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Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen knife in her hand, her clothes bloodstained, the bodies of her two best friends lying close. She’d committed the crime of the century – but nothing and no-one could wake her from the nightmare. Believers in her innocence call her Anna O. Believers in her guilt call her Sleeping Beauty.

Birdie Chang didn’t know anything about Whidbey Island when she chose it, only that it was about as far away as she could get from her own life. She’s a woman on the run, desperate for an escape from the headlines back home and the look of concern in her girlfriend’s eyes—and from Calvin Boyer, the man who abused her as a child and who’s now resurfaced. On her way, she has an unnerving encounter with a stranger on the ferry who offers her a proposition, a sinister solution, a plan for revenge.

When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in the will: “One of you is el bacà, the demon that I made a deal with. Get rid of them or you will be damned.” Xiomara, the uncontested favorite of Papi Ramon (and therefore the least liked in the family), watches as everyone dismisses this as the joke of a senile old man and demands the lawyer obtain the previous will Papi wrote.

Seeking release from their small-town existence, two teenagers drive north on a vaguely plotted road trip. Adam and Teddy hope to leave boyhood behind. But they carry with them all the upsets and resentments they have accrued in their unhappy lives to date. As the pair’s journey progresses, the mood fluctuates as each of them sets out to prove himself. The dynamics of their friendship begin to unravel, culminating in an act of devastating – and all too familiar – violence.

In Legend of Fear: Coyote Tales, Indigenous storyteller Sharnelle Matthew takes readers on a profound journey through a world where ancient wisdom and modern struggles intersect. The tale begins with Coyote, who, after awakening from a long sleep, finds the world changed and humanity more disconnected than ever. As he seeks guidance from the Creator, a plan is devised to help humanity reconnect. However, when the plan fails, Fear is summoned—an ancient protector who once guided humanity with love but now finds his presence causing division and pain.

Everything will be fine. That is what Mary and John promise when they tell their two children that they are getting a divorce. But while the end of their marriage offers them both freedom from their dissatisfaction, it brings to the fore the pain and resentments that have always percolated in their relationship and throws into stark relief their shortcomings as partners and as parents.

In the rugged Pacific Northwest of the United States lies the Olympic National Forest – a vast expanse of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this mysterious woodland, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past. Having retreated to her hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist Dr Julia Cates begins working with the extraordinary little girl.

Laurel, Kentucky. The year is 2032. In this meticulously engineered city, where conformity reigns supreme, every citizen reaching the age of twenty-one receives a letter that outlines the trajectory of their life. These letters dictate assigned roles—careers, relationships, and aspirations—ensuring a future prioritizes stability over individuality. For most young residents, this marks the beginning of their adult lives, a moment to embrace the path before them. But for Nicole Ellison, it is a harbinger of something much darker.

I'm at breaking point. I'm a stay-at-home mom and I love my four-year-old twins more than anything—but they're a handful. My husband's always away on business. My mother's in the early stages of dementia. It's a lot. How does an 81-year-old woman, who hasn't left her bedroom in months, simply vanish into thin air? I'm trying not to freak out at the thought of my mother wandering the neighborhood, lost in a daze of confusion. We found her—but that was the moment I knew I needed help. So I let Dana into my home. She seems like the answer to my prayers. She'll be my mother's live-in caregiver.

Mary Westin is either seeing things or going insane. Her boring life has been turned upside-down by the murders happening around her. And if she doesn’t find a way to prove her innocence soon, she will spend the rest of her life in prison.

It’s 2011, and the decades-old case of Deecie Jeffries’s disappearance in Austin, Texas, is still cold. New mom Bee, struggling with postpartum depression, is living in Portland, Maine, having left Austin—and those memories—far behind. Until Leo, her childhood crush and her estranged twin Gus’s best friend, suddenly resurfaces, drawing Bee back into their shared past.

Джейкоб и Наоми сразу полюбили друг друга, и неважно, что он — наследник богатой семьи Хэмптонов, а она — полуграмотная горничная. Наперекор родным Джейкоб женится на Наоми, однако общество во главе с родителями ополчается против молодой пары. И только Блэкберн Гант, изуродованный полиомиелитом смотритель кладбища, хранит верность своему другу и его юной жене.

A man awakens in silence, surrounded by darkness. He believes he has died—but the truth is far more haunting. Unclaimed is a literary short story exploring memory, mortality, and the invisible thread that binds us to others. Told in lyrical, intimate prose, it reflects on the relationships we build—and what remains of us in the silence after we're gone.

At the luxurious Raven’s Hollow Lodge, bestselling novelist Zipporah Bazile arrives to write her next psychological thriller—a haunting story about a woman imprisoned in the basement of a remote cabin. When Zipporah ventures beyond her suite to explore the resort, strange events occur. Someone is following her on the trails, digging online for information about her life, and slipping a mysterious powder into her drinks. Her growing romantic connection with another resort guest only deepens her paranoia.

We seem like perfect families. But our secrets must never come out... I trust my best friend Lydia with my life. We share everything, even the things we can't tell our husbands. So when we go on a beach holiday together, it's a dream come true. One night, we treat ourselves to dinner on the beach with our husbands while our children sleep soundly in the cottage behind us. But when I go to check on them, my entire world shatters. My son's bed is empty, the window wide open, his favourite teddy left between the crumpled sheets. I stifle a scream as my worst nightmare comes true.

Worte haben Macht ... Das weiß Elodie nur allzu gut, seit ihr Exfreund ihren Körper als zu weich bezeichnet hat. Als sie für ihren Job bei dem Pariser Magazin Le Clic einen viel zu intimen Artikel schreiben muss, werden ihre Selbstzweifel lauter als je zuvor. Vor allem, weil der verflucht attraktive Redakteur Lucas ihren Text redigieren wird. Am liebsten würde sie sich von dem Frauenschwarm fernhalten, der in Paris für seine One-Night-Stands und seine schonungslose Ehrlichkeit berüchtigt ist.

After the violent –and very public – killing of a small-time drug dealer, an alienated young man with multiple personalities must determine if his hot-headed alter is responsible and how that will shape the “normal” life that he has struggled to create. THE CLASH INSIDE ME opens with a young man perched on a ledge and contemplating an unusual predicament: did he or did he not commit murder? And if he did, which of his alter-personalities will ultimately be held responsible? This captivating novel explores the ongoing courage necessary to cope with a serious mental illness.

Emilia del Valle Walsh nasce a San Francisco nel 1866. Sua madre, Molly Walsh, è una suora irlandese sedotta da un aristocratico cileno. Emilia cresce nel cuore di un umile quartiere messicano, diventando una giovane donna brillante e indipendente che sfida le norme sociali per perseguire la sua passione per la scrittura. Da giovanissima, inizia a scrivere romanzi d'avventura sotto lo pseudonimo di Brandon J. Price, ma la sua carriera decolla quando diventa editorialista al San Francisco Examiner.

Once a celebrated conductor, Arlen Quinn wanders a city that no longer sings for him. Haunted by the memory of a single, perfect note—and the silence that gave it shape—he leaves behind a life of applause and regret to chase something deeper than music: the presence of true silence.

Eris once believed that she could keep herself safe from the suburban beast that slithered around the swampland of a small town on the US East Coast. She hid herself away behind latches and bolts and locks, making a fortress of her family home. They called this recluse a witch, and if she had lived in another age, this suburban misfit would have been hanged or burned at the stake. Despite her fortress, the dangers still found Eris. As if myths and legends were true all along, her family was torn apart one snowy night when her teenage daughter was found dead.