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When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a simple burglary turns into a nightmare for all involved. Emmett Burr has secrets he's been keeping in his basement for more than two decades, and he'll do anything to keep his past from being revealed. As he gets the upper hand on his tormentors, the lines blur between victim, abuser, and protector.

Tough and demanding LAPD Detective Kate Delafield is the leader of the investigation into a high-rise office building murder. The case is intriguing but routine - until Kate interviews the only witness, Ellen O'Neil. When Ellen O'Neil took her new job over the objections of her lover, she wasn't expecting to become embroiled in murder. The curiosity that Kate Delafield rouses is equally unexpected. But it is never far from Ellen's mind that she is merely a name on an interview sheet to the tight-lipped detective.

The year is 1995. Hugo Duchamp’s life is in turmoil. Bullied at school, abandoned by his parents, and living in the attic belonging to his rigid grandmother, the future appears bleak. And then everything changes. Over a long, hot summer, for the first time, Hugo falls in love with both a person and what will become the other passion in his life: the righting of wrongs. But it comes at a price and he finds himself in mortal danger. He must fight for his survival and for those he loves.

Leonard Quill, private investigator, never expected a case to walk through his door quite like this one, complete with murder, a frame job, blackmail, and powerful players, especially coming from a man with bright blue eyes behind his glasses, a crooked bow tie, and an impossible smile.

Panda and Mitzi Fowler, a married couple, and their best friends Valerie and Juniper are processing their recent discovery that magic is real. Elves! Fairies! Magical flying creatures! And Mitzi has magical powers she never knew about which she may have to employ when they take off for Peru to search for Panda's long-lost parents.

Mingo McCloud, Honolulu’s hottest - well, only - forensic accountant, has an amazing career working on the Hawaiian Islands’ high-profile criminal cases. Too bad, he can’t finesse his private life with the same panache. His chronic attraction to bad guys comes to a skidding halt, when he meets Francois Aumary, a former green beret, and man of many secrets. Meanwhile, a woman from his past is claiming they were once married; his mother's new beau thinks he’s the lost king....Mingo will do whatever it takes to have a happy life.

Marshall only wanted to help his friends, to undo the pain of the past, but a few moments of thoughtless action changed everything. Altered Realities is the tale of a changed world. All bets are off. Nothing is as it was, and what is to be is transformed, too. Mark, Taylor, Ethan, Nathan, Brendan, Casper, and nearly the entire cast of the Gay Youth Chronicles come together in a tapestry of tales as they all try to deal with the consequences of Marshall’s actions. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

A new home, a fresh start, a chance to do things right this time - and Shaw and North are determined to make it work. But the night of their housewarming party, things don’t go as planned. A reporter arrives, wanting to talk to North about his ex-husband, his father, and a criminal syndicate. No sooner have they gotten rid of her than another unwanted guest appears: a street boy named Nik, whom Shaw met months before, begging them to help him find his missing friend, Malorie. Meanwhile, North’s Uncle Ronnie is set on revenge, and his target this time is North’s father.

Vikki Victoria, Anfang 40, lebt als bekannte Künstlerin in der Nähe des Viktualienmarkts in München und ist ihres Lebens froh. Bis eines Morgens zu unchristlicher Zeit (vor 12 Uhr!) ein Anruf von ihrem Ex-Freund Wolf kommt: Der Toni, der Vikki jahrelang Morddrohungen geschickt hat, ist aus dem Gefängnis ausgebrochen. So muss sich die Vikki au-gen-blick-lich in Sicherheit bringen. Doch wohin? Natürlich in die alte Heimat, nach Übertreibling. Mit wehender Perücke und dem Motorradrocker Wolf an ihrer Seite beginnt für sie eine eine absurde Odyssee, bei der Vikki Victoria alle Register ziehen muss, um zu schützen, was sie liebt.

Theater professor Nicky Abbondanza is back at Treemeadow College, directing their Nutcracker Ballet co-starring his spouse, theatre professor Noah Oliver, their son, Taavi, and their best friend and department head, Martin Anderson. With muscular dance students and faculty in the cast, the Christmas tree on stage isn’t the only thing rising. When cast members drop faster than their loaded dance belts, Nicky and Noah will once again need to use their drama skills to figure out who is cracking the Nutcracker’s nuts, trapping the Mouse King, and being cavalier with the Cavalier.

Today’s high schools aren’t about books. They’re about texts, tweets, and social media postings…silly, gossip, and sometimes mean, until the random murder of a well-liked high school teacher. But is it random? Vinnie Briggs can’t find any explanation…except he notices links to other accidents among teachers, principals, and high school parents. He recruits a martial arts expert, Rita Light, to help the investigation. Vinnie seeks hard evidence; Rita her invented inventive yoga sex among the widowers. It works, except she falls in love with one of the parents.

The discovery of lost letters between Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, describing historical events that never happened, sends shockwaves through the academic world. Meanwhile, a citywide surveillance program is coming to New York, on a groundswell of dirty money and dead bodies. To hard-nosed Brooklyn reporter Nell Bluth, the two mysteries couldn't be more different - until she finds the missing link. A secret war is raging on the streets of New York. It's a battle to control the narrative of history itself, and the winner rewrites the world.

A thrill-seeker studies a language learned through close encounters with death. A flock of extinct birds haunt a grieving woman for reasons unknown. A boy participates in a public-access cannibal-cooking show to win his family's love. A couple panics when Mothman shows up to their slice of rural paradise with omens in tow. In his debut short story collection, Eric Raglin presents 16 queer and weird horror stories.

The Carters have always run the streets of Liverpool, but now there’s a new family in town who thinks it’s time to challenge the system. And when threats are made, both loyalty and money is at stake. Of course, the Carters will seek revenge, but first Grace and her boys must find out who is responsible. Being at the top of your game is tough, especially when your enemies—both old and new—want to take you down. Now it’s time for the fight of their lives. The only question is, who will win?

Cliff Baxter is approached with a dream job, but it means time away from the man he loves and the family he’s only just reconciled with. When opportunity knocks twice and another unexpected offer comes his way, he and Paul make a decision neither dreamed possible, changing their lives forever. Paul Monroe has everything he’s ever wanted - the man he loves, the respect of his coworkers...everything except the answer to his first murder investigation, the only case he’s never been able to solve. Who killed Ginny Sweeten?

Devin Murphy wants to leave his violent past with Piper Monroe and find a happier, calmer life; he can only accomplish this by being a key witness in a court case against the man. When two undercover officers try to take him to a safe house before the trial, Devin finds both men dead in a restaurant’s restroom and runs for his life. Molly Basset, owner of adult shop The Pleasure Hole, finds Devin on a park bench, crying. She gives him a job and helps him start a new life.

After Ace Wales has what could only be described as a mental breakdown, he is taken away for evaluation. Besides, the violence he displayed worries not only his family, but also child protective services. His removal from his home means that Banks Wales and Mason Louisville are forced to rehash their dark history, a past not entirely clear to Banks, who still suffers memory loss.

Emery Hazard and his husband, John-Henry Somerset, are settling into their new normal - at home, with the latest addition to their family, and at work, as Somers adapts to his new role and Hazard manages his expanding agency. The only thing Hazard is worried about is getting through dinner with his in-laws. When his father-in-law requests that Hazard and Somers join him for a weekend deer hunting, it sounds simple enough: Spend a night camping, give their foster son a chance to spend time with his friend, and prevent a parental kidnapping. But nothing is ever as simple as it sounds.

Dixon Penn has settled happily into his role as the go-to Scrivener to fix wonky Craftings. And his grown man-friend, Yuri Volnikov, is fitting in perfectly with the Penn family clan - and not just because the Seens he paints are brimming with magic. But Spellcraft has a way of keeping a guy on his toes! In a half-baked attempt to track down Spellcraft gone amok, Dixon and Yuri pull on their baking caps. Unfortunately, it takes more than a clever disguise to do the job.

Elizabeth Sims presents Book 6 in the Lillian Byrd Crime series.