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FAKE FLAME In this fun, fast-paced romantic comedy, a bookish firefighter who knows his Jane Austen suggests a little fake dating to fend off an ex. What’s a feminist English professor to do—except say yes… You can’t fake heat like this… To an observer, hauling a baby grand piano onto...

ROMANCING MISS STONE His perfectly planned life is about to go wild. By-the-numbers Bo Ferguson has his future all planned. Then his archaeologist fiancée dumps him. Via text. From Belize. Navigating the rainforest to win her back is way out of Bo’s comfort zone, but so is the idea of...

PRINCESS, PREGNANT, PRISONER A royal, billionaire bodyguard, accidentally pregnant, stolen from the altar romance by Millie Adams. From forbidden passion… to permanent consequences! Princess Emerald is marrying for the sake of her kingdom. But as she stares down at the pregnancy test in her...

From the beloved creator and star of The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound & Down comes a wild collection of short stories featuring Danny McBride’s signature dark humor. There are many sides to Danny McBride: he starred as the iconic character Kenny Powers in the cult classic HBO show...

A piercing short story collection that explores the feverish hunger and dizzying pleasure of girlhood and queer coming-of-age in a small town, from an acclaimed emerging writer Set mostly in and around a small working class neighborhood, Clark explores the lives of young Black girls, women, and...

Tales of lore from f*ckboys and more… Myths and legends would be nothing without their shining star of a hero at the forefront … right? Bad Boys of Ancient Greece looks at the dashingly handsome and oh-so-brave men from antiquity in a whole new light. Taking today’s male stereotypes and...

A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine) “A genius in the truest sense of the word.”—Rebecca Makkai “One of the...

A wildly inventive collection of interconnected speculative stories—spanning the multiverse, demonic attachment, and life after death—from an electrifying new voice in fiction. An aimless ghost haunts his ex-girlfriend for evidence that she’s actually upset about his death. A group of...

Seven essential lessons from The Odyssey; a timeless story of strength against adversity, resilience and never losing sight of your goals. Who are you? How can you be who you want to be? How do you treat those around you? What really matters? The Odyssey Mindset translates the ancient wisdom of...

A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener...

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. A prima donna soprano is commissioned to give a command performance at a country estate. It sets off a chain of tragic events – but are they accidents or an act of revenge?...

A spellbinding story collection from Booker Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki, about the lives we almost lived, the people we can’t quite forget, and the stories that shape us long after the last page is turned In this spirited and emotionally resonant collection, award-winning novelist Ruth Ozeki...

ONE NIGHT CHARMER In New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates's Copper Ridge series, Oregon's favorite bachelor is about to meet his match... If the devil wore flannel, he'd look like Ace Thompson. He's gruff. Opinionated. Infernally hot. The last person that Sierra West wants to ask for...

ACT OF VALOR She saw something she shouldn’t have… A True Blue K-9 Unit story When airline employee Violet Griffin encounters several suspicious passengers, she’s thrust into the crosshairs of a drug smuggling operation. NYPD officer Zach Jameson and his drug detection beagle, Eddie, can...

Are you ready to play? Have you ever found yourself doom-scrolling, worrying about that weird pain in your leg, only to have your plans for the day completely trashed by the appearance of a literal axe-wielding troll? What about that time you came across a perfect double of yourself in the...

Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat mit seinen Erzählungen einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt. Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und dem Realitätsbezug des gewählten Gegenstands. Allerdings ummantelt er seine Geschichten ebenso gerne mit einem Grotesk-Phantastischen Gewand, so dass man zum einen nie weiß was als nächstes kommt und zum anderen immer das Gefühl vermittelt bekommt hautnah dabei zu sein, wobei einem die beschriebenen Szenen sofort an dem geistigen Auge vorüberzuziehen scheinen.

BODY IN THE WALL This place had been her home Now it was a crime scene The sooner Special Agent Macy Stark can sell her childhood home, the sooner she can escape her small town and shameful past—until she discovers a body in the wall and her childhood nightmares return. Handsome local Sheriff...

DANGER IN THE WILDERNESS A search for a kidnapped camper could cost them their lives. Park warden Dekker Hoyt’s father-son camping trip turns into a nightmare when a serial killer abducts his father. With just seventy-two hours to find him, Dekker turns to criminal investigative analyst Blaire...

SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH A K-9 on a gunman’s trail will uncover a sinister scheme. Officer Autumn Riley and her K-9, Bear, are jolted awake in the middle of the night by an intruder—and just barely escape the shots fired their way. When rancher Jordan Clarke, who has been searching for his...

Die Kanadierin Jess Gibson schickt uns in ihrem brillanten Debüt auf zwölf ganz unterschiedliche Reisen, an deren Ende es keine eindeutigen Antworten gibt. Mal ist es der Talisman einer Frau, der verschwindet, nur um eines Nachts im Hals ihres dominanten Ehemannes wiederaufzutauchen. Mal ein herablassender Künstler, der seine Lebensgefährtin für zu konventionell hält, bis ihm auf seiner Dinnerparty eine schmerzhafte Wahrheit serviert wird.