Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan named Christopher, has her yearning for a family of her own. The Clock Island books were Lucy's passion and refuge as a child, and now she shares...

A successful author of thrillers receives a mysterious letter about an inheritance of a manor and a title from a recently deceased uncle outside London and her plans to sell the place quickly fade as she contemplates a different life.

This incredible true story of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty, the beloved classic that changed the way human society views and treats animals, shows how she, after being permanently disabled, rejected the life of a Victorian invalid and developed an extraordinary empathy with horses.

Before he was the bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, Evans shares his moving journey from childhood to beloved author. With his signature finesse, he offers the insightful lessons he's learned and...

Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art-and finding the strength to stand up again.

Recruited by the U.S. Marshals to create false histories for people in witness protection, like his father, writer Jack Givins uses this opportunity to find his dad--a man who has done terrible things and made deadly enemies who wouldn't think twice about using his own son against him.

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?

Staying with her childhood friend Sabrina – now a glamorous best-selling author with a handsome, high-powered husband—Kelly Doyle, falling for both her hosts, is shocked when they open up their marriage to her, but as their relationship deepens, Kelly discovers they’ve done this before—and the last woman is missing.

After having recently celebrated her eightieth birthday, the internationally best-selling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries, confronting the dual challenges and pleasures of aging, tells her own adventurous life story, vividly describing her decades-long love affair with Italy and how its extraordinary beauty and magic still captivate her.

An anthology of fictional accounts of the lives of people living in Pompeii on the day Mount Vesuvius erupts, including an heiress dreading her wedding day and an ex-legionary who bets it all on a gladiator bout that never happens.