J.D. Salinger remains one of America’s best known but least understood writers.His 1951 book, The Catcher in the Rye, lives on as one of the most iconic American novels of all time. Yet after his commercial and literary success, Salinger soon retreated to a rural town in New Hampshire and lived in seclusion for the rest of his life. He wrote nearly every day but didn’t publish any of his work after 1965. He became famous for not wanting to be famous.His story, howe...

The first in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray, Edgewater Road invites us into a world of family mysteries, small-town secrets, and perhaps a little romance along the way.When Jennifer Smiley’s grandmother, Ginny, leaves her an old farmhouse on Edgewater Road in seemingly quiet Ross County, Ohio, Jennifer can’t pass up the opportunity for a new beginning. Almost immediately she meets a group of men who genero...

A Top Editor’s Take on the State of Journalism Today—and His Prescient Forecast of Its Future“This is a personal and insightful book about one of the most important questions of our time: how will journalism make the transition to the digital age? Steve Shepard made that leap bravely when he went from being a great magazine editor to the first dean of the City University of New York journalism school. His tale is filled with great lessons for us all.”

A World Fantasy Award–winning anthology of erotic horror stories, including dark tales of desire by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Dedman, Harry Crews, and others.The title of this acclaimed anthology comes from the French term "la petite mort," a seventeenth-century euphemism for orgasm. It was thought that part of a man's life-force was drained from him each time he climaxed. In Little Deaths, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow collects twenty-two stories th...

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray returns with the second novel in her “tantalizing” (Publishers Weekly) Rumors in Ross County series. In Ross County, love can stay the course, but first you have to know who to trust.There’s a lot going on in Joy Howard’s life. She’s got an ex-husband who starts acting like he doesn’t want to be an ex anymore, a sixteen-year-old daughter in need of a guiding hand and a lot of rides to dance pr...

Build a handsome heirloom to be cherished for years to come with 21 projects hand-picked from the editors of Woodworker's Journal. Perfect for adding your carved and scrolled signature touches, the projects include a baker's shelf, Shaker vanity mirror, cherry gun cabinet, Colonial pewter cupboard, and much more.

A rapturous story of second chances, self-discovery, and long-held dreams that just won’t let go, from the international bestselling author of the California-set Miramar Bay novels.A man adrift …Noah Hearst is leaving a life he’s spent twelve years building. Professionally, a losing battle for his job after a hostile takeover. Personally, signing away his marriage in a split that was a long time coming. Now, the difficult part: deciding who he is, what he wants, and where t...

For a proper young Amish widow struggling to begin again, encountering her reckless first love will test herforgiveness, resolve—and heart …Overwhelmed by grief and tending twin baby daughters, Rosmanda Lapp is without options. She still blamesher brother-in-law, Levi, for her husband’s accidental death—but she and her aging in-laws need him to keep theirfarm going. Yet as Levi takes on his responsibilities with a new determination and steadiness, she can’t hel...

Amid the Great War in 1918 England, munitions worker Rosalind Graham is desperate to escape the arranged marriage being forced on her by her ruthless guardian and instead follow her own course. When the Chilwell factory explodes, killing hundreds of unidentified workers, Rose realizes the world believes she perished in the disaster. Seizing the chance to escape, she risks all and assumes a new identity, taking a supervisory position in Gretna, Scotland, as Miss Tilly Lockhart.RAF C...

Molly McKenzie's bright personality and on-trend fashion and beauty advice have made her a major social media influencer. When her manager-turnedboyfriend tells her of an upcoming audition to host a makeover show forAmerica's underprivileged youth, all her dreams finally seem to be coming true. There's just one catch: she has little experience interacting with people in need.To gain an edge on her competitors, she plans to volunteer for the summer at a transitional program f...

From the internationally bestselling author of Firefly Cove comes a powerful novel of healing old wounds, surprising second chances, and letting the heart lead the way . . . What to do with a life where everything he's worked for is shattered? A top executive in the family business, Buddy Helms lives and works under the thumb of his powerful father. He's proved himself time and again to the manipulative patriarch-even saving the company from financial ruin. Yet for six years Buddy's waited...

SHE MIXED DANGER, DESPERATION, AND DECEPTION TOGETHER. LOVE WAS NOT THE EXPECTED OUTCOME.With their sharp engineering minds, Laura Stiles and her two sisters have been able to deal with their mother’s unfortunate choice in husband until they discovered his plans to marry each of them off to his lecherous friends.Now they must run away—far and fast—to find better matches to legally claim their portion of their father's lumber dynasty and seize control from their stepfather.