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Jane Ashcroft swore she was done with the life that once defined her—heists, forgeries, the rush of stealing priceless art. In Santa Fe, she finally tastes something like peace: quiet mornings walking dogs, evenings with her trusted dog Fable and her ally R, and the illusion of an ordinary future. Then her old friend, Margot, lures her back. The job is irresistible: a single painting worth tens of millions, and the dangerous thrill Jane thought she’d left behind.

“Fans of the forensics-oriented novels of such mystery writers as Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell...not to mention television series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will make an eager audience for this one.”—Booklist On a patch of land in the Tennessee hills, human corpses...

After Miller's father dies, she agrees to a girls' vacation away from the city to reconnect with the only family she has left. Although she’s eager to make things work, Miller can’t help but worry that her mother is seeing their countryside retreat as a fun weekend getaway instead of what it really is: a last-ditch effort to repair their relationship.

From subtle avoidance behaviors to the most nightmarish terrors, anticipatory anxiety is the engine that drives it all. Understanding how this hidden enemy tricks you, and, most importantly, how to overcome it, will liberate you to live a more flexible and joyful life. In Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety, two anxiety experts team up to teach you how to manage your overactive imagination, limit future-based thinking, face your fears, make decisions, and live with more freedom and joy.

Femina: A Collection of Dark Fiction explores the horror of womanhood. Or, more accurately, the horror of gender norms and societal expectations placed on women. This collection features work that delves into themes of identity, motherhood, sexuality, and isolation. A mix of Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person and Other Stories and Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties: Stories, this collection is a blend of psychological, supernatural, and body horror. Femina looks at the horror of being a woman in a man’s world.

If you were raised by a narcissistic mother and are struggling with the lingering effects of a toxic upbringing, this is the road map you need to heal the past and thrive in the present and future.

Learn how to value your own opinion over those of others. Codependency books are perfect for those of us who live as if what other people think matters more than what we think. This thinking leads to constantly trying to please or even to change others. Codependent behaviors can have negative effects on us and those around us, even leading to a dysfunctional family. It can be difficult to say no to those we love.

A vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on her own search for self-discovery and true love in this epic and seductive gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide. “Fiercely empowering and gloriously vengeful.”—Heather Walter, award-winning author of...

This work draws on four cases of bad leadership—two in political leadership, two in business leadership—to show how it goes from bad to worse. Kellerman finds that bad leadership and bad followership go through four phases of development: 1) Onward and Upward; 2) Followers Join In; 3) Leaders Start In; and 4) Bad to Worse. These findings correctly suggest that the book, in addition to being of theoretical interest, is of practical import.

From the depths of the Grand Canyon to the towering peaks of Yosemite, Murder on the Trail delves into chilling stories of killers, mysterious disappearances, and other harrowing crimes that have occurred in US national parks, including those involving: Cary Stayner, Yosemite Park Killer; Gary Hilton, National Forest Killer; the tragic story of vanlifer Gabby Petito; Toni and Harold Henthorn; and more.

The killer isn’t just close. He answers the door when she knocks. In the quiet college town of Corvallis, Oregon, a young woman has vanished without a trace. Jane Ashcroft came here for a clean slate—new town, new clients, no complications. But when she learns that R has a personal stake in finding the killer, she’s thrust into a nightmare that refuses to let her go. Every house she visits carries whispers of danger: a client too secretive, an ominous note left waiting at the door, eyes watching from the trees. The deeper she looks, the more twisted the shadows become.

Sue and Alan Jaworski move to the peaceful mountain town of Aspen Notch to enjoy their retirement. She pictures tranquil walks and postcard-worthy views; he's dreaming of winter ski slopes. But their plans for a slower pace are quickly upended when Alan accepts the interim position of police chief—and Sue stumbles upon a dead body.

The Mentorship Edge: Unlocking Potential, Nurturing Growth, and Creating Explosive Impact explores how we connect to others, feel valued, get pleasure from life, and believe our lives have meaning through forming mentor relationships with others. This book covers traditional hierarchical mentorship we're all familiar with, along with lateral mentoring, where you connect with a friend or colleague—someone you can be vulnerable with—whether they work in your department, another department, or outside of your organization entirely.

Maddie Pace has a gift—an ability to glimpse a person’s past just by meeting their eyes. It’s a blessing that isolates her… and a curse that others would do anything to control. Her mother, Cynthia, will stop at nothing to keep Maddie safe. But when they’re torn apart, each is thrust into a world beyond comprehension—one imprisoned, one awakening in a realm between life and death. As years pass and powers grow, their bond becomes the only hope of reunion across worlds.

Venture into a hard-hitting world of spiking adrenaline, tempered fear, and life-or-death stakes. With stories from award-winning authors and former fighters, Fighting Words brings you the best in combat sports fiction.

Seventeen years ago, Tilly Stone (age thirteen) is left to fend for herself in rural Pennsylvania when her infamous eco-terrorist father disappears under mysterious circumstances. Ever since she's tried to forget the dams they blew up together and forge a new life until her father's return threatens to upend her small-town world and her friendship with the dogged FBI agent still pursuing him. Ultimately, as the past and present fuse and blow up with more than one kind of casualty, Tilly must choose between the father she loves and her home.

In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as those who risked their lives for equality. Through extensive research and interviews with more than 150 civil rights activists, Brinson chronicles twenty pivotal years of petitioning, preaching, picketing, boycotting, marching, and holding sit-ins.

Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings. Former keepers like Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal maintain their watch long after death. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other companions.

Amelia Child has devoted her life to researching Gerald Shapiro, the Catfish Killer, a man who pretended to be other people online to gain women’s trust before meeting and killing them. Her book on the Catfish Killer, Into the Glass, earned wild success and a legion of true crime fans. Years later, Amelia is pulled back into the case when a girl from her daughter’s high school disappears, and all signs point to a copycat killer mimicking the Catfish Killer’s every move.

At the Loomis Estate, every secret has its price. Jane Ashcroft is starting over in Old Saybrook, Connecticut—new town, new job, same rules: stay quiet, stay useful, stay unnoticed. Her newest client, the Loomis family, resides in a vast estate along the coast, and nothing about them feels ordinary. The matriarch is elegant and exacting. The staff, formal and watchful. And then there’s Graham—the disarming grandson with a sailor’s charm and a past Jane can’t quite decode. She knows better than to get involved. But the pull is real.