Maybe it's not too late for her happily ever after... Carla's always been a romantic. As the owner of the only flower shop in town, she believes in true love and can, of course, quote every line in The Princess Bride. Which wouldn't be quite so pathetic if she wasn't thirty-seven and still single. So single, in fact, she's forgotten what it's like to have a man give her a single carnation, let alone a dozen roses. Then Christian walks into Happy Petals, and she knows the fragrance of flowers has to have gone straight to her head. There is no chance the cute Spanish guy she remembers from high school would be interested in her... She's the girl of his dreams, and way out of his league... Family is important to Christian. Why else would he be living in a company trailer? It's a sacrifice he has to make so he can afford to send his sister to college. But nearing forty, his own chances of starting a family aren't...

Dr. Miles Ellis shows up to the town Christmas bash out of obligation, not enthusiasm. He's counting the minutes until he can slip out unnoticed. But a crowded barn, a flying elbow, and one unlucky plate of barbecue sauce land him face-to-face with a gorgeous stranger he just splattered. Lili Gant doesn't want attention, especially not from the local doctor with quiet eyes and a wall around his heart. She came to Kringle, Texas to hide out, not to be drawn into someone else's orbit. But after the world she built collapsed, hiding is harder than it used to be.What begins as an awkward apology turns into something else. something neither of them wants to name. But when old wounds resurface and choices have to be made, Miles and Lili must each decide if it's safer to stay guarded... or finally risk being seen?

Teacher Ali Morgan's life is in ruins when he's accused of sexual misconduct with a student...The problem is, Ali has no clue if he's innocent.Ali attempts to keep the accusation a secret from his closeted partner, Trevor Zhang, but is forced to confront his deception when photos are revealed.With Ali's drinking and violent outbursts getting worse, Trevor heads home to China to reconcile with his family. Rejected by his religious sister, Trevor must decide if he family or relationship are salvageable.Facing a lonely future, Ali needs to be honest before it's too late to save any remaining hope of keeping his job, or Trevor.Content Warnings: Alcohol abuse, internalised homophobia, self-harm, suicide, and domestic violence.

The New York Times bestselling Cork O'Connor Mystery series—a "master class in suspense and atmospheric storytelling" (The Real Book Spy)—continues with Cork O'Connor revisiting a case from his past and confronting mysterious deaths in the present. A few nights before Halloween, as Cork O'Connor gloomily ruminates on his upcoming birthday, he receives a call from his son, Stephen, who is working for a nonprofit dedicated to securing freedom for unjustly incarcerated inmates. Stephen tells his father that decades ago, as the newly elected sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork was responsible for sending an Ojibwe man named Axel Boshey to prison for a brutal murder that Stephen is certain he did not commit. Cork feels compelled to reinvestigate the crime, but that is easier said than done. Not only is it a closed case but Axel Boshey is, inexplicably, refusing to help. The deeper Cork digs, the clearer it becomes that there are those in...

Justice Twill thought surviving the cruise was the hard part. Turns out, unresolved childhood trauma, alpha ego, CEO drive, and being a pack leader doesn't mix well. He's drowning in his need to control everything while denying himself the very comfort his omegas are desperate to give. Ren launches a conspiracy with his omegas, Mackenzie and Theo, to break down Justice’s walls. Commence - Operation: CuddleDom Mackenzie is tasked with turning their alpha into a cuddle monster. Theo must nurture their fragile power dynamic. Calling his alpha “Sir” in front of his pack might be the hardest thing he has to do. And Ren? Well, despite not being the pack lead, he always gets to be on top. As Justice cracks in the best possible way, all four of them discover that true intimacy means being brave enough to be vulnerable and completely messy. This novella is a companion to Why Cruise, part of the Port Haven Omegaverse, and is best enjoyed after reading Why Cruise. A steamy, emotional look at love after the happily ever after, where the real work of building a pack begins.

The acclaimed author of the "chilling, mesmerizing debut" (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer's connection to her mother's disappearance—for fans of I Have Some Questions for You and Notes on an Execution.One hot August night in 1993, a young couple go to a party. When their car breaks down, they are picked up by a truck driver who attacks the man and abducts the woman. She is never seen again. That woman was Fiona Green's mother. When the trucker, Eddie Ward, is caught, a mass grave of bodies is discovered in his backyard but Fiona's mother isn't there. Thirty years later, on his prison deathbed, Ward insists that he didn't kill her, so Fiona finds herself back in the small town where her mother disappeared. Fighting demons of her own, she's shocked when history repeats itself: another woman, another...