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Bloomsbury presents Memorial Drive written and read by Natasha Trethewey. ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION 'This will be read for many, many years to come as a classic not just of the memoir genre but of contemporary writing' Simon Schama 'The work of a poet. A great poet' Financial Times 'A must-read classic' Mary Karr 'Trethewey writes elegantly, trenchantly, intimately as well about the fraught history of the south and what it means live at the intersection of America's struggle between blackness and whiteness. And what, in our troubled republic, is a subject more evergreen?' Mitchell S. Jackson Natasha Trethewey was born in Mississippi in the 60s to a black mother and a white father. When she was six, Natasha's parents divorced, and she and her mother moved to Atlanta. There, her mother met the man who would become her second husband, and Natasha's stepfather. While she was still a child, Natasha decided that she would not tell her mother about what her stepfather did when she was not there: the quiet bullying and control, the games of cat and mouse. Her mother kept her own secrets, secrets that grew harder to hide as Natasha came of age. When Natasha was nineteen and away at college, her stepfather shot her mother dead on the driveway outside their home. With penetrating insight and a searing voice that moves from the wrenching to the elegiac, Memorial Drive is a compelling and searching look at a shared human experience of sudden loss and absence, and a piercing glimpse at the enduring ripple effects of white racism and domestic abuse. Luminous, urgent, and visceral, it cements Trethewey's position as one of the most important voices in America today.

The Ultimate Christmas Collection brings together the most celebrated festive stories from classic authors around the world, including Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leo Tolstoy, Washington Irving, Saki, Selma Lagerlof, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, and many more. Emma Gregory, Nathan Osgood, Barnaby Edwards, Jason Isaacs, Katherine Fenton, Ben Allen, David Rintoul, Jonathan Keeble, and Iwan Rheon read these tales that take us from snowy London to rural America, ice-cold Russia to the Scandinavian woods, and far beyond. Some of the stories included here are: - A Child's Christmas in Wales, Dylan Thomas - A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - A Christmas Dream and How It Came True, Louisa May Alcott - A Hint For Next Christmas, A. A. Milne - A Kidnapped Santa Claus, L. Frank Baum - At Christmas Time, Anton Chekhov - Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree, Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Blue Carbuncle, Arthur Conan Doyle - Christmas at Thompson Hall, Antony Trollope - Christmas Eve, Washington Irving - Christmas Storms and Sunshine, Elizabeth Gaskell - Christmas Trees, Robert Frost - Love Came Down at Christmas, Christina Rossetti - Markheim, Robert Louis Stevenson - Music on Christmas Morning, Anne Bronte - Nutcracker and Mouse King, E. T. A. Hoffmann - Papa Panov's Special Christmas, Leo Tolstoy - Reginald on Christmas Presents, Saki - Reginald's Christmas Revel, Saki - The Christmas Dinner, Washington Irving - The Christmas Story, from the King James Bible - The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens - The Dead, James Joyce - The Elves and the Shoemaker, Brothers Grimm - The Fire Tree, Hans Christian Anderson - The Flying Stars, G.K. Chesterton - The Gift of Magi, O Henry - The Holy Night, Selma Lagerlöf - The Ice Palace, F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Little Match Girl, Hans Christian Anderson - The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Anderson - The Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter - Twas the Night Before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore - Vanka, Chekhov - Where Love is, God Is, Leo Tolstoy - & Many more This audiobook is fully indexed. Once downloaded, each title and chapter will be listed so you can easily navigate to the individual section. You can also view a breakdown of the titles and tracks below.

Bloomsbury presents Love Is a Revolution written and read by Renée Watson. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a new YA novel – a love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is. 'Reading a Renée Watson novel is like having an intimate conversation with a friend' Brandy Colbert 'deftly crafted, big-hearted, beautiful, funny, honest, and inspiring' Nicola Yoon When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavors at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As they spend more time together, sharing more of themselves, some of those lies get harder to keep up. As Nala falls deeper into keeping up her lies and into love, she'll learn all the ways love is hard, and how self-love is revolutionary. In Love Is a Revolution, plus size girls are beautiful and get the attention of the hot guys, the popular girl clique is not shallow but has strong convictions and substance, and the ultimate love story is not only about romance but about how to show radical love to the people in your life, including to yourself.

“Wake presents an intense, suspenseful, and unusual tale of romantic suspense that will make readers question their perceptions of gender and relationships.” —Booklist (starred review) A “fast-paced; mind-bending romantic thriller” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a transgender vlog star who struggles with a past that continues to haunt him as he sets out to prove that he’s not a “bad boy;” but something else entirely: a good man. Vlog star Renard Grant has nothing to prove: he’s got a pretty face, chiseled body, and two million adoring video subscribers. Plus scars on his chest and a prescription for testosterone. Because Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as male. He films his transition and shares it bravely with the world; his fans love his honesty and positivity. But Ren has been living a double life. Off-camera, he’s Cane, the muscle-bound enforcer for social justice vigilante group Black Iris. As Cane, he lets his dark side loose. Hurts those who prey on the disempowered. Indulges in the ugly side of masculinity. And his new partner, Tamsin Baylor, is a girl as rough and relentless as he is. Together, they terrorize the trolls into silence. But when a routine Black Iris job goes south, Ren is put in the crosshairs. Someone is out to ruin his life. He’s a bad boy, they say, guilty of what he punishes others for. Just like every other guy: at heart, he’s a monster, too. Now Ren’s got everything to prove. He has to clear his name, and show the world he’s a good man. But that requires facing demons he’s locked away for years. And it might mean discovering he’s not such a good guy after all. Elliot Wake has written a “searingly modern game of cat and mouse” (L.S. Hilton, New York Times bestselling author) that “compels readers to question their conceptions about gender and desire” ( Publishers Weekly). Darkly humorous and evocatively sexy, Bad Boy is romantic suspense at its finest.

Three women uncover the secrets of a Georgia plantation that embodies the intertwined histories of Indigenous and enslaved Black communities—the fascinating debut novel, inspired by a true story, of the National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of All That She Carried, now featuring a new introduction and discussion guide. “The Cherokee Rose is a mic drop—an instant classic. An invitation to listen to the urgent, sweet choruses of past and present.”—Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST Conducting research for her weekly history column, Jinx, a free-spirited Muscogee (Creek) historian, travels to Hold House, a Georgia plantation originally owned by Cherokee chief James Hold, to uncover the mystery of what happened to a tribal member who stayed behind after Indian removal, when Native Americans were forcibly displaced from their ancestral homelands in the nineteenth century. At Hold House, she meets Ruth, a magazine writer visiting on assignment, and Cheyenne, a Southern Black debutante seeking to purchase the estate. Hovering above them all is the spirit of Mary Ann Battis, the young Indigenous woman who remained in Georgia more than a century earlier. When they discover a diary left on the property that reveals even more about the house’s dark history, the three women’s connections to the place grow deeper. Over a long holiday weekend, Cheyenne is forced to reconsider the property’s rightful ownership, Jinx reexamines assumptions about her tribe’s racial history, and Ruth confronts her own family’s past traumas before surprising herself by falling into a new romance. Imbued with a nuanced understanding of history, The Cherokee Rose brings the past to life as Jinx, Ruth, and Cheyenne unravel mysteries with powerful consequences for them all.

How do we explain a picture to another person? We talk about the picture, describe the colors, shapes, and objects in it, mention how different objects are related to each other. How do we explain a verbal statement? We show a picture which visualizes the content of the utterance, the objects mentioned in it and how they are related. In everyday communication people use various ways in parallel in order to transmit their intention. They point on something, put on a special face, gesticulate, or refer to the common environment of the communication partners. They use different modalities in order to communicate. It seems to be just natural to use the same way of interaction in humancomputer-interfaces. The consequence is a paradigm shift from passive interfaces, such as mouse clicks or text typing, to an active communication partner that interprets the auditive and visual environment, draws inferences using background knowledge, and requests missing information. Subsequently, such an active human-computer-interface will be called artificial communicator. However, the automatic interpretation of signals of a separate input modality, such as speech understanding, gesture recognition, or visual object recognition are only one part of the total. In order to build systems which communicate with people in a natural way, the integration of modalities is an essential task that is not trivial. Each modality has its own vocabulary and expressiveness. Pointing defines a region or direction of interest, a special face may represent an emotional feeling, speech understanding provides qualitative facts about the world, and vision perceives and interprets analogous shapes in the world. I think it is not questionable that different formalisms are needed for processing different modalities, and, indeed, this is the fact in the current state of the art (see Sec. 2.2,2.3). The question is, and this thesis will be an experimental study in this topic, what is the most promising formalism to integrate the results of the specialized processing components of such a multi-modal system or artificial communicator? How should the individual components of the system be connected, and how should the processing be organized? This thesis will give an innovative answer to these questions and present a realization in a particular domain.

In the scorched desert of Arizona, a serial killer leaves a brutal signature: victims shackled to rocks. Former Corrections Officer-turned-Detective Sloane Riddle must delve into a twisted mind… before more chains claim the innocent. "A brilliant book. I couldn't put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!" —Reader review for Only Murder AFTER HE SNAPPED (A Sloane Riddle Suspense Thriller—Book 3) is the third book in a highly anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller SEE HER RUN (a free download) has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews. The SLOANE RIDDLE mystery series is a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative brimming with startling developments that will have your heart racing. This refreshing take on the thriller genre presents a captivating yet tortured female protagonist who is sure to win your affection and compel you to read well past bedtime. Fans of Lee Child, Melinda Leigh, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series will soon be available! "I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn't guess the culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!" —Reader review for Only Murder "This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more." —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I can't say enough about this author! How about 'out of this world'! This author is going to go far!" —Reader review for ONLY MURDER "I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT "This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT

When victims become paralyzed by toxins from native plants, ex-Corrections Officer-turned-Detective Sloane Riddle must draw on her dark past and unparalleled criminal insight. But will untangling this web put even more lives at risk? "A brilliant book. I couldn't put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!" —Reader review for Only Murder AFTER HE WATCHED (A Sloane Riddle Suspense Thriller—Book 5) is the fifth book in a highly anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller SEE HER RUN (a free download) has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews. The SLOANE RIDDLE mystery series is a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative brimming with startling developments that will have your heart racing. This refreshing take on the thriller genre presents a captivating yet tortured female protagonist who is sure to win your affection and compel you to read well past bedtime. Fans of Lee Child, Melinda Leigh, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series will soon be available! "I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn't guess the culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!" —Reader review for Only Murder "This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more." —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I can't say enough about this author! How about 'out of this world'! This author is going to go far!" —Reader review for ONLY MURDER "I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT "This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT

The first authorized photo book on Yungblud, the striking new musical voice that's emerged for Gen-Z. Features exclusive and unseen photographs. "Yungblud is like nothing you’ve seen before. That is, unless you’ve seen a smiley punk/alt rocker from Doncaster, UK who wears pink socks, black-lipstick, and a skirt, plays a mean guitar, has an endless amount of energy, and an interesting aura of sex appeal. Then, and only then, can you say you’ve seen someone like Yungblud." - musicinminnesota.com YUNGBLUD. A striking new musical voice has emerged for Gen-Z. Political, provocative and impassioned, Yungblud has in the space of three years become one of the UK’s most recognizable artists through his unique blend of pop, punk and emo music - gaining one of the most die-hard fanbases on the planet in the process. From 21st Century Liability, where nothing was sacred – gun violence, psychosis, sex, drugs and suicide – to his sophomore album Weird!, an exploration of oddity and self-acceptance, YUNGBLUD challenges our zeitgeist as much as he channels it. This is the first fully authorized book, featuring photographs by his friend and closest collaborator Tom Pallant. Featuring an amazing selection of rare and unseen photographs, All My Friends Have Deserted charts Yungblud’s journey from late 2019 as he toured his debut album across the world, right through releasing his second album during a global pandemic, scoring his first UK #1, returning triumphantly to Reading and Leeds festival mainstage and culminating in his biggest ever headline show, a sold-out Alexandra Palace in London. All My Friends Have Deserted shows YUNGBLUD as a man of multitudes: dominating the stage, screaming into the mic, laughing behind-the-scenes, enjoying quiet creative moments and pulling faces at the camera. The vicious energy of his performances carries onto the page. The result is a rollercoaster of a photo-essay that carries readers on a journey through the highs and lows of Gen-Z’s most essential new rock star. “My generation is over being divided. Being divided is an old concept that is rapidly becoming obsolete. We are opinionated. We are full of contradictions. That’s the beauty of it. Our intention is to make this world equal. No matter what size you are, what shape you are, what colour you are, what sexuality you are...” Underpinning it all is the message of empathy. Those who his lyrics resonate with are not alone. Authentic and electric, rebellious and irreverent, yet still utterly human, YUNGBLUD is the new face of punk. Here he presents himself through a series of exclusive and unseen photographs, taken by his friend and closest collaborator, photographer Tom Pallant.

"The reader can see in Fine's collected essays the emergence of a coherent theoretical model for understanding the ways in which social structure, personal imperatives, and performance dynamics interact in the commercial legends we hear so often. Fine's impressive credentials in sociology and social psychology clearly help him to say something new about urban legends." --Jay Mechling, University of California, Davis "Professor Fine provides here the first detailed theoretical overview of contemporary legends and their study. This is a landmark work in outlining and demonstrating the methods of sociological and psychological analysis of urban legends too often slighted by folklorists. Fine's own studies in the social dynamics of legend development and transmission are models of thoroughness and clear thinking." --Jan Harold Brunvard, University of Utah The mouse in the Coke bottle, the promiscuous cheerleader, the exploding Pop Rocks candy, the Kentucky Fried Rat. If the ballad and the fairy tale were the archetypal folklore forms of an earlier age, such contemporary legends constitute the preferred narrative genre of the late twentieth century. In Manufacturing Tales, award-winning folklorist Gary Alan Fine presents a major new theory of the creation and diffusion of contemporary legends in modern society. While ballad and fairy tale arose in folk communities and spread through trade and migration, contemporary legends thrive in societies crosscut by varied communication channels and relatively open networks. By looking at the social-structural background, the performance context, the personality of the teller, and the content of the text, we gain insight into the formation, dissemination, and disappearance of these modern legends. Fine identifies sex and money as key themes in contemporary legends, reflecting the public's disguised attempts to deal with major contemporary preoccupations. From the AIDS crisis to fears of food contamination in restaurants, popular anxieties are reflected in folklore. As dramatic, moving, comic, and involving texts, contemporary legends build relationships among acquaintances and strangers; as depictions of the world that we face every day, they provide perspective on potential challenges; and as shared information, they elaborate a consensual understanding of reality. The Author: Gary Alan Fine is professor and head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. He received the Opie Award for his book With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture.

FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. A shadow looms over forgotten crimes, challenging FBI Agent Ella Dark to outsmart a murderer whose playbook is history's most puzzling unsolved cases. She races against time, her mind weaving through the tapestries of the past and present, desperate to solve the riddles before the killer's tribute to infamy claims another victim. "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery." —Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) GIRL, FRACTURED (An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #26 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 20,000 five star reviews and ratings. FBI Agent Ella Dark, 29, is given her big chance to achieve her life's dream: to join the Behavioral Crimes Unit. Ella's hidden obsession of gaining an encyclopedic knowledge of serial killers has led to her being singled out for her brilliant mind, and invited to join the big leagues. But this time Ella finds herself in a cat and mouse chase with no way out, and she must wonder if she is hunting—or the one who is hunted… A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the ELLA DARK series is a riveting mystery, packed with suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Future books in the series are now available! "An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists, turns and red herrings… I can't wait to see what happens next." —Reader review (Her Last Wish) "A strong, complex story about two FBI agents trying to stop a serial killer. If you want an author to capture your attention and have you guessing, yet trying to put the pieces together, Pierce is your author!" —Reader review (Her Last Wish) "A typical Blake Pierce twisting, turning, roller coaster ride suspense thriller. Will have you turning the pages to the last sentence of the last chapter!!!" —Reader review (City of Prey) "Right from the start we have an unusual protagonist that I haven't seen done in this genre before. The action is nonstop… A very atmospheric novel that will keep you turning pages well into the wee hours." —Reader review (City of Prey) "Everything that I look for in a book… a great plot, interesting characters, and grabs your interest right away. The book moves along at a breakneck pace and stays that way until the end. Now on go I to book two!" —Reader review (Girl, Alone) "Exciting, heart pounding, edge of your seat book… a must read for mystery and suspense readers!" —Reader review (Girl, Alone)

The first authorized photo book on Yungblud, the striking new musical voice that's emerged for Gen-Z. Features exclusive and unseen photographs. "Yungblud is like nothing you’ve seen before. That is, unless you’ve seen a smiley punk/alt rocker from Doncaster, UK who wears pink socks, black-lipstick, and a skirt, plays a mean guitar, has an endless amount of energy, and an interesting aura of sex appeal. Then, and only then, can you say you’ve seen someone like Yungblud." - musicinminnesota.com YUNGBLUD. A striking new musical voice has emerged for Gen-Z. Political, provocative and impassioned, Yungblud has in the space of three years become one of the UK’s most recognizable artists through his unique blend of pop, punk and emo music - gaining one of the most die-hard fanbases on the planet in the process. From 21st Century Liability, where nothing was sacred – gun violence, psychosis, sex, drugs and suicide – to his sophomore album Weird!, an exploration of oddity and self-acceptance, YUNGBLUD challenges our zeitgeist as much as he channels it. This is the first fully authorized book, featuring photographs by his friend and closest collaborator Tom Pallant. Featuring an amazing selection of rare and unseen photographs, All My Friends Have Deserted charts Yungblud’s journey from late 2019 as he toured his debut album across the world, right through releasing his second album during a global pandemic, scoring his first UK #1, returning triumphantly to Reading and Leeds festival mainstage and culminating in his biggest ever headline show, a sold-out Alexandra Palace in London. All My Friends Have Deserted shows YUNGBLUD as a man of multitudes: dominating the stage, screaming into the mic, laughing behind-the-scenes, enjoying quiet creative moments and pulling faces at the camera. The vicious energy of his performances carries onto the page. The result is a rollercoaster of a photo-essay that carries readers on a journey through the highs and lows of Gen-Z’s most essential new rock star. “My generation is over being divided. Being divided is an old concept that is rapidly becoming obsolete. We are opinionated. We are full of contradictions. That’s the beauty of it. Our intention is to make this world equal. No matter what size you are, what shape you are, what colour you are, what sexuality you are...” Underpinning it all is the message of empathy. Those who his lyrics resonate with are not alone. Authentic and electric, rebellious and irreverent, yet still utterly human, YUNGBLUD is the new face of punk. Here he presents himself through a series of exclusive and unseen photographs, taken by his friend and closest collaborator, photographer Tom Pallant.

When victims turn up in abandoned copper mines, former Corrections Officer-turned-Detective Sloane Riddle must use her knowledge of criminal psychology to unearth a killer who leaves no trace—except for the victims he leaves behind. "A brilliant book. I couldn't put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!" —Reader review for Only Murder AFTER HE STRUCK (A Sloane Riddle Suspense Thriller—Book 2) is the second book in a highly anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller SEE HER RUN (a free download) has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews. The SLOANE RIDDLE mystery series is a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative brimming with startling developments that will have your heart racing. This refreshing take on the thriller genre presents a captivating yet tortured female protagonist who is sure to win your affection and compel you to read well past bedtime. Fans of Lee Child, Melinda Leigh, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series will soon be available! "I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn't guess the culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!" —Reader review for Only Murder "This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more." —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I can't say enough about this author! How about 'out of this world'! This author is going to go far!" —Reader review for ONLY MURDER "I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT "This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT

When victims are discovered in a twisted imitation of solitary confinement, Detective Sloane Riddle must outsmart an obsessive and sadistic killer. Using her unique insights into the criminal mind, can Sloane end this macabre game before another victim is claimed? "A brilliant book. I couldn't put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!" —Reader review for Only Murder AFTER HE WAITED (A Sloane Riddle Suspense Thriller—Book 4) is the fourth book in a highly anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller SEE HER RUN (a free download) has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews. The SLOANE RIDDLE mystery series is a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative brimming with startling developments that will have your heart racing. This refreshing take on the thriller genre presents a captivating yet tortured female protagonist who is sure to win your affection and compel you to read well past bedtime. Fans of Lee Child, Melinda Leigh, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series will soon be available! "I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn't guess the culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!" —Reader review for Only Murder "This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can't wait to see what happens next!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!" —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more." —Reader review for SEE HER RUN "I can't say enough about this author! How about 'out of this world'! This author is going to go far!" —Reader review for ONLY MURDER "I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT "This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more." —Reader review for NO WAY OUT

' Visceral, tense, and shocking Pinky Swear is an absolute must read .' Jeneva Rose She is your best friend. You trust her. She is carrying your baby. So why has she disappeared? Lexi is over the moon when her friend Mara offers to make her dream come true, by becoming a surrogate for Lexi's longed-for baby. They have known each other since they were in middle school - who better to trust? But four days before the baby is due, Mara disappears. Desperate to find her friend and her child, Lexi is shocked to uncover that Mara may not have been telling her the truth - about anything. Who is her best friend, really, and can Lexi save her baby before it is too late? 'Delivers a thrilling game of cat and mouse , blurring the lines between friendship and family and creating the kind of high-stakes tension that keeps the pages continually turning . You will genuinely feel for these characters, even when you're unsure of which ones you can trust.' Stacy Willingham ' Riveting, intense, and unputdownable your next binge-read. It's almost a shame how fast the pages fly. This is a triumph of character-driven, thrill-packed storytelling .' Ashley Winstead ' Gripping, emotional, and utterly propulsive, Pinky Swear is the kind of thriller that gets its hooks in from the first page and doesn't let go . Danielle Girard masterfully blends past secrets with present stakes in a story that's as much about friendship and motherhood as it is about survival. I tore through it with my heart in my throat .' Sally Hepworth ' What a hook, what a voice, what a ride! Pinky Swear is high concept with a heartbeat, and you are going to love it.' Joshilyn Jackson ' Gripping and emotionally charged , Lexi and Mara's story held me from the first page. Pinky Swear is exactly what we want from great fiction: surprising at every turn and heartbreakingly relatable. I couldn't read this fast enough .' Jamie Day 'When childhood best friends reunite under desperate circumstances, promises are tested-and loyalties fractured. In Pinky Swear, Girard delivers a daring, twist-laden plot that barrels toward an electric, heart-stopping climax with chilling precision . Girard outdid herself with this one, a white-knuckle tale of friendship, betrayal, and the true meaning of family .' Kimberly Belle

When echoes of the past bleed into the present, FBI Agent Morgan Cross stands between justice and vengeance as she unravels a killer's blueprint—a replica of unresolved crimes from twenty years ago. With the lives of former witnesses on the line, Cross must confront her own demons to stop history's deadly repeat. "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery." —Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) FOR BLOOD is book #15 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 7,000 five star ratings and reviews. Superstar FBI Agent Morgan Cross was at the height of her career when she was framed, wrongly imprisoned, and sent to do 10 hard years in prison. Finally exonerated and set free, Morgan emerges from jail as a changed person—hardened, ruthless, closed off to the world, and unsure how to start again. When the FBI comes knocking, desperately needing Morgan to return and hunt down a killer who seems to be obsessed with drowning, Morgan is torn. Morgan is not the same person, no longer willing to play by the rules, and will stop at nothing this time. In a non-stop thriller, it will be a deadly cat and mouse chase between a diabolical killer and an ex-con FBI agent who has nothing left to lose—with a new victim's fate riding on it all. A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the Morgan Cross series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series are now available! "An edge of your seat thriller in a new series that keeps you turning pages! ...So many twists, turns and red herrings… I can't wait to see what happens next." —Reader review (Her Last Wish) "A strong, complex story about two FBI agents trying to stop a serial killer. If you want an author to capture your attention and have you guessing, yet trying to put the pieces together, Pierce is your author!" —Reader review (Her Last Wish) "A typical Blake Pierce twisting, turning, roller coaster ride suspense thriller. Will have you turning the pages to the last sentence of the last chapter!!!" —Reader review (City of Prey) "Right from the start we have an unusual protagonist that I haven't seen done in this genre before. The action is nonstop… A very atmospheric novel that will keep you turning pages well into the wee hours." —Reader review (City of Prey) "Everything that I look for in a book… a great plot, interesting characters, and grabs your interest right away. The book moves along at a breakneck pace and stays that way until the end. Now on go I to book two!" —Reader review (Girl, Alone) "Exciting, heart pounding, edge of your seat book… a must read for mystery and suspense readers!" —Reader review (Girl, Alone)