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Mona and Duncan used to be best friends. Now they can’t stand each other. Too bad that’s not a good enough excuse to miss their two families’ annual trip to the cabin. But things get really complicated when they accidentally drive through a wormhole together on the way. Look what playing nice and carpooling gets you. Now they’re stranded indoors by an epic storm and stuck in an alternate timeline where things are just slightly ... off.

Ten years as an assassin did not prepare me for customer service.Once I was called the strongest fire elemental in a generation. All that got me was sentenced to serve as a supernatural assassin for a crime I didn’t commit. Now that my name’s been cleared, the powers-that-be cut me loose...

In 1992, at the dawn of the age of technology, disgraced ex-game show host Manny di Martini schemes for a comeback with a deep-sea television special in the South Pacific. He quickly finds himself in over his head, attracting the attention of a cosmic being who will lead Manny to a television broadcast event much bigger than the entire planet bargained for: evidence of a slumbering alien in a ruined city at the bottom of the ocean. One look at the monster on TV, and humans collectively freak out.

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.

The Psychology of Human Behavior is written in a way that answers all such queries, along with multiple others. The best part is that the writing style of the book is so practical that the listeners will be able to learn a lot of things instantly.

Ellis Coldwater is a pretty easy-going bank robber. Wendy Larkin is a pretty woman—a little shy, a little nervous, and a little married. What happens when these two get together “on the job”? Whose recipe for living life will lead to the most happiness, the most laughter, and the least amount of jail time? Our tale jumps in immediately as this novel adroitly rolls up its sleeve to expose the funny bone of crime, love, right, wrong, the pursuit of money, happiness, the vagaries of humanity that gives life meaning.

He broke his promise of forever. Now he's the one standing between her and danger. Millie Anderson learned the hard way that love comes with consequences. After years of abuse at the hands of her controlling ex-husband, she's finally free—but not safe. With nowhere else to turn, she flees to...

Janine Driver was trained as a lie detection expert for the ATF, FBI, and the CIA and is a New York Times bestselling author (You Say More Than You Think). Now she makes a powerful and incontrovertible declaration: You Can’t Lie to Me. Driver—who is known in professional circles as “the...

A collection of sixteen remarkable short stories for aspiring teen activists centered on the climate crisis, highlighting how small actions can make Earth sustainable against climate change. Young adult powerhouse authors such as Erin Entrada Kelly and Jeff Zentner come together in this...

The last 60 years of dietary advice, warning women to avoid fat, have actually worsened women’s health. If you’re approaching menopause, in menopause, or are interested in improving your health naturally, here is a book that explains the history of menopause, the evolutionary benefits of this life event, and how to eat the right foods to help you enjoy what should be the longest and most fulfilling part of your life.

Fish in a Tree meets Fighting Words in J. S. Lemon’s middle grade debut, a fiercely original story about friendship, healing, and the beauty of transformation. “What new classics should look like. A strange and beautiful tale . . . This story will spark important discussions.” —Newbery...

Sleep-deprived moms and dads take note: The two women who help Hollywood's A-listers get their ZZZs share their no-fail, family-friendly solution to get any baby, toddler, or preschooler to sleep—usually within less than five nights. Pioneers in children's behavioral sleep, Jen and Jill give...

The LA comedy scene is all about killing on stage, but after her toxic ex is murdered, PJ's standup career is on the line, in this debut thriller. Standup comic PJ Jones is going places. She recently secured a spot at a prestigious comedy festival, an opportunity that could be just the catalyst...

Megan Foley knows she saw the little boy. So why does everyone at the perfect seaside house insist he never existed? The house was perfect. That was its first lie. When Megan and her husband Patrick accept an invitation to spend the summer at a luxurious house share in Stone Beach, Connecticut...

Lou Thatcher is haunted by ghostsfriendly ghostsbut when she finds herself involved in a murder investigation, shes in for the fright of a lifetime in this cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Ellen Byron. Tallulah Lou Thatcher has a gift: she can see dead people. But in New...

Kate and Boone have found their rhythm. Mostly. They’ve settled into Franklin County, and it’s almost perfect. She and Tom are figuring things out. Kind of. Work is going well. Things have been calmer since the welfare check last spring. Now they’re getting a string of burglaries. CAD call...

Honor & Other Inconveniences She was trained for war. No one prepared her for love. Tess Caputo is sunlight through shrapnel—battle-scarred, brilliant, chaotic, potty-mouthed and adjusting to her new life on Civvy Street, awaiting medical discharge. A former Royal Navy Commander turned temp executive assistant, she thought she’d buried her past for good. But when her billionaire boss becomes the target of a corporate betrayal, Tess finds herself back in the fight. Conrad Barron isn’t just handsome and clever—he’s her boss. And the only man who sees her clearly.

Avery Stone will do anything to have the family she didn't have growing up—even marry a man she doesn't love. Or at least that was the plan until she woke up on her wedding day with feet so cold she might as well name them Elsa…from Frozen, get it? After asking her deceased Grammy for a sign that she is doing the right thing, she receives a news alert on her phone announcing the newest cast member of Fairytale Love, who just happens to be the man she shared the best two weeks of her life with five years earlier and who she's loved and pined after ever since. 

And She Was Never the Same Again is about you. It is about your family and your friends, everyone you've ever met, and all the strangers you have yet to meet. It takes you on a journey of gains and losses that stretch generations, cultures, identities, and decades of time. It awakens you to the inevitable and makes you look at things most people want to avoid seeing. It explores near-death experiences; medical, individual, and intergenerational trauma; the stigmatized death of a partner; perfectionism; athletics.

A cunning Thief. A rebel general. One deadly game of revenge. After being spared execution by a mysterious masked handler—who both infuriates and mesmerizes her—Ines de la Vega is thrust into a world of rebellion and winged warriors. Her mission is simple: to score the biggest payday of her...