Xe Sands
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[2023]
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Fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. Wesley Lowery writes about a lynching left unsolved for decades by an indifferent police force and a family's quest for answers. Justine van der Leun reports on the thousands of women in prison for defending themselves from abuse. May Jeong reveals how the Atlanta spa shootings tell a story of America. Edited by acclaimed...
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""Christensen is a forceful writer whose . . . prose is visceral and poetic. . . . She is a portrait artist, drawing in miniature, capturing the light within."-San Francisco Chronicle From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growing older, and the complications of family that is the story of a fifty-something woman who goes home-reluctantly-to Maine after the death of her mother. Can you ever truly...
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2023.
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"Harlow Smith thought she had finally achieved the quiet life she wanted-a little bookstore on Cape Cod, an apartment in her grandpa's house, a more or less happily single life-when the biggest secret from her past walked into town and changed everything. A kid walks into your bookstore and says to you, Guess what? I'm your son. The one you put up for adoption seventeen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! His name is Matthew...
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"The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement of Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster. As Tamsin grows obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the bottom of the stairs, she finds a door that didn't exist before - and one night, it opens to reveal an exact physical copy of her. This doppelgänger is sweet and biddable where Tamsin is calculating...
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"Impossible to put down, you won't know who or what to believe and the creepy location will have you looking over your shoulder more than once."
-Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of Never Coming Home
Intertwining the narrative with the transcript of an anonymous interview, this stunning suspense debut from Katie Garner will take you on a twisting path where nothing-and no one-is what it seems.
Finding the truth seems...
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Luke E. Mia, Private Eye, has lost it all, including her partner and best friend, Lyle. When a local psychic approaches Luke to find her missing cat, Luke expects more of the same old, same old, but what she uncovers working for Suzie Q. might get her back everything she's lost. The only question is, would you trust a Magic 8 Ball with your life?
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A paranormal women's fiction (PWF) that'll light your fire!
All Rose wants is peace, quiet, and some quality time with her lovable foster dog, Braveheart. Unfortunately, a devious elder fire witch has decided it's time to begin Rose's training in fire magic - and she won't take no for an answer.
But even fire spells are no match for family drama: Rose's sister is in the middle of a divorce, and it's up to Rose to stop the soon-to-be-ex-husband's...
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Welcome to Magnolia Bloom, where hearts heal and magic happens…in a castle…in East Texas…
Lexi Stewart's lineage extends to the founders of the MacInnes legacy in faraway America. A year has passed since she was widowed much too young, but she's floundering, so she accepts an invitation to escape her beloved Scotland for a needed respite. Surely a visit with her Texas relatives and a stay at Castle MacInnes will put her back to rights.
There's...
9) Playbook
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If only life came with a script.
Anna Jeffries has spent the last 32 years blending in, content in her worn-out reading chair - her happy corner of the world - spinning romantic scenarios she's certain reality can't deliver. After three years of teaching Shakespeare at UC Berkeley, Anna is working toward full tenure. Her life in the classroom means everything and she can't imagine wanting more...until she does.
Dane Sivac is in his second year as...
10) Stay
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If only life were as simple as checking things off a list.
Clara Mar is a world-renowned cellist. As a sought-after soloist, her life has been planned and executed by a team of professionals since she was eight years old. Now, reeling from a messy and public breakup with a fiancé she never loved and the fallout from an explosive family lie, Clara arrives in Bodega Bay as the unexpected recipient of her grandfather's historic inn.
Well, half the inn.
Dylan...
11) Zero to Five
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Pregnancy? Newborn baby? Partway through parenthood with a toddler or preschooler? No matter your stage, I'm guessing you could use more calm, more confidence. You could read dozens of parenting books on pregnancy, baby sleep, picky eaters, child psychology, child development, potty training, and discipline. Or you could listen to Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science
Journalist Tracy Cutchlow cuts to the chase, summarizing the...
12) In the Trenches
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He lives in the spotlight. She hides in the shadows. With secrets and a spark between them, can they escape to forever?
Max Davenport craves a break from the press. Constantly on the run from paparazzi and over-enthusiastic women, the football star takes to the small town of Green Hills to embrace a simpler lifestyle with his sister. But his pulse unexpectedly quickens when he discovers his sibling's usually frumpy-dressed friend swimming in his backyard...
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She's always feared abandonment. Is she about to face it again or find happily ever after?
M'Kenzee Davenport knows love doesn't last. So despite marrying her high school crush on a whim in Vegas, the gritty photojournalist never believed the union was real. But when her husband-in-name-only goes missing on a mission for the FBI, she's stunned to receive his effects as next-of-kin.
Poring through his childhood journals, M'Kenzee discovers to her amazement...
14) Reserved
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IIf only life were as simple as making a reservation.
Makenna Rye Conroy was living the dream-with an amazing husband and a beautiful new baby daughter-when one night changed everything.
Almost six years after Adam's death, Makenna and her daughter Paige have built a solid, happy life together. Makenna manages her brother's trendy restaurant, The Yard, and helps out at Ryeland Farms, the family business, all while navigating the world of private...
15) Silver Dreams
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A Paranormal Women's Fiction (PWF) that's a whole new wave of fun!
Pepper hasn't been on a vacation with her husband-without the kids-ever. As in, never ever. On top of that, she still hasn't told him about her magical water powers yet. Oops. (She meant to get around to it, really.)
And now the magic won't leave her alone, sending one strange emissary after another to interrupt every single supposed-to-be romantic moment. She has her hands full...
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She's sure forever is a fantasy. He won't settle for less than a soulmate. Can these playful pals open their hearts to each other?
Dr. Landry Stark is hamstrung by trauma. After escaping abuse as a teen, the saucy physician doesn't dare reach for anything beyond the contentment of belonging she's found in small-town Oklahoma. And though she enjoys flirting with her firefighter bestie, they know better than to give in to their feelings… until in...
17) Silver Spells
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A paranormal women's fiction (PWF) that'll have you walking on air!
Luella Campbell is having the weirdest day ever. Getting fired from her job at the sunscreen factory for no good reason is bad enough, but when a mysterious dog brings a tempest into her former workplace, Luella's life is completely upended by the sudden gift of wild and windy magical powers.
With the help of her ride-or-die best friends, her motorcycle-riding mother, and a romantic...
18) Stirred
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If only life were as simple as choosing between shaken or stirred.
Sage Jeffries grew up an overachiever. She studied, excelled, and became a mechanical engineer for a firm in San Francisco. Yet much to her family's surprise, at age thirty, she made a bold move to Los Angeles and became a bartender at The Yard. Now, she spends her time mixing drinks and trying new things. Her life is good, fun . . . except for two teeny tiny challenges-she's in love...
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Fresh-out-of-a-bad-relationship New York City single Sofia La Scala, carves out time each week for happy hour with her best friend Chloe in search for Mr. Right. But when Chloe can't make it out one night, Sofia meets seductive British billionaire, Alexander T. Chambers. The two immedietly connect and begin flirt–filled exchanges that heat up rapidly and lead to a steamy new romance.
The relationship challenges Sofia's norms and flings her into...
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How would our lives change if we approached every experience with the intention of listening first? In this noisy, distracting world, it is difficult to truly hear. People talk past each other, eager to be heard but somehow deaf to what is being said. Listening is an essential skill for healthy relationships, both with God and with other people. But it is more than that: listening is a way of life. Adam McHugh places listening at the heart of our...