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Poe Baxter has always wanted to go to Capetown, and when she hears that a rare book by a famous South African novelist has come on the market, she takes the opportunity to fly to the city. But as soon as she and her best friend Beattie begin researching the whereabouts of this supposed literary treasure, they come upon another mystery that takes their attention and puts them in peril.

TC's adventures continue. This time he decides to join a fighting tournament in Saramis, and it is not just a simple tournament. It is called a Five Star Tournament where the winner will be able to get a five star gold companion, Angel, as a prize. The reason sounds enticing but also suspicious. Having spent enough time learning about the local life, TC’s hunch tells him there is more to the tournament than everyone thinks. Strange rules and Angel’s Master’s unwillingness to see anyone until the winner is decided adds to the mystery.

Answering an inner call to seek the Truthseer, a youth questioning their gender identity flees from a joyless home and a shadowy past. The Truthseer, sought for her wisdom, questions her purpose and doubts her ability to truly assist those in need. As she tends her beehives with the companionship of a watchful goose, the bee magic warns of a growing disquiet in the Harmony. For all the help she’s shared, might she be the one most in need?

She thought she was just going to reminisce, enjoy the Northern Lights, and celebrate an author, but a murderer had other ideas.

Originally published in 1852, Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie, with contributions from her husband John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie, is a vibrant, humorous, and wry description of their arrival and life in the young country of Canada after their immigration in 1832 and settlement in the rugged backwoods of what is now Ontario - unimaginably difficult but also breathtakingly beautiful by turns.

He championed shooting deer inside the HOA’s nature sanctuary. Now his corpse is posed curbside, cradling a trophy deer head. The theatrical murder panics residents, and Ted Welch asks Kylee Kane, retired Coast Guard investigator, to help his HOA management firm calm fears. Kylee agrees. Her own mother is getting death threats over her crusade to protect the deer. When a belligerent owner in another HOA is murdered, terror reigns.

Alice's best friend has become horse-crazy - just as Alice realizes she's afraid of horses. Terrified of losing her friend, Alice is relieved to meet Freedom, Jani's young horse. She hopes that being around a foal will help her be around big horses. That night, Alice is in a terrible accident. Half the town goes out searching for her, and Jani and Penny join the horseback hunt. But how can they find Alice when Freedom runs off on wild goose chases? The young filly's strange history might mean she knows more than the average horse.

Never question a mother’s intuition. My water isn’t supposed to break while there’s a storm raging, when my husband isn’t on the island, and as the power flickers out. Darkness covers the cabin as I cling to my belly. I never imagined it happening like this. Trained as a midwife, I know I can deliver my daughter.

TC is a mysterious adventurer who suddenly awakes in a strange, new world. He meets a female elf in the forest who, despite being beautiful, attacks him and nearly takes his life. The encounter ends well and he manages to find his way out of the forest and reach the nearest city. Luck is on TC’s side at first, and a friendly innkeeper gives him advice on what to do next. It turns out, in order to survive in this world, he needs to have a female companion, otherwise TC won’t be able to get any jobs at the Guild.

Discover the secrets of three gripping mysteries in this thrilling collection of novellas. Each novella in this collection is a masterful blend of suspense, intrigue, and mystery that keeps you guessing until the end.

In the bustling industrial cities of Victorian America, soot clouds darken the skies, plaguing citizens with black lung. Rich or poor, young or old, no matter their station, no one is able to escape the life-threatening disease, and the West family is no exception.

At 31, Tricia Downing was in the best shape of her life. In the summer of 2000, Tricia, an avid cyclist, drove across the country for what amounted to 18 races in 23 days. She returned from her adventure to a fresh start: a new job awaited her, and determined to make the next summer the year she would make her mark on the world of cycling, she began a rigorous training strategy. But on September 17, 2000, Tricia Downing's life took a detour. While training on her bicycle, Tricia collided with a car that turned directly in her path, and instantly became paralyzed from the chest down.

The year is 2154. Kate Genet, a renowned geneticist, suddenly confronts the mysterious death of a bio-mod couple's newborn while visiting a maternity ward. The shock rattles her, awakening long forgotten memories and suppressed fears. Determined to figure out what actually happened, Kate is catapulted on a quixotic and dangerous adventure in a world where engineered harmony cannot eradicate basic human conflict.

As a first-generation Tefar, a seer, Wez witnesses his ancient adversary finally achieving the long-awaited triumph through his own hands.

Nicholas Nicastro revisits a haunting mystery that still fascinates a nation a century later. His masterly re-imagining of these tragic events sees beyond the prejudices that destroys families and taints small communities but corrodes civilization itself. Nicastro’s simple storytelling style with its kaleidoscopic perspectives is moving, beautiful, and profound.

Five years ago, Jo Harper did a bad thing. Dumped, injured, and in crippling debt, Jo did what any desperate woman with a PhD in psychology and above-average computer skills would: Become an elite, undetectable online romance scammer. Now Jo and her team of four young women bring in enough cash to keep them securely afloat. Their targets? Married cheaters.

A fiercely original debut from Leigh N. Gallagher, Who You Might Be takes readers from 1990s Southern California to a UFOlogist holdout in Nevada, the graffiti playground of Detroit, and a self-important New York art scene in an unflinching examination of how life’s most unexpected turns—and...

Her beloved city in dire straits after a bloody civil war, the spell-casting Lady Nyctasia is forced to seek alliance with a neighboring state. But the rumored marriage-treaty has loyal swordswoman Corson whetting her blade…matrimony being no proof against murder. Between NYC and the cloaked assassins stands only a tormented nobleman—whose enigmatic past bears close examination indeed.

Enjoying his day off, Deputy Brody Katz made the catch of his life while fishing in the South Platte River. The beaten woman had been shot and was on the brink of death by the time her body made it to the riverbank. When she wakes, she has no recollection of who she is, where she came from, or why someone tried to kill her.

With only her sorcerer’s powers and the swordswoman Corson to protect her, the Lady Nyctasia was forced to flee her beloved city of Rhostshyl. Solving riddles and casting spells, fighting pirates and helping escaped slaves, sword and sorcery have stood back-to-back dueling with adventure. But now, Nyc’s beloved city needs her. This is no street brawl, but a civil war, which Nyc must win...or all is lost!