Veronica Blume is a recently divorced 29-year-old woman whos down on her luck. She has a meaningless job and no real friends to turn to. Her only savior is her sister, whos happily married and busy raising her own family. Veronica feels isolated from happiness. Everything that represents her life is a disappointmenther job, a failed marriage, even the threat of another cold Michigan winter. But fate takes a hand and Veronicas humdrum life changes instantly when she wins 11 million dollars ...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Meltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci.” – People"A madcap mix of intrigue, romance and legal trivia.” – New York TimesThe young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power—privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making decisi...

A powerful drama about the impact of prayer based on the hit movie from the Kendrick Brothers.Juggling motherhood and her job as a real-estate agent, Elizabeth Jordan wishes her husband could help more around the house. But Tony's rising career as a pharmaceutical salesman demands more and more of his time. With a nice home in the suburbs and a lovely young daughter, they appear to have it all―yet they can't seem to spend time together without fighting.Hopi...

The author of Killing Cupid “again provides fans of this splendidly witty mystery series another comical romp” (Fresh Fiction).For freelance writer Jaine Austen, working behind the scenes at a teen beauty pageant has shown her that sometimes beauty is in the eye of the murderer . . .Teen contestant Taylor Van Sant has a talent for singing, but she can’t write a song. So her über-pushy stage mom Heather has hired Jaine to pen lyric...

What's the hardest part of learning to ride a tandem?The pavement.It's late July, and Tressa Jayne Turner's summer is as sizzling as Ranger Rick Townsend! But is Tressa in love or lust with the hot ranger? There's not time to find out as Tressa's boss at the Gazette, Stan Rodgers, wants his Ace Cub Reporter to cover TribRide—the state's ginormous bicycle ride across the state—but not from the sidelines. This assignment is a little more...hands on. Hands on the handlebars, th...

With all the humor, passion, and soul his fans have come to expect, New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has written a novel with enough spice to warm even the coldest winter nights....“Just in time for the holidays...a very funny and engrossing novel...laugh-out-loud humor.”—BooklistEach of the McBroom sisters has her own problems. Frankie, the oldest, is never satisfied. Can anyone give her what she wants...

Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Every day in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.Best friends, Kim and Trina get a big reality check when the men they love have more love of money, the streets, sex, and revenge. Total denial sneaks into the forefront and causes them to be blinded. Physical & mental abuse, death and the penitentiary delivers them a hand that’s too hard to play.Will the truth of their reality sm...

Essence® bestselling author Daaimah S. Poole brings you the sizzling tale of two ex-best friends who can't forgive, won't forget. . .and will find out what matters most. . .Nicole and Tia just know nothing can break up their long-time friendship. But when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes along, Tia takes her new boyfriend's advice to sue Nicole's mother after a car accident. Soon Tia has a new home in South Carolina--and one furious ex-friend out to grab some of the ...

Essence® bestselling author Chunichi is back and keepin' it raw.Ceazia Devereaux has seen it all on the streets. She's gone from a gangster's girl to being married to the game. After the murders of a few of her associates, she's ready to divorce herself from the lifestyle she once knew and become the "good girl" she was raised to be.Ceazia finds her way to Atlanta, where she hopes to find a man who can take care of her. Parlay is a big-name rapper who fits the bill perfectly....

From Marshall Karp, the #1 New York Times bestselling author who co-created the NYPD Red series with James Patterson.A Vigilante with a Deadly Hobby is Stalking Los Angeles"Karp offers multiple twists that will keep most readers guessing until the end, and balances the grim plot with Biggs's inexhaustible supply of genuinely humorous one-liners. Kinky Friedman and Carl Hiaasen fans should latch onto this series."

**Felicia Pearson, star of the acclaimed television series The Wire, reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story—one that dramatically parallels her television character."Poetic ... powerful." —Publishers Weekly**While Felicia is a brilliant actor who played a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed baby with neonatal cocaine exposure in East Baltimore. Those ...

It’s been a long, hard year, but single mother Anna is finally putting the past, and her cheating ex-husband behind her and is finally ready to dip her toes in the dating pool again.Her best friend, Isabella, gets the ball rolling by placing a personal ad on her behalf and screening the men who write and forwarding on the few she considers worthy. Though taken aback by this at first, Anna concedes that if not for Isabella’s meddling, she probably wouldn’t have taken the necessary s...