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A collection of one-acts by the Pulitzer-winning playwright, including Close the Book, Suppressed Desires, Tickless Time, Woman's Honor, The People, and Trifles.

It’s going to be “the biggest hoss race in the world”! Homesteaders are set to race on horseback, in gigs and wagons, and even by train to stake their claim in the Cherokee Strip, the last bit of Oklahoma territory opened for settlement in 1893. For 15-year-old Becky Fletcher and her family, it's the Promised Land: their last chance for a farm they can live on free and clear. But no journey to the Promised Land is without trials, and the Fletchers soon run into setbacks. Each difficulty tests Becky’s inclination to further her own and her family's interests at all costs.

When Brynn and her best friends, Peyton and Raven, stumble over a dead body at her aunt's grand opening party for the B&B, they already have plenty of suspects in mind. But when Chief Baedie threatens to shut down Aunt Aggie's B&B before it even opens on Christmas Eve, the girls, along with Jinx the cat, decide to solve the case on their own. Using the skills they acquired on their last case, they set out on a whirlwind adventure trying to piece together the one clue they found.

I used to be Everly Marrs, then D, W, J, K, and T kidnapped me to force my father’s hand. As hard as I tried not to lose myself to their games, I couldn’t have imagined how much worse things could get. Six months trapped in hell. Six months forgetting who I used to be. Six months just trying to survive. I got out - eventually - and there they were, all five of them.

Shrouded in a world of intrepid agents and fatal assassins, a fearless operative dares to escape his allegiance to the cause. When his renown rises after successfully orchestrating a string of daring train raids, Confederate scout Drouet Broussard is inducted into a covert league loyal to a lethal cause - the Knights of the Golden Circle. With war raging, Broussard’s assignments become successively bolder and involve him in the ultimate mission: A presidential assassination.

I’m Everly Marrs, and I’ll be damned before I lose myself to the men that kidnapped me. I had plans...big plans. I had my pretty little life outlined: graduate school, then get a job in social work, and maybe, one day, marry a nice man who actually knew what he was doing in bed. But everything changed when I woke up in a strange place with five men who insisted I call them D, W, J, K, and T. The Letters.

When high school seniors, Brynn O'Connell, and her best friend, Peyton Patterson, discover a dead body during the Copper Cove Festival, they had no idea their lives would forever change...for the better. Standing next to the victim is the strange new girl in town, Raven Masters. When Brynn identifies the murder weapon as belonging to her Grams, the three girls set out to prove Granny Winnie is no killer! Brynn and Peyton must learn to set aside their prejudices and trust the quirky new girl. After all, she seems to be an old pro at sleuthing.

Carlo Collodi's whimsical recasting of the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea was first published in 1883 and has since become an established classic of children's literature. Geppetto, a poor wood carver, receives a piece of wood from which he carves a marionette. Much to his surprise, the puppet springs to life and embarks on a wild series of adventures.

The Florida Orange groves are proving to be a conduit for the Medellin Cartel operated by Pablo Escobar out of Columbia. A young woman joins forces with the local sheriff and DEA agents to find out who is dropping cocaine and stop them.

One of my Sons, published in 1901, is a classic whodunit tale of murder and mystery. Set in New York, a murder of a multi-billionaire brings about the recurring question "Which?", referring to which of his sons committed this despicable act of parricide. Green keeps her audience on the edge of its seat with this heart wrenching tale of family woes, love, and a bit of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson mystery. The question of "Which?" carries on to the end of the story, through exciting and surprising twists and turns no one ever sees coming.

Fifteen-year-old Cole McCabe hides his secret well. Six years of sexual abuse and now, a murder. Fear and shame have kept him quiet, but when Cole finds out one of his parents knew what was happening to him and did nothing to stop it, he devises a plan to humiliate and hurt them, just like he was for so long. Will they confess their deepest, darkest sin to save the life of their only son, knowing it will destroy their own?

Photo journalist Georgina Barrister realizes she has little time left in this world when her ex-husband hands her over as partial payment for a shipment of illegal imports. Apparently being the perfect wife, the perfect hostess, and the perfect lover hadn't been enough for him. What did he expect of her now, to be the perfect token? As a captive on a freighter, how will she escape? Special Agent Jake Callahan believes love at first sight is impossible, until he meets Georgina Barrister Kaplan.

Orphaned and alone in antebellum New Orleans, Fiona Riley promises a dying friend she will raise the woman's child as her own. But without a job and a roof over their heads, Fiona fears for their lives. When a letter arrives announcing that relatives in a bayou town are searching for their long-lost cousin, Fiona finds the answer to her prayers, even if it means deceiving others to survive. Emile Dugas knew she was lying the moment he set eyes on Fiona Riley, an Irish immigrant trying to pose as his distant Cajun cousin. But how could he resist?

This bundle includes three audiobooks: What Goes Around, Hidden Within, and Fatal Words.

Devil Stories - Twenty tales of the demonic selected and edited by Maximilian J. Rudwin. The Devil is an old character in literature. Perhaps he is as old as literature itself. He is encountered in the story of the paradisiacal sojourn of our first ancestors, and from that day on, Satan has appeared unfailingly, in various forms and with various functions, in all the literatures of the world.

A Baker’s Dozen - A collection of 13 classic Christmas stories.

An anthology selected and edited by Edward J. O’Brien and John Cournos with an introduction by John Cournos and Edward O'Brien.

A sugar glider named Boomer became 13-year-old Zoe Winfield's world two years after a freak accident maimed her parents and left her depressed and vulnerable. When Boomer unexpectedly dies, some members of an online sugar glider group blame her in a vicious verbal attack. Unable to cope, she takes her own life. Now, her sister wants those responsible to pay with their lives.

My life experience with the supernatural, ghosts, and spells - about the possession of my unborn baby. It's also about my heritage with witches, shadow people, and about the family curse.

Humanity lives in the sunlit world of what we believe to be reality. Unknown to most there is, unseen by most, another world, possibly many other worlds, running side by side with our own. The Marquette Institute and Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) are the latest in a long and illustrious line of organizations established to help safeguard the human race from the monsters living in the spaces between reality and nightmares. These stories just scratch the surface of the operations and investigations conducted in almost 200 years of operation.