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Hampshire, 1818. To her family, Olivia Middleton is a problem of the most vexing sort. With her older two sisters married off, Olivia is now the target of her mother's matrimonial scheming. Shy and somewhat plain, Olivia prefers the thrill of a gothic novel to the hunt for a husband. And as far as her family is concerned, something must be done. But Olivia has no interest in the men paraded before her—except, perhaps, the sought-after bachelor William Cross. But she's not about to inflate his already oversized ego by telling him so.

Hannah Hickok and Cooper Wyatt are newly engaged, and ready to celebrate. Cooper just didn’t think the celebration would involve a hike to a long-abandoned boom town called Blackridge. He had something more romantic in mind. Despite that, he agrees, and believes the trip will be fine - right up until they stumble across a homeless man, warning them away from their destination. He's more than a ghost. He’s more than a shadow. He’s a monster who can straddle two worlds. And he needs Hannah to lift the curse that has kept him trapped for a century.

Jack has never been one for camping, and the truth is, he would’ve preferred anything but what they’ve got planned. Ivy, however, is desperate to prove that camping can be fun. What Jack wants most is for Ivy to have everything, so he gives in. He may live to regret it. That is if he doesn’t die first. What should’ve been an idyllic kayaking trip down the river, complete with gourmet meals and glamorous tents, turns into a mystery when one of the other guests finds blood on the ground on the second day. Jack and Ivy are suspicious...but they seem to be the only ones.

Georgiana - Georgie to everyone outside her family - figured out long ago that being in love with your straight best friend sucks. Turns out it's even worse when that friend, Madelyn, tells you she's not so straight after all. After it becomes clear to Georgie that she needs to get over Madelyn, Georgie moves cities and starts a new job. To grad student Madelyn, though, the sudden rift between the friends prompts painful introspection. A year later, she realizes her feelings for Georgie are romantic after all.

Lily Nakai and her family lived in Southern California, where sometimes she and a friend dreamt of climbing the Hollywood sign that lit the night. At age 10, after believing that her family was simply going on a “camping trip”, she found herself living in a tar-papered barrack, nightly gazing out instead at a searchlight. She wondered if anything would ever be normal again. In this creative memoir, Lily Havey uses storytelling to recount her youth in two Japanese American internment camps during World War II.

Julia ist fassungslos. Ihr Vater befindet sich auf einmal auf Kos! Und sie soll ihm jetzt sein uraltes Auto dorthin fahren! Da kann man schon mal anfangen, in Ausrufezeichen zu denken! Aber vielleicht sollte sie ja mehr Risiken eingehen, wie ihr ihre Freunde ständig raten und Julia beschließt, das Wagnis der Reise.

Ivy Morgan-Harker has everything she’s ever wanted, including a devoted new husband and an upcoming break from her nursery business for the Michigan winter. Then the unthinkable happens. Upon arriving at Morgan Nursery early one morning, she finds a body strung up in the middle of her happy sanctum...and there’s a message attached telling her that she’s next. The victim is the son of a well-known bar owner, a bar that Ivy helped bring down when she broke up a local prostitution ring.

Maddie and Nick Winters are embarking on the biggest adventure of their lives: parenthood. They’re nervous, excited, and prepared to go shopping. That leads them to a special baby boutique in Whisper Cove, where they just happen to participate in a cemetery tour run by Michigan’s most famous ghost hunter. Maddie and the tour guide Harper Harlow recognize each other for what they are right off the bat, although they don’t initially say anything. Everything spills out in the open, though, when a ghost leads Maddie to the body of a local plastic surgeon.

Sure, premonitions of the end of the world haunt the Time Walker. Someone has it out for the Mistress Life. Pandemonium and Lady Earth are homeless. The arrival of Love and Fear's babies is imminent. There's a wedding to plan and parents to be wooed. But, book six starts with a kiss and an ancient heartbreak. Can Ethan and Micah sort through their tangled histories to find modern-day love? As the final Trellis singleton, will Luke meet his match?

One day Quinn turned to me and said, "Shared too. I want to be shared too." Add in the monster that haunted my nightmares and I was struggling to keep a grip on my sanity. I soon realized the path Quinn wanted us to travel would stretch not only his experience of giving and taking, but also mine and Liam's. In a whirlwind of desperate emotions, dark desires, and erotic fantasy, we were all so distant but also so sublimely close. Sharing had never been as sweet as it was bitter, or as depraved as it was heavenly.

Rowan Gray is a bundle of nerves. She’s waiting for word on her father - a man who supposedly died 10 years before - and the only thing that can shift her focus is a fraught rescue at sea, one that forces The Bounding Storm to evacuate a group of oil rig workers during a tumultuous storm. When one of the workers ends up dead - an individual who wasn’t listed on the manifest - Rowan Gray and Quinn Davenport are thrust into a fresh adventure...and it’s one that’s likely to have dire consequences.

There's no better time to be in love - and newly engaged - than Valentine's Day. That's what Ivy Morgan believes anyway. She's happy, looking forward to spring, and eager to show her fiancé Jack Harker around Shadow Lake's infamous winter festival. Unfortunately for Ivy, things don't go as planned. While visiting the community barn, one of the girls prepping for the annual pageant falls ill and Ivy has a terrifying vision of the event before it happens. It turns out the girl has been poisoned, and in an effort to watch the remaining girls, Ivy signs up to be a mentor.

When a local farmer is found dead on his property, Jack and Ivy find themselves embroiled in a dark mystery of epic proportions. The clues go back years and the suspect pool is unnaturally large given the number of workers on the farm. Ivy is going to have her hands full. She has to charm Jack's mother, find a murderer, and keep herself safe. When the end comes, Ivy finds herself saddled with an unlikely ally while Jack is fighting a battle against time to reach the woman he loves before a killer can snuff out their happily ever after.

Fall is here and Ivy Morgan is excited. Halloween is her favorite time of year and all she wants is to share her good mood - and three little words - with her boyfriend Jack Harker. That all changes when Jack and Ivy discover a body in a corn maze and Ivy is overcome by a dark foreboding that renders her unconscious. After sitting vigil, Jack is relieved when Ivy opens her eyes. He's not bothered - only curious - when she tells him what happened. As she recovers, Ivy realizes she's seeing through a killer's eyes.

Rowan Gray has a new job, home, and potential boyfriend. Things should be going swimmingly, especially given the fact that she now calls a cruise ship home. All of that changes when a group of feisty women from a cosmetics company take over the Bounding Storm for a week of sun, fun and murder. For Quinn Davenport, things aren't at all what he expected. He didn't want a relationship and yet he can't seem to stay away from the Bounding Storm's new photographer.

Jack Harker and Ivy Morgan are happy. Actually, they're more than happy. They're also content. Nothing can get in their way. That all changes when a disheveled teenager shows up at Shadow Lake's weekly dance. The girl is dirty, disoriented, and traumatized. That means Jack and Ivy are on the case, and the truth of one girl's horror may bring the entire Shadow Lake community to its knees.

Amongst the beautiful olive groves and sea-front tavernas, summer has arrived on the sun-drenched island of Crete. After losing the love of her life, Ria’s life has been on hold. So when her boss becomes completely unbearable she makes the snap decision to run away to the Greek island of Crete, armed only with her passport. When Ria finds herself working for eccentric novelist Caroline, she meets handsome vineyard owner Tom. He’s charming, mysterious and Ria starts to wonder if it’s not just the beautiful Greek island that she’s falling for.

My brothers were back to thinking I had an easy lot in life. They weren’t wrong. It would be a sweet gig. Sianna would be Overlord. I would be Peacekeeper. We’d have our shared love bonds. Well. Maybe. Sigh. A portion of beast affinities, including my ex-girlfriend, wouldn’t follow Sianna as a leader. After attacking my family, my circle, and random bystanders, it was clear the opposition didn’t mind collateral damage. If they wouldn’t come at us directly, we’d need to unite the splintered shifter populations and force action.

Freshly wounded and fighting for survival, Luke is faced with terrible questions: Is Luke Peacekeeper or Lord Peace? Can he be both without killing himself? Will Sianna accept and welcome Luke's love? Better yet, will she respond in kind, allowing the binding of passionate love he has longed to feel his entire life? Can Luke find his place among the beast affinity shifters to save the innocent minds who will die without his help? Reaping reveals some hard truths about beast affinity society, history, and Darla's family.

Hannah Hickok has a lot on her mind. She’s engaged, with a wedding around the corner. She and her husband-to-be Cooper Wyatt are building a house near the cosplay western town she inherited from her late grandmother. And she’s gearing up for a fight with the witch who wants to steal her magic and kill her. All of that falls by the wayside when Hannah realizes that people are starting to develop magical crushes...and the outcome is ugly when the fighting begins.