**The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this beautifully illustrated queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the 20th century New York."A lushly illustrated historical romance . . . This book is a charming fable — an elemental dance of fire and water." ―THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWA Goodreads C...

"This enigmatic tale of adolescent friendship . . . is smart, sly, and as knowing about the mind and heart of a teenage girl as an Elena Ferrante novel." — O, The Oprah Magazine"One of the best novels about girlhood and female friendship I've ever read." —Mary Beth Keane, *New York Times–*bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes"A tough and exquisite sliver of a short novel whose world I want to remain lost in. . . . [A] spectacular narrator . ....

"A taut, intricately layered page-turner that looks deeply and fearlessly into matters of profound human concern." —Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning authorWinner of the Kate Chopin AwardOn the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fiancé has just revealed a life-changing secret to her. Alone ...

“Vendela Vida has written a riveting and suspenseful novel about an American woman’s voyage to self-discovery.”—Joyce Carol Oates“Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall DiariesIn 2007, Vendela Vida’s novel Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name was a New York Times Notable Book o...

Will ambition shatter their dreams of love?Gina Elliot is dedicated to her studies and laser-focused on her writing career. Romance is the last thing on her mind. But when she meets the charming cricket star, Storm Jones, at a charity match, her world turns upside down.Storm is on the brink of international stardom and is heading to England. Gina is the perfect distraction from the pressures on the field, but he only seeks a carefree fling.As the Afr...

Expansive Stories On Small CanvasesSmall Worlds is a collection of flash and microfiction that traverses continents and cultures, and captures the messy, often absurd architecture of human lives, compressed into moments of sharp beauty, sly humor, and unsettling truth. In twenty-five stories--set in Los Angeles and London, Chicago and Goa, the Australian Outback and beyond--Gail Vida Hamburg distills the breadth of human experience into mo...

"A beautifully written, emotionally resonant novel that lingers long after the final page."When a devastating cancer diagnosis shatters nursing sister Hannah Dervain's carefully ordered life, she is forced to confront more than her mortality. Estranged from her daughter Savanna who is serving time in prison, Hannah must face years of regret, silence, and unresolved pain.As mother and daughter attempt a fragile reunion, old wounds reopen, an...

Are you deeply rooted in the scriptures? Dig into the Bible by taking a month-long devotional journey to deepen your faith. Find women in the Bible you can learn from by applying the lessons from their lives to your own today. You will have time to reflect, focus your prayers and decide on the practical action to draw you closer to God and to others.

**Rivalries ignite into heated romance, lost lovers seek second chances, and friendships turn to something more in these 12 stunning Romantasy stories.Including brand-new stories from beloved and bestselling authors including Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Kelley Armstrong, Alexis Hall, L. R. Lam, and more.**Tumble head over heels for these 12 gorgeous Romantasy stories from bestselling and beloved authors.A pair of harried servants try to romance their respective bosses in...

From the acclaimed author of Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and The Lovers comes a taut, spellbinding literary thriller that probes the essence and malleability of identity.In Vendela Vida’s taut and mesmerizing novel of ideas, a woman travels to Casablanca, Morocco, on mysterious business. While checking into her hotel, the woman is robbed of her wallet and passport—all of her money and identification. Though the police investigate, the woman senses an u...

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AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF REALITYDivine Times describes the somewhat peculiar way in which a family of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's devotees live.From the very beginning of their relationship with the Great Avatar these people have been receiving messages by way of dreams, visitations and primarily meditations.Each devotee has his or her personal way of relating to the Being that millions of people in the world have accepted as the Highest Divine Incarnation to have ...