Spreading plague isn't all it's cracked up to be.Piper Bane wants nothing to do with her pesky Pestilence bloodline and would give anything to be a Normal. In fact, she put Beckwell, Alberta–land of the paranormal and home of the weird–in her rear-view ten years ago and hasn't been back since. But when an invitation to her best friend’s wedding coaxes her back home, she's reminded what it means to continue the legacy of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. ...

Heavens above! Being an opera goddess is frightfully exhausting work—all that floating about in silk and diamonds, pretending one hasn't a care in the world while creditors circle like hungry cats at a fishmongers.The Ton calls me La Luminosa, their divine songbird, but I fear my golden cage grows rather cramped.A wealthy husband would solve everything quite nicely, and this charming country house musicale promises at least one eligible earl's heir.But oh! Nobody wa...

What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have seen in recent years superb volumes by such eminent figures as Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, Gerald Edelman, and Roger Penrose, all firing volleys in what has come to be called the conscious...

**One of the Washington Post's Best Nonfiction Books of 2022A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it.**Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and th...

Murder disrupts a reporter's train trip in this classic mystery from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, from the author of The House of the Two Green Eyes.New York City reporter Hamlin Douglas has a knack for getting into trouble. When an assignment gets dangerous and his editor pushes him more, he loses his temper and is promptly placed on suspension. Making use of his new surplus of free time, Ham decides to escape the city for a few weeks of bass fish...

Welcome to Beckwell, home of the magical and strange... and the Shades, a group of gender-swapped Golden Girls determined to protect what's theirs.Some days, the world is out to get you. Literally. The same morning his cat tries to murder him, half-troll Frizzly Cooper meets a cute but deadly destruction goddess. Sure, she might have saved his cat, but she wants to destroy his town. A c...

I’m about to say yes.To spending an entire week alone, in a private villa, with a man I just met on an airport layover.Is it crazy? Yes.Worth it? Absolutely.There’s just something about Cillian that has me hooked. From the moment he took the bar stool next to mine, I knew. It was kismet. It was karma...It was crazy. And I was all in.That layover was fate. That’s the only explanation for the fact we each have a plus one to two different weddings. Seem...

These gender-swapped Golden Girls have the perfect plan to save their town from paranormal threats: matchmaking.An arranged marriage seems like a good idea...until you're walking down the aisle toward the sexy immortal soldier you're in half in love with but have never technically met. But that’s the least of Cara Jenklow’s problems. After all, her best friend is a necklace and her idols are...

My DREAM was to be an INTERIOR DESIGNER …. not a DETECTIVE.For the past five years, all I could think about was taking care of my parents’ estate.Finally, I was ready for a fresh start and a new career!Along with my pugs, Gabby and Gus, we packed up and moved 800 miles, to my late Grandmother’s small town of Harborside.I had plans, BIG plans, the type that included FURNITURE, FABRIC, and DESIGN!Instead, I find myself in the middle of...

They call me Lady Luck—quite the joke, really, since luck left me the moment I bolted from my own wedding.Five years have passed since that mortifying day, and I have declared myself quite done with matrimony, and spend my days managing my father’s stable of racehorses.But now Papa has sold my beloved thoroughbred to the Prince of Wales himself, and I find myself contemplating the most shocking scheme to win him back.Even more vexing is the constant...

A crime reporter in early-1900s Manhattan covers the shocking murder of a socialite in this classic mystery by the author of The Crime in Car 13.Mrs. Belle Villiers was a celebrated character in early-twentieth-century Manhattan society. The sexagenarian's origins are a mystery, but much is known about her love affairs with celebrities and her influence in local politics. Her wealth was unquestionable. Her Washington Square mansion frequently hosted royall...

Sexy, handsome, devilish Lucas Ridley is my best friend……and the man I’ve been madly in love with for years.Fling after fling, I’ve watched him go through women like those expensive dress shirts he wears. On and off. On and off. And then he comes to me, old reliable me who listens to why this time it didn’t work. Again.I could just shake him.But I’ve been resigned to my fate as the best friend. Until now.We're headed to Curacao for Christmas, just the...