First, no coffee. Then a dead guy. This is one killer vacation. I thought being forced into a Mother's Day trip with my entire family on the Oregon Coast was bad. Then came the dead bodies. Turns out Mom's cozy vacation spot kept its high murder count a secret. So I'm stuck in a death trap. Either I can play detective for a few days or follow Mom's perfect schedule. Detective it is. But is my vacation long enough to solve a couple years' worth of crimes? Five days. Six murders. No pressure. Holt Jacobs isn't for everyone. He's a sarcastic introvert who can never get quite enough coffee. Becoming a sarcastic sleuth was unexpected, but as an engineer, Holt is used to solving puzzles.

Think Maggie Nelson meets Hannah Gadsby.Told in kaleidoscopic bursts of erratic recollections, daydreams, poetry, and lists, Mercy Gene is the powerful, genre-smashing debut work of auto-fiction by acclaimed writer, playwright, and comedian JD Derbyshire. Inspired by Derbyshire's critically acclaimed and award-winning stage play, Certified, and anchored by protagonist Janice/Jan/JD, Mercy Gene is a beautiful, humorous, and sometimes brutal look at queerness, gender confusion, institutionalization, addiction, and abuse. Through flashes of memory and imaginings, Derbyshire illustrates the intense and invisible "side effects" of psychiatric treatment and the unreliability of memory. In a stream-of-conscious narrative that provokes and consoles, eliciting tears and laughter at equal pace, Derbyshire re-examines a life of unspoken and repressed trauma. Between devastating bouts of depression, hilarious side-quests into the author's dryly...

Welcome to Griffinwood CloseThe only thing Altair wants is peace and quiet. Emil Jones, bitten by a vampire with a connection to Altair's past, is quite the opposite of peace and quiet.The magical community of Griffinwood Close exists in a mysterious sliver between universes and is home to a motley mix of outcasts from various eras and worlds. Despite their differences, the residents of Griffinwood are linked by trauma and estrangement, as well as an overwhelming need for acceptance and love, making Griffinwood Close an idyllic haven for those in need. However, as a youngling vampire, Emil poses a threat to the safety they have so relentlessly built, and Altair, as the only other vampire resident, finds himself saddled with a roommate he did not ask for. Despite his misgivings, Altair soon finds himself enjoying the company of his new companion. Yet, their shared past...

With this ring, I thee wed.To have and to hold,As long as we both shall live.The problem is that I don't know how long that will be.Trouble rises from every direction.Dare and I will stand together and face it all.But if our bluff doesn't pay off... there's more than a billion dollar fortune at stake.We're gambling with our very lives in this dangerous game of wealth and fate.

For fans of Lisa Jewell and Gillian FlynnA part of him knew she was always lying, but he could change that. He could change her. After all, what were friends for?When charismatic Zoë first sits in Jason's salon chair, he can immediately tell they have a connection. Who wouldn't? She was smart, witty, and incredibly funny, everything someone could want in a budding friendship. But soon, Jason learns there is more to Zoë than meets the eye.When lies are uncovered and secrets exposed, Jason must decide just how far he's willing to go in the name of friendship.How far should he go to uncover the truth? If he digs too deep, could Jason lose the very person he's trying to keep?When it all comes crashing to the light, and someone's very life hangs in the balance, will he regret what he's done? Or will Jason wish he had only done more?Find out what happens in this unputdownable psychological thriller about secrets and betrayal. 

Babysitting's not a club . . . It's a battlefield.When Anah and Hailee discover that their most recent bounty disappeared along with the rogue of the party, it's time for the gloves to come off.A tracking spell leads them straight into Farrow, a city known as a hub for adventurers...and right to the door of the Temple of Dinna, Goddess of Growth and Change. Their prey is hiding within the walls of the temple, but Anah and Hailee will need an excuse to conduct their search. An opportunity pops up, but not the kind of chance they are used to.Instead of spells and swords, they have to commit to arts and crafts. Hired on as teachers in the temple crèche, Anah and Hailee are forced to face their hardest, meanest, scariest challenge yet --CHILDREN.They entered searching for revenge, but Dinna has a way of bringing new paths to the table. While searching for their former partner, they might just find acceptance, compassion, and some fickle sweet treats along the way.A cozy fantasy novel for fans of Legends and Lattes, Can't Spell Treason without Tea, and Kindergarten Cop.

After saving the lost prince from his execution, Joss Brevyn is on the run. With a price on their heads, the deathsman and her assistant, Henrik, have only one way to clear their names: find Callan Ronen and get him home to Aselian. But while both assume that finding him would be the hard part, it's staying alive that becomes the challenge. The road to Aselian isn't just marked by dense forests and treacherous terrain; it's a host to those who will do anything to catch the prince-turned-prisoner and the two who helped him escape.One of those is Aric Kayden, the assassin who's still reeling from the guilt of how he and Joss had last parted. With his own injuries on the mend, Aric has only one goal in mind: kill Callan in order to save himself—as well as Joss and Henrik—from the Mask. However, the journey to find the prince grows more complicated as Aric begins to realize that killing him may not be the answer to all of his problems.Bound in a game of...

The Two Michaels, a Cold Case, and the Black WidowSERIES FINALE - The S & S Investigations series is now complete!When Don Dash returns from an overseas trip with a new bride, his daughter Kate is understandably surprised. When Don then starts to experience a more-than-normal number of 'accidents', Kate starts to wonder about this mysterious woman who has appeared in their lives. Unable to shake her doubts, Kate takes the case to S & S Investigations.Has her father married a Black Widow?As Paige and Sophie start working on this case, another potential client reaches out needing their help.And this one is most unexpected.The team from S & S Investigations get stuck into the two cases with gusto, but behind the scenes both Paige and Sophie's personal lives are getting more complicated.And when one situation takes a dramatic turn, a betrayal is...

A heart-warming Australian historical rural family saga with a love story at its core. Book one in the Downs series. They say bad things come in threes...Tragedy forces the teenaged Cleary sisters to join the thousands leaving Ireland for the fabled good life in the colonies. But at the bottom of the world, they encounter dangerous and disconcerting characters, prejudices they thought they'd left behind, and choices that can only drive them apart.Through the eyes of the dutiful and naive, Roisin; lovelorn stalwart, Grace; and feminist artist Stella, The Darlings of the Downs explores the secrets and the ties that bind families from one generation to the next and the impossible choices women make for the people they love.Set against the backdrop of colonial and post-war era Australia, this richly layered historical family drama traces the delicate threads of cause and effect throughout five generations. Features a discussion guide...

Do you ever wish you were in an 80s movie, where the guy always gets the girl, and the girl always goes through hell but end result is perfect? Yeah well, my life is nothing like that. My name is Abigail Greenwood I live on the wrong side of the tracks. I don't hang with the cool kids, and I actually have to work for the stuff I want. My cokehead mother won't do shit and my father, well, he works to pay the bills. Today is just one more day before I get out of this shithole town.