Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is a “dizzying, sexy, and utterly heartfelt” (Mary H. K. Choi) love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rockWhen artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. Everyone except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy Suwa, who doesn’t think Santi has what it takes to be in the band.But Santi and Suwa share painful pasts, ...

Has she met The One? Or is she twenty years too late?48-year-old Amelia Simpson finds herself adrift after her husband leaves, consumed by dreams of something more than her daily routine with her 8-year-old twins in a small Welsh town.When she stumbles upon an old phone number from a handsome stranger in New York, a spark of possibility ignites. Encouraged by her best friend Sian, Amelia embarks on a whirlwind journey to the Big Apple to reconnect with her 'Perfect Patrick....

The youths began appearing across town one evening. They seemed to exactly match descriptions of missing children, some gone for 30 years, several more recently. When a dog was killed, the threat could not be ignored. After the tent revival, Reverend Walsh was called to sit and pray with Matt Reed, a trapper who had been accidentally caught in one of his own steel traps. Matt had freed himself and staggered home before collapsing. Now he seemed possessed, with sounds of children's voices c...

The dreams kept coming to Magret—the baby, its head rising right out of the earth, its piercing eyes staring at her. She tried to remind herself that this was just another nightmare. But then her daughter Sheena reported seeing a little girl, an infant, in the forest behind their house. Surely she was confused about what she had seen. The police searched, finding nothing. Then came another sighting, soon followed by a brutal murder in the house beyond the woods. Magret reluctantly began to...

Celia, desperate to escape her abusive husband, found the gun. He soon he lay dead. Rolling his body into the swamp, she recalled that Durk had threatened to defeat death: I'll get you, Celia. You kill me and I'll come back as your worst nightmare. I'll get you and I'll get your kids, too. Telling no one about Durk, Celia began to run with help from an underground network. Despite their precautions, disaster soon struck! Coincidence? After a second incident, it became apparent that somehow...

Johnstone Country. Guns and Money. And Sometimes, Lawyers.The long-awaited return of Smoke Jensen's son ignites a powder keg of problems for the town of Big Rock, Colorado. This time, it's personal—and definitely fatal . . .DARK NIGHT IN BIG ROCKSmoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can't help being a little disappointed that Louis isn't returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he's setting...

Ten-year-old son Timmy had already missed the opportunities to go to summer camp with one of his buddies. When family acquaintance Dan offered to take Timmy to the mountains for two weeks for hiking, camping, and taking pictures of wildlife, his parents thought that was a great idea. Lots of fun, a perfect vacation. Timmy tried to argue against the trip, as he had never felt really comfortable around Dan. However, his parents won the argument and off he went. The closer they got to the cab...

Youngsters Abby and Brian decided to spend the afternoon riding their bikes to the Speedee-Mart and buying a few treats. However, plans strangely went awry. First, Abby talked Brian into taking along Babs, his six-month-old golden retriever. Without asking permission, Brian put his best leash on Babs and off they went. Abby then wanted to stop and ask Shelly to join them. Shelly agreed, but suggested that they take the short-cut through the woods. That is where things went off-track. Along...

In a distant universe, since the beginning of time, workers have spent their lives weaving intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why? Andreas Eschbach's mysterious, poignant space opera explores the absurdity of work and of life itself.'A novel of ideas that evokes complex emotions through the working out of an intricate and ultimately satisfying plot, with echoes of Gene Wolfe, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Isaac Asimov' The New York Times Book Review

Stories + Puzzles = Reading Success! Highlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. These Level P books are perfect for kids just beginning to read simple sentences.Mouse is looking for a new house, but everything Bear and Squirrel suggest isn't quite right. In this Level P Highlights Puzzle Reader, readers can join in the search for a house for Mouse and then find hidd...

Andrea is confused and frustrated. Her mother—on her deathbed—told Andrea that she was not her real mother, and made her promise to seek out her real parents. Upon arriving at their home, she received mixed signals from her "real parents". She had to uncover the secrets that seemed to surround her, and began to wonder if one of the secrets was a past murder. Who could she trust as she struggled to get to the bottom of this mystery?

Zander and Felix's relationship has always pushed boundaries—personal and professional alike—but their love and commitment is stronger than ever. So strong that Zander's ready to ask commitment-shy Felix the question of a lifetime when he's interrupted. The Chaos is being hacked, and crucial, top secret information about the project that created Zander—and his fellow super soldiers—has been leaked.Neither man could have expected the enormity of what's discovered at the end...