The novel that follows The Polish Nurse and shares the story of Aleksandra's daughter Adela (Ella) and her life in and after the orphanage.★TRIPLE AWARD FINALIST- TOP SHELF, READER'S FAVORITE, AND BOOK EXCELLENCE★An overnight prison. One chance to escape. Who will pay the price?13 August 1961.Nationale Volksarmee soldiers roll barbed wire across a war-torn city—families are separated, livelihoods destroyed, and death comes easily as crippling fear paralyzes the occupants of both sides of the Berlin Wall. In one fate-driven moment, fifteen-year-old Ella Kühn must make the agonizing decision to remain with her dying father or flee with her brother and best friend to the West.Caught in the crossfire of duty and survival, Ella’s enforced occupation exposes her to the evil workings of the secret police and the deadly plans of a destructive regime. Torn between loyalty and temptation, she seeks comfort in the belief she will be reunited with one man, while another challenges her heart.Will Ella risk her life for freedom? Or will her restless soul find contentment in the shadows of East Berlin?Ensnare, the first book in the "Berlin Butterfly" series, is a story of life, love, survival, and the struggle of living through the early years of the Berlin Wall. Readers will be captivated by Ella's strength, determination, and vulnerability as she opens her heart amidst a dangerous and terrifying journey. Read more

Turning PointTurning sixteen in Wisty Air has been interesting with the Sugula looming ever higher in the sky, threatening our world’s very existence. Still, life goes on as I purify monsters, come up with new alchemy recipes, and enjoy seeing my family when I can. Unfortunately, those ordinary days come to a sudden halt when I’m abducted by Edesa Kura! What awaits me in the country of mechanized soldiers?! Read more

A bicycle crashes into me one night, and the next thing I know, I’m a baby?! Getting reincarnated in another world populated by humans, demi-humans, and mythical beasts is certainly not the turn I thought my life was going to take. I especially didn’t expect to be carried off by a wolf and given into the care of a one-armed former knight! Now I’m trying to repay him by rebuilding the family inn and healing his arm with alchemy. But the more time passes, the more it becomes clear to me that I’m not actually human… Read more

Discover a heartfelt journey through time and across generations in My Mother's Son, the eagerly awaited sequel to the beloved novel, My Mother's Friend. Set against the backdrop of small-town America in 1946, this emotionally charged tale follows the life-altering decisions of eighteen-year-old Phee Swensson.Pregnant and unmarried, Phee grapples with an agonizing choice. She insists she will keep her baby, but ultimately, she can’t. Just before her son’s birth, she agrees to give him up for adoption, and it breaks her heart.Decades later, Phee's daughter, the determined journalist Mollie MacAlister, embarks on a poignant quest to find her mother’s son. Her journey takes her to Brainerd in central Minnesota where her half-brother was born. The sole connection to that pivotal moment in time is Mildred, her great aunt who is eighty-eight and struggling with fading memories. Does she remember the time Phee lived with her in a rustic cabin on Gull Lake while awaiting the birth of her baby? Will Mildred hold the key to the identity of the baby's adoptive parents?Delve into this captivating multigenerational story that promises to answer burning questions and touch your heart. My Mother's Son is a tale of hope, resilience, and the enduring power of family bonds. Be swept away in this emotional journey that will stay with you long after the final page is turned. Read more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the adult bestseller In the Unlikely Event comes a tale of family, friendship, and pre-teen life like only JUDY BLUME can deliver. The companion to Here’s to You, Rachel Robinson. Can you have more than one best friend?Stephanie’s best friend is Rachel. Since second grade they’ve shared everything, good and bad. But now it’s the start of seventh grade and Alison has just moved to their neighborhood. Stephanie immediately clicks with her—she’s cool and fun and totally humble even though she’s the daughter of a famous actress. Stephanie hopes all three of them can be best friends, but the more she pushes Alison on Rachel, the more Rachel seems to drift away. Is it possible to have two best friends? Or is it true that two’s company, three’s a crowd? “Judy Blume does it again in what may be her best book yet!” –American Bookseller Read more

Book five in the Turning Pages series of novels set in a bookshop that fosters shelter cats takes Kris, Mavis, Quaintance, Darla, Dev, and Lucille to a retreat in the early summer woods. What Kris encounters there could alter the course of his life—if he’ll let it. Questions from his past may finally have answers, but Kris resists coming to terms with them. He isn’t ready for a plot twist.If you’d like a break from your daily grind, pack your bug repellant and join characters you’ve come to know and love at a lakeside retreat with famous folks and campfire nights.In Plot Twist, you’ll encounter catastrophe while Katrina and Mack run the bookshop together. Mr. Catastrophe,that is, the newest foster cat to roam the book-filled rooms of No Page Unturned. Will this snaggle-toothed cataclysm find a new home? Will he balk at sharing space with Browser, Matt and Katrina’s terrier, while the dog recovers on the big, red sofa? Read more

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Black Mirror meets A Good Girl‘s Guide to Murder when a teenage girl’s relentless investigation into her best friend’s death plunges her deep into a dangerous underground society where every secret has a price.Seventeen-year-old Cia lived in a house of secrets until she was five, when her father literally burned it all down. The price of his clandestine operation? Cia’s entire family, and her leg. So, when her best friend Alice says she has a secret too, Cia wants nothing to do with it—even if it could shed light on her family’s dark past. But Alice doesn’t let go so easily, especially when her search for answers might help find Noah, the boy who broke her heart before going missing two months ago.But then the police find Alice’s body floating in the quarry.Now Cia would give anything to know Alice’s secrets. Because Alice would never have jumped, no matter what the cops think. Desperate to figure out what happened to her friend, Cia picks up the threads of Alice’s investigation, plunging deep into a shadow world of augmented reality. As she untangles one web of lies after another, Cia finds herself pursued by an enemy that will pay any price to keep their secrets buried. But the girl who already lost everything isn’t about to back down now. Her only chance to avenge Alice lies in exposing an underground society preying on those they think no one will miss—but danger lies closer to home than she imagined. Read more

The O’Malleys have fostered dozens of cats in their bookshop over the past several years, but a new arrival named Regular is unlike any of their previous feline guests. This is Regular’s tale, but it is also Mack and Mavis O’Malley’s. It is about two “finds of a lifetime”: Kris, their young apprentice, opens a box to reveal a book that may be so valuable that it could make national headlines, and the O’Malleys discover something even more wonderful that will change their lives forever.This novel continues the adventures of the O’Malleys and the customers, neighbors, friends and cats of their used & rare bookshop. Their funny and touching story, and Kris’, began in the first book of the Turning Pages series: Shelve Under C: A Tale of Used Books and Cats.This fun and heartfelt book invites you to visit everyone again inside No Page Unturned. Grab a good book and curl up with a cat on the big, red sofa where you’ll be comfortable for as long as you’d like to stay. The Find of a Lifetime is waiting to be discovered by animal and book enthusiasts, and by those who believe that anyone can have a second chance at love. Read more

“You’re going to be a daddy?”Brent can’t believe his son, Matt, would go and do exactly what he had done at seventeen. Only this time there isn’t a love relationship to mess up the works. For the mother, signing the baby over to them for custody works fine, especially when they're willing to pay enough cash.Not like him and Shyla. Theirs had been a love story… one with a sad ending. The poor girl had been ripped from her life, whisked away across the country, and forced to give up both him and her baby.Now, due to unforeseen circumstances, Shyla has a chance to return to the two men whose very existence fills her lonely world. Another baby had entered the story, one she might be able to mother. Her empty arms have a chance to be filled by her earlier lover and her new granddaughter.Seriously, how could anything go wrong?She never saw the car…He’s My Baby - Book 1All her life, Emma’s dreamed of being a mom. Problem is, after a terrible experience as a young woman, she’s given up on all men.Christmas Runaway – Book 2Her white Samoyed forces Sara to pull off the road in a snowstorm and her life changes forever.Because You Cared – Book 3Naomi wakes up from a coma and remembers nothing except a man’s voice creating a warm gentle feeling of happiness.Daddy’s Mine – Book 4The crazy mom drops her toddler off at Beau’s apartment with instructions... “Give her to your brother when he shows up.” Problem is, he wouldn't give his brother a hamster.Her Hero – Book 5The handsome hero is the best thing that’s ever happened to her, and so is his monster dog who’s taken a fancy to her tiny mischievous puppy.You Make Me Happy – Book 6“Tell your son, or I will,” Jossi warns her neighbor when the woman collapses from an excruciating headache. “Fine… just promise me you won’t tell my husband.” Sweet Christmas – Book 7Marie Sweet is out of her comfort zone, working alongside people who care, and let their friends see their emotions. It’s hard enough having to handle all the good spirits, but now there's a runaway teenager depending on Marie to teach her how to deal with this upbeat cheerinessYou’re the Boss – Book 8Compelled to go to her company's New Year's Eve party, shy and out of her element, Cheri sits in the corner and drinks too much wine. Suddenly, she's forced onto the dance floor by her luscious boss where she shocks every single person in the room... especially herself. Young Love Strikes Twice – Book 9His son makes the same mistake he did at the exact young age and now there's a new baby for him to bring up. This time, he has no help… or does he? Read more

First published in 1876, "Rose in Bloom" is Louisa May Alcott's sequel to "Eight Cousins." Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself. Read more

A Michael L. Printz Award Honor BookPart memoir, part speculative fiction, this novel explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee.Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who gave her up for adoption. At its core, the novel is a tale of two girls on two different timelines occasionally bridged by a mysterious portal and their shared search for a complete picture of their origins. Gibney surrounds that story with reproductions of her own adoption documents, letters, family photographs, interviews, medical records, and brief essays on the surreal absurdities of the adoptee experience.The end result is a remarkable portrait of an American experience rarely depicted in any form. Read more

When a mysterious painting offers her a trip to the past, will Isla find new hope for her future?On the brink of aging out the foster system, the last thing Isla Laird wants is to spend Christmas in an old-fashioned plantation. What’s the point of bonding with her foster mom when it’s too late to ever be adopted? But when a mysterious painting suddenly thrusts her into the nineteenth century, Isla is forced to face hurts and memories she’s long tried to bury. With time running out and her heart in tatters, can God use an impossible miracle to bring Isla hope for a new future?Don't miss these other titles from Bestselling Christian Historical author Stephenia H. McGeeIronwood Plantation Family SagaThe Whistle WalkHeir of HopeMissing MercyThe Liberator SeriesLeveraging LincolnLosing LincolnLabeling LincolnStand Alone TitlesIn His EyesEternity Between UsTime TravelHer Place in TimeNovellasThe Heart of HomeThe Hope of Christmas Past Read more

“A powerful rage came over me and before I knew it, I was throwing things around my room. Everything! All of the things that Alison had given me…But that wasn’t enough, and more than that, it wasn’t working. I realized I needed to do something REALLY BIG this time.”Abandoned. That’s how Ronnie Hartman feels after her mother and Kenny, her mom’s good-for-nothing boyfriend, move to Alaska, bringing Ronnie’s two younger brothers with them and leaving her behind. Now thirteen years old, Ronnie has been “returned” from multiple foster homes because of her impulsive lying and stealing. Her latest foster mom, Alison, is Ronnie’s very last chance—if she doesn’t want to end up in some awful residential treatment center.Meanwhile, Ronnie wants more than anything to fit in with the popular crowd, especially with the beautiful (but stuck-up) Paige. But when Ronnie betrays her only friend, a chubby outcast named Cat, she begins a pattern of deception that can only end in disaster. As Ronnie struggles to define herself, an important letter will present her with the most heart-wrenching decision of her life: to accept the woman who wants to adopt her, or to return to the mother who once abandoned her. Read more

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O fenômeno internacional que inspirou o filme da Netflix – um romance proibido entre dois adolescentes que, ao serem adotados pela mesma família, são obrigados a lidar com um amor que pode arruiná-los.  Nica cresceu em um orfanato e os contos de fada eram seu único conforto em meio aos terrores reais que assombravam os corredores da instituição. Agora que é adolescente, escolheu deixar as fantasias infantis para trás e focar no seu sonho de ser adotada.  Mas, quando o sr. e a sra. Milligan adotam Nica, para a surpresa dela, também decidem acolher Rigel, um misterioso e inteligente garoto que nunca se deixou ser adotado… até agora. E, apesar de ambos compartilharem o mesmo passado, a convivência não será nada fácil ― ainda mais porque Rigel aproveita qualquer oportunidade para relembrá-la do quanto a despreza.  Intenso e apaixonante,   O fabricante de lágrimas   é um sucesso com mais de um milhão de leituras no Wattpad e um fenômeno na Itália.  "Uma história tomada por emoções que vai fazer você prender a respiração em todos os capítulos  ." ―   IL LIBRAIO  Esta obra foi traduzida com a contribuição do   Centro per il libro e la lettura  , do Ministério da Cultura da Itália.  Read more

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Abandoned but not helpless, Destiny is a fighter. She is only a child, but she is doing the best she can.With her oversized hoodie and unwashed body, Destiny puts up walls to keep people out. Her teacher becomes alarmed when she discovers Destiny begging for food at a restaurant. Social Services steps in and takes Destiny to live with grandparents she didn’t know she had. But Destiny discovers that blood isn’t always thicker than water.Destiny moves to a caring foster home where she begins to feel accepted. Her world is ripped apart again when she is suddenly removed from the home and people who love her. Is Destiny going to become some nameless statistic in the foster care system, or will she find a forever family?Free as a bird is a story about redemption, love, and the healing power of animals.Buy free as a bird today and stay up way too late finishing it tonight. Read more

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