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Louisa, an aspiring actress, is grateful for her employment at the prestigious hotel, but the feeling that she is meant for more haunts her as she sleepwalks through her days. Though Louisa’s ambitious nature yearns for a life in the theatre, she hasn’t auditioned in months. When she finally steps back into the spotlight, she brings her demons along with her, unable to forget what happened the last time she was on stage.

Blaike was born in the blight. As one of the "touched" he is devoid of power. He is forbidden from following the Lightweaver Path. The "touched" still serve the brightlands, working the mines to extract sunstone; to deliver it to the Lightweavers, the saviors, preservers, and rulers of Ashathar. The largest sunstone ever extracted from the mines has been found. It could empower the brightlands for months. When it is discovered that someone stole the sunstone's power, Blaike is exiled from the brightlands. Was he really to blame? Can he survive the blight?

Realm of the Four Parts, 1532. Gonzalo Pizarro craves the recognition received by his brother Francisco. When the young Spaniard helps capture the Incan Emperor against overwhelming odds, he’s convinced that God himself smiles on their expedition.

Humans—unmodified humans—are no longer dominant on Earth. In their place, the transhuman Bionics are using microscopic nanobots to adjust their genes, reshape their bodies, and perhaps even change human nature itself. Only in a few traditionalist communities do people attempt to live as they have in the past, resisting the allure of this new technology.

Ten years ago, everyone left, leaving behind only memories. And while they chased better lives and bigger opportunities outside of this small town, I stayed. I stayed because I wouldn’t be like my mother; I wouldn’t leave my dad like she did.

Vancouver, 1928. Change is sweeping across Canada as the courts prepare to decide whether women are to be recognized as “persons” under the law. Inside the gilded walls of The Hotel Hamilton, Clara and Louisa Wilson grapple with questions of love, ambition, and the roles they are expected to play—decisions that could alter the course of their lives as profoundly as the verdict unfolding in court.

Horatio Peabody is a contemporary novella set in the fictional, seaside village of Caring Cove, Oregon. This fable tells the story of a lonely, nondescript hardware store clerk, who, as the last in a long line of Peabodys, is tasked with keeping the century-old, family business afloat. Horatio’s priorities change in a dramatic way when a strange child enters his life, and his intercourse with the humble, surrounding town takes on multiple layers of complexity.

Now that Titan knows the evil he’s fighting, he’s dead-set on taking them down. But when he goes from his level screen back to Mantle, Titan encounters an AI who tries to delete him. He barely escapes, but now he’s armed with a glitched weapon and new information: his goddess is imprisoned, but she has the key to the world’s freedom.

Born amidst the dawn of Prohibition, Sofia Russo always dreamed of being her family’s next winemaker. But when her father chooses her reluctant twin brother, Alonso, to carry on the family legacy, Sofia’s world is upended as her hopes for a future in wine crumble alongside the relationship with her father. Feeling the intense sting of her father’s rebuke, Sofia is determined to rise above inequality and the hardships of The Great Depression to prove him wrong.

Secrets age like wine… and this one is ready to be uncorked. Elko, Nevada, 1955. Seventy-six-year-old Meg Bruno has spent decades in quiet exile, keeping the past buried where it belongs. Once known as the infamous Bootlegging Queen, she smuggled sacramental wine during Prohibition—until the law caught up with her, stripping her of everything. The headlines wrote her story, but the truth? That’s a secret she swore she’d take to her grave.

Clara and Louisa Wilson, maids at the illustrious hotel, are swept up in the thrill of The Hamilton’s first holiday season. Louisa, buoyed by the excitement of her theatrical debut, sets her sights on Hollywood and befriending a director staying at the hotel. Meanwhile, Clara, newly promoted to a prestigious eighth-floor position, navigates the complexities of her role while a blossoming romance stirs her heart.

Seattle, 2015. Emily Reed refuses to dwell on her emotions. When the first-year attorney is assigned a church archival project, she dives into the records to hide from her own heartache. But when she discovers her parents were married in this very chapel, she is forced to confront the grief she buried a decade ago.