Adult

Kasira used to be a masterful con artist. Now, she’s working off a lengthy prison sentence by hunting dangerous magical creatures on behalf of the fanatical kingdom of Kalthos. But Kasira’s past catches up to her when the ambassador from Kalthos arrives at her camp with a deal: her freedom in exchange for infiltrating and destabilizing the magical institution meant to protect all six kingdoms --- the Library of Amorlin. When Kasira assumes the role of the new Assistant Librarian, she enters an enchanting world brimming with books and beasts, tempting her with a life she can never have. But Kasira’s real future depends on her long con to bring down the Librarian. Unfortunately, Allaster is as prickly as he is handsome, and his monstrous secrets are about to catch up with them both.

Sasha Cruz knows types. As a booked-and-busy casting agent, she’s all about finding the perfect person to slot into the perfect role. What she doesn't do, however, is relationships. On a flight to Paris for work, Sasha’s seated next to a mystery man and sparks fly --- but they never exchange contact information. Convinced she’s lost out on her soulmate, Sasha emails her work friend for help, but accidentally writes to the entire company worldwide! The international manhunt to find Seat F begins. Meanwhile Sasha takes matters into her own hands and hires a smoldering detective who complicates matters in unforeseen (and irresistible) ways. With a worldwide search underway, will love take flight for Sasha?

It's not that Anna doesn't like Hamilton the playground of rich, but she never thought she'd be married with two young kids and complacent. So, when she realizes her second grader won't be able to attend the school dance because she didn’t pay for a “Premium” membership, she snaps. She sends an email to the terrifying president of the PTO --- and all hell breaks loose. One year later, Anna is found dead in the frozen Ipswich River. Left to pick up the pieces, her husband, Denny, is shaken to his core. If the police aren't going to get justice for Anna, he will.

When mysterious Rafe de la Cruz rolls into Desdemona’s life to recruit her to the elite film school Acheron, Dez has no reason to trust him --- and no other option. A violent attack has just put her brother in the hospital...and Dez is the only suspect. Guilt-ridden and grieving, she finds herself running from the law to chase her longtime dream of making movies, at a school she’s never heard of. Soon, she’s dropped into Acheron’s cutthroat world of seductive intrigue, power on an otherworldly scale and deadly competition. Acheron may seem like the ticket to a future Dez has always wanted, but as she delves deeper into the secret work being done there, she finds herself trapped in an existential conflict on a cosmic scale --- with more than her heart on the line.

I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU presents Marilyn in a startling new light. It draws upon unpublished letters from Marilyn, Arthur Miller and Joe DiMaggio; case notes and private letters from Monroe’s psychoanalyst, Dr. Ralph Greenson; and unpublished audio recordings from the likes of Jane Russell, Billy Wilder, John Huston, Amy and Milton Greene, housekeeper Eunice Murray (the last person to see Marilyn alive) and many more. We go behind the scenes of her marriages to teenage sweetheart Jim Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller. We see Marilyn train with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, working to dismantle the common perception that she was merely a dumb blonde. And in the concluding chapters, Wilson dissects what happened on the night Marilyn died after a suspected drug overdose.

In September 2022, the unthinkable happened: 19-year-old American chess prodigy Hans Niemann defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in a stunning face-to-face match. Within days, Carlsen accused Niemann of cheating --- a bombshell allegation that rocked the chess world. As the scandal spiraled, Chess.com --- the dominant force in online chess --- launched a high-stakes investigation igniting a global media firestorm. But CHECKMATE is about more than a cheating scandal. It’s the story of a teenager willing to risk everything to rise to the top; a reclusive genius suddenly fighting to protect his legacy; and a centuries-old game transforming into a billion-dollar industry fueled by streaming, sponsorships and Silicon Valley power players.

"My name is Juan Planchard. I’m 29 years old, and I have five million dollars in my account. I own a house in Caracas, another in Madrid and a high-rise apartment in New York. I run a sportsbook at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. I share a private jet with a friend’s frontman. And I’m convinced --- down to my bones --- that every decision I made during the revolution was the right one. My descendants will thank me.”  So begins THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN PLANCHARD, the story of a middle-class nobody turned millionaire by weaponizing the very corruption that swallowed Venezuela. But in the middle of the chaos, greed and blood money, Juan falls hard for Scarlet, a sharp, seductive American beauty who just might be his way out --- or his ultimate downfall.

Indian-American Mira Guhathakurta is a poetry editor at a distinguished literary magazine in New York. She reconnects with Jack, an old acquaintance from college and feels as if she might have found her soulmate. All that remains is for Jack to meet her family: her beloved father and sister Joy, a high-powered lawyer. But when Joy commits an unthinkable act of betrayal, the sisters are impossibly fractured and their father's heart is broken. As the sisters navigate their tumultuous relationship and Mira starts over, it turns out that Joy isn't the only one who has been or continues to be dishonest.

Alan Anderson is a powerful ad exec who has built a successful life. He’s up for the biggest pitch of his career, but when an anarchist farmer tanks Alan’s presentation, Alan bombs the pitch but ends the day with an epiphany. Alan is opting out. This development is anathema to his wife, Vivian. As if contending with a daughter who wants to write plays (!) and another who has an unnatural empathy with animals isn’t enough to manage, she can only watch as Alan moves into their backyard playhouse to live off the land and spend time with the family. But instead of shocking the neighbors, Alan’s commitment to a less-is-more lifestyle seems to be catching on. Could everyone want what Alan’s not selling? 

By 1960s standards, Margaret Ryan is living the American woman's dream. She has a husband, three children, a station wagon, and a home in Concordia --- one of Northern Virginia's most exclusive and picturesque suburbs. But Margaret is thrown for a loop when she meets Charlotte Gustafson, Concordia's newest and most intriguing resident. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte's orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women --- Bitsy and Viv --- to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, they begin to discover that the American dream they'd been sold isn't all roses and sunshine --- and that their secret longing for more is something they share.