Amaliyah Jordan, a middle aged woman, relocates to Albuquerque at the behest of her brother and his wife, after her mother dies. She rents a fixer upper on a dead end street, and immediately begins to feel an unwanted presence. Terrorized by this force, she embarks on a journey that leads her to worlds unbeknownst to her. Mali is a loner, with no knowledge of her family beyond her parents. She wants to leave her house, but can't seem to run from what stalks her. With the help of Shema, an ...

Meet Hawk and Rami. Two young rap artists that are headed to Los Angeles to sign a record deal with one of the most sought-after record labels in the music industry. But they soon discover that success comes with an enormous, expected cost.

Set in the mid 1600s in Seville, Spain , a tale of religious persecution and the occult. Young Diego Malasangre leaves his country life against his mother's wishes. Almost 14 years of age, he wants to find his way in the world. He encounters a strange couple along the way and becomes enraptured in their world. Dona Carlotta and her companion Melaku the Ethiopian, have a profound effect on Diego. With the ever present threat of the Church, Diego finds himself in a fight for his life and his...

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead ...

Freedom was all she ever wanted. Now it comes at the ultimate price…Anna Whitman has spent her life longing for independence. But when her only chance to be with her beloved son is through a marriage of convenience, she has no choice but to agree.Sheikh Zahir Al-Zaman is a powerful desert ruler, feared as much as he is desired. Obsessed with Anna, he’ll stop at nothing to claim her—even if it means using her child as leverage. Yet for all his ruthless deter...

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman tears a page from history and melds it with mysticism to create a spellbinding, highly acclaimed tale about the persecution of Jewish people during the sixteenth century.Estrella is a Marrano. During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a family who practices underground the ancient and mysterious way of wis...

Astonishing True Story of the Miracles That Are Changing AfricaBorn into a long line of witch doctors, Surprise ("Surpresa") Sithole was destined for a life of fear, oppression, and poverty in the jungles of Africa. But at the age of fifteen, he was awakened in the middle of the night by an unfamiliar voice. Urgent, but not harsh, it told him to get up and leave his family immediately. As Surprise stepped out into the night, away from everything dear to him, he had no idea who God ...

From the bestselling author of The Borgia Bride comes a tale of love, loss, and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish Inquisition.1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians of Jewish descent—specifically those who practice Judaism secretly in their homes. The penalty for "crypto-Judaism": Burning at the stake.Marisol Garcia, a youn...

As she shares her extraordinary stories of fighting human trafficking as an ordinary mom, Kimberly Smith offers hope for readers who wonder if God is calling them to greater things.Passport Through Darkness takes readers on Smith’s journey from normal family life and business, to Europe, to the deserts of Africa and ultimately, to the deserts of her own soul as she tries to live well as an imperfect American mom, crusade for justice for orphans around the ...

By the Lake of Sleeping Children explores the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 border purgatory of garbage pickers and dump dwellers, gawking tourists,and relief workers, fearsome coyotes and their desperate clientele. In sixteen indelible portraits, Urrea illuminates the horrors and the simple joys of people trapped between the two worlds of Mexico and the United States - and ignored by both. The result is a startling and memorable work of first-person reportage.

**A LibraryReads Pick!One of...Popsugar's Best New RomancesBustle and Bookish's Most Anticipated Books of DecemberLibrary Journal's Best Romances of 2021He’s cosplaying as her boyfriend but their feelings for each other are real in this romantic comedy from Seressia Glass.**Sometimes Kenya Davenport believes she was switched at the hospital—how else could a lover of anime, gaming, and cosplay come from STEM parents? Still, Kenya dreams of being ...

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the bestselling author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, VULTURE, PEOPLE, BOSTON GLOBE, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, & MORE“Rojas Contreras reacquaints herself with her family’s past, weaving their stories with personal narrative, unraveling legacies of violence, machismo and co...