High school sophomore Jenny Miller goes to dances but doesn't dance. Sitting is safer, in case she has a seizure. When she meets a boy who likes to sit and talk with her, an unexpected but welcome adventure begins. He even persuades her to dance with him.It's not quite the blissful romance of her dreams. He's an athlete, and he's too popular to be interested in a girl like her-according to other girls, and she fears it might be true. Then jealousy at school turns to bullying.

"New and full of surprises." -2025 Utah Book Awards"Every emotional payoff, whether flash-of-lightning funny or tearfully joyful, is earned through a rich depth of honesty that is the polar opposite of sentimentality." -Darrin McGraw, coauthor of Animal Future.This collection of contemporary short fiction includes a novella with a Father's Day vibe, The Dad Who Stayed, and a dozen short stories.In The Dad Who Stayed (a nov...

"Utterly charming . . . clever and kind." -2025 Utah Book AwardsThis collection of contemporary Christmas stories includes a novella, Poor As I Am, and eight short stories.In Poor As I Am (a novella) two grad students meet in a story of five Christmas Eves. Will the money he doesn't have or the money she doesn't want prevent their happiness? Or does love conquer all, especially at Christmas?Eight short stories all ...

A collection of the year's best fiction, poetry, and personal essays, featuring thirty-seven recipients of the Olive Woolley Burt and Typewriter Awards: Linda Allison, Alice M. Batzel, Joseph A. Batzel, Lauryn Christopher, Emily Robyn Clark, Megan Condie, Vince Font, Gina G, Alexis Hansen, Jo Lynne Harline, Danielle Harward, Amanda Hill, Lorraine Jeffery, Rachelle Knapp, L. S. Kunz, Caryn Larrinaga, C. H. Lindsay, Terra Luft, Inna V. Lyon, Wm David Mallery, Paula Murcia, Eve Oeme, John M. ...

From the New York Times– bestselling author of Shoe Addicts Anonymous , "a lighthearted romantic romp" about a runaway bride's second chance at love ( USA Today ).Ten years ago, Quinn Barton was on her way to the altar to marry Burke Morrison, her high school sweetheart, when something derailed her. Rather, someone derailed her—the Best...

USA TODAY BESTSELLERThree sweet, feel-good holiday romances full of small-town charm, second chances, and heartwarming happily-ever-afters—perfect for readers who love uplifting Christmas love stories, cozy mountain towns, and unexpected connections. ✨In The Christmas Compromise (Morgan’s story), Morgan Reed returns to Christmas Mountain to open her dream salon—only to find her space already claimed by Dallas Parker, he...

THE MAN WHO LEFT is about the importance of fathers. It's about the men who leave, and the men who stay.It's a familiar story. Father leaves his wife and children and never looks back. Theresa Weir was five when her father left his family for a better life with a wealthy socialite. Many years passed with only occasional and grudging contact by Theresa's father. When Theresa married into a successful farm family, her father resurfaced, but she couldn't help but be suspicious of his ...

The New York Times bestselling series is now a graphic novel -- Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length comic stories that will keep even the bravest player up at night . . .What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Oscar think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Oscar wishes to get his hands on ...

More than 18 million Geronimo Stilton books in print! Finally, I was about to leave for a relaxing vacation all by myself. I was ready to kick back and connect with nature. But somehow, my peaceful trip turned into a crazy treasure hunt in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota with the entire Stilton clan in tow! Our journey even included a hot-air balloon ride to Mount Rushmore. Holey cheese! This was one adventure I'd truly remember.

This Christmas season, Christina Grey Cooper has finally accepted that her marriage to her college sweetheart Dare is over.So she packs up her things, leaves a note, and heads back home for Marietta, Montana in the hope that a Christmas with her family will help piece her head—if not her heart—back together.Dare isn’t about to let the love of his life go, and who cares if that’s what he thought he wanted? He’ll do what it takes to win Christina back—even if that means suffe...

The unparalleled short story collection by the great Raymond Carver, master of spare, powerful prose and one of the great American short story writers.This powerful collection of stories is set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time. In the opening story a man whose wife and children have left him, rearranges all his furniture on the lawn. And in each subsequent story sadness, pain and drudgery prop...

Karen O’Connor, author of the highly popular Getting’ Old Ain’t for Wimps (more than 260,000 copies sold) tunes into the hilarious, surprising, and sometimes insightful things that grandchildren say.Funny quotes and vignettes celebrate the candid comedy that children bring to our lives. Among offerings provided by other grandparents, Karen shares personal stories and showcases themes for laughable moments:Paying Attention—there is happiness in the details...