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High school senior Aggie is ready to concentrate on important things like college essays, science projects, and her secret older boyfriend. There’s one major distraction, however: she’s a demigoddess with the power to control luck. Her mom is one, too—the deadly Queen of Spades. When Aggie discovers how wicked her mother has become, she knows she has to win her back from the evil forces controlling her before it’s too late.

Peyton Maxwell knew better than anyone that life rarely turned out the way you planned. After spending more than a decade away from her hometown, she’d finally decided to move back in order to raise her young daughter closer to family. She was just beginning to settle into her new job when Ashley walked into an exam room at the vet clinic and back into her life. Peyton thought she’d put that part of her life firmly in the past, but one look at her former lover and it all comes rushing back.

Janina Reston is a language expert, translating fiendishly tricky Arabic and Asian mathematical and scientific texts. Words are her world. But she can’t find any to share with her husband Owen. Instead, she confides in a spider named Gladys (who may or may not be her deceased grandmother). She lives in an ordinary city suburb where extraordinary things happen. Lily’s husband dies in a strange accident with a milk bottle, while Fatima writes biographies of unknown people living seemingly inconsequential lives, and Zosia runs off to Delhi with an Asian Women’s Sewing Group.

It's 1938, and Betty Morelli is on the run from her abusive husband. When she reaches out to her old flame Harvey Cooper for help, she has no idea what dangers await them on the road. Undeterred by obstacles, she is determined to get out of harm's way and bring her husband to justice. But she may realize too late that trying to escape a man with underworld ties could be a grave mistake.

Children of Iverbourne is a prequel novella taking place 236 years before The Eternal Machine, following the original heroes of the war-torn lands and the difficult choices they must make, all to ensure a better future. A terrified slave, lacking bravery or free will, sent on an impossible journey. A hardened commander of the Eternal prison, taking in his newest inmate. An hours-old baby. A half-crazed Fae, former hero of Borealis, Court of the Humans. Two parents on a journey to deliver their child to Iverbourne, to freedom, no matter the cost.

The Grinch tried to steal Lilly’s Christmas spirit, but he ended up stealing her heart. After graduation, Lilly returns to her grandmother’s shop, ready for another Christmas filled with her loving grandmother. Heart and memories dance around her until a handsome stranger threatens to take it away. Calvin hates Christmas but loves business.

Strong, independent, and successful in her professional life, in her personal life, Emma prefers to submit. When she’s diagnosed with breast cancer, the same disease that took her grandmother at a young age, her world crumbles. Through her submission, she learns to lean on those around her and realizes that maybe she really can have it all. A longtime member and Dominant at Club Equinox, Griffin knows exactly what he wants. What he wants is Emma. When her world is turned upside down and she needs someone the most, he won't let anyone else be the one to hold her.

When you survive an ordeal like I did at such a young age, people tend to label you a victim. That will never be me. I am a fighter. The past does not define me. So when my secret savior comes out of the shadows to prove his love, I do what I do best, fight. Against my family, enemies, and my own heart. Because how could I have found true love during the worst time of my life?

Lynn Stegner's acclaimed novels and story collections have drawn comparisons to the works of Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Alice Munro, and John Updike. Now in her new novel, The Half-Life of Guilt, Stegner tells the story of Clair Bugato and Mason Comstock. Together they journey to the world's largest saltworks in Baja California, where a proposed expansion threatens the California gray whale population, recently come back from the brink of extinction.

The holidays are stressful enough for Andrea, but discovering her boyfriend cheated makes them unbearable. Showing up to Thanksgiving solo is not an option. With the family gatherings mere days away, Savannah—the gorgeous local coffee shop owner who’s starred in one too many of Andrea’s daydreams—offers to pose as her girlfriend. It’s the perfect solution to dodge both of their family’s dreaded questions about when they’ll be settling down. What begins as a simple plan to get through the holidays together soon turns into an entire season of shared traditions, laughter, and stolen glances.

Jack Armor is a man of secrets. A bestselling author with millions of fans, he’s crafted an empire on romance and fiction—but his own life is a carefully constructed lie. No one knows who he really is, and that’s how he plans to keep it.

When Delaney is rescued by a handsome stranger, Drew seems to be her savior—until she wakes up in his house where he has her daughter and knows far too much about her. The strange sensations she experiences when he’s near might be a warning…maybe he’s the real danger. Fear and anger mix with passion and soon Delaney’s not sure what’s real. Drew doesn’t know how to tell Delaney that she’s his soulmate. He can’t just dump their past on her and expect her to believe him. Not when she doesn’t remember anything about him or the things she’s capable of—but they’re running out of time.

For two decades, forty-four-year-old magazine writer Clara Khoury has lived without pieces of herself—her memory. When the recent discovery of a young woman’s remains triggers her, she’s compelled to investigate. Now, her disturbing past threatens her contented present, someone frames her husband, and their daughter is abducted. If she can’t uncover the truth, she might lose everyone she loves.

All nine-year-old Alexandria Hendricks wanted was to save her friend, so she made a deal with the darkness. But magick always comes with a price, and her good intentions will cost her so much more than she bargained for. Eighteen years later, the demon is back to claim his prize: her soul. However, there’s a new offer on the table, one that might spare her from eternal torment. The catch? She has only forty-eight hours to complete his task. Worse yet, she isn’t the only one harboring secrets.

Selena Thomas has spent eighteen years believing she’s insane all because she told the truth about what happened in Alexandria’s basement. When she was ten, a demon masquerading as a little boy brutally murdered her. The problem is she didn’t stay dead. Demons aren’t real, of course. They’re all in her head, a product of a child’s overabundant imagination. At least, that’s what everyone wants her to think. After eight years of in-patient treatment and another decade of social isolation, she’s finally ready to believe them.

Jenna Devereaux knows who and what she is, but why was she brought back? What does it all mean for her? For humanity? As Eve, she must bring balance to a world thrown into chaos by Death himself. A fire demon, the last remaining Fate, and others from the world within the shadows will stand by her side to navigate a path where one misstep can tip the very scales for all.

She’s hiding from the world. He needs a wife fast. When a fake marriage solves both their problems, will they discover true love? Alaska. Vivian Locke knows the pain of betrayal. Still gun-shy seven years after her two-timing ex stole their New York restaurant, the talented pastry chef bunkers down while helping her folks run their tiny community’s grocery. But when the store unexpectedly goes up for sale, the desperate woman convinces a billionaire’s son that a sham wedding would benefit them both. Only a miracle can save Thomas Becker.

As a newly minted Queen of Hearts and a high school senior, Aggie has her hands full. Being a demigoddess. Managing her OCD. Prepping for the SATs. And most of all searching for her mom, who has been brainwashed and remade into a bad luck goddess, the Queen of Spades. Aggie needs help from her suit of luck gods to get her mom back. But when a prominent Heart is murdered, the Valentines split into factions and question her leadership—because Aggie is one of the suspects. To prove her innocence and regain her suit’s loyalty, Aggie must solve the murder. Her partner on the case?

Izzy Marciano hates being the prodigal daughter. But with her ex getting too stalkery for comfort, the competitive single mom grabs her nine-year-old son and retreats to the safety of her mob-boss dad’s East Coast stronghold. And when her father hires a smoking-hot bodyguard, she has to constantly remind herself that the chiseled guardian is supposed to be totally off-limits.

A woman broken in grief. A villain with a curse. What will happen when their paths cross? The prince is a bloodthirsty soldier who enjoys death, fine wine, and the company of beautiful women. Until one fateful night, when everything changes.