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RaeLynn Demming, a junior reporter in North Dakota who has been shunned by her coworkers and community, has a lot to prove. A decades-old arson that killed over 100 people on the island of La Paradisio could be her career-saving story, but she needs Rose Trudeau, a Hollywood socialite, and survivor of the legendary Grande Hotel fire, to help her.

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Dr. Bill Bass established the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition. Bill Bass' research at "the Body Farm" has transformed forensic science, assisting police in solving cold cases and determining the time since death. Explore the rise of modern forensic science in this riveting book, using cases from his career to immerse readers in the real world of "CSI."

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When Stetson Miller inherits his father's farm in Idaho, he is too preoccupied with crops and yields to consider the financial side of things. The next thing he knows, he's got a stack of unpaid bills, the bank is threatening to foreclose...and the auditor who's come to examine his accounts is the most attractive thing he's ever seen.

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When her father threatens to marry off Abigail Montross to a man twice her age (with 13 children! ), she decides to elope with the irresistibly handsome Baron de Vasconia instead. She is well aware of his infamous reputation. He is the most seductive man in London, but he has vowed to protect her, so she allows herself to be tempted into his bed while vowing to guard her heart at all costs.

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Following a year in the life of a 20-something British woman who falls hard for her London flat mate, this clever, fun, and unforgettable romantic comedy is the perfect feel-good holiday listen. Two people. One house. A year that changes everything.

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Kat Jenkins' worst nightmare comes true when she awakens to find the police on her doorstep. Ethan, her nine-year-old son, has gone missing after disappearing from the cabin where he'd been on an overnight class trip. Kat rushes to the campground, shocked and distraught, but it's too late; the authorities have returned empty-handed after losing Ethan's trail in the mountain forest.

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In the chaos of the ER, being able to function without sleep is a prized skill. Even Dr. Angela Rossi admits that five months is far too long, especially when accompanied by other concerning symptoms such as night sweats, tremors, muscle spasms, and fevers. Then, while Angela is holding the nun's heart in her hand, a dead nun speaks to her. "Find the girl."

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J.J. Graves has returned to Bloody Mary, but she is far from at ease. The first murder is particularly heinous. The second is even more pronounced. And, despite their strained relationship, she and her best friend, Jack, have no choice but to work together to find the murderer. Because the life of someone they care deeply about is in jeopardy.

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When gunshots ring out through the city's crowded streets, Moscow is celebrating the victory over Hitler. A teenage boy and girl are discovered dead. But these aren't your average teenagers. They live in a privileged world as the children of high-ranking Soviet officials. The school, which Stalin's own children attended, is a privileged enclave - but one that, as the deaths reveal, hides a wealth of secrets.

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Reinmar of Bielawa, also known as Reynevan, is a healer, a magician, and, some say, a charlatan. When a careless indiscretion forces him to flee his home, he is pursued not only by vengeful brothers but also by the Holy Inquisition.

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She has a mission... Bree Somner is focusing her energies on taking care of her family, surviving, and protecting humans from vampires, trolls, and demons in the new droid-controlled world. She's been tasked with finding the creature responsible for the string of deaths of human girls in the Forbidden Forest. Bree must race against the clock to apprehend whoever - or whatever - is to blame before it's too late.

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Tom Ryan was drawn to Will, a scared, deaf, and mostly blind elderly dog, by an online ad and brought him home to live with him and Atticus. Will's only owners had become too frail to care for him. Tom hoped to provide Will with a dignified death in the rustic beauty of his New Hampshire home. However, when Will bites him several times and acts violently, Tom realizes he is in for a challenge.

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It’s ho, ho, ho time in this hilarious and wacky Florida holiday tale, featuring bighearted psychopath Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman. Like Santa, Serge knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. Few can give with the generosity and creativity of Serge, and as December 24 rolls around, he is filling up the Serge sleigh with an unforgettable bag of presents.

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It is surrounded by secrecy and is the home of the most bizarre dreams and the darkest nightmares. It has been lavished with enormous sums of money. It was built by the brightest minds of two generations. And it is gradually claiming the Earth's most valuable resource - its children.

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Former Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass recounts in Making Your Own Luck how even a self-described "knucklehead" learned to be ready to recognize and seize opportunities, and thus make his own luck in life.

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Other People's Money criticizes the small group of investment bankers known as the "Money Trust," led by J.P. Morgan & Co., who would treat ordinary people's money on deposit as their own and use it to control the banks, trusts, life insurance companies, and public service and industrial corporations that dominated American business.

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A disturbing blend of true crime and coming-of-age memoir - The Stranger Beside Me meets Prep - that offers an intimate and thought-provoking portrait of girlhood in Manhattan's exclusive prep-school scene in the early 1990s, as well as a thoughtful meditation on adolescent obsession and the vulnerability of youth.

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Thea Galleon is looking forward to her Mermaid Tail Ceremony on her 19th birthday until she discovers she was adopted, and worst of all is suspected to be human. Accused of treason, she sets out with her best friends to escape the island of Bailerunda in a race to discover the truth, and who, or what, she will ultimately become.

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Jace Applewhite is back for the holidays and he's ready to make the most of it: no more studying and finally some time off. He's intrigued by the sexy and serious barista from The Daily Grind, but she's giving him a "hands-off" vibe that can be seen from miles away.

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Finn Briscoe, in looking back on a youthful and not entirely legal adventure, manages to capture a sense of what it was like to be fearless and enterprising in the late 60s and early 70s. His picaresque story of a Missouri farm boy/Amherst student gone rogue offers both insight and humor.

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It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: the call that comes in the middle of the night. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing - vanished from the cabin where he’d been on an overnight class trip. Shocked and distraught, Kat rushes to the campground, but she’s too late; the authorities have returned from their search empty-handed after losing Ethan’s trail in the mountain forest.

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At a truck stop near Las Vegas, fourteen-year-old Riley Jarrett vanishes from her family’s RV, turning their cross-country dream of starting over into a nightmare. With the clock ticking down on the likelihood that Riley’s alive, suspicions run deep. Everyone has something to hide. And their secrets could prove deadly.

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It was the deal of the decade, if not the century. A small, insignificant company on the edge of bankruptcy had discovered an alchemist's dream; a miraculous polymer, that when coated on any vehicle, was the equivalent of 30 inches of steel. With bloody conflicts surging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the polymer promises to save thousands of lives and change the course of both wars.

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Natasha Mori and Bryan Ferrago work for the Net Force Cyber Squad, an elite government agency created to lead the charge against America’s online enemies. They’ve traveled to Maine’s coast for a project to study extreme weather forecasting - and hopefully enjoy a little vacation.

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Nondescript "good girl" Miss Camellia Grenville only ever opens her mouth when forced to sing at her family's musicales. That is, until the night she infiltrates the ton's most scandalous masquerade ball on behalf of her sister, and finds herself in the arms - and the bed - of the one man she'd sworn to hate.

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Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet. As Violet adjusts to her new solitary life in captivity and Hettie mourns the recent loss of her sister and the abandonment of her father, new storm clouds gather.

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Dragonhold's secrets come at a steep price. No one knew just how many mysteries the ancient mountain-keep held. No one could have guessed what they would find so far underground, locked away from the world. Many wish they had never found it. For others, long-awaited retribution is at hand...

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The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope - something is approaching Saturn and decelerating. Space objects don't decelerate. Spaceships do.

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American serial killer Edmund Kemper III stalked co-eds in California at the height of the era of peace and free love, dismembering his victims and tossing their body parts in remote areas around Santa Cruz.

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Katie Grady left Diablo Lake to get over a humiliating breakup. But her family needs her help, so she's back, in a sublet right across the hall from the guy she's lusted after for years. Jace Dooley is hotter than ever, and their friendship picks up along with massive doses of grown-up chemistry.

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New Oldbury, 1821. In the wake of a scandal, the Montrose family and their three daughters - Catherine, Lydia, and Emeline - flee Boston for their new country home, Willow Hall. The estate seems sleepy and idyllic. But a subtle menace creeps into the atmosphere, remnants of a dark history that call to Lydia, and to the youngest, Emeline.

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Do you try to save money for your future but have more debt than you can handle? Or, do you simply want to develop better money management habits? Do you wonder where you need to start or how to manage your finances? If yes, then this is the perfect book for you.

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If you have a great idea, why not turn it into a lucrative career path? Starting your own business is possible, and this book will give you all of the tools and advice necessary!

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An eye-popping peek into the entertainment industry from the magnetic force who has worked with an impeccable roster of stars throughout his storied career.

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Occult action with seven Nephilim, one headstrong fey, and The Orphic Guild. When they set up in business together, they're expecting adventure, intrigue, and money. But their first job is more complicated than they expected. If you enjoy action, intrigue, humor, and dark secrets that won't stay buried, you'll love this first in series!

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She doesn’t trust people. But can she team up with a service dog to save a missing child and catch a murderer? Adopt this first roller-coaster thriller in the 6-book, September and Shadow pet-centric thriller.

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When a British WWI nurse finds a dying soldier hiding in her camp in Palestine, she is left holding the clues to explosive secret intelligence, without knowing whom to trust. Plunged into a world of intrigue, she finds help in an intelligence officer—and unexpected love. But is he telling her the truth about who he is?

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Attention merchant: an industrial-scale harvester of human attention. A firm whose business model is the mass capture of attention for resale to advertisers. Tim Wu argues that this condition is not simply the byproduct of recent technological innovations but the result of more than a century's growth and expansion in the industries that feed on human attention.

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Kim Gordon, the founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.

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Fifty-six days ago: Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. Thirty-five days ago: When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Today: Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

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A teenage girl is missing. Is your daughter involved, or is she next? When Karen Finch's 17-year-old daughter, Sophie, arrives home after a night out drunk and accompanied by police officers, no one is smiling the morning after. But Sophie remembers nothing about how she got into such a state. Twelve hours later Sophie's friend Amy has still not returned home. Then the body of a young woman is found.

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When Jess meets five-year-old Daisy and her mum, Morag, in a local London park, they seem a perfectly happy and loving pair. Until Daisy whispers four little words that send ice seeping down Jess’ spine.... She’s not my mum.

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10 gripping stories of people sentenced to death — and how each illustrates the intricate workings (and failures) of the system. Are all prisoners on death row really guilty of the crimes they’ve been convicted of?

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Firefighter Patrick 'Psycho' Callahan earns his nickname every day. Fast, fit, and a furious worker, he thrives on the danger which helps him forget a near-tragedy that changed his life forever. But when his off-duty carousing gets out of hand, Patrick is sent back to Loveless, Nevada, where the wildfire threatening his hometown has nothing on the sizzling Dr. Lara Nelson.

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The Boys are Back in Town... James is a Dom. Michael loves women. When the two become unlikely friends, they form a team, working the clubs and enjoying a carefree bachelor existence. Until, one day, James is offered an unusual opportunity: to buy a virgin...

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Someone’s plotting a secret engagement. Another couple might be pregnant. Catch up with all five royals in this special audio bonus.

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She’s always looking on the bright side... Dawn Elisabeth Brightside has been running from her past for 22 years and two months, precisely. So when she is offered a bed in St Jude’s Hostel for the Homeless, it means so much more than just a roof over her head. But now St Jude’s threatened with closure. Perhaps, with a little help from her new friends, she can find a way to save this light in the darkness?

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Jackal and his fellow half-orcs patrol the barren wastes of the Lot Lands, spilling their own damned blood to keep civilized folk safe. A rabble of hard-talking, hog-riding, whore-mongering brawlers they may be, but the Bastards are Jackal's sworn brothers, fighting at his side in a land where there's no room for softness.

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Successfully completing their mission, Astra, the crew of the Wolf's Claw are enjoying some well-deserved rest - all, that is, except Blackhawk. The space gun for hire cannot escape Lucerne's relentless pleas for help against growing imperial control in the Far Stars. While Blackhawk deeply respects his friend, he fears that the power Lucerne offers will lead him back to his old dark ways.

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Do you want to take control of your finances? Do you want to improve your financial IQ? This audiobook will educate you so you can increase your financial intelligence. You will learn a deeper understanding of how money works and how it could work better for you. You will learn strategies on how you can start building your wealth.

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Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he has sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now the best of these interviews have been collected in an audiobook for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.

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When fate binds Jacob and Emilia together, war threatens to destroy all they hold dear. Wizards are under attack, and Jacob and Emilia find themselves at the center of a battle that will decide the survival of magic. Facing an enemy that can shatter their souls, will they find love or be devoured by flames?

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Anna’s perfect life has turned into a string of disasters: After a hurricane destroys her house, her ex publicizes private photos of her — which costs Anna her job and her current boyfriend. And after hitting rock bottom, she decides that revenge is the only way forward…

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Halley embarks on the cruise of a lifetime but is shocked to learn Candace has sold her ticket to Devon, the one man she never wanted to see again. This cruise will be anything but merry, as she’s forced to eat, play, and sleep in the same room with this bully. Will her Christmas be full of bitterness and hatred or can goodwill and love emerge?

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Lincoln in the Bardo is a stunning work that steps forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. This long narrative poem is formally daring, generous in spirit, and deeply concerned with matters of the heart. It's a testament to fiction's ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us.

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A serial killer is targeting victims in obscure historic settings—the Cloisters in New York City, the Glencairn in Philadelphia. What is the connection? Is there a message to the murders?

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Law professor Natalie Greco has it all. A fulfilling teaching job, a loving family, and an attentive boyfriend. But one terrible day everything changes...

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The youngest member of her High House, Catarina von Hasenberg, has a sharp wit and clever mind that surpasses those of her enemies. In this new book by Meredith Duran, Cat is sent undercover to a summer retreat at a rival house to uncover their latest treachery.

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A simple, engaging, and eminently practical guide to overcoming your weaknesses - your Buts - to achieve the career and personal relationships you want.

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The perfect murder. The perfect nightmare. Spying from her window in New York City, conspiracy theorist Zoe spots a man and woman on a park bench. Zooming in, she finds she can read the texts on the woman's phone. Her initial excitement turns to alarm when the woman's texts outline a plan to murder the man she is sitting next to...

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It's one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built - and it's about to set off World War III. Silent at less than five knots and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch, it's the 240-foot Russian Kilo-class submarine.

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The Axeman came in the night. No one heard him come. No locks could keep him out. In the morning, whole families lay slaughtered in their beds, a riot of blood corrupting the room. Town by town, terror gripped the black communities of Louisiana and East Texas, as men, women, and children fell to the killer’s ax. The police were powerless to stop it.

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The identity of the lady portrayed in Mona Lisa, the masterpiece of Leonardo Da Vinci, and the secret behind her mysterious smile, is one of the biggest unanswered questions in art history. This is the story of her, and her romance with her creator, the young Leonardo.

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From an early age, Bronte knew that she could always count on herself to save the day. When a single murder turns into a conspiracy, and she's put in grave danger, it's Crow who comes through and saves her. Now that she's found her family, they might be her greatest strength.

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Diago Alvarez is the son of angels and demons. He's witnessed all of the good and evil in this world, but he chooses to help find a way for humans to have a future. Join him on his quest in this supernatural war!

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Sending your teen to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend nearly $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and humor that infuse his personal finance column, Ron Lieber offers a much-needed roadmap.

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The first and only biography of intrepid attorney James B. Donovan, who was recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to broker near-impossible negotiations - now the basis for Steven Spielberg's Cold War film Bridge of Spies.

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The Latina superstar shares the impossibly true story of her fight to realize her dreams in this powerful memoir and inspirational guide filled with hard-earned, heartfelt advice for all women striving for independence.

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Which would you trust: an abusive human or a comforting orb of light? When a young boy is locked in a dark closet by his mother, he begins his relationship with "The Other Side."

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Book 1 in the sizzling enemies-to-lovers saga. Slayer Princess Miranda must align with her sworn enemy, Vampyre King Sathan, to defeat a common foe. Can they deny their forbidden attraction?

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One of the world's best-selling authors has selected the 20 best short stories from last year, and they're all in one entertaining volume!

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Skye Denison's life is about to change forever. After a violent tornado devastates her small hometown of Scumble River, town councilman Zeke Lyons appears to have perished in the storm. But things get even worse for Skye when her police chief husband disappears in the midst of investigating Zeke's death, and evidence starts pointing to foul play.

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In Primary Targets, we see the forging of one of the world’s toughest - and most lethal - soldiers: Luke Stone. A 29-year-old veteran who has seen enough battle to last a lifetime, Luke is tapped by the Special Response Team, a secretive new FBI agency (led by his mentor Don Morris) to tackle the highest stakes terrorism operations.

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With an intergenerational story spanning over a hundred years, this novel will have you hooked from the very first page. With Jialing, an abandoned girl who faces contempt from both Chinese and Europeans, as the protagonist, the author explores the complexities of what it means to be Eurasian in China.

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Grad student Adler is left to piece together and clean up the project her mentor left behind: an adaptive and increasingly malevolent artificial intelligence kept locked in a virtual "box" that's no longer quite enough to keep him in check. As she tries to manage the AI and continue Dr. Kent's research, Adler soon discovers her sociopathic creation is determined to escape his enclosure to wreak havoc.

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Humans are irrational and can base their decisions on subtle external signals as much as objective qualities. The world is complex and random, which means future success cannot be projected on any accounting spreadsheet. To strike gold, you must master the dark art and curious science of conjuring irresistible ideas: alchemy.

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Shannan Gilbert was a Craigslist escort who had been fleeing a late-night rendevous - no one knew why. The Suffolk County police seemed to have paid little attention until seven months later when an unexpected discovery turned up four bodies.

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Bonnie Drummond is from the wrong side of the tracks, raised in a family of liars and criminals. No matter how hard she tries to stay on the straight and narrow, she always finds herself sucked back into the family drama, forced to sacrifice everything she’s earned to protect her family. But this time they’ve gone too far...

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Chava is a golem and Ahmad is a jinni. After a long time spent in isolation, they find themselves in a strange new land. Magic is commonplace here, but not as much as the magic they've been used to. These two beings try their best to fit in with modern-day life in New York City, but it's no easy feat.

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Lauren Nolt has grown up, and she's coming back to Lancaster County with a successful job in the city. But when she comes face-to-face with her childhood bully, Amish widower Adam Hershberger, she doesn't know what to expect. And when her world is shaken by a shocking discovery, he's the only one she can confide in.

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I'm Sophia Henley, your average college freshman. I never expected a lion to be stalking me, nor for fire to come shooting out of my hands to protect my sister. Next thing I know, a drop-dead gorgeous guy shows up on my doorstep to sweep me away to a magical school, where I'll learn to control my element and bond with a powerful creature.

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The Leadership Engine allows companies to produce dynamic leaders at every level. Why do some companies consistently win in the consumer and capital markets while others struggle from crisis to crisis? It's because they are equipped with this proven system for creating dynamic leaders.

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A tour de force of storytelling that follows Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. This epic saga weaves together the history of labor relations and socialism as well as big business and greed in 20th-century America. Not only is it a story for all working Americans today, but it's also a murder mystery.

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Suzy Favor Hamilton, former Olympic middle-distance runner, and high-end escort has finally opened up about her battle with mental illness and shares her story in a new memoir. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful read that will remind you of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet Mind.

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Two women. Two identical murders. Two lives cut short 108 years apart. Although the decades may separate these two cases, they share one thing in common: they need to be solved...

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When emergency K-9 handler Ransom comes to Stella’s rescue, she’s determined to thank him for his heroism — and finds herself caught in a firestorm of passion.

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All her life, Penny Wright has seen ghosts. When she returns to Eden, one of the most haunted ghost towns in America, Penny makes a grisly discovery. The ruins of Eden hide a terrifying secret. But some truths are better left buried... A gripping supernatural suspense tale, perfect for fans of The Sun Down Motel.

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Aern's only job is to protect the chosen. The trouble is, she's the key to a prophecy and everyone wants her. Hiding a girl in the center of a secret war is tricky business, but when her sister shows up to take Aern hostage, all bets are off.

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Between These Walls tells the story of Alana, who learns secrets about her roommates that lead her to a situation she’ll have to fight her way out of. In What I Deserved, a woman finds herself torn after learning her boyfriend has a dangerous wife. She then has to decide if she’s willing to follow him down the dark path he’s set on traveling.

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Tomorrow is Yesterday. Babylon, 2171. As the fabric of time begins to unravel, the man responsible must wrestle his darkest demons in order to thread the world back together again.

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The Korean war killed nearly 5 million people in a frozen hell of fire and blood. Soldiers and Marines recount how they were thrown into a savage conflict on the war-torn Korean peninsula. Uncover their gritty, real-life stories of combat, courage, and bravery in a wild and ferocious land.

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As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives.

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Juliette finally has it all. Great friends. An exciting new job that sends her to exotic locations all over the world. Best of all, she has a good, decent man who loves her, who wants to spend the rest of his life with her... He just won’t admit it.

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Shiloh Harrison was hoping for a few days off to recover from a particularly nasty assignment, preferably with the help of the talented hands (and, well, the rest of his body, too) of her sexy boyfriend Vincent. But when a group of vampires takes an entire trailer park hostage, there’s nothing to do but make her apologies and get to the scene.

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Compiled for the first time, and with Buffett's permission, the letters spotlight his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of compounding interest, his preference for conservative rather than conventional decision making, and his goal and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10 percent annually.

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Huston Smith, the man who brought the world's religions to the West, was born almost a century ago to missionary parents in China during the perilous rise of the Communist Party. Smith's lifelong spiritual journey brought him face-to-face with many of the people who shaped the 20th century. Most importantly, he shared the world's religions with the West...

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Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beach - each one with a crudely severed human foot inside.

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When Charlotte married the wealthy widower Paul, it caused a ripple of gossip in their small lakeside town. They have a charmed life together, despite the cruel whispers about her humble past and his first marriage. But everything starts to unravel when she discovers a young woman’s body floating in the exact same spot where Paul’s first wife tragically drowned.

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Charlotte Parrish has always wanted a certain kind of man. Bad boys need not apply. But when her car leaves her stranded and a mysterious stranger with brooding eyes and a protective streak comes to her rescue, she can’t deny how drawn she is to him. In town searching for family, he’s never met, Mitch is everything she never thought she wanted - and suddenly everything she craves.

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After a messy breakup, Leigh Holloway is ready to start her life over. Until her parents put the family home on the market and call her back for one final memory-making Christmas. Too bad the only bar in town is owned by a guy she seriously wronged in high school.

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A soaring work of the imagination based on oral histories of the post-Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American history.

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As a literary agent, Noah Lukeman hears thousands of book pitches a year. Often the stories sound great in concept but never live up to their potential on the page. Lukeman shows beginning and advanced writers how to implement the fundamentals of successful plot development, such as character building and heightened suspense and conflict.

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A young woman with a secret heritage. A man who made a deal with the devil. And an academy where the students are just as dangerous as the demons... Forge your weapons and cast spells in a school where demons are hunted and the hunters themselves become prey.

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Kirsty MacTaggart finds her devotion to Wicca tested by the only person on earth who can make her wish she were "normal"—her first love, Luke Turner. The pragmatic scientist doesn't believe in anything he can't see, touch, or detect with his instruments. As the passion between them ignites, his secrets might destroy their second chance.

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Beth Murphy is on the run... For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for her escape. She's thought through everything - a new look, new name, and new city - because one small slip and her husband will find her. Sabine Hardison is missing... A couple hundred miles away, Jeffrey returns home from a work trip to find his wife, Sabine missing. All signs point to foul play.

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Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash that Norman Ollestad miraculously survived at age eleven, framed by the moving tale of his complicated relationship with his charismatic, adrenaline-addicted father.

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The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. Because Catalina won't rest until she stops the use of the illicit, power-granting serum that's tearing their world apart.

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Born into the lap of luxury and comfortable in the here and now, spoiled, tempestuous Tamara Goodwin has never had to look to the future, until the abrupt death of her father leaves her and her mother a mountain of debt and forces them to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village.

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Knoedelseder tells the story in ways both large and small, weaving the history of the company with the history of Detroit and the Earl family as Fins examines the effect of the automobile on America’s economy, culture, and national psyche.

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A stranger. A promise. A deadly game. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Even justice. Danny and Sharon Evans are desperate for answers. Why did their seemingly happy daughter try to take her own life?

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As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined... until now.

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Nothing can prepare Ilse for her new patient, a survivor from a near murder by a serial killer. The patient, paranoid, believes she is still being watched by the killer. And when the killer claims a new victim, the FBI needs Ilse’s help to solve it.

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She arrived in town, beautiful and bold and declaring that she’s inherited property that he has already claimed! Gemma has had enough of men telling her what to do, and she’s vowed to make her own way in the world. And Ned Thurlowe is ruining her plans. Not only has he laid claim to her property, pitting them in a heated fight for its ownership, he’s also arousing her feelings.

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An elegantly crafted, utterly enchanting debut novel set in a mystical, exotic world, in which a gifted young girl charms a sultan and changes the course of an empire's history.

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Banished from his homeland, sentenced to the infamous Red Isle - a barren island known for turning boys into warriors, and for leaving behind more dead than alive - Royce must hope to survive. Genevieve, meanwhile, is forced to inhabit the cruel and conniving world of aristocracy, immersed in a world of cutthroats and liars. As Royce’s powers develop, he can only wonder: Is he the destined one?

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The Marines are heading into the perilous unknown... and what transpires there could reshape the universe for millennia to come.

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A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video-game industry.

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With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana's daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana's incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy.

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A laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching collection of personal stories about relationships with the opposite sex, from a first kiss to getting engaged and all the awkward moments in between.

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Even in the shadows of the Blue Ridge, war will find them. Widowed by the Civil War, Ruth Grant insists on accompanying her grieving mother-in-law Noemie back to her roots in the beautiful, isolated foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The escape to a place barely touched by war will prove to be anything but peaceful for two strong-willed women.

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In the year 2399, a vicious disease has led to the collapse of civilization. A new religious society emerges, having adapted to a lifespan of 27 years. But when a woman makes alien contact deep in her dreams, everything changes.

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Grey has been in love with his best friend Jessica for years, but their one sexual encounter crashed and burned. Now the soft-spoken Brit has one last chance to win her over—at his brother's wedding at a nudist resort. When her Scottish ex crashes the party, a love triangle becomes a battle of Brit vs. Scot.

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The killer is just getting started... When three wife beaters are found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet. The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood - who is connected to all three victims. Then a fourth domestic abuser is brutally murdered. And he is Lucy’s husband.

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Kate Love is an ambitious reporter on the trail of a swindler who has been preying on elderly Blacks. But when her investigation leads her into danger, she is snatched by Dix Wildhorse, a Black Seminole marshal from Oklahoman’s Indian country. Despite the warm simmering fire Dix’s bronzed, muscled embrace ignites, she is determined to hold on to her independence, challenging him at every turn.

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Realm of Dragons (Age of the Sorcerers book 1) tells the story of the epic coming of age of one very special 16-year-old boy, a blacksmith’s son from a poor family who is offered no chance of proving his fighting skills and breaking into the ranks of the nobles. Yet he holds a power he cannot deny, and a fate he must follow.

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Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town's top scientist, she relies on fact and logic. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her an assignment investigating a rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God and to Darryl, one of its most committed members.

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Owning your power to ascend to badassery is just the first step in creating the life you deserve - You Are A Badass Every Day is the accountability buddy to power you through obstacles, overcome the doubts that hold you back from greatness, and keep the fires of determination roaring while you reach your goals.

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All believers are carrying out banking. Some bank in earthly banks, others bank in their stomachs, others in clothes, cars, and the like, while some bank in heaven. This sealing of the believer with the Holy Spirit constitutes a mark of ownership. If our lives are consecrated to the lord, then our property has to be consecrated as well. We cannot consecrate our lives and leave our property unconsecrated.

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A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II - a heartwarming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined 24-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver decided to open a marriage bureau. They found a tiny office on London's Bond Street and set about the delicate business of matchmaking.

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Detective Kara Quinn, on leave from the LAPD, is on an early morning jog in her hometown of Liberty Lake when she comes upon the body of a young nurse. The manner of death shows a pattern of highly controlled rage. Meanwhile, in DC, FBI Special Agent Mathias Costa is staffing his newly minted Mobile Response Team. Word reaches Matt that the Liberty Lake murder fits the profile of the compulsive Triple Killer.

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It's been 12 years since ER nurse Frankie Stapleton fled the quiet banks of Stillwater, but with her sister's pregnancy taking a dangerous turn and a string of failed relationships in Chicago hanging over her, Frankie is back and hoping to put the past behind her. However, she ends up saving a man's life, only to have him turn up dead hours later - and the hospital blames Frankie.

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When a Gulfstream jet goes down in the Bahamas carrying a fortune in cash and ill-gotten diamonds, expat diving instructor Michael Gannon is the only person on the scene. Assuming himself the beneficiary of a drug deal gone bad, Gannon thinks he’s home free with the sudden windfall until he realizes he forgot to ask one simple question. Who were the six dead men on the plane?

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Seasoned war correspondent Toby Muse has witnessed each level of the Cocaine underworld. In this riveting chronicle, he takes the listener inside Colombia’s notorious drug cartels to offer a look at the drug trade. Following a kilo of cocaine from its production in a clandestine laboratory to the smugglers who ship it abroad, he reveals the human lives behind the drug’s complicated legacy.

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Born to a Russian family of lower nobility, Xenia falls in love with Andrei, a charismatic soldier, and singer in the Empress's Imperial choir. Their happiness is overshadowed by the demands of life at the royal court. Then a tragic vision comes true, and a shattered Xenia descends into grief, undergoing a profound transformation that alters the course of her life.

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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present Argo Classics, a historic catalog of classic fiction. Horror, mystery, and suspense abound in this second collection from the king of ghostly tales, M. R. James.

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Red Auerbach, one of the greatest coaches in sports history, died on October 28, 2006. Bill Russell, the five-time MVP and star center on the Auerbach teams that won eleven championships in 13 years, said little in public at the time. His relationship with his coach had been so deeply personal that he could not express it with a brief comment.

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Ilbrea: A country mercilessly ruled by the seven Guilds where commoners struggle to survive—no one knows the cost of survival better than illegal healer Ena Ryeland. Ena is offered a life of freedom and a chance to fight the Guilds. But she can’t win the battle alone…

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One is a sweetheart, the other is an arrogant jerk. It's a no-brainer who's the better man. But maybe there's more to it if I look a little deeper. Who knew an apology could be so hot?

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Jane Doe was a promising anthropologist, an expert on shamanism. Now she's nothing, a shadow living under an assumed identity in Miami with a little girl to protect. Everyone thinks she's dead. Or so Jane hopes. Then the killings start, a series of ritualistic murders that terrifies all of Miami.

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A masterful thriller in the Alfred Hitchcock mode that places a very pregnant, homebound Tess in the center of a murderous puzzle that could cost her her life and the life of her unborn child.

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Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was inspired by an 18th-century Japanese folktale? Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest horror movies to ever haunt our screens.

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Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed - or wanted - a man around…until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing.

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The world is at war. And time is running out... London, 1940. Britain is gripped by the terror of the Blitz, forcing Nell Spelman to flee the capital with her young daughter - leaving behind her husband, Arthur, the clockmaker who keeps Big Ben chiming. When Arthur disappears, Nell is desperate to find him. But her search will lead her into far darker places than she ever imagined...

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James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has managed to get out of Hell, renounce his title as the new Lucifer, and settle back into life in L.A. But he also lost the Qomrama Om Ya, an all-powerful weapon from the banished older gods. Older gods who are returning and searching for their lost power.

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From the marketing guru and host of the popular Forbes.com podcast Hiding in the Bathroom, a breakthrough introverts' guide that broadens the conversation sparked by Quiet and moves away from the "Lean In" approach, offering wisdom and practical tips to help listeners build strong relationships and achieve their own definition of professional success.

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By understanding and then mastering financial planning, you will set yourself on a course toward achieving whatever monetary and lifestyle goals you want.

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For all fans of John Hughes comes Jason Diamond's hilarious memoir of growing up obsessed with the iconic filmmaker's movies - a preoccupation that eventually convinces Diamond he should write Hughes' biography and travel to New York City on a quest that is as funny as it is hopeless.

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When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss, a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare, one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder.

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It begins with a call one snowy February night. Lying in her bed, young Sylvie Mason overhears her parents on the phone across the hall. This is not the first late-night call they have received, since her mother and father have an uncommon occupation: helping "haunted souls" find peace.

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There was a secret to Dillon Westmoreland's heritage - and Pamela Novak had the key. Though the raven-haired beauty was ensnared by her shifty fiancé, Dillon - eldest of the Denver Westmoreland clan - couldn't resist a mind-blowing night in her arms. And after that incredible passion... well, once a Westmoreland claimed the woman he wanted, he wouldn't let anything tear them apart!

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When Katie finds out that her increasingly unresponsive legs and extreme fatigue due to Multiple Sclerosis, she rides an emotional rollercoaster – anger, denial, and fear – when faced with a wheelchair-bound existence. She puts her studies at Oxford on hold, and she splits up from her fiancé, Mark, even though she still loves him.

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When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck - enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother - meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane. Instead, she got Em.

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A young African American millennial filmmaker's funny, sometimes painful, true-life coming-of-age story of trying to make it in New York City - a chronicle of poverty and wealth, creativity and commerce, struggle and insecurity, and the economic and cultural forces intertwined with "the serious, life-threatening process" of gentrification.