Murder's brewing in Estes Park, where the tea is hot, the dead don't rest, and curiosity might just get you in a whole steep of trouble.Just when Ellie thought she was getting the hang of her supernatural gift and running Spines & Steeps, construction workers discover a skeleton in the wall of the Opera House across the street, and her supposedly quiet bookstore life explodes into chaos once again. The remains belong to Mary Oliver, a young woman who vanished in 19...

Nothing says fall in the Rockies like cider, ghosts, and a dead guy.Halloween in the charming mountain town of Estes Park promises to be magical for bookstore owner Ellie Read. The town's Fall Festival and haunted hayride are in full swing, complete with spooky decorations and ghostly displays that delight visitors from across Colorado. But when the evening takes an unexpected and sinister turn, Ellie finds herself at the center of a mystery that threatens to unrav...

A ghostly carol, a shocking murder, and a killer on the loose. This holiday season in Estes Park is anything but silent.When budget consultant Brenda Boyd slashes the town's Christmas budget she makes more enemies than ornaments on a tree, leaving Ellie Read, former investigative journalist turned book and tea store owner, with another murder mystery to solve.Then, as if solving a murder during the busiest shopping season wasn't enough, yet another mysterio...

Juliette Good has gotten her groove back. Sort of. She's back home and settling into her new and old life. Spring has sprung, and the witches and warlocks of Charm Cove are enjoying the nice weather. Until it's not so nice.Spells start going awry, and spring rains turn into wild storms that wreak havoc. While the supernatural power brokers in town try to trace the spell problems, Juliette stumbles across a sneaky theft in the accounts of Beauty Bewitched.Juliette is busy tr...

The highly anticipated follow-up to All the Little HousesFrom the USA Today bestselling author of The Hunting Wives (now a hit Netflix series) comes a deliciously wicked stand-alone sequel to All the Little Houses, as the fallout from an utterly unexpected death reverberates over every margarita and through every pine-lined street down in Texas.Longview is a place quite familiar with social scandal and unsolved crimes, bu...

In 2008, the world watched in awe as 2,008 men pounded Fou drums in unison at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony―a spectacle that heralded China's arrival as a global powerhouse. Yet even as China's economy skyrocketed, skeptics scoffed at its ability to lead in tech, arguing that its authoritarian institutions smother true innovation. Jennifer Lind dismantles this assumption, showing that China has not just kept pace; it has, in fact, surged ahead.Coupling hard data with razor-...

Letting go is not a process that comes naturally to us. In a world that teaches us to cling to what we love at all costs, there is an undeniable art to moving on—and it's one that we are constantly relearning. In this series of honest and poignant essays, Heidi Priebe explores the harsh reality of what it means to let go of the people and situations we love most—often before we are ready to—and how to embrace what comes next.

The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by “one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century” (Ray Bradbury), as selected by award-winning author Victor LaValleAmong the greats of twentieth-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, ...

I'm not Goth to hide my Drow heritage, I'm Goth because I'm not a quitter.My name is Cheyenne Summerlin, remember that name. Somebody should . . .The world can't know I'm a Drow halfling. Not yet. I barely have these powers under my control, but time's up. I'm about to take magic for a test drive. Want to come along?The black ops government group believe they can run my life . . . But I have plans of my own.Watch out magical evil doers—I'm a...

Welcome to River Bluffs, Indiana, a cozy small town populated with charming homes, close-knit families, and the occasional deadly secret . . .House-flipper Jazzi Zanders and her cousin Jerod have found their latest project. The property, formerly owned by the late Cal Juniper, is filled with debris that must be cleared before the real renovation begins. But a trip to the attic reveals something more disturbing than forgotten garbage—a skeleton wearing a locket and rings th...

Are you ready for your next magical adventure?Okay, so I'm in trouble. Big trouble. I'm broke. Worse, my boyfriend of five years just dumped me.What do I do? I move in with my three eccentric aunts in their family home, Davenport House. Sounds exciting, only this massive farmhouse likes to eat men.If I were a regular human, I would have run out screaming like a banshee. As a witch—I do absolutely nothing. Hey, maybe they deserved it?I'm back...

A closed room in her newest fixer-upper leads Indiana house-flipper Jazzi Zanders to reopen a chilling cold case involving a high school girl . . .Jazzi, her cousin Jerod, and her husband Ansel are preparing to renovate a charming house that reminds her of an English manor. Before purchasing it, they had inspected the house for structural issues, but now when they do a more thorough walk-through, they discover a teenage girl's bedroom that clearly hasn't b...