Tag: Thriller

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    Romance, Thriller, Nonfiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Science Fiction, Mystery, Romantic Comedy, Action & Adventure… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    Accidentally in Love (MacGregor Brothers Brewing Company Book 1) At thirty-five and single, I’m tired of the dating game. Tired of men who look at me and say, “You’d be prettier if you shed a few pounds.”

    There’s only one man I want a future with — my grouchy friends with benefits, Nolan. But he’s adamant about keeping things casual.

    All that changes when one night we get careless, and those pink lines show up on the pregnancy test months later.

    Nolan wants to do right by me. He wants to give me what I’ve been searching for, but I’m pretty sure he’s only doing it out of obligation. It’s not like the bearded brewmaster loves me like I love him…

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    Castle in The Air The Italian Job meets Ocean’s Eleven in “the kookiest … craziest” crime caper ever written by crime fiction Grandmaster Donald Westlake.

    Four teams of international thieves race through Paris to steal a king’s ransom from the walls of a disassembled castle.

    When four groups of international heist artists team up to pull off the theft of the century—stealing an entire castle, and the treasure hidden in its walls—what could possibly go wrong?

    Well, consider this: none of the master thieves speak each other’s languages… and no one knows precisely where the loot is stashed… and every one of them wants to steal it all for him or herself.

    It’s Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Donald E. Westlake at his wildest, a breathless slapstick chase through the streets of Paris only one step ahead of the law—and each other.

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    Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything “A history of air conditioning, chronicling the numerous gimmicks, failed attempts, con jobs, and eventual successes… a surprisingly interesting journey.” —San Francisco Book Review

    The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world’s greatest inventions—yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people’s food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing in 1902, when Willis Carrier, an engineer barely out of college, developed the “Apparatus for Treating Air,” everyone assumed it would instantly change the world. But the story of air conditioning and its rise to ubiquity is far from simple.

    In Cool, Salvatore Basile tracks two fascinating stories: the struggle to perfect an effective cooling device, and the effort to convince people that they actually needed such a thing. With a cast of characters ranging from Leonardo da Vinci to Richard Nixon and Felix the Cat, Cool showcases the myriad reactions to air conditioning as it was developed and introduced to the world. Here is a unique perspective on a common convenience: how we came to rely on it today, and how it might change radically tomorrow.

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    So Long, Chester Wheeler: A Novel Over 5,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Unlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and found—by the New York Times bestselling author.

    Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he’s roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn’t need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask.

    Lewis can’t say no to a dying wish: drive Chester to Arizona in his rust bucket of a Winnebago to see his ex-wife for the first time in thirty-two years—for the last time. One week, two thousand miles. To Lewis, it becomes an illuminating journey into the life and secrets of a vulnerable man he’s finally beginning to understand. A neighbor, a stranger, and a surprising new friend whose closure on a conflicted past is also just beginning.

    So Long, Chester Wheeler is an uplifting novel about looking deeper into the heart and soul to form bonds with the last people we’d expect—only to discover that they’re the ones who need it most.

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    The Twelve Mile School (Hearts of Texas, Book Three) A schoolteacher finds love, loss, and happiness in West Texas.

    Weary of her family’s relentless pursuit of a suitable husband for her, twenty-two-year-old Ester Hammon responds to an advertisement seeking a teacher for Twelve Mile School, a small county school far away from her overprotective Dallas family. But nothing prepared her for what she faced when stepping off the train in the small, dusty town of Del Rio, Texas.

    Living with a ranching family three miles from the school, Ester learned how to shoot, in case of a raid by Pancho Villa, a skill that quickly proved useful, causing Ester to question whether she was meant for such a wild place.

    Rancher, Grant McKey had no time for love. As a single parent, the schoolteacher living on his ranch was just there for his six-year-old daughter, but adversity has a way of bonding disparate hearts.

    Attacked by the Villistas, Ester’s bravery saves Grant, but a shocking proposal will forever change their future…

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    By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion In “a solid account of what appears to be a shocking injustice” an award-winning journalist uncovers the bias that led to a woman’s conviction for murder.

    When a prominent Alabama doctor is brutally killed, his wife and her twin sister are charged with conspiracy to murder. But while her twin was acquitted of the crime, Betty Wilson was charged with killing her husband.

    Probing into a trial that deliberated on Betty’s promiscuity, her alcoholism and her adulterous affair with a black man rather than any physical evidence against her, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze reveals how sex, politics and corruption could possibly have led to a scandalous miscarriage of justice that kept the real killer from facing full penalty for his cold-blooded deed.

    A fascinating true crime account, By Two and Two is a page-turning investigation into the harrowing details of this sensational murder case.

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    Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well Over 1,300 5-Star Reviews!

    The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning.

    We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers—but also family, friends, and in-laws—they all have “suggestions” for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development—but we dread it and often dismiss it.

    That’s because receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life’s blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace.

    With humor and clarity, Stone and Heen blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice. The book is destined to become a classic in the world of leadership, organizational behavior, and education.

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    Chasing Shadows (The South Shores Novels Book 1) Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    Every case that Claire Britten cracks is a win, not only professionally but personally…

    The forensic psychologist has spent a lifetime fighting a neurological disorder, and her ability to conquer it is a testament to her razor-sharp intuition.

    Nick Markwood is used to winning in the courtroom, so when his latest case is overthrown by Claire’s expert testimony, he can’t help being impressed by her skill. He needs her on the team of his passion project—investigating unusual cases involving mysterious deaths. Her condition doesn’t deter him, and neither does the attraction that sparks between them… even if it should.

    As they join forces to investigate a murder in St. Augustine, Florida, Claire is thrust into a situation far more dangerous than she’d anticipated, pushing her disorder to a breaking point. Just when she fears she can’t trust her own mind, she discovers Nick’s personal connection to the case—and wonders whether she can trust anyone at all.

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    Cachalot (Humanx Commonwealth) From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a sci-fi fantasy set on an aquatic planet, where cetaceans are thriving and humans dying at an alarming rate.

    Welcome to Cachalot, a planet made almost entirely of water, an ocean refuge for Earth’s marine mammals, rescued from near extinction at the hands of humans thousands of years ago.

    Free from predators and human impact, the whales thrive in their new home, growing in size and intelligence. Everything is perfect. Until humans decide to establish floating towns on Cachalot, drawn by the planet’s abundant natural resources.

    Now someone or something is killing off Cachalot’s human population, a mystery a team of marine biologists has to been sent to Cachalot to solve—a mission that could cost them their lives.

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    Fields' Guide to Abduction: A Cozy Mystery Adventure (The Poppy Fields Adventures Book 1) Over 1,700 5-Star Reviews!

    For Hollywood influencer Poppy Fields, life is almost perfect. She wakes to sip coffee on the veranda, lunches with pretty people, and her name is on the list at all the right night clubs. Between, she shops.

    When Poppy travels to Mexico, she imagines luxurious accommodations, pristine beaches, and enough fun to take her troubled mind and heart off a recent loss. With six bulging suitcases in tow, she’s ready for anything—sunbathing by breath-taking infinity pools, gourmet meals at five-star restaurants, glittering parties on patios overlooking the Pacific. Too bad she didn’t pack for a deadly adventure.

    But then again, what does one wear for murder? Or kidnapping? Or meeting a Chihuahua with the heart of a lion?

    Turns out Poppy is more than just a Hollywood golden girl. But even with her new sense of purpose, she’ll need smarts, acting skills, and a lot of luck to make it back to Rodeo Drive.

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    Vacations Like This: A Romantic Comedy (A Love Like This Book 4) Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    Some people view nosiness as a character flaw. I prefer to think of it as a useful skill.

    Like a sixth sense or intuition. It’s my super power. And since I became a reporter for my small town newspaper, I like to think my super power puts bagels on my table.

    A tiny (quite big, actually) mistake has me eagerly accepting a contract job investigating a resort being built in a small Colorado town.

    But there’s one small problem. (6’4” according to his license—maybe my nosiness does go too far sometimes.)

    What I didn’t count on was being double-booked in a cabin with Mack Boone. Our families have known each other since high school, so it feels wrong to kick him out of my cabin.

    Besides…he’s kind, he’s protective, and a great kisser. Three qualities I admire in a man. But when I find out why he is in town, I realize I’ve made yet another mistake.

    No more kissing. He’s the enemy…

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    The Ark Files: A pulse-pounding archaeological thriller (Eden Black Archaeological Thrillers Book 1) Over 1,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Imagine a secret manuscript that could change the world, and you’re the only person who knows where it is.

    Professional treasure hunter Eden Black is no stranger to action. After all, the artifacts she spends her life returning to their rightful owners aren’t always easy to access.

    When Eden’s father dies in a plane crash, her life’s turned upside down. Grief turns to fear when she learns that it wasn’t an accident. Everyone involved in an archaeological dig twenty years ago has met with a similar untimely end. Everyone that is, but Eden who was ten at the time.

    When her father’s house is raided and burned to the ground, Eden’s forced into action. To learn the truth about her father’s death and save herself from sharing his fate, Eden must uncover the manuscript and expose its secrets once and for all.

    But this time the world is watching, and not everyone is on her side…

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  • Book of the Day: The Good Girl

    The Good GirlThe Good Girl by Mary Kubica

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    "I’ve been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don’t know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she’s scared. But I will."

    One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn’t show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia’s life.

    When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers, Mia’s mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them. But no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family’s world to shatter.

    An addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a propulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.

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    Contemporary Fiction, Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Romance, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romantic Comedy… today’s featured books have a little something for everyone!

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    The Barefoot Summer Over 11,000 5-Star Reviews!

    New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown returns with a heartbreakingly hilarious novel about three women who had nothing in common, except their husband.

    Leaving one widow behind is unfortunate. Leaving three widows behind is just plain despicable. Oil heiress Kate Steele knew her not-so-dearly departed husband was a con man, but she’s shocked that Conrad racked up two more wives without divorcing her first. The only remnant of their miserable marriage she plans to keep is their lakeside cabin in Bootleg, Texas. Unfortunately, she’s not the only woman with that idea.

    Fiery, strong-willed Jamie wishes Conrad were still alive—so she could kill the scoundrel herself. But for their daughter’s sake, she needs that property. As does Amanda—twenty-eight, pregnant, and still weeping over the loss of her true love. On a broiling July day, all three arrive in Bootleg…with a dogged detective right behind who’s convinced that at least one of them conspired to commit murder. One momentous summer filled with revelations, quirky neighbors, and barefoot evenings on the porch offers three women the chance to make the journey from enemies to friends, and claim a bright, new beginning.

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    Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans Over 250 5-Star Reviews!

    When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, chef and widower Simon Fortier knows how he plans to face the storm – riding it out inside his long-time home in the city’s Treme neighborhood, just as he has through so many storms before…

    But when the levees break and the city is torn apart, Simon disappears. His son, Julian, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, rushes home to a New Orleans he left years before to search for his father.

    As Julian crisscrosses the city, fearing the worst, he reconnects with Sylvia, Simon’s companion of many years; Parmenter, his father’s erstwhile business partner and one of the most successful restaurateurs in New Orleans; and Velmyra, the woman Julian left behind when he moved to New York. Julian’s search for Simon deepens as he finds himself drawn into the troubled history of Silver Creek, the extravagantly beautiful piece of land where his father grew up, and closer once again to Velmyra.

    As he tries to come to grips with his father’s likely fate, Julian slowly gains a deeper, richer understanding of his father and the city he loved so much, while unraveling the mysteries of Silver Creek.

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    Healthy and Hearty Salads: Substantial Main Courses for Every Season Filling salads for every season and every taste!

    Salads are often considered an appetizer or a summertime meal. When the weather is too hot, lightly tossed greens with seasonal fruits and veggies are perfect for cooling the body and filling the stomach. But with rich, filling ingredients and heartier flavors, salads can be served as main courses even in spring, autumn, and winter.

    Healthy and Hearty Salads offers one hundred healthy and delicious recipes for green salads, whole-grain salads, and dressings. All are made with seasonal ingredients for fresh and cost-effective meals.

    Recipes include:

    • Grilled asparagus with mozzarella
    • Warm root vegetables with ham and gorgonzola
    • Roast beef and bean salad with tapenade
    • Halloumi potatoes with lamb kebabs
    • Apple chicken salad
    • Quinoa and oven-baked salmon salad
    • And many more

    Take advantage of the season’s most wonderful ingredients, such as fresh berries, asparagus, wild mushrooms, melon, and fish. Each dish is easy to prepare and is perfect to serve as an entrée or as an accompaniment to other dishes. Be inspired by the time of year and craft fresh, delicious salads!

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    Guided Tarot: A Beginner's Guide to Card Meanings, Spreads, and Intuitive Exercises for Seamless Readings Over 4,000 5-Star Reviews!

    Your essential guide to reading tarot cards seamlessly–with confidence and ease.

    Each of us holds gifts deep within and, with tarot, we have the power to unlock those gifts and make transformative discoveries. For beginner tarot readers, learning the cards–all 78 of them–and understanding how to use spreads may seem daunting.

    Tarot expert Stefanie Caponi explains that interpreting the cards is a blend of knowing the card meanings, listening to your heart, and trusting your intuition. In her book, Guided Tarot, she offers easy exercises to nurture and grow your intuition, not only to understand the cards’ universal meanings, but to channel your own meanings.

    This comprehensive guide also shows you how to attune your energy to the deck for more accurate readings. Soon you’ll be confident in doing readings for yourself and even your friends.

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    A Month in Provence: A BRAND NEW escapist feel-good romance from TOP 10 BESTSELLER Gillian Harvey for summer 2023 Over 400 5-Star Reviews!

    Interior designer Nicky always used to know how to make the best of things. Ever since she lost her husband though, things haven’t been easy…

    She’s had to raise her two daughters alone and she’s so proud to see them all grown up, and she knows that’s down to her. But she can’t help but feel like she doesn’t know what to do with her life now.

    Then her best friend begs her to help out. Jenny is a TV exec and her new renovation show is in peril. Only Nicky can help.

    The catch – Nicky needs to fly to Provence… tomorrow. To renovate a tumbledown B&B. Jenny doesn’t mention the fact that the grumpy B&B owner Robert seems to need a makeover too. Or that the budget is next to nothing.

    Will Nicky be able to turn the B&B’s fortunes around, save her best friend’s job, and maybe even find some happiness for herself, under the blazing hot French sun this summer?

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    The Couple Across The Street: A BRAND NEW page-turning psychological thriller from Anita Waller, author of The Family at No 12, for summer 2023 Over 300 5-Star Reviews!

    A darkness settles on this supposedly quiet street…

    When Clare becomes a widow, her response is something that shocks her – relief. All she wants to do is move on and figure out how to continue her life, alone, no matter the guilt that brings.

    So when Vic, her closest friend, comes to her, showing the signs of trouble in her own marriage, she is more than supportive in helping her leave Rob.

    But Vic doesn’t get the chance to do that. Because as they go over to Vic’s house to collect her things, they find a body. Rob’s.

    It appears someone else had an axe to grind. But for Clare, already reeling from secrets from her own late husband’s dark past, she’s about to find out this murder isn’t as straightforward as it may appear…

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    Max's Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread Over 800 5-Star Reviews!

    Max’s Sandwich Book is the ultimate guide to creating perfection between two slices of bread.

    Max Halley owns Britain’s most amazing sandwich shop. After working in some of the country’s best restaurants, he realised that the sandwich, humanity’s greatest invention, was due a renaissance. So Max decided to open his own place and reinvent the sandwich forever.

    Inside this book you will find:

    • Award-winning creations from his shop
    • Inspired variations on classic sandwiches
    • Brilliant, delicious ways to use your leftovers
    • Sandwiches for breakfast, dinner, and dessert
    • And more than 100 recipes for making your own ingenious creations at home.

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    A Soldier's Wife: A Tender Irish Love Story and Family Saga (The Devereux Family Trilogy Book 1) Over 700 5-Star Reviews!

    Ellen, romantic and naive, falls in love with James, an Irishman serving in the British Army…

    He is posted to India and this, for her, is a dream come true. After seven years of heartache and joy, and a lifestyle which is leisurely and luxurious, they return to Ireland and James is demobbed.

    They settle with their three young children in Dublin, a city rife with political and civil unrest, and beset with terrible poverty. When World War I is declared, James re-enlists. Ellen is left to bring up her children alone, in a city which views the wives of British soldiers with suspicion.

    If James survives and returns, it will be to a different Ireland, one which has lived through the 1916 Rising and its aftermath, where anti- British sentiment grows stronger every day.

    Ellen longs for James but worries. Will there be a place for them in this new Ireland?

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    The New Teacher: A small town female sleuth cozy mystery (The Sheridan County Mysteries Book 1) Over 600 5-Star Reviews!

    Elizabeth Blau upended her life in the city to move to the Middle of Nowhere and start over.

    She reconnects with her estranged brother and begins her new life. First, Elizabeth lands a great job, then a date, and her luck seems to change for the better. But when the man’s body is found mangled in a ravine, the murder rocks the small town as fault descends upon the Blau Family.

    Frustrated with the pace of local law enforcement, Elizabeth investigates loose threads among the ranchers. But when she starts to dig into the past, she gets a warning: folks don’t like outsiders poking around, and someone is on a mission to scare her out of town.

    With friends becoming enemies in a landscape forged for hiding true intentions, Elizabeth must unravel the accumulating evidence to name the murderer. After one attempt on her life, if she can’t organize the proof in time, she will be the next target.

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    The Snowman Killer (Alaska Cozy Mystery Book 1) Over 1,400 5-Star Reviews!

    A new small town. A new cozy life. And a new beginning.

    Sarah Garland, a retired homicide detective who’s gone through a painful divorce, seems to have found her peace at last, as a coffeeshop owner, in the sleepy (and freezing) small town of Snow Falls, Alaska. What she didn’t expect, was for her past life to catch up with her. Or, for her new life as a mystery writer to inspire a deadly killer to target her.

    Yet, when the killer leaves a frightening clue-a creepy snowman, donning a leather jacket and eating a peppermint candy cane, left in front of her cabin-Sarah begins to suspect Conrad Spencer, the new detective in town, who is pursuing a murderer of his own. Soon, it becomes obvious that the sleuths would have to join forces, in order to catch the killer.

    Sarah and Conrad must put their tragic pasts behind them and find out who’s after her…before the trail becomes frozen.

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    Trip Me Up: An Opposites-Attract Road-Trip Standalone Romantic Comedy (Synergy Office Romance Book 3) A farmboy and a techie meet up on tour. They couldn’t be more different. But together, they’re hotter than an overclocked computer chip.

    I didn’t mean to bring my dog to my mother’s stuffy fundraiser. Okay, I might have needed the excuse to get back to my artificial intelligence research, but I never meant for Bilbo Baggins to escape. And I really didn’t count on a sexy lumberjack rescuing my lactose-intolerant dog from the Gorgonzola.

    Then one thing led to another, and Bilbo and I are on the lumberjack’s – Niall’s – book tour, pretending to have written the novel that my research project spat out by mistake. The only thing that’s not pretend is how our clothes fly off every night. Nope, that’s all too real.

    And even though I insisted on a no-strings fling, the smolder in those hazel eyes means he wants more. Now he’s calling me his muse, and it’s too late to tell him my secret.

    Because the whole world knows.

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    First, Murder (An Alex Quinn Suspense Thriller—Book One) Interpol agent Alex Quinn, 29, born to Italian-Turkish parents, is a multi-lingual genius.

    With an advanced degree in Criminal Psychology from a university in France and a PHD from a Germany university, Alex was recruited by Interpol at the age of 25—their youngest recruit—because of her encyclopedic knowledge of serial killers.

    But when a serial killer strikes in Venice, amidst the glittery costumes and sinister masks, Alex may, for the first time, find herself in over her head—and may just end up the target herself…

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