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Evan has spent the last decade trying to forget senior year—the panic when Faith Flynn disappeared, the lies she told the police, the secrets she still plans to take to her grave. After graduation, she couldn't move away fast enough, but divorce has forced her back to her dreary hometown. As if living with her parents at almost thirty isn't punishment enough, she's welcomed home with messages from Faith. Or, at least, someone claiming to be her. Fiona has been receiving similar messages from Faith, her twin, the one everyone believes she murdered in cold blood.

On her way to becoming a senior partner at a prestigious law firm, Vanessa Hutchins has a strange vision that changes her life forever. On deep impulse, she ditches her career, purchases a house sight unseen, and flees the big city in search of a more fulfilling life. When she opens the door to her new small-town home, she’s greeted by a massive hoard three decades in the making. Left with no choice, she begins the great purge and soon reveals a horrific truth.

In the mid-1800s, at the encouragement of a dear friend, Emily Dickinson began writing poetry. Fewer than 12 of her poems were published while she was alive. The hundreds of poems for which Emily is known and celebrated today were almost lost at the hands of her sister, who was only fulfilling her dying sibling's wish.

When refugee Guyen arrives in the land of his enemy, he knows he will fight, but soon falls down a well of wonder and improbability as a mysterious power invades him. And when his brother falls ill to the same deadly force, he will only save him if he can master his newfound abilities.

Lead Council member Christoph is dead by Elyse's hand, and Descendants have begun to emerge, exposing their secret to the world. Some see this as the prophecy come to fruition, but the prophecy caries a heavy consequence. It was never meant to be as peaceful as most had hoped. Humans and Descendants struggle to live together in a world that isn't ready for such a change. Those who glorify the supernatural race believe Descendants truly are the gods they claim relation to.

Uprising continues the story of Elyse, William and the descendants. Elyse has been in hiding for most of her life. Only now she's hiding with William, and she knows who she's hiding from. The Council want a child Elyse and William have yet to conceive, a child who will be the next oracle, and who will provide the final piece to a plan Christoph has been organizing for years.

Edmund unexpectedly tumbles back to his old life in 1601 London, where Shakespeare's company reigns and lords in ruffs conspire against the aging and childless Queen Elizabeth. Edmund's 21st-century wife Halley may be a little under the weather, but she won't let pregnancy and a sore throat keep her from rescuing her husband.

When DaVinci's younger sister Kahlo visits the Bahamas with friends, Kahlo thinks her host Jules Khan is a grumpy misanthrope. But when he offers her the chance to visit her idol the painter Maxfield Parrish in the past, Kahlo jumps at the opportunity, despite threats from Jules’s murderously jealous girlfriend. Soon Jules and Kahlo are obliged to join forces on a trip gone awry, and Kahlo begins to see Jules as someone capable of helping her become her best self—as long as Jules’s girlfriend doesn’t kill her first.

A girl on the cusp of womanhood, Amarys of Rensweald wants to live without limits. Three generations have passed since the knight LeMerle carved out his realm, and legends of his atrocities during the Norman Conquest have grown in the years between. When his castle becomes Amarys' home, LeMerle's dark presence begins haunting and tempting her. Amarys struggles to make the right choices, but when love gnashes her, she craves only revenge.

I dream of waking up and being someone else - my hair, my eyes, even my voice, completely different - and each time I go to the mirror to check my reflection, to see what I look like, I’m her. Every time. Her. It’s her reflection that stares back at me, but I’m the one who controls it. I’m in control, and that’s exactly why it feels so good. I control her and what happens to me; I control both lives - mine and hers - and I have what I want the most: her looks, her status, her marriage. There’s nothing left of me, and only I know the secret.

In this short story prequel to Paws and Puzzles: Whiskey Dog Mystery #1, listeners discover how Sarah Carter decided to start her company, move to Cottageville, and most importantly, adopted a dog whom she named Whiskey.

A Western terrorist organization targets Muslims around the world, and FBI agent John Savas must put aside the loss of his son and work with a man who symbolizes all he has come to hate. Both are drawn into a race against time to stop the plot of an American bin Laden and prevent a global catastrophe.

In 1894, a mystical vision of an airship appears to 15-year-old Juanita. The ethereal captain commands her to prevent California’s thrown-away people - including young children - from boarding trains to an asylum. That institution’s director plots murder to reduce the inmate population. Yet to save innocent lives, Juanita must take lives of the corrupt. How can she reconcile her assignment with her belief in the sacredness of all human life? And will she survive to marry her betrothed?

Iskra is committed to following the rules—the rules that keep everyone safe. But when a savage outlaw rescues her from a gang of vicious bandits, she discovers that most of what she believes is a lie.

Daith Tocc has discovered some incredible things about herself while aboard the spaceship the Horizon: She is smart and charming and has psionic powers that allow her to sense emotions, melt physical objects, even heal or injure with a thought. The problem is, she doesn't have any memory of who she used to be.

Stephen, the King's only son, is bored and tired of the protected life he leads in the palace of the kingdom of Fairwind and decides to leave on an escape adventure. What follows is nothing that he expects, testing his very will to survive.

Until all is lost, nothing is found. Conclude the epic story of Ambra Dawn in the final installment of the trilogy. A story in which the one that was lost will be found. Where a thief will guide through chaos and time. Where all that was held dear will perish. And in that final and utter destruction - there will be a Creation.

Early aspirations of being an accomplished musician that I had held in my heart since childhood were not encouraged as academically attainable by those who would know....

Detective Sean Trann believed that no matter the case, he could always depend on his team. But the Spider murders have taken a turn that no one saw coming. Because of this, those around Sean have changed completely. One has given up. One lives in denial. One has been lost. One remains in hiding. And one has betrayed them all. A secret about the Spider killer has been revealed, but Sean is the only one who knows about it. With his team scattered and broken, who can he turn to with this damning knowledge? Or should he reveal the secret at all?

When the Weeper cries, men die, and that is the way it's been for years. However, Maera knows better, and she's determined to venture deep into the Weeper's territory and reclaim what is hers. Ember's dreams of bringing her metal man, Julian, to life have never come true...until one unexpected night. Now Julian must find a way to become human before his time runs out. Raselle's wish of returning home to her parents is nothing more than a child's dream. With her captor's spell heavy on her, she's nearly given up hope of ever leaving her tower.