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In a town where all that matters is loyalty to your gang, I've been labeled a traitor. A death sentence. I ran away from the North Shore the day I knew I wasn't safe there anymore. I left behind the people I thought were my family: My crew, the Kings. More importantly, I turned my back on the two men who once meant everything to me. The hardest thing I've ever done. I might have known Elliot and Ethan since we were children, but I betrayed the brothers in more ways than one. Now they want me dead.

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when - or if - it will go away.

A dark and sweeping adventure, Dreamcatcher is set in the haunted city of Derry - the site of Stephen King's It and Insomnia. In it, four young boys stand together and do a brave, good thing, an act that changes them in ways that they hardly understand. A quarter-century later, as grown men who have gone their separate ways, these friends come together once a year to hunt in the woods of Maine.

In this second volume, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New York - here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. They also become the companions, forming a ka-tet, who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.

Alex eagerly anticipates the start of college, but his luck takes a turn for the worse. His truck battery decides to quit on his first day, almost causing him to be tardy. And he makes an awkward first impression on his math professor, the stunning Gwen Meyer. Despite her appearance, Professor Meyer is kind and approachable. Alex is drawn to her confidence and charm. With Professor Meyer's encouragement, Alex becomes passionate about the subject and puts in extra effort to succeed. With her help, he gains more self-assurance than ever before. As Alex spends more time with Gwen Meyer, he ...

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the convicted killers on E Block await their turn to walk the Green Mile and keep a date with the electric chair. Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working as a guard on the Mile, but he's never met anyone like John Coffey.

After Alex met Emma, his love life is more fulfilling than ever before. But things get complicated when they realize that Stacy, Emma's best friend, also has feelings for Alex. Meanwhile, Gabby and Silvia befriend each other, making it difficult for Alex to avoid Gabby's affection. To add to the mix, Ava, Alex's childhood crush, turns to him for comfort. And just when he thought things couldn't get any more complicated, Macy — his mom's best friend — comes to visit. How will Alex manage relationships with all of these women without hurting anyone’s feelings?

Writer Bobbi Anderson becomes obsessed with digging up something she's found buried in the woods near her home. With the help of her friend, Jim Gardener, she uncovers an alien spaceship. Though exposure to the Tommyknockers, who piloted the alien ship, has harmful effects on residents' health, the people of Haven develop a talent for creating innovative devices under their increasingly malignant influence.

Sensing his mother’s failing health, a struggling teenager pours out his worries in a letter and drops it through the mail slot of an abandoned show house. He’s surprised when a response arrives, promising good fortune for the price of just one name: someone he hates. He’d give anything for his mother. But the true cost may be more than he’s willing to pay.

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and 10-year-old Avery Dixon.

An 11-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.

Welcome to Silver Falls University, where the elite come to thrive. My life as a queen bee was always traced for me. I'm rich, I come from an influential family, and I constructed my personality to become the girl everyone wants to be. I rule Silver Falls University with bright smiles and the pretense of being everyone's friend. But in a place where toxic rich kids love to see others fall, no one is safe.

I've always been a tough North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA. But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it. Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.

Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier until he's barely sleeping at all. During his late-night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people's heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack of sleep.

I thought the last thing I would have expected while working at the mall during the holiday season was to meet a real elf woman. Then the blue-skinned ogre tore through the mall. The elf and I made a quick escape and ended up in a strange fantasy world. Now, I’m finding out that the elves have been in decline for centuries and are being hunted to extinction for their magical abilities. They need someone to help them. Someone to protect them. Someone with magical powers that could make elves strong like they used to be.

Pulled by currents—and five hearts. Dr. Ethan Voss thought he was on a routine deep‑sea dive—until a mysterious vortex hurled him into Nereia, a world of mer‑people facing an ecological collapse. Armed only with his human lungs and scientific know‑how, he becomes their greatest hope…and their most tantalizing curiosity. Now five extraordinary mer‑women—from a fierce shark‑guard to a luminous priestess—vie for his aid…and his heart. To save this ocean realm, Ethan must navigate deadly Dead Zones…and the irresistible pull of forbidden desire.

Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made 28 years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children.

After Shakim’s past comes back to haunt him, he’s left with the threat of a life sentence, losing Mystie, and his record deal being snatched away. As Mystie watched the man of her dreams being ripped from her arms and possibly her life forever, she quickly realizes that this entire relationship that she fought so hard for was one big mistake. She then attempts to meet someone new and tries to pick up the pieces but when everything isn’t what it seems, Mystie finds herself searching her heart for answers and for true love. Tiff sees an opportunity to show Shakim once and for all that ...

Pearl: I want to kill Josie for leaving me on my own in New Orleans when she decides to spend our entire vacation weekend with a hookup. But I quickly forget all about my roommate when I meet Kyle and Marco in a Bourbon Street bar. The pair of Navy Seals are also on vacation, and thank God they are, because not only do they save my weekend, they literally save my life. I soon realize these two boys are the key to living out one (or maybe two!) of my craziest sexual fantasies. But first I’ll have to decide between the two of them. Or will I? ;) I'm already dreading having to say goodbye ...

29-year-old multimillionaire, Mystie Erving, has a wonderful life most people could only dream of. After her father passed away Mystie became the owner and CEO of one of the most successful black own record labels ever established. She has a wonderful group of successful friends and family she loves with all of her heart. What’s missing in her life is someone to keep her warm at night, since her first and only love took on the military life. After signing her very first rap artist to the label, Mystie realizes the truth behind the old parable “Never Judge a Book by its Cover”. Shakim ...