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Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha’s Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan’s novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series—after a ten-year hiatus due to a scorching case of writer’s block—is a dream come true for Emily. If only she didn’t have to deal with Siobhan’s son, Kieran Murphy. He manages Siobhan’s bookstore, and the grouchy bookworm clearly doesn’t want Em around. Emily persists, and spending her days bantering with the annoyingly handsome mercurial Irishman only makes her fall more deeply in love with the new life she’s built – and for the man who seems to soften toward her with every quip she throws at him. But when she discovers the reason for Kieran’s initial resistance, Em finds herself torn between helping Siobhan find closure with her series and her now undeniable feelings for Kier. As Siobhan’s novel progresses, Emily will have to decide if she’s truly ready to turn a new page and figure out what lies in the next chapter.

It’s late August in Shady Hollow, and intrepid reporter Vera Vixen agrees to chaperone the school’s annual field trip to Summers End, an ancient tomb built by an early woodland culture. Naturally, her good friend Lenore Lee comes along to help her. But when the group enters the tomb one morning, they find a corpse that is distinctly more. . . modern than expected. Digging deeper, Vera and Lenore discover that the deceased was involved in the recent excavation at the site, and very unpopular with their colleagues—including Lenore’s sister, Ligeia. Now the fox and raven must delve into the dark world of academia and archaeology to clear Ligeia’s name. Some creature at Summers End thought they were clever enough to get away with the perfect murder. Can Vera and Lenore unearth the truth in time?

Nora Pennington sabe que un buen libro puede ser el mejor remedio frente a cualquier problema, pero cuando una tarde descubre a una misteriosa joven escondida entre las estanterías de su librería no duda en acogerla y, junto a las demás integrantes del Club Secreto de la Lectura y la Merienda, ayudarla a pasar página. Cuando poco después aparece muerta otra clienta de la librería todo se complica aún más. A pesar de que se descubre una nota de suicidio, las intrépidas amigas del club de lectura deciden ayudar al sheriff novato a detener a un asesino que confirmará que los monstruos y los secretos no solo habitan entre las páginas de los libros.

“You can never go home again,” the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone. But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas. There, their paths will collide with that of Owen, a closeted teenager from Alabama whose aborted cemetery seance with his crush summoned something far worse: a murderous entity whose desperate, driving purpose includes kidnapping Owen to serve as its Renfield. As Owen tries to outwit his new master, and Hal, Athena, and Erin reckon with how the choices they made as teens might connect to the apocalyptic event unfurling over the Lone Star State, shocking alliances form, old and new romances brew, and three unsuccessful adults and one frightened teen are all that stand between reality and oblivion. From one of the boldest, most brilliant voices in modern fantastical horror, The Dissonance is a thrilling and beautifully written story of magic and monsters, forgiveness and friendship.

Estamos a principios de la primavera de 2016 en el castillo de Windsor, donde Isabel II ultima los preparativos de las celebraciones de su nonagésimo aniversario mientras saborea una matutina taza de té. Pero el ambiente festivo se trunca de pronto cuando uno de sus invitados es hallado muerto en uno de los dormitorios de la residencia. Todo parece indicar que el joven pianista ruso se ha ahorcado, pero un nudo mal hecho lleva al MI5 a sospechar que hay gato encerrado. La reina deja la investigación en manos de los profesionales, hasta que las pesquisas apuntan hacia sus fieles sirvientes y decide tomar cartas en el asunto.

Maider conoció a Rubén a orillas del Mediterráneo cuando no eran más que un par de conguitos que correteaban en bañador por el camping donde veraneaban. Fueron inseparables durante muchos años hasta que la adolescencia los convirtió en enemigos. Pero Maider pronto descubrió que del odio al amor solo hay un paso y que ese chico gamberro que no la dejaba tranquila en el fondo seguía siendo el mismo muchacho dulce que una tarde de verano le regaló un Frigopie y que, en un descuido, también le robó el corazón. Juntos vivieron una preciosa historia de amor que los marcó para siempre, pero que también los destrozó. Cuando años después Maider regresa a Benicàssim con su vida ya encaminada, tendrá que asumir que, tratándose de Rubén, tal vez haya algunas heridas que no puede cerrar sola.