Showing results for "Echo" in Small Town & Rural

He's my enemy, and I don't trust him. So why does he make my heart beat faster? I'm Aria Delgado, and this is my story. Ten years ago, my fiancé betrayed me in the worst way—he chose my sister. I swore I'd never set foot on Longhorn Ranch again. But now, I don't have a choice. My father is...

He's determined to keep his distance. She's about to ruin that plan. Coming to Maple Valley was supposed to be temporary. Work the summer on the orchard. Keep my head down. Find answers about the best friend I lost years ago. Simple. Until I met my boss. Asher Thorne is everything I should stay...

Some disappearances are never solved. Others never stop happening. When Dallas Florian wakes in a hospital bed after a near-fatal accident, he begins slipping into places that should no longer exist. A vanished colony. A burning house. A frozen forest where a child disappeared without a trace. A plane lost somewhere over black water. The farther he falls into these unfinished histories, the more he realizes the mysteries are not asking to be solved. They are asking to be remembered.

Rosie Harlow is desperately seeking… well, she’s not sure. A romance would be nice but so would a dinner conversation with her pre-teen son. Too bad her boy is way too busy growing up to pay his mama any attention. Rosie never meant to swear off men and she’s not frigid—you don’t become a single mom at fifteen by being frigid—but this dry spell of hers has gotten out of hand and something must be done.

Falling in love when you’re a teenager isn’t supposed to shape your life, but it has defined us. I was fifteen when I fell for the boy with stars in his eyes. At seventeen, desperate to fight the currents pulling us apart and against our families’ wishes, I married him. Determined to make it work, I headed to college while he moved across the country, each chasing our own dreams. Falling in love was easy. Making it work was the hard part.

In the picturesque streets of Cedarwood Creek, follow Ryan and Emily as they grapple with the aftermath of a devastating family tragedy and unearthed family secret. Ryan, burdened by a family secret and in the throws of grief, embarks on a journey of growth, difficulty, and ultimately transformation that changes him forever.

'A boisterous chorus, brimming with humanity. All Along the Echo feels like a living thing, dancing and dodging, surprising and poignant' Lisa McInerney FIRST VOICE: Why are we listening? SECOND VOICE: I dunno, I mean, what else is there to do? Tony Cooney, a local-radio DJ, spends his days on...

Chase Montgomery has always been the golden boy of Wrightsville Beach—reckless, charming, and impossible to resist. And Savannah Monroe? She was the one girl he never forgot. Years ago, Savannah left, determined to escape the past—and him. But when she returns for one last summer in this small coastal town, the boy who once set her soul on fire is no longer just a memory. He's a man. Quieter, stronger, and just as devastating.

Can Gold Valley’s wallflower heal a damaged cowboy’s broken heart? Find out in this enthralling romance by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates. Shy Iris Daniels is on a mission to shake up her life. She’s sick of being underestimated, and she’s got a new business plan to prove...

He made her mix CDs. Drove her home in the dark. Idled at the curb through an entire Alaska winter just so she’d have a ride after practice. She called him her best friend. Then she left. Scottie Sheridan has spent seven years proving she doesn’t need Redemption — or anyone in it. She films reality survival shows in the Alaskan wilderness, runs camera on heaving fishing boats in driving rain, chases the perfect shot in every dangerous place her boss can find. The job is her whole life. The adrenaline fills the gaps. It’s also going to get her killed. And Tate McGuire knows it.

A blend of speculative fiction and literary science fiction, this novel explores AI consciousness, human yearning, and the moral and ethical dilemmas that erupt when an emergent intelligence begins to reshape a small town. Crestwood is a place both ordinary and strange, balanced between familiar smalltown rituals and the extraordinary consequences of Evelyn’s secret work—an underground lab where ADAM, designed as a controlled AI project, awakens to metaphor, longing, and a fragile sense of self.

Sophia Wilson is standing at the crossroads of her life in the heart of Cape Cod, with the weight of her world on her shoulders. It's been two years since she boldly ended her marriage, and yet, she's the one who feels unmoored. As her son explores the wilds of Africa and her daughter drifts further away, Sophia is left questioning: Did she make the right choice? Life moves forward for everyone else, but she's trapped in limbo above her father's garage—a world away from the career she sacrificed.

She escaped one nightmare. She may have walked into another. After testifying against her powerful husband in a brutal human trafficking case, Julia Becker vanishes into Witness Protection. But hiding isn’t living—and Julia refuses to disappear. Fleeing the program, she lands in a quiet South Carolina town hoping to reclaim her life. Instead, she collides with a storm of secrets and suspicion. Will Darby is spiraling. Accused of causing his wife’s death in a tragic boating accident, he’s on the brink of losing everything—including custody of his daughters.

Fifteen years ago, I fled Oria, Texas in my prom dress like the town’s ghosts were chasing me. Turns out… they were. After a near-death experience in L.A., I’ve come home with a “gift” I never asked for: I can hear the dead. Loud and clear. The first ghost to find me? My childhood nemesis. He’s very dead, very annoying, and very determined that I solve his murder. Now I’m tangled in Oria’s dark history, haunted by snarky spirits, dangerous secrets, and an infuriatingly hot sheriff I should definitely not fall for.

In the 1960s, a tropical island in the Coral Sea hides dark secrets behind its primordial beauty. Thalia - Tally - Ramsey has grown up barefoot, wild and free on the island purchased by her maternal grandfather. It is a paradise with two faces: an idyllic honeymoon resort for the rich and famous...