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Rapunzel Ramone does not need rescuing from a tower. She needs a stage, a bass, and a man who can keep up. A freelance musician with purple-blonde dreads, tattoos, and no patience for boys who only know how to stare, Rapunzel takes a last-minute gig at Red's Tavern with a cover band that forgot to book a bassist.

Goldie knows exactly what she wants for Valentine's Day: a man with a beard, a spark, and enough confidence to make her forget the mess her love life has become. A few swipes on Sinder gives her three bearded possibilities. One might be too bold. One might be too impatient. And one keeps tempting her through her phone while her Guber driver, Chuckles, becomes harder and harder to ignore.

Peter von Schmidt planned to keep a low profile, eat a burger, and figure out his next move after getting laid off. Then Red offers him a deal. With bikers rolling into town for karaoke night and bike-week chaos, Red’s Tavern needs a bouncer more than it needs another broken pool stick or unpaid tab. Peter has the size, the glare, and the muscle to keep trouble in line. The payment?

Why do people lie? What drives deception? And how can understanding the truth transform your relationships, your confidence, and your life? The Truth About Lies is a clear, compassionate, and eye-opening guide to one of the most universal human behaviors. Drawing on psychology, real-world patterns, and everyday experiences, Denise St. Charles explores why people lie, how deception works, and why honesty remains essential for trust, connection, and personal growth.

Kendall Warden came to Pearl’s party for martinis, gossip, and maybe a little trouble. Then Jack Spriggins walks in. Tall, dark, handsome, and freshly unemployed, Jack should be an automatic bad idea. Kendall knows better than to get tangled up with a man who may not have his life together, no matter how tempting he looks across the kitchen. But Jack has charm, timing, and a talent for appearing exactly when she needs saving from an unwanted flirt. One fake-boyfriend rescue later, Kendall’s curiosity is climbing fast.

Pearl Hollandale’s birthday party is supposed to be winding down. The drinks were perfect. The guests had fun. Her luxury apartment survived the celebration. And Michael, her always-polished friend and event-saving bartender, has been making it increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that he might want more than friendship. Then there is Professor Gaston. Sharp-eyed, charming, and far too good at turning a simple cherry-stem trick into a dare, he makes Pearl wonder exactly how many hidden talents one man can have.

Around the year 1200 BC, the most connected world that had ever existed came apart. From the palaces of Mycenae to the harbors of the Levant, from the Hittite capital in the Anatolian highlands to the grain barges of the Nile, a web of kingdoms had spent three centuries learning to depend on one another for tin and copper, grain and gold, marriage alliances and mutual defense. Within two generations, most of it was gone. Cities burned, scripts were forgotten, and the survivors remembered the age they had lost as a vanished dream of heroes.

Pinocchio Geppetto has spent his adult life trying to make everyone call him Noc. Unfortunately, holiday office traditions are cruel little monsters. When the Secret Santa list reveals his full legal name to the entire office, Noc is ready to confront Human Resources and demand a little dignity. Instead, Gina from HR locks the door, closes the blinds, and offers to make it up to him in a way no employee handbook could possibly cover. Then the holiday magic gets even stranger.

Addison Clark is at the top of her game. Together with her best friend, she prides herself in planning stunning weddings all over Chicago. Her clients love her, her family supports her every step of the way, and she embraces the exciting and fulfilling life she’s made for herself. But the past keeps coming back to haunt her. Three years ago, when The Great Firing Mystery nearly shattered her sweet little life, it was Xander Devereaux she blamed.

When a naked woman storms a governor’s press conference, Detective Scott Aylward chalks it up to another bizarre day on the job—until the governor’s private security takes her away and the police are shut out. That’s when coincidence turns dangerous. Drawn into the woman’s desperate crusade for justice—one born from her mother’s death—Scott uncovers a conspiracy that reaches far beyond a publicity stunt. At its center is the governor’s power broker, a man who controls elections, money, and lives, and who will kill to keep his secrets buried.

When a devastating EMP attack wipes out the electrical grid across the United States, the people of Clinton, Iowa suddenly find themselves cut off from the modern world—no phones, no internet, no refrigeration, no idea whether the federal government still exists, and only three days’ worth of patience remaining. Mayor Frank Ramey is trying to keep the city functioning with lanterns, rationed gasoline, and whatever remains of Midwestern common sense.

When love and money collide, will a wintry house party lead to murder or matrimony? Haro Emison, thrust into his new role as Earl of Anglesford, discovers that his late father has left the family teetering on the edge of financial ruin. Intent on rescuing the estate, Haro abandons his long-held interest in his second cousin Eda and searches instead for a wealthy heiress. But when pride and jealousy cause his plan to spiral out of control, he begins to wonder if he has made a dreadful mistake. Eda Swanycke is enjoying her first season in London when her debut comes to a crashing halt.

Having mustered the courage to follow their desires to be with each other, Emina and Haruto's life together moves forward. Their efforts have paid off, but are their problems finally behind them?

When a decades-old severed leg is discovered buried on Bonita Key, local Gazette reporter Rose Banatelli is drawn into an investigation the island would rather keep forgotten. Teaming up with retired detective Frank Caprio, Rose begins following a trail that leads far beyond a single long-buried victim. Their search uncovers a hidden network of illegal land filings, stolen properties, and quiet financial manipulation operating beneath the surface of the seemingly peaceful island community. At the center of it all stands Mayor Grant Ellis — respected, powerful, and seemingly untouchable.

What if the reason you're exhausted isn't because life is hard-but because you're carrying responsibilities that were never yours to begin with? Too many people spend their lives trying to manage, fix, convince, rescue, and control the people around them. They worry about what others think, obsess over other people's choices, and tie their happiness to outcomes they cannot control. The result? Stress. Frustration. Resentment. Emotional exhaustion.

I Live You For Ever is a candid and penetrating memoir chronicling Meredith Rutter Marple’s nine-year journey caring for her husband, Gary, as mixed dementia reshaped the fabric of their marriage. What began as small slips—forgotten directions, mental-math errors—unfolded into a relentless progression of symptoms associated with vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Lewy body dementia.

They all wrote him off. They’ll never make that mistake again. Rhyker is an oddity among his people. A prince without a purpose. A draconian without horns or scales. Worthless, they say, until the day his power is unleashed. Doing the unthinkable, Rhyker absorbs a dragon’s Aspect and wields its elemental power for himself. Power that grows stronger every day. Power that can change the world, and even allow him to be the first mortal to pass through the Eternal Walls.

Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamitiesis a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories. In this bold debut collection, Senaa Ahmad pushes the boundaries of history and its figures, sending the reader on a thrilling ride. In...

"You have to react instinctively. In this game there's no second place, only the quick and the dead." In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Armed with silencer-equipped MK-II British Sten guns, M-16s, M-79s, and...

Say Thank You for Everything is a bullshit-free guide to management that shows you the right way to lead a business, inspired by Jim Edwards's experience of helping to transform a small unread blog into a business with 200 million readers and hundreds of employees, which finally sold for $442m...