Tree Callister is not much of a private detective.His first client just turned up at the door and he's twelve years old. What's more, the kid has the grand total of seven dollars with which to hire Tree to find his mother.Everyone on Sanibel Island in Florida, where Tree lives, thinks the former newspaper reporter is out of his mind. His only defender is his wife Freddie, and even she has doubts about her husband's new profession.Then a headless body shows up, along...

Historian John Ferling delves into baseball in the fascinating dozen years following World War II, when baseball ruled as the national pastime, and the names of the game's principal stars were known even by those who weren't fans of the sport. Major league baseball integration in 1947 also ushered in a pivotal transition, and within a decade only one team did not have a Black player on its roster. Portraits and stories of the performances of several Hall of Fame players are also chronicled...

In the heart of the North Carolina Appalachians, a summer of escape becomes a fight for survival in this gripping thriller. Thirteen-year-old Boyd is sent to his grandfather's farm after a schoolyard fight, where he's expected to spend the summer working the land and praying. But Boyd has other plans. Alongside Roger, Boyd embarks on an adventure to find an abandoned trestle and explore a cave with personal significance. Their journey is fraught with obstacles—Boyd's overbearing grandfathe...

Falling in love with her first love wasn’t part of her plan. Helping her kill the Hollywood elite wasn’t part of his.Hollywood loves a comeback. Too bad Evie Reyes didn’t come back to play nice.Five years ago, she watched her mother—an iconic Final Girl—die on the set of Simon Says. Now, she’s back on the same studio lot, cast as the lead in the reboot no one asked for. But Evie’s not here for fame. She’s here for revenge—and she’s got six names on her list...

She's the woman of his dreams. He's the monster from her nightmares.When Daniella rescues elderly Peggy from a mugger on a Boston street, she expects nothing in return. But then she meets Peggy's son, Lucas—devastatingly handsome and utterly captivating. Unlike her distant husband Grant, Lucas sees her. Wants her.Daniella can't resist, and they spend one reckless night together—which she immediately regrets.Too late, because Lucas doesn't just want ...

A cunning Thief. A rebel general. One deadly game of revenge.After being spared execution by a mysterious masked handler—who both infuriates and mesmerizes her—Ines de la Vega is thrust into a world of rebellion and winged warriors.Her mission is simple: to score the biggest payday of her criminal career, she must assume the identity of a lady of high society and deceive the elite by seducing the son of the Master of Justice and infiltrate the enemy's inner circle to report...

ISLAGrowing up, I knew three things for certain: I had the best parents in the world; I'd do anything to win Olympic gold; and Michael Thompson was my best friend. At sixteen, he broke my heart.Since then, figure skating has been my salvation. But Michael Thompson? He's someone I want nothing to do with. Too bad we both attend Golden Bay University. I'm an Olympian figure skater, and he's the future center of New York's NHL team, the Phantoms.Avoidi...

A psychiatric patient who predicts murders—down to the details.Dr. Rachel Hadley has barely absorbed the shock of her ex-husband, psychiatrist Dr. Colton Hadley, vanishing when County Detective Lane Archer uncovers something Colton left behind: a set of taped interviews no one was supposed to find.On the tapes, Patient 7, a man Colton was never supposed to treat, calmly predicts four murders before they happen, including the victims, locations, and timing. ...

Bridget Bell has spent the past four years at Cedar University trying to find out the truth about where she came from. She's so close that she can taste it. Figuring it all out during her senior year is what she needs to make her past decisions worthwhile. What she doesn't need is for the hot, overly sweet hockey captain and his crazy best friend to somehow end up in her and her best friend's lives—closer than Bridget would like.Lane Avery has been avoiding the NHL since h...

The cameras are rolling, the scene is set, and the stakes are deadly. On this set, no one is safe.Five years ago, Purdy Marin's wedding was shattered when her fiancé, Sawyer Delambre, accused her of cheating—at the altar. Humiliated and fed up, she ditched town and never looked back.Years later, Purdy now goes by "Andi," and has a happy, albeit humble, life in the city. She thought she'd left the nightmare of Sawyer behind, but he has other plans. ...

Get reacquainted with lust with Bussel's latest collection . . .This time around, award-winning erotica maven Rachel Kramer Bussel delves into her own archive of sexy tales from the past twenty-five years to bring us Lap Dance Lust: A Collection of Erotic Stories. Featuring Bussel's most popular pieces as well as brand-new ones, this salacious set of fiction offers portraits of modern sexuality that are sure to turn you on.Dive into this book of the dirtiest deeds ...

The Office Rivals are back and have finally said 'I Do.'Presley Malone was the coworker every guy wanted to get his hands on. Sexy, intelligent—and entirely off-limits.So, I knocked her up during a heated one-night stand.We fell in love, had a son, and I put a ring on her finger. Now, she's mine.Marriage is supposed to be all bliss, right?For better, for worse.Till death us do part . . .