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Venice, 1734. Castrato soprano Tito Amato, star of Venice opera, has let fame go to his head. Neglecting his vocal practice for dubious pleasures, Tito finds himself demoted to secondary roles and overshadowed by a visiting singer who usurps his position. But when the murder of scene painter Luca Cavalieri threatens to close the opera house, Tito sees an opportunity to reclaim his status and jumps at the chance to find the killer.

In September 1740, singer Tito Amato is offered the lead role in an opera being staged at an isolated villa in the Italian hills. Puzzled by the air of secrecy that enshrouds the production but attracted by a generous fee, Tito agrees.

In December 1941, America is reeling from the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor. Both patriotism and paranoia grip New York as the city frantically mobilizes for war. Nurse Louise Hunter is outraged when the FBI, in a midnight sweep of prominent Japanese residents, storms in to arrest her patient’s wife. The desperately ill Professor Oakley is married to artist Masako Fumi. The nurse vows to help the professor free Masako. But when the murdered body of Masako’s art dealer is discovered in the gallery where he’d been closing down her controversial show, Masako’s troubles multiply.

Venice, 1731. Opera is the popular entertainment of the day, and the castrati are its reigning stars. Tito Amato, mutilated as a boy to preserve his enchanting soprano voice, returns to the city of his birth with his friend Felice, a castrato whose voice has failed. Disaster strikes Tito’s opera premier when the singer loses one beloved friend to poison and another to unjust accusation and arrest.

The infamous Dodd murders are hardly among Eastport's proudest legacies. So when bestselling true-crime author Carolyn Rathbone arrives to research the case for a new book, the locals in the seaside town let her know that she's about as welcome as a spoiled clam. But surely no one would harm a crime writer out of a sense of civic pride--or would they?

A famous autobiographical account of life as a young soldier in the first World War trenches. Robert Graves, who went on to write I, Claudius, has given to posterity here one of the all-time great insights into the experience of war.

Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree is deep in her latest home improvement project when she notices the man repeatedly biking past her house. His face is unsettlingly familiar, but his chilling message seems inexplicable: Blood shows up again. Murder will out. Back in her days as a hotshot financial manager she did business with plenty of shady characters, but she's still baffled as to the identity of her nemesis - until she receives a photo of a murdered man. Now Jake knows what she's up against.

"Now, with God's help, I shall become myself." These words from Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard resonate deeply with Marlena Graves, a Puerto Rican writer, pastor, and activist. In this book, she describes the process of emptying herself that allows her to move upward toward God and become the true self that God calls her to. 

When Kate Watts opens a food pantry in Minneapolis, she never dreamed it would be this difficult. Facing the prospect of turning hungry people away, she is grateful for the anonymous donations that begin appearing. Determined to identify and thank her secret benefactor, she launches a plan and catches Ian in the act.

The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time, and possibility. Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion - like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredients can be a problem. Anna slaves away in a factory but her magic leaves her unfulfilled. These authors take creative writing to a whole new level!

Faith and Pain cannot coexist without proper guidance. Many believe we must choose between our faith and our pain to live for God. But rather, God desires to use both to transform us into His likeness. Author and Narrator Antoinette guides listeners through "When Pain Speaks, Faith Answers,” a transformative collection of heartfelt poems, short stories, and devotions illuminating God's restorative work in broken vessels based on her restorative process, framed in four parts: The Pain, The Placement, The Plan, The Planting.

Brought to you by Penguin. Revenge is tough to swallow... Things for Renee Landis are finally looking up. She just quit her dead-end job at a chicken shop after landing the coveted role of junior chef at London’s pristine NOVA restaurant. But it's not the restaurant that draws Renee in - it's...

The story of "The Thirst That Remains" is a multi-layered narrative that intertwines a historical tale of a cursed soldier with the modern-day life of a young woman on the cusp of adulthood. The book opens in 1761, introducing Thomas Hale, a British soldier who is caught in a fierce battle against Lord Alistair, an occult leader. Alistair, unleashes a powerful curse upon Hale, transforming him into a being driven by an insatiable hunger for blood and a sinister imperative for destruction.

In the shadows of the carnival’s cursed tents, Visha stands alone; crowned in blood and velvet, her heart shattered but unyielding. Haunted by a fractured friendship and the ghosts of promises inked in pain, she is both prisoner and queen of a world built on broken trust and blazing grief. Each step she takes is a dance of agony and defiance, every scar a testament to what she sacrificed to rise. As the carnival’s dark pulse quickens, Visha confronts the silence between rings, the crimson dance of memory and betrayal, and the hollow applause that follows a love turned to ash.

A woman escaping her past… Kristy Gallagher has slayed a monster before. When she could no longer live with her husband’s abuse, she plunged a knife into his neck. Then, she fled his family’s criminal empire—changing her name and traveling to the far reaches of the world, before finding her safe haven in Bali.

'This book has bestseller written all over it. I had to remind myself to breathe' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ––––––––––––––––––––––– There's no smoke without fire… As someone who has suffered abuse at the hands of men, Maddie protects women...

You've spent your whole life being convenient. Accommodating. Agreeable. The one who doesn't make waves. The one who keeps the peace. The one who's always fucking fine. And now you're exhausted. Invisible. Forgotten. Living a life that barely feels like yours. This book is your exit strategy. Not gentle. Not inspiring. Not comfortable. Just brutally honest about how you got here, why you stayed, and what it actually takes to become dangerous again.

Following his murder, Alex is drawn into the Churn. A dark abyss removed from the Afterplane. Confused and alone, a spectre appears to him. In his frail state, a feminine form begins a process that can’t be stopped. Requesting that Alex fix mistakes that were made and restore balance to the Afterplanes. After this chance encounter, Alex awakens in the Infernium realm. A land barren of vegetation and abundant in threat. The skies of Infernium burn only to have brief moments of a dull blaze, spilling ash onto the ground.

Aleister’s a great guy—erm, vampire—but things don’t feel right for Emery. The chemistry is off. Is it her magic or his missing magic? Or is it all about Gentry, the vampire she’s never been able to get out of her mind? Gentry’s on a mission to get answers about the cultists. That’s all he has left, now that Emery doesn’t want him anymore. He’s risking life and limb to get the answers. Literally.

All too often the talents of women have been scorned, mocked and laughed at. In reality that was more usually by those whose own talents were hardly fit to even grace their shadows. But society in general still connived and set women to one side in almost everything that men considered their rightful territory. And literature was one such territory. Remarkably resilient as well as talented these women strove to be published, to show themselves as equals. The results more often than not proved that they were.