Susan Carter grew up as one of three siblings, the only girl among two brothers, Denis, one year older, and Alan, two years younger. The brothers were as different as the poles of a magnet, each one pulling in the opposite direction. To look at the three of them, one would never guess they were siblings. Dennis' constant harassment of his younger brother left Alan in a blanket of insecurity and resentment, tempered only by Susan's meager attempts to sooth their differences. The brothers' divergent lives led one to college, a tour of duty in Vietnam, and diversity; the other to the status quo, and a presumed competition for superiority. Over time, the siblings drifted apart, and the deaths of their parents drove the wedges of their differences ever deeper.Ultimately, a tragic event challenges them all to re-evaluate their lives and they attempt to come to terms with the fallout from the disparity that had followed them through decades of disputes and discord....

Sapphira Gail is dead.What's worse, she's in Pandemonia, cast down to the worst part of this hellscape by a terrifying, mercurial goddess who determines the fate of every being. Sapphira knows she doesn't belong in Pandemonia. So she plans to escape, confront the goddess, and return across the veil, back to the land of the living, to find the person responsible for her death. But the journey is treacherous - Sapphira must travel the Path of the Damned, following it through every part of Pandemonia to make it to the goddess's seat of power. Along the way, she meets an irritable yet caring vampire whose touch soothes Sapphira's broken heart, a charismatic werewolf nursing a betrayal similar to Sapphira's, and a melancholic demon determined to get her freedom by any means necessary. Though she recruits them as allies on her quest for retribution, this is Pandemonia after all- can any of them truly be trusted? And will Sapphira...

Could a spontaneous proposal lead to happy-ever-after? Find out in Cara Colter's latest Harlequin Romance!FROM BRIDESMAID TO BRIDE-TO-BE? Jolie arrived at her sister's wedding expecting to keep a low profile—as usual. Yet when her cheating ex makes a surprise appearance, she panics and introduces her school crush as her fiancé! Now she's accidentally engaged to billionaire Jay, whose dreamy eyes quickly banish any heartbreak. They agree that when the destination wedding week ends, so must their convenient arrangement. But what about their inconvenient attraction...?From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.

All's fair in love and war, even a few little white lies to stir up a little drama.Giselle Courtland imagined her future revolving around a simple housewife life with her high school sweetheart, James. But when James unceremoniously dumped her for not being sophisticated enough, her certainty and self-confidence were shattered. Giselle didn't know how to pick up the pieces until someone she once knew returned to her life with a proposition.Jude Beauregard had all the makings of a modern gentleman, complete with his focus solely on his studies. With his head in the books and a largely private personality, his parents worried about him wasting his best years stuck in study mode. Tired of dodging suitors, Jude discovered a solution in Giselle's recent split from his rival and an opportunity to fix a wrong from their high school years. So, with one little lie, Jude and Giselle declare themselves a couple,...

Something is coming to reboot the world and wipe the slate clean. Robot and humans are now both endangered species. 400 years after the Hard Reset, Profusion awakens to sentience. It is a force, unlike anything the world has ever seen, able to strip entire cities of all signs of human and robotic life, leaving only bones and silica in its wake. On the moonbase Minerva, Jonas Lexington, kept alive in a robot body, has been subjected to centuries of torturous tests and experiments in the desperate hope of creating metakind. When the final tests fail, Chantal stages a daring rescue that sends Jonas and his sisters, along with a small group of robots, hurtling back to earth to reunite with long lost friends and foe to face the coming danger. Ancient robots and war heroes, Mars, Cromwell, and Barney must take a journey to meet an old friend, while a representative of Oceanic law enforcement must join forces with an old...

After living in the public library for the last eleven years, Essie must learn to adapt to a world that’s not as perfect as the stories she’s grown up with in this heartfelt middle grade novel from Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath.Essie has grown up in the public library, raised in secret by the four librarians who found her abandoned as a baby in the children’s department. With four mothers and miles of books to read, Essie has always been very happy living there.  But now that she is eleven, Essie longs for a little more freedom  . . . and maybe a friend her own age. She seems to get her wish when her moms let her go by herself to the mall. On her second trip there, she meets G.E., a mysterious boy who looks so much like her she can’t help but think they may be twins. Maybe he was raised by four dads in the appliance section of the department store. Maybe his story is intertwined with hers, and their happy ending is as one...

Once every thousand years, two souls are entwined, uniting the powers of the kingdoms.But what if your soul is connected to your enemy?King Marc's father betrayed Arianna's family and stole her kingdom, and all she wants is revenge. Disguised as a lowly tanner, Arianna works with the rebels, and when King Marc asks her to marry him, she agrees only so she can steal his throne. How long can she hide her identity and mission from a husband who unknowingly shares her powers and is determined to know her past?Dark forces push the kingdoms back toward war, and Marc submits to the marriage law only to preserve the peace. But when he marries a minute past midnight, he is forced to abdicate, leaving him a mere commoner, and as he comes to know his wife, he realizes that her secrets could destroy them all.