In a world reminiscent of Georgian England, where married women’s magic is taken from them to protect their unborn children, a sorceress must balance her desire to become the first great female magician against her duty to her family. Beatrice is a sorceress who practices her magic in secret, terrified of the day she will marry and be locked into a collar that will cut off her magic to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged Magus, permitted to pursue magic as her calling just as men do. But her family has traveled to the city for Bargaining Season, when young men and women of means socialize and negotiate to secure the best marriages. Beatrice’s family is in severe debt, and she is expected to make an advantageous match. In a stroke of luck, Beatrice finds a grimoire that contains the key to becoming a Magus—but before she can purchase it, a rival sorceress swindles the book right out of her hands. When Beatrice... Views: 214
A fableistic, "curious and dazzling" debut novel of enormous power and grace about a sister trying to hold back her brother from the edge of the abyss for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Tommy Orange (Booklist, starred review).In the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mother's passing, two siblings spend a final weekend together in their childhood home. Seeing her brother, Rafa, careening toward a place of no return, Rufina devises a bet: if they can make enough money performing for privileged tourists in the plaza over the course of the weekend to afford a plane ticket out, Rafa must commit to living. If not, Rufina will make her peace with Rafa's own plan for the future, however terrifying it may be.As the siblings reckon with generational and ancestral trauma, set against the indignities of present-day prejudice, other strange hauntings begin to stalk these pages: their mother's ghost kicks her heels against... Views: 214
As far as Maren is concerned, life is perfect and it's just about to get better. On the cusp of her fortieth birthday and with her only child almost grown, it's time to start putting herself and her marriage first. But when the butterflies in her tummy turn out to be morning sickness, Maren's world is flipped upside down with an unplanned, high risk pregnancy—one she's ashamed to admit is unwanted.Overnight, everything changes and the ripple effect of the baby she's so unsure of is felt in every corner of her life. Her perfect life slowly disappears. Her teenage daughter looks for attention in the wrong places. Her best friend inexplicably blows up and stops speaking to her. And worse, her once doting husband pulls away when she needs him the most.Just when she's sure things couldn't possibly be worse, a shocking discovery rocks Maren's world. Faced with a devastating deception, a truth she can no longer ignore, and an impossible choice, can... Views: 214
An emotional slow burn romance of forbidden love, intense chemistry and second chances... One kiss is all it takes... When Katie Colter's life was saved during a ferocious storm by Rowan Coblentz, an Amish boy from the neighbouring settlement, she repaid his kindness with a kiss. And in that one moment a forbidden love was ignited. But when Katie's father found the young lovers together, he banished Rowan, and Katie never saw him again... Now, six years later, with her father dead and the family farm in jeopardy, Katie needs Rowan's help. But the shy young Amish boy she once knew has grown into a handsome and forceful man. The attraction between them is still as strong as ever, but Katie's life is on her family farm, with the horses she loves, and Rowan's place is within his sheltered Amish community. Can their love find a way, or will it remain forbidden, forever? Views: 214
This first-in-series mystery mingles Choctaw culture, science, and murder and features Lieutenant Sam Chitto of the Oklahoma Choctaw Tribal Police, who considers himself a man of the Law-the letter of the Law-and he's a man of his word. But he's at a breaking point, ready to quit the force. His father's murder is ten-years cold, his young wife's premature death haunts him, and tribal police in Oklahoma are being prevented from ensuring the People receive justice. A mix of tribal and non-tribal lands has created a checkerboard law enforcement community-federal, state, municipal, and Indian-a land that lawbreakers joking refer to as lawless. Indian women are the ones paying the highest pride. One in three can expect to be raped in her lifetime, and the tribal police cannot arrest the assailant if he is not Indian.Then, Chitto is assigned to work undercover on a mystifying case. As murders multiply, a series of seemingly unrelated incident come together to help Chitto solve the mystery, but he is forced to make a decision that could not only challenge is personal code of ethics but also cost a man his life. Views: 214
