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Vivienne Marsh, removed from her contemporary life in New York, finds herself deep in the heart of Louisiana, living in an old plantation house, aiding her dying father. The more time she spends in the house, the more familiar it all becomes to her. The land and the artifacts slowly connect her with a slave woman born centuries before her.

What would you do for your best friend? Cassandra Grace will live through heartbreaks over a thousand lifetimes. A thought-provoking, coming-of-age story about two best friends.

The summer before her senior year of high school, Rosalee fell in love with George. By the next summer, George had broken her heart, and Rosalee was sure she’d never see him again.

Untouched by time and bonded with the witch, Rowan, the ancient tree of knowledge hides on a mysterious island off the coast of Maine. As Rowan’s powers wane, the tree sends out tendrils of energy to search for its new guardian. Willow escapes the confines of the commune where she grew up, and searches for a place to belong. Not understanding the mystical force guiding her, she travels until she discovers Woodlight, a settlement hidden in the forests north of Camden.

When Candice Parker married the love of her life on Christmas Eve, her romance with Gerald Ford became a family affair. Over the years, their network of loved ones grew as they faced perils great and small. While the pandemic raged, the group affectionately deemed themselves the Bubble, and their ties remained as life returned to normal.

There is something alive in the haunted house at the fair. Meriwa and her friends find that out first hand, and it changes their lives for the worse. This suspenseful, supernatural tale delves into the realm of darkness, but gives hope for the light.

This is a scary short story about a girl name Debbie. Every night Debbie wakes up out of her sleep to strange eerie sounds. Could it be someone outside, a horrible dream, or just her imagination?

Marie is heard to call herself 'The unluckiest woman in the World' as she relates tragic events in her life. Once happily married, with two pretty daughters, her world is turned upside down when Ian, her husband, leaves her for another woman. She meets Barry, and life is wonderful, for a while, then Barry walks out of her life.

Winnie was always a hopeful child, full of imagination and wild dreams. When she falls pregnant at a young age, she unexpectedly leaves town with the father of the child, Billy. After a long journey across the country, Winnie finds herself alone and with child in a strange new land. After a while she meets Colt, the handsome fisherman who owns the docks, and he quickly takes on the role of surrogate father to baby Sarah. Almost six years later, Colt and Sarah find themselves taking the long journey back to Winnie’s hometown.

Sarah arrives back in Lancaster County after a hectic year in New York for her Rumspringa, finding it hard to get used to Amish life. Doubting that the Amish way of life is her path to follow in life, she unexpectedly meets Luke. Luke is an English resident doctor at a small hospital where he struggles with doubt and loneliness. When he unexpectedly meets Sarah, he feels drawn to her. But Sarah's parents forbid her to court a man who is not Amish.

Laurel Ames had a life others could only dream of until it was all taken away in a single moment. After seven years of wrongful imprisonment, she's made it her mission to get revenge on the men who destroyed her family. The prideful, the greedy, the lustful, the envious, the gluttonous, the wrathful, and the slothful; none will escape her wrath. But the closer she gets to achieving her goal, the more Laurel realizes revenge isn't a dish best served cold.

In the '80s and '90s, Paul Kramer was a DEA agent for years; he confiscated drugs and money from the cartels. Now in 2022, he lives in Seattle with his daughter, but his past is about to catch up with him. Even retirement can't hide a man from Yesterday's Shadow.

Movie star Maggie Malone has a glamorous lifestyle with everything money can buy—except privacy. Hounded by the paparazzi and ridiculed for her faith, Maggie secretly struggles with severe anxiety and loneliness. All she desires is to be herself—southern girl by birth, ranch lover by heart.

What would you do if Fate gave you a second chance at life? Would you learn from your past mistakes and take it as a golden opportunity to correct all wrongs? Fate has given Ellie another chance. The question remains... would it be worthwhile?

Everyone feels stuck now and then, right? At least, that's what Kristen tells herself. The problem is that all her usual tricks for getting out of a funk aren't working. What she needs is a really big change, and as a single woman with a remote career, her options are wide open. So she decides to spend a year in the small town of Riverton where her dad recently relocated. The people in Riverton are warm and welcoming, and Kristen quickly finds herself a part of her new community in ways that she didn't expect.

Embark on Wingate's year-long trek across North America, facing winter's bite, the sun's scorch, deserts, mountains, and urban mazes—all on foot. Explore the highs of human connection and the lows of solitude, from benevolence to bone-chilling fear.

Sometimes it's a 'struggle' to make decisions in life. I'm Jess. I carry a type of blood in my veins that keeps me from ever loving anyone. This is my tale of overcoming my own self. The 'struggle' is there, and it must be dealt with.

Gazing out across these dreary, gray waters as I feel the bitter aggressive wind in my pale white face. I can't help but wonder was it all worth it. Watching the waves crash brutally below me as I stand alone on the wet, damp rocks above. I try to imagine my life as if it were somehow different. Could I have made better choices, a different path? Seems so vague now. Seems like decades, this solitude. So many memories flooding my immortal mind... So much time has passed since that dreadful night in New Orleans.

In a world where family ties are tested by deceit and hidden truths, our tale unfolds like a quest of epic proportions, a dark odyssey that splits the once-united Clark family. Sisters Aubrey and Taylor, raised beneath the same roof yet strangers to each other, are thrust onto opposing paths in a shadowy vendetta.

Now they have a wedding to plan. But when a mysterious child is delivered to Blake on their wedding day, he must choose if they will take him in, or turn him out into the cold.