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Janice Butterwick did not wake up expecting a murder. She woke up expecting a quiet day, a sensible to-do list, and possibly chili. Instead, her small town of Clutchfield decides—collectively and confidently—that something terrible has happened. No one is quite sure what. Or to whom. Or when. But everyone agrees it must be serious.

Two weeks and two fake dates with Brock Holt—the infuriating firefighter with a savior complex, tough-guy attitude and a body as hot as his temper. And the last person single-by-choice schoolteacher Nix would ever fall for. Nix’s heart is on permanent lockdown after her mom walked out on her, but she needs a date to her cousin’s engagement party. Anything to put an end to the relentless single-shaming. Can she find someone—preferably smokin’—willing to spend Thanksgiving weekend with her meddling family in a tiny seaside town in the middle of nowhere?

"The Snowman" is maybe one of the most touching stories by Hans Christian Andersen. It is a tale about unrequited love, and an occasion of reflection on the mysteries of existence and passion. In a small winter garden, a snowman glimpses a stove glowing by the window of the nearby house. He soon falls in love, and longs for the stove's companionship despite the warnings of his friend, the dog, who say the stove's heat would melt him.

"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is a story written by British author Beatrix Potter, for the five-year-old son of her governess. It is a cautionary tale, warning children about the consequences of disobeying their parents' instructions; but it is told in such a charming and efficient way that it soon became a nursery classic. Peter Rabbit is now one of the most widely read books of all time, and has been translated into 36 languages for the delight and instruction of children all around the world.

“A practical, heartfelt manual for anyone who needs to change minds and actions. Lisa Cron shares the art of practical empathy with leaders who care enough to make a difference.”—Seth Godin, author of The Practice A step-by-step guide to using the brain’s hardwired need for story to...

Brought to you by Puffin. Daisy and Hazel invite you to discover their untold stories . . . Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for solving murder mysteries. But there are many other intrigues in the pages of Hazel's casebook, from the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case...

It's summertime and 17-year-old Coley is alone, again. Forced to move to middle of nowhere Oregon after losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate. Coley worries she isn't worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she's loved has left her. And Sonya's never been with a girl before. What if by opening her heart, Coley's risking it all?

Born into riches, Probator Symeon Noctis attempts to atone for his past sins by championing the powerless of Nearsteel district. But the sprawling city of Varangantua is uncaring of its masses, and when a bisected corpse is discovered in the neutral zone between Nearsteel and the Adeptus Mechanicus enclave of Steelmound, Noctis finds himself cast into his most dangerous case yet. Partnering with the tech-priest Rho-1 Lux of the Collegiate Extremis, Noctis is drawn into a murky world of tech-heresy, illegal servitors, and exploitation that could end his career, or his life.

Long before she became a famous, chart-topping recording artist, Meredith Clark was brutally wounded, insecure, and lonely; part little girl, part fragile woman. Just as she had fled a traumatic situation as a scared sixteen-year-old, she once again sought to put miles between herself and an abusive relationship. Piling everything she owned into her car, and stealing away from New Orleans in the middle of the night, she headed anywhere north, as quickly as possible.

When Elizabeth's friends go off to college and leave her behind, she thinks things can't get worse. Then she stumbles into a fight between vampires and realizes… they definitely can. Forced on the run with Christopher, a vampire outcast who might be in even more trouble than she is, Elizabeth is left to rely on nothing but her faith in God and Christopher’s impulsive choice to protect her. But the more time they spend together, the more Elizabeth realizes that Christopher is close to breaking in more ways than one.

At ten years old, Lilah meets a strange boy in the woods near her village after fleeing her mother’s wrath. They share a meal together, but then he surprises her when he asks her to marry him when they are older. He makes a solemn promise that in the future, when he is older, he will return for her and whisk her away. But she has to agree. Lilah accepts, but as the years pass, she never sees him again, causing her to believe that their promise was nothing more than a childhood fantasy.

If bodies came with instruction manuals, this book wouldn't exist. Maybe you've wondered if your partner was disappointed at how early you finish. Maybe you've blamed yourself for "failing" at sex. Here's the truth: your body isn't broken. It's doing what bodies do, responding to expectation, stress and pressure. The first step in easing the shame that can accompany early ejaculation is listening. When you listen, you create space for lasting change, the kind that helps you understand your body's signals and patterns and how to work with them.

Morgan Rose has always been the girl with the plan. Color-coded calendars, backup plans for her backup plans, and a wedding business that’s her entire world. Only one woman ever managed to derail Morgan’s organized life and shatter her heart in the process. But Morgan doesn’t think about Frankie Lee anymore.

When washed-up ‘80s rock star Rex “The Rocket” Rockwell collapses mid-power ballad on the Elysium Dream, the crowd thinks it’s part of the act. But cruise director Barty Butterfield knows the difference between a dramatic finale and a dead body.

Korvynn Dawnstar surveyed the battlefield from the back of Aurum, his gold dragon friend. They were part of the Gold-Winged Riders in a war that had been raging for the last one hundred years. They had one more play, one more chance to end this war and save the world. If it did not work, all would be lost. With a deep breath, Korvynn led the charge into battle, hope spurring him on.

Satanic daycare panics. AIDS hysteria. Y2K doomsday prep. Salem witch trials. Sound familiar? They should. What if every "unprecedented" crisis... wasn't? The World is (Always) Never Ending takes you on an extraordinary journey through seven cycles of human fear and recovery, revealing the hidden patterns that connect our ancestors' panics to our own. Through the lens of ancient starlight that has witnessed it all, discover how societies have repeatedly transformed legitimate concerns into moral panics—and how they've always found their way back to balance.

When my pack rejects me on Christmas Day for not being their scent match, I’m devastated. My stepmom sets me to work in her luxury hotel like I am an Omega Cinderella. My gorgeous childhood best friend from the poor Sinner pack becomes my boss, protector, and secret Alpha. He may fall first, but I fall harder. Except, it breaks my heart because our love is forbidden.

In 1996, a group of kids in a quiet town stumble into something they were never meant to find. What begins as curiosity turns into a secret that binds them together—and changes their lives forever.

When she was nineteen-years-old, long before Meredith Clark came to Nashville and met Joel Etheridge, on her way to escape her hellish ordeal in New Orleans, she ended up stranded on the side of the highway in rural Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, and was taken in by Pastor Fred Blake, his wife, Miss Marcie, and their nine-year-old daughter, Carlyn. Meredith spent almost a year as a member of their family and made a lasting impression on little Carlyn, who is all grown up, now.

I didn’t plan on coming home at forty-three. And I definitely didn’t plan on letting the wrong man into our house. Newly divorced, unemployed, and out of options, moving back into my childhood home was supposed to be temporary—just long enough to get back on my feet and take care of my mother. But the house had problems I couldn’t fix. So I hired a handyman who said he could. Lance Cutler arrived with confidence, charm, and every solution we needed. My mother welcomed him like a gift sent straight from heaven. And I wanted to believe that, too. I really did.