Featuring multiple narrators, each story is brought vivdly to life.Desire. Longing. Tenderness. Passion. In this year’s volume, love lies at the heart of the stories that guest editor Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “so good that they may be bad for you”: a sixteen-year-old moves into town and effortlessly falls in love with a classmate who he knows he must abandon; a grandmother stitches together the hurts of her past when she connects with her granddaughter in the presen...

A secret baby, royal Christmas romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews.From Christmas Eve arrival…to royal revelation!Aeryn isn’t very merry when King Vesuvius appears on her doorstep. She hasn’t forgotten a moment of their volcanic, doomed love affair—it led to the baby he’s never met. Yet it’s clear that injured Vesuvius doesn’t remember anything…except Aeryn!Vesuvius is sure the beautiful s...

It’s been eight years since “the incident” that stole the future Jerek Hayes had planned. Accusations. Negative press attention. Rabid anger from people he’s never met.Some say he avoided responsibility for his crime. That his family’s money saved him. But he’s ready to put those years behind him. He’s moved across the country. Established a new life.He acts like he’s gotten away with it.But revenge requires perfect timing and Sabrina’s been waiting for this moment....

Some secrets don't fade. They hunt.Expanse, Colorado. Population 313. A town so remote it barely exists on a map—the perfect hiding place for Annie Wolfe and her daughter, Coral. Their cabin is nearly off the grid, and Annie has done everything to keep them safe. Everything. But she knows the people hunting her don't forget. And they don't forgive.Riven knows about survival. She and her family have lived off the land for years, moving like shadows ...

Thirteen-year-old Maggie lives in a trailer on the edge of a rural New Hampshire town, where her brother barely speaks, her father works double shifts at the gun factory, and her mother disappeared without a trace. She finds comfort in the warmth of her best friend Sarah' s seemingly perfect family— until a classmate' s mother goes missing, and the girls are drawn to Erin, the daughter left behind.Compelled by a need to understand what makes mothers vanish, Maggie convinces the oth...

In this “beautifully composed” (Joyce Carol Oates) short story collection—the title piece successfully made into an HBO film—the complex relationships between lovers, spouses, neighbors, and friends are artfully explored.When the austere and moving title story of this collection appeared in The New Yorker in 1993, it inspired two memorable film adaptations, and John Updike selected it for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century.

A Christmas day, marriage of convenience, royal romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews.Ruler by day…Ruled by night!Royal spare Francesca leads a life of frivolity. Then her brother, the king, abdicates right before his marriage, leaving Cesca as queen! With her country needing stability, Cesca must prove she’s devoted to the kingdom—by taking to the altar herself in a Christmas Day wedding!He...

“Emily Harding’s writing is fresh, romantic, full of wit! You can’t go wrong with one of her books!” —Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFor fans of Hello Stranger and Pictures of You, a modern amnesia romance about fresh starts, unexpected love, and what happens when forgetting your past sends you stumbling straight into your future.Growing up, Marnie Stephens believed that destiny was real and th...

**The husband she loves to hate...**until their wedding night!Princess Aikaterini thought losing her husband was the worst thing that could happen to her. Until she’s required to marry his successor, Prince Kyriakos. He exudes danger and makes Aikaterini tremble with what she’s sure is fear. Then he kisses her — everywhere — and she realises how wrong she is!Cynical Kyriakos is just getting started — a kingdom requires an heir. But he’s also becoming dangerously ob...

An enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, royal romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews.The husband she loves to hate…until their wedding night!Princess Aikaterini thought losing her husband was the worst thing that could happen to her. Until she’s required to marry his successor, Prince Kyriakos. He exudes danger and makes Aikaterini tremble with what she’s sure is fear. Then he kisses her—everyw...

From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and Everyone Is Lying to You comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal, and the intoxicating lure of power.Emma, a struggling American artist in Paris, thought she had left her dreams behind when she took a job cleaning for the city’s wealthy elite. Then she meets Stella Swanson, the widow of one of the most notorious ar...

THE ZEITGEISTY TIME TRAVEL DEBUT WITH A TWISTEVER WANTED TO TRAVEL INTO THE PAST? WELL NOW YOU CAN!**exclusions and exorbitant fees apply.Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to ‘make’ something of her life when she scrolls past an ad for Retro. The algorithm thinks she can afford recreational time travel? Then she sees the caption: Come away with us! We’re hiring.Time Travel Agents, the guides who lead ...