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Audrey Mae Scott has felt the sting of her mother's whipping stick far too many times. Unlike her little brother, Harry, she must do whatever she's told without question... or else. Her only solace from her fear and loneliness comes from writing about her plight. Though outwardly obedient, Audrey refuses to give up on her dreams, and she is determined to never become like her mother, Edith.Unhappily married to penniless Clarence Scott, Edith Scott blames everyone but herself for her lowly lot in life. Sick of being shunned and desperate to get revenge on the snobby "do-gooders," she devises a scheme to gain wealth and power. Sacrificing her daughter is a small price to pay. When Edith discovers one of Audrey's diaries, her reaction is extreme. Audrey begins a dangerous game of cat and mouse, unaware of how her mother's grip on reality is slipping. As her mother slides into madness, the cost of Audrey's independence may prove to be too high.

Joleigh Moore lives an almost-reclusive life on her small farm in Missouri. But when she witnesses the murder of her boyfriend, Mack, she worries the assailants will come after her next.Planning to hide out until Mack's killers are caught, Joleigh stows away in a neighbor's station wagon and lands in a small Minnesota town. Later, she discovers a large amount of cash in her journal and realizes Mack must have hidden his drug money there. Joleigh now has what the men were willing to kill for.Joleigh takes a summer job and moves into an old run-down cabin in the woods. As she gets to know the townspeople and becomes more and more involved with them, the place she once considered temporary could be her chance for a new beginning. But before Joleigh can have a future, she'll be forced to deal with her past.

Rage paves the roads of Texas.Al Quinn's quiet life as a retired sheriff's department detective is disturbed by a case of road rage. An angry driver shoots at Al's sister-in-law, Bonnie, and her baby. Bonnie returns fire and wounds her assailant, Ketchum, who leaves the scene. But that's not the end of the altercation.Ketchum gathers some friends to help him get revenge. Al and his entire family are now in the path of enraged, payback-minded armed thugs who have little to lose. Sheriff Clayton makes matters worse by asking Bonnie and the rest of Al's group not to kill the men so they can stand trial. Law enforcement wants to make a point about road rage. But Al would rather teach them not to mess with the ones he loves.

After being questioned in a murder investigation, Riley Masterson has spent eighteen months under suspicion by the sheriff's office. Anxious to escape accusing eyes, she finally decides to leave Alabama and move to South Carolina.But Greenbrier isn't the stabilizing influence she hopes for, as her neighborhood is slowly being gentrified, with homeless people living in the shadows of mansions. As Riley struggles to forge a new life, forces are gathering in the tension-plagued neighborhood as glitzy new homes rise beside crumbling mill houses, and everyone is able and willing to peer into a neighbor's window.When a ghastly crime occurs, an unexpected victim is caught in the crossfire. Detectives are left to ponder: Are the deaths personal or the result of rich and poor living in such proximity? Will Riley take the blame, as someone seems to have so meticulously planned?

SHE WORE CHANEL FIT FOR REVENGE.Kat Waters, former socialite turned morgue employee, finds herself up to her Jimmy Choos in family drama when the Italian mob dumps a freezer housing a naked sombrero-clad corpse in her apartment. The mob's head honcho believes this frosty stiff is the key to uncovering a rat in his family. He wants Kat to investigate the murder, and in return, he'll share information that could spring Kat's father from prison.HE WORE A KILLER SMILE.Kat knows that unraveling a murder is much trickier than choosing the perfect eyeliner shade. So she enlists some reinforcements: her pot-growing drama-queen BFF, a razor-sharp reporter who's also on the hunt for romance, and a security mastermind backed by a crew of quirky misfits. THE CORPSE WORE A SOMBRERO.As theories pile up like last season's runway rejects, everyone is pointing fingers. And just as Kat thinks she's getting a grip, the Russian mob crashes the party, demanding her assistance with a peculiar storage problem. In a whirlwind of family feuds, mobster mayhem, and fatal encounters, one thing is clear: the only hope she has of ever seeing her stylist again lies in cracking the case, saving her family, and out-strutting a killer with a vendetta.

A year has passed since Lise Norwood survived a violent encounter with a serial killer. Thanks to the publicity from that case, her private investigation firm is thriving.Lise attends the grand opening of a museum's new art exhibition, where she is lauded for locating a long-lost masterpiece. At the same time, an unidentified homeless boy is gruesomely executed in San Marco, Florida. Both events, seemingly unrelated, soon intertwine, and Lise is hired to learn the identity of the victim. Her investigation becomes more perplexing when she discovers that multiple kidnappings, a million-dollar briefcase, and a band of juvenile thieves are tied to the boy's murder.Unable to turn to the authorities for fear of retribution against innocent victims, Lise relies on old friends and new to assist her investigation. But with multiple lives at stake, Lise will ultimately have to step into the lion's den alone, knowing she's outnumbered and outgunned.

As a Judge for the administrators of the Codex Magica, Calico Shivers makes life-and-death decisions about wizards gone bad... then carries out the sentences. But nothing in his career has prepared him for his next assignment: termination of a wizard who time travels, creates monsters for fun, and skateboards to his evil-wizard lair. During an epic battle of magic and mundane munitions, Shivers is cast back to the 19th century American Old West, a time and place with limited magic, deep-seated prejudices, and no flush toilets.Shivers rides into Geyser Falls, a town beset by beings out of myth and legend and run by a smirking sheriff who mistakes Shivers for a real judge of the legal variety. Shivers's first trial involves a blue-haired, free-spirited witch sent back in time by the rogue wizard. In no time at all, Shivers is mired in murder, deceit, and treachery, all complicated by a tribe of angry cannibals with a grudge against the people of Geyser Falls. The future looks very grim for misplaced wizards of the 21st century, and Shivers is caught between protecting the beleaguered townspeople and the need to get back to his own time.

Steampunk, Zombies, and Romance...Serendipity Blite inherited her father's crackerjack shooting skills, while her sister, Bloom, got his knack for mechanical engineering. The siblings' talents make them a formidable pair capable of surviving the apocalyptic aftermath of the Dead Disease. Their skills also attract the unwanted attention of Moll Grimes, a ruthless woman intent on building a new empire in a city infested with undead.When Bloom goes missing, Sera suspects Moll has something to do with it, but attempting a rescue mission on her own would be suicidal. Sera seeks help from a band of unlikely allies, including Erik LaRoux, an enticing young man with a curious scar, and a collection of alchemists obsessed with developing a cure for the Dead Disease.Sera's alliance with Erik challenges her old ways of coping, and so do his kisses. Her fierce independence won't be enough to save her sister. But as she opens herself to new possibilities, an unfortunate accident sets Sera teetering on the edge of a deadly abyss. Surrendering to it would bring an end to her grief, pain, and fear, but surviving could mean finding family, love, and maybe even a cure.

"And should you die, take pride that you were fortunate enough to die for the Division."With that cheery bit of encouragement, newly promoted Agent Katrina Foster is tossed onto a plane and sent halfway around the world on her first assignment. Her directive: uncover who killed the country's top agent. When Katrina links the murder to a decade-old political assassination, a murderous mastermind, and a shadowy organization set on global disruption, she becomes a target.In a career based on deception, she finds it difficult to know who to trust. Everyone around her seems to have suspicious motives. As the mission heats up, so does her attraction to a certain handsome Swedish agent. Then, he reveals a connection to her past that might end up jeopardizing her future.No one doubts that Katrina is talented, but she soon suspects she was chosen to go to Sweden for reasons beyond her particular skill set. Katrina will have to rely on her wits, her training, and an array of fantastic disguises if she wants to live to spy another day.

Ehli-nikkalu, eldest daughter of the Hittite emperor, is married to a mere vassal of her father. But despite her status, her foreignness and inability to produce an heir drive a wedge between her and the court that surrounds her. When her secretary is mysteriously murdered while carrying the emperor a message that would indict the loyalty of his vassal, Ehli-nikkalu adopts the dead man's orphaned children out of a guilty sense of responsibility.A young cousin she has never met becomes a pretender to the throne and mobilizes roving armies of the poor and dispossessed, which causes the priority of her loyalties to become even more suspect. However, Ehli-nikkalu discovers a terrible secret that could destabilize the present regime if the pretender ever learns of it.With the help of a kindly scribe, her brave young ward, and an embittered former soldier trapped in debt and self-doubt, Ehli-nikkalu sets out to save the kingdom and prove herself to her father. And along the way, she learns something about love.

The baby is quiet. Too quiet.When Madeline checks on her seven-month-old daughter, she discovers the reason for the baby's silence. Abigail is dead. Madeline is soon living every mother's worst nightmare amid a cacophony of sirens and police interrogations.Accusations and old resentments can't stay contained under the pressure of guilt, tears, and the horror of picking out a baby-sized coffin. A line is drawn through Madeline and Brian's marriage, and a battle begins.But defining heroes and villains is as difficult as untangling the truth from the web Madeline and Brian have created to protect themselves. Abigail's killer isn't the only monster hiding in the shadows. And among the dark secrets, everyone will crumble under the consequences.

Vonny Kwan wakes up in a Nevada hospital, the victim of a hit-and-run accident she doesn't remember. As she struggles to recover from her injuries, she learns that she also has no memory of the past nine years, including her marriage and what she was even doing in the West.While she's still reeling from the shock of her amnesia, two detectives visit and inform her that her husband, John, was recently murdered. As more information comes to light, Vonny grows increasingly suspicious of everyone around her.Vonny realizes she must piece together the last decade to uncover the truth. The missing chunk of time holds secrets about the person she became, the mysterious man she fell for, and the life she never wanted.

Julie Mercer donated her eggs to help her brother and sister-in-law conceive via in-vitro fertilization, never expecting a few years later, she would have to take full responsibility for those children after they lose their parents in a car accident. Julie never wanted kids of her own, and now she suddenly needs to make room in her small apartment for four-year-old twins who thrust additional challenges at her as they work through their grief and trauma. With Lucy throwing intense tantrums and Mikey not talking at all, Julie doubts her ability to raise her niece and nephew as her own. When Grant, the twins' uncle-and also their biological father-shows up at her door, he says he wants to help, but is he sincere? Or does he have a hidden agenda to fight for custody? With her family also questioning her role as guardian and her job on the line in the face of an inflexible boss as she deals with the sudden life changes, Julie must determine whether her brother and sister-in-law really did make the best decision by entrusting their kids to her.

A chance encounter with a celebrity, an impromptu video, and a shiny new espresso machine all add up to a juicy tale for Rachael Allen to share with friends. But when her best friend posts the video online without her knowledge, Rachael begins receiving bizarre threats from an obsessed fan.Mick Sullivan, the star in her video, offers to help. Despite his fame and reputation as a player, he tries to stay down to earth. However, Mick has secrets. And there's one he's hidden even from himself.Despite their wildly divergent life paths, Rachael and Mick's shared Southern upbringing and passion for good music create a common thread that draws them together. As their relationship deepens and the threats increase, Rachael is forced to decide if being with Mick Sullivan is worth the collateral damage. Breathing in Reverse is the story of Rachael's serendipitous encounter with a celebrity, her brush with obsessive love, and the bittersweet gift left behind by the very person fixated on destroying her life.

After Maeve O'Neill's rash decision to free magic, Boston is under lockdown as it spreads across the city. The whole world is in shock. Maeve must prove that normal people can control their new abilities before DODSI, the secret government agency overseeing magic, makes good on its threats of imprisonment or possibly worse.But she isn't making progress as the New Alliance questions her decision to unbind Earth's magic and she's forced to cover for Silas while the Fates send him on mysterious errands. When Maeve accidentally releases a creature from another realm onto the city streets, her face is splashed all over the news and DODSI demands that she figure out a way to rebind magic or face dire consequences.Maeve has to find a way to keep magic free while protecting her people, but she realizes someone is working against her when unexplained tears between realms open all around Boston, spewing unearthly creatures into the city. She can't trust the government or her own people, and thanks to their deal with the Fates, she can't even trust Silas. The only option left? Turning to old enemies.

Brian Hawkins has had the worst year. He watched his girlfriend marry another man, lost his job and his apartment, and after a summer under his parents' roof, has taken refuge with his younger sister. A quiet few months in Philadelphia are just what he needs to clear his head and get back on his feet. But he's barely unpacked before the bane of his existence, his sister's best friend, shows up. His planned solitude is replaced by pop songs, rom-coms, and bright pink hair. All of that would be bearable, except there's only one extra bed, and there's no way he's sharing it with her.Sarah Webb didn't think anything could be worse than a marriage-proposal-gone-wrong walk of shame to her best friend's apartment. But she was wrong. So wrong. Because she's not just staying with Jess. She's also sharing space with Jess's older brother. Brian is grumpy and stubborn and-not that Sarah would ever admit it out loud-totally hot. He's also off limits, which is why she should let him have the bedroom, stop staring at his abs, and keep her distance. But playing nice isn't in her nature.As Sarah and Brian pull pranks and place wagers over who can lay claim to the bed, things between them start to shift. Sarah can admit that Brian has his moments, and Brian sees a side of Sarah she usually keeps hidden. When she needs a last-minute date for a charity gala where her doctor-ex is going to be in attendance, Brian seems like the perfect fake date. But as they spin around the dance floor, their fledgling friendship turns to something unexpected-and only one thing's certain: more than just the bed is up for grabs.

High school teacher Kristin Caine has a black belt in settling for less and a dying mother who doesn't mince words when it comes to voicing how disappointed this makes her. But when Kristin's status quo is rocked by an unexpected pregnancy and the consequent breakup with her less-than-enthusiastic boyfriend, things change. Suddenly, agreeing to help her overbearing mother complete a bucket list before the big C wins seems not the worst thing in the world-despite their many differences and Kristin's fear of traveling.But Kristin's sense of self-preservation is strong, and if not for the compassion of Lily Landon, a friendly airport stranger with a tissue to spare, the first leg of the trip might have been over before it even began. Lily is like no one Kristin has ever met-a globe-trotting photographer full of joie de vivre who is on a first-name basis with the flight crew-and in her presence, the impossible suddenly seems... well... possible.As a journey of physical and emotional adventures, belated mother-daughter bonding, and unexpected romantic feelings for Lily ensues, Kristin must challenge preconceived notions of motherhood, love, and what it means to live life fully, one bucket-list checkmark at a time. Only if she succeeds will she be able to create a new future free of self-imposed limits, for herself and her unborn child.

After a devastating breakup, instead of drowning in her tears, Amelia Day starts a new business. For a hefty fee, she uses the methods for training foster dogs to transform men into suitable marriage material. Her track record is impeccable until she meets perpetual bachelor Phin Baxtor. From the start, she's confused as to why this guitar-playing hunk would even want to hire her, but she needs the money, so she takes him on.Phin is content with working in his food truck all day and playing the field at night. But his business partner, Jay, offers him a bet he can't refuse. If Phin can complete Amelia's program without changing his ways, he will win Jay's rare guitar. Certain his task will be easier than playing "Hound Dog," he agrees to enter the program.With Phin and Amelia spending all their time together, her techniques begin to slip past his defenses. He might become her biggest success, but falling for a client isn't supposed to be part of the deal.

Retired teacher Esbeth Walters isn't the type to spend her golden years playing shuffleboard with the other old ladies at the senior center. She would much rather stay at home, tending her flowers and reading. But after finding Jake Marston's arm in a bed of coreopsis, Esbeth devotes her free time to sleuthing, channeling Agatha Christie detectives, much to the chagrin of Sheriff Danvers. She can't help it if she's better at solving crimes than he is.But soon, her life becomes a series of real-life murder mysteries.Between Tupperware parties, weddings, and a trip to the north woods of Maine, Esbeth and her eccentric group of pals butt heads with local law enforcement while unraveling a series of seemingly unsolvable cases.

Penny Crenshaw's swift divorce and her husband's new marriage to a much younger woman have been hot topics around Atlanta's social circles. After a year of enduring the cruel gossip, Penny leaps from the frying pan into the fire by heading back to Kentucky to settle her grandmother's estate.Reluctantly, Penny travels to her hometown of Camden, knowing she will be stirring up all the ghosts from her turbulent childhood. But not all her problems stem from a dysfunctional family. One of Penny's greatest sources of pain lives just down the street: Bradley Hitchens, her childhood best friend, the keeper of her darkest secrets, and the boy who shattered her heart.As Penny struggles with sorting through her grandmother's house and her own memories, a colorful group of friends drifts back into her life, reminding her of the unique warmth, fellowship, and romance that only the Bluegrass state can provide. Now that fate has forced Penny back, she must either let go of the scars of her past or risk losing a second chance at love. Can she learn to live an unbridled life?

When Lynn and her husband set out for a weekend retreat to repair their rocky marriage, icy roads lead to a fatal collision that ends Lynn's life. Stranded between the physical world and the afterlife, Lynn experiences the grief of her loved ones as they process her death.Lynn's life-long friends are tortured by not only loss but also unspoken wounds in their friendship. With clever influences from above, Lynn coaxes them to reunite at a beachside cottage on the one-year anniversary of her death. Determined to prompt their healing so they can help her family move on, Lynn reminds them of a sacred promise, hoping it will lead to truths they can't face on their own. Will it be enough to remind them of the power of their bond?As Lynn struggles to repair the relationships she left behind, she soon realizes the greatest challenge will be letting them go.

An Abel Yeager Thriller: Book 4Milton "Cujo" Quattlebaum died on the side of mountain in Mexico. Or so Abel Yeager believed. Then Victor Ruiz gets a call from the State Department. The pilot is alive and incarcerated in a Mexican prison.This would be good news except for the intervention of a mysterious captain in the Mexican special forces. The captain offers to get their friend released if they undertake a mission on his behalf. If they don't accept, the Cujo will be without protection in a very dangerous environment. The job? Kill one of the most powerful and feared men in Guatemala: Herman Gustaffson, also known as El Escorpión. Yeager and Ruiz must risk everything on a deadly trek into a game of deceit, power, and politics. But they are the pawns, and forces beyond their control are moving the pieces.

During a buffalo photo shoot, wildlife photographer Nikki Lancaster snaps a picture of an odd man who later follows her to her car. She races away, only to have a vehicle run her off the road and leave the scene of the accident. When the first officer on the scene is DCI Agent Xavier Palinski, her ex-fiancé, Nikki figures things can't get any worse.She's wrong.Days later, Nikki discovers a dead body in that same area. After search teams find the bodies of three other women, Nikki suspects she hasn't just photographed a crazy tourist. Instead, she's captured a serial killer on film.Chafing at the ridiculous safety measures forced on her by Xavier and her family, Nikki can't escape the feeling that safety is an illusion. Eventually, the evil she encountered will not only haunt her dreams but will destroy her, her family, and any glimmers of a second chance at love.

Don't judge a name by its colors.MacKenzie Hamilton has the unique ability to see letters and numbers in colors. Her synesthesia seemed almost useless until she decided to start categorizing people based on their names' color combinations. For instance, her parents' names are pretty, so they're destined to reconcile. And David Shaw, the boy next door, has an ugly name, so of course, she had to push him away. For three years, she's lived with a false sense of security until senior year, when her color theory is put to the test in the worst way possible.David Shaw doesn't understand why MacKenzie ghosted him. One minute, they were BFFs, and the next, it was like he never existed. But with money being tight, he has bigger problems to worry about. College may not be in the cards, especially music school. When David is paired with MacKenzie for a class mock-marriage project, he hopes she'll finally tell him what went wrong. He would love to be friends again... maybe even more.The more they work together, the closer they become, causing MacKenzie to question her rationale for ditching David in the first place. Perhaps David's name isn't so ugly after all. As long as he never discovers why she shunned him, everything will work out.Famous last words.

Alma Drake was a typical suburban college student before she was turned into a Succubus by her less-than-perfect boyfriend. Ian turned out to be a powerful soul-sucking Incubus with a harem of other Succubi feeding him souls. Now Alma's up to her eyeballs in soul debt and flat broke in terms of real-world cash.She can't turn to her friends because she had to drop out of college to keep from accidentally killing her classmates. Her mom, who thinks Alma's a junkie, sleeps all day and stays out all night. And Alma can't run away, because Ian... well, Ian always finds her.Shadowy figures have begun stalking Alma's hunts and chasing her through the night. If she could, she'd just hole up and hide, but she's driven out by her insatiable thirst for the souls of men. After all, a girl's gotta eat.