two small children, was called by the Washington Post Book World, "a novel for and about women, by a woman who is a masterly storyteller."

William Morrow, 1984

Bodies and Souls
Bodies and Souls "stripped bare the secret passion of the small New England town," says the Library Journal and Publishers Weekly praised it for being "absorbing...rich in insights into the hearts hidden desires."

Doubleday, 1983

Three Women at the Water's Edge
Daisy is twenty-nine years old, the mother of two children and pregnant with her third when her husband leaves her for another woman. She calls on her mother for support just when Margaret has escaped a life of service and discovered a whole new world in Vancouver. Dale, Daisy's sister, watches her mother and Daisy and wonders how anyone can let herself be vulnerable to love.

Doubleday, 1981
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Stepping
Stepping is about a new wife who becomes a stepmother and mother. The New York Times Book Review said, "Thayer has created a fine character and written about a difficult social issue with insight and compassion."

Doubleday,
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