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Brought to you by Penguin. Karen M. McManus, the internationally bestselling YA thriller author of One of Us Is Lying, is back with The Cousins - you won't be able to put it down! Secrets. Lies. Inheritance. Family first - always. Right? The Story family are the envy of their neighbours: owners...

Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events, which may have led to the...

When the shy, sheltered Rose Campbell is orphaned and sent to live at "The Aunt-hill," she expects a life of quiet gloom. Instead, she finds herself swept up in a whirlwind of masculine energy, courtesy of her seven boisterous male cousins and her eccentric, forward-thinking Uncle Alec. In this...

"Eight Cousins" by Louisa May Alcott is a novel published in 1875. Thirteen-year-old orphan Rose Campbell arrives at her wealthy family's estate, sickly and uncertain of her future. When her unconventional guardian Uncle Alec returns from abroad, he revolutionizes her care with unorthodox ideas...

Love is a promise - for better or worse. When a group of eight cousins and friends leaves their Indiana Amish community for a weekend getaway, a horrific accident brings them home forever changed. Permanently disabled by the accident, Wayne Lambright struggles to take care of himself. He can't imagine being able to be the kind of husband his fiance, Loraine Miller, needs. Determined to sacrifice his happiness to give her a better life, he breaks their engagement.

After a serious van accident leaves Amish school-teacher Jolene Yoder profoundly deaf, she leaves home to learn how to read lips and communicate with sign language. But two years later, a family with children who have been deaf since birth moves to Jolene's hometown, and she is asked to return as their teacher. Lonnie Hershberger has lost faith in God and in women ever since his girlfriend broke up with him when he lost his hearing during an explosion.

A year after her boyfriend was killed, a traumatized Katie Miller returns to her Amish community in Indiana, struggling with depression and panic attacks. Will she ever find the courage to face her inner demons? Freeman Bontrager has been interested in Katie ever since they were in school. Now that Katie is home, Freeman finds excuses to spend time at the Miller house. Is there any future for him with this emotionally scarred woman, or should he turn to the fair beauty Eunice Byler?

Paleoanthropologist Silvana Condemi and science journalist François Savatier tell the Denisovans’ story in The Secret World of Denisovans. Leading us through the excavation of Denisova cave, the sequencing of the Denisovan genome, and recent research on Denisovan fossils, Condemi and Savatier uncover how the Denisovans migrated to Asia, who they interacted with along the way, and why traces of Denisovan DNA can be found in modern-day humans.

These short stories are a compilation of cherished memories of life long friendships mysterious and humorous.

Beware what lurks in the forest . . . With the discovery of Brenna's biological father comes the unexpected unveiling of another whole branch of the family tree, including a cousin Brenna's age with similar traits and characteristics. They hit it off immediately and before long they realize they...

When exposed, secrets tear families apart–as Lucy is about to discover. Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, return for their sixth and final hilarious assignment. The pressure is on–a rogue agent is on the loose on a mission of revenge; his daughter will be in the crossfire, and time is running out. Lucy Carver has reached the point in her life where she needs to make a decision–a life-changing decision. Seven years into a failing marriage, Lucy’s known for some time that the status quo will make them resentful of each other. She and her husband both deserve more.

Lily, Rosie, and Tess are staying with their Aunt Lucy for the summer. Aunt Lucy is very pretty and has a wonderful old house. The three cousins live in the attic, where each has decorated her room with curtains, pictures, and toys. One day, the girls decide to start a cookie company. They will bake and deliver goodies to hungry customers. Soon they have baked dozens of cookies and have made some wonderful new friends, including a shy man who has a crush on Aunt Lucy!

"The Cousins’ Challenge - Overcoming Obstacles Together" by Tressi Mitchell is a heartwarming tale of acceptance, diversity, and teamwork. The story follows a group of siblings and cousins as they embark on a treasure hunt adventure, navigating challenges and conflicts along the way.

Eleven-year-old Amelia Fairwick is eagerly waiting for her widowed father to return from his business trip. But a letter arrives with shattering news - Papa has been lost in a terrible hotel fire. Now Amelia must leave her London home to live in America with a relative she has never met. Amelia thinks things can’t get much worse when stern Cousin Charlotte travels with her on the voyage across the Atlantic. Amelia must stay alone in the cabin, talking to no one. But the day the ship arrives in New York City is worst of all....

Three cousins, Lily, Tess, and Rosie, live with their Aunt Lucy in a pretty blue house on Cobble Street. After school, the girls play in the attic while they wait for Aunt Lucy to come home from her colorful flower shop. One afternoon, the cousins decide to build a dollhouse that looks exactly like Aunt Lucy's shop. They make a trip to The Olde Craft Shoppe, where they find wonderful things for their dollhouse: tiny furniture and teapots. Won't Aunt Lucy be surprised when she sees what they have made!

Cousins at Arms offers listeners the thunder of guns and the clash of cutlasses, but at its heart it’s a thoughtful analysis of a nation’s ill-judged slide into war. This is the thirteenth Carlisle and Holbrooke novel. It continues the journey through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies, and ultimately to their bid for independence.

Michael Pellegrino’s family came to Ellis Island in search of the American dream. Through hard work and humble beginnings, he watched his parents struggle to make a life for themselves in their new surroundings—but it wasn’t long before tragedy forced young Michael to find his own way. With determination and charm, Michael works his way from grocery clerk to business owner, and even manages to find the love of his life. But when prohibition hits the United States, he sees an even more lucrative business opportunity, quickly amassing power and wealth through the bootlegging trade.

Union vs. Confederate. They were brothers and first cousins. Frank, Sam, Alex, and Marion. Forced to choose sides in a divided Kentucky. Their state would rage. Family ties rupture. Loyalties be questioned. Four young men would become "Cousins at War." Inspired by the service of actual Civil War soldiers.

When the matriarch of the least successful Jewish family in America gets tired of their misfortune, she begins to consult mystical texts for help. Determined that their next born grandchild will be a genius who changes their fortunes, and convinced that no one in her clan is smart enough to raise a genius by themselves, she decides that the child will be passed from household to household to gain their collective wisdom.

Widely regarded as Venturini's masterpiece, Cousins is the story of four women from an impoverished, dysfunctional family in La Plata, Argentina, who are forced to suffer a series of ordeals including disfigurement, illegal abortions, miscarriages, sexual abuse and murder, narrated by a daughter whose success as a painter offers her a chance to achieve economic independence and help her family as best she can.