Tragic Loss

Kaine Reynolds wants nothing more than solitude. After an unthinkable tragedy destroys his family, he's cut off all ties to his former life, so he can battle his grief the only way he knows how. Alone. So when Piper Campbell knocks on his door, rambling on about being his new neighbor, he slams the door in her face. But Kaine's gruff demeanor doesn't scare her. She's set on living in Montana and starting over after a terrible divorce. And she wouldn't mind having a fling to chase away the pain of her husband's betrayal. Her handsome, albeit rude, neighbor is the perfect candidate. 

I survived a year in the Autumn Court with a knife under my pillow. Poison on my hands. Then my blood hit the soil, and a dead garden came back to life. I was taken as a Tithe — a human dragged through the Veil to serve a dying fae court until I stopped breathing. Most Tithes last weeks. I lasted a year by tending withered gardens, brewing healing tonics, and quietly poisoning every fae who made the mistake of cornering me alone. Eight so far, if anyone was counting. No one was. That was the point. But three drops of blood on cursed earth changed everything. A dead rosebush erupted into ...

In 1840s New England, Syrie Marie Adams Boone lives a contented, quiet life. Surrounded by family and married to her best friend, Jedidiah, she lives in a neat cottage, tending to her chickens, milk cows and garden. She enjoys her neighbors, church on Sunday, their orderly village and regular visits with parents and siblings. When Jedidiah tells her that neighbors are selling out and moving to Oregon, Syrie is excited to expand their farm and income for the family she is anxious to start. Jedidiah has a different plan - telling her he wants to move to Oregon as well. So begins a life-...

In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. “A triumph ... Count me in for whatever Sher writes next.” ―Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home Yetta is a bright...

Grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family are movingly explored in this extraordinary memoir “suffused with emotional depth and intellectual inquiry” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) as a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s violent death at the hands of...

Rook Walsh appeared out of nowhere like a dark angel sent to steal my soul. And I could just tell that she was broken, and beaten, and scared. So I made her an offer of a lifetime. She needed a job, and I needed a certain "type" of girl for a modeling contract worth millions of dollars called Tragic. I was warned to keep my hands to myself. I was warned not to get involved. I was warned not to ruin her. (The way I ruined the last one.) But I don’t take orders - I give them.

In the vein of It's Kind of a Funny Story and All the Bright Places, comes a captivating, immersive exploration of life with mental illness. For sixteen-year-old Mel Hannigan, bipolar disorder makes life unpredictable. Her latest struggle is balancing her growing feelings in a new relationship...

The legend of the Ozark Howler is as old as the mountains themselves, the bloody tales of terror, mutilation, and murder a foundation block in the region’s folklore. Skeptics dismiss the Howler as nothing more than tall tales and the work of overactive imaginations, but those who have seen the monster tell a different tale. Carter Renfrow is hiding from his past and living the life of a wanted man when a multi-car pileup interrupts his plans, and two worlds collide in an epic clash with life and death hanging in the balance.

Through raw and compelling testimonies from both sides of the community, Dillon explores the overlooked perspectives of women whose lives were impacted by the brutal conflict. Some were directly involved in violence as members of paramilitary organisations. Many witnessed the ruthless murders of family members. All were profoundly and irrevocably affected by the violence and its aftermath.

He dies. She finds him again. In every lifetime. Three fated souls. One ancient curse. And a love that refuses to end – even when it should. In a world ruled by serpent myths and old magic, the Sarpa prince was never meant to be loved. Lily knew this. She chose him anyway. Now, in every lifetime, she finds him – only to lose him again. Because the prince never remembers her. She is eternal. He is not. He is cursed. But it is she who watches him die. Lifetime after lifetime. The man who once betrayed him walks beside him still. Friend. Killer. The one she cannot escape – and is no ...

Read by the author. Discover a new way to think about your grief and loss. Esteemed psychotherapist and bereavement counselor John Tsilimparis, MFT, shows you the ways grief and loss intertwine with beauty, tenderness, and human connection to empower you to build emotional resilience in a...

War does not ask who is innocent. It does not care who is waiting at home. And when it strikes, it leaves behind more than ruins. In a quiet village shaped by love, sacrifice, and the fragile beauty of ordinary life, two parents build their world around the one thing that matters most, their child. They dream. They struggle. They endure. And through hardship, they create a life filled with hope. Until in a single moment, everything is taken. Collateral Damage is a deeply emotional literary novella about family, grief, and the unbearable cost of war. It is a heartbreaking story of love, loss...

Ten years ago I did the unthinkable to make him hate me. Dylan Anderson was always my weakness, and the one who ruined me for every other man. We were forbidden to be together, and It was the only way to get away from the judgmental eyes of small town Hartlow, and the tragedy that caused me to lose part of my memory. Now I’m back to uncover the truth that will finally allow me to heal, and he’s still there, even more gorgeous than before, making me feel things that I haven’t felt in a long time. I need to resist, but those green eyes are hypnotic, pulling me in like a moth to a flame,...

Daniel Milner’s life changed forever the night Halley’s Comet illuminated the sky. A dazzling flash of light shattered the world he once knew. When he woke up the next morning, nothing was the same—not his body, not his mind, and certainly not his fears. Dragged into the hidden city of Nivorum, Daniel finds himself trapped in a ruthless training program. Here, fears become power, and obedience is the only path to survival. Discipline is law, and the price of failure is steep. Yet, this city is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. Beyond Nivorum’s stone walls, too many ambitions, ...

A deeply reported exploration of former President Joe Biden, as told through his extended family. Coming off of the 2020 election, The Bidens tells the Biden Family story in full, from the secrets lurking in the deep recesses of Joe's family tree to his son Hunter's foreign deal-making...

Beck’s been kidnapped by Gothart, the Silvabarrone and Tarn’s old friend. Tarn follows Gothart, who wants to extract the elfin light, a powerful magical force contained inside Tarn. As Tarn faces his past, he meets Paracleus, newly arrived from the world of Arria. Beck has already met Jobe, trapped with Beck inside his prison cell. Beck and Tarn plan their escapes with Jobe and Paracleus searching for them. They flee from the monsters of the Silver Forest and face some difficult choices as another chapter begins.

When Michael’s mum falls ill during their weekly shop, she hands her thirteen-year-old son the car keys and says, “You’ll be fine.” It’s the start of an extraordinary year of secret cinema trips, unexpected driving lessons, and small rebellions against the ordinary world. But magic has its limits. And when reality finally breaks through, Michael is left to make sense of love, loss, and growing up far too soon. Funny, tender, and heartbreaking, Days of Magic is a coming-of-age story about a boy, his mum, and the extraordinary moments that make an ordinary life unforgettable. ...

“How much suffering can one heart endure?” That question may be answered in “Tears of the Marigold.” It didn't take long for Allison Mason to realize she had an adversary in Patti Sanders, but to what extent she had yet to learn. Romance, love, lust, death, revenge, kidnapping, forgiveness, and learning how to live again; this novel has it all. It is one with tears.

One accident. Two victims. Three deaths. A moving account of grief and its aftermath. In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her family were happily gathering for a surprise horror-themed birthday party for their youngest member, Julie, when the unthinkable happened. As...

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an iceberg, starting a chain of events that would ultimately make it history's most famous, and notorious, ship. In the over 100 years since it sank on its maiden voyage, the Titanic has been the subject of endless fascination, as evidenced by the efforts to find its final resting spot, the museums full of its objects, and the countless books, documentaries, and movies made about the doomed ocean liner.