An intelligent and madly entertaining debut novel reminiscent of The Crying of Lot 49, White Noise, and City of Glass that is at once a missing-person mystery, an exorcism of modern culture, and a wholly singular vision of contemporary womanhood from a terrifying and often funny voice of a new generation.A woman known only by the letter A lives in an unnamed American city with her roommate, B, and boyfriend, C, who wants her to join him on a reality show called That's My Partner! A eats (or doesn't) the right things, watches endless amounts of television, often just for the commercials—particularly the recurring cartoon escapades of Kandy Kat, the mascot for an entirely chemical dessert—and models herself on a standard of beauty that only exists in such advertising. She fixates on the fifteen minutes of fame a news-celebrity named Michael has earned after buying up his local Wally Supermarket's entire, and increasingly ample, supply of veal. Meanwhile B is...

In the Woods Noirell, magic wells with the waters of the River and drips like the honey drawn from its trees, and fairy gifts are indistinguishable from their curses. In the Woods Noirell, travellers are told to stay on the Road, for if they stray they may well find themselves lost forevermore.In the Woods Noirell, there are dragons. Olive is the daughter of the Woods. She knew what waited at the end of her path long before she set foot on it ... A companion novella to the main Greenwing & Dart series. Can be read at any point, but is probably best read in conjunction with Bee Sting Cake or after Plum Duff.

My name is McKenzie Perry. I’ve lived a life filled with secrets. Secrets that took me years to understand. Secrets that my bestie Gia and I kept from the world. Secrets that only I knew. I wasn’t afraid of the lies, the secrets, or the hidden skeletons. That’s not what frightened me. I was afraid that one day they would come out, somebody would find out the truth. If I am the only one that knew the secrets, the lies, then they were safe, right? How does a well-rounded, talented little girl create a false sense life? It took several years for me to understand the impact of lies. Lies I told, secrets I kept, and the lives they controlled. One of the things I know to be true is, I did the things I did for a reason, even if I didn’t know it at the time. They all had a reason.

Abandoned dreams sometimes come true. Cindy Lee Jones, having let go of her aspirations to become a renowned artist, is determined to embrace a fresh chapter in her life, one that promises to be just as fulfilling.However, when her former art teacher meets a tragic end, Cindy finds herself entangled in a web of long-hidden secrets that threaten to unravel any hope of her dreams becoming reality.As the weight of these revelations bears down upon her, Cindy's future teeters on the brink of chaos.Can she and the enigmatic Ruby Sisters unearth the truth in time to clear her name?Will the shadows of the past offer her a chance to revive her artistic dream, or will they extinguish her aspirations once and for all?Embark on a poignant journey of self-discovery, family, and the extraordinary power of friendship, in this captivating tale that will leave readers of women's literature enthralled.

Everyone is lying, including her father, her client....and her girlfriend.It wasn’t the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce event she was expecting, but when realtor Ari Adams discovers the body of a prominent businessman, after his apparent suicide, of course she calls 911. When her girlfriend Molly Nelson is among the responders, she is happy to let the professionals take control of the case.When a former client asks for Ari’s representation, she’s loathe to turn down the business, even if it Biz Strong, the one woman Molly does not want to have any part of Ari’s life. Tensions on the home front get even worse when Ari’s father blows into town, full of questions, and Maggie is abruptly reassigned after determining that suicide was actually murder.Everyone has questions, but many of the answers turn out to be lies. Nobody but Ari wonders if business greed, familial revenge, dirty cops and shady investments might all intersect—with deadly consequences.

From the brilliant illustrator, Simon Tyler, comes a wonderful compendium of bugs and insect life. Bugs are fascinating, and in this book we get close to over 50 different and fantastic bugs including the biggest, smallest and most amazing bugs in the world, the most beautiful and the ones with the strangest habits. This book shows all types of insects in colourful detail and tells you all about their senses, defences, camouflage, how they catch prey, where they live and more. Become a bug expert and see their real beauty with this stunning book.

In this RITA-winning medieval romance inspired by Hitchcock's Rear Window, a wounded soldier heals in the London home of a young widow who steals his heart—but his future rests on an arranged marriage to his lord's daughter. Originally published by NAL. Fresh, swift and sexy. New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney