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In 1982, twenty-five-year-old Angie Boggs, pregnant with her second child, was brutally murdered, along with her husband and infant son. Ill equipped for the horror of that violence and the enormity of her loss, Angie’s sister Ona, a college sophomore, felt numb. She also felt deeply ashamed of her inability to grieve. But shame, like her sister’s absence, was something Ona knew well. For as long as she could remember, she’d felt ashamed of being their parents’ blatantly favored child.

Patricia Newport is a strikingly beautiful woman who has made a name for herself as a world-renowned fashion model. With her towering height and self-assured demeanor, she commands attention wherever she goes. Her work takes her to the fashion capitals of Paris, London, Milan, Italy, and New York, where she earns a fortune from her modeling contracts.

At 50 years of age, Amber Needham suddenly went from having perfect vision to becoming blind. Despite the life-changing tragedy of losing her sight and the frustrating challenges this created in her day-to-day life, she eventually came to accept, manage, and even celebrate her blindness. Her disability taught her a new way to see—with her heart instead of her eyes.

Maggie, a National Park Ranger, is back at the Castle—an ancient Native American pueblo carved into the face of a limestone cliff in Arizona. Maggie, who suffers from depression, has been through several traumas. As part of her therapy, Maggie volunteers at the local rape crisis clinic. She has several men in her life: the baker Jim Casey, always with sweet delicacies; Brett Collins, a scuba diver doing scientific studies in Montezuma Well; Dave, with whom she’s had a one-night stand; and her new boss Glen. One of these men is a serial rapist, and Maggie is his next target.

Three women are lost in a single morning - one at a commuter train, one at a school, one while walking her dog in the woods. The police think the women are making some kind of political statement by setting themselves on fire. But Cassandra knows better. You won’t rest until Cassandra, a mom and former anthropologist, solves the mystery of these fiery deaths. Part mystery, part science fiction, part a suburban-domestic novel, Only the Women Are Burning asks important questions about women in contemporary, suburban lives.

A lost soul. A mysterious companion. The path to recovery begins in unlikely places. Homeless hitchhiker Cindy has nothing but stories and heartache. Though she’s escaped the cruel abuse of her past, fear drives her to wander the open road alone. On the verge of ending it all, she accepts a lift from a stranger in a red sports car that could bring salvation...or a fast ride into madness. But as her demons torment her mind, she fears her deepest scars may be impossible to heal.

A marriage which shouldn’t be. The path to forgiveness begins in unlikely places. And love can bloom among the thorns. Immigrant Francisco has escaped the cruelty of Cuba, but has been a man without a true home. Now, terminal cancer has driven him into the arms of Stacy. Traveling halfway around the world together, they each have a journey to take. Francisco confronts his past, while Stacy tries to open her heart after a devastating first marriage.

A hotshot Silicon Valley programmer teams up with a Mexican drug cartel in this literary thriller. Vik Singh has developed a lucrative app for drug dealers, and now both the DEA and the cartel are hunting him. Narrated by Vik’s girlfriend, Remi, the story grapples with America’s insatiable hunger for drugs and the human toll it takes. We witness a young man confronting his artistic pride and a young couple trying to make up for past betrayals.