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The true story of a filmmaker whose investigation of her film’s subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she’d stumbled onto the project of a lifetime—a biopic of...

One ordinary girl. One royal lookalike. And a plan that could change everything. Harper Chen is just trying to survive senior year at Westfield High—avoid drama, keep her grades up, and maybe get her longtime crush to finally notice her. But when Princess Marguerite of Valdonia—Harper’s identical royal doppelgänger—shows up for a cultural exchange program, Harper’s life is suddenly flipped upside down. The princess is everything Harper isn’t: poised, polished, and completely used to the spotlight. But when a case of mistaken identity sparks chaos—and unexpected attention from...

Daniela Müller is a saleswoman and single mother. Her already difficult life is completely thrown into disarray when she discovers one day that her identity has been stolen and her personal information is being used for schemes. She discovers new clues that her identity theft is no coincidence and that she has fallen into a dangerous game in which the lines between friend and foe are blurred. As Daniela tries to prove her innocence and regain her stolen identity, she falls deeper and deeper into the dark depths of the underworld. She uncovers a network of unscrupulous criminals who will ...

When a devoted wife discovers her husband’s secret life, her search for answers pulls her into a dangerous world where love and deception collide. Maria-Alejandra "Mac" Cahill has built a life most would envy—a thriving law career, three cherished stepdaughters, and a husband who appears to adore her. But her world shatters when she uncovers his affair, unraveling a web of lies she never saw coming. Determined to uncover the full truth, Mac’s relentless search leads her into a dangerous underworld of crime and corruption. Along the way, she crosses paths with a woman whose life is a ...

Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or their outer appearance....

Originally published under the name Macie St. James. Everyone needs a forever home. At Double Dog Ranch, four business-minded cowboys find love and family where they least expect it. Dylan Tate grew up on Double D Ranch, named for him and his twin brother, Dallas. As the ranch has started to fail, though, he and his brother have been increasingly at odds. Dallas wants to turn the property into an animal rescue, while Dylan wants to boost the ranch’s earnings by marketing their cattle as “grass-fed beef.” London Kelly is outraged to learn one of the rescue animals from her Galveston ...

From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a dark, intoxicating psychological thriller where seduction is a game, deception is a skill, and love might just be the deadliest illusion of all. Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They're the perfect match. But neither is who they claim to be... Kate Anderson knows time is running out. She's done waiting for the perfect life to fall into place, so she's creating it herself—one carefully calculated step at a time. Now, ten pounds thinner, armed with a new name, and a plan, she's this close to living the life she's imagined. And...

The clock was ticking... On a dream in Texas. On a promise in Colorado. And on a mission in the deserts of Morocco. A spectacular love story. A CIA Thriller. Strikingly beautiful Velvet Carrington quit her job in Dallas. Packed her Jeep. And set her sights on an adventure vacation in the mountains of Oklahoma for a month. By herself. Along with her secrets, her scar-filled fears, and the dream inside of her. Because at 28 years old, she hadn't had a date. A kiss. Or anything approaching intimacy for years. On purpose... Except for the dream of a man. She didn't know who he was. Or exactly ...

I WASN’T HIRED FOR MY RESUME. I WAS HIRED FOR MY BONES. I was $342,000 in the hole when the contract slid across the mahogany desk. My life had a price tag, and Vaughn Mercer just paid it. Vaughn didn’t want a partner. He wanted a user interface. A placeholder to stand in the floor-to-ceiling windows of his forty-story penthouse. A body to wear his missing wife’s clothes, sign her name, and convince the world that the glamorous Daphne Mercer hadn't disappeared. The offer? Total debt elimination. My sister's mortgage paid off. A six-figure bonus. All I had to do was lose twelve pounds,...

Abby Ellin was shocked to learn that her...

Conn Iggulden returns with more information, insights, and diversions for boys from eight to eighty. This companion volume to The Dangerous Book for Boys includes more than seventy new chapters and important skills, fascinating historical information, and essential stories, including: How to...

Ten years ago, fifteen-year-old Scarlett Crosby was held captive in a terrifying ordeal with a girl named Della. Scarlett escaped, their predator was killed, and Della simply vanished. Detective Kevin Dawson always wondered if Della even existed. A decade later, Scarlett is a successful artist. As hard as she tries to move on, the mysterious Della remains her inescapable obsession. Then a girl’s body is discovered—a link to Scarlett’s horrific past—and all her old traumas resurface. So does Della.

In the tradition of Gone Girl and Behind Closed Doors comes a gripping, twisting, furiously clever read that demands your attention, and keeps you guessing until the very end. For fans of the anti-heroine and stories told in unorthodox ways, Water Under The Bridge delivers us the perfect dark and provocative villain. Water Under The Bridge (Book One) As a woman who feels her clock ticking every single moment of the day, former bad girl Kate Anderson is desperate to reinvent herself. So when she sees a handsome stranger walking toward her, she feels it in her bones, there's no time like the ...

From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a razor-sharp, high-stakes thriller where family loyalty is a weapon—and betrayal is just another part of the job. Nineteen-year-old Sophie Jones was raised to be a killer. Trained under her mother's lethal guidance, she's spent her life mastering the fine art of murder, deception, and keeping a straight face during completely inappropriate situations. Their mother-daughter bond is built on blood and brutality, but when a mission goes sideways and Sophie makes the wrong choice, the cracks begin to show. Back home, Charlotte's ...

College student Josephine Hart keeps her late-night job as an exotic dancer a closely-guarded secret, but when her secrets show up in the light of day, she gets way more than she bargained for. After the tragic death of her parents, Josephine is just another college student trying to make ends meet. But at night, she leads a risky double life as an exotic dancer to earn the money she desperately needs—a secret that could ruin her if anyone at school ever found out. The only bright spot is the devastatingly handsome stranger at the club who takes a special interest in her. He has her ...

With an epilogue on recent Russian spying, a “page-turner of a memoir” (Publishers Weekly) about an American civilian with a dream, who worked as a double agent with the FBI in the early 2000s to bring down a Russian intelligence agent in New York City. For three nerve-wracking years, from...

What happens when someone swears they saw you—while you were nowhere near the place they describe? Urban Legends of Seeing Yourself Somewhere Else is a collection of eerie, true-feeling short stories where each chapter follows a different encounter with the impossible: a person confronting their own double. From late-night sightings in hospitals, subways, and empty streets to casual conversations remembered by strangers you’ve never met, these stories explore the quiet terror of realizing a version of you is moving through the world without your consent. Each chapter stands alone as an ...

A mail order bride, an experiment escapee, and a liar all walk into a bar… The punchline? They are all me. After being infused and now able to shift into 52 different creatures, I escape my lab prison. I live my life on the run only to be caught by the daughter of the monster who experimented on me. She presents me a deal: take over her life and her arranged marriage to a wolf shifter or go back to being a lab rat. Not much of a choice. I wind up with one more creature implanted in me and sent to the Alpha’s territory in Guam. I’m going to keep my real identity a secret. I'm going to ...

Sondai Lester's latest publication examines the dueling identities that Black people contend with as a part of daily life—one debilitating and one powerful and creative. For those raising Black youth, the book offers strategies to enable the powerful and healthy identity endowed at birth to prevail and thrive. The author contemplates a contemporary application of W. E. B. Dubois’ 1903 idea of double consciousness. Black people wrestle with two minds, two identities, two self-perceptions. One wins, one loses. One has been forged and reinforced by 400 years of race-based oppression within...

A war-torn world. A secret that must never escape. A chase that has no end. In the dying days of World War II, elite spy Lila Dubois is tasked with tracking down a man who should not exist. Deep in the shadows of Nazi-occupied Europe, a brilliant but ruthless scientist, Dr. Meissner, has perfected an experiment that could alter the course of warfare forever. But when his lab is destroyed and his research vanishes, the only thing more dangerous than what he created is what he took with him. Now, Lila and her team are in a desperate race across war-ravaged cities, treacherous mountain passes,...