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I'm a protector, and my family is my responsibility. When it comes to my team, I'm the same way. They are family and the reason that me and Capone are able to do us in the streets, knowing they are tucked away safe. As a man, you sometimes fall short, and something—someone—falls through the cracks.

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Imagine your best friend invites you on an all-expenses-paid trip. Luxury at its finest. A five-star resort, designer shopping sprees, fine dining, and balling out like there’s no tomorrow. She swears her new man is head over heels for her and doesn’t mind spending big.

In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.

I came home and ended up with two enemies because of the women I choose to love. Kendra was the one I thought I loved, but the feeling I felt when I looked into Alaia's eyes told me that I had never experienced love with Kendra.

I knew he had the power to make me feel, but he also had the power to break me. To pull my heart outside of my chest and stomp on it. I knew falling for a man like Capone came with more than I was ready for. He wasn't feared for no reason.

Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City—a swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again…

In part two of Homies, Lovers And Friends, Michelle is left with the fact that her life with Tasheem just might have caused her cousin to be murdered. When taking four steps forward, she feels as if she's pushed back fifteen.

Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin....

It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades.

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case....

Billy Harney was born to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book....

Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day, his routines are blown apart....

What if you could have one last meal with someone you’ve loved, someone you’ve lost? Combining the magic of Under the Whispering Door with the high-stakes culinary world of Sweetbitter, Aftertaste is an epic love story, a dark comedy, and a synesthetic adventure through food and grief.

On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge....

The day Lisara Compton caught her husband in a rather compromising position changed her life in a way neither she nor her sons ever saw coming. Realizing too late that divorcing him would cause a domino effect of turmoil, she is now forced into an uncomfortable life....

Julius Gallalucci's plans have all fallen through, leaving him stressed and scrambling weeks before his album release and tour announcement.

Once the streets pull you in, they own you. Or at least that's the way it's been for Nautica. Growing up in the hood, all she's ever known is the fast life....

In the little city of Flint, Michigan, the good die young, and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters....

A gripping and elegant debut, Great Black Hope is about a young Black man caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest, from an electrifying new voice.

The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year, and the Cartel controls 80 percent of it....

For some, love doesn't happen overnight. For many, their journey to love comes after loss, trauma, betrayal, and a lot of lessons learned. This is Lyric, Vic, and Tricey's journey to everlasting love.

Analicia Chase at one point had it all, a great family and a loving, talented boyfriend. But with the death of her father coming shortly after the loss of her boyfriend's dream, along with his usual tenacity, and a recently developed strained relationship with her sister, things have been rough.

Xander Brown is a skilled surgeon who lives a carefree life. With him being the Chief of Surgery at GHM, his plate is always full. However, he made room for the one woman he couldn't see himself without.

An arrest for cocaine possession on the last day of a sweltering New York summer leaves Smith, a queer Black Stanford graduate, in a state of turmoil. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not. It’s just weeks after the death of his beloved roommate Elle, the daughter of a famous soul singer, and he’s still reeling from the tabloid spectacle—as well as lingering questions around how well he really knew his closest friend.

These are the tenets that rule the De Santis family—until an arranged marriage potentially threatens all three. Born into the most ruthless crime family in the South, Azreal De Santis is bred to lead, dominate, and rule. When a strategic marriage forces him to take Natoi Kingston as his wife, Azreal learns power is not always defined by strength, blood is not the strongest bond, and loyalty isn’t always black and white. Sometimes there are shades of gray.

4 a.m., New York City. A silent disaster. There is no flash of light, no crumbling, no quaking. Each person in New York wakes up on an unfamiliar block when the buildings all switch locations overnight. The power grid has snapped, thousands of residents are missing, and the Empire State Building is on Coney Island—for now. The next night, it happens again. Esme Green and Arjun Varma work for the City of New York’s Emergency Management team and are tasked with disaster response for “The Unmapping.”

Gambino Nahtahn takes over the family organization with plans to take it to new heights. Before he can settle into his new position, an arranged marriage request is put at his feet. There’s no way he will approve the marriage for his ex. She’s the one who got away, and Gambino is determined to use his new position to secure a second chance.

Ally Hawkins has never had a Valentine’s Day date—but this is her year. She can feel it in her endlessly optimistic heart. So when she stumbles upon a love potion at a county fair, she figures…why not? It’s silly, it’s smelly, and she’s a grown woman. But then—bam—the very guy she’s been crushing on asks her to lunch. Coincidence? She thinks not.

The Preme sisters, blood made them sisters. Survival made them stronger. Ruby, Riley, and Rose Preme were born into chaos but carved their way through the storm with grit, loyalty, and a love that hit different. Life hasn’t been easy—mothers who failed them, men who betrayed them, and a world that never played fair. But these sisters never backed down. Now, each one is chasing something more, love that heals, dreams that matter, and a peace they’ve never known. From hair salon chairs to courtroom wars, surprise pregnancies to silent confessions, every chapter brings them closer—or ...

Xander Brown is a skilled surgeon who lives a carefree life. With him being the Chief of Surgery at GHM, his plate is always full. However, he made room for the one woman he couldn't see himself without. Zara Lyles is the hood Barbie; that's all about her family. She does what needs to be done for them to survive, all while keeping a certain elegance. As usual, she has it all together without the help of a man.

Anna had never met anyone like Willow. Entering art school with lofty ideas about Art and her role in it, Anna was wholly unprepared for someone as mysterious, moody—and cool—as Willow. Here was Anna’s muse and collaborator all in one, ready to bring her in on Art’s great secrets. Now, five years later, Anna is weary. Where art school was boundless creativity and collaboration, the New York art scene is all about survival. Worse: Willow’s true nature as a muse only to herself has become nakedly apparent, as has her cruelty.

The Bratva enemy kidnaps me, locks me in, and knocks me up. I’m the Don’s little sister, but I didn’t know anything about the family business. Until our much older Bratva enemy grabs me and throws me into his prison. And there he shows me what it truly means to be vulnerable…and pregnant. I tell him I’m innocent and that I have no idea what he wants from me. He responds that he’ll wait me out and expose me in more ways than one. He opens my prison door and keeps pushing until he breaks through my defenses. He traps my struggling body against the wall until I almost succumb. ...

Growing up in the Bronx, Billie Grand sought solace in music, finding herself in the pulsing beats, striking lyrics, and mesmerizing voices that saved her when money issues and familial strife proved deafening. When she finally lands a coveted A&R assistant role at Lit Music Productions, one of the largest music labels in the country, it initially seems like everything she’s dreamed of—sleek offices, exclusive parties, flashy dealmaking—and she can’t wait until it’s her turn to find the next breakout headliner.

Sable has always been like the sand-shifting—ungraspable, shaped by experience, yet never bound by it. Where others build certainty, she has trusted the quiet pull of intuition, choosing solitude over settling, truth over comfort, freedom over convention. But as time passes, the world's voices grow louder, questioning her choices, labeling her path as avoidance rather than wisdom.

Stoned and porn-addicted surfer Baxter Kent is terrified of women and anxious to make things work with a sex robot. Acid junkie Arden Coover has a useless philosophy degree and a doomed relationship he believes might save him. His younger sister Tess is considering, or resisting, a convenient but loveless marriage to a wealthy, narcissistic novelist. Ryland Richter, an alcoholic insurance executive with too much money and too few scruples, is seeking toxic solace in the arms of a dangerously unhinged subordinate.

I accidentally slept with a much older stranger. Turns out he’s my new Bratva boss… I was nervous to start my new PA job. So I tried to unwind in a bar and met a stranger. When I walk into the office the day after, I find out he’s my new bad boss. Now his bloodstained hands want to claim my plus-size curves for himself. He’s a decade older than me and part of a dark world I know nothing about. He thinks he can stain my innocence, that he can cover it with his darkness. I try to stay professional, but he gets dangerously close and stalks me obsessively. I try to keep my distance, but...

She vanished after one night. Now she’s running his life and hiding something that could destroy it. She was my one-night stand. Now she’s my assistant. And I’m supposed to pretend we’ve never touched. But I don’t do pretend. And I never forget a woman like Savannah Bishop. She’s fire in heels—smart mouth, steel spine, and eyes that dare me to try her. She runs my life with clipped commands and killer calm. But she flinches when I get too close. And I know that look in her eyes. She’s hiding something. Something big. If I dig too deep, the fallout could tank the deal of my ...

Sharif is a good person. He knows that he is good because he’s aware of the privilege that he holds as a white man. He knows he is good because he chose to be a social worker at a nonprofit in Brooklyn, scraping by in New York City. And he knows he is good because his wife, Adjoua, a progressive Black novelist, has always said so.

He took his brother’s place at the altar. Now he owns my vows, my body… and soon, my heart. I was supposed to marry a man I didn’t love. I didn’t expect him to vanish— Or his older brother to take his place. Matteo Romano is everything my groom wasn’t. Colder. Crueler. Thirteen years older. A Mafia alpha with a voice like velvet and eyes that promise ruin. He says our marriage is just business—one year, no feelings. But when he punishes, I burn. When he commands, I break. And when he whispers mine, I believe him. One night, hate turns into something reckless. Now there’s a ...

Reed Elington knew something was wrong when his brother showed up married to a woman half his age… And just like that, just over a year later he was dead, and she was gone with all the money! His gut tells him there is something more to Veronica Blake. She is nowhere to be found, and he wants answers. Langston Fields also wants answers. When Harold Ellington died, he died owing him twenty million dollars. The men team up to catch her. The police won’t listen and neither will anyone else. She was successful in convincing them that she was sweet… Innocent… Wouldn’t hurt a fly. The ...

He sees me on the auction stage and outbids everyone to marry me… He’s my family’s arch rival. Humiliating me is his revenge. He’s much older than me but decides he’ll force me into marriage anyway. So he buys me like property. Now I’m his to do with as he pleases. My brothers see me as their precious baby sister, the one who needs protection. Until the big bad Bratva guy picks me up and drags me away. I’m the card he’s waiting to play, a pretty little ace up his sleeve. And while he has me under his control, he decides to have some fun. I ask what he’s going to do to me, ...

My hot Bratva boss locks me up and does with me what he wants. I’m fresh out of college and got my dream job as an executive assistant. I must not submit to my hot boss, who is 15 years my senior and off-limits. And I must not give in when he kidnaps me and knocks me up with his twins. I’m an innocent girl. A virgin who has no idea Bratva guys like him exist. His suit molds perfectly against his muscled form, lighting forbidden parts of me on fire. His large, calloused hands explore my hidden curves, making me desperate. I try to escape his office unharmed, but unfortunately he has ...

Three friends and roommates all through college find their daddies. Expect hijinks and twists. In Training Daddy, Oliver’s looking for a Daddy when he gets arrested for not paying the tab and getting caught with a fake ID. Little does he know that the attorney his father sent to represent him would become the most important man in his life. But he’s not a Daddy—yet. He’ll have to be taught. In Daddy Dom, Lachlan’s been working and going to school, but on summer break he’s dealing with chemo. With Lachlan’s treatments working and Ben stepping in to make him feel better, Lachlan...

A bossy Bratva stranger kidnaps me and knocks me up. He’s a decade older than me, and I know how feared he is. When he sees someone coming onto me, he gets pissed and possessively claims me as his fiancée. And the next thing I know, he handcuffs me to his car and takes me home. I was meeting a client for my dating business when he entered my neat, organized world. He got obsessed and started stalking me to make sure I’m “safe”. When he decides I’m not, he drags me to his car and brings out the handcuffs. He forces me to act as his fiancée. It’s the only way out of his prison. ...

I tried to take down the kingpin… now I’m carrying his baby. I had one job—seduce Luca Moretti, plant the bug, and disappear. Easy. Until I let him touch me. Until I let him ruin me. He was supposed to be a target. Cold. Untouchable. But one night in his bed changed everything. Now I’m pregnant with the most dangerous man in the city’s child… and every enemy he’s ever made wants me dead. Luca should’ve killed me when he discovered I lied. Instead, he claimed me. He locked me away in his villa like a secret. Said I was his. Promised to protect me—even if he doesn’t trust ...

Las vidas de Gloria Felipe y de Nuria Valencia se entrelazan en torno al robo de una niña pequeña que conmociona a la capital mexicana en la década de 1940. Por medio de una narradora que (en sus propias palabras) «no canta mal las rancheras», somos testigos de la batalla de los Miranda Felipe por recuperar a la menor de sus integrantes y de la crianza angustiosa de los Fernández Valencia para salvar a su propia niña de un peligro potencial que la policía no ha podido frenar y los medios reportan con el tono de un thriller.

Sunning himself in the south of France, Johnny has started to believe that his life is finally on the up. But the arrival of a face from his past drags him back down to earth with a harsh dose of cold reality. Johnny Klein once again finds himself walking the tightrope between redemption and despair. When his daughter is in danger of getting consumed by the sins of Johnny’s own past, and a dark secret threatens to engulf people he holds dear, light at the end of the tunnel feels further away than ever.

She’s the sheriff’s daughter. He’s the outlaw watching her from the shadows. And Crimson Hollow is about to burn for them both. Lena Carson was raised to be perfect—polite, quiet, obedient. But behind the polished smile is a girl suffocating under the weight of secrets and bruises no one wants to see. Her father rules the town with a badge and a buried past… and Lena? She’s just another piece of his control. Rafe Maddox is the Sinful Devils' enforcer—cold, ruthless, and dangerously loyal. He swore he'd never get involved with a girl like her. But watching her break from the ...