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Shadows & Ciders is the third book in a series of interconnected standalone fantasy romance novels that take place in a cozy, small town where folk of all species reside. Grab a warm cup of tea or a strawberry sage cider and dive into this world of romance, magic, and mayhem.

With Merry Day right around the corner, the folk of Moonvale are preparing for the holiday while hoping to avoid any more magical mishaps—especially because magic has finally returned to the realm, throwing everyone off-kilter. Ciders are flowing, pastries are baking, and gifts are being prepared. But Kizzi brought three elusive dragon eggs to town, and miraculously, they're hatching. Can Kizzi and her best friend Fiella keep the dragons contained and save the town from destruction, or will Merry Day be ruined?

Kiki Xochicale is a Slayer in the Demon Corps. She patrols the border along a mass of darkness that splits the kingdom in two. It's her job to ensure the demons that crawl out don't make it past her. When Kiki's best friend goes missing, everyone assumes she's either deserted or been eaten by a demon. After all, Slayers go missing all the time. But Kiki refuses to believe it. Instead, she follows a trail of clues that lead her into the heart of demon territory. What she finds is beyond anything she could ever have imagined.

Historian Alejandra Dubcovsky tells a story of war, slavery, loss, remembrance, and the women whose resilience and resistance transformed the colonial South. In exploring their lives she rewrites early American history, challenging the established male-centered narrative.

Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change. In some cases, women make up almost 90 percent of casualties during dangerous climate events, and the majority of those displaced in the aftermath are women. Despite this disparity, women are underrepresented at every level of decision-making about the future of our planet. In Intertwined, writer and wildlife biologist Rebecca Kormos elevates the voices of women working to prevent the climate crisis, weaving together their stories to make a powerful case for why women are essential to changing our current trajectory.

Kizzi is a witch who knows what she wants—she wants to brew the best potions, drink the best ciders, and run her apothecary business without being disturbed by pesky sprites. Tandor, the local orc bartender, spends his days serving ales at Ginger's Pub, yet he can't help but yearn for the sassy green-haired witch that's always guzzling his ciders. When a magical mishap destroys Kizzi's cauldron and doses the entire town with a love potion, Kizzi enlists Tandor's help to find the cure before she misses out on Moonvale's Hallow's Eve celebration—a journey that will bring them closer than ever.

Everything seems normal in Winslow, Washington, as the tourists arrive for summer fun-the carnival in Prospect Park, the ghost-town tour-and the locals retreat to Ruby Creek to cool off. The only thing that's unusual is the death of Pard Holloway's cattle after a brief, strange illness.

Thus Were Their Faces offers a comprehensive selection of the short fiction of Silvina Ocampo, undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's great masters of the story and the novella. Here are tales of doubles and impostors, angels and demons, a marble statue of a winged horse that speaks, a beautiful seer who writes the autobiography of her own death, a lapdog who records the dreams of an old woman, a suicidal romance, and much else that is incredible, mad, sublime, and delicious.

In a society where bionic enhancements are the epitome of wealth and power, scientific researcher Dr Rosio Arata threatens to topple the status quo with her pioneering organic enhancements. Yet when a horrific accident kills her daughter, Ro's quest for answers leads her to becoming trapped in a twisted version of her life's work. In a bleak underground colony, sixteen year-old Ever is primed to rise through the ranks, gain selection and become a Saviour.

Gallery owner Ally Blake risks everything to exhibit at an art fair in Bogotá in the 1990s. She needs wealthy collectors to boost her gallery's sales and save her family from bankruptcy. When her art crates are tampered with and she discovers an ex-boyfriend and colleague from her State Department days in Santiago has involved her in a money laundering scheme, she devises a strategy to thwart the fraud, protect her children, and secure her family's future—but pulling it off will require her to make the art deal of a lifetime.