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From the bestselling author of He Sees You When You’re Sleeping comes a dark romance about a murder-sober retired serial killer and his murder-curious protégé. Perfect for fans of Brynne Weaver, this twisted romance inspired by the Bluebeard folktale is filled with dark humor, sizzling chemistry, and spice. Murder is their love language… Five years ago, Saylor Mitchell’s father was brutally murdered in front of her, shattering her world. Now his killers have tracked her down to finish the job. She is unexpectedly saved by her father’s closest friend, the enigmatic Blue. Saylor's savior—and captor—is a reformed, murder-sober assassin struggling to escape the clutches of his own violent history. Blue’s gothic mansion, perched on the edge of a cliff overlooking a stormy sea in the town of Grimlock, is a labyrinth of secrets. And so is Grimlock, a small town whose residents all seem to have a penchant for murder that they’ve managed—mostly—to overcome. Saylor soon realizes that Blue holds the key to avenging her father’s murder at the hands of the Crow, a gang of amoral contract killers. Only problem? Saylor has never killed before. Good thing those who can’t kill…teach. Blue finds Saylor an apt pupil and the attraction between them morphs into a dangerous obsession. Can their love conquer Blue’s final, darkest secret? Morally grey leadsTouch her and dieDad’s best friendPossessivenessGothic mansionMurder mysteryForbidden loveAge gapForced proximityAnti-heroDark romanceGothic romanceFairytale retelling

When Shaye dropped out of college mid-semester, and moved to Lopez Island for the summer, she’d hoped to figure out what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. Instead, she reconnects with childhood friends Jason and Nick, and good intentions spiral into harrowing confrontations. The summer ends in tragedy and Shaye flees the Island, haunted by her mistakes. Eight years later, Shaye is forced to return to the place she’d hoped never to see again. Now, she must face the people, and the pain she left behind. She must confront the person she was, and decide who she will become. Can Shaye forgive herself enough to let the past go, and let love in?

About The Other Beautiful People: In the entertainment world, the spotlight shines on the beautiful—but behind the scenes are those who make the magic happen. Amy Greene is one of them. As head of marketing and public relations at the Cinema Channel, a beloved yet struggling cable network, Amy is at the height of her career, and torn between work, family, and the secrets she's kept locked away. A dazzling cinematic novel about love, loss, and the search for meaning in work, family, and the spaces in between. "...a remarkable journey..." Kirkus, 4/26 "Aaron Sorkin, move over. Caroline Bock’s beautiful people are fast-talking, witty, and driven. Old-movie references pepper the prose and fuel both the humor and the warmth of this gorgeous novel. No-nonsense New Yorker Amy Greene tries to keep her balance in a time of societal and personal tumult as she navigates a choice of three loves and two crucial voices from her past. The book is an unstoppable ride, a thrilling read."—Virginia Hartman, author of The Marsh Queen "With a traumatized and ailing husband in the Washington DC suburbs, and a beloved job working for a classic film network in midtown Manhattan, Amy Greene spends her days traversing the Northeast corridor trying to make sense of her complicated family life. Set against the backdrop of a forever changed post-9/11 landscape, Caroline Bock’s The Other Beautiful People is an ode to New York City in all its manic grittiness. It is also an ode to work families and nuclear families as well as a testament to the power of a single aching, forbidden, cinematic kiss." —-Susan Coll, author of eight novels, most recently, The Literati, Bookish People and Real Life and Other Fictions

Inspired by medieval India’s most epic love stories, this debut Romantasy blends rich storytelling, lush worldbuilding, and spice of every variety. Perfect for fans of Nisha J. Tuli and Tasha Suri. Nandapore is a city of secrets and spellcasters where seduction reigns and a power-hungry king is never satisfied, plotting to unleash a weapon that has only lived in myth…until now. To stop him, an ancient goddess seeks out a newly crowned queen, a heartsick prince, a common thief, and a courtesan with magic in her blood. Together, they chart a course through brothels, temples, taverns, and palaces, setting a trap for the empire’s most powerful men. Linked by desire, destiny, and a dangerous foe, they each must decide... What will they risk for a weapon worth dying for, and a love worth staying alive?

He is a ghost—a golden, shifting mist, an echo in the abyss. How could he love a disfigured human girl? Liosa hides half her face under her hair. She wishes she could hide the rest of her, but princesses and pawns can never stay hidden for long. She must wed to save her kingdom from a horrible, bloody fate at the hands of the Rose King. But she knows that in doing so, she will die. Because when her future husband discovers her secret scars, he will slay her himself. But on the night she’s expected to charm a cruel suitor into marriage, a terrifying creature of legends chooses her first. He is a king colder than death, cloaked in pouring, shifting mist, and carrying the scent of ancient things that have never seen the sun. The ghost king steals her away to the Hollow Deep, his dark kingdom at the very bottom of the world. A land of monsters, of slowly dripping water and desolate echoes. A land of more pain and despair than she could have imagined. Alone and afraid, she flees from her new husband’s cold touch, from his intense and terrifying gaze. But there is nowhere to hide from a ghost. As she begins to unravel the king’s enigmatic nature—and her fear of him begins to twist into something much stranger—Liosa discovers a deadly plot brewing in the Hollow Deep, one that could set into motion a chain of disaster in Faery above. Now she must either remain a trembling, disfigured girl hiding behind a veil of her own making, or become the queen the Hollow Deep desperately needs. She only wonders—why did the ghost king choose her at all? And can she ever love a creature made of mist? If you love romantasy with none of the spice or swearing but all of the aching, yearning, and angst, The Ghost King’s Bride is for you! Each book in the FAE OF THE DESOLATION series follows a different main character, a desperate human who finds herself entangled with powerful fae royalty. The series can be read as standalone novels with their own HEAs, but is best read in series order to follow the overarching storyline of saving the world of Faery from a heartless king.

Set in wartime Benghazi, The Woman from Warsaw is a sweeping yet intimate portrait of courage, exile, and resilience. In luminous, sensory prose, Salah el Moncef traces the intertwined destinies of Mariam Khaldoon, a young girl coming of age amid the ruins of empire, and Esther Sanz, a Jewish refugee whose quiet defiancé reshapes every life around her. Through their converging fates, the novel unfolds the secret history of a city at the crossroads of fascism and colonial collapse, where tenderness and cruelty exist side by side. The Woman from Warsaw transforms history into living experience—each page steeped in the colors, sounds, and moral tensions of the Mediterranean at war. Moncef writes with the lyric precision of a poet and the moral vision of a historian, revealing the fragile continuities of compassion that survive even in humanity’s darkest hours.

Growing up used to be loud, messy, and unforgettable. No filters or likes on social media. Training wheels optional. Just kids, courage, and the terrifying thrill of figuring out who you are. Set from the late 1980’s into the early 2000’s, Just a Nobody traces the life of a quiet boy everyone overlooks, until the moments come that no one can ignore. Bullies, first crush, mistakes that feel like the end of the world, and friendships worth fighting for. Ordinary days turn into the stories that stay with us forever. This isn’t nostalgia with a shiny coat of paint. It’s the scraped-knee truth of laughter that made your ribs hurt, heartbreak that stole your breath, and those tiny turning points you don’t recognize until years later. A little funny. It’s a little painful. Completely real. For anyone who ever felt unseen, this book reminds you of something important…the ones who blend in usually shine the brightest when it counts.

A novel of isolation and connection, philosophy and raw existence—Go To Exist is a haunting, intimate, and deeply introspective debut that explores what it means to fear the world and yet yearn for it. Set in modern Japan, a country caught between tradition and isolation in an era of uncertainty, this novel follows Atsuya, a man who has not stepped outside in weeks. When he finally does, he finds a woman collapsed on the street. This fleeting encounter sets into motion an unexpected friendship and an unraveling of the self—his, hers, and a man named Kohei, whose past is as fractured as Atsuya’s own. What begins as a story of camaraderie spirals into something far more an examination of fear, societal expectations, and the invisible weight of a life unspoken. Set against the backdrop of a Japan still reeling from its lost decades, Go To Exist is not just the story of one man but an entire generation caught between survival and meaning. With prose reminiscent of Karl Ove Knausgård’s brutal honesty and Kafka’s quiet terror, Kohei Higashikawa crafts a narrative that forces us to confront the uneasy what does it truly mean to exist? A bold, unflinching, and devastatingly personal novel.

Eight long years hostage Nicole Carson has lived a nightmare as the mistress of a mafia lord. When her captor brings home another kidnapped victim, she seizes the opportunity to save herself, her son and the young girl, leaving the Russian for dead. In order to stay alive and save the family she hasn’t seen in years from the mafia family’s wrath, she must disappear as if she’s never existed. A sting to bring down the largest human trafficking ring in the country goes south for U.S. Marshal William Haus and his C.U.F.F. team. C.U.F.F. catches a break when the mistress of the Russian kingpin is captured with a kidnapped victim. Will bargains with the beautiful mistress. If she helps secure evidence against the mafia, she’ll earn a new life for her and her son. But when Will learns Nicole’s true identity, he wants to call the operation off. Nicole begs the handsome marshal to keep her secret and allow her to put her life on the line for her family. A game of cat and mouse plays out between the U.S. Marshal and the ruthless Russian. The prize neither man wants to give up is Nicole.

Arachne was ancient; claiming Nirvana's most renown fashion designer was set in her ways was an understatement, too. Every facet of her life was tailored to her reclusive preferences. Or it had been, that is. Until an unexpected Titan Council general became enraptured with her, all but forcing the stubborn Arthropoda shifter away from the comforts of her web. Athena The Great was home from her first extended leave in years. She wasn't enjoying it either. So it isn't surprising that she formed an obsession with the one being who refused to give into her advances. Broken Wings & Tangled Webs is a short and sweet, but dark and comedic, Arachne x Athena, modern romantasy, Greek retelling. This book has been illustrated in-text by Enola from @Enola\Sketches and is intended for 18+ audiences._

Copywriter and mystery buff Karin Niemi has sworn off DIY murder investigations. Forever. Her first and only case brought her perilously close to death at the hands of a gun-toting sociopath, in her own kitchen, no less. It was an experience she has no intention of repeating. Now the only murder Karin is interested in solving is in the Nero Wolfe novel she plans to read during a long, relaxing and uneventful summer vacation back home, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She also harbors a quiet hope—a hope she would never openly admit—that maybe, just maybe, Lake Superior will work its magic and begin to heal the deep grief she still feels nearly two years after her husband’s death. But life, as usual, has other plans. Two days after she and her best friend Bixie arrive in Munising, their former boss—a man with a penchant for cruelty and a gift for making enemies—is murdered in his vacation home, less than a mile from their own lakeside bungalow. Suddenly, they’re on the suspect list…and on the case. The stakes are high. So despite the distractions of an infuriating downstate reporter, a formidable local sheriff, a motley array of Karin’s up-north family and friends, members of the local Ojibwe tribe with a grudge against the murdered man, and Bixie’s overly protective police officer brother—who arrives in town uninvited and unwelcome—they both remain deadly serious about pursuing the killer. A killer who, as they discover, is also deadly serious about pursuing them.

In the Southern Realm of the Sentinel, Queen Attiqah of Yorenth has a tenuous grasp on her domain. The fabric of reality is breaking down around them, manifesting as strange, unnatural eternal fires, fog that never dissipates, rivers that have stopped flowing, and other bewildering accounts. The land has a will of its own. Desperate for answers from the Spirits, her court advisors grow restless. When Kyr ap Sand, a Yoren thief, witnesses this breakdown firsthand on a heist, she finds herself the unlikely catalyst of a journey of intersecting paths, and often reckless adventure. Prince Atlan Solorien, the first Spiritsinger in the Solorien line for several generations, must navigate a web of opposing responsibilities to discover his chosen path–Spiritsinger, king, scholar, or soldier. Far to the north, Oria of-Cailir is torn between diverging notions of duty and sacrifice, that of Whispess to her clan, and that which her visions have made clear to her. Mothril of-Arcandras finds himself as guard to the Whispess, unwillingly at the center of Wiccar clan politics, despite his inclination to stay in the shadows. Four disparate strangers, pulled together by threads of both will and something more determined, seek answers about themselves and their place in the world. Not all that is sought will be expected, and perhaps some answers should have stayed locked away.

Set in 1982, High Crimes Against the Crown chronicles the saga of Conor Caldemeyer, a former cop who left a small-town police force after a roadblock assignment gone awry. Conor heads to Ireland with his best friend, Alec, for a little R&R. There he meets Billi, a raven-haired Irish woman who reminds him of a love long gone but never forgotten. Paying more attention to his heart than his head, Conor gets involved with a wing of the Irish Resistance Movement. It all seems a bit of a lark until his idyllic "trip of a lifetime" devolves into a nightmare of violence and intrigue destined to change his world forever. If you like the mystery of Martin Walker, the suspense of James Patterson, or the romantic angst of Jackie Collins, then this is one of those page-turners just for you! Will Conor survive the odds stacked against him, or is it already too late? To find out, get your copy of this action-packed adventure that will keep you up late into the night. Patrick DeVaney, the author of "Two Million Steps" brings you his first novel entitled High Crimes Against the Crown; a fast-paced story mixing humor, adventure, and romance set on the Camino de Santiago.

A girl who doesn’t belong… A wild horse on the run… And a bond that transcends reality. Cassie wakes up in a stranger’s house with no memories of her past, but one thing she does the orange mare in her dreams is hers. With the help of a friendly ranger, she sets off in search of her horse, but outside forces fight her every step of the way. The Fýlax, a not-so-secret society sworn to protect the island, are certain Cassie will only bring death and destruction, but the bond Cassie shares with her mare transcends political rules, and she will do anything to get her horse back—anything. Is the bond between horse and human really as strong as Cassie claims, or will her enemies rip them apart for good? Unbreakable Bond is a clean YA fantasy adventure filled with magic, whimsy, and horses. The story is perfect for teens and all ages, and it contains no profanity, explicit romance, or adult themes.

A mesmerizing portrait of an aging man’s last pilgrimage, from the New York Times best selling author of The Girls and The Guest. A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting. A mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable. This is what David Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades. His final destination is Zurich. David glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life. His grasp on the present slips away, and the past rushes the Sunday roasts of childhood. The stiff clothes meant only for church. A summer at a school friend’s house. The losses and missteps that punctuate a life. As David’s arrival in Zurich looms, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unraveling mind emerges, both darkly humorous and profoundly moving. Hypnotic and startlingly original, Switzy probes the depths of human consciousness, revealing what a man is left with when the accomplishments and compromises that have defined him, and the illusions he's relied on, vanish.

A fantasy adventure through Fae full of whimsy, magic, peril, and sapphic slow-burn friends-to-lovers—for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries. All Magic Begins in Stories. That’s what Fae princess Hyacinth has always been told. As the unmagical daughter of Queen Mab, Hyacinth has never fit in at her mother’s court. She hopes that if she can learn more about her father, who disappeared fifteen years ago, maybe she can finally learn more about herself, too. When Hyacinth and her friend Chloe—a human stable hand trapped in Fae—sneak off to a riverside market, Hyacinth discovers a magical book sent to her by her father. Through the book, he reveals that he’s trapped inside a library at the heart of a treacherous labyrinth. With the help of Chloe and a tiny dragon named Coffee, the two friends defy Queen Mab’s orders and set off into the wilds of the Moonshadow Kingdom. Along the way they face bandits, magical creatures, a centuries-old human who has traded all his stories to the Fae, as well as their own growing feelings for each other. Neither is prepared for what awaits at the center of the labyrinth, sweeping them into a story that's more perilous than they ever imagined. A lush, fairy core, sapphic YA fantasy that returns readers to the Fae world introduced in Jamie Pacton’s bestselling novel The Absinthe Underground! Perfect for readers who love Sapphic Slow-Burn, Friends-to-Lovers, Grumpy/ Sunshine, Princess/ Lady Knight, Bodyguard Romance, Fae/ Human Relationships, Only One Bed, and Stories Are Magic!

_Rose Lin Fairchild didn’t believe in gods, but one chose her anyway. _ Rose despises Raven, the god of Death. His mysterious commands. His mercurial moods. His closed heart. But most of all, she loathes that she was forced to become his Harbinger, a human mercenary tasked to fulfil their god’s every want and whim. Still, she would do it again, because being a Harbinger is the only thing keeping her best friend alive. When a murder rocks the world of the gods, Rose is suddenly thrust into the immortal realm's spotlight as Raven's heir. This is her chance to free her friend once and for all. But in order for her to ascend, she must first prove herself to the other gods—and the one person standing in her way is a fellow Harbinger. Étienne Beauchard is notorious for his sly wit and charming good looks. Rose can’t stand that he is the one assigned to test her abilities, but as their initial hostility evolves into an intense attraction, they find that the gods’ secrets go deeper than they ever expected. Something is wrong in the immortal world, something that threatens to break their bond and engulf them all in war. As Rose and Étienne fight to uncover the truth and trust each other with their hearts, they realize that everything hinges on the same How far would you go to save the person you love?