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Nightshade County Sheriff Thomas Shepherd is a successful model for every law enforcement officer with autism. He leads an idyllic life in his uncle’s old home along Wolf Lake, and is planning to marry private investigator Chelsey Byrd.

In the midst of World War II, when the Navy WAVES give Evelyn Happ the chance to get out of Washington, DC, and contribute to the war effort, she can’t leave fast enough. Mark Miller believes the WAVES are an unneeded distraction - the top secret project he’s assigned to is critical to the war and he and his team must focus on cracking the enigma code. When the actions of a spy put both Mark and Evelyn under suspicion, their loyalties to the country and each other are tested. Will their blossoming relationship survive, or be another casualty of war?

Finnegan Temperance McLeary-May, dog walker extraordinaire, has had an eventful time in Manhattan since she first moved to New York City. Her unique profession and quirky, bubbly personality endear her to everyone who meets her. While attending a college football game with her family for Brianne, one of Finnegan's friends gets hurt when the opposing team's mascot, a bulldog, gets taken.

Have you met Scarlett Bell? She's the expert profiler in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, called upon to catch the nation's deadliest serial killers. She's cunning, beautiful, deadly. And hunted. Someone wants Scarlett Bell dead. When a teenage girl is brutally murdered in an idyllic lake community, the local sheriff calls upon Scarlett Bell to find the murderer. Another girl goes missing, and the special agent must stop the killer before time runs out. Scarlett must untangle a confusing web of evidence if she hopes to track him down. But Scarlett is the killer's next target.

2013. Idyllic Port Elspeth, Connecticut, is rocked by tragedy. Shortly after their high school graduation, Evangeline Maddingly, daughter of one of the town's wealthiest old-money families, and Oliver Prescott, son of one of the town's wealthiest new-money families, are found dead in an isolated cabin in the woods, outside of town.

Luna Rosati found acceptance and a family during childhood, but when she became pregnant at seventeen, she gave the baby up for adoption and left without a word. Now a CIA counterintelligence officer, Luna wants to reconcile her fractured sense of self by finding the only blood family she has left—the teenage daughter she's never met.

After heartbreaking losses, Luna craves adventure. An escape into a different world away from her sheltered childhood. Lucien, a young architect and world traveler, finds a stranger’s journal at a café. Despite his pangs of guilt, he’s fascinated and goes on reading. When they meet, Luna is inspired by Lucien’s stories and adventurous spirit to go on a Peace Corps assignment to a rice-growing village in Cambodia. What she finds there defies everything she could ever have imagined. Can she leave this world unscathed?

When a peculiar figurine arrives at the sheriff's department, Thomas Shepherd's instincts scream danger. At first glance, it appears to be a harmless ivory sculpture. Until the medical examiner uncovers the horrifying truth. The gift was crafted from human bone. Haunted by his past, Thomas unravels the intricate web of The Carver, a malicious killer with a penchant for causing suffering. As the body count rises, Thomas must navigate a treacherous landscape of deception and violence.

I came home to Sugar Creek bruised but not broken. Music school in Boston was supposed to be my dream, but somewhere along the way, I stopped hearing my own voice. Between the pressure, the silence I kept about my ex, and the expectations I’ve piled onto myself, I’m unraveling. This summer is meant to be a quiet reset—until I’m paired with Owen Harper for the town scavenger hunt. Now, the boy I barely noticed in high school sees me in ways no one else ever has.

Finnegan Temperance McLeary-May, dog walker extraordinaire, has had an eventful time in Manhattan since she first moved to New York City. Her unique profession and quirky, bubbly personality endear her to everyone who meets her. Finnegan's daughter Luce is asked to dog-sit a goofy, energetic Irish setter for her school principal. And all was right in the world until a glittery catastrophe strikes.

In a realm where nightmares roam freely, Princess Aurora finds herself ensnared in the eerie and unsettling Dreamworld, a place that twists beauty into fear, leaving her trapped amidst shadowy terrors. This haunting world had become her silent prison, a labyrinth of despair where hope seemed to have withered away. Every day, Aurora faced the monstrous manifestations of her deepest fears, her spirit yearning for a sliver of light, a hint of salvation to break through the pervasive darkness that threatened to consume her.

A husband she doesn’t know, a family she doesn’t recognize, a mysterious connection - recovering from a coma, a shaken Georgia attempts to piece together a life she doesn’t remember. Missing Thread follows the eponymous character through life-changing events and mental struggles that challenge the core of family strength and love. As the events surrounding her accident become linked to the mysterious stalker from her past, Georgia begins to regain some of what she has lost - but will she fully recover her memory, and learn the truth about her assailant?

Lettie Carlton was a wealthy girl from the city whose parents had high standards and even higher expectations. Lettie’s parents had her life planned out to the very last detail, even though her own dreams took place far outside of high society. One summer everything changed when she stumbled upon a town that was both quaint and inviting and despite her parent’s strict ideas, there was something life-altering in that town that none of them could have ever seen coming.

My next door neighbor is a Tom Cruise doppelgänger but he has the manners of an imbecile. I’ve tried to be nice, but every time I offer him an olive branch, my efforts are met with contempt and a blank stare. What the heck is his problem? And why does my stomach do back flips whenever his eyes land on me? I shouldn’t care, but alas, I’m drawn to a dark, brooding man like a moth to an open flame. I must uncover his deepest secrets and fix him.

Wynn Butler is a newbie dance mom, and, honestly, she hasn’t exactly been receiving rave reviews for her skills. Blinging out costumes and being your child’s glam squad aren't exactly her strong suits. But at her daughter’s first national competition, Wynn is ready to prove herself.

When Aspen's father finally hands her the keys to the family bakery, she knows it's her time to shine. With her sisters at her side, she remodels and re-themes their little store on Main Street in order to keep the family legacy alive, all while keeping the public ignorant of her father's illness. And she knows just how to kick start the grand re-opening in a big way . . . a review from 'Eat It Austin'.

Mary Rutherford dreads Christmas time. Having grown up in one of the most influential families in town, her Christmas holidays are spent attending her father’s company Christmas party and silently blending into the background. This year, however, her parents insist she plan the party, and with little help from her mother, Mary reaches out to an old friend for help: Brighten Smith. Can he and Mary pull off a successful Christmas partnership? And can Brighten give Mary an unforgettable Christmas?

Skin of Your Teeth Survival is a reality show made famous for pairing part-time survivalists with a real-life survival situation. Always carefully planned out by world-famous Prepper and Survivalist Wolf Henderson, season 10 promises to be different. This time none of the contestants are survivalists. They’ve all been picked to fail. But when an EMP hits, the cast scatters and Wolf is left to care for a husband and wife team, a quietly scrappy chick and a bumbling scientist.

Kara and her family have found their dream home: A two-story French country house on a wooded lot in idyllic Gracie Town - it's perfect. Or so they thought. They've hardly unpacked before the bizarre happens: Kara catches herself calling four-year-old Lilah by someone else's name. Pranks on the family begin, the playroom door won't stay shut, and turkey vultures keep circling, forever watching. When a statue is found on the property, Lilah is instantly attached to the creepy “dolly.” Soon after the discovery, Kara’s dreams turn nightmarish.

Are you feeling the pressure to keep your home looking picture-perfect amid the chaos of work and family life? Well, take a deep breath, because Hilary Bernstein has a message just for you. In The Tension of Tidy, she gently reminds you that your home doesn't need to mirror the flawless spaces seen on TV or social media. With a comforting biblical perspective, Hilary assures that God's grace extends to your homemaking journey.