'I picked up the book and thumbed through the pages. Names in alphabetical order, names with meanings, names I knew, names I'd never heard of. How to pick? Nothing that would stand out, nothing that would link me to the past - those were the instructions. The past. As if everything that had gone before this moment was buried already.'

An original and captivating book for young adults by Laura Jarrett, nominee of the Waterstones Children's

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How can you live with someone for so long and not know anything about them? It's not until Tremayne Bancroft lies dead in a cane field, and the police are asking embarrassing questions about him, that his wife realizes she knows nothing of her husband's background, his family, or anything else about him. Join her in her quest to uncover the truth, and perhaps come to know the man she married. This undertaking causes her, to reflect on her own life,...

"London, 1593. Sixteen-year-old Will Hughes is busy working on Shakespeare's stage, stuffing his corsets with straw and pretending to be someone else. Offstage, he's playing a part, too. The son of traitors, Will is desperate to keep his identity secret--or risk being killed in the bloody queen's imperial schemes. All he wants is to lay low until he earns enough coin to return to his family. But when his mentor, the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe,...

"From # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret"--

"A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London's most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance-including marrying perfect, proper Lady Penelope Marbury. A broken engagement and years of disappointing courtships have left Penelope with little interest in a quiet, comfortable marriage, and a longing for something more. How lucky...

CRIME STORIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU UP LATE TONIGHT! Mind the blood, hide any weapons, and get an alibi. Murder is not for the faint of heart, nor is this collection of stories set in Eastern Washington. Join an array of characters as they struggle through the worst moments of their lives. A husband hides his wife's terrible crime. Two contract killers deliver a final punishment to a mob informant. A remorseful man is forced to share his prison cell...

This story was originally published in The Moorhead Friends Writing Group Anthology, "Tales of the Frozen North". Holly Frost has a problem. She can't make it snow in Innocent, Minnesota. As a descendant of Jack Frost, she should be natural, but something is very wrong. She needs help so she goes to Sheriff Andy Finn. Andy Finn is a grouchy, not-yet hibernating bear shifter. All he wants is for the snow to fly so he can get some sleep, but it's forty...

Ivy Nichols O'Reilly has grown up in a wealthy family full of magic, fantasy creatures, and emotional abuse-but when her narcissistic mother arranges an unwanted marriage for her, the young witch reaches her breaking point. She drops out of college, changes her name to Georgette, and flees across the country with her best friend, a Wood Nymph named Mei-Xing. Georgette is determined to build a new identity and a new life. But her journey leads her...

Chelsea and Melody have recently lost their father to cancer, and now their mother is found dead lying in her bed. It looks like murder. Detective Beebe Givens has to determine who would want to murder a music teacher and why. The suspects are few in the small town of Covington, but no one is talking. She is stymied at every turn. She enlists the help of the part-time coroner and funeral director, Jacob Heist. Together they unravel the mystery that...