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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification “Strikes all the right notes—captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that...

For 500 years we've been looking at the Mona Lisa, and it turns out that she's been looking right back at us. Over the centuries, few could hear her voice, but now we are let into the secret, as she tells us her story in her own words - a tale of rivalry, murder and heartbreak. And a mystery of Leonardo's greatest lost painting. Weaving through the years, she takes us from the dazzling world of da Vinci's Florentine studio to the French courts at Fontainebleau and Versailles, and into the 20th century.

In the wake of death and betrayal, Vala flees the island of Garlin with Xavyn in search of the truth about her identity. To find the answers they seek, they must first cross The Divide - a mass of cloud and fog that has separated human lands from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. As they pass through what is meant to kill all who draw near, a surge of magic emerges, bringing death to some and more power to others. In turn, The Divide is weakened, the fog dissolving enough to reveal what lies beyond, reigniting thoughts of war between sides.

Eighteenth-century China. Ula Nara is a happy 16-year-old, in love and betrothed. But before she can be married, she must attend the Imperial Daughters’ Draft, where concubines are chosen for the Emperor and his family. When she is chosen as a bride to the heir to the throne, Ula Nara must face a lifetime of regret while her sweetheart vows to become a monk. Determined to make her pain worth something, Ula Nara aims for the pinnacle of success: to become Empress. But perhaps being an Empress is not worth as much as she thought, and happiness may lie in the simpler things.

With this work, author Bill Campbell conducts a gleeful evisceration of the social tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories running rampant in today’s popular culture. All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach out to Genevieve Noire, a former supermodel and homicide detective now working as a private eye, to save the day.

On a trip to reignite the spark in her marriage, Alaina Grace’s upgraded first-class ticket places her far from her husband and next to the notorious Jack Volmer, a former teen actor who’d previously hung on posters in her childhood bedroom. When an unusual storm forces their plane out of the sky, her ticket will save her life and force her to question everything.

Nineteen years ago, on the island kingdom of Garlin, a girl was born. With charred skin as rough as rock, Vala was instantly feared. For how could one be scorched by magic when it had perished ages before? Recognizing an asset, the royal family welcomed her on their Guard. Her detail: the prince. To watch. To protect. She has grown with him, lives her life for him.

Growing up on the whitewashed Central Coast in the 1980s and attending an elite school as a scholarship student from the wrong side of the tracks, Lebanese-Cypriot Simone Amelia Jordan felt like an outcast among her peers for years. Her lifeline was hip-hop, then in its golden age. From girlhood, Simone recognised the art form's pro-Black consciousness, and the rappers' resonant words inspired her to embrace her own identity and back herself.

Elizabeth had been raised a dutiful Yoruba member of the Oyo Empire. The Yorubas' continual wars with the neighboring Nupe and Masina states were simply a part of life. Even when Elizabeth converted to Christianity with her family, she never questioned it. With the Empire's victories and conquests came the spoils of war - the slaves.

Inti enjoyed a peaceful life in the terraced gardens of Machu Picchu. The old king had died after 80 long years of life, and his two sons looked as if they would lead the Incan Empire into a new period of peace and prosperity. And then, her beloved Otorongo came thundering up the road from the capital city, dark concern in his gaze.

Box set one contains volumes 1-10 of the Eternal Time Shadows series. This includes: Destiny Interrupted, Venice Destiny, Pompeii Destiny, Scotland Destiny, Japan Destiny, Navajo Destiny, Warsaw Destiny, Titanic Destiny, Paris Destiny, and Caesar Destiny....

Life in Lhasa was serene and unending. We were gently watched over by the Dalai Lama. The indominatable mountains surrounded us, protecting us, much as my love Rabten had protected me since childhood. All was as it should be. And then Rabten, my steadfast beloved, had a vision. Tibet Destiny is Book 12 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

Elizabeth's father had told her that her dreams meant nothing. They were just the tormented imaginings of a young woman serving as a nurse in a traumatic battlefield. But she knew better. And when Robert arrived to rescue her, a rebel in a sea of Union uniforms, her dreams became reality. Civil War Destiny is book 11 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

The famous Library of Alexandria was facing total destruction, brought on by Caesar burning his ships in the harbour. But Elizabeth could not focus on that massive loss of knowledge. For she knew Robert was out there somewhere - in the raging battle against overwhelming odds. Without her help, he could surely die.

Elizabeth and Robert had faced tragedy before. But this was of a different nature. Titanic had been called "unsinkable". And Elizabeth knew in a few short days that it would do just that. It would be lost forever in the depths of the frigid ocean. Titanic Destiny is book eight of a gently cliff-hangered short story series.

Elizabeth had faced so much with Robert by her side. Dark assassins. Army soldiers. But now, they faced a threat that could not be reasoned with. The mob of the French Revolution.

Elizabeth loved helping her family run the tavern on the village green. She even accepted that she would soon have to marry. If only it didn't have to be to the butcher with his quick temper. And if only she didn't keep having these dreams about a man she had never met before...a man named Robert...Medieval Destiny is book 13 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily ever after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

Fall in love...beneath a Venetian moon...At a masquerade by moonlight. Alessandra Velocchi, a young Venetian noblewoman, attends a masquerade at the Doge's Palace, not knowing it’s a night that will change her life forever when she encounters a mysterious masked man...She risked everything for his art...A mysterious masked man named Giovanni Capriccio, who is a talented painter on the run from the authorities, begs for Alessandra's help. Drawn to him, she agrees. But it could mean breaking both their hearts...

She was one of 31 aliens who escaped the slave ship where she had been kept captive all of her life. Now she could live a quiet, peaceful existence on Earth, free from pain and misery. Or so she had hoped, until that fateful night when she was caught in her true form. From that moment, Challa the Alien Girl became one of Lawson Hall’s best draws to his traveling sideshow carnival.

They are the cause of many legends, myths, and fairy tales. And they still live among us. Ex-lovers and partners Jahar Viento and Fasha Bycote are sent to track down the murderer, whom they believe is actually the work of a breacher. A Breacher who may have found a way to transcend time. A Breacher known as a garphar. Or, more commonly, a vampire. Their abilities, their past history together, and their still-fiery attraction to each other will be sorely tested as they draw closer and closer to the killer.... Because, it will take a vampire to kill a vampire.