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When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.

Things are starting to look up for Fortune Redding. Even though her life was at stake, the CIA assassin had balked at taking on a new identity in Sinful, Louisiana. But instead of hating it like she'd thought she would, Fortune now has friends she cares about and just finished up an incredible first date with the sexiest deputy in the state. Sure, there's been a murder or two that she's gotten mixed up in since she arrived in town, but she's hoping all of that is behind her.

What's a little arson between friends? Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana, dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter Trahan, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small bayou town, someone sets her friend Ally's house on fire. Carter, who'd just started pursuing Fortune on a personal basis, goes back into cop mode and admonishes her to stay out of his investigation.

Ten sinfully steamy encounters that prove the most forbidden pleasures are worth risking your soul. When sacred meets profane, the most dangerous temptations aren't found in hell—they're waiting in confession booths, ancient asylums, and haunted chapels where the only prayers being answered involve getting thoroughly claimed. Meet seductive priests who know exactly which sins feel the best, fallen angels whose wings aren't the only things that will pin you down, and demon-possessed lovers who'll teach you that possession has never felt so good.

One of them is watching. One of them knows the truth. One of them will kill to get what they want. Tessi Rivers built her reputation chasing the unexplained. Haunted locations, ghost stories, urban legends. Nothing scares her anymore. When she and her friends plan a trip to investigate a forgotten estate deep in the woods, it is supposed to be just another adventure for her growing audience. But something is wrong with the property. Strange noises echo through the halls. Footsteps follow when no one is there. And the feeling of being watched never goes away.

Hello Mr. Dangerous, remember me? I'm dedicated to my new job at the EPA, a job that was probably the reason for my car crash—one that was certainly not an accident. I refused to run, so I sought out the best protection available while I continued looking for the criminals. Their only rule is...

A battle for the underworld is brewing. Taking the throne might be close to impossible between having a goddess and a secretive human organization bent on the domination of all the realms on her tail. How can Poppy, her hellhounds, and her judges defend it? It doesn't help when one of her judges goes missing while she sleeps. When they fall under attack Poppy must choose between fighting, staying safe, and searching for her missing man.

Depression is not a disease. It is a symptom. Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea for everything from grief, irritability, panic attacks, to insomnia...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY “Make sure you have tissues handy when you read [this] sure-footed tearjerker” (NPR) about a young boy who must learn to go on after surviving tragedy, from the author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Hello...

Tristan I'm just a regular guy. Bogged down by debt, unable to ever afford to own a home, fed up with our world. I did the omega testing a few years back but nothing has come of it. Just me, paycheck to paycheck, and navigating the–shitty–dating scene on earth. Zilas As a trained baker, and...

Bloomsbury presents Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky, read by Johnathan McClain, Cassandra Campbell, Vikas Adam, January LaVoy and Emily Lawrence. 'A vicious little novel, smart, efficient, mean, full of terrible people behaving terribly. Absolutely delightful' ROXANE GAY 'Very Nice is so sexy and...

I was the girl no one looked at twice. Until they saw me. My whole life, no one has had my back. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars. So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence. On the night I’m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I’m certain they’re going to kill me too.

»Tagsüber treibt er mich in den Wahnsinn, nachts raubt er mir mit seinen Nachrichten den Verstand. Das Problem? Ich weiß noch nicht, dass es derselbe Mann ist.« Mit ihrer Detektivagentur ›Head Over Heels‹ hat Cadie Hills sich endlich einen Lebenstraum erfüllt. Als ausgerechnet die...

She thought she had life figured out—until love rewrote the script. At 37, Abby insists she doesn't need a romance of her own. She's the cool aunt, the witty best friend, the self-sufficient Brooklyn single woman with a flexible writing career. But when her sister Laura decides to reconcile with her unreliable musician ex—taking Abby's beloved niece along—Abby discovers that her life is emptier than she imagined. Determined not to trail after her sister, Abby escapes to St. John's, Newfoundland, planning a short trip abroad while she waits for her sister's relationship to implode.

After the devastating loss of her beloved brother, young Katharine Hepburn makes two vows: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving behind her East Coast marriage and icy patrician family, she arrives in 1930s Hollywood – accompanied by her lover and determined to live on her own terms. But the studio system has rules. And Kate – brilliant, bisexual, and fiercely independent – refuses to follow them.

My life is amazing. I have friends who love and support me, a kid who challenges me, and a job that I worked really hard for. It took endless days of exhaustion, hunger, and a whole ton of rage to get myself here. I love my life and my people. Then they moved to town. Declan, Roman, Felix, and...

Ten wickedly steamy encounters with creatures from legend—and they're all hungry for you. When mythology comes alive, the most dangerous beings aren't hiding in shadows—they're hunting for their perfect mate. Meet ancient minotaurs who claim their territory with brutal passion, seductive dragons whose scaled touch will ruin you for mere mortals, and gargoyle twins who come alive at night just for you.

'A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human. Visceral and vicious, horrifying, unflinching and unputdownable' RACHEL HARRISON You'd kill to look this good... Over three hundred pounds, Emmett Truesdale has never fit the...

Elizabeth is an average thirty-something woman, enjoying life on earth, when a dare from a decade ago catches up to her. She thought there was no way those alpha aliens searching for omegas from the other side of space would want anything to do with her. It turns out that she's an omega after all, and a pack of huge, horned alphas eagerly await her arrival. An established pack, ready to spoil their sweet, compliant omega. Except "compliant" is the last word anyone would use to describe Elizabeth.

A debut novel for fans of Jane Austen, Elin Hilderbrand, and Gilmore Girls, Worse Than Strangers is a beachy retelling of Austen’s Persuasion set against the backdrop of a cottage on Nantucket about finding romance, second chances, and a new path in life. Rose and Lily are best friends first...