Evvie Kerr has always been a caretaker—of her self-absorbed younger sister Miriam; Miriam's tender-hearted son Ben; and the sisters' Russian-born father Michael, a successful screenwriter who bears the scars of a traumatic childhood. Evvie's sudden diagnosis with the disease that killed her mother forces each of the Kerrs to re-examine their roles in their lively, tightly knit Jewish family, and beckons Evvie herself to stretch into a larger and riskier life than she'd ever imagined. A fam...

Everyone expected big things from Ariel Thompkins. Wasn't she the girl who'd roped her friends into one madcap adventure after another, who'd met the challenge of losing both parents before turning eighteen, who'd gone on to graduate summa cum laude from UCLA? So how did this livewire end up delivering the day's mail for the U.S. Postal Service, hunkering down each night with her half-blind cat in front of the TV, ruminating over the width of her thighs? It looked as though it would take a...

How do you maintain your balance in a world turned upside down? Buffeted by dire winds of climate change, Nobel scientist and odd duck extraordinaire Fleur Robins rides rough waves of sexual betrayal and gender fluidity, bullying and loss, as she and her physics team speed up their efforts to ensure a viable future for the world's children—including her own. Thanks to her fascination with the void; a vivid imagination; a loving, if eccentric, extended family; and a couple of dogs named Hot...

Few of the eccentric inhabitants of her father's Main Line, Philadelphia estate have much time for Fleur Robins, an awkward child with a devotion to her ailing grandfather, a penchant for flapping and whirling, and a preoccupation with God and the void.While her mother spends much of her time with her hand curled around a wine glass and her abusive father congratulates himself for rescuing babies from "the devil abortionists," Fleur mourns the fallen petals of a rose and savors the...

After a series of climate calamities, physicist Fleur Robins takes off for deep space in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction. During her mysteriously prolonged absence, the internet has crashed, fire and flood have devastated whole countries, and End of Times cults have proliferated. There have been some intriguingly hopeful changes, too—nanoparticle holograms have replaced electronic devices, young people are witnessing exquisitely colorful "Shimmers," and the most gif...

Physics wunderkind Fleur Robins, just a little odd and more familiar with multiple universes than complicated affairs of the heart, is cast adrift when her project to address the climate crisis is stalled. Worse still, her Ethiopian-born fiancé Assefa takes off right after her 21st birthday party to track down his father, who’s gone missing investigating Ethiopian claims to the Ark of the Covenant.Fleur is left to contend with the puzzle of parallel worlds, an awkward admirer, and ...

Seven Thomas-Jacob Publishing, LLC authors bring you 15 of their short stories, excerpts, and poems. Sometimes offbeat, always captivating, the selections include historical fiction, magical realism, crime, psychological suspense, literary fiction, coming of age, and poetry for both children and adults. The works are grouped by author name, not genre, ensuring a surprise each time you turn the page.

The Complete Christmas Collection brought to you by Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:A TROPICAL CHRISTMAS ESCAPEHOT WINTER NIGHTSCOVERT CHRISTMASA CHRISTMAS BRIDEA REGENCY CHRISTMAS NIGHTA REGENCY CHRISTMAS NIGHT12 DAYS OF PASSIONMISTLETOE KISSESSNOWFLAKES AND SEDUCTIONSECOND CHANCE CHRISTMASONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS NIGHTCHRISTMAS KISSES IN THE SNOWSNOWKISSEDREGENCY CHRIS...

Don't miss a single romance this Christmas with this 35-title collection, perfect for every mood! Contains 35 titles! Single Dad in Her Stocking by Alison RobertsMistletoe Kiss with the Heart Doctor by Marion LennoxMidwife Under the Mistletoe by Karin BaineHis Mistletoe Wager by Virginia HeathOne Night Under the Mistletoe by Laurie Benson

When Spike Tracy, man of leisure and occasional amateur sleuth, seeks roadside assistance from an attractive young woman named Jill, he readily accepts her invitation to stay to tea with her family while his car is being fixed. So it is that he finds himself in the house of Jill's guardian, Dr. Sigurd Sharon, which they share with Jill's twin sister Mary. Of particular interest to Spike is Jill's insistance that she is in immanent danger of being murdered. But when tragedy does strike, it ...