It has been only two generations since Arthur Warden seized the throne of Heddred from the Conradines, and now the crown rests on the head of Garad, sickly and weak. Shadows gather: legacies of the centuries-long rivalries for power, old betrayals, the endless plots of the courtiers, and the murmur of rebellion in the southern provinces…Catwin, plucked from her life at the edge of the Kingdom, is thrust abruptly into the world of the Court when she is chosen by the Duke of Voltur t...

Friendship and loyalty, secrets and intrigue, prophecy and illusion…I was four hours old when I was cast out by my mother. I was cursed, she said. Kinder to let me die in the snow and the wind than let me live, only to be betrayed.I was twelve when the Duke found me and turned me into a Shadow: bodyguard, spy, and assassin.I was fourteen when he brought me to court. He wanted his niece on the throne, by any means possible. ...

While Being Mortal (Atul Gawande) helped us understand disease and death, and Successful Aging (Daniel J. Levitin) showed us older years can be a time of joy and resilience, Happily Ever Older reveals how the right living arrangements can create a vibrancy that defies age or ability.Reporter Moira Welsh has spent years investigating retirement homes and long-term care facilities and wants to tell the dangerous stories. Not the accounts of...

The much-anticipated, thrilling conclusion to Moira Young's Dust Lands trilogy.When the star reader, Auriel Tai, challenged Saba to seize her destiny and defeat DeMalo and the Tonton, Saba was confident in her purpose. Then she met DeMalo and he confounded all expectations with his seductive vision of a healed earth, a New Eden. DeMalo and Saba had an intense and passionate encounter - physical, emotional and psychic - that changed her life, and now he wants Saba to...

This fast-paced YA debut novel has it all: smart, savvy characters making their way through an eerily dystopian society, with all the requisite action, adventure and romance characteristic of the genre vividly and at times, chillingly, portrayed.In a wild and lawless future, where life is cheap and survival is hard, eighteen-year-old Saba lives with her father, her twin brother Lugh, her young sister Emmi and her pet crow Nero. Theirs is a hard and lonely life. The family resides i...

Saba has rescued her kidnapped brother and defeated the fanatical Tonton. But the price to be paid for her violent victory is terrible. Jack has disappeared--and can no longer be trusted. A new and formidable enemy is on the rise in the dustlands. No one is safe. And Saba must confront the terrible secret hidden in the darkest depths of her soul.

Caden Dinarti, the new transfer student.Every girl wants him.Except for me.Caden may be the hottest guy I’ve ever seen, but he’s also an arrogant jerk and a bully, and the heir to the Dinarti crime family—my family’s biggest rivals.Getting involved with him is the last thing I should do.Only, Caden won’t leave me alone. He acts like he owns our college and seems hell-bent on tormenting me.But he doesn’t know who he’s messing with.I re...

As Alpha of the Lonely River Pack, Jack Owens is responsible for keeping the peace between what's left of the human population and the wolves who have taken over since the War. All wolves are his responsibility--even the ones like Virginia Howard, who don't recognize his authority.Ginny's been a thorn in Jack's side since she took over her parents’ operation and established herself as one of the area's premiere ranchers. The fact that she's everything he wants in a mate makes it ha...

A bold cultural manifesto for a generation of women, and a wake-up call we can’t afford to ignore.There is a seismic shift underway in how we think about aging for women — and Moira Welsh is leading the conversation.But beneath the glossy narrative of “aging well” lies a more complicated truth.In The Astonishing Lives of Older Women, Welsh combines immersive reporting with unforgettable real-life stories to reveal what growing older actuall...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERA charming story about friendship, community, and the magic that happens in bookstores—when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient.**April, a smart and lonely tech worker, worries work from home has gotten out of hand: She’s left an anonymous note in a book for Westley, the clerk at her Seattle neighborhood bookstore who has a gentle smile and looks great in flannel. But thanks to fate, Laura—a busy single mom who had given up on lov...

As a novice in the Temple of Luna, Avani is training for the day she’ll become a revered priestess, with the skills and magic needed to soothe the feral warriors fighting a brutal war against the world’s remaining human colonies. Though forbidden contact with the warriors who have come to the temple for relief, Avani can’t keep her distance from Rais, her uncle’s protégé and one of the most dangerous fighters the wolves have ever known.As the royal heir, Rais is destined to take a ...

*From Moira Katson, the latest installment in the story of Miriel and Catwin - Light and Shadow...New to the world of Light & Shadow? Start with Shadowborn!********It has been two years since Miriel and Catwin sought shelter in Priteni, a land they thought to be no more than legend. With Heddred far behind them, they believe they have found a safe haven at last.But Priteni is a land of old alliances and older grudges. When an army appears on...