A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to hav...

From sharing a bed to sharing a bed…MaxAfter years of confronting and eventually accepting my asexuality, the last thing I thought would happen would be kissing my best friend.No, the LAST thing I thought would happen is that kissing them would send me into a spiral of romantic yearning that I’d never experienced before.Lou shares my food, my apartment, and even my bed when they need assurance and affection, but thi...

To save my nana’s house, I had to accept the auction.KnoxFreshly back home from pursuing my culinary dreams, my friend auctions me off as an in-home chef for his son for an entire month.What I didn’t expect was Lucy.He’s an artist, every bit as rich and proper as his father, but what I saw behind his eyes made me want to break past his barriers.Lucy paints his soul on the canvas—his pain, his heart, and the ...

Nothing Happened to Me—Until It DidBy Sabrina EchoSometimes, the most dangerous secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.We spend years building a life, carefully curating our stories and perfecting our masks. We convince ourselves that as long as we keep the shadows at bay, the truth won't be able to define us. We tell ourselves: Nothing happened to me.Until it does....

I kissed my best friend’s older brother.He’s a professional hockey player who dates puck bunnies.I’m a curvy college girl who doesn’t date.I didn’t expect him to kiss me back.We got carried away over the holidays.When I’m in his arms, it’s easy to forget about our differences.I didn’t intend to fall in love with him,Or end up pregnant with his baby.Will this player settle down or break my heart?This is...

Never take a sample from a stranger…CrystalI’m on the final day of Aria Falls’ Bagel Festival, and I have my aim directed right at those Sunday-exclusive bagel sampler booths. I want a blackout bingo for the sampler punch card, there’s nothing that will stand in my way.Except him, it seems.Jerome eats half my bagel samples, teases me, and even flirts with me. But I find that somehow, I’m not upset at it. I want more...

Chuck Radcliff is not the a**hole everyone thinks he is. At least Miranda never thought so, until recently. He puts on a tough guy act for the rest of the world. He’s the rough, scrapper on the ice; the man’s man off it; and a tiger in the sack. It’s all bullshit, except for the last part—he’s a dynamo between the sheets.She gave him her heart and her virginity a long time ago. They were supposed to be the fairy-tale romance of high school sweethearts whose love transcended time. I...

If I were an ice queen, Casey has come to thaw my frozen heart.RobinAria Falls is a small city known for celebrating even the smallest of holidays on a grand scale. So why did I choose today to participate?Now I’m shivering at the shore of the freezing ocean, waiting my turn to jump in.Luckily, Casey takes my hand and plunges us both into the new year with a fresh start.Maybe it can be a fresh start for a ne...

A tiny act of petty vengeance can land a pretty boy into your lap.ZainabWhat started as a day full of indirect vengeance and sweet vindication ended up landing me a cutie in my little pop-up shop.I dumped my cheating ex and crocheted some good yarn rope for Yarn Bombing day, only for his newest ex to buy some off me and start a scene at his house.That, apparently, was enough to blow Hayden into my shop, the dependab...

Ink and EchoStories of Memory, Identity, and Impossible FuturesBy Nora O.A soul rented for twenty-four hours. Forgotten days collected like refuse. Lost memories, impossible choices, and lives transformed by forces they barely understand.In these stories, ordinary people navigate extraordinary worlds where emotions have value, regrets take shape, and the boundaries between memory, identity, and reality begin to blur. ...

In a campus apartment complex far, far away…HeckIt’s bad enough that younger students were partying all night and making all kinds of noise, but when someone pulls the fire alarm and I’m thrust into the parking lot in the middle of the night in my decade-old Star Wars pajamas, I’m not a happy camper.I’m a second away from crawling into my friend’s jacket for warmth when a honeyed voice matching a stunning woman firefighter ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, INTENSIVE CARE: The Story of a Nurse, (revised 2024) is the gripping account of critical care nurse, Echo Heron. From training to practice in emergency and coronary care units, Heron's riveting first-person account carries an emotional impact that will leave few readers unmoved. A winning mixture of emotion, humor, and medical life and death dramas, INTENSIVE CARE is a fast-paced and fascinating must-read.