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Sybil never imagined leaving her home in London. It was a luxury she could never afford. Her entire life was spent scraping the bottom of the barrel, sneaking scraps, and making do with what little money her brother Walter could smuggle back to them from Nassau.

Daisy Jones has loved Gideon McElroy her entire life. Painfully shy, she lived for the summers spent at her grandpa’s cabin as a child, when Gideon would come to stay with his grandfather, the Colonel. While the old men reminisced on happier times and discussed the sad state of the future, Daisy would follow Gideon like a puppy, happy just to be in his presence. To her, he was everything a girl could want in a Prince Charming. When he enlisted, she was heartbroken but took solace in the fact that he would still come to visit his aging grandfather when time allowed.

Merrick Forrester doesn’t do relationships. Not anymore. After enduring multiple heartbreaks, he’s convinced that everything beautiful eventually starts to rot. So when he meets the captivating and mysterious Drue Hart, he does his best to avoid her—that is, until he discovers the secret she carries. It’s then he decides getting close to her is worth the danger to his heart.

When Harper Quinn returns to the charming but eerie town of Willow Haven to clean out her grandmother's mansion, she expects to face memories and ghosts from her past. But what she doesn't anticipate is her sister Ely's sudden disappearance on the first night they arrive. With the local police dismissing her concerns and her only lead pointing to the enigmatic and possibly dangerous Vince, Harper's search for Ely becomes desperate.

"An jenem Tag brachen sie schweigend auf und jede von ihnen trug einen besonderen Gegenstand. Mia hatte eine Tasche voll Steine dabei, um damit den Opferkreis zu kennzeichnen. Brynn hatte die Streichhölzer. Und Summer trug das Messer." Am Ende des Tages ist Summer tot und Mia und Brynn scheinen die Schuldigen zu sein. Die Mädchen, die mit gerade einmal 13 Jahren ihre beste Freundin ermordeten. Fünf Jahre später wirft ein neuer Hinweis plötzlich Fragen auf und der wahre Täter will um jeden Preis verhindern, dass die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt.

Dacia thinks she's escaping a miserable life with her emotionally abusive husband only to get caught up in a world filled with meth and sex. The drugs coursing through her veins keep her closely tied to the men and women who will certainly be her demise. Being convinced she is in control of her drug addiction leads her into making a series of wrong choices that put her on a path she never expected.

Between her time as a radio host, television figure, and social media personality, Danni Starr has never been afraid of sharing her opinion. In this book, she takes you on a whirlwind tour of her own life and beyond, with plenty of personal perspective and #BlackGirlMagic to go around. From her struggles with workplace discrimination to the wild Rumspringa of her post-divorce months, from postpartum depression to the joys of friendship, Danni tells her story with honesty, humor, and moxie to spare.

Transatlantic slave trade, segment of the global slave trade that transported between 10 million and 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century. It was the second of three stages of the so-called triangular trade, in which arms, textiles, and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa, slaves from Africa to the Americas, and sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe.

Sophia De’voreaux never expected to escape Haven, but after a bloody confrontation in the Gideon Preserve, she finds herself under the protection of a rogue witch, her menacing guard, and their cautious friends. Crumbling beneath an onslaught of ancient power, Sophia must put her reservations aside, because the Breath of Judas is no ordinary relic, and trusting the strange, dysfunctional group might be her only chance at ridding her body of its dangerous magic. Before it’s too late.

When Tehlor Nilsen stumbles upon an abandoned corpse hidden in her friend’s empty house, she can’t ignore the energy lingering around the broken albeit familiar body. Entranced by the promise of ritualistic power, she seizes her chance to secure a vorðr. Miraculously, Hel the goddess of death, grants Tehlor an audience. But Lincoln Stone has no interest in becoming a magical sentry, and raising him from the dead comes with violent consequences.

On the one year anniversary of Alex's biggest breakup, Collin and Alex get snowed in on Christmas Eve. Spending the holidays with your best friend sounds like the best idea. Except Collin has a secret he hasn’t told Alex.

After the queen is assassinated, Alexandria Redmond is named the heir and must prepare for the fight of her life: the Campaign. She can only ascend if she makes it to the throne, all while defending herself against citizens who have been given free rein to kill her on her journey to the palace and take the crown for themselves.

It is 1926. Cora Gudmundson is determined not to yield to pressure to marry and settle down like a proper lady should. Cora wants a life of adventure, so she saves her money and books a cruise to London on her own. Her mother is appalled, but her father agrees to let her go.

Magic is real. People just don't like to talk about it. As far as most humans know, magic is confined only to the world of fairies, elves, and witches, but the staff at the museum know better. There is so much more.

Murderous mirrors. Vicious vampires. Soul-stealing circuses. Jamie Carter is slowly getting the hang of her new position as the museum curator. The museum's past is filled with dark secrets, deadly secrets. There are people hunting Jamie, trying to use her position to gain control of the museum and its power. With each new adventure, the threat to Jamie's life grows. Will Jamie be able to unravel the secrets of the museum in time or will she lose everything and everyone she cares about in the process?

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven, Wendy Louise Novak had to create her own path in a world defined by stigma, struggle, and hope. With little public awareness of her condition, Wendy's only role model was her fiercely independent father, who grew up in an era when diabetes meant a difficult, and often short, life. He taught her to "follow the rules" and stay self-reliant. Today, Wendy is the face of the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, which supports groundbreaking clinical services, education, and research to ensure young people with diabetes can thrive.

Max and Hannah have each made themselves a promise. He’s finally going to ask a woman out for the first time in nearly 10 years. And since he can’t stop thinking about the beautiful woman who teaches water aerobics at his gym, she seems like a great place to start. Little does Max know Hannah has made a promise to swear off men for the foreseeable future.

Newlyweds Cora and Archie set out on their honeymoon to Los Angeles in 1926. A Londoner, Archie has a love for American films, especially if they include archeology, his specialty. Cora’s passions are adventure and jumping in with both feet. During a tour of a movie studio, Cora gets the harebrained idea for Archie to use his amateur acting skills to pretend he is a famous English actor in order to finagle an in-depth tour of the studio. While touring an active movie set for a western film, they witness an actor walk off the set, leaving the director in a bind.

Josie Ward doesn’t want a lot for Christmas—just for the entire holiday season to be over and done with as quickly as humanly possible. That’s not too much to ask, right?

From the moment Sabine set out for Lynk, her only thought was to find her sister’s killer. The answer comes with a terrifying discovery that puts her life on the line. Forced to trust her kidnapper in order to stay alive, Sabine embarks on a journey of harsh truths. Nothing is as it seems back in the palace among the clouds—especially the man she married. On the run, Sabine and her unlikely ally seek refuge in Avoni—the kingdom known for its warring assassin guilds. The farther they go, the more hazardous their journey becomes as new enemies emerge.