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Schon lange sehnt sich die unkonventionelle Skyla nach Liebe und Stabilität und heiratet den verlässlichen Thomas. Bei seiner Familie im ländlichen Wisconsin lebt sie sich nach und nach in ihre neue Rolle als Ehefrau und Mutter ein, verspürt jedoch zunehmende Ruhelosigkeit. Trost und Freundschaft findet sie bei ihrer Nachbarin Roxanne, die mit ihren fünf Kindern - und Wunsch nach mehr - ein eher chaotisches Leben führt, aber auch ein Leben voller Lachen und Liebe.

Als die 29-jährige Lola Watson unerwartet ein gemütlich verwinkeltes Haus erbt, glaubt sie das kann nur der Höhepunkt eines hervorragenden Jahres sein. Das Leben ist perfekt, bis die Schnüffelei ihrer Nachbarn überhand nimmt, ein untröstlicher Highschool-Freund bei ihr zu Hause auf Dauer pennt, und ihre jüngere Schwester verkündet, dass sie heiraten wird... an Lolas 30. Geburtstag. Plötzlich ist Lola nicht mehr so scharf auf ihren neuen Alltag.

Für Marnie, Laverne und Rita ist das Leben nicht gerade so gelaufen, wie sie es sich erträumt hätten. Jede der Frauen wartet die Zeit ab und hofft auf etwas Besseres, etwas, das sie aus ihrem Stillstand befreit. Ganz anders Jazzy: sprudelnd vor Energie, immer positiv und fröhlich - obwohl sie die Stimmen von Verstorbenen hört. Der Zufall bringt die vier Frauen zusammen und führt sie auf einen gemeinsamen Road Trip nach Las Vegas, wo Marnie endlich ihren Ziehsohn Troy wiedersehen soll.

A year after the death of his wife, Christine, Dan is barely holding on. But one thing gets him through the long, lonely nights and that is his cherished dog, Anni. When she is stolen from his front yard, Dan and his daughter, Lindsay, are devastated. Meanwhile in another part of town, Andrea Keller is recovering from the heartbreak of a messy divorce. After she rescues a defenseless dog from an abusive tenant, her life changes in ways she never could have anticipated.

On a cold January night, Sharon Lemke heads outside to see a lunar eclipse when she notices something odd at the house behind her backyard. Through her neighbor's kitchen window, she sees what appears to be a little girl washing dishes late at night. But the Fleming family doesn't have a child that age, and even if they did, why would she be doing housework at this late hour?

Five years have passed since Angie Favorite’s mother, Laura, disappeared without a trace, and Angie still hasn’t recovered. Sure, things look normal on the surface — she goes to school, works her summer job, and argues with her older brother Jason — but she can’t shake the feeling her mother didn’t leave by choice. Angie’s dad does the best he can, but his work as a musician keeps him on the road and away from home, where it’s up to Angie’s grandmother to keep an eye on the kids. She can’t be with them all the time, though, and so Angie is alone when she’s snatched from a strip mall parking lot by Scott Bittner. Angie narrowly escapes, and Bittner is arrested, but he takes his life in jail before he can offer an explanation for his crime. When his mother makes contact, begging forgiveness on her son’s behalf, Angie agrees to meet with her in hopes of finding answers to the seemingly random attack. But when she arrives at the massive Bittner estate, she is overcome by an unshakeable sense of foreboding… Part thriller, part coming-of-age tale, Favorite is an engrossing young adult novel in which nothing — and no one — is as it seems.

When Hadley's parents leave on a cruise and then are reported lost at sea, her perfect world is turned upside down. In a flash, she is whisked away to a new life of drudgery at Grimm House where she waits on not one but two persnickety old aunts. As she grudgingly fulfills their commands of cooking, cleaning, and even after-dinner-dancing, she comes to suspect the aunts are really witches who are scheming to take the thing she loves best. With only her wits and the help of some unlikely new friends, Hadley makes a plan to escape Grimm House and find her way home before it's too late.

The Vanderhaven family of Manhattan has it all: wealth, prestige, good looks, and a thriving business empire. But their seemingly perfect world is ripped apart when their younger daughter, eight-year-old Brenna, runs off after overhearing her parents arguing. Out on the streets, she quickly realizes shes lost. Even more frightening, Brenna soon realizes that a man is following her. Meanwhile, in a townhouse in Brooklyn, Callie Griffin is throwing a birthday party for her one-year-old son, Oliver. The joy of the day is ruined by her sister Lauren's too-short, drive-by appearance.

At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don’t ever cause trouble. He’ll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he’s only a child, Logan already knows too much - has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he’s been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone with no home of his own, Logan looks for a safe place to hide.

Joe Arneson's ordinary life is upended by troubling dreams of himself as a different man in another place and time. It isn't until he visits his estranged grandmother, Pearl, in her Wisconsin hometown that a startling connection emerges. Drawn into his family's past, Joe discovers secrets weighing on the old woman's soul: the tragic death of her sister Alice a half century ago and its ripple effect on all who loved her.

For twenty-nine-year-old Lola Watson, life is finally looking up: she has fabulous friends, is working her dream job at a popular magazine, and has just inherited a beautiful house from her late aunt. Sure, her love life isn’t in great shape, but she’s got time, right? And so what if her new neighbors are a little too friendly (i.e., incredibly nosy)?

Marnie is just 35 when her boyfriend, Brian, drops dead of a sudden heart attack. Stunned by his death, Marnie finds her greatest grief is for Troy, Brian’s son whom she has raised as her own since he was a kindergartener. When he is reclaimed by his train wreck of a birth mother, Troy’s departure drives Marnie to a grief group at the local rec center. There she finds unexpected allies, three strangers who join her in an impulsive road trip from Wisconsin to Las Vegas to reconnect with Troy.

In A Scattered Life, Karen McQuestion proves to be an adept chronicler of unforgettable female characters. Poignantly written, she thoughtfully examines how women love, learn, and come to accept themselves and others, as well as life’s often harsh realities of deception and loss. Skyla Plinka has all she could ask for - at least that’s what her mother-in-law Audrey thinks. On most days, Skyla agrees, yet there’s a part of her that longs for her free-spirited days before husband, child, and the humdrum life of rural Wisconsin.

Courtney Hart has always been the quiet one—the steady friend who keeps bestselling author Dana Broderick’s glamorous life from spinning out of control. Then Dana vanishes. One would expects panic. Headlines. A search. Instead, Dana’s family, staff, and agent dismiss her disappearance. Even a ransom request is brushed off as a stunt. Why is she the only one who's worried? Determined to find her friend, Courtney digs into Dana’s glittering, secret-filled world—and begins to realize the real question isn’t where Dana went, but why no one wants her back.

When Greta Hansen started her new job working for the Vanderhaven family in Manhattan, little did she know, she was actually hired to spy on their wild and unpredictable daughter, Cece, a social media sensation. But things take an unexpected turn when Greta finds herself in the middle of a shoplifting scandal, and it's a handsome and mysterious stranger named Dalton Bishop who comes to her rescue.

Una fría noche de invierno, Sharon Lemke sale al patio de su casa para ver el eclipse lunar. En la casa vecina, tras la ventana, distingue a una niña que está lavando los platos. Sharon sabe que no debería meterse, pero cuando Niki, la joven a la que ha acogido en su casa, también comienza a notar detalles un tanto extraños en la casa de sus vecinos, no puede contenerse. Tras una inútil llamada a los servicios sociales, Sharon entiende que, para evitar que ocurra algo terrible, deberá ser ella quien investigue.

Two Christmas novellas combined into one heartwarming bundle! Wish Upon a Christmas Star: When Gwen Hayward spots a little girl leaving an anonymous wish on a Christmas tree in a bookshop, she sets out to grant it. A Time-Travel Christmas: After learning of her beloved grandmother's recent death, a heartbroken Elizabeth Rubi makes a wish on a Christmas Eve star asking to see her one more time.

After her boyfriend breaks up with her and her job is downsized, Elizabeth thinks life can’t get any worse. That is until she gets the news of her beloved grandmother’s unexpected death. Instead of spending the holidays together, Elizabeth will be planning a funeral. Heartbroken, she makes a wish on the brightest star in the night sky: I wish I could see Grandma one more time.

Mallory, Russ, Jameson, and Nadia are just trying to blend in as normal teens while secretly learning to use their newfound superpowers. Everything changes when they’re invited to travel to Peru under the supervision and protection of the Praetorian Guard, an organization claiming to have their best interests at heart. Seeing the trip as a challenge, the teens agree to go and help search for David Hofstetter, a man from their hometown who’s been presumed dead for sixteen years. Meanwhile, the threat of the rival organization, the Associates, is always present.

The Edgewood four are about to embark on their riskiest mission yet in Revelation, the thrilling final installment of the series! Going undercover, the four friends join the Associates in order to find their weaknesses and overthrow them from within. To do this, they must successfully convince the organization they’ve switched alliances by completing a centuries-old challenge, something no one else has been able to achieve. The stakes have never been higher, and all of them are about to be challenged in ways they never imagined.