"An auto-fictional novel about the courage and resilience of motherhood as well as a window into the life of Bob Dylan at a peak moment of his creative output."--

"It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It's a seventeen-spot jump - was there a typo? The dorms need to be renovated, their sports teams always come in last place, and let's just say Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. On the other hand, the campus is exquisite, class sizes are small, and the dining hall is run by an acclaimed New York chef. And they do have fun--lots of parties and school dances, and a piano man plays in the student lounge every Monday night. But just as the rarefied air of Tiffin is suffused with self-congratulation, the wheels begin to turn - and then they fall off the bus. One by one, scandalous blind items begin to appear on phones across Tiffin's campus, thanks to a new app called Zip Zap, and nobody is safe. From Davi Banerjee, international influencer and resident queen bee, to Simone Bergeron, the new and surprisingly young history teacher, to Charley Hicks, a transfer student who seems determined not to fit in, to Cordelia Spooner, Admissions Director with a somewhat idiosyncratic methodology - everyone has something to hide. As if high school wasn't dramatic enough...As the year unfolds, bonds are forged and broken, secrets are shared and exposed, and the lives of Tiffin's students and staff are changed forever. The Academy is Elin Hilderbrand's fresh, buzzy take on boarding school life, and a thrilling new direction from one of America's most satisfying and popular storytellers."--Amazon

On the surface, Annie Powers's life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is happy and idyllic. Her husband, Gray, loves her; together, they dote on their beautiful young daughter, Victory. But the bubble surrounding Annie is pricked when she senses that the demons of her past have resurfaced and are now creeping up on her. These are demons she can't fully recall because of a highly dissociative state that allowed her to forget the tragic and violent episodes of her earlier life as Ophelia March and to start over, under the loving and protective eye of Gray, as Annie Powers. Disturbing events, the appearance of a familiar dark figure on the beach, the mysterious murder of her psychologist, trigger strange and confusing memories for Annie, who realizes she has to quickly piece them together before her past comes to claim her future and her daughter--Publisher

"Crooked Cross describes, through the eyes of one ordinary family, the Nazis' growth in power between December 1932 and August 1933. It is extraordinarily prescient, anticipating all the horrors they were about to inflict on the world, and in this respect it joins a small group of novels, PB no. 39 Manja and PB no. 136 The Oppermanns among them, which were written to try to alert the world to what was happening. The main focus of the novel is on disaffected German youth: it shows with great subtlety that by the early 1930s there was huge unemployment, and a corresponding feeling of futility, and that what the Nazis did so skilfully was to provide a sense of purpose. Crooked Cross is the best account we've read of why some young men who feel disaffected, lost or ignored turn towards authoritarian governments."--

"Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious lumber merchant, the village is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperous--but at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks' pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyeds--monsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistaken's founders made a deal with the mysterious Benevolence: the Warding Stones that surround the townwill keep the Bright-Eyeds out--and the town's citizens in. Anyone who spends a night within Miataken's borders belong to it forever. Greer, a mapmaker and eccentric dreamer, has always ached to explore the world outside, even though she knows she and her longtime love, Ellis Beaufort, will never see it. Until, on the day she and Ellis are meant to finally begin their lives together, Greer watches in horror as her beloved disappears beyond the Warding Stones, pursued by a monstrous creature. Swiftly realizing that the stories she was raised on might be more myth than fact, Greer figures out a way to escape Mistaken for the very first time. Determined to rescue Ellis, she begins a trek through the cold and pitiless wilderness. But Greer is being hunted, not only by the ruthless Bright-Eyeds but by the secret truths behind Mistaken's founding, as well as her own origins."--Provided by publisher

"It begins when two young boys discover the 100-year-old skeleton of a murdered man buried near the grounds of Belle Reve, a Greek revival style mansion built in the 1870s. As police investigate, strange occurrences and eerie sounds overtake the mansion--footsteps in empty hallways, slamming doors in empty rooms. Rachel Belmond, owner of Belle Reve, is petrified. Beautiful, and still young at 47, Rachel is also in failing health, her deteriorating condition baffling doctors. It's her niece, Nicole, who begins to suspect that something deadly has invaded the house. And it is Nicole who meets someone who might be able to find answers... As the incidents grow more intense, Rachel's niece, Nicole Belmond, begins to suspect that something otherworldly may have invaded the house. Lucas Devereaux is the owner of the Baton Rouge Youth Center where Nicole's teenage half-brother is serving a sentence for a juvenile crime. The attraction between Lucas and Nicole is instant. Hearing rumors that Lucas, a former priest, has the ability to deal with supernatural events, Nicole shares her worries about Belle Reve. But Lucas can't begin until he has more information. Fearing for Rachel's fragile health, trying to ignore their growing attraction, Nicole and Lucas work to find the link between the mysterious old bones and the terrifying events in the house that grow more ominous every day. Can Nicole and Lucas protect Rachel and stop the demonic forces that threaten the very existence of Belle Reve? Or is more happening than anyone can imagine?"--

"Rosetta wychowuje się na dziewiczych plażach wyspy Texel. Jej ojciec, rybak z dziada pradziada, traktuje dziewczynkę oschle i surowo, ale zawsze może ona liczyć na ciepło i zrozumienie ze strony troskliwej matki. W swojej kuchni Cosima uczy córki kreatywności i ciekawości świata. Życie rodziny Dussenów zmienia się jednak diametralnie, kiedy kuter ojca nie wraca do macierzystego portu. Pozbawiona środków do życia Cosima najmuje się jako gospodyni domowa w pięknej willi jednej z zamożnych mieszkanek nadmorskiego miasteczka. Załamana z powodu przeprowadzki Rosetta stroni od ludzi, najczęściej chowając się przed światem w lawendowym ogrodzie na tyłach domu. Nie podejrzewa nawet, iż przypadkowe spotkanie z pewnym rudowłosym chłopakiem sprawi, że rozkwitnie, odkrywając w sobie pasję do gotowania. Jednak ich rozpisana na symfonię aromatów i smaków znajomość wystawiona zostaje na próbę, kiedy Nikodem postanawia wrócić do Polski. W końcu dziewczyna, mimo obaw podążając za podszeptami serca, decyduje się wyruszyć w nieznane. U kresu podróży czekają na nią stęsknione ramiona ukochanego i jego zyskująca coraz większą popularność restauracja. Rosetta szybko uczy się egotycznej codzienności. Jej ulubionymi przyprawami stają się cząber i tymianek, ziołem - mięta, a marzeniem - serwowanie szczęścia przyprawionego ukochaną lawendą. Uwielbia się śmiać, łamać konwenanse, kocha masło i ludzi. Czy dzięki humorowi i ciepłu kobiety z dalekiej krainy restauracja, mimo przeciwności losu, pozostanie miejscem, do którego mieszkańcy miasteczka przychodzą nie tylko zjeść, ale również nakarmić duszę i uleczyć złamane serce? Jaki wpływ na toczące się sielsko i leniwie dni w Polsce będą miały sekrety z holenderskiej przeszłości? Jedno jest pewne - kuszący aromat lawendy, miłość i pasja będą w tej pełnej humoru, wzruszeń i rodzinnych perypetii opowieści sekretnymi składnikami idealnie skomponowanego życia."--Page 4 of cover

"Scotty Armstrong has spent the last twenty years running the town crematorium and keeping everyone and everything at arm's length. She lives life just the way she likes it, alone and unattached. All that changes when her late brother's best friend-and former love of her life- Ford Callahan, comes back into town and starts dredging up unwanted feelings she thought were ancient history. After being left a house potentially worth a small fortune, Scotty decides it's the break she's been waiting for. She'll renovate it, sell it, and move as far away from Ledger, North Carolina as she can get, leaving her past and the people in it behind her once and for all. But escaping the town proves to be harder than she'd hoped. When a disgruntled teen shows up on her steps, her best friend asks for a Thanksgiving favor, and Ford seems unable to take a hint, Scotty is forced to face all the feelings she hasn't for two decades. After new details of the past and present are brought to light, Scotty must decide if her happiness lies in a faraway town filled with strangers or with the people who know her best in the place she can't seem to escape."--

"A big-hearted novel of nostalgia and longing, and a poignant exploration of how we choose to love. Zuzu met her best friend Cash on the first day of college, and nothing was ever the same. Tall, witty, and popular, his friendship represented a kind of belonging for Zuzu, who had always felt like an outsider growing up mixed race in her rural hometown. Though their friendship was charged with longing, it never progressed to romance. Now approaching her forties, Zuzu has built a stable life with her wife Agnes, a steadfast and career-driven lawyer. Yet Zuzu is haunted by the choices that have shaped her: living with her mother instead of her father in childhood, pursuing law over art, and marrying Agnes while harboring complex feelings for Cash. When a sudden loss pulls Zuzu back to her hometown, the 'what ifs' in her mind become louder than ever, and she begins to unwind the turns that have led her here. Will she embrace the choices she's made, or risk everything for a chance to chase the past? A novel that speaks to unfulfilled desires and the euphoric nostalgia that's particular to the beginning of middle age, The Other Wife is as heartfelt as it is daring in its deep reckoning with the past and quest for true joy"--

"In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves "Bunny." An invitation to the Bunnies' Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with deadly and wondrous consequences. When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at the way they've been portrayed, kidnap her. Now a captive audience, it's her (and our) turn to hear the Bunnies' side of the story. One by one, they take turns holding the axe, and recount the birth throes of their unholy alliance, their discovery of their unusual creative powers--and the phantasmagoric adventure of conjuring their first creation. With a bound and gagged Sam, we embark on a wickedly intoxicating journey into the heart of dark academia: a fairy tale slasher that explores the wonder and horror of creation itself. Not to mention the transformative powers of love and friendship, Bunny"--

"Elijah Mendes was hoping for a more triumphant return to Chicago. His mother, Eve, is dying of cancer, his business flamed out, and he has nowhere else to go. So he returns to Chicago feeling listless and shattered, worried about how he's going to help his mother despite their chilly relationship. He finds some inspiration when he discovers that their family owns a Jewish cemetery and that a man he's never heard of, his great-uncle Solomon Kaplan, is buried in a plot there. With a new sense of purpose -- and an excuse to talk more deeply with his mother -- Elijah begins pursuing a family mystery of extraordinary proportions. Elijah discovers his grandfather Yitz, Eve's father, was a powerful gangster in the 1920s. She was ashamed and never spoke about him to Elijah. As secrets unravel, the past and present become intertwined, and Yitz's story forces Elijah and Eve to bond in ways they never have before and begin to accept each other, not as who they wish they were but as they both are. Kaplan's Plot is an astonishing balancing act between the ruthless and the tender, the superficial and the truth, by a writer with tremendous promise." --

"When young, beautiful Cassie Jensen arrives at the intensive care ward of St. Catherine's hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while out walking her dog, chief nurse Alice Marlowe thinks she looks familiar. She starts obsessively digging deeper into Cassie's relationships, only to discover a secret that her patient has been keeping from everyone, including her devoted husband and family. Frank, a patient on the same ward who has locked-in syndrome, can hear and see everything around him but cannot speak. Soon he comes to understand that Cassie's life is still in danger. While the police continue to look for clues, Frank knows the truth, but he's unable to communicate it. As Frank's resolve deepens, and Alice puts her own career on the line in her single-minded search for answers, the reader will get closer and closer to the truth of who Cassie Jensen was, and why she was out on the road that fateful night"--Dust jacket flap

"The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they've always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. They're blessed. At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the family--Dardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets; Maris's most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically; and Nora's job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didn't get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own"--

Meghan believes her husband Cole continues to cheat on her, while Cole professes his innocence, blaming Meghan's traumatic brain injury for her accusations and increasingly disturbing behavior

"Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands. It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for Gwen, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad. A chance meetingbrought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart.One year later, a stroke of fate has them living under the same roof, which makes everything between them downright messy. Because evenafter all this time, he's still the man Gwen thinks about when she falls asleep. The one she can't get over no matter how hard she tries"--