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The house wanted to kill someone. But the past was trying to kill him first.Ace knows how to look at a structure and tell exactly when it’s going to collapse. As a building inspector and former first responder, it’s his job to see the fractures before the foundation gives way. But what he can’t fix is the fracture inside himself—the crippling survivor’s guilt that keeps him isolated, hyper-vigilant, and alone.He’s perfectly fine surviving in the dark. Until Mason and Drew r...

Perfection is a cage. He holds the key.At the prestigious St. Valerius Conservatory, Elian Vane is a machine. Cold, precise, and technically flawless, he plays the violin exactly the way he was trained: without emotion, without error, and without soul. He is the institution’s "Ice Prince," poised to win the career-defining Grant—until a transfer student shatters his silence.Marek Volkov is everything Elian is not. Messy, volatile, and undeniably brilliant, Marek plays with ...

He’s here to shut it all down. So why can’t he stay away from the barista determined to save it?For three years, Brandon Hayes has poured his heart—and perfectly extracted espresso—into Common Grounds. It’s more than just a coffee shop; it’s the beating heart of the Ridgewood Galleria, a place where found family gathers to survive the slow decay of the American mall. Brandon knows the end might be coming, but he refuses to go down without a fight.Enter Mich...

Jason Chen has rules. Rule #1: Don’t get involved. As the head of security for the dying Ridgewood Galleria, Jason spends his nights in the basement hub, watching the world through forty-two camera feeds. It’s quiet. It’s safe. It’s lonely. But it keeps the memories of Fallujah at bay, and it keeps his heart locked up tight where no one can break it.Marco Reyes has a theory. Rule #1: Everyone is playing a game. Marco is twenty-one, works the prize ...

The only thing more dangerous than sharing a bed with your business partner is falling in love with him.Mateo Ruiz knows how to handle a kitchen disaster. A collapsed bedroom ceiling? That's another story. Suddenly homeless, the charming, fast-talking pastry chef has nowhere to go—except the spare space in the bed of Ben Harlow, his maddeningly quiet business partner and the man he's secretly wanted for over a year.Ben has spent eighteen months loving Mateo in ways he hopes...

A melody that transcends death. A love that defies silence.In the rugged expanse of the American West, 1902, Claire River is a pianist with a gift she calls a curse: she can hear the "Echoes" of the dead lingering in the instruments they once loved. It is a talent that has forced her into a life of solitude, forever chasing the silence she can never quite find.Until she touches an old, battered banjo and is nearly brought to her knees by a song of heartbrea...

He knows how every romance should end. He's just never learned how to ask for his own.At thirty-one, Eli Mercer has built his entire life around other people's happy endings.As the owner of Bramble & Binding, a romance bookshop in a snowy Finger Lakes town, he knows exactly what his customers want. Cowboys. Billionaires. Hockey players. Monsters with surprisingly excellent communication skills.What Eli doesn't know is how to ask for anything himself.Especial...

The fear gets smaller than the love.Ryan Brooks has spent twenty-four years pretending. A former high school basketball star living in his parents' basement, he has the perfect girlfriend, a steady job at Foot Locker, and a secret that is slowly eating him alive. He spends his nights sitting in his car in the mall parking deck, watching the loading dock door, waiting for a glimpse of the one thing he wants but can’t have.Evan Cole

When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure!Great Gouda! There were hearts everywhere in New Mouse City. My friend, Creepella, had started a new dating and wedding-planning agency, and she chose me as her assistant! But someone was trying to sabotage the matches. Could I figure out who before hearts are broken?

A Navy SEAL commander will risk it all to save the woman he loves…Sarah Foster's dreams are about to come true. She's engaged to the man she loves, moving to Virginia Beach, and planning her wedding. Just when it seems life can't get any better, she puts her trust in the wrong person. Kidnapped and sold to a sex-trafficking ring in Mexico by men intent to get revenge on her fiancé, she's never been so frightened and alone.Navy SEAL Commander Ryan Mitchell i...

*** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK ***Ellie is horrified to discover the pharmaceutical company she works for is doing illegal experiments. Company scientists have spliced human and animal DNA, creating exotic new species. One such "experiment" captures her heart and she'll do anything to save him—even if he hates her for it.Fury has never known compassion or love. He's spent his life in a cell, chained and abused by humans. The one woman he allowed hims...

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant come to the river town of Baolin chasing stories of a legendary famine. Amid tales of dishes served to royalty and desserts made of dust, they discover the secrets of what happens when hunger stalks the land and what the ...