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From the author of novels like The Moonstone and The Woman in White, Caprisha Page masterfully narrates the short story Mrs. Zant and the Ghost, the tale of a widower and his daughter as they encounter a mysterious woman in a London park. This chance encounter leads to them along a path that involves lost love, murder, (possibly) a ghost, and a fairly vicious love triangle. Is there a ghost? Can Mrs. Zant be saved? Or is it all merely madness?

Avery Lane is driven to discover the fate of the 117 missing colonists of Roanoke. When she encounters a mysterious group called the Descendants, who are determined to keep the colony's secret hidden, Avery must choose between her obsession for the past and her own survival. Will solving this mystery cost her everything? Is there more to this secret than what is buried at Roanoke? Haunted by visions of the past, she must find answers before the Descendants stop her and forever banish the truth.

Alice lives a quiet life in the small hamlet of Kendawyn until she risks everything to save a hunted man. Will that choice give her everything she's ever wanted or ruin her life?

In the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, Kate Sheridan is determined to move beyond the loss of her mother. What she doesn't know is that she is the object of Michael Frost's obsession. Michael has been alone for too long, but loving Kate could destroy what he's worked for centuries to protect. In this paranormal romance, Michael battles his remaining human emotions and the supernatural rules that bind him. Will Kate be able to stand against him? Or will Michael betray himself and those he's sworn to defend?

In the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, Kate Sheridan is determined to move beyond the loss of her mother. What she doesn't know is that she is the object of Michael Frost's obsession. Michael has been alone for too long, but loving Kate could destroy what he's worked for centuries to protect. In this paranormal romance, Michael battles his remaining human emotions and the supernatural rules that bind him. Will Kate be able to stand against him? Or will Michael betray himself and those he's sworn to defend?

In the summer of 1905, Katherine Arthur's mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget. When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted, but she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie's husband, Frank, it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank.

Agnes Grey is the debut novel of Anne Bronte (writing under the pen name of Acton Bell). Published in 1847, the novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry. The novel is largely based on Anne Bronte's own experiences as a governess for five years. Like her sister Charlotte's 1847 novel Jane Eyre, it addresses what the precarious position of governess entailed and how it affected a young woman.