Simon Says... Hide
Dale Mayer
Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction
Simon Says... Hide, a brand new thriller series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Newly promoted detective Kate Morgan stands up for the victims in the world, never backing down or giving up. From a family of victims, Kate will not tolerate those who take advantage of others. The worst ones prey on the hopes of desperate people to line their own pockets. And when Kate finds a connection between more than a half-dozen cold cases to a recent case—where a child's life is in jeopardy—she'll make a deal with the devil himself to protect the child. Having the gift of Sight, Simon St. Laurant knows that once he uses it, he can never walk away. But when nightmares of his own past are triggered, Simon can't stand back. Determined to help, Simon vows to save these children—even if it means dealing with the cranky and critical Detective Kate Morgan.
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The Umbrella Lady
V. C. Andrews
Horror / Romance
A young girl who has lost her father finds herself at the mercy of a mysterious woman who is not quite what she seems in this atmospheric and unputdownable novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic series turned into popular Lifetime movies.Left on a train platform in an unfamiliar village, little Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope even as the hours pass and the station grows dark. When a strange old woman with a large umbrella approaches and inquiries about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but with the chances of her father returning growing ever slimmer, she agrees to rest at the old woman's house. Her stay was supposed to be for a few minutes, hours at most, but soon, Saffron soon realizes she has been confined to a house of dark secrets and is now at the mercy of the enigmatic Umbrella Lady. One minute...
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Haight Words
Lori Pino
Lori Pino
Haight Words presents an anthology of thoughtful poetry from people sharing their experiences of being homeless on one of the most famous streets in one of the most prosperous cities in the world: San Francisco, the heart of America's tech revolution. Colorful illustrations accompanying the writings serve as a visual commentary to the growing plight in so many of our communities. Haight Words' provocative approach aims to awaken the senses through illumination of silenced voices. It sends an invitation to challenge social constructs by taking the smallest of actions toward a collective shift that can prove profoundly beneficial to all concerned.
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Morningside Heights
Joshua Henkin
Joshua Henkin
A tender, powerful, and big-hearted novel about love in the face of loss, from the award-winning author of The World Without You and Matrimony When Ohio-born Pru Steiner arrives in New York in 1976 after graduating from Yale, she follows in a long tradition of young people determined to take the city by storm. But when she falls in love with Spence Robin, her hotshot young Shakespeare professor, her life takes a turn she couldn't have anticipated. Thirty years later, something is wrong with Spence. The Great Man can't concentrate; he falls asleep reading The New York Review of Books. With their daughter Sarah away at medical school, Pru must struggle on her own. One day, feeling particularly isolated, Pru meets a man, and the possibility of new romance blooms. Meanwhile, Spence's estranged son from his first marriage has come back into their lives. Arlo, a wealthy entrepreneur who invests in biotech, may be his father's last, best...
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The Fae Queen's Saviors: Dragon Defenders Book Three
Tara West
Memoir
I have escaped the dragon's den and the pit of vipers. Now I must vanquish them all.They think I'm their savior. They think I have the power to take down a sea of serpents, an army of ancient Vampyre Fae, a bloodthirsty dragon king, plus two powerful mages and their dragons.What they don't know is that my magic has already failed me. I cannot possibly be this white witch with the power of a goddess. I have everyone fooled, even my loyal dragon defenders—three men I'd give my life for. And it may just come to that if I can't figure out how to wield my stolen scepter before chaos descends upon Periculi.
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