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With Sam back with the group, it was time to start the journey to find her daughter. Packed with as much as they could carry, the group heads out, knowing what they’re about to face won’t be easy. But it isn’t long before things get even worse than they could have imagined. The road is impossibly long, and danger lurks around every corner.

FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past several days, or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also gotten hitched—something he vowed never to do.

Marina Iakovleva, author of Sex Before Coffee: A Guide to Dating in Scandinavia and creator of the popular YouTube channel Dating Beyond Borders, provides her own field-tested guidance, as well as insights from a roster of international interviewees, to walk you through the different stages of dating and romance in Scandinavia.

A novelist attempts to write a book about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, a mother and artist whose harrowing pregnancies reveal the cost of human reproduction. Soon, however, the novelist’s own painful experiences of pregnancy and childbirth, as well as her increasing awareness of larger threats from climate change to pandemic, force her to give up on the book and turn instead to writing a contemporary Frankenstein, based on the story of an old friend who mysteriously reappears in her life.

The plan: Joy is going to be the best bridesmaid ever for her college BFF Katie’s wedding. And to add to the fun, Katie is playing matchmaker! She’s sure Joy and handsome groomsman Tom are perfect for each other. Joy is so ready for a happily ever after of her own! The reality: Tom doesn’t seem the slightest bit interested in Joy. The wedding seems determined to be a disaster. And then there’s the fact that Joy keeps finding herself falling into bed with her friend Charlie. Oops.

The plan: Bridget brings über-hot Lucas as her date to her cousin Katie’s wedding. That way, no one will think she’s not over Katie marrying Bridget’s high school boyfriend, and she’ll prove to her family she’s not the emotional little girl they all called Bleeding Heart Bridie. The reality: Bridget loses her job. Lucas is a cheating bastard. And the only way she can convince her neighbor Adam to come with her last-minute is by agreeing to chauffeur him on his work trip en route to the wedding. The ruse? Pass Adam off as Lucas. The complication? Adam has a secret of his own.

The plan: Best friends Clio and Nicole take a fun road trip across Michigan to deliver the centerpieces to their friend Katie’s wedding, giving the groom’s cousin, August, a ride for the big day. Nicole planned everything, from borrowing her mom’s minivan to hotel accommodations, and the perfect amount of sightseeing along the way. The reality: Nicole is having emergency surgery, Clio overslept, her car is way smaller than a minivan, and August turns out to be super hot. The centerpieces? Enormous. The itinerary? Blurry at best. The chemistry with August? Unexpected.

After barely escaping with their lives, Mel and her friends make it safely to the island. Unfortunately, important members of their group weren’t with them. And what was worse, they soon find out, safety is only an illusion. If survival was a game, Mel was losing. Faced with an unexpected obstacle, they must find a way to escape, only to willingly walk back into the lion’s den to rescue those that were left behind. As Mel’s inner demons cause her to spiral further out of control, she will need to find a strength she’s never even known she’s possessed.

When billionaire Felix Worthington invites the five cast members of the TV show A Little Slice of Haven to recreate their roles twenty-five years later, they're initially skeptical. It's an unusual request, even for a self-professed superfan like Felix. For several of them, playing a member of the Barlow family in the small town of Haven in the 1940s was an experience best forgotten. But living in a recreated version of the town in a warehouse in Montana has its appeal. And the clincher? Two million dollars for each of them, provided they stay in character.

Vanished tells the stories of women and girls in upstate New York who are often overlooked or unseen. The characters range from an aging art professor whose students are uninterested in learning what she has to teach, to a young girl who becomes the victim of a cruel prank in a swimming pool, to a television producer who regrets allowing her coworkers into her mother’s bird-filled house to film a show about animal hoarding because it will reveal too much about her family and past. Humorous and empathetic, the collection exposes the adversity in each character’s life.

Sara is missing in the Cayman Islands. No one knows it. Except her abductors, of course. Beloved CIA heroine Jamie Austen is sent to Tampico, Mexico, to rescue four girls abducted on their senior class trips. Are the cases related? All of Jamie’s skills are tested as she must overcome the powerful drug warlord El Mata, his ruthless band of heavily armed killers, and a hurricane that’s bearing down on the Caribbean islands.

“One of Mexico’s greatest living writers,” wrote Jonathan Lethem in 2018, “we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.” In the years since, Rivera Garza’s work has received widespread recognition: she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant for fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Yet we have still only started to discover the full range of a writer who is at once an incisive voice on migration, borders, and violence against women, as well as a high stylist in the manner of Lispector or Duras.

Glo has been out of high school for three years but has remained friends with some of the high schoolers. Living in dysfunctional families—as she had while in high school—she has allowed them to spend time at her place, hoping they will miss some of the pitfalls that could prevent them from graduating high school. When their prospects for summer jobs crash, she takes them on an exploration hike through the woods that changes everything.

A major earthquake, followed by a mega-tsunami, might swamp Russia and China’s war on the United States. Suspected of collaborating with the enemy, Sierra Forester needs a safe place to hunker down until she can clear her name. Austin Martin might be able to help…or he might be the source of even greater problems. If he risks his life to protect her, can either survive?

In this smart, swoony, rom-com debut, two college exes find themselves battling against each other—and their unresolved feelings—for a spot in a prestigious literature Ph.D. program.

The factory was supposed to be the last safe haven left on Earth after an EMP catastrophe shut down power worldwide. But Melanie’s group isn’t the only one who wants it. A militia who are determined to capture Nate take over her base of operations, forcing Melanie, her family, and her friends to flee into the unforgiving wasteland.

My best friend’s that guy. You know the one. Popular. Quarterback. Trouble. And clueless about my deeper feelings for him. So I’m focused on my other love, running. I want to qualify for cross country nationals, and I don’t need to be distracted by Jace Wilder’s latest shenanigans. Good thing there's a new guy in town. Even better, Ryan Harding is a running star, and it seems I've caught his interest. I can handle long miles and hill sprints, but guys? That’s an entirely different challenge.

Continue this addicting, intense, and heartwarming sports romance series, including: Pep Talks, book 4, Pepped Up Forever, book 5, and Pepped Up and Wilder, book 6. New friendships, new teammates, and new athletic dreams await, along with plenty of unexpected obstacles, angst, and suspense.

When Gwen Hayward moves to the quaint town of Poplar Creek, she's too mired in post-divorce misery to meet the neighbors. That changes when she spots a little girl leaving an anonymous wish on the local bookstore's Christmas tree. Compelled to find the girl and fulfill the wish, Gwen enlists the aid of local business owner Lucky Gallagher. With the help of the townspeople, a lost dog, and some holiday magic, Gwen and Lucky may see more than one Christmas wish come true.

There were only a few things worse than the end of the world, and to Mel, one of those things was being followed by her insane ex-boyfriend. With Elijah still hunting Mel, there wasn’t much she and her companions could do other than lock themselves away and wait. When Elijah sends Mel a message that he’s still out there, they know they need to act before things get worse. But it isn’t just him they need to worry about. The other survivors will stop at nothing to get what they need to live. Now, the situation must be handled once and for all before they end up losing their lives.