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A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

American Emily Jackson has been in love with her best friend's oldest sister Savannah for as long as she can remember. Which is why a family wedding in far-off Scotland is a dream come true. A week trapped in the Highlands with Savannah is exactly what she needs to prove that they belong together.

Auggie is starting his first year at Wroxall College. It’s a punishment, and he’s determined to make his way through the year, prove himself, and earn the right to go back home. Theo is a grad student recovering from a terrible car accident. He’s lost his husband and their daughter, and he’s trying to figure out how to keep going. When both are tangled up in a murder, though, they have to set their personal problems aside and work together — first to clear their names, and then, when the killer turns his attention on them, to survive.

Als der Schriftsteller Manuel Ortigosa erfährt, dass sein Mann Álvaro bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen ist, eilt er sofort nach Galicien. Die dortige Polizei ist auffallend schnell dabei, die Akte zu schließen. Manuel muss feststellen, dass Álvaro ihn seit Jahren getäuscht und ein Doppelleben geführt hat. Doch was suchte Álvaro in jener Nacht auf einer einsamen Landstraße? Zusammen mit einem eigensinnigen Polizisten der Guardia Civil und Álvaros Beichtvater stellt Manuel Nachforschungen an.

The court orders brilliant Defense Attorney Mandy Kincaid to handle the death-penalty appeal of Lisa Mercer, a woman accused of killing her three small children. Mandy uncovers evidence that proves the woman is innocent. Mandy’s biggest problem is that Lisa insists that she did murder her children. Femme fatale Jordon Kiser is the owner of the top private-investigation firm in town. Mandy hires her to uncover the truth about the deaths of the children.

My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog is a novel told in 15 stories, linked by the same protagonist, our narrator, who - in her own voice and channeling the voices of others - creates an unsparing, multigenerational portrait of her native Cuba.

Im Wald ist immer etwas los! Der kleine Siebenschläfer und seine Freunde erleben jeden Tag neue Abenteuer: Sie entdecken spannende Berufe, helfen einander, wachsen über sich hinaus und lernen, dass Zusammenhalt und Freundschaft das Wichtigste sind. Ob als lustige Gutenachtgeschichte, Mutmachgeschichte oder einfach zum gemeinsamen Kuscheln – die fantasievollen Vorlesegeschichten bringen Kinder zum Lachen, Träumen und Nachdenken.

Terra has accepted she’s always going to be living a lie as a shapeshifter amongst humans. When a deal too good to be true turns sour, she makes it her mission to come clean to her closest friend, Anabell, before it’s too late.

Reminiscent of Hello Beautiful and The Lying Life of Adults, this powerful narrative delves into social changes from 1970 to 2000 and captures a woman’s journey in a pre-#MeToo era via the tale of a mother who returns to her hometown to face the perpetrator of her childhood abuse. When a young girl feels complicit in her own abuse, how does that thwart her attempts to build a happy life as an adult woman? When disturbing memories begin to surface, Marti returns to the small Vermont town she ran away from thirty years ago to face her demons.

Lise’s father is dead, and the life of plenty and freedom that she has known as the daughter of the King’s Huntsman is gone. She must now live a life of duty to her mother and sisters, helping them to cope in their altered circumstances. But where her mother would have her wed a childhood friend to secure their future, Lise knows that is not what she longs for.

Los Angeles lawyer Lena Antinori has dedicated her career to fighting discrimination, including for the LGBTQ community, but her own family's secret haunts her. At thirteen years old, she made the startling discovery that her father, Frank, was gay and her mother, Teresa, knew. Fearing social stigma, Teresa instituted a code of silence meant to protect their Italian Catholic family—a code Lena adhered to for decades. Now, Frank plans to marry his partner, and he wants Lena to help plan the wedding.

Als der Schriftsteller Manuel Ortigosa erfährt, dass sein Mann Álvaro bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen ist, eilt er sofort nach Galicien. Die dortige Polizei ist auffallend schnell dabei, die Akte zu schließen. Manuel muss feststellen, dass Álvaro ihn seit Jahren getäuscht und ein Doppelleben geführt hat. Doch was suchte Álvaro in jener Nacht auf einer einsamen Landstraße? Zusammen mit einem eigensinnigen Polizisten der Guardia Civil und Álvaros Beichtvater stellt Manuel Nachforschungen an.

In this collection of short essays, Maine humor icon Tim Sample shares some of the quirkier aspects of growing up and living in Maine. Along the way he offers listeners a behind the scenes glimpse into his long career in the entertainment business. Sample waxes poignant—recalling old friends...

Joe Market makes his living by panhandling cars while he tries to suppress trauma. On her 80th birthday, Alice awaits a visit from her daughter. Karen's mother expects her to give up her life to care for her. As a hospice patient, Jane struggles to leave a legacy. Two women struggle with hearing child abuse in a neighbour's apartment. In each story, the characters grapple with a problem that can haunt them or provide salvation.

Why I Was Late fuses text with performance, bringing a transmasculine wisdom, humor, and experience to bear upon tailgates, spaceships, and wrestling rings. Fierce, tender, convention re-inventing—Petch works hard. And whether it’s as a film union lighting technician, a hospital bed allocator, a Toronto hot dog vendor, or a performer/player of the musical saw, the work is survival. Heroes are found in unexpected places, elevated by both large and small gestures of kindness, accountability and acceptance.

Lifelong best friends, Danita and Lynette, are torn apart when unspoken love leads to an unthinkable confessions—and an irreversible betrayal. Torn between Danita's marriage to her unfaithful husband and her hidden feelings, Lynette faces a devastating decision that sparks a chain of deadly events. As shocking truths come to light, love and loyalty unravel into obsession and murder. In the aftermath, a surviving witness holds the key to the ultimate twist of fate.

The journey back to faith is one tale many LGBTQ people don't live to tell. This girl did. Inspired by a true story. Just in high school, Jenny is dating a popular football player when she falls in love with a girl from math class. The child of a minister and suffering the impact of her family's divorce and alcoholism, these new feelings further complicate an already difficult adolescence. Jenny turns to alcohol and promiscuity for relief - until she has exhausted the hope that living that way might heal any of her pain.

Brandon tells his wife, Ellie, that he wants more from her in the bedroom. It turns into a big fight, and Brandon assumes he’s going to spend the next week sleeping on the couch. So he’s surprised when Ellie initiates some intimacy… and she throws a finger into the mix, putting it somewhere it’s never been before. It feels weird, but not unpleasant. Maybe Brandon even likes it. So he lets her do it again the next night, and the next.

A través de una serie de encuentros con personas que fueron parte de su pasado, el narrador de Los hombres que no fui se enfrenta a su memoria, a sus decisiones y a las derivas que ha tomado su vida, dando paso al retrato de "un mundo de formas bellas, tiránicas e infructuosas, de reglas inculcadas que podían llegar a ser mortales".

When Dylan agreed to take a trip with his mom to a South Carolina campground, he wasn't expecting much - until he met Sam, the lifeguard at the indoor pool. From that moment on, Dylan and Sam are thrust into a roller coaster of self-discovery. For them, even life's most ordinary moments - brushing one's teeth, playing a game of basketball, watching the sky - become precious. Sam's Story is a poetic and heart-melting listen.