“With the clarity of Robert B. Parker and the complexity of Michael Connolly, [this thriller] disturbs and charms at the same time.” —Booklist   Once a cancer patient, former Orlando detective Mike Garrity is a survivor—for now, at least. Death has a way of following him around, like a black cloud over his head. If it’s not his own mortality he’s thinking about, it’s someone else’s. Like his teenage daughter’s friend who just died of a suspected suicide. Or the woman he’s just met in his cancer support group, Debbie, who learns that she doesn’t have much longer to live.   Maybe Mike has gotten soft during his second chance. He can’t refuse to help Debbie when she asks him to track down the son she gave up for adoption more than twenty years ago. But his investigation leads to a dead body, which leads to Mike becoming the prime suspect in the...

An intimate conversation between towering public intellectuals examining the contentious interplay between the Cuban Revolution and U.S. empire An audacious revolutionary experiment in the backyard of empire, Cuba has occupied a vexed role in the international order for decades. Though its doctors (and fighters)—and the outsized influence of its example—have traversed the globe, from Venezuela to Angola, its political and economic future remain uncertain as the Castro era comes to a close and the U.S. embargo proceeds unabated. Through an intimate conversation between two of the country's most astute observers of international politics, Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, On Cuba traces Cuban history from the early days of the 1950s revolution to the present, interrogating U.S. interventions and extracting lessons on U.S. power and influence in the Western Hemisphere along the way. Neither a jingoistic condemnation nor an uncritical celebration,...

A threatening note. Secrets and lies. And Hope in the middle... Lady Hope has seven brothers who are all away on extended honeymoons for Christmas. So when an old friend catches her reading an ominous letter, the last thing she wants is to be protected by him: her brother's best friend, a notorious rake. She'd rather be a spinster helping the world around her than just another useless, pretty trophy. Independent Isaac, the Duke of Regium, refuses to accept care from anyone, especially his best friend's little sister. So when he finds out she's being threatened, he takes it upon himself to protect her from all danger. But when his bare body collides with hers, there might be a new danger at play. Can Isaac lower his guard enough for Hope to care for him? Or will he stubbornly continue in his rakish ways? Read A Flurry for a Duke if you love the...

For sixteen year-old Belle Montague, life just got tougher. Her aunt has moved on, her boyfriend Liam is missing, and something is not quite right with her dreams. Worse yet, a supernatural hunter is threatening her life...just waiting for her to make a fatal mistake. And when Eddie Helsing, the mysterious and gorgeous new senior at her high school (and her best friend's crush), starts to pay Belle a little too much attention, she is in danger of being one best friend short. With the Homecoming train stopping for no one, the shy Belle must do what she dreads most: steal the spotlight and win the Homecoming crown to keep the villainous Violet Wickeby from using it to complete an Armageddon-inducing spell. And that's if Belle doesn't fall prey to the werewolf in town with a taste for Homecoming princesses...

It's early fall, 1975. The war is over, ABBA recently released their spectacular third studio album, and Gretchen Marigold is having the time of her life. Making her way lovingly through the wanna-be witches who live alongside real magic users in her coven, Gretch is leaving a trail of broken hearts but satisfied lovers in her wake. Her life in the small town of Starbridge, Massachusetts is fun, carefree, and enchantingly delicious. Across town, rushing to a lecture on the Religions of Precolonial Mexico, Jace's life is the opposite of carefree. Though she too is a witch, and a far more powerful one at that, she's less than two semesters away from finishing her PhD at Wellesley College, and her schedule is jam-packed. As a black woman in academia, she has to work twice as hard for half the credit. As an ambitious woman with goals of helping others like her gain access to a quality education, Jace works three times as hard. When these two very different witches meet, their opposing viewpoints and attitudes towards magic proves eruptive. In more ways than one. But just as their unrelenting attraction towards each other begins to blossom into something deeper, a charismatic and thoughtful visitor comes to town and everything changes. Is the passion between Jace and Gretchen enough to supersede their differences, or will they be torn apart by the opinions of others and the shadows of their past?

A runaway scholar. A warrior haunted by his past. And the curse that will break them... or bind them forever. Hypatia dreamed of becoming an academic—until her research was used for treason. When her past threatens to catch up with her, the mage decides to seek safety abroad. But in so doing, she's tricked into taking another's place as the bride of a grim warrior on a monster-infested frontier. Obsessed with fame and fortune, Sigimar gained glory battling the curse shrouding a nearby kingdom—and lost his brother in the process. Disillusioned and grief-stricken, the hulking elf is ordered to marry a princess whose magic can keep the curse at bay. Except he weds Hypatia, a beautiful substitute he yearns for but knows he must set free. Hypatia refuses to become monster fodder, which means journeying to Sigimar's king to dissolve their marriage contract. Yet in the shelter of Sigimar's embrace she finds a...

1903Twenty-year-old Max Eyer is still reeling from his father's recent death when a mysterious stranger's offer to buy the family farm outside of Hamburg, Germany presents to him and his mother an unexpected opportunity to make a fresh start in America. Welcomed by his uncle's bustling family in St. Louis Max finds employment on the grounds of the upcoming 1904 World's Fair, where he is hired as a zookeeper at Hagenbeck's Animal Paradise on the Pike. Max's enchantment with the trained animal shows, ostrich rides, and watersliding elephants is rivaled only by his fascination with Shehani, a beautiful Sinhalese woman who captivates the crowds of fairgoers by dancing among the lions. However Max's paradise unravels when a grisly discovery leads to an accusation of murder against the woman he loves. His efforts to uncover the truth may save her, but in this fantasy land of the fair where palaces are temporary, animals roam free, and people are on...