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Lyla Dune returns to her North Carolina hometown hoping for a fresh start, but instead finds history repeating itself—quite literally. Recently dumped and with her career as an opinion columnist floundering, thirty-year-old Lyla retreats to Echo Cove to oversee the sale of her childhood home. But when she digs up a high school time capsule and finds her forgotten diary, the summer before college begins to eerily replay. As a dangerous hurricane looms again, Lyla must confront the fears that cost her Travis a decade ago—and the dream of becoming a fiction writer she abandoned.

Fresh from a national book conference, Allie comes home to find beloved town librarian—and lifelong role model—Vicky Napier poisoned on the library floor on the eve of her retirement. It's not long before suspects stack up: a handyman with an obsessive crush, a hot-tempered wood carver, and even Allie's boyfriend, Brent, now a prime candidate to be the next librarian. To clear his name and catch a killer, Allie must solve a bookish whodunit—where every chapter could be her last—before someone writes her final epitaph.

Undoing Gender constitutes Judith Butler's recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation. In terms that draw from feminist and queer...

We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable, or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures, and authoritarian structures that create cults...

Gun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to...

In a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots called 'Hums', May seeks some reprieve from recent hardships and from her family's addiction to their devices. She splurges on a weekend away at the Botanical Garden - a rare, green refuge in the heart of the city, where forests...

All I wanted was a vacation, a chance to relax, to scratch an itch. I never expected Calvin Wells... or the way I'd begin to feel about him. I mean, who falls for their Airbnb host? But despite the peaceful surroundings, the unexpected company, and the chemistry between us, there's a feeling I just can't shake. A warning in the pit of my stomach. And a locked door to the basement that I can't stop thinking about.

Roman Grady is the sole reporter for the local newspaper in a tiny Hudson Valley town – a town so small that every store opening is considered newsworthy. But when Roman's longtime girlfriend Ashley, the mother of his four-year-old son, is found dead, he realises he had no idea what was really...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of American women authors whose time has now come again.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this Century of profound change for women our Atlantic neighbours produced authors of extraordinary ability that dazzled us all with a range of ideas, characters and stories of such magnificence that literature would never be the same again. Genius is written in their names.

“Okay sweetheart,” I whisper, giving my little girl Alice a final kiss. “Now remember, after I’ve locked the door, be quiet like a mouse. I’ll come back later, I promise.” Her little face crumples as I turn to leave and my heart breaks. But I have no choice. I have to work, and I have to keep her hidden. It’s just ten days until the new hotel opens. As I push my cleaning cart into the chandeliered honeymoon suite, I wonder how it would feel to stay here as a guest. To watch the sun rise over the ocean, to fall asleep with no fear. I’ll never know, of course.

'Clever, gripping, utterly surprising' TAMMY COHEN 'An absolute scorcher of a mystery' C.M. EWAN 'Searing. A clever, compelling and innovative eco-thriller in which both literal and metaphorical fires burn through the characters' lives, changing them forever' ANNA MAZZOLA The perfect life Robyn...

Surrender to the laws of attraction – and prepare for combustion. Dr. Lou Wright is a world-renowned physicist who prides herself on logic, reason, and research-backed decisions. But when it comes to Noah Anderson? All bets are off. He's magnetic, maddening, and makes her brain short-circuit. After a hilariously disastrous attempt to act on her feelings, Lou convinces herself that the chemistry was one-sided. Cue avoidance, awkward lab run-ins, and mounting tension. But Noah? He's not giving up that easily.

Get ready for a romance of cosmic proportions. Grace has been falling for Anton for months – charming, brilliant, and effortlessly kind over email. But when he shows up in her Geneva lab? He's arrogant, condescending, and nothing like the man she thought she knew. Anton is used to wearing labels: billionaire, playboy, physics prodigy. But he's now ready to trade those in for scientific stardom. His best shot? A fresh start in Lou's lab, under the brilliant (and infuriating) Grace.

True friends are hard to find and even harder to describe. But with real life stories, friendship quotes, inspirational quotes, and anecdotes, Friends Are Everything has everything you ever need for friendship empowerment.

‘A perfect beach read, it has banter, a sweet story line and a little bit of spice!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From the author of the TikTok Made Me Buy It bestseller Hate Mail! ’This book was pure magic!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – 💍Falling in love was never part of the plan…💍 Priscilla has a plan...

By the early 1890’s Kate's short stories were published nationally. With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about.

Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children. By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally. Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth.

Juggling her family's literary agency, her best friend's wedding, and a stubborn rescue cat who refuses to befriend her boyfriend's golden retriever, Allie doesn't have time for scandal. But when her former prom date - now a known drunk and troublemaker - is found dead in a pile of mulch at her late father's memorial park, the finger points straight at her. Now, with the park's grand opening days away, Allie must dig into a tangled web of politics, long-held secrets, and high-profile enemies. The deeper she gets, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Growth, resilience, and adaptability are qualities that are not only desirable but essential in today’s workplace. Dr. Debra Clary, a narrative scientist and transformational leader, has discovered that the driving force behind these qualities is curiosity. If you’re a leader in any sector, The Curiosity Curve will guide you to create a culture of curiosity for long-term, sustainable growth.