Deep in the Louisiana river bottoms, the legendary "swamp witch" Mama Moo must decide who to share her juju with-the white light voodoo priestess or the black magic criminal mastermind. Her seemingly obvious choice is complicated by long-buried secrets that will determine who lives or dies. June Mae, a white-light practitioner, faces off against her childhood nemesis, Mister-a well-connected criminal who practices the dark side of voodoo. When June's straight-laced sister April drops into ...

All Melina of Ascolane has ever wanted to do is study magic, but when a devastating Blight destroys the sorcerers’ city, her quiet life is swept into chaos. At the center of it all is the Tear of the Goddess—a sacred relic that anchors magic in the mortal world—and the mysterious knight sworn to protect it.Liliane de Montraine, once the Queen’s Champion and now a knight-in-exile, carries both the Tear and the burden of a past she cannot outrun. Together, she and Melina must adventu...

The runaway international bestseller and beloved fiction classicOrphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train—and inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen’s darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest show on earth.Jacob finds a place tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrain...

Over 10 million copies sold worldwide! * Now A Broadway Musical Starring Grant Gustin and Isabella McCalla#1 New York Times Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestseller"This colorful headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat." **—**Stephen KingA Major Motion Picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, a...

Down in Whynot, NC, there are three things that hold true: 1) life moves just a little bit slower, 2) family means everything, and 3) you don’t mess with history.When his family decides to sell a home that’s been part of their history for over a century, Lowe Mancinkus is madder than a hornet. To add insult to injury, the woman who purchased it is some fancy pants, city girl looking to fix it up and sell it off. Doesn’t matter that she’s sexy as hell or that just being nea...

We couldn't be any more opposite. He comes from a life of wealth and fame while I grew up in the system and am one step away from living in my car again.I see the pain he's trying to hide, and he knows the hell I've lived through, but that didn't stop us.One night was what I needed, but he wanted more, and men like him always get what they want.

FINALIST for the 2024 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award • NPR BEST BOOK OF 2023 • An enchanting Black Southern gothic debut, perfect for readers of Mexican Gothic... "Fresh, haunting...In her roller-coaster ride of a gothic debut novel, Monica Brashears upends expectations at every turn." —The New York Times“Every page, every scene, every sentence of Monica Brashears’s debut novel House of Cotton daz...

Some wounds need more than time to heal...I don't remember what it's like not to be scared.And then I meet him.My brother's friend and ex-partner is everything I'll never be. Sexy, confident, and perfect. He calls me sunshine and tells me I'm beautiful. He asks me to stay.When my past comes back with a vengeance, he proves just how much he'd risk to shield me from the demons that were never supposed to resurface.

It?s a busy time in Room 2B?an ant observation project is beginning, Miss Mackle is teaching square dancing, and class pictures are being taken. Then one of the fish from the 2B fish tank goes belly-up! Is Harry to blame?

This must-read for lovers of Stephen King's The Shining will leave readers breathless as Seda and her family find themselves at the mercy of a murderer in an isolated and snowbound hotel. Get ready for what Kirkus calls "A bloody, wonderfully creepy scare ride."When her mom inherits an old, crumbling mansion, Seda's almost excited to spend the summer there. The grounds are beautiful and it's fun to explore the sprawling house with its creepy rooms...

Nadia’s life as a model is practically picture-perfect until the day werebear hunters send her running. She lands in Safe Harbor with the Ouellette clan, but Nadia knows better than to call yet another place home, and she settles in to do the one thing she knows best -- fight.Izzy’s rescue from drowning set her on a course for a fresh start as a woman capable of love and compassion. Her savior and clan alpha, Jean Luc Ouellette sealed their true mate bond to break the bi-polar curse...

From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.THIS IS NOT THE SUMMER CHRIS HAD PLANNED...Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her grandparents aren't bad -- they just don't let Chris do what she wants to do, which is sit around and read all day. And her sister, Becca, is the opposite, never sitting still and never b...