Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go in this "suspenseful, introspective debut" (Kirkus Reviews) set in an unsettling near future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and kept in service by the living.
In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in—and they come in all forms, from sad rolling...

"Set in the glittering art deco world of a century ago, MEM makes one slight alteration to history: a scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete. The Mems exist as mirror-images of their source -- zombie-like creatures destined to experience that singular memory over and over, until they expire in the cavernous Vault where they are kept. And then there is Dolores Extract...

HE KIDNAPPED ME. HELD ME PRISONER. I knew Junior Tacone was dangerous. I worked for him once taking care of his mother. I thought when the job was over I'd be safe. Out of his awareness. Out of his reach. But his brother took a bullet and Junior chose me to be his nurse. So I'm his prisoner, trapped in his beautiful house, subject to his rule. And it seems he's developed a thing for me. Which means he may never let me go...

All my life I've lived in an orphanage, wondering what torment each new day will bring. One night, the Berserkers come. Screams ring out as they attack. I run, but cannot escape. These warriors did not come for gold or blood. They came for me. They are warriors, cursed to become monsters, They must find the woman who can mate with both of them and break the witch's spell. They take me to a safe place. They see to my every need. But despite their...

Dying's actually not so bad. Almost immediately, I'm finding that the afterlife has its perks. Like the hot, blue-skinned angel of death who's whisking my body away from the surface of the Earth. I don't protest when he beams the two of us straight into his opulent bedroom and then makes me see stars. Then I see double...His equally sexy twin brother is hotter than a supernova and wants to probe me solely for my pleasure. Wait? Probe? That's when...

I'm hired to stop a demon summoning. The last thing I expect is to end up bonded to one instead.Being a supernatural bounty hunter isn't exactly a popular job. But after the magic wars, there aren't many things a human can do that will put food on the table.Thankfully anything my right hook can't handle, my guns can.Or so I thought.When a demon summoning runs awry, the immortal being that comes into this world changes everything.I'm not sure if he's...

I've been taken by a fierce alien warrior, and my life is no longer my own. My name is Laylah. On my eighteenth birthday, the Kleaxians attacked and killed all the human males aboard the Stargazer. The females were kept as mates or slaves. I was taken as a mate. Lucky me. The huge alien who claimed me is called Prince Kenan. He says he'll never let me go--that we are bonded for life. When I defy him, he punishes me in the most humiliating ways imaginable....

Perfect-pitched songstress Jane Monheit burst onto the scene in the 1998 Thelonious Monk Competition, and has since emerged as an international jazz sensation. Her first album (named Best Recording Debut by the Jazz Journalists Association) spent over a year on Billboard 's Top Ten Jazz Albums chart, her follow-up debuted at #1, and her third has garnered rave reviews. This superb collection features a biography, great full-page photos, and a dozen...