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There's a double murder on Military Road. The bodies of Colonel Matthew Hanson and his wife Susan are discovered with a single shot to the head. Detective Faye-Lynn Johnson is assigned the case, but even with her extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killings are baffling. Faye-Lynn and her partner can find no possible motive for the horrible murders. Enter General John Brittan, Commander of a Top-Secret Strategic Defense Program, he orders the detectives to back off the case. The murders are part of an intense inquiry by the Criminal Investigation Command (CID).

They stalk their prey from deep in the menacing shadows, poised and ready to strike at the penultimate moment. Their victims unexpecting, unaware, until they wake in dark rooms, dank basements, or on chilly floors stained with the rotting blood of other hapless victims. The stench fills their nostrils and permeates their pores, the bile rising up in their burning throats. They scream and try to escape, but all attempts are futile. Fear dances like spiders down their spines as they hear ominous footsteps approaching — their eyes spread wide in horror as they realize the end is near.

In 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the estranged twin sister she hasn’t seen since 1940. Since that one catastrophic summer in Rome, as war was engulfing Europe and Iris was falling desperately in love.... Within days, Ruth is on her way to Moscow, posing as the wife of Agent Fox in a precarious plot to extract her sister from behind the Iron Curtain.

Women Talk Money is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, and more, with Rebecca Walker as editor.

From bestselling author Sarah McCoy, a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcee and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world’s most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press… It’s January 1972 but...

I’m used to getting anything I want. Power. Fame. Women. It’s all mine, but boredom has set in after 500 years as the Fae King and ruling mankind. She’s the only thing that excites me. She’s forbidden, but that won't stop me from making her mine.

Lion-shifter Kai Mason is proud of his family's security business. They're in charge of all things security at F&D Network, from actors to infuriating reality TV competitors. The studio is his domain and his to protect. If only the stubborn baker with a death wish would just let him save her. Doesn't she understand that she's his mate? When the baking competition comes under attack, the intense lion and his stubborn mate will have to find a compromise. Too bad both of them are out of practice.

Gem expert Dr. Shelley Kaehr reveals the top 10 stones to use for healing.

Chief of Police Nick Burns opens a 12-year-old cold case, and long-submerged secrets begins to surface. Detective Faye-Lynn Johnson, to whom the case is assigned, learns that this is not an isolated incident. The killer has done this before and will kill again. She must solve the biggest case of her career before the killer strikes again.

Dennis Wilson (Sticks) takes you on a gripping tale of life in the Projects. What began as innocent kids in a bicycle gang eventually became something much more. But family is not always what it seems in this raw, entertaining mystery. The body of a local drug dealer is discovered, Detective Faye-Lynn Johnson assigned the case, and everyone becomes a suspect, including her boyfriend. Conflicting facts soon emerge as she grapples with this baffling mystery.

"Luminous, empowering, and full of heart-healing truths, this is a novel that belongs on every shelf."—Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award winning author For fans of Crenshaw and When You Trap a Tiger comes the extraordinary tale of a headstrong girl and the magical dictionary she hopes will...

Meet Jovie. How do you escape the past when it lurks at every small town corner? That's what Jovie is trying to figure out as she does her absolute best to move on and sweep those dirty parts of her past under the rug. It's not quite so simple when everyone knows: knows your past, knows you're untouchable, and knows...him. Meet Bleu. A new town. A new life. That’s what Bleu was in search of when he came across an advertisement for the perfect bachelor pad. He never thought he would retire from the military before he had a gray hair. Funny how life changes in the blink of an eye.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Falling Kingdoms series comes the first book in a brand-new duology about forbidden magic and dangerous secrets, for readers of Victoria Aveyard and Margaret Rogerson. Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: it’s rare, illegal, and...

The compelling novel that began Shirley Jackson's legendary career Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked...

She's taken over a thousand slaves from the city, and now they're in the forest. They're ill-equipped, poorly clothed, and in an alien environment. She's taking them north as winter approaches. Monsters, enemies, and old magics hamper the trail, and then there's the ghost of her ancestor. It's a long road to Elfhome, and not all are going to make it.

Professor Forest Cooper might be a jaguar-shifter, but he doesn’t need to find his mate to be happy. All he needs are a few math problems and teaching assistants who don’t cry when he gives orders. But when the dean threatens his tenure if Forest doesn’t lay off the grumpy, he strikes a deal. Tenure in exchange for private lessons for some famous lady. A fair deal until he discovered the maddening woman in the mini-skirt is his mate.

An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried, beer-battered, cream cheese-frosted love that feeds them all—from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses “Laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply resonant to our times. I was...

Miranda Reynolds has lost her home, her job and her husband - all thanks to an economic collapse that has brought America to its knees. The shops are empty; the streets no longer safe. Miranda and her daughter, Emma, have nowhere left to turn. There is one final hope, a self-sufficient haven for women who want to live a life free from men. Femlandia. For Miranda, the secluded Femlandia is a last resort. Life outside the gates is fraught with danger, but there’s something just as sinister going on within.

Razor-sharp teeth. Vicious claws. The soul-piercing eyes that stare you down right before it pounces. What will you do when it’s you against a purveyor of pure evil? You think it’s just a dream? Think again. These nightmare creatures have transcended the pages of the books they were written into, they’ve ripped their way from the silver screen, and now they are coming for you. There is nowhere to hide - they will find you. But the question remains. Do you have what it takes to conquer the beast or will you let it destroy you?

In this intriguing historical novel, a young woman who is sent to a horrific “bride school” to be molded into the perfect Nazi wife finds her life forever intertwined with a young Jewish woman about to give birth. Germany, 1939 As the war begins, Hanna Rombauer, a young German woman, is sent...