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Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King’s Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. Her search for answers ensnares those closest to her, and no one is safe from suspicion—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a princess with a rebel heart.

Are you sick and tired of the "hot-and-cold" cycles where closeness is immediately followed by distance and silence? Have you tried countless ways to "fix" the connection, only to have your partner withdraw further? Do you finally want to say goodbye to the fear of abandonment and discover a way to feel confident again—regardless of how your partner responds? If so, then this book is for you. Imagine how you’ll feel once you can stay emotionally anchored in yourself, and how your life could change when you no longer walk on eggshells.

Zack's eighteenth birthday was tomorrow, but he wasn’t expecting a party. He needed to get away from the family cattle ranch as fast as he could. There was nothing for him at his home, and he'd prefer facing the unknown to staying. Yet he knew that in leaving, he was taking the easy way out and should stay to protect his stepmother and brothers. He may have rationalized that he could do more if he left, but that voice in the back of his head kept whispering “coward.”

Injured and demoralized, Conor and his people have fled the US for Cyprus to heal and regroup. Each of them is fighting their own battles, trying to process their experiences in the fallen America and trying to determine what the future holds for them. But while Conor, Ricardo, and their team fought for their lives, another potential savior was quietly building his army.

When logic meets chaos, love doesn’t stand a chance of staying predictable. Harper Lane believes every successful relationship can be solved with data. As a top analyst at HeartMatch, her algorithms have turned romance into science—until her company merges with LoveCast, the wildly popular, feelings-first dating brand run by Mason Cruz, a hopeless romantic with a podcast and a smirk that could melt her spreadsheets.

For a decade, Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance.

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece. A GAME OF THRONES In a land where summers can last decades and winters a...

With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

On a sun-faded street lined with modest shops, a humble bicycle repairman named Michael spends his days tightening bolts, mending wheels, and listening — quietly — to the stories that pass through his open door. Around him spins an entire world: a lottery seller who sells hope, a shoe mender who laughs through pain, a clothes vendor who restores dignity, a cookie lady who sweetens hardship, a rickshaw driver who carries burdens seen and unseen, and others — twelve souls in all, each a spoke in the great wheel of life.

Martin Smith has spent the last thirteen years as the world’s most overqualified home inspector. It’s a small price to pay to support his niece, Mira—a growing horse girl with an expensive appetite and a burning desire to race in the Maiden’s Derby. Martin is content to be the invisible support system in her shadow, until a mysterious scout notices that the scrappy single dad sees the track differently than anyone else.

For over 60 years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia. This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.

To be accepted as a guardian, Mira embarks on a journey to Tranea Crypt, a dangerous location designed to teach visitors soulmancy. If she succeeds, Mira will be able to continue Brindle’s legacy and evolve her soul core. If she fails, her soul will be devoured by the deadly souls teeming around the crypt. It’s an all-or-nothing trial, but if she succeeds, she will be completely different when she returns to the next harvest.

She might be deadly, but she is not their weapon. Fourth Wing meets Dire Bound in this captivating romantasy, brimming with romance, deadly stakes, and unforgettable magic. Survivor. Rebel. Weapon. Leina has spent a lifetime submitting, starving amid wheat fields reserved for the king, standing...

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal - they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.

In a quiet orchard by the sea, a woman tends to the trees her family left behind — each one named after a person she never had the courage to forgive. Every pruning cut, every season of fruit and frost, becomes a conversation with absence: the letters she never sent, the voices that once filled the branches. As she works, fragments of memory return — a lost brother, a forgotten promise, a mother’s unfinished song. The orchard becomes her confession, her prayer, and her reckoning.

A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise offers a fresh and more accurate account of one of the most important episodes in American history, humanizing forgotten figures and shattering long-held myths. “This Vast...

Cassandra Brown’s world shatters the moment she finds her secret lover proposing to another woman, his betrayal echoing through the marble halls of London’s high society. With her family empire collapsing under the weight of scandal, death, and greed, Cassandra makes a daring choice: secure her legacy through a child born of a carefully orchestrated arrangement. But when her stranger-for-hire turns out to be far more than he seems—a man with a power and past that could reshape her destiny—desire and danger become inseparable.

A Garden Made of Time is a lyrical fable about a valley where time is soil and a solitary Gardener plants “hourseeds” so the world can keep its rhythm. When a woman arrives by a river that carries centuries, pleading to recover a year she has somehow lost, the Gardener offers a lesson: hours can be tended—but never owned. Together they walk sundial paths, watch hourglass trees send sand upward, and visit an orchard where moments frozen at their sweetest slowly turn cruel.

In a kingdom of velvet corridors and hidden daggers, Queen Selvaris de Marenne has lived a life of duty, grace, and silence. Her royal marriage masks a web of betrayal, while whispers of treason threaten her powerful family. When a mysterious handmaiden from another world arrives, foreknowledge of tragedy becomes a dangerous weapon. As rivals rise and loyalties crumble, Selvaris must decide whether to endure, to fight, or to seize the throne herself.

When forgotten love leaves deep scars and fame offers no escape, Carley Walton learns that healing isn’t about moving on—it’s about confronting what you never dared to feel. After a cold divorce from her powerful husband, Carley wants anonymity, not affection. But when a rising pop star crashes into her quiet life—both literally and emotionally—her carefully built walls begin to crack.