Jane Collins-Philippe loves the sea – after all she has spent many years living on a sailboat – and she has collected verses old and new to share her understanding and affection. Some of the poems will be familiar, like Eugene Field’s “Wynken, Blynken and Nod.” Others are from Collins-Philippe’s own pen and are sure to become favorites. Who could resist a poem about a ship with a hippo for a captain and a giraffe named Joyce for a lookout?Laura Beingessner’s charming art is the per...

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA celebrated bartender at the Ritz Hotel during the Nazi occupation of Paris harbors a dangerous secret in this “magnificent” (ELLE), “brilliant” (Le Parisien) international bestseller based on a true story."The Barman of the Ritz brilliantly captures the tense, morally murky atmosphere of Nazi-occupied France. Ri...

A long road trip. A quarrelling couple. On a lonesome highway a tire goes flat and without a sound an infant disappears.Is it a kidnapping? Or an act of god?Not far away, Gracie Fortune is acting strange. She sees dancing fruit trees and encroaching horizons over which she's tempted to go. In desperation she's begun making demands of her wayward god. But when her prayers are answered all hell breaks loose.

Claudia Stone is useless. No matter what she does, no matter how hard she tries to grab the reins and steer a course, her life is not her own. From an early age she learned that there are those who know better than she how to make things happen. Trouble is - the happenings are not of her choosing. Despite the recurrent blows and losses, she struggles to gain some autonomy. But her efforts are futile. Claudia has no control over her life, the only power she possesses is the power to end it....

Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell continues the tradition in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin cozy mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.Recently married to James Lacey, the witty and fractious Agatha Raisin quickly finds that marriage, and love, are not all they are cracked up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the newlyweds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. After a particular...

The deputy sheriff of a small Texas town hides a dark secret in this classic 1952 crime novel from the author of The Grifters ."Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered." —Stanley KubrickEveryone in the small town of Central City, Texas, loves Lou Ford. A deputy sheriff, Lou's known to the small-time criminals, the real-estate...

The New York Times bestselling author of New Leaf returns to Mystic Creek, Oregon, where a wounded heart finds a place to call home. . . .After a career on the rodeo circuit, Ben Sterling longs to settle down on his farm and start a family like his brothers. He’s searched all over for the woman of his dreams. Yet the only one to spark his interest is the new owner of the local café. Getting her attention, however, won’t be easy.Sissy Sue B...

WINNER of the 2013 Alberta Readers' Choice award!Rebee Shore’s life is fragmented. She’s forever on the move, ricocheting around Alberta, guided less than capably by her dysfunctional mother Elizabeth.The Shore Girl follows Rebee from her toddler to her teen years as she grapples with her mother’s fears and addictions, and her own desire for a normal life. Through a series of narrators—family, friends, teachers, strangers, and Rebee herself—her family’s dark past, ...

This modern classic is "a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood" in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin ( Publishers Weekly).Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it's both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved "daddy" of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work...

Buckhorn’s favorite bachelor has finally decided to tie the knot in a sizzling new novella… Don’t miss this fan-favorite tale from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster, originally titled A Buckhorn Bachelor.Adam Sommerville always thought he had it all—great family in a close-knit community, worthwhile job as a high school gym teacher, and no shortage of women eager to be on his arm. But it seems his luck has suddenly run out. Because Buc...

The second book in the gripping and heartwarming new Jubilee Lake series, from multi-million-copy bestselling author Anna JacobsLancashire, 1895. Lillian Hesketh has taken a new name, and a brave step towards a happier life. Suddenly widowed after an unhappy marriage, and pursued by her unscrupulous in-laws, Lillian finds a fresh start in the beautiful Ollindale valley. Thanks to the kindness of her new neighbours, Walter Crossley and his family, s...