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In one of the few women's diaries from Civil War—era Texas, a Northerner trapped in the Confederacy at the outbreak of war recounts her experience.
Lucy Pier Stevens, a twenty-one-year-old woman from Ohio, came to visit her aunt's family near Bellville, Texas, on Christmas Day, 1859. Little did she know how drastically her life would change on April 4, 1861, when the outbreak of the Civil War made returning home impossible. Stranded in enemy territory...
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Go below with Bernard the Wolf to sniff out hidden objects-from busy ants to buried bones among caves, dens, mines, and more.
Bernard the Wolf is back in another thrilling seek-and-find adventure! This time, he's digging deep underground with his new friend, Anna the Mole, who's showing him around and sharpening his vision. Filled with charming visual puzzles that take place underneath cities, among buried treasure, inside caves, and more, children...
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Brie Lake, a woman shrouded in mystery, has spent a lifetime trapped within the confines of the enigmatic Mental Health Facility at Mearsea Hospital. She has never seen the light of day, until she gives birth to her baby boy, Jax, and is released.
Jax soon learns of his mother's pending passing and rushes to her bedside. Little does he know that her final words will unleash a haunting quest for the truth. "I'm not as crazy as everyone says I am....
4) Game Changer
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I had to run. I had to escape in order to survive. Not to save myself, but to protect the life growing inside me. But the devil who ripped away the last six years of my life won't let me go that easily. I belong to him. Took a vow before God to obey him…my husband. Now I'm on the run, hiding in the shadows in fear that he'll find me. But an unlikely hero finds me first, saving my life in the process.When my savior offers me protection against the...
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To The Rude Guy in Apartment Five,I'm glad you're happy to have moved into a new apartment, but no:I do not want to have a beer with you.I do not want to have a nude sleepover.I do not want to make you breakfast, lunch or dinner, no matter how many lap dances you promise to give me.I do not need you to serenade me through the walls at 1am.And no, I have no interest in letting you take me on a date.Sincerely,Magnolia AllenP.S. And no, I do not want...
6) Bad Girl
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"I warned you this would be dangerous."
Trouble has a way of finding me. This time I'm hunting it down-;bartending at After Dark, Kansas City's most exclusive gentleman's club. It's a world I've tried hard to escape. But the plush interior and secluded booths are a front for an illegal sex ring, tied to my sister's disappearance. And before I can locate Megan, I have to get past big, sexy Josiah Kemp.
The usual tricks-;flirty smiles, subtle touches-;don't...
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Having abstained from killing for almost a year, the Highwayman is coming unglued.
Unsure if the FBI is watching, Lance Belanger spends his days and nights in a paranoid malaise, longing to kill again. Meanwhile, in Bucharest, Romania, an Interpol raid leads to clues and a witness who can identify the Highwayman. Armed with new evidence, newly promoted SAC FBI Agent, Dave Maxwell heads for Bucharest, as his team of investigators redeploys their investigation...
8) Pierre
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My name is Suzette, and I was born in a huge river delta, a swamp. After my mama delivered her eighth baby, when there was no room for me and the drought made it hard for Papa to feed all of us, I went to live with my Aunt Josie, an eccentric old healing lady, while I waited for Papa to find me a husband. Josie invited a boy to come train with her, a swamp boy with beautiful muscles and a beautiful smile, a boy who made me laugh and showed me that...
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A California crime blogger left her radio job to find missing people. Now she's searching for her best friend in this "harrowing [and] intense" mystery ( Publishers Weekly ). Farley Black, Kit's friend and former radio co-host, is missing. He was supposed to be surfing with his girlfriend but never arrived at his Malibu Beach destination. As the last person to hear from him, Kit is determined to find out what's happened. Kit searches Farley's home...
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A "gripping, beautiful, emotionally raw" collection of stories about the things that go wrong between men and women from a PEN Award winner. Arriving in the midst of the #MeToo era, these stories examine the fallout from failed relationships between men and women -- partnerships that have crumbled under the weight of betrayal, misplaced hopes, illness, and particularly masculinity at its most toxic and misguided. A man in his mid-thirties receives...
11) I, Gracie
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A young woman must find her way in the world again after years of nursing her ailing mother in this novel by the bestselling author of Once in a Blue Moon
I, Gracie, survived . . .
When Mama announced to our family that she had dementia, my brother and sisters insisted they couldn’t help. They had their own lives elsewhere, after all. So, I gave up my dreams and spent the next nine years caring for
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"A simple crush could lead to an early grave in this pulp noir thriller for fans of Cornell Woolrich. Young novelist Dave Newton is instantly smitten when he meets blonde, beautiful Peggy. But Peggy has a past full of abuse and terror -- and she's involved with Jerry, a lawyer with mob connections and an old rival from Dave's college days. Soon, Dave finds himself caught in a love triangle with Peggy and Jerry, desperate to win her affections. But...
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"Is love the one challenge... ... they'll face together? Her rivalry with doctor Jamie Campbell-Clarke is fun and, most important, strictly professional! After the devastating demise of her brief marriage, that's all plastic surgeon Anna Caulder can handle. But when Jamie's own painful past arrives at her London clinic, Anna's compelled to seek a deeper connection... Once in his arms, Anna knows that's where she wants to stay -- if only she can find...
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From a master storyteller of the Old West: A ferocious tale of murder, loyalty, and revenge set in a rough-and-tumble frontier town.
Tony Braden's first sin was being an Englishman in the American West. His second was being rich enough to try and make a go of ranching.
Those two faults were enough to whet the appetites of the fine citizens of Indian Bend, who proceeded to hornswoggle, ridicule, and outright rob the uncomprehending Brit for an outrageous...
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