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On a freezing Seattle night, Wynter shows up on Caleb's doorstep in shorts and sandals, seeking help. Seeking sanctuary. Claiming to be his sister. She has just escaped an isolated abusive cult and has nowhere else to turn.

The Spellers Guidebook is the first of its kind—a comprehensive guidebook that every family should take along for their Spelling journey. From the moment you first learn about spelled communication through working with a practitioner, developing fluency, and everything in between, this book serves as a blueprint to follow while you build the skills to spell openly with your child.

In the land of Dorimare, on the shores of the Dapple and the Dawl, the law-abiding residents of Lud-in-the-Mist are plagued by an illegal influx of fairy fruit enticing people to acts of poetry, dancing, and other dangerous flights of fancy. When respectable Mayor Nathaniel Chanticleer finds his family entangled in the scandal, he must call upon both his sharp legal mind and his unacknowledged creative spirit to craft a reconciliation with the Faerie. Dare to embrace your wild side in this classic fantasy. Suitable for ages eight and up.

My name is Chrys, and I rescue souls from Hell. My life is demons, ghosts, and driving my van through the streets of Reno like a racer on crack. My coworkers think I’m a monster, my partner reaps the dead, and valkyries want to gut me. Even worse, the dragon shifter inside me wants to gobble up human souls like they’re Tic Tacs.

Irene Lisner is a forensic accountant who could tell you all about fraud, corruption, and embezzlement in Oregon… if only she had the time. Between her wonderful dog, difficult family, and recent diagnosis, she barely has time to say hello to her best friend. When she is assigned a politically fraught case, Irene is sure the city’s problems go beyond staff turnover and governmental drama. The discovery of concealed expenses and forged bank statements make it apparent that this won’t be a simple fix. Confronting thieves is part of Irene’s job, but that doesn’t make it easy.

Davia Glenn is the first woman on a covert paramilitary team until a mission goes deadly wrong. She inherits a fortune, moves to a wealthy community, and soon discovers the craze under all that money. On a terrorist's hit list, Davia must navigate her new life while dodging assassins. Torn between two men and two worlds, Davia must decide her future, but this time, she wears haute couture instead of camouflage and combat boots.

Nobody comes to a brothel seeking a true story. But you will want to learn the truth about Aimée Bonnard, the best-paid woman in Galveston. Formerly known as Yvonne LaCroix, Aimée arrives on the Island in the summer of 1898. She’s looking for work in a high-end brothel, but she is also outrunning the consequences of a deadly night in New Orleans–a night in which a rival prostitute lost her life. Mistress of deception, Aimée charms and entices her way into an existence of extravagance and adventure in one of the most exclusive brothels of Galveston.

When Davia sees a flash of gunfire one night at a nearby home in her wealthy enclave, she decides to investigate. She discovers a double homicide with only one survivor, but her involvement will have unforeseen consequences.

Two girls emerge from a convent in order to marry and assume their places in post-Revolutionary French society. Louise is ruled by passion, Renée by pragmatism, and the intimate details of their trials and triumphs are revealed through their correspondence. Letters of Two Brides follows two strong women across the years as they navigate love, friendship, faith, and the conflicting expectations for women in society.

Social worker Georgia Thayer can balance her own mental illness with the demands of an impossible job. Mostly. But when her sister vanishes in the dead of night, her desperate quest to find Peyton takes her into the tentacles of a human trafficking network - where she encounters a young victim called "Kitten."

Irene Lisner was not expecting a request to mediate her sister’s marriage. Or to drop her own list of cases to help a coworker. Or a new dog to come into her life. Or a date. A talented principal and a rigid business manager have squared off over accusations of false enrollment, improper purchasing, and state curriculum violations. As Irene investigates the charges, she finds hidden agendas and ulterior motives that make her wonder if she can restore justice to the hardworking school. And, of course, Irene’s irrepressible best friend has something to say on everything, especially the new dog.

When a Terran outpost is destroyed by the menacing insectoid Throgs, two human (and two wolverines) survivors must find a way to survive being hunted on a hostile planet. Only an unlikely alliance with the telepathic saurian inhabitants—and the wisdom to distinguish between dreams and reality—will lead them out of darkness and towards a united future.

When humans attack Iridos, killing most of the unammi population, misfit cleric Alira discovers she is a Harvester, able to absorb the memories and personalities of those who die in her presence. She'll need that knowledge to help her people. The problem is, not all Harvesters survive with their minds intact.

Being a hero of the department has its perks. Supposedly. I still haven’t found any. My crush is a mountain of tattooed silence, and my new boss sends me on more missions than a homing pigeon. Being a soul rescuer is seriously wearing out my Dr. Martens. When my pantheon’s soul is stolen, I must team up with the oldest playboy in existence and go to Las Vegas. What does Sin City bring to the table? More dragons than I can handle. With my smoke-breathing boss on my ass, fire elementals trying to punch my ticket, and a half-demon as my only reliable ally, I’m under a lot of heat.

Operative Davia Glenn is tasked with coordinating a lavish charity horse show for the elite of Rancho Suprema. But when a shocking murder rocks the exclusive riding club, her duties take a lethal turn.

Top operative Davia Glenn finds herself entangled in a high-stakes game with thieves, murderers, and billionaires. When the demands of social media influencers and non-profit duties intrude, will she be able to save the day?

In this, the last published work co-written by the late Star Trek writer/Icon D.C. Fontana, we are in a far-future Britain, a wasteland after an ancient, devastating war. In a hidden cave, long-dormant activating mechanisms come alive on a high tech sarcophagus awakening a strong male, battle-scarred body.

Middle aged, unhappily married, and haunted by a tragedy from her past, Alice has resigned herself to an unremarkable existence. Then she meets June—a suspiciously pale flapper only she can see, a young woman who claims to have died and not remember the circumstances of her life or death.

When Kathy Ivchenko finds herself stuck in her hometown with no job prospects and a non-existent love life, she makes the unexpected decision to leave everything she knows and join the Peace Corps. In this unique and compelling real-life adventure, Kathy learns to let go of home and embrace the unknown. From the ups and downs of training, teaching, and romantic stumbles, Kathy takes the listener on an astonishing journey of self-discovery that crosses borders.

CDC researcher Nadine Parker and her team are baffled. Lukas Behn’s daughter Kyndra has contracted a bizarre new virus that leaves her screaming in pain. But they can't identify any physical, biological source for that pain, not in Kyndra, nor in the dozens, then hundreds, and finally millions of children worldwide succumbing to the same virus. And no one seems to have made a connection between what's happening with the infected children and the events on a small coral reef in the South Pacific.