High-powered criminal attorney Ginny Malone never expected to swap her designer suits for flour-dusted aprons, but a twist of fate sends her fleeing to the quaint coastal town of Moonstone Bay, California. With her spirited—and mischievous—cat Shortcake by her side, Ginny sets her sights on starting a bakery on the boardwalk, armed only with her grandmother's secret recipes and a dash of determination. But Ginny's dream of sweet success crumbles when a dead body is discovered during renovations, and her gruff yet oh-so-intriguing landlord, P.I. Vince Rinaldi, becomes the prime suspect. The ovens are cold, the drywall is crumbling, and now danger is lurking behind every display case. With the help of her hammer-wielding new BFF Lois, a sprinkle of legal know-how, and a heaping spoonful of wit, Ginny sets out to fix more than just ovens and drywall. As she digs into the case, the quirky townsfolk begin to look less neighborly and more suspect—and Vince might need as much rescuing as her broken heater. Between perfecting her luscious lava cakes and untangling lies, Ginny must race to clear Vince's name before her fresh start becomes a recipe for disaster. Can she serve up justice and save a budding romance before the real killer strikes again? Lava Cake and Lies is a charming and witty cozy mystery filled with heartwarming friendships, banter-filled clean romance, cat antics, and recipes you'll be dying to try.

A quattordici anni, Elizabeth Cuttner non si fa illusioni sul mondo e su sé stessa. Il suo sguardo ipertrofico coglie con compiaciuta esattezza dettagli raccapriccianti e miserie private di chi le è prossimo – ed è una condanna senza appello. Dopo la morte dei genitori, cui forse non è del tutto estranea, viene accolta dalla famiglia paterna in un’antica dimora coloniale a Manhattan, a ridosso del porto in disarmo, dove i vecchi edifici e i simboli della città si trasfigurano in vestigia gotiche che resistono all’avanzata dei grattacieli. Qui, in un’atmosfera impregnata di erotismo balthusiano, si consumano torbide relazioni e violenze spesso solo accennate, ma non per questo meno perturbanti, come la liaison venata di sadismo tra Elizabeth e lo zio James. Discendente diretta di una genìa di streghe, fornita di un piccolo ma efficiente armamentario di specchi, gatti, rospi, serpenti e incantesimi, oltre che di un fascino ambiguo e di una sapienza ancestrale, guidata dalle apparizioni di un’antenata che le svela i segreti dell’arte magica, Elizabeth eserciterà spietatamente i suoi poteri per procedere con freddezza verso un’affermazione di sé cui nulla e nessuno potrà resistere. Romanzo anomalo e «innaturale», «Elizabeth» ci consegna un’eroina di raggelante sensualità, una Lolita gotica, cerebrale e sarcastica, che una prosa tagliente, allucinata ma del tutto razionale, rende straordinariamente verosimile.

The science of attraction is getting seriously tested… Meet River. He used to be the nerd next door…only now he’s all grown up, got a sleeve of tattoos, and women seem to like him. A lot. Even Lexi, the girl of River’s teenaged dreams, all bubbly sweetness—never noticed him. Until now. There’s only one problem. They’re not meant for each other. Now it’s up to Deanna, the super pragmatic, algorithm-fueled brains behind the new dating app Meetcute to make sure they realize it. River might be certain he knows true love when he sees it, but Deanna knows differently, and the future of her company is riding on it. All she has to do is prove to him that what he’s feeling for Lexi isn’t love. Not even close. …even if it means making him fall for Deanna, instead. Challenge accepted.

One of the finest and best-selling horror novels of the 1970s returns at last to chill a new generation of readers. In the isolated farming community of Harlowe, New Hampshire, where life has changed little over the past several decades, John Moore and his wife Mim work the land that has been in his family for generations. But from the moment the charismatic Perly Dunsmore arrives in town and starts soliciting donations for his auctions, things begin slowly and insidiously to change in Harlowe. As the auctioneer carries out his terrible, inscrutable plan, the Moores and their neighbors will find themselves gradually but inexorably stripped of their possessions, their freedom, and perhaps even their lives... A chilling masterpiece of terror whose sense of creeping menace and dread increases page by page, Joan Samson’s The Auctioneer (1975) is a rediscovered classic of 20th-century fiction. With echoes of Shirley Jackson’s 'The Lottery' and Stephen King’s Needful Things, Samson’s novel returns to print at last in this long-awaited new edition, which features an introduction by Grady Hendrix (Horrorstör, Paperbacks from Hell).

When Laura Willowes’s beloved father dies, she is absorbed in the household of her brother and his family. There, she leaves behind “Laura” and enters into the state of “Aunt Lolly,” a genteel spinster indispensable to the upbringing of her nieces. For twenty years, Lolly is neither indulgent nor impulsive, until one day when she decides to move to a village in the Chilterns, much to her family’s chagrin.   But it’s in the countryside, among nature, where Lolly has her first taste of freedom. Duty-bound to no one except herself, she revels in the solitary life. When her nephew moves there, and Lolly feels once again thrust into her old familial role, she reaches out to the otherworldly, to the darkness, to the unheeded power within the hearts of women to feel at peace once more . . .