Darlene Kirk left the mountains of West Virginia for what was supposed to be one year.She would work in Florida, pay her mother's hospital debt, help her husband finish the house on her father's land, and come home.Eleven years later, Darlene returns unannounced with a navy duffel bag, $241,600 in receipts, and a life already planned. The house is finished down to the oak floors, the yellow trim, and the porch swing she chose. But another woman's coat hangs in the hall. Her...

Everyone thinks Nora Reed is trying to steal the identity of Lena Vale, the world's most beloved AI influencer. The truth is the other way around.Lena has Nora's face, her voice, her childhood memories, and the private gestures no camera should have captured. She also has twenty-eight million followers, a luxury life, and the trust of people who have never heard of Nora.When Nora confronts Eli Mercer - the former lover who built the technology from her most intimate data - ...

She sold the last thing her mother left her to keep their future warm. He used it to leave.Greyhaven was built on coal. When the mine closes and winter settles over the town, Rose Mercer has only two things left: the younger brother who depends on her and the man who promises they will escape together.Thomas needs money for a job in Bellweather. Rose pawns her late mother's brooch and gives him everything she has. On the morning of departure, he boards the train beside Evel...