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In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, Peter Orner, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, takes the short story to new heights. Through 44 compressed gems, Peter Orner chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points, gripping us with a series of defining moments.

Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-20s. Then Sue meets Annie. It's been 20 years, but Annie could never forget that face. She was Sue's live-in nanny, and she loved Sue like her own. Craving comfort and connection, Sue is eager to welcome Annie back into her life. But as they grow close once more, Sue begins to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller household all those years ago, particularly the murky circumstances surrounding her sudden departure - or dismissal - and the dark secrets that bind these women together.

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Veronica sees ghosts - more specifically, her mother's ghost, thanks to the blinding migraines that consume her whole life and keep Veronica on the fringes. But the haunting afterimages make her wonder if there is something more going on.... Golden boy Sawyer is handsome and popular, a state champion swimmer, but this All-American is hiding an adrenaline addiction that could kill him. Drawn to each other after a chance meeting, can they help each other battle the demons that haunt their every step or will they push their luck too far and risk losing it all...including their lives?

It will be one hell of a week at the Academy! Continue Remi's incredible story and find out what happens next. Will she discover the truth about her brother? What will happen next with Remi's intense relationship with Laith? Can she uncover the truth about her ability?

By the end of this book, you will discover the tools to make tons of passive income working from home.

Everything comes at a price. What if this one is too high even for him to pay? Jackson Ludlow, the recluse billionaire of New York, is beautiful and captivating but also damaged and alone. He thinks he is the only one with secrets, but he’s wrong. My past is coming for me. It’s forcing me back there: the place that ruined everything. I don’t want to go. He can’t make me. But there’s no way out.

The Gaslighting Effect is a book that delivers a powerful, yet easy-to-understand, compact read covering the whole scope of narcissistic abuse, as told from a survivor's perspective. Reva Steenbergen accomplishes this by combining her own personal experiences with thousands of other survivors, as well as psychiatrists, psychologists, scientists, professors, relationship experts, therapists, and so many more to validate a person's experience with any narcissist.

When floundering and unlucky-in-love 20-something Lottie Jones lands a new career as a wedding planner at a top-tier boutique event firm, she begins navigating a cutthroat workplace specializing in over-the-top details, unlimited budgets, and a broad spectrum of taste. Whether planning for parachute landings or wrangling intoxicated groomsmen, she has her hands full at every million-dollar wedding she helps organize.

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series.

Allison Smythe is barely clinging to sanity. After blaming and nearly killing an innocent man for her sister’s unsolved kidnapping, she’s ready to consider a fresh start. But just as she’s settled in a new city, she’s horrified to spot the villain who took her sibling residing peacefully on her street. Arguing with the police over the need for more evidence and with her therapist about her deteriorating mental health, Allison grits her teeth and attacks the dangerous problem alone. But the more she digs, the more questions she unearths…

When the mutilated corpse of a young Amish woman is discovered in Blood Rock, Sheriff Serenity Adams embarks on her most terrifying case yet, facing a killer unlike anything she’s seen before. Law enforcement and the Amish join forces to unravel the truth and find the person terrorizing the community, and just when Serenity thinks she’s solved the case, she finds out that the nightmare is far from over.

The baby-sitters just love little babies. So of course Kristy has the great idea of entering a float in the Stoneybrook Baby Parade. All the girls have to do is round up a bunch of adorable babies like Squirt and Emily Michelle, dress them in costumes, and plop them on a float. Easy, right? Wrong. The float looks like a big orange blob, the costumes are hideous, and the babies won't stop crying. S.O.S. - the baby-sitters' float is about to sink!

In the 10 episodes of The Real History of Dracula, folklorists Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman, of The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, will shine a light into the dark recesses of our cultural obsession with vampires. Using folklore, literature, history, television, film, and more, Sara and Brittany will show you how—and why—vampires are a potent metaphor for what matters most about the human condition.

From childhood we are taught to be right. We are taught to win - to beat others. Regardless of what we experience, we cling to this need. The result is a lifetime of self-deception, bad communication and damaged relationships. The unconscious need to defend ourselves manifests itself through faulty reasoning, bad arguments and terrible decisions.

After overcoming many personal battles that empowered her to pick herself up and take charge of her life, Nancy Rundle is your beacon of hope who will apply her knowledge to help you master your emotions easily, evolve into a better you, and take the time to be present in every moment of your life.

In this groundbreaking book, Cassie Bjork, Registered Dietitian, reveals the keys no one has told you about that'll unlock your metabolism's true power. She outlines the perfect program for rebooting your metabolism and losing weight—all while eating more food than you've ever eaten on any diet. This may be the first time a dietitian tells you that weight loss isn’t just about food and exercise! You’ll learn the never-talked-about elements that are either helping or hindering your weight loss battle. This new approach will free you forever from a vicious cycle of endless dieting.

In all actuality, being gluten-free is a lifestyle. It isn’t about being on a diet. So whether you’ve been gluten-free for years or are looking to try this out, this book is loaded with information that can affect every aspect of your life, from health and how you cook and eat to socializing, lessening expenses, and managing various emotional ups and downs. This book will help you make healthy food decisions. This is the reference guide you need to help you with all aspects that concern gluten.

Dr. Heather Reilly has been an anti-war activist since her brother died fighting the Taliban. But her crushing student loans drive her to take a job working on a peace plan for Afghanistan, in the last place on Earth she ever thought she'd be employed: the Pentagon. On her first day, however, her position is eliminated and she’s shuffled to a war-fighting office focused on combating Russian aggression. Making matters worse, she’s also working for Ariane Fletcher - a woman so terrifying, she eats generals for breakfast.

Finally free from the claustrophobic worry caused by her psychotic baby brother’s bloodthirsty reign, former Special Agent Winter Black—newly Mrs. Winter Black-Dalton—is ready for a fresh start in Austin, Texas. With her husband and former partner, Noah Dalton, at her side, she’s hoping to shed the skin of her past and return to hunting down criminals, but in a very different way...