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When thirty-year-old Lindsey, an English teacher from Boston who's been assigned to a tiny Japanese fishing town, is saved from drowning by a local young fisherman, she's drawn into a battle with a neighboring town that has high stakes for everyone-especially her.

When Emma Streat's rich, socialite godmother is threatened with blackmail, Emma becomes immersed in the dark world of cybercrime-and mounting dangers take her to exclusive places in Europe and contacts with the elite in financial and art collecting circles. Through passion and heartbreak, Emma must fight to save herself and bring a vicious criminal to justice.

Abigail Tarkana, de nueve años, tiene un problema: por fin le ha llegado la magia, pero es diferente... y ser diferente es un problema en la Academia Tarkana de Brujas. Junto a su amigo científico Hugo, se enfrentará a duendes, trasgos y vikens en una trepidante aventura para descubrir los secretos de su misteriosa magia.

After enduring a violent, abusive upbringing in 1970s Greensboro, North Carolina, two brothers end up on wildly dichotomous journeys-one a driven CEO, the other a homeless wanderer-yet ultimately, both must find the courage to leave the pain of the past behind and move away from judgment to love.

A woman initiates passionate sexual encounters with two articulate but bumbling and crass middle-aged men, but what she demands in return soon becomes untenable. A short time later she goes missing, prompting the county sheriff to open a murder investigation.

Finding out she's the daughter of Zeus is not what a foster kid like Phoebe Katz expected to hear from a talking statue of Athena. But when her beloved social worker is kidnapped, Phoebe and her two friends must travel back to ancient Greece and rescue him before she accidentally destroys Olympus.

Cancer has left Ella mute, but not powerless. When she finds herself in a parallel dimension, she must paint to communicate, fight alongside fearsome warrior-creatures, and-along with her mom, Tessa, and grandpa Archie-overcome the Wellsley family's past in order to ensure a future for everyone.

When Dani--one of many civilians living on the fringes to evade a war that's been raging between a faction of aliens and the remnants of Earth's military for decades--discovers that she's not human, her life is upended, and she's drawn into the very battle she's spent her whole life avoiding. avoiding.

In January 2014, Schiller's youngest child, 33-year-old Giana Natali, died of a heroin overdose. Now she presents this memoir about Giana's illness and death and its impact on her family as well as a close examination and critique of the treatment she received from health care practitioners while she was struggling to get well.

When novelist Mia Gladwell attempts to reinvent herself by moving into the house of a famous writer, she discovers that life there is not what she expected.

Now that she's passed her trial by fire, Skylar Southmartin has been entrusted with the ancient secrets of the Book of Sophia. Ahead is her greatest mission to date: a journey to the Underworld to restore a vital memory to the Akashic Library that will bring her face to face with the darkness within.

Sarah, a parson's young daughter and dedicated patriot, is sent to live with a rich Loyalist aunt in Philadelphia, where she is plunged into a world of intrigue and spies, her beauty attracts men, and she learns that love comes in many shapes and sizes.

In a desperate attempt to clear her conscience, Abby Gray lets five balloons float into the sky with her deepest secrets attached to them-only to have them end up strewn all over her middle school. This middle-grade twist on To All The Boys I've Loved Before is perfect for reluctant readers!

When an orphaned teen claims he's her biological father, Will Fletcher-a manic-depressant who's sworn to never be a parent again-must come to terms with his illness and his tragic past if he is to save her from the streets.

Search-and-rescue agent Amy and her telepathic dog, Lars, locate a missing scientist who is reported to have an Alzheimer's-like disease-only to discover that someone wants to steal his research for potentially ominous purposes.

Fortysomething Sam Hughes is at a crossroads-disillusioned professionally, stretched financially, strained in family life. As he teeters toward midlife crisis, a return to his midwestern roots and fortunate mishap give his start-up career one more chance?but also force him to choose between massive entrepreneurial success and his morals, friends, and family.

A coming-of-age YA novel about the daughter of a Pacific Northwest fisherman, whose presumed drowning in 1967 has her searching for answers, including whether or not he's really dead.

Nineteen-year-old Oliviäs life takes a turn when she receives an overseas call from a man she doesn¿t know is her father; her mother Rhonda, meanwhile, haunted by her sister¿s ghost, must face long-buried truths.

Margery Kraus, a trailblazing corporate and public affairs professional who became a mother at twenty-one, shares ten lessons from motherhood and leadership that enabled her to create, run, and grow a global company. Her inspiring story of crashing through barriers as she took on increasingly challenging opportunities will have women of all ages cheering.

The Egg Thief is an adventurous tale of boyhood set in 1920s Pennsylvania for children ages 4-8. When a stray dog steals Georgie¿s eggs, the two head out on an adventure to find more eggs.

As a handful of parents and their children face the all-important senior year of high school¿an intense time of change for the kids and their soon-to-be-empty-nest parents¿the cracks beneath the surface of their seemingly perfect lives begin to appear.