For fans of Colleen Hoover, this inspirational follow-up to Shooting Stars Above continues the love story between internationally best-selling novelist Tess and counterterrorism agent Jack as they both fight to overcome their deepest fears.Tess Lee is a wildly successful and world-famous novelist whose inspirational books explore our innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jack Miller is a federal agent who has spent decades working in counterterrorism—a violent world that has left an inevitable residue on his psyche. Two years into their marriage, as Tess and Jack both heal from past trauma, their epic love, fostered by their ability to truly see one another, has brought them profound happiness. When an anonymous threat is made against Tess's life, however, everything changes. Will they learn to lean on each other, or will they fall apart into the darkness? In Twinkle of Doubt,...

Chef and FBI secret informant Sag Pfister is propelled into the glamorous life of the rich but soon finds herself in a disturbing and toxic web of deceit in this intricately plotted thriller!Chef and reluctant FBI informant Sagarine Pfister has a new assignment: Infiltrate one of Chicago's wealthiest families and uncover what billionaire diamond kingpin Richard Nottingham is planning behind closed doors.The FBI knows Nottingham is a long-dormant Russian sleeper agent who's just been activated, and now it seems he's planning something lethal—but for whom, and on what scale?Despite a series of bloody clues left around the city by someone who may be on their side, the FBI is clueless. Sag needs to blend in and expose Nottingham's plan before it goes into motion, and before she gets caught. Because if he even suspects who she really is, he has the power to erase her—without a trace.For fans of Janet Evanovich and "audiences...

A searing novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence, follows a young woman whose life is upended when a journalist uncovers her mysterious and hidden upbringing.  From the outside, Catharine West’s childhood sounds idyllic—balmy days spent running barefoot through the gardens, plucking ripe tomatoes straight from the vine as sunlight warmed her skin. Her parents built a life that was simple and community-focused, an ethos that soon attracted others in need of a change. For a time, Catharine’s magnetic father was enough to keep the farm thriving and temptation outside its gates. But as she grew older, the farm and family she was raised to love faded into something darker, forcing Catharine to evolve with it. ​It’s now been a decade since Catharine abandoned the farm, and she has done her best to reinvent her life, until an email from a charismatic journalist interrupts her...

For fans of Francine Rivers' realistic Christian fiction comes a slow-burn Viking historical romance of enemies to lovers and second chances.Irish coast, 795 A.D. Caught between two clashing worlds, a Christian slave and a Viking raider must crush their forbidden love before it imperils her faith and destroys his claim to the jarl's seat—but God's plan is greater than either can imagine.While gathering wild strawberries near her fishing village, thirteen-year-old Brigit stumbles into the path of a young Viking warrior, Reidar. A night terror come alive, the heathen boy is part of a Norse horde descended on Ireland beneath the cover of night. Eager for conquest and glory on his first raid, Reidar takes Brigit captive. But when her terror stirs an overwhelming compassion, he defies his father and saves her from his own people as they raze her village. This unexpected act of mercy sears Brigit's memory into his soul and becomes his Great...

THE BROKEN CHORD: The Shackles of Silence - Book 1In a world where sound is a physical force and silence is a lethal weapon, a single "wrong note" can shatter an ancient tyranny.In the universe of Kaelenor, everything vibrates. For the inhabitants of the massive canyons of The Iron Bastion, life is trapped between the suffocating 40 Hz hum of the Great Machines and the flawless harmony enforced by The Celestial Synod. In this society, nobility is defined by "purity and melody," while the lower castes are condemned to "noise and rasp."Korian Alvarin is an "error."The forbidden half-breed offspring of a Stellaris mother and a human father, Korian has spent his life trying to remain invisible. Under the discipline of "Active Silence" taught by his father, Elias, he has suppressed the violet Echo-Blood in his veins and the destructive melody within. But when his father is executed in The Square of Silence for "disrupting the harmony," the dam inside Korian finally breaks.In response to his father's final parting note, an uncontrollable cry escapes Korian's chest—The Broken Chord. It shatters the city's runic gates and defies the very physical laws of the universe: Acoustic Thermodynamics.Now, Korian is a fugitive. Hunting him is his half-brother, Inquisitor Aelion—as punctual and deadly as a metronome, sworn to erase every "imperfection" to maintain the Order.He is not alone in his flight. His companions are far from ordinary heroes:Koldar: A master of steel and kinetic energy, a pragmatic renegade known as "The Anvil."Klast: A massive Canyon Carver who grounds seismic waves through his own body.Elara: An Echo-Reader who hears the world not through her eyes, but through the frequencies of the soul.From the metallic depths of Ironhold to the cymatic patterns of the Emerald Desert, Korian must face a vital question: Is the dissonant noise within him a curse, or the only melody capable of retuning the world?The Broken Chord brings a fresh voice to the Acoustic Fantasy genre with its high-concept magic system, synesthetic descriptions, and epic world-building. What Awaits You in This Book:Original Magic System: The discipline of "Harmonic Resonance," built upon sound frequencies and vibration.A Vertical City: The Iron Bastion, carved into a mountain, where social castes are determined by altitude.A Tragic Hero: A half-breed bard facing his own destructive power while searching for his identity.Epic Conflicts: Blades that tear through sound barriers and the deafening Silence Inquisition.Listen to the echo of Kaelenor. The symphony has only just begun.