I'd anticipated my first Christmas as a newlywed with excitement.Then a crisis sent icicles through the core of my faith. After completing my fall semester, I'm excited to join my family at my parents' log cabin and show my new husband how Christmas in rural Alaska sparkles. Lazy mornings on the couch by the woodstove and helping my mom make festive treats will be the perfect way to regroup before my teaching practicum starts. Before leaving to enjoy the holidays, we attend a friend's wedding at a Bible camp outside of Palmer, Alaska. The rustic backdrop couldn't be more romantic and memorable until Collin and I have a fight, threatening to crush the joy of the holidays. As we face a blustery mishap, will I crumble in a flurry of insecurities or will I discover God's promised peace and a resolve to plow through?

Victoria Gilbert’s third Booklover’s B&B Mystery, a treat for fans of Mary Daheim and Kate Carlisle, finds owner Charlotte Reed and her former spy neighbor, Ellen Montgomery, pitted against a tea-party poisoner.Booklover Charlotte is delighted to welcome an eclectic group of guests to Chapters Bed and Breakfast for a book club retreat focused on fairy tales and classic children’s literature. But when one of the guests is poisoned at a Mad Hatter tea party, Charlotte realizes she’s fallen down a rather unpleasant rabbit hole The victim – an opinionated busybody whose jewelry store sold original designs, along with some possibly “hot” merchandise – had plenty of enemies, spurring Charlotte and Ellen to offer their well-honed investigative skills to assist the local police. But as they delve deeper into each of the guest’s stories, they realize all of them had a motive, and the means, to close...

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—BuzzFeed, Vogue, Electric Lit, The Millions, Lit HubA provocative debut of sex and sexuality—“depicting the liquid frequencies of need and power with a thoughtful, savage eye” (Raven Leilani, author of Luster)—as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom that follows no other lines than her own desire.“Radical, daring, and bracing . . . for me, it made the human creature feel like something new.”—Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be? and Pure ColourI had been going around for years trying to figure out what sex meant to other people. . . . Eve has an adoring girlfriend, an impulsive streak, and a secret fear that she’s wasting her brief youth with just one person. So one evening she posts some nudes online. This is how Eve meets...

A Jo Riskin Mystery: Book 3 When Lieutenant Jo Riskin investigates the brutal murder of the pastor of New Life Church, she discovers that the beloved preacher may not be the man his congregation believes he is. The deeper Jo dives into his life, the longer the suspect list grows, including members of his congregation and even his own family.While dealing with her current homicide, Jo has the opportunity to talk face-to-face with the man responsible for her husband's murder. When he tells her he wants to cut a deal, she battles between her need for revenge and her desire to honor her husband's legacy. As the investigation continues and ensnares more lives in lies and scandal, Jo realizes that to untangle her own life, she has to let go and move forward. To solve both cases, Jo must balance her need for answers with her desire for justice.

Kit Squires never imagined her husband capable of murder. Did her ultimatum drive him to it?A year after losing his job as a local radio host, Jeff stubbornly clings to the hope of being re-hired and refuses to take any other job. But Kit can't support the family alone on what she makes as a physical therapist. And their bank account is streaking toward the red, much like her respect for Jeff. Desperate, Kit demands that he get a job or move out.Then gunshots blast across the airwaves of Jeff's former show. And in the dead air that follows, Kit recognizes his voice, his troubling last words.Torn between believing the overwhelming evidence against Jeff or trusting the character of the man she thought she knew, Kit's choice puts her at odds with their son, Bryce. One of them has to be wrong...which means the killer might still be out there.

The Galaxy is growing...and it's more dangerous than ever before. An all-out war within humanity has been narrowly avoided, and peace is finally at hand. Yeah, right. Human ships are being taken, their crews disappearing. Has an old enemy returned? Or has the galaxy revealed a new threat? With humanity’s very existence at stake, Rev and the Perseus Union Marines have to put old rivalries aside and help form a last line of defense if the human race is going to have a fighting chance to survive. Fight. Endure. Win. Live. Prepare yourself for the seventh entry in the ongoing Sentenced to War series. Experience what fans are calling the military science fiction story of the year and find out why you just can’t keep a good Marine down.

Book four in the nationally best-selling Manticore Ascendant series, set in the world of David Weber’s multiple New York Times best-selling Honorverse series.** Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation, only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some, perhaps, but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce, it had little need for a navy . . . and even less interest in paying for one. But Manticore has now become a target. The Star Kingdom isn't certain who is attacking it, or why, or what its mysterious foe can possibly want, but Queen Elizabeth I knows she has to find out. And she knows that whatever some of her subjects think, Manticore does need a navy. And it needs allies, friends like the dynamic Republic of Haven and the Andermani Empire. It needs their trade . . . and to learn from their more experienced and powerful navies. It is the job of officers like Travis Long and his wife, Lisa, to acquire that experience. Of utterly inexperienced diplomats like Travis's brother Gavin, Earl Winterfall, to build those alliances. They have been sent to the powerful Andermani Empire to do just that, for the Imperial Navy is one of the most potent and experienced fleets in the galaxy. But the Andermani have problems of their own. Their Emperor's death is the trigger for insurrection, and now that powerful and experienced navy is locked in civil war. The Manticoran visitors find themselves squarely in the path of the storm, and before Travis, Lisa, and Gavin can accomplish anything else, they first have to survive. About A Call to Arms :“The plotting is as solid as ever, with smaller scenes building to an explosive, action-packed crescendo, and the authors strike a nice balance between technical details of space flight and the human cost of war.”— Publishers Weekly Praise for prequel A Call to Duty :“This exciting book marks the first collaboration of two powerhouses . . . fans of both writers should be quite pleased with the result. Like Robert A. Heinlein and Orson Scott Card, Weber and Zahn are telling a story about a teenage character but writing for readers of all ages.”— Booklist “A new series set in the universe of Weber's popular heroine Honor Harrington gets off to a solid start. . . . Cowriters Zahn and Weber do an excellent job alluding to events known to longtime fans. . . . [T]his astronautical adventure is filled with . . . intrigue and political drama.”— Publishers Weekly About the Honor Harrington series:“Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action.”— Publishers Weekly “. . . everything you could want in a heroine. . . . Excellent . . . plenty of action.”— Science Fiction Age “Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!”—Anne McCaffrey “Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure.”— Locus “Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice . . .”— Publishers Weekly About Timothy Zahn: “Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining excitement.”— Publishers Weekly “[Y]ou can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick, entertaining sci-fi novel.” — Blogcritics “[ Conqueror’s Heritage ] is another finely wrought space adventure . . . [with] social, political and emotional complications, all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill.”— Booklist “Zahn paints every detail [in Angelmass ] with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing.”— Kirkus Review

Goosebumps meets Lockwood & Co. meets Small Spaces in The Legend of Woman Hollering Creek, a middle grade horror story about a family in transition, a wandering ghost, and the forgiveness that might save them all. Eleven-year-old Julian Penn is not very happy about leaving the only home he's ever known and moving to a spooky estate on the edge of San Antonio, especially since he had to leave all his memories of Papaw behind, more especially when he learns the estate is haunted by a woman from a gruesome legend, and most especially when he sees the ghost right outside his window. While all he really wants to do is put his head down and "give it a year," like his dad told him, Julian's younger sister, Bella (the more adventurous of the two), wants to explore the woods, solve the problem of the ghost, and make the most of their time at Kingston Estate. And since Julian can't let her do all that alone (he promised Papaw he'd take care of her), he...

Essence bestseller La Jill Hunt teams up with her daughter Kamaryn in this next installment in the Full Figured series.Married to a Duncan by La Jill Hunt: Sassy and full figured, Sonya Duncan has been living a fantasy since the day she met her lovable husband, Junior Duncan. But being married to a Duncan is a blessing and a curse. She's living the life of luxury that she's always dreamed of, but it also means being part of a family whose line of business puts them in danger almost every day. Sonya has to face that reality when Junior's work ends up following him home, and she finds out what it means to be part of the family business.Girl Like Me by Kamaryn Hunt: When Sierra Boyd's long-time boyfriend suggests they take a break, she sets out to win him back. Her efforts seem to be working, until she finds out there's a new "Insta-thot" on his arm. Frustrated with always being the "good girl," Sierra embarks on a new transformation and decides it...

When Jared Hawk helped the black gunman, Aaron Turner, bring in a wanted man it was one more job - a few extra dollars in his pocket. He didn't know he was riding into the hellfire center of a range war. Nor that he'd find himself on the other side, facing Turner over the blazing muzzle of a Colt. 45. But Hawk had a simple coded: kill first and ask questions later. If there was anyone alive to answer ...

The innocent has forgotten their passion, but she's had his baby in this amnesia romance by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates!The blazing nights she forgot...And the billionaire who claimed her... Waking from a coma, Riot Phillips has no memory of the past year, the brooding man by her bedside claiming to be her fiancé or her baby! Kravann Valenti has been given a second chance. Riot's amnesia means a chance to rewrite his whirlwind love affair with the innocent—and get it right this time. But when Riot remembers the truth, Krav must face his darkest fears and show Riot all of him or risk losing her, their passion and their precious daughter...From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood"A love letter to the power of music, this thoughtful, humorous exploration of what constitutes living versus mere survival sees Chen (Light Years from Home) at the top of his game." —Publishers Weekly starred review"A strong emotional core carries Chen's (Light Years from Home, 2022) latest, which is ultimately about healing from old wounds and learning how to embrace life again after loss—even if you're dead." —BooklistBeing a vampire is far from glamorous...but it can be pretty punk rock.Everything you've heard about vampires is a lie. They can't fly. No murders allowed (the community hates that). And turning into a bat? Completely ridiculous. In fact, vampire life is really just a lot of blood bags and night jobs. For Louise Chao, it's also lonely, since she swore off family ages ago.At least she's gone to decades of punk rock...