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USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney sizzles with a quick-witted, sexy romp about an eager entrepreneur and a cocky football star who couldn?t be more different?or more into each other.Harlow James is destined to rock the dating world. The creator of Kissmet, the app helping singles find love, she?s in New York to secure advertisers. But the sassy, small-town girl can?t help meddling in other people?s business.When she runs into a muscular stranger at her go-to food truck, Harlow doesn?t realize he?s Landon ?Andy? Burke, the NFL?s most-wanted free agent, in town to talk contracts. She just sees a hottie about to get burned by undercooked street food. Though she tries to warn him, he shrugs her off, making a little wager instead.In a messy twist of fate, Andy finds himself in the same hotel as Harlow. When she collects on their bet, they make a mind-blowing?and bed-rocking?connection. But after the weekend, she goes home to Green Bay to her goofy dad and corgi, ready to focus everything on work again. Kissmet, however, has other ideas, when Andy knocks on her door?

A sports reporter and a hockey player get up close and personal in an outrageously sexy romantic comedy by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Lauren Landish.When it comes to hockey, unflappable Maple Creek sports reporter Joy Barlowe is privy to a lot of behind-the-scenes locker room activity. Like stumbling upon Dalton Days in all his unabashed glory. After the muscled goalie goes on to score better than he ever has, he proposes Joy take another peek before his next match. It works, and a provocative pregame tradition is born.Dalton has the best stats in the league, but he?s also superstitious. Now he?s found his good luck charm. Joy is not only game, she?s playing along. She?s also his best buddy?s younger sister and totally off-limits. What happens between them has to be their late-night FaceTime secret. That?s the naked truth. So is the fact that Joy and Dalton are discovering there?s more to each other than meets the eye.Falling in lust? Easy to hide. Falling in love? Much harder. Now Dalton has one more proposition for Joy. And the fallout could rock Maple Creek.

A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone.For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii, hiding from a past Kati must forget as if her life depends on it. New names. Anonymous online presence. So far, safe. Until Kati?s fiancé, attorney Eddie Akana, disappears along a popular hiking trail in a Maui national park. Now all eyes are on Kati. Exposure can make a woman with so many secrets very paranoid.Eddie?s law partner, Noah Walker, is doing everything he can to protect his new client from the press that?s hovering like a vulture and the authorities whose suspicions about Kati?and the disappearance?are rising. Then suddenly, Zoe goes missing as well. Kati will risk anything to find her. But the worst is still to come. Because Kati?s not the only one with secrets. And buried among them is a twist she never saw coming.

A mother and daughter try desperately to reconcile just as a decades-old secret threatens to shatter their relationship forever in this powerful story from the bestselling author of The Echo of Old Books.For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward her distant mother, Mallory retreats to her childhood home on the Rhode Island coast to contemplate her future. Instead, she?s confronted by her past, not only in the renewed tensions with her mother but in the unexpected appearance of a familiar face?and the wrenching losses that drove her away a decade ago.Helen Ward?s home is filled with precious keepsakes from her patients, a testament to decades spent caring for the terminally ill. Her work has always come first, though, leaving little time to connect with her daughter. Over the years, the rift between them has become a chasm, so when Mallory appears unannounced, Helen sees it as an opportunity to repair their broken relationship.But hidden among Helen?s mementos are the keys to her past?and a terrible secret that threatens to destroy the fragile new trust between them forever.

During a summer in Italy, two best friends discover whether true love is up to destiny or free will in this winning romantic comedy by the international bestselling author of Woke Up Like This.For generations, the fortune-telling women in Lo Zhao-Jensen?s family have foreseen The One?the great loves of their lives?before ever meeting them. Except for Lo, who has zero psychic abilities. Just memories of old rom-coms and a lot of poor judgment when it comes to love.Until now.When Lo finally has the vision she?s been waiting for, her delighted aunties are convinced she?ll meet The One on her backpacking trip in Italy. Vero amore, here she comes.Along for the summer is Lo?s best friend and confidant, Teller Owens, her opposite in every way. Upon arrival in Venice, Lo is saved from a runaway trolley by Caleb, a fellow backpacker. It?s a meet-cute so swoony, it has to be fate. But with each destination, Lo?s complicated feelings for Teller are becoming harder to ignore. From the cobblestone streets of Rome to the rocky cliffs of Amalfi, Lo begins to wonder if fate has other plans.

The author of Nothing Is Forgotten takes a dark look at power gone too far, imagining the connection between JFK?s presidential campaign and an ex-cop?s investigation into her husband?s murder.In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite concerns about his Catholicism, Kennedy?s outward charm is winning the country over, but his inner demons are putting his candidacy in danger and risk destroying his political career.That same year, Caitlin Russo, a former cop turned reporter, is devoting her skills to finding her husband?s killer. His job as a CIA operative posed its fair share of risks, but when Caitlin discovers his notes about the case that led to his death, she knows there?s more to the story than simple tragedy.As Caitlin and Kennedy search for the people responsible for upending their lives, some ugly truths about American politics and foreign affairs come to light, and Caitlin finds herself in a web of deceit and shattered hopes, realizing that heroes aren?t always who they seem.

In this haunting journey into the confusion and desires of growing up, a therapist reluctantly returns to her hometown, where she revisits the memories that could reveal what really killed her best friend all those years ago.Devon Mayes thought she was done with the small conservative town she once called home. She fled when she was eighteen after her best friend Summer took her own life, leaving Summer?s twin brother, Keaton, lost in his grief. But when tragedy strikes again, Devon has nowhere to turn but back to the place that first broke her heart.Being back in Arkana means struggling with the old guilt that shrouds her bisexuality and her feelings for Keaton. There?s so much she?s still hiding from him?and so much of their shared past that?s now resurfacing.It?s not long before Devon has reason to believe Summer?s tragic death wasn?t suicide after all. Summer had secrets, too?and she wasn?t the only one who didn?t want them exposed.As Devon and Keaton piece together the mystery of what happened that fateful summer, they must reckon with their own truths before they can move forward. But one person will do whatever it takes to stop them.

A genealogy search reveals heartrending connections between friends as it brings to light one woman?s traumatic past as a teenage mother in the 1960s.In a quiet North Carolina town in 1968, a seventeen-year-old girl?s life is forever changed when a summer romance leads to an unplanned pregnancy. She is sent to an abusive ?maternity home,? where she is shamed and deceived into signing adoption papers.In the present day, Allison Garrett volunteers as a ?search angel,? using DNA tests to help strangers locate lost relatives. But the family tree she finds most compelling is that of her own mother, who was abandoned as a baby. As Allison puts the pieces together, they reveal much more than her mother?s origins?and threaten to create further divisions in her tight-knit community.When a family is separated by devastating circumstances, is it possible for them to heal the pain of the past and make up for lost time?

In a twisty and provocative thriller debut, Elle Owens tells the story of a young mother whose husband vanishes without a trace, and their shared playlist holds the only key to bringing him back.When her husband goes missing, Marissa Creighton fears the worst. Tell me you trust me was the last thing Ethan said to her, and she?d shrugged it off. Now she can?t get those words out of her head.Marissa?s family has always been her rock. But when they come to help her with eighteen-month-old Logan, their overprotectiveness borders on oppression?occupational hazard of the family?s surveillance business, or is it? Seeking comfort in the playlist she and Ethan share, Marissa is shocked to find a new song there: ?Trust Me.? She?s certain it?s a message.Using song titles as code, she and Ethan start communicating back and forth. But she still doesn?t understand why he left. While his messages point to incriminating documents, her family uncovers evidence of an affair. But their discoveries come with their own baggage, including personal threats, secret bank accounts, and dusty surveillance devices. All the while Marissa wonders whether she?ll ever learn the truth?or see her husband again.

?A gripping novel about power, money, and secrets.? ?Mindy KalingA daughter?s investigation into her family history threatens to destroy their legacy in a gripping novel about power, money, and secrets by the author of Token Black Girl.On their Martha?s Vineyard estate, the Carter family prepares to celebrate. But when the billionaire patriarch dies right before his seventieth birthday, the media is quick to question the future of the multi-industry conglomerate that makes the Carters living legends. Amid the succession crisis, his daughter, Kennedy, is questioning her father?s past.Kennedy is an aspiring filmmaker, and the documentary she?d planned to present at her father?s party begins an inquest into the life of a man she never really knew. A thoughtful outlier in an elite and fiercely guarded dynasty, she?s not interested in keeping up the appearances that define her impeccably poised mother or in the capitalist games her ruthless brother plays. Kennedy wants only to understand the origins of their empire, and the lethally ambitious man behind it. That understanding comes at a cost.As a twisted history emerges, the fault lines in the family grow. Torn between morality and the promise of maintaining wealth, Kennedy must decide what?s most important?the Carter legacy or exposing the shocking truth of how it was built.

It?s the golden age of Hollywood. For two Vietnamese dreamers, success means conjuring a magical break in a spellbinding novel about the frightening price of fame by the author of The Monstrous Misses Mai.More like sisters than best friends, Issa Bui and Olivia Nong grew up dreaming of becoming movie stars. But for young Vietnamese women in 1930s Hollywood, the MGM back lot seems unreachable. Undeterred, Issa knows she?s meant for great things. The blood of shamans runs through her veins. To find fame in this town, for herself and for Olivia, Issa needs to make connections. For starters, with her dead grandmother Ba Ng? .Frightening enough in life?Issa?s own mother forbade any contact?Ba Ng? is even more intimidating in death. A formidable presence of smoke, promises, and pacts, Ba Ng? introduces Issa and Olivia to her friend on the other side: the late Ava Lin Rang, a singularly magnetic Asian star of the silent screen. Ava coaches, encourages, and utilizes her own unique influence to open doors for her determined protégés.As Issa begins drawing on her own untapped powers, every dream is coming true. But in a city of illusions, at what cost?

A free-spirited singer falls for her best friend?s brother?and discovers her muse?in a heartfelt novel about finding love in unexpected places by Jillian Liota and #1 New York Times bestselling author Meredith Wild.After a heartbreaking betrayal, singer-songwriter Vivian Walsh needs a getaway. Her best friend Murphy?s family vineyard is the perfect refuge to focus on her new album, free from unnecessary distractions?like men. Few are more tempting than Murphy?s workaholic brother, Memphis. He?s infuriatingly handsome, and Vivian can?t resist teasing him whenever she gets the chance.Memphis has a lot on his plate with his struggling family business. The last thing he needs in his life is a spitfire like Vivian. They have nothing in common but the heat between them. The good news is that neither of them are looking for a relationship. Just release from the pressure. One no-strings night with Vivian couldn?t hurt. Or two. Or three. Maybe a distraction is exactly what they need.When Vivian?s life back in LA comes calling, both realize their feelings might have grown far more than they planned. They will have to decide: Is it time to say goodbye? Or can their sweet escape turn into their forever?

A costume designer?s past casts a long shadow over her well-constructed lies in this intriguing story about stolen identities, friendship, and betrayal from the author of A Splendid Ruin and A Dangerous Education.Hollywood, 1955. As head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets?after all, none of their scandals can match her own.Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries. When one of Julia?s intrigues ended in murder, Elsie found herself in the middle of a bewildering sinister international plot. So she ran.After fleeing to LA, Elsie became Lena?but she?s never stopped looking over her shoulder. Now, as her engagement to a screenwriter throws her into the spotlight, she?s terrified her façade won?t hold up. Will she figure out the truth about her past before everything falls apart?

From Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree comes an epic and inspiring novel?based on true events?about love, heroism, and resilience during the darkest chapters of World War II.Sam Carlson is a projectionist in small-town Minnesota, where fantasies unspool in glorious black and white?for him and for his sweetheart, college-bound math whiz Sarah Haber. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Sam is sent to the Philippines and captured as a POW. Brutalized but unbroken by the Bataan Death March and POW camps, Sam is one of eighteen hundred starved and weakened prisoners herded into the cargo hold of a barbaric hell ship called the Arisan Maru, his survival doubtful.Determined to use her math skills on the home front, Sarah is recruited to Washington, DC, into the covert field of code breaking. When Sarah intercepts a message about a Japanese convoy, the US Navy?s mission is clear: sink the Arisan Maru and send it to the bottom of the South China Sea. Now, the lives of the two young lovers are about to inadvertently collide in one of the most shocking acts of World War II.Anchored in an extraordinary true story and breathlessly re-created, Hold Strong is a one-of-a-kind novel that explores faith, courage, survival, and coming home against insurmountable odds.

In this foreboding journey into the depths of friendship, three women spend a trip together covering up the secrets between them?but when one lie unravels, there?s no going back.Jocelyn is ready to get married?and more ready to have fun. She plans a bachelorette trip to North Wales, where she can forget about her strained relationship and focus on the tension among friends instead. It?s a welcome distraction.Her friend Rowan used to be the wild child. But after having a kid of her own and losing the father in a tragic accident, she?s now the ever-responsible single mother, cautious in every way. Except one.Cadence doesn?t want to be there. For as long as she?s known her friends, she?s always felt disparate. Maybe it?s because those two share a special bond: Jocelyn?s brother was Rowan?s boyfriend, and they still feel his loss. Or maybe it?s because Cadence has secrets they can never know.As the trip goes on, their friendship begins to crack under the pressure of all the things they leave unsaid?but those might be the only things that can save them.

All aboard. It?s murder on the Valentine Train in a heart-racing mystery from Amazon Charts bestselling and Edgar Award?nominated author Jess Lourey.Mira James is heading to Oregon by rail with two of her best friends to attend a PI conference. Even better, she?ll see Johnny, the love of her life, who?s in Portland for an internship. It?ll be scenic, swift, and safe. Until it isn?t.When a winter storm brings the train to a dead stop in the Rockies, Mira discovers that a woman in the next cabin has been murdered, and her husband and child have vanished. Rumors of an escaped convict do nothing to ease the passengers? frazzled nerves. To Mira, every one of them is a suspect.Trapped in a snowbound train with only two people she can trust, Mira has to solve a baffling disappearance and track down a killer?if she isn?t derailed herself. Permanently.Revised edition: This edition of February Fever includes editorial revisions.