In 1936, Bluet is the last of the Kentucky Blues. In the dusty Appalachian hills of Troublesome Creek, nineteen and blue-skinned, Bluet has used up her last chance for “respectability” and a marriage bed. Instead, she joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding up treacherous mountains on a mule to deliver books and other reading material to the poor hill communities of Eastern Kentucky.Along her dangerous route, Bluet confronts many ...

THE BOOK THOSE IN THE KNOW ARE CALLING THE BEST SPY NOVEL OF THE YEAR*** One of the 50 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR in the Daily Telegraph ****** A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ****** A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR ***‘Superbly constructed in an elaborate twisty spy yarn. It's highly unlikely that there will be a better espionage novel this year’ THE SUNDAY TIMES'A breathta...

Finding my husband in bed with another woman was not how I planned to start my day.Or homeless the next minute. And broke.So, when a job comes my way from The Twilight Hotel—a paranormal hotel in midtown Manhattan that serves as a sanctuary and residence—I take it.Cue in tattooed, sexy as sin, grumpy restaurant owner Valen, who can’t do drama or high-maintenance women. The problem? He’s cruel and dangerous.And he’s hiding something.R...

***READERS’ FAVORITE AWARD WINNER***Sixteen-year-old Kara Nightingale didn’t believe in angels and demons. But when she died, everything changed...As if the dying part wasn’t bad enough, she is chosen to work for the Guardian Angel Legion, a secret band of angels sworn to protect mortal souls from demons. While she struggles to understand the responsibilities of her new job, Kara realizes she is different from the other angels and discovers a mysterious inn...

*Longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize***"In this staggeringly good biography, Edmund Richardson reveals in riveting and sumptuous detail the real Alexander, the man behind the legend. Richardson has drawn on new sources from recent archeological discoveries, adding a real freshness to this millennia old story." —**Daily MailAn enthralling new biography of Alexander the Great, written as an intimate, present portrait of th...

Claire Melbourne is a steely newspaper editor who’s just lost the biggest scoop of her career, thanks to her naïve intern’s mistake. Firing the young Ellie Kirkland for the offense was a no-brainer.But when fate brings the two women together again, Claire finds herself questioning everything she thought she was—especially her cynical, take-no-prisoners approach to life. When she’s not breaking stories or breaking in reporters, Claire’s one outlet is to lose herself in Motown music ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome CreekBestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book-club read, following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free.In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has...

Passion and patriotism sizzle on the ice at the Winter Olympics.It’s been a dozen years since two of the world’s best women hockey players, Niki Hartling and Eva Caruso, first competed against each other in the Olympic Games.The pressure of the intense USA–Canada rivalry forced an end to their love affair, and both women moved on—Niki to coach and to marry, Eva to stretch out a playing career that her ravaged body can barely sustain anymore.The Games are upon them o...

An epic fantasy filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance, the rich world of Steel Maiden is perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Graceling and The Girl of Fire and Thorns.WHEN ELENA STEALS THE MOST valuable jewel in the Empire, she is caught, and the punishment for stealing is death. But just when she’s about to face her maker, the High priest gives her a choice — death or become one of his champions in The Great Race.Elena is catapulted without warning...

If you love Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Magnus Chase, try The Seventh Sense, the first installment in the the action-packed series by the award-winning author.Zoey St. John has always been a troubled kid. As an orphan, she's lived alone on the streets, surviving by her wits, always keeping one step ahead of the police… and the monsters.But when a mysterious group of people known as Agents show up, everything changes…Wrenched from everything she knows, s...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 GILLER PRIZE • The story of the restorative power of art in one man’s life, set against the sweep of the twentieth century—from Toronto in the ’20s and ’30s, through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Sicily.“Bold and resplendent.” —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid“Supremely artful.” —Toronto Star**Henry, born 1916, thin-as-sticks, nearsighted, is an obsessive doodler—copying ...

***Now a USA Today Bestselling Series***My name is Samantha Beaumont and I’m a witch.But I’m not your average witch. I’m a Dark witch, and I loooove to hunt and kill demons with good old-fashioned magic.All is well until a human girl is murdered and her soul taken by a Greater demon. It gets worse. Human bodies are dropping like flies and I have no choice but to team up with Logan, a sexy as sin angel-born warrior to solve the case....