Lana Grace Riva

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Maine

The Existence of Amy

1d03dc64-97a2-4450-a65a-79d0f5e27e85-1

Wendy W. Webb

Beluga Stein is here, with her signature loud muumuus, pastel cigarettes, and hit-or-miss psychic ability. She and her feline familiar, Planchette, are ready for their closeups. Or are they? Beluga is called to investigate paranormal activity and other strange events on the set of a low budget horror movie. But after a mysterious fire, an actor dressed in a bee costume is found hoisted high in the air by a crane. Is the set haunted? Or are the supernatural stirrings and death the result of special effects? From the dark screening room to the madcap SFX warehouse and scary set itself, Beluga and Planchette are there as reluctant cast members. But even a bit part in this film could be murder.

Bee Movie

f3df27ec-993f-44c7-b209-cb49f82a1e80-0

Imagine if your life was spent at the mercy of coincidence…

A missing multi-million-pound painting, an insistent ex who won’t take no for an answer, and a ruthless media Baron who always gets his way. What could possibly go right?

Serial life avoider and semi-professional layabout, Jim Riven, is not particularly good at anything, unless lying in bed all day, ignoring his front door and his phone, and then going down the pub every evening, could be described as a life skill. But Jim Riven did have one particular talent—or what he referred to as ‘his curse’—that involved unnecessary and unwanted coincidences, or ‘not so serendipitous happenchances’ as he also liked to call them. Happenchances that had dogged his life ever since he could remember.

When Jim Riven’s ex-girlfriend, a rather spoilt society girl and daughter of all round international media rogue, Roo Osbourne, turns up unexpectedly one morning to elicit his help in finding a stolen painting by the grandfather of modern art, Piet Mondrian, Jim Riven’s life is turned upside down. And, for Jim Riven, upside down was not the right way up at all.

And so started a series of the most startling coincidences, placing him at the centre of a fascinating and complex mystery.

The Peculial Case of the Missing Mondrian

Codi Gary

A laugh-out-loud, opposites attract romance about three of the world's most beloved C's: Christmas, Coffee, and Cats.



Veterinarian and animal lover Kara Ingalls needs a Christmas miracle. Opening the Meow and Furrever Cat Café to find loving homes for adorable, adoptable cats was a dream come true--but with more cats than customers, it's quickly turning into a nightmare. If Kara can't figure out some way to get the café out of the red, it won't last past the holidays.



Marketing guru Ben Reese may be annoyingly smart and frustratingly bossy, but when he hatches a plan to put the café in the "green" by Christmas, Kara realizes that she'd be a fool to turn down his help. And so what if he turns out to be an excellent problem solver and nerdy-hot--he can't even handle fostering one little kitten. She needs to keep their relationship professional and focus on saving the cafe.



But if Ben and Kara can set aside their differences--and find homes for all the cats by Christmas--they might discover that, by risking their hearts, they'll have their own purr-fect holiday . . . together.

A Cat Cafe Christmas

fb549723-c0ef-4535-820b-e4a0ad485584-1

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

And other bizzare medical cases

The Woman Who Swallowed A Toothbrush

cc0d05ca-4f8a-4064-9894-72fc74db72d9-1

John Connolly

A Novel

The redemptive power of stories and family is revealed in New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's atmospheric tale set in the same magical universe as the "enchanting, engrossing, and enlightening" (The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale) The Book of Lost Things.

"Twice upon a time--for that is how some stories should continue..."

Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident--a body without a spirit. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud the fairy stories Phoebe loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.

But an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, to journey to a land colored by the memories of childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father--a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; a land where old enemies are watching and waiting...

The Land of Lost Things.

The Land of Lost Things

a270bb0d-d479-4b7a-acec-290c016a375a-1

Michelle Mansfield

Acknowledge Your Feelings, Break Free from Expectations, Build Your Beautiful Life As a Mother

If you've ever questioned your role in life as a mother, or had regrets about becoming a mother, or just fell apart when you became a mother, seemingly overnight; if you resent that your partner seems to be living their normal life while you mourn the dramatic change to the abnormal in yours, or if you're frustrated at how the dynamics for all of your friendships have shifted, if social media communities constantly make you the most insecure you've ever felt, or if you are just so bored out of your mind all the damn time... Then The Honest Mom Project is for you. The Honest Mom Project shares all the unmarketable feelings moms think and feel, but are afraid to say in public, creating a comfort zone for moms like you to do the same. This book will break the mom seal, giving you validation that yes, motherhood can suck at times, and it's okay to finally acknowledge and release what's been inside you for way too long. Breaking the mom seal is the only way to find your unique self, true friendships, a strong marriage, and the ability to enjoy motherhood your way. I am a health coach who has focused on fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum wellness for the past nine years, and I am also a mother who has experienced each and every one of the feelings I discuss in this book. Through my years of research and personal experience, I've found tools that can help you through this very difficult time of adjustment. With each section, and the discussions within, you will become stronger and more confident in acknowledging and beginning to break free from what is really holding you back. You will start to connect, believe, and work toward building the unique life--as both a mother and a person--that you deserve. The Honest Mom Project is just that: honest. Here, you will have the opportunity to connect with each feeling, and breathe a sigh of relief after you let it all out. You will learn and understand basic human needs that are at the root of these feelings you have, and you can finally come to know that you're not a terrible mother. You're simply a human going through the most massive change. There is no place in this book for judgment, I assure you. Just tips and strategies to accept, understand, and work through your experience so you can: ?Start connecting with the feelings you have ?Allow feelings that have been hiding to finally come to the surface ?Acknowledge that these feelings are real, regardless of anyone else ?Find people you can trust (even if it's only me!) and talk about these feelings ?Build confidence that these feelings don't make you a bad mom ?Break free from outside expectations, guilt, and resentment ?Escape the fantasies of motherhood and find your reality ?Create your own story of how motherhood will be for you ?Get off the deserted island, find your community, and start "enjoying" motherhood Mom, you don't have to sit on your deserted island any longer. You don't have to wait for your best friend, mother, or doctor to tell you that your feelings are important and real. The longer you wait, the longer you will be in the narrative you're creating. The moment you turn this page and start the first chapter is the moment you will begin to heal and create your own story. You deserve to be happy and enjoy motherhood. Not every moment (#letsbereal), but it can get better. It does get better...(mostly). Ready for some honesty?

The Honest Mom Project

b7093c8a-71ec-468b-ba46-5493bd61279c-0

May-lee Chai

Stories

A short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large.

In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai's latest collection Tomorrow in Shanghai explores multicultural complexities through lenses of class, wealth, age, gender, and sexuality--always tracking the nuanced, knotty, and intricate exchanges of interpersonal and institutional power. 

These stories transport the reader, variously: to rural China, where a city doctor harvests organs to fund a wedding and a future for his family; on a vacation to France, where a white mother and her biracial daughter cannot escape their fraught relationship; inside the unexpected romance of two Chinese-American women living abroad in China; and finally, to a future Chinese colony on Mars, where an aging working-class woman lands a job as a nanny. Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world.




Tomorrow in Shanghai

65788005-11e9-4e2e-ab2b-eab637d0d507-1

Kacen Callender

From National Book Award-winner Kacen Callender, a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to speak the truth and discover how their own self-love can be a revolution



Lark Winters wants to be a writer, and for now that means posting on their social media accounts--anything to build their platform. When former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Lark's Twitter declaring his love for a secret, unrequited crush, Lark's tweets are suddenly the talk of the school--and beyond. To protect Kasim, Lark decides to take the fall, pretending they accidentally posted the thread in reference to another classmate. It seems like a great idea: Lark gets closer to their crush, Kasim keeps his privacy, and Lark's social media stats explode. But living a lie takes a toll--as does the judgment of thousands of Internet strangers. Lark tries their best to be perfect at all costs, but nothing seems good enough for the anonymous hordes--or for Kasim, who is growing closer to Lark, just like it used to be between them . . .



In the end, Lark must embrace their right to their messy emotions and learn how to be in love.

Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution

930ba51a-98a8-4425-99ed-d5d7296fa1b1-1

Annie Cathryn

For fans of Laura Hankin and Jennifer Weiner, this fresh, clever, and complex debut "mom-com" explores the ups and downs of friendship and what happens when those you trust the most leave you high and dry.

A plucky protagonist who's far from figuring it all out--but powers through with wit and determination--Fallon is a heroine millennial moms will instantly connect with.

Fallon Monroe, mother of one, self-help book junkie, and budding chocolatier, has always relied on her mom friends in the Chicago suburbs to get her through the trials of adulthood. So when her bestie Beatrice inexplicably starts ghosting her and takes all their mutual friends with her, Fallon's left wondering how everything went so wrong. Pushing down a lifetime of insecurities, Fallon doubles down and decides to win them back. First, she hosts an epic Mexican fiesta that goes epically wrong. Then she joins a friendship app but discovers a disturbing secret about one of her new friends.

Just when she's about to throw in the towel on the whole friendship mess, Fallon reads a recently unearthed letter she'd refused to deal with decades earlier--and reading it forces her to finally face the deep-seated fears she'd desperately tried to bury. Now, looking at her friendships through fresh eyes, she must decide between hanging on and letting go.

Fallon is an instantly likeable heroine--as vulnerable as she is determined--and she'll have readers eagerly turning the pages as they join her on an emotional journey into the hopes and fears of adulthood.

The Friendship Breakup (signed)

8f8d1357-5b9c-4e95-9b98-1773ffd894fa-1

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

A Novel in Interlocking Stories

"I couldn't put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between."--Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist

Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling novel which explores her homeland's past, present, and possible future through the interconnected stories of four fearless globe-trotting women.

Moving between Nigeria and America, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take to control their destinies.

Students at an all-girls boarding school, Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable sisterhood that is tempered during a school rebellion, an uprising with repercussions that will forever reverberate through their lives. The children of well-to-do families, these young women have been raised with a thirst for independence, believing a university education is their right--a legacy of ambition and hope inherited from their foremothers.

Leaving school and adolescence behind, the women grapple with the unexpected possibilities--and limitations--of adulthood and the uncertainties of the world within and outside of Nigeria. A trip to Ghana opens Nonso's eyes to the lasting impact of the transatlantic slave trade, she falls in love with an African American, and makes a new home in the United States. Remi meets Segun, a dynamic man of Nigerian descent from Yonkers whose own traumatic struggles and support gives her the strength to confront painful family wounds. Aisha's overwhelming sense of guilt haunts her, influencing career and relationship decisions until she sees a chance to save her son's life and, through her sacrifice, redefine her own.

Revolving around loss, belonging, family, friendship, alienation, and silence, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a moving, multifaceted portrait of lives shaped by hope and sorrow--of women who must contend with the ever-present and unsettling notion that moving forward in time isn't necessarily progress.

"I truly loved this linked short story collection. The narrative takes us into the intimate workings of friends and families. Omolola explores their complex lives in astoundingly beautiful language. If, like me, you enjoy stories that take you out of your reading chair to worlds that follow you back to your own, then this is the book for you."--Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, award-winning author of A Woman of Endurance

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

9bdaa994-af7d-42a9-b6ff-51cc2edc7cf3-1

Lisa Harding

A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A LIBRARYREADS PICK *AN AMAZON EDITORS PICK

"On every page there are little shimmering bombs. Like Room, where parenthood is at once your jail and your salvation, it is almost claustrophobic--but in the most glorious way."--Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal

A rising international literary star makes her American debut with this visceral, tender, and brave portrait of addiction, recovery, and motherhood, as harrowing and intense as Shuggie Bain.

Sonya used to perform on stage. She used to attend glamorous parties, date handsome men, ride in fast cars. But somewhere along the way, the stage lights Sonya lived for dimmed for good. In their absence, came darkness--blackouts, empty cupboards, hazy nights she can't remember.

What keeps Sonya from losing herself completely is Tommy, her son. But her immense love for Tommy is in fierce conflict with her immense love of the bottle. Addiction amplifies her fear of losing her child; every maternal misstep compels her to drink. Tommy's precious life is in her shaky hands. 

Eventually Sonya is forced to make a choice. Give up drinking or lose Tommy--forever.

Bright Burning Things is an emotional tour-de-force--a devastating, nuanced, and ultimately hopeful look at an addict's journey towards rehabilitation and redemption.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Washington Post, The Millions, PopSugar, Shondaland, Good Morning America, Nylon, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country

Bright Burning Things

b06452e2-53b0-48cf-96fc-3fe093e17987-1

Lisa King

Welcome to Blue Haven, the world's most lucrative condo corporation--so exclusive only five lucky residents live in this lush, tropical paradise, housed in a top-secret location. Among them is twenty-five-year-old lottery winner Aloe Malone. Life for Aloe is damn good. Until she discovers a journal. Aloe quickly suspects there's more to Blue Haven than meets the eye. And someone wants to keep her quiet.

Blue Haven

30868376-b015-45ed-9407-877ec75bd233-0

Susan Berry

Maggie's life finally seems to be going in the right direction. With her grandmother improving from a stroke, and her recent engagement to the wealthy Desmond Kinsley, things couldn't be better. That is, until an old suitor of Desmond's shows up forcing Maggie to face her own insecurities. She soon finds herself with a choice to make. Stay and fight for a man she's known for only a few months, or do what she's always done...run

The Reluctant Heart

d5935351-9c15-4886-8cf5-9ec9a48953d1-0

After a distasteful first meeting, and a rocky start to their romance, Maggie Kinsley has been happily married to Desmond for the last eleven months. And although she was often alone when he traveled for business, she rather enjoyed how he passionately greeted her when returning home.

So when he received a letter naming him as executor of a property that belonged to a deceased family friend and had to leave for a few weeks, Maggie should have been content as she kissed him goodbye. But there was something about the whole thing that made her uneasy. Why was Desmond so evasive with her when she asked him about the previous owner. And why had he insisted she not tell anyone of his plans to stay on the property. Maggie soon found the answers to her questions were more than just a woman's intuition, but rather something that not even her wildest, darkest fears could have foreseen.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Promise of the Heart

8f550a91-285d-4006-9119-1a80321b2e0e-0

Maggie Campbell left the family farm as soon as she could after her mother's drowning death...determined not to return. But seven years later, her sister Jilly has convinced her to 'come home' to celebrate their grandmother's ninetieth birthday. Maggie finds everything has changed on the farm including their annoying new neighbor, Desmond Kinsley, who is far too involved in all their lives for Maggie's liking. When tragedy once again strikes the ones she loves, Desmond is the only one who can help. Maggie may have to put up with him for now, but at what cost? With her heart now in jeopardy, will she stay or once again flee... leaving behind the ones she loves

Dance of the Heart

2eb4dec7-b846-495b-bb3d-6a5644c07a56-0

Vanessa Carnevale

Isla and Ben are devoted parents to their beloved daughter, Reese. She is their little miracle, the child they thought they'd never have until donors made her existence possible. But Isla has never told Reese about her biological parents. She wants to be honest with her daughter, but can she bear to open up old wounds?



Then Isla receives a call from Lucy, once her closest friend, and it seems she may need to make a decision sooner than she thought. They haven't spoken in almost ten years, but Lucy has devastating news: she has lost her beloved husband Nate, just after they decided they wanted to become parents after all.



Heartbroken for her friend, Isla welcomes Lucy back into her life. But then Lucy comes to Isla with a request that changes everything. If Lucy gets what she wants, Isla's perfect family could be destroyed. But would she deny the woman who helped her become a mother the chance for her own happiness?

A Child of My Own

d4b1d2d4-f5b0-4831-835e-69a75b55c61c-1

Cate Woods

Enjoy this heartwarming story about starting over, healing through grief, and falling in love in a charming, tight-knit community--perfect for readers of Brenda Novak, Robyn Carr, and Jenny Hale.

Dearest Nell, if you're reading this letter, I'm already gone...



You're my best friend in the world, and as my last request I'm asking you to lay me to rest hundreds of miles away, in my crazy gorgeous, totally one-of-a-kind hometown of Tansy Falls. I know you're a born-and-bred city girl, but hear me out. After first losing Adrian, and then me... I know your heart is hurting, Nell. I think you'll find that you need Tansy Falls as much as I do.



So, I've got it all planned out. For two weeks, you'll be staying at the sweet, local inn and every day you'll be trying something new. And if you follow my instructions to the letter, you may discover there's more to my story than you think. A surprise something... or someone at the end of it? Only you can find out!



Some last advice before you set off, Nell. Don't forget your sturdy boots and make sure to give Boomer, the inn's resident dog, a belly rub from me. Stay well away from former quarterback Brody Knott (boy, do I have some stories about him!). And finally, let the future bring what it brings. While Tansy Falls may look small, I know better than anyone that new beginnings can be found in all kinds of places. That little Vermont town you'd never heard of? Well, it might suddenly begin to feel just like coming home...

The Inn at Tansy Falls

97c4353f-da16-486e-a983-86b5ff3fd7e8-1

Dental receptionist and Yorkshire lass Janet Jackson (no, not that one) has just turned her garage into a Bed & Breakfast - and without any experience at all, is now awaiting her very first guests. What can possibly go wrong? Helped by sulky teenage daughter Chloe and hindered by sex-mad sister Maureen, Janet lurches from one crisis to another, relying on her Yorkshire wit and wisdom to get her through with her bank balance, her love-life and her sanity intact. A word of if you've ever dreamed of running a B&B read this book and, like Janet, you'll probably do it anyway.

Janet Jackson's Yorkshire B&B

Mina’s life is going according to plan; she’s acing AP Calc and is perfectly content with her nonexistent social life. Though only a high school junior, Mina knows time is an investment, and she’s putting all her capital into academics. Oliver, a child abuse survivor who grew up in the foster care system, is ready to burn down his old life and start from scratch—complete with a new name and emancipation papers—in L.A. When the two are thrown together through circumstance and develop an unexpected connection, they discover how hard it is to keep the past in the past.

Content warning: sexual assault, recollections of child abuse, discussions of suicidal thoughts, and mention of miscarriage.

Love and Other Sins

M. A. Monnin

An Intrepid Traveler Mystery

Having discovered a knack for investigation, Stefanie joins Thomas Burkhardt in Milan, Italy, in the search of a fabulous pendant known as the Borgia Peacock, missing since 1906.

Death on the Grand Canal

1fd16964-c225-4894-9c10-8cd0655a6123-0

Kristin Harper

One young woman finds friendship, community, and romance in a small, beachside town in this heartfelt novel perfect for readers of Mary Alice Monroe and Nancy Thayer. 



Grieving the loss of her family in a terrible accident, Emily escapes to Hope Haven on remote Dune Island, where they all vacationed every summer. She hopes that fixing up the house will also mend her broken heart, but the cottage holds more than just childhood memories. Emptying her father's antique writing desk, Emily finds a letter that reveals a devastating secret about her parents.



Full of questions, Emily worries that returning to the island was the worst decision she ever made . . .  until she meets Dr. Lucas Socorro. Perhaps he will be the one to help her finally heal.

But when Emily's family secret spreads through the local gossips, her fragile heart breaks all over again. Luke is the only one who could have started the rumors. Was she wrong to trust him so easily? Now Emily has a difficult decision to make. Does she pack her bags and leave the island for good? Or take a risk that Hope Haven has everything she's been looking for?

Summer at Hope Haven

8396474f-4373-4bec-b8a2-ebdfcd897a95-1

Patti Eddington

The brief "Report of Investigation" contained inside the thin, manila envelope that landed in Patti Eddington's mailbox after almost six decades locked in a courthouse vault looked unassuming--but the adoption document unleashed a heartbreaking, emotional tempest that led her to question everything she ever believed about her beloved parents and her childhood, and use her journalistic chops to go digging for the truth.

The Girl with Three Birthdays

1b7d266f-a858-4cc6-ae8b-d3447a560ed9-0

Craig DiLouie

From the macabre mind of a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, this heart-pounding novel of horror and psychological suspense takes a ghost hunting reality TV crew into a world they could never have imagined.



Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated team of ghost hunting experts.



Episode Thirteen takes them to every ghost hunter's holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. This brooding, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It's also famously haunted, and the team hopes their scientific techniques and high tech gear will prove it. But as the house begins to reveal itself to them, proof of an afterlife might not be everything Matt dreamed of. A story told in broken pieces, in tapes, journals, and correspondence, this is the story of Episode Thirteen--and how everything went terribly, horribly wrong.



"An epistolary descent into a living nightmare . . . well-written and genuinely unsettling. Fans of paranormal documentaries, ghost-hunting shows, and found-footage horror will lose their minds over this one." --Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Kin



"A beautiful Russian doll of a story... Episode Thirteen hooks you, creeps you out, and then it overwhelms you. It's House of Leaves meets Haunting of Hill House, in all the best possible ways."--Peter Clines, NYT bestselling author of The Broken Room



For more from Craig DiLouie, check out:

The Children of Red Peak

Our War

One of Us

Browse by categories

Lana Grace Riva

The Existence of Amy

Wendy W. Webb

Bee Movie

K.J. Heritage

The Peculial Case of the Missing Mondrian

Codi Gary

A Cat Cafe Christmas

Rob Myers, M.D.

The Woman Who Swallowed A Toothbrush

John Connolly

The Land of Lost Things

Michelle Mansfield

The Honest Mom Project

May-lee Chai

Tomorrow in Shanghai

Kacen Callender

Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution

Annie Cathryn

The Friendship Breakup (signed)

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

Lisa Harding

Bright Burning Things

Lisa King

Blue Haven

Susan Berry

The Reluctant Heart

Susan Berry

Promise of the Heart

Susan Berry

Dance of the Heart

Vanessa Carnevale

A Child of My Own

Cate Woods

The Inn at Tansy Falls

Becky Papworth

Janet Jackson's Yorkshire B&B

Emilia Ares

Love and Other Sins

M. A. Monnin

Death on the Grand Canal

Kristin Harper

Summer at Hope Haven

Patti Eddington

The Girl with Three Birthdays

Craig DiLouie

Episode Thirteen

Get The App