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After getting a divorce, losing her job, and her parents moving across the world in the same week, Amelia Blake has hit rock bottom. With nowhere else to go, she journeys across the country to seek the help of a half-sister she's never met, hoping she can pick up the pieces of her life and move forward. When a hitchhiking musician named Jack helps her fix a flat tire, she is drawn to his undying optimism and mesmerizing music, so much so that she offers to be his manager and help him share his music with the world so she can spend more time with him.

For twenty-five years Dot’s life has been an uphill battle where every win has only led to a series of losses, so when she accidentally becomes the master of a real genie in a bottle, the prospect of making the three biggest decisions of her life in quick succession feels more like a death sentence than a jackpot. Raji has had one tedious job for thousands of years: granting the same boring wishes for an endless string of greedy, self-satisfying masters.

In 1307 rural France, Isabel de Forêt lives a double life. By day, she works at the Black Dove Inn. By night, she is a key member of the Doves—a secret network of women smuggling the persecuted to safety. When King Philip IV begins his brutal purge of the Knights Templar, Isabel is tasked with protecting two fugitives: Raphael, a rebellious nobleman, and Johanes, a gentle monk. As they flee for their lives, Isabel’s brother Armand, a loyal servant of the crown, will stop at nothing to capture them. With the king’s wrath closing in, Isabel must risk everything.

Some inheritances are a blessing; others are a curse. When Anita Miran inherits Harrow Hall, she expects a quick sale, not a descent into darkness. The mansion's sinister secrets and her late husband's hidden past begin to unravel, pulling her deeper into a web of supernatural intrigue.

Ozanna has been kidnapped … for the second time in as many months, though it appears this time around she’s the intended target. Quite the professional setback for a bodyguard. Her captors intend to take her to meet Lhoris and Lobikno’s oldest brother, a meeting she dreads. Bound tight, with her options as limited as her mobility, she waits for the perfect opportunity to attempt an escape.

Ozanna’s job was going to get her killed. What was meant to be simple bodyguard duty on a cushy, boring bridal journey becomes an increasingly bizarre series of events. Her charge, Emmelina, is a princess with many talents and little sense of self preservation. She leads Ozanna into danger at nearly every turn. When they’re captured by elven highwaymen, Emmelina has the nerve to try and play matchmaker with Ozanna and a wicked dark elf. In the wake of the princess’ chaos, Ozanna is left questioning not just her career choices, but her sanity as well.