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Nico D'Argento has a pirate problem in the Adriatic that is only getting worse. As a general in Venice's navy, he should be above petty vendettas, but the Pirate King has robbed one ship too many, and now Nico is out for blood. Sophia Osara wants what any Pirate King wants, to roam the seas, get a pile of booty, and harass the navy any chance she gets. She wants one prize above all, to capture Nico D'Argento and ransom the arrogant bastard back to the Republic for a premium price. Both get more than what they bargain for when Sophia captures Nico's ship.

Liz Madden has a storybook romance—high school sweethearts, second chances, and a happily-ever-after. But when she finds out that her husband cheated on her, she is forced to make the hard decision and walk away. Unable to reveal the betrayal to those closest to her, Liz instead takes refuge with her father and half-sister, Zoey. Zoey is nursing her own broken heart after a devastating end to her first love. But true to Reid-sister heritage, she's courting disaster with a no-strings-attached affair with her ex.

Things are finally going right for Ezra. She's living in Florence, and her skill with rare sigil magic is unbeatable. Everything was going fine . . . right up until a crazy cabal of magicians decide to drag her back to Venice. Not only is her new captors determined to sell golem soldiers to the Varangians, they want Ezra's magic to make it happen. To save herself, Ezra will have to swallow her own prejudices and go to the one person in Venice that could help her; The Djinn King of Wands, Zahir Matani.

When lies and betrayals are exposed, the perfect wedding becomes a nightmare in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of Last Night and The Shadow Box. Rhode Island’s picturesque Ocean House is the perfect setting for Kate Woodward and Conor...

In early twentieth-century Sicily, noblewoman Mimi Inglese, a talented painter, dreams of escaping the rigid expectations of her class by gaining admission to the Palermo Art Academy. But when she contracts tuberculosis, her ambitions are shattered. With the Sicilian nobility in decline, she and her family leave for New York City in search of a fresh start.

When Catherine Moran’s long-lost brother bequeaths her a boat in Key West, she’s not sure what hurts more: his death or the decades they’ve been estranged. The fifty-seven-year-old thinks this could be the answer to her financial strain since putting their mother in a memory care facility, but when she arrives on the island, her bonanza is a bust. The boat is a dilapidated trawler supposedly once owned by Ernest Hemingway, and a handsome buddy of her brother is living onboard but refuses to jump ship.

A Girl, a Ranch, and a Rodeo is a classic fish out of water story about what happens when a spoiled girl from California joins the Pendleton Ranch in the beautiful Sandhills of Nebraska. And though Katie Plumb’s experience of the ranching life is initially quite rough, she eventually rises to the challenge and learns valuable lessons along the way.

Chicago, 1898. Rough-around-the-edges Harriet Morrow has long been drawn to the idea of whizzing around the city on her bicycle as a professional detective, solving crimes for a living without having to take a husband. Just twenty-one with a younger brother to support, she seizes the chance when the prestigious Prescott Agency hires her as its first woman operative. The move sparks controversy—with skeptical male colleagues, a high-strung office secretary, and her boss, Mr. Theodore Prescott, all waiting for her to unravel under the pressure . . .

Cristina Martino is 28 and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles. What is at first a digital detox becomes an act of self-effacement: Cristina deprives herself of words, then gestures, then disappears altogether, sparking a growing "silent revolution."

Back from leave after her first closed case, Cassidy Clarke returns to the LAPD, ready to dig in. This time, homeless teens are disappearing. And it’s not because of social reform—they’re being targeted. Cassidy follows a lead to a charismatic grad student who leans on his charm and vast resources to lure vulnerable kids under his wing. But when the people who could expose him start turning up dead, she abruptly switches focus, racing to protect his potential victims instead.

Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer’s life and work. With the rigorous research of a scholar and the eloquent prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumann’s nineteenth-century...

Psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi just wanted a quiet day of fly fishing. Instead, she got a bullet—and a blood-soaked chase through the trees. With nothing but instinct to guide her, Mo is forced to survive the night in a forest that seems determined to finish her off. Miles away, Kate Callahan receives a garbled, desperate call from Mo. With law enforcement dragging their boots and the sun sinking fast, Kate follows her gut and brings along her grandson Gus, a teen with demons of his own and a deep bond to the woods.

Rancher Kate Dunnigan has always believed in hard justice. But when her pregnant daughter, Emma Lee, is accused of killing her husband and disappears, Kate's world implodes. Emma Lee is desperate, traumatized, and on the run. And the more Kate digs into her son-in-law’s death, the more dirt she uncovers: betrayal, festering grudges, and a brutal history someone will kill to keep buried.

Ava Brentwood, time of death, 10:03 p.m. Her death was quickly ruled a suicide. The case closes, shrouded in silence, even as her mother and stepfather vanish under mysterious circumstances. Allison, Ava's estranged half-sister, feels the pull of secrets buried within the Brentwood legacy. As she battles her own demons, questions swirl about Ava's untimely death and the staggering three-hundred-million inheritance she received prior to her passing. Drawn to the abandoned house on Kenilworth, Allison sifts through Ava's forgotten possessions, desperate for clues.

In a future ravaged by fire and drought, two climate refugees ride their motorcycles across the wasteland of the western US, and stumble upon an old silver mine. Descending into the cool darkness of the caved-in tunnels in desperate search of water, the two women find Lavinia Cain’s diary, a settler in search of prosperity who brought her family to Nevada in the late 1860s.

Chicago, 1898. In the midst of the Progressive Era, twenty-one-year-old junior detective Harriet Morrow is determined to prove she's more than a lucky hire as the Prescott Agency's first woman operative. But her latest challenge—a murder case steeped in scandal—could become a deadly setback....

It’s been the year from hell for Jessica Williams. Her cheating husband not only bankrupted them—he’s been indicted. Now the rat bastard has disappeared. Thank God for Nana. Jess couldn’t survive without the old woman’s wisdom and brutal honesty. But when her beloved Nana is arrested and held responsible for the largest mass murder in Calaveras County history, Jess suspects her husband may be one of Nana’s latest victims. Nana, the jail’s oldest inmate, is also its only suspected serial killer. With Nana's life hanging by a thread, she’s granted deathbed visitation—and Jess demands the truth.