Hiding the fact that she has no memory of her past from her fiancae, Addison, a survivor of a tragic accident, cannot shake the notion that she may have done something very, very bad.

"As a boy, Jack Anderson was abandoned by his mother in a Glasgow movie theatre. Now living in the United States and facing his impending retirement, Jack and his wife Anne travel to Scotland to track down his long-lost sister. Their journey takes them from their home in a quiet Boston suburb to the impoverished mill towns of Ayrshire, the gray cobbled streets of Glasgow, and the majestic Scottish Highlands. Along the way, Jack gets entangled in local...

"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful compendium of very short fiction and comics that celebrate the joy and absurdity of the human experience. It is often said that the best things in life come in smallpackages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial...

Given the opportunity, would you assume someone else's identity and leave your old life behind? A serendipitous crossing of paths between Lisa Barnes, a down-on-her-luck job seeker, and Julie Forman, a personal trainer to an Olympic hopeful, forever changes the course of both women's lives. One winds up dead and the other finds herself a fugitive, hiding behind one lie after another as a cold-blooded killer methodically hunts her. Desperately trying...

WHAT IF YOU FOUND YOUR FRIEND DEAD AND FEARED YOU'D BE NEXT? Jewelry designer Fiona McKay is working on her latest collection of Celtic-inspired jewelry. She's excited by the possibilities uncovered by Rose Flaherty, the antiquities dealer helping her research the heirloom tapestries inspiring her new collection. So when Rose calls to tell her she has answers, Fiona hurries to meet her. But her artistic world is shattered when she finds the lifeless...

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fit in on her family's rural Nova Scotian farm. After suffering multiple losses in the First World War, her family became so heavy with grief, toxicity, and mental illness that Emmeline felt their weight smothering her. And so, she fled across the Atlantic and built her life in England. Now she is retired and living in a small coastal town

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"Duncan is a meth king in the southwest desert. His feifdom a trailer park, his castle a honky-tonk, his soldiers spreading poison throughout the west and reaping the harvest of ruined lives and lost souls. Through tarot, palm, and bones, the Grim Sisters foresee the coming together of Duncans fiercest warrior Mac, and Duncans niece Bethany "They join in storm and will part in storm" and from that coupling the wheels...

"Denny has been running the same rackets for the Di Napoli crime family in Vancouver for thirty years and as the days tick down to the beginning of a new century, he craves change. Change is thrust upon him however, when his life-long partner is assassinated and Denny has a near death experience. As he recovers, Denny begins his new journey by using a self-help book aimed at aging entrepreneurs, and by impulsively becoming a foster father to a feisty...

"After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what's happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest - and in turn, they teach her some...

On her own and feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie Kelly, facing her fears, embarks on a whirlwind trip around the globe that brings her face-to-face with the very same irresistible, thrill-seeking man she's spent thirty years trying to forget.