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Looking for a thrilling tale with lesbian dakotaraptor riders, were-brachiosaurs, Slavic witches, triceratops cowboys, carnivorous cacti, and invaders with machine guns mounted on deathreaper tyrannosaurs? If you’ve been looking for a series like that, Stant Litore has your back. In Incursion, join Sasha Nightwatcher and her wife Yekaterina on a wild dash across the violet prairie to save their alien homeworld.

Corinne Dawson knows what everyone in Wishful thinks of her—and she’s worked too hard rebuilding her life to let their whispers slow her down. Single mom, nursing school graduate, and walking proof that people can change, she’s laser-focused on her future. Romance? Not on the to-do list. Tucker McGee is the last bachelor standing in his crew of happily-ever-afters, and he’s fine with that. Mostly. Helping organize a hometown Dancing With the Stars fundraiser seemed like a harmless distraction—until Corinne ends up as his partner.

In Ansible, 25th-century Islamic explorers transfer their minds across space and time to make first contact...and get marooned in alien bodies on alien worlds. Along the way, they encounter the most dangerous predator humanity has ever faced. Now a Syrian refugee, a 13th-century librarian, and a hijabi shape-shifter from the far future must travel across space and time to defend humanity from this intergalactic and devouring evil.

The pneumavores ("soul eaters") have taken the Earth and have spread to every planet humanity has ever touched. Now, a Syrian refugee, a 13th-century librarian, and a hijabi shapeshifter from the far future must travel across space and time to defend humanity from this intergalactic and devouring evil.

Photographer Lexi Morales never planned to come back to Wishful. But when her mother’s injury brings her home, she’s thrust right back into the orbit of the boy she never quite got over—her best friend, Zach Warren. Only he’s not a boy anymore. And the feelings she thought were long buried are stirring to life all over again. Zach doesn’t understand why Lexi pulled away all those years ago, but now that she’s back, he’s determined not to waste the second chance fate’s handed him.

“You know what people really need? Somebody who will listen hard and then find a way to tell them, ‘It’s not all your fault. It’s going to work out fine. Don’t give up.’” So advice columnist ‘Dear Lily’ Brown deeply believes. But Lily could write a letter to herself, asking what to do about an ex-husband who still wants her dating advice, how to redecorate the family home she’s kept exactly the same since her parents died tragically young, how to move on with her strangely becalmed life...and what to do when your wild-child estranged sister storms back into town.

Reluctant necromancer Katy Lindstrom is worried about mixing business with pleasure. All she wants is a few hours alone with her more-than-a-business-partner, Malcolm Armand. Before they can sort through their feelings over a cup of Kona blend, another necromancer lands on Katy’s doorstep. Malcolm’s father. He brings with him tales of old betrayals and fresh lies. But a bigger danger lurks in Springside - a powerful ghost sent to destroy Malcolm’s brother. This is just the start.

Something old. Something new. Something deadly. When Christmas brings both strangers and ghosts of the past to Springside, ghost-catcher, and expert coffee-brewer Katy Lindstrom fears her new business, new relationship, and quiet hometown will never be the same. She’s right. The ghost of a jealous dead husband. A sexy siren of a spirit who has a claim on Malcolm. It will take more than some excellent Kona blend to permanently rid Springside of both the unwanted ghosts and the necromancers who brought them to town.

Come for the coffee, stay for the supernatural adventure. There's more than one way to catch a ghost, and it's never been this fun! Katy and her grandmother have always used coffee to catch ghosts. It pays the bills and keeps them in high-end beans. But after her grandmother dies and a rival ghost hunter moves to town, Katy fears things will never be the same. She's right.

Tara Honeycutt doesn’t have time for romance. Not when she’s raising her two younger siblings, juggling part-time jobs, and trying to give them the kind of Christmas they deserve. She’s long since buried her dreams of dancing professionally—and love? That’s a luxury she can’t afford.

Piper Parish doesn’t do impulsive… usually. But when the man she’s been waiting for finally calls, it’s not for a date—it’s a proposal. A fake one. Myles Stewart needs a wife to access a trust and save his beloved newspaper, and Piper is all in. What starts as a practical solution soon feels anything but platonic. Myles never expected his pretend marriage to come with real feelings. But as cozy domesticity blends with simmering attraction, the line between fake and forever blurs. Now the only thing more complicated than keeping their secret… is wanting it to be real.

For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating accident. Set in the moody off-season of Martha's Vineyard, Everything That Follows is a plunge into the dark waters of secrets and flexible morals. The truth becomes whatever we say it is. Around midnight, three friends take their partying from bar to boat on a misty fall evening. Just as the weather deteriorates, one of them suddenly and confusingly goes overboard. Is it an accident?

In August 1777, Jenny Sutton leaves Williamsburg, Virginia, and the man she loves and sets sail for British-occupied Manhattan to tend to her dying father. Aboard the Destiny, Jonathon Brentwood makes a request of Jenny that will entangle her in the network of spies serving the Patriot cause. With her father already under suspicion, Jenny's activities must be hidden from the watchful eyes of British troops. Desperate to join - and protect - Jenny, Andrew Wentworth agrees to deliver messages to Patriot troops on his way to New York.

Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She'd confess her situation to her friends - if it wasn't for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: "I'll tell them what you did."

Nevertheless We Persisted is a special audio-first anthology of poems, essays, and stories that explores themes of loss, love, and finding your own power. It's an astonishing collection filled with heart, tears, laughter, and ultimately hope. This collection was created from writers across the United States and also in Australia, England, India, and New Zealand. Each piece is performed by a talented narrator.

The historic Madrigal Theater is facing its final curtain call, and Wishful’s tight-knit community is rallying to save it with a magical, hometown production of White Christmas. For Tyler Edison, it’s a reluctant return to the spotlight. Eight years ago, she walked away from the stage—and from Brody Jensen, the man who broke her heart.

Sit! Stay! Speak! author Annie England Noblin’s novel takes one woman starting over, adds an aging pug named Teddy Roosevelt, and proves the power of a well-baked dog treat. All she wants is a settled-down life. What she gets is a dog—and a whole new normal . . . There he stood in the...

It's a piece of news Daphne never expected to hear: Her globe-trotting friend Skylar, who vowed never to get married, is engaged! Time to celebrate in Manhattan - Skylar's treat, of course. After years scaling the corporate ladder, she can more than afford it. Daphne arrives in NYC with news of her own - the novel she's finally finished appears to be going nowhere but the trash bin of every publishing house around. She's devastated, but plans to keep her disappointment under wraps.

To stay sane, Andie Tilly must keep her mind on her work. Her job as a pediatric occupational therapist is the perfect distraction from the unspeakable tragedy she experienced as a child. But when she meets alternative-energy magnate Rhys Griffiths and his autistic toddler, Will, she quickly realizes her heart will never be the same. Especially when her name becomes Will's first word.

Rasha is a Syrian refugee fleeing war with her infant son. Sahira is a time-traveling, shapeshifting hijabi defender of humanity. In a distant future when all humanity flees a predatory and unexpected horror, Rasha's choices at a critical moment could make the difference between extinction and refuge - if Sahira can get her safely to that day. This riveting addition to the Ansible saga takes you from the dust and despair of bombed-out cities and poisoned land to the weird apparitions that can transform a planet's future.