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When 28-year-old Nina Hale arrives at the eerie Hale House boarding home following her release from a psychiatric facility, she seeks peace. Instead, she finds whispers in the vents, mirrors that move, and a room across the hall that’s always locked. The landlady insists it’s just storage. The tenants say nothing. But the house has its own way of revealing secrets—and Nina’s past is buried in its walls.

Narrow streets, shattered paths, and satisfied tummies—Eat Like a Local Porto by Ekansh Kukreja offers a piece of foodie heaven often overlooked in those tiny streets of Porto. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

Eat Like a Local: Orange County by Ashley Ryan offers the inside scoop on dining in Orange County, California. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience.

Lynn spent her life trying to escape the tourist trap of her hometown of Hell, Michigan. After a failed semester at college, she had no choice but to return home. Usually, she made a habit of hanging out in the woods around her mother’s home and avoiding the tourists. When a voice calls to her from the woods, she follows it. Hearing voices is nothing new to her but hearing one outside of her regulars isn’t. The voice leads her down a rabbit hole of the town’s secrets. West Gate Hospital was an urban legend she’d heard about since she was a kid. Except legends don’t leave buildings behind.