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After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair. Their project is to build nests to revive the vulnerable penguin population. But Mallory doesn’t dare tell Gavin why she’s really come back. Then she discovers old journals hidden in a lava cave—confessions of another woman who needed to disappear.

From USA Today bestselling author Hope Ramsay comes a small-town romance filled with love, laughter, and friendship! Only one thing can make veterinarian Noah Cuthbert return to Magnolia Harbor - his mother's failing health. He'll do anything to help his family, including taking a short-term gig...

Three best friends. Two crumbling estates. And one trip that changes everything. When three barn besties escape for a girls’ trip to Ireland, they expect a lot of fun. They don’t expect to want to stay… forever. Natalie was always the responsible one, the organized one, the together one. But when she inadvertently leaves one day early for their vacation and comes home pink-cheeked with embarrassment, the last thing she expects to find is her husband. . .in their bed with another woman. Luckily, they don’t notice her, and she takes the trip as a time-out to figure out what to do.

After being separated by an evil monarch and a mysterious, kind face in The Wood, Idalia and Braizen must fight their way back to each other. With winter swiftly approaching, and new secrets revealed, the two find that they are in way over their heads. Thankfully, with the help of an animal-loving Viking with a penchant for violence, an overly confident bard who cannot sing a single note on key, and a few other misfits, they might just stand a chance… Or perhaps, meet their eternal doom.

A young woman is found wandering, in a daze, on a rural road in Germany, having escaped her attacker. If she can talk, and remember, maybe she can lead authorities back to his lair - and save the other women there before it’s too late. As the sprawling international case begins to enmesh dozens of victims from many countries, authorities quickly realize there is only one way to solve this: To bring in FBI special agent Adele Sharp, triple citizen of the U.S., France, and Germany.

Losing isn't a trait anyone looks for in a quarterback, and I never won when it mattered. Arlington University was supposed to be a fresh start. But infamy isn't easily forgotten—especially when everyone knows my twin sister is dating my biggest rival. Constant reminders of their relationship have me on edge about Alleghany. Spending a weekend sleeping across the hall from Natalie Jacobs doesn't help. The popular, pretty blonde didn't just celebrate each of my defeats—she literally led the cheer against me.

Holly Greene is on a mission to find her happily ever after. And her journey to love does not include a detour to Bad Boy Bartenderville, population Jax Grainger. Jax may be witty, smart-mouthed, and handsome, but he’s the kind of guy who views love as a four-letter word…and the last thing Holly needs is to waste any more time.

When a man winds up dead in a hotel room in LA after a night with a prostitute, no one thinks much of it - until what seems like an isolated case turns into a pattern. It soon becomes clear that a prostitute has turned serial killer - and that criminal profiler and FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, may be the only one who can stop her. A fast-paced psychological suspense thriller with unforgettable characters and heart-pounding suspense.

LA lifestyle influencer Cara Campbell is living the rags-to-riches dream with her plastic surgeon husband, Karl, and posting all about it on social media. But her happily ever after evaporates when she’s given a life sentence for murdering Karl during a romantic getaway. All evidence points to her, and her platform—as an unabashed gold digger—makes her look guilty as hell. Karl’s struggling business and million-dollar life insurance policy add plenty of motive. But the one thing Cara knows for sure is she didn’t do it.

A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper's daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.

Thessaloniki, Greece, 1917: As Dimitri Komninos is born, a fire sweeps through the thriving multicultural city where Christians, Jews, and Muslims live side by side. It is the first of many catastrophic events that will forever change this place and its people. Five years later, as the Turkish army pushes west through Asia Minor, young Katerina loses her mother in the crowd of refugees clambering for boats to Greece.

A bundle of books one (Girl, Alone) and two (Girl, Taken) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark Mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with more than 100,000 words of listening.

A suburban wife and mom escapes from the grasp of a psychotic serial killer - only to wind up murdered weeks later. Was it a coincidence? Or is there a serial killer out there playing a sick game of catch and release - and catch again? Can famed FBI Agent Jessie Hunt, 30, shake off her personal trauma and enter this killer’s mind? Can she save the next victim - and maybe even herself - before it is too late?

The animations of Japan's Studio Ghibli are among the most respected in the movie industry. Their delightful films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new eagerly anticipated release a guaranteed box-office hit. Yet this highly profitable studio has remained fiercely independent, producing a stream of imaginative and individual animations. The studio's founders, the late Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, have created timeless masterpieces. Although their films are distinctly Japanese, their themes are universal.

An actress desperate to reclaim her fame must survive the real-life plot of the horror movie that made her famous in this psychologically twisted locked-room thriller. “A gloriously glossy solid slasher with more unexpected twists than a roller coaster . . . Fans of ’90s horror flicks (like...

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers, including Wendell Berry, Alice Hoffman, Dave Eggers, Ling Ma, Lori Ostlund, and Anthony Marra. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's...

“I am a big fan of Women and Children First . . . Alina Grabowski is an astute and limber narrative artist and I could read her prose all day long and never grow weary.”―Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as...

I'm scared. When will this nightmare end? Darkness and cold have tortured me. I can't remember anything. He's coming. His footsteps echo like a wrecking ball in my head. He's getting closer. Breathe. He's almost here. I must escape.

This carefully compiled collection for young readers includes: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.

Trixie Gardens is one average witch, thank you very much. A down-on-her-luck taxi driver in the paranormal section of New York, Trixie has spent a lifetime repressing her magic. Until one night, she meets a grumpy, devilishly handsome vampire in a dark alley, and she accidentally activates her powers by shooting the cork from a cheap cabernet bottle at his face. It turns out the vampire is none other than Dominic Kent—the stormy, rough-around-the-edges billionaire who owns Trixie’s apartment building.