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Cordelia Kelly is busy, focused, andworried about the future of her fledgling bookbinding business. When a handsome man stops her on the street to pester her with questions, she gives him the consideration he deserves: none. That handsome man happens to be the Duke of Stroud, and he finds Cordelia's hostility hilarious. He gives chase, if only for the pleasure of provoking her again. She doesn't play around. Within days of meeting Cordelia, Stroud sets a marching band on a matchmaking mamba, defaces a local monument, and ropes Cordelia into a round of his favorite game.

An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster offering an...

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace meets A Study in Drowning in this “serpentine occult mystery with a gothic atmosphere that delivers steamy romance and propulsive adventure” (Publishers Weekly) and follows a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist. In 1873 New...

For fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and The Midnight Feast, a moody, atmospheric psychological suspense set in the secretive world of celebrity rehab centers, from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Sheinmel. Rush’s Recovery promises its wealthy guests the utmost discretion. But when a...

Divine Rivals meets The Witch Haven in this young adult romantasy in which a powerful mage posing as a debutante during the court social season must work with a member of the royal guard to catch a killer with powers much like her own. In the city of Valora, where mages are feared and closely...

The second book in an epic Regency-inspired fantasy series, perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Outlander! When you’ve lost the ones you love, can you risk loving again . . . ? After losing her uncle, Evylin wonders if the gamble she took—marrying Colonel Deckard to gain a life of...

A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Literary Fiction and Classics “Wonderful reading.” —Scott Turow, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent An extraordinarily accomplished debut novel—a love story, mystery, and philosophical puzzle, told in the singular voices of the...

A Yooper’s Tale: Death by Wendigo is a fun, action-packed adventure set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It is yarned with real history, real places, Native American lore knit into a fictional story that will keep you turning the pages to keep up with the ride. Enjoy the brief history of the Great Lakes state, the tale of good vs. evil, and life in the Upper Peninsula college town where things may not be all that they seem.

Koni gave up her high station to become Conwenna, a blacksmith’s wife and devoted mother. But duty calls at unexpected times. Sorrows await as Conwenna must become Koni again, or let cruel men come to power.

Grahme is more powerful and volatile than the Druid Council guessed. His nephew, Figol, is a Sorim, their sworn enemy. When Figol wishes to join the druids, they both are sent on an impossible quest to form a new alliance.

On the planet of Entitya, on the rural and medieval island of Sinuatollion, where certain humans and certain animals have telepathic and empathetic bonds, 18-year-old Solange and her foster brother, Leviathan, a fire-breathing, water-swimming dragon, leave their hometown of Gemini to find their individual birth parents. Mesagan, Solange’s uncle who raised both girl and dragon side by side, gives them one clue: a bloodstained stone, which unbeknownst to the adopted siblings is part of an ancient magic sword called the Alicorn.

Fen Morgan, chief investment officer at XelFunds, is a brilliant investor and an insufferable romantic. Living mostly in his head, he accumulates private collections as he wanders alone through fictional mental landscapes crammed with investment theories and shards of poetry. His colleague Grace, meanwhile, desperately tries to make her way through the Neanderthal tribes that occupy the C-suites of Wall Street. Uncertain that there is anything of worth in life beyond her ambition, Grace gambles on an act of betrayal that will determine her survival.

On a blustery January day in 1952, Mina Kota gives birth to her daughter, Miriam. Mina and her mother, Punita, endeavour to protect Miriam from their business associates and raise her in a loving home in post-war Amsterdam. As she grows to adulthood, Miriam struggles with her identity. She demands that Punita teach her how to read tarot cards and seeks to fulfill their predictions, while pursuing the one thing from which her elders sought to shield her innocence: Sexual desire.

In the fall of 1928, Nicolai Kota leads a Roma caravan into a community in Eastern Germany for the annual fair where they expect to display their talents. When nine-year-old Punita is attacked, the Kota family makes the difficult decision to leave her in the care of a relative. While the caravan resumes its cyclical travels through Europe, Punita remains with Nicolai’s cousin to attend school

A killer strikes on a sail training ship half way across the Atlantic Ocean. Communications with shore have been severed. The killer can be anyone on board. Can Captain John Otter weather the storm, keep his students safe, and find the killer in time?

One night a murder takes place in New Orleans at a French Quarter jazz club. During the investigation, private investigator Luke Jacobs, a former Assistant District Attorney, recognizes that something is not right at the crime scene, which leads to an unusual weapon. Even the "victim" is a mystery until a credit card receipt, rare coin and wine bottle make way into the story.

A story of war, prejudice, migration, crime, love, and heartbreak. When friends Gerhard and Otto return home, they are broken men. The years pass, and soon war becomes unavoidable yet again. Despite the oppression of serving on the Eastern Front, a light is cast in Paul's direction when he encounters the lovely Ilse-Renata Chemiker. As the war rages, Gerhard worries about his family back home and whether there will be a future for them at all. The Crest is dedicated to those folks who are forced to fight for what they believe in to keep their families and their country safe.

A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD SELECTION! A boy who underestimates his power . . . A girl with a gift long thought lost . . . A Land ready for revolution . . . The heir to the Land should be strong. Fierce. Ruthless. At least, that’s what Beau’s father has been telling him his whole...

Robert “Rocky” Mountain, a private investigator from Mars, got the kind of job he loved: taking down a crooked politician. It was back on Commerce Station, his old haunt, but he thought he could slip in and out. Nice and clean.

Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Banks, second son of a Yorkshire baron, is chasing a future that is slipping away. He must succeed soon; once his brother takes over the estate, Joshua will be cut off for good. On the eve of his engagement to Margaret, daughter of a powerful press baron, Margaret's father offers a Faustian bargain. A foreign correspondent position, but he must sail to New York immediately.