A practical-minded police chief and his first love get a second chance at romance in this novel in the Bayberry Island series.
Every instinct told Police Chief Clancy Flynn that his islandâs claim to fame was nothing but a silly tourist attraction. But now and then, he couldnât help but wonder if his lifetime of bad romancesâstarting with the pretty tourist who broke his fourteen-year-old heartâcould be traced back to a childhood prank involving a mermaid statue…
Then one day the pretty tourist comes barreling back into Bayberryâall grown-up and on the run with her niece. Though Evelyn McGuinness is wanted for kidnapping, she tries to persuade Clancy that thereâs more to the story. Now the by-the-book police chief must make the toughest decision of his life: to take Evelyn into custodyâor into his arms…
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What if the person you need the most is someone youâve never met?
Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, thatâs what it feels like during her first week as a junior at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Itâs been barely two years since her motherâs death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.
Just when sheâs thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?
In a leap of faithâor an act of complete desperationâJessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie canât help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?
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Fifteen all-new stories by science fictionâs top talents, collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois
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Burroughsâs A Princess of Mars. Bradburyâs The Martian Chronicles. Heinleinâs Red Planet. These and so many more inspired generations of readers with a sense that science fictionâs greatest wonders did not necessarily lie far in the future or light-years across the galaxy but were to be found right now on a nearby world tantalizingly similar to our ownâa red planet that burned like an ember in our night sky… and in our imaginations.
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This new anthology of fifteen all-original science fiction stories, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, celebrates the Golden Age of Science Fiction, an era filled with tales of interplanetary colonization and derring-do. Before the advent of powerful telescopes and space probes, our solar system could be imagined as teeming with strange life-forms and ancient civilizationsâby no means always friendly to the dominant species of Earth. And of all the planets orbiting that G-class star we call the Sun, none was so steeped in an aura of romantic decadence, thrilling mystery, and gung-ho adventure as Mars.
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This brilliant retro anthology that turns its back on the cold, all-but-airless Mars of the Mariner probes and instead embraces an older, more welcoming, more exotic Mars: a planet of ancient canals cutting through red deserts studded with the ruined cities of dying races.
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As Judy Gruen walked down the aisle and into her Orthodox Jewish future, her bouquet quivered in her shaky hand. Having grown up in the zeitgeist that proclaimed, âIf it feels good, do it,â was she really ready to live the life of ârituals, rules, and restraintsâ that the Torah prescribed?
The Skeptic and the Rabbi is a rare memoir with historical depth, spirituality, and intelligent humor. Gruen speaks with refreshing honesty about what it means to remain authentic to yourself while charting a new yet ancient spiritual path at odds with the surrounding culture, and writes touchingly about her family, including her two sets of grandparents, who influenced her in wildly opposite ways.
As she navigates her new life with the man she loves and the faith she also lovesâsurviving several awkward moments, including when the rabbi calls to tell her that she accidentally served unkosher food to her Shabbat guestsâGruen brings the reader right along for the ride. Reading this wry, bold and compelling memoir, youâll laugh, youâll cry, and when youâre finished, you may also have a sudden craving for chicken matzo ball soupâkosher, of course.
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The team of Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat, and Qwilleran, the reporter with the perceptive moustache, is back in action–with an adorable female Siamese, Yum Yum, added to the household.
When Qwilleran decides to do a feature story on Junktown, he gets more than he bargained for. Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors–as strange a lot as the crafty reporter has ever encountered. When a mysterious fall ends the career–and the life–of one of Junktown’s leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. But, as usual, it takes Koko to prove he’s right.
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From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker localeâpopulated by more strangers than friends. But then, thatâs how the locals prefer itâŠ
Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. Itâs a pretty standard dried-up western town.
Thereâs a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). Thereâs a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And thereâs new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks heâs found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).
Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth…
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Come to the Comfort Food Café this spring for sunshine, smiles and plenty of truly scrumptious lemon drizzle cake.
My name is Willow Longville. I live in a village called Budbury on the stunning Dorset coast with my mum Lynnie, who sometimes forgets who I am. Iâm a waitress at the Comfort Food CafĂ©, which is really so much more than a cafĂ©… itâs my home.
For Willow, the ramshackle café overlooking the beach, together with its warm-hearted community, offers friendship as a daily special and always has a hearty welcome on the menu. But when a handsome stranger blows in on a warm spring breeze, Willow soon realises that her quiet country life will be changed forever.
Curl up with this gorgeous novel and make yourself at home at the Comfort Food Café.
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One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces commander, an unparalled warrior with multiple deployments to the theater who has only recently returned from combat there.
Major Rusty Bradley recounts the whole remarkable story as it actually happened. The blistering trek across Afghanistanâs infamous Red Desert. The eerie traces of the elusive Taliban. The close relations with the Afghan people and army, a primary mission focus. Sperwan Ghar itself: unremitting waves of fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades; a targeted truck turned into an inferno; the death trap of a cut-off compound. Most important: the men, Americans and Afghans alikeâthe âshakyâ medic with nerves of steel and a surgeonâs hands in battle; the tireless sergeant who seems to be everywhere at once; the soft-spoken intelligence officer with laser-sharp insight; the diminutive Afghan commander with a Goliath-sized heart; the cool maverick who risks all to rescue a grievously wounded comradeâeach unique, all indelible in their everyday exercise of extraordinary heroism.
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A macabre poem scrawled in blood. A girl with a secret. And a ruthless killer who’ll stop at nothing to find her.Â
Ash Park, a run-down suburb of Detroit, might not be the most idyllic place to live, but for Hannah Montgomery, it’s safe. At least, it feels that way until a serial killer starts dicing up women from the shelter where she volunteers.Â
Hannah manages to convince herself the killings have nothing to do with her brutal pastâbut then her boyfriend is murdered in the same ruthless manner as the others. And the police think she may have had something to do with it.
The cops are right about one thing: Hannah is responsible. Because she knows who the killer is. Now she must face the fact that she brought a monster with her to Ash Park–and his appetite for blood is insatiable.
Everyone’s hungry for something.Â
Some are more famished than others.
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When New York reporter Paige MacKenzie heads to Tres Palomas, New Mexico, the resort of Agua Encantada seems a perfect destination to combine work with pleasure. A quick article on the healing mineral springs and a few leisurely soaking sessions in the resort’s soothing waters promise well-deserved rest and relaxation.
Paige is immediately intrigued with a local artist’s one-of-a-kind jewelry designs, as well as weekly gatherings to hear legends from an elderly storyteller. But when identical jewelry shows up on another guest and the storyteller goes missing, Paige’s R&R is soon redefined as restlessness and risk. Curious and persistent by nature, Paige is convinced there’s a connection.
Enlisting the help of a flirtatious resort worker seems like a good idea until it begins to test her loyalty to her favorite cowboy, Jake Norris. Will an unexpected overnight trip to Tierra Roja Casino lead her to the answers she seeks, or are darker secrets lurking along the way?
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