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One girls’ trip. One push from a cliff. One betrayal she never saw coming. For Quinn, the trip should have been simple—laughter, memories, and a chance to reconnect with her four closest college friends. But when she’s shoved from a cliff overlooking the ocean, everything changes...

Bayla, Heaven's Soul Collector, has been given two tasks; make sure the earthquake happens according to plan, and also make certain Gray Ellison, a teenaged human, survives. Bayla has a perfect record for completing missions; so, when another angel is added into the mix, she begins to question the Head Council's faith in her. Just as she is getting used to working with Hadraniel, her unasked for back-up, she has to face another hurdle. When Declan shows up with the mission to make sure Gray doesn't survive the earthquake, he starts to challenge all of Bayla's beliefs and plans.

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. “A gripping, fascinating read.” —Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of...

Seeking a high profile case to jet-fuel her career and striving to strike a blow for justice, attorney Laura Tobias sets out to clear a man she believes was wrongfully imprisoned for murder, ten years before. The young lawyer, a rising star with the Council Against Wrongful Convictions, is the last hope for inmate Eddie Nash, serving life without parole at the infamous Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.

Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional theatrical production in the United States and explores labor practices that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable. In this book, Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin investigate the question of artmaking, specifically theatrical production, as work.

Eleven-year-old Bevvy spends her time avoiding other kids, playing with her neighbor’s kittens, and escaping into her fantasy novels. When new girl Cat arrives at school, Bevvy thinks she may finally have found a friend, until Cat provokes Bevvy’s worst tormentor and leaves her alone to deal with the consequences. Later, on Bevvy’s doorstep, Cat’s apology is cut short when a car with dark windows rolls up. Bolting into a nearby wood with Bevvy in tow, Cat proceeds to open a hole, in the air, just in time.

Something has been awakened high in lunar orbit. It doesn’t sleep or rest and won’t stop until it has total control. When the power fails on the Okami-13 asteroid mining vessel, it will be up to Dr. Ira Onyx and her team to figure out how to get home safely before it takes over. Run, hide, evade; it is inescapable; it has chosen you; fear is your only hope to survive, becoming its prey.

Angela Smothers has lived through the kind of darkness most people don’t come back from — addiction, abuse, heartbreak, and rock bottom moments that could’ve ended it all. But through faith, grit, and a love that never gave up on her, she found her way back to life... and then some. In A Bright Future, Angela opens the door to her past with raw honesty and soul-deep wisdom. Part memoir, part motivational guide, this book walks listeners through the wreckage — and then shows them how to rebuild.

Mary Bennet and Margaret Dashwood, the youngest sisters of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, were women of surpassing intelligence and strength of character. Mary joins forces with the nascent abolition movement in collaboration with the underappreciated William Collins. Under the pen name of Joseph Weatherstone, they create together a philosophic giant who advances the cause. Margaret with her minder Jane seizes her wanderlust and escapes from cold gray England for the warm, spice filled air of the Caribbean.

In a room up in the sky made of light. Read and dream. Think of heavenly things. There is a place where souls wait before they go on the adventure of the great life. Learn about John, Ben, Anthony, Sally, Jen, Bess, Russ, and Kin’s time with The Holding Place. Listen about their fun, trials, and great times. Then, imagine, and seek the life you dream to find.

A blissful carefree summer beckons for Samantha Carmichael. But her world is turned on its head when she learns she's adopted – and that she has a twin sister, Charlie, who is critically ill. While Charlie recovers in hospital, Sam offers to look after Brumby's Run, her sister's home high in the Victorian Alps. Within days city girl Sam finds herself breaking brumbies and running cattle with the help of handsome neighbour Drew Chandler, her sister's erstwhile boyfriend. A daunting challenge soon becomes a wholehearted tree change as Sam begins to fall in love with Brumby's Run – and with Drew.

Helen lives in her father's Model T in the harsh Nevada desert, surrounded by thousands of desperate souls trying to endure the hardships of the Great Depression. When her father dies while working on the Hoover Dam diversion tunnels, she finds herself alone. In this unforgiving landscape where marriage, prostitution, and starvation seem to be her only viable choices, Helen is determined to defy society's expectations of a young woman and create her own American dream. She relies on her resourcefulness to survive, but soon realizes she can't go it alone.

As a television reporter and double amputee, Odelle is used to having to prove herself. But fighting against the physical incarnation of evil for the fate of the world certainly raises the stakes.

Hazel Lane is ready to date again. After finding her boyfriend cheating on her a year ago and thus severing her last ties to LA, she moved across the country to be closer to friends and family. While she pieced her life back together, dating was the furthest thing from her mind. But now she's ready to jump back into the shark-infested dating world again. And to avoid bad dates with men who think Crocs are acceptable footwear or guys who like to talk about their exes a little too much, she has a plan. She's going to ask her best friend, Alex, to set her up, and she will return the favor.

Unlucky-in-love zoologist Zoe King has had enough of Sydney. Seeking a fresh start, she moves to the small sugar town of Kiawa to take up an exciting new role in marine science. She is charmed by the region’s beauty – by its rivers and rainforests. By its vast cane fields, sweeping from the foothills down to the rocky coral coast. Her work at the Reef Centre provides all the passion she needs, and Zoe finds a friend in Bridget, the centre’s director. The last thing she expects is to fall for her boss’s boyfriend, cane king Quinn Cooper.

It's been just over a year since Sarah, Hannah, and West made it through the epic funhouse that changed their lives forever. Since then, the three best friends have been working for Mr. William Taters, the owner of that very funhouse, renamed The Delta Game, and completing every challenging escape room they can. But then a strange invitation shows up from the ominous and cryptic owner of a new funhouse―The Mystery Mansion.

A young woman stumbles onto an outback road at night, and is caught in the headlights of an approaching car. Who is she? Nobody knows, and she has lost the ability to speak. She is rushed to hospital and then exposed to the glare of the TV cameras. This is how the story of the Unknown Woman begins, setting off a media firestorm that catches the eye of Angie, a freelance journalist and childhood friend of Bev, the police inspector in charge of identifying Jane, as the Unknown Woman is dubbed, and tracking down her assailant.

Screw the expectations. You can live a life that is bigger than the little boxes others have tried to put you in. In a world that tells you no, Whatever the Hell You Want is telling you yes. Through personal stories and insights from their international podcast series, The Breakout, Keri Ohlrich, PhD, and Kelly Guenther bring their twenty-plus years of coaching and corporate-change expertise to help you redefine what you want in your life—outside the expectations that have been placed on you by your parents, partners, society, and even yourself.

A family drama with a speculative twist about three siblings and one beastly surprise, from the New York Times bestselling author “Weird, witty, and totally delightful, with echoes of Schitt’s Creek but with more teeth! I loved it.” —Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals and The...