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Former FBI Agent Spenser Song is on the path to healing from tragedy and betrayal. After moving to Sweetwater Falls and settling into her cabin in the idyllic woods, she has found a sense of belonging and peace as the town’s Sheriff. While having breakfast with Ryker, Spenser is notified about a grim new case. A female victim has been found shot on the side of a rural road. Upon arrival at the crime scene, Spenser recognizes the deceased woman. The acclaimed author, Abigail Hersh. Spenser had just provided security for her a few days prior.

Former FBI agent Spenser Song has had to rise from the ashes of tragedy. Attempting to overcome the guilt of her husband’s death, she left the bureau and accepted a position as Sheriff in Sweetwater. Surrounded by breathtaking scenery, and with the aid of Ryker and her four-legged sidekick, Spenser began to recover from her heart-wrenching wounds. Life in Sweetwater is as "serene" as could be. When a young couple is taken from a campsite by what hunters believe to be the Okasha, a Bigfoot-like creature. The entire town is thrown into a panicked frenzy.

For over a year, FBI agent Coraline Pratt had been tracking the sadistic Postcard Killer. Forced to play his game, she followed the trail of breadcrumbs that stretched across the entire country to Storyville. A town with many mysteries and possibly even answers to Cora’s hidden past. From the moment she arrived in town, Cora felt something was different. But while Cora hunts for the elusive killer, a young girl from town is abducted. As she pivots to assist the local sheriff with finding her, Cora finds herself enveloped by a series of events that deepen the unknown.

While the town prepares for the annual local festival. Spenser helps with the festivities while chatting with the residents. Unfortunately the pleasantry is interrupted when Spenser runs into Rafe Johnson, the man beginning his campaign to unseat her as sheriff. The standoff between them is tense with Spenser deciding to walk away. Fortunately, when she arrived home to Ryker, she was able to drop down her guard. As he works on his fields, planting an apple orchard for his new apple cider business.

Kristy Sheridan survived a deadly plane crash and a sixty-foot plummet off a cliff before she learned to seek God’s will over her own desires. The crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 broke Kristy’s neck and stripped away the identity she found in her prized career. A decade later, she broke her neck again when she fell more than sixty feet down a canyon in Germany. Still, Kristy’s faith remained stagnant.

PI Bridget Hartley is obsessed with all things mystery. She even has a reputation for being Serenity’s go-to detective. With the exception of small-town drama and the occasional crime, life in Serenity is serene. Until a call from panicked parents searching for missing teens sets off a chain of events that no one could have foreseen. Could hormones and young love be the reasons for their abrupt disappearance? While searching for the missing lovebirds, Bridget stumbles upon a string of bizarre and unfortunate events. Events with potential connections to other missing teen couples.

In the wake of her partner’s disappearance, FBI agent Cora Pratt calls for backup and accepts the aid of Sheriff Highsmith. As the search for Nolan continues, Cora ventures deeper into the many mysteries in the supernatural small town.

FBI agent Cora Pratt came to Storyville searching for the crazed Postcard Killer. A killer that has taunted her all over the USA. When she arrived in this quiet town, nothing could have prepared her for the supernatural mysteries that would unfold. Orphaned as a young child, Cora did not know about her family’s background. Let alone her shocking connection to this strange place. Until now, the truth of her unusual past has been kept secret to almost everyone. But as the end draws near, it’s now time for Cora to learn of her special purpose.

As the small town of Storyville tears itself apart and the residents turn on each other, Cora sees the worst in humanity. Voices whisper in the back of her mind, telling her that perhaps Uriel and Sandra aren’t entirely wrong. That perhaps the darkness bleeding across the world has spread too far and can’t be reined in. She recognizes that she—and humanity as a whole—is being tested. Judged. And she begins to fear that perhaps humanity is beyond saving. That it is beyond redemption.

Escape to Hope Springs…a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan where friends become family, faith heals hearts, and love lasts forever. Join the large and loving group of Hope Springs friends as they discover second chances, new beginnings, and God’s unconditional love. Once you visit, you won’t want to leave!

Alessia “Allie” Wells is a woman of science. She doesn’t believe in things like werewolves and vampires, sparkly or otherwise. Until her wedding day, when a darkly alluring man appears and kidnaps her in the middle of her glamorous Upper East Side nuptials, whisking her away to a magical island. As the weeks pass, Alessia struggles to accept this new world—an enchanting land rife with fascinating creatures—and her place in it. She soon learns of the curse that is holding her new island captive…and killing everyone on it.

PI Bridget “Birdie” Hartley is not your ordinary girl next door. She’s brave, bold, witty, and a force to be reckoned with. Known as Serenity Springs’ town sleuth, she has solved her fair share of mysteries. Besides solving crime, Birdie lived a seemingly normal life. Until the unfathomable landed on her doorstep...

Finally feeling a sense of peace and belonging, Zoe goes on a hike with Leo and her dog in Sapphire Valley. But when she receives news of her feisty grandmother’s unexpected return to town, it seems Zoe's life is about to get more colorful. Upon her grandmother’s arrival at the Orchard Grove Nursing Home, things take a drastic turn. When a resident dies, the quiet life there turns chaotic.

Five years ago, Spencer offered Sophie forever. But she turned down his proposal and moved away to pursue her career. Sure, he still wishes things had turned out differently, but time and distance have eased the ache. He’s plenty content with his life managing the family cherry orchard in the small town of Hope Springs, where he never has to worry about running into her.

Leah has been waiting months for the call saying she’s been selected as a foster mother. But from the moment she meets her troubled foster son, he wants nothing to do with her. For some reason, he’d rather spend time with Leah’s grumpy new neighbor, Austin. Leah would prefer to keep her distance from the man, but if spending time with him is the price she has to pay to connect with her son, she’ll do it. And maybe she’ll try to convince Austin that Christmas is worth celebrating while she’s at it.

When Jade agrees to return to Hope Springs for the summer, it’s with the hope that she might finally be able to escape her reputation. The list of mistakes she’s made would stretch all the way from Hope Springs to California and back. And at the top of the list: leaving town without so much as a word of explanation to Dan, the only man she’s ever truly loved. It was for his own good, but that doesn’t mean he’s any more likely to forgive her.

Dream job. Dreamier boss. Dangerous secrets. Ashley Taylor didn’t come to Freedom Ridge for love—she came for a fresh start in the kitchen of the resort’s upscale restaurant. But her new life in the Rocky Mountains gets complicated fast. Her boss, Daniel McAllister, might be broody and intense, but there’s something about the wounded Army reservist that keeps pulling her in. Daniel came home hoping the quiet mountain town could silence the echoes of war. But when strange things start happening around his house—and then around Ashley—peace feels farther away than ever.

Intense emotions–whether your own or your child's–can make it incredibly difficult to be the parent you want to be. This book is designed to help you become a more emotionally agile parent so you can better navigate whatever emotional storms you inevitably encounter. Emotion-Savvy Parenting is an empowering, science-informed guide for breaking free of the hold that unwanted emotions so often have over parents.

When a Zoom disaster upends Addison Irwin’s decade-long career at a posh Manhattan advertising agency, things look bleak for the thirty-something mid-western transplant. But an unexpected inheritance from an aunt she barely remembers—a property on Fire Island, complete with guest house and artist’s studio—changes everything. While debating whether to stay or sell, Addison learns that she’s also inherited her aunt’s list of eclectic guests, tying her to the island for seven summer weekends.

When her parents’ devastating divorce uprooted her life, Haylee Graham plunged into a downward spiral. Heartbroken and afraid, the young girl turned to her beloved horse, Cartier, as a lifeline. The only place she felt safe was hiding with him in his stall; the only time she felt like herself was when the two jumped fences together. So when a corrupt lawyer threatened to seize ownership of Cartier and sell him to a slaughterhouse to repay their debts, Haylee knew she would do anything to save him. Her mom said, "Take the horse and run!"—and she did.