A lonely librarian finds love, friends, and a few ghosts between the shelves in this cozy, paranormal tale from beloved bestselling author Auralee Wallace.It’s a dark and stormy night…and Amelia Bates is caught in the rain. Life hasn’t always been kind to her, and being a ghostse... A lonely librarian finds love, friends, and a few ghosts between the shelves in this cozy, paranormal tale from beloved bestselling author Auralee Wallace.It’s a dark and stormy night…and Amelia Bates is caught in the rain. Life hasn’t always been kind to her, and being a ghostseer certainly doesn’t make things any easier.Glowing warmly through the autumnal downpour is her safest haven: the library. Amelia, the newly hired librarian, has always relished the comfort of curling up with a novel, vastly preferring it to the company of humans (alive or ghostly).But Amelia is shocked to discover the building is full of more than quiet stories and warm cups of tea. There are curious, talkative patrons, a shy, bespectacled head librarian who makes her heart skip a beat, and three quirky spirits causing paranormal havoc that endangers the future of the library.To help the ghosts and save the building, Amelia will have to gather all her bravery and wits, because learning to trust others might just be the first step to a happily ever after she only thought was possible in books. Read more

A royal, opposites attract Regency romance.From guest…to groom?With the ton’s eligible gentlemen believing clumsy Lady Anna is cursed, she faces likely spinsterhood. This Season is her last chance to find a husband, but instead she must play host to a demanding—and distractingly ... A royal, opposites attract Regency romance.From guest…to groom?With the ton’s eligible gentlemen believing clumsy Lady Anna is cursed, she faces likely spinsterhood. This Season is her last chance to find a husband, but instead she must play host to a demanding—and distractingly handsome—royal guest foisted on her father’s household!Prince Deva of Siam is in London to secure a trade deal and win his father’s favor. If only he could understand the locals’ confusing customs! But with his host’s beautiful and unconventional daughter offering insights, he soon notices charms in her that others have overlooked. But can they reconcile their differences with their hearts' desires?  Read more

When Dr. Emilia McRoy stumbles upon a dead body in a haunted house, she resolves to find the killer before another body can fall. Halloween isn’t the only cause for fright in the fifth Scottish Isle mystery, perfect for fans of Paige Shelton and Connie Berry.It’s the week of Hall... When Dr. Emilia McRoy stumbles upon a dead body in a haunted house, she resolves to find the killer before another body can fall. Halloween isn’t the only cause for fright in the fifth Scottish Isle mystery, perfect for fans of Paige Shelton and Connie Berry.It’s the week of Halloween—or as they say in Scotland, All Hallows' Eve—and the town of Sea Isle is full of spooky celebrations. Dr. Emilia McRoy loves being part of her new community and is eager to help out in any way she can. But the festivities are interrupted when she and her assistant, Abigail, find a dead body in a haunted house. A real one. They’re too late to save the victim, but they’ll do whatever it takes to find his killer. There’s just one problem: There are too many suspects. Constable Ewan would prefer the good doctor and her friends stay out of the investigations, but that isn’t how Dr. Em rolls. As she and her gang investigate, they realize the killer is searching for something—and has no problem murdering anyone who gets in the way of finding it. Dr. Em must stay one step ahead if she’s to survive this Halloween season alive—either that or she might just end up the next victim. Read more

One dead body. Seven mystery writers who all know how to get away with murder. In this wickedly clever whodunit from the bestselling author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, the only thing harder than writing the perfect plot twist . . . is surviving it.If you want to write a murd... One dead body. Seven mystery writers who all know how to get away with murder. In this wickedly clever whodunit from the bestselling author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, the only thing harder than writing the perfect plot twist . . . is surviving it.If you want to write a murder, you have to set it in the right location‑like an old, converted monastery with an ominous past, hidden deep in the mountains. Then, you have to invite the right people‑like a group of authors attending a prestigious mystery‑writing conference.Of course, someone should show up uninvited‑like a disgraced literary agent accused of stealing from his top client. Everyone in the story must be hiding something so they can all become suspects when someone ends up dead. That's when they'll turn on one another, digging into the past to uncover dark truths‑like a book canceled on the eve of publication, two million dollars in missing royalties, and an obsessive fan with a hidden agenda.But don't forget to trap everyone there‑a landslide should do the trick‑so they can't escape when more people turn up dead. . . .Welcome to the perfect murder. Nothing will go wrong. Because if anyone can get away with murder, it's a writer. Read more

Cats once again prove to be the best medicine in the wonderful third book following the award‑winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find for you.Dr. Nikke and his clinic are always ready to offer their... Cats once again prove to be the best medicine in the wonderful third book following the award‑winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat.When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find for you.Dr. Nikke and his clinic are always ready to offer their unconventional approach to healing. Although one never quite understands how they ended up there, each person who has walked through the door has left with a cat and a deeper understanding of themselves. Every time, the clinic reaffirms that the unbreakable bond between cats and people has the potential to heal and transform lives.With Dr. Nikke as the constant that weaves each of these stories together, we meet a woman anxious about an upcoming competition, an overwhelmed young father, an illustrator questioning her career, and a young woman burdened with guilt. Digging ever deeper into the complicated minds of humans—and the love of their feline companions—this poignant, episodic novel provides something richer and more challenging than mere comfort: compassion. Read more

Author of Piñata, Leopoldo Goût's latest horror novel Rooted is a "a blood reckoning" (Marlon James) where one woman's return to Mexico City digs away the layers of her forgotten past and the Aztec gods she awakened.There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.A successful art lawyer, she h... Author of Piñata, Leopoldo Goût's latest horror novel Rooted is a "a blood reckoning" (Marlon James) where one woman's return to Mexico City digs away the layers of her forgotten past and the Aztec gods she awakened.There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.A successful art lawyer, she has returned to Mexico to celebrate a recent campaign for the repatriation of stolen artifacts—in particular a mysterious statue of an Aztec god, The Flayed One.But Mexico City isn’t as she remembered. Nothing is. Elements of her past hint at darkness and power, and reality begins to crack and warp the streets.There’s nothing wrong with Aurora.As Aurora’s sanity unravels, she must pry apart her family’s secrets and accept the simplest of truths: The Flayed One cannot stay buried.“It wields all the destructive fury of a flayed god determined to avenge centuries’ worth of colonial devastation and greed..”–Cynthia Gómez, Ignyte-nominated author of MuñecaOther Books by Leopoldo GoûtPiñataAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Read more

Exiled from her home in rural, 18th century France, a resilient young woman journeys through the forests of Normandy, to the oppressive poverty of pre-Revolutionary Paris, and ultimately to her destiny as one of the founding mothers of Louisiana.True Grit meets Les Misérables in ... Exiled from her home in rural, 18th century France, a resilient young woman journeys through the forests of Normandy, to the oppressive poverty of pre-Revolutionary Paris, and ultimately to her destiny as one of the founding mothers of Louisiana.True Grit meets Les Misérables in this epic journey of survival, social inequality, and a woman discovering her own power for readers of Isola by Allegra Goodman and The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee.France, 1718: Three years after Louis XIV's death, the country is still reeling from the Sun King's costly wars and reckless extravagance. While ordinary citizens struggle to survive, the wealthy are able to purchase noble titles that grant them power and privilege. In the wrong hands, that power can be a terrible thing, as Azélie and her older sister Nicole discover when their family's roadside inn becomes the property of a corrupt judge.After a harrowing encounter with the judge's loathsome son, Azélie's only option is to flee. Then a chance meeting with highway robber Jules Charavany leads the two to make their way to Paris. Azélie launders clothes on the banks of the Seine while Jules finds work on the docks, and a friendship borne of necessity evolves into a deeper bond. But when Jules is wrongly arrested, Azélie finds herself caught up in a scheme to arrest young women on trumped-up charges and exile them to the struggling colonies along the Gulf Coast.Chained aboard the ship La Mutine, a pregnant Azélie finds kinship with the other women during the perilous ocean crossing. The survivors will witness the birth of a new city, New Orleans. And though her new life will be rich in challenge and reward, Azélie's ties to her homeland and her family will remain, echoing through the future in unpredictable ways, even centuries later. Read more

When the Grim Reaper develops feelings for the children’s librarian whose soul he is supposed to collect, he finds that with feelings comes something far worse than death—life.Helena Hart isn’t having the best night. Her date just ditched her, her Halloween costume bombed, and he... When the Grim Reaper develops feelings for the children’s librarian whose soul he is supposed to collect, he finds that with feelings comes something far worse than death—life.Helena Hart isn’t having the best night. Her date just ditched her, her Halloween costume bombed, and her only sympathetic ear is a dead silent partygoer in a Grim Reaper get‑up. But when she falls off a balcony and he catches her with a very real skeletal hand, she realizes he may not be a party guest at all. Before she can process the near‑death experience, he vanishes, leaving her to wonder if she hallucinated the whole thing.Grim isn’t supposed to save souls. He’s supposed to reap them. And while he’s not sure why he spared Helena, he does know that if his superiors find out, he’s as good as dust—which is saying something for a guy who’s mostly bones. But keeping away from Helena is proving harder than expected—especially when she isn’t the least bit afraid of his monstrous form.Worse, to his horror, Helena makes him feel. And for a reaper, feeling is a fate far more dangerous than death. Read more

Sex positivity has never been hotter than in this steamy rom‑com full of wit and humor that will appeal to fans of Christina Lauren and Jessica Joyce.Sparks fly when a human sexuality professor is paired up with her former childhood crush to organize a sexual health event, until ... Sex positivity has never been hotter than in this steamy rom‑com full of wit and humor that will appeal to fans of Christina Lauren and Jessica Joyce.Sparks fly when a human sexuality professor is paired up with her former childhood crush to organize a sexual health event, until the university's biggest donors‑spearheaded by her conservative parents‑oppose.After growing up shackled in purity culture, June Wells broke out with a bang. She's now a human sexuality professor on the brink of tenure, and nothing is going to get in her way. That is, until Alex Cardoso crashes back into her life. She's managed to avoid her childhood neighbor and former crush for fifteen years, ever since the mortifying moment in high school when he turned her down. Worse? He's a hotshot PhD candidate appointed to cover his first human sexuality class, and June is assigned as his mentor, linking her tenure to his success‑or failure.While June and Alex struggle to find their footing both in and out of the classroom, they're tasked with organizing a sexual health event: Sextival. But June has a secret. She's kept the details of her profession hidden from her ultraconservative parents, who happen to be the university's largest donors.When word about Sextival reaches June's mother and her wealthy friends, they threaten to pull their donations unless the event is canceled. But June isn't about to let the prudes win, and neither is Alex. Together, amid late‑night office hours and an impromptu road trip, they finally find their rhythm at work...and in bed. But Alex has a secret of his own‑one that will force June to decide what's most important to her: her dream job or her dream guy. Read more

Turning the conventions of Regency London upside down, a single lady desires a carefree, no‑strings‑attached dalliance with a devilish rogue in this spicy, irresistibly sensual new romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kate Pearce.But is her all‑wrong scoun... Turning the conventions of Regency London upside down, a single lady desires a carefree, no‑strings‑attached dalliance with a devilish rogue in this spicy, irresistibly sensual new romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kate Pearce.But is her all‑wrong scoundrel actually her Mr. Right?Lady Allegra Musgrove has resigned herself to never marrying. Creating a scandal worked out well for her sister, Carenza, now happily wed after advertising for a no‑strings‑attached arrangement with a willing gentleman from the ton. But the fallout has landed squarely on poor Allegra, who is ordered to leave London for her family home in the countryside.Sometimes, though, fate comes knocking‑or, in Allegra's case, a rake who abducts her as part of a men's club drunken wager!Furious, Allegra quickly takes charge when their speeding carriage overturns and her masked captor is revealed: Lord Max Devereux, a notorious ne'er‑do‑well who pays his way out of trouble and beds women with impunity.Suddenly sober, Max wants to forget the whole debacle and return Allegra to the city. Obviously, Allegra is aware that there could be no one worse to be stuck with in the middle of nowhere than such a rake, especially one so . . . experienced. Or . . . could there be no one better? Read more

Beloved true crime tour guide Capri Sanzio returns in Michelle Chouinard's A Map to Murder, the next book in the USA Today bestselling Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco Mysteries.True crime tour guide and serial killer aficionado Capri Sanzio knows how central the Summer of Lo... Beloved true crime tour guide Capri Sanzio returns in Michelle Chouinard's A Map to Murder, the next book in the USA Today bestselling Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco Mysteries.True crime tour guide and serial killer aficionado Capri Sanzio knows how central the Summer of Love is to San Francisco's identity-even if she's always had conflicted feelings about it. She's used to weaving feel-good hippie culture and music into her Haight-Ashbury true crime tales, centering her tours around what happens when a revolution looking to lift up the best ideals humanity has to offer clashes with the darkest souls hidden among humanity's shadows. But what she's not used to is a guest stepping out from those shadows to drop a murder investigation directly into her lap.A woman has gone missing in San Francisco after trying to solve her aunt's murder: a cold case from the Summer of Love. Capri sees herself in the missing woman-both were unable to find the answers they desperately wanted as kids-and sees her own daughter in the tour guest begging for her help. Unable to turn the case away, Capri finds herself following a trail of flower-power footprints turned deadly-straight to a killer who has her in their sights. Read more

A contemporary horror debut in which a reclusive painter and the only survivor of an unsolved teen massacre returns to her hometown to confront her past, with the help of her childhood boogeyman and the possessed forest that surrounds her haunted house. Something lives under Will... A contemporary horror debut in which a reclusive painter and the only survivor of an unsolved teen massacre returns to her hometown to confront her past, with the help of her childhood boogeyman and the possessed forest that surrounds her haunted house.
Something lives under Willa’s bed. As an adult, her fondest childhood memories are of the invisible entity under her bed who taught her how to read. Now thirty‑two, Willa Greene is a reclusive but successful painter until a bombshell news reporter exposes her identity as the controversial survivor of the unsolved Rapture Mystery Slayings, a small‑town tragedy that splashed across headlines her senior year of high school. Six teenagers died in the woods while Willa walked free, and everyone thinks she did it.Reporters arrive by the dozens and park themselves on her lawn. When an old classmate calls about a funeral, Willa reluctantly escapes to the last place anyone would look: her sleepy hometown where the possessed forest that stole her friends looms. The trees whistle for her attention, but she knows better than to listen. And the unexplained knocking from the shadows in the basement of her decaying childhood home is honestly the least of her problems.Once back, her troubled past comes back to haunt tenfold. A past stalker is creeping on her once again, and she resolves to show him the rage of a grown woman. Nights spent stalking her stalker draws Willa to discover a chilling truth ‑ another stalker is behind the stalker, and one of them is determined to destroy her. Her defense will draw her closer to the hungry forest she swore she’d never return to, to the monster at home she chose to forget – and to becoming the villain her hometown has always suspected her to be. Read more