THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"One part Golden Girls, one part Schitt's Creek, and a whole lot of Eli McCann’s signature wit and charm."—CAL CROSBY, The King’s English BookshopA hilarious, heartwarming story about competitive quilting, unlikely friendships, and found family.Betty Lou Dearden has been a member of the Ogden Quilters Association for more than twenty years when i...

To thwart a curse, a fake king enters a fake marriage—but his sacrificial death will be all too real.As the king of Sippar, Ahsan is surrounded by unparalleled luxury, fawning attendants, and a gorgeous wife. It's the life he's always dreamed of, except for three small problems.One, the palace oracle foretells of a threat that could leave the king dead and the city in ruins.Two, his marriage to the sharp-tongued priestess Nirah is already in trouble...

To thwart a curse, a fake king enters a fake marriage—but his sacrificial death will be all too real.As the king of Sippar, Ahsan is surrounded by unparalleled luxury, fawning attendants, and a gorgeous wife. It’s the life he’s always dreamed of, except for three small problems.One, the palace oracle foretells of a threat that could leave the king dead and the city in ruins.Two, his marriage to the sharp-tongued priestess Nirah is already in trouble...

In a night of destruction and loss, Safira watches her life crumble as Hadrian, a powerful and merciless Alpha, invades her pack, leaving a trail of blood and sorrow. Her father is killed, and she finds herself captive to her greatest enemy, trapped in the force and cruelty that Hadrian imposes. Consumed by hatred and the thirst for revenge, Safira struggles against the unexpected attraction that begins to stir within her. With every glance, every touch, she is torn between the desire to d...

What do people and oysters have in common? Both carry something precious within.In this evocative collection of short stories, Human Oysters explore some of the profound memories and defining moments that are nurtured in the secret chambers of minds and hearts.Each story offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people caught in extraordinary moments of longing, love, regret and reflection.Come meet the pe...

Hunted from the mountains to the marshes, Ahsan only wants two things before he's killed: a chance to spread the horrifying truth he's learned—and to be with the faithless priestess who's stolen his heart.After fleeing Sippar, Ahsan-Sin and Nirah have lost their freedom, their home, and their status. Now under their enemy's thumb, they travel to await judgement from the Rihut Elders—if the king's pursuing forces don't kill them all first.Reeling from what h...

Awareness, anticipation, physical conditioning . . . these are just some of the qualities a goaltender needs to bring onto the ice at game time. Excellence requires practice, consistency, and understanding—of the position, the situation, and your talents.No one knows this better than Eli Wilson does. Widely recognized as the leading authority on goaltending, he has worked alongside 30 NHL goaltenders, including Carey Price, Ray Emery, Tuukka Rask, and Brian Elliott.In H...

Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity provides a comprehensive intellectual and institutional history of Chabad Hasidism through the Kabbalistic concept of ṣimṣum. The onset of modernity, Eli Rubin argues, was heralded by this startling idea: existence itself is predicated on a self-inflicted "rupture" in the infinite assertion of divinity. Centuries of theoretical disputations concerning ṣimṣum ultimately morphed into religious and social schism. These debates c...

Rex has to hide a suspicious new dinosaur from creature-hating baddies in his fourth adventure. The final book in the laugh out loud series from a Lollies Prize winning author-illustrator, perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey and Dogman.Rex has a great gang of friends, from nine-year-old investigator Sandra, his best human pal; to Bigfoot, a jazz-loving yeti in disguise. But just occasionally, he does miss being around other dinosaurs. So when a new one app...

'A joy to read' David Crystal | 'Gulp it down' Lucy Mangan | 'A gem' Simon GarfieldSwamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine?We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we using them with any degree of accuracy - or should that be precision?For hair-splitters and language lovers, Dictionary of Fine Distinctions explores the world of the vanishingly small, teasing apart the terms that we tend to...

Asher Vale came to the mountain for data—not an alpha.But when a record whiteout traps him in a remote research cabin with the one man he can’t stop fighting, survival becomes the most dangerous experiment of his life.Asher is a stubborn omega climate grad student, one sample away from saving his thesis season, and absolutely not leaving the mountain just because the forecast turns ugly. Reid Mercer, the alpha wilderness guide hired to manage winter safety and evacuation, h...

Within the city walls, a monster hunt rages. Outside, an army marches.For Ahsan and the beast hiding under his skin, the safest place to hide is behind enemy lines. These days, the trick is knowing where that is. When the Blight Hunt comes to Sippar, it's all he can do to escape scrutiny. Yet when his plans go awry and his deadly secret risks being exposed, he finds he's not the only one harboring dark truths—nor the only one in peril.Nirah has advanced in ...