Piranesi meets Katabasis in a hopeful tale full of mystery and wonder that features magic you will wish you could study yourself.The Shape of Magic is a standalone fantasy novel that takes place in a magical school for alchemy, sorcery and witchcraft. For fantasy academia fans that are looking for found family, well thought-out magic, and a story with political intrigue and dangerous conspiracies. Readers also praised its cozy moments and the heart warming friendsh...

The first in a high fantasy romance series full of “military battles . . . political intrigue . . . and star-crossed love, set against a richly detailed land of warring kingdoms and hidden magic” (Library Journal).Destiny tangles a young king, his new bride, and his lifelong champion in an age-old triangle of love and betrayal.Akeela, King of Liiria, was a young and idealistic scholar determined to bring peace to his kingdom—a land...

Eating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane--two brothers, many years apart in age--who ask him to teach them how to make his delicious food! It's not long before Yutaka finds himself falling hard for the meals they share together--and falling in love!

Enjoy a taste of the season Provence-style with this festive Maggie Newberry short story.It’s Christmas in St-Buvard and Maggie and Laurent are home in Provence for the holiday for first time ever. When Danielle gives the Dernier children a mysterious and ancient Advent calendar, things begin to happen that drive Maggie to the unmistakable conclusion that Christmas in Provence is different than anywhere else.Bonus material! Laurent’s Christmas season recipes also included.

Marco Polo's thirteenth-century journey from Italy to Asia marked a turning point for Western civilization. He returned with stories of exotic people, tremendous riches, and the most powerful ruler in the world Kublai Khan. The explorer told of inventions ranging from gunpowder to paper money. The intellectual ferment and cultural diversity he described helped move Europe out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance. In his lifetime, people scoffed at his stories. But as this book explain...

A mother recounts her life story to her long-lost daughter in this sweeping WW2 historical fiction novel about a community torn between Italian fascism and German Nazism.“Spare, exquisite . . . a stunning testament to the power of words, even when they fail.” —Meg Waite Clayton, author of the international bestseller The Last Train to LondonIn the small village of Curon in South Tyrol, seventeen-year-old Trina longs for a different...

How dangerous could a little online dating be?Victoria Baskerville had been hurt in love. Badly. Although she spent her days trolling a popular online dating site, these days she wasn’t looking for love but a special kind of vengeance. The real shock to friends and family when Victoria was brutally stabbed to death in her trendy Buckhead condo, was all the degenerate “love matches” that came creeping out into the light.A prominent Atlanta defense attorney turns to the unort...

The long-awaited autobiography of the archetypal kitchen bad boy - Marco Pierre WhiteWhen Marco Pierre White's mother died when he was just six years old, it transformed his life. Soon, his father was urging him to earn his own keep and by sixteen he was working in his first restaurant. White went on to learn from some of the best chefs in the country, such as Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffmann. He survived the intense pressure of hundred-hour weeks in ...

A peaceful autumn weekend in the north Georgia mountains quickly turns to terror when a freak ice storm traps Mia and Jack and eight other people in an isolated mountain lodge—with a psychotic killer. After a note reveals that they have all been brought to the lodge to pay for crimes committed in their pasts, the bodies quickly begin to pile up.Can Mia and Jack discover the identity of the murderer among them?And can they do it before the killer exacts bloody revenge on every...

Mia Kazmaroff has a gift nobody wants. She's able to tell the story behind any object simply by touch. It’s a gift that comes in handy when her only brother, a detective with the Atlanta Major Crimes Division, is murdered. Determined to find his killer, Mia reaches out to the one person in Atlanta she believes can help her—Dave’s ex-partner, Jack Burton.Unfortunately, Burton is also the prime suspect.Together, Mia and Jack create a partnership that breaks all the rules, ski...

A thrilling collection of short stories celebrating Star Trek: Deep Space Nine!From the vastness of space to the darkest depths of the soul, from the clash of empires to the struggles of conscience, from the crossroads of a galaxy to the convergence of hearts—the journey of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was both universal and personal, challenging its audience with stories and characters that redefined Star Trek for all time.Rediscov...

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all except horse-powered vehicles useless and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.