Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a fugitive named Grace in an alley and witnesses an assassination attempt gone wrong. Now the pair must navigate a web of treachery, beset on all sides by spies and poisoners, while a cryptic killer stalks one step behind… From the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of Swordheart and The Twisted Ones comes a saga of murder, magic, and love on the far side of despair.

In this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life. Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she’s tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She’s also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie’s life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet. Katie and Tyler haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie—naturally—was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League-educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie’s writing partner for the summer. As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in “forced proximity” at Meredith’s isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic It’s clear their love story is unfinished. This time, though, they’ll fight for their happy ending. Heart-wrenching and tender, Tropesick is a love letter to the romance genre. With a wink and a nod, Okie has packed the novel with listeners’ favorite Grumpy/Sunshine Brother’s best friend Girl next door Forced proximity Forbidden love Kissing in the rain Groveling hero Second-chance romance Slow burn Only one bed

*FROM THE #2 BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR* THIS LOVE IS MORE THAN A HIGHLAND FLING In the Scottish Highlands, Rae returns to her hometown of Belbarrow after five years of working in prestigious kitchens worldwide. However, though she’s back, everyone she knew seems to have moved on, including best friend, Martha. The only place that still feels like home is her dad's fruit farm. As Rae grapples with burnout and the future of the farm, she unexpectedly reconnects with Martha's older brother, Struan. Now a local mountain guide, Struan is offkey with her. She’s always just Little Rae to him, but she can’t get him out of her head. One night, in the berry fields at sundown, a line is crossed. It’s midsummer madness – and they both swear it can’t happen again. As the summer days lengthen, it seems Belbarrow is too small a place to hide from each other. But soon a twist of fate and some visitors new to town mean Rae has other questions to face. Strawberry season will soon be over and Rae knows that ripe fruit ruins when it’s left unpicked. Has she got the courage to work out what life she really wants to live? 18+ content 🌶️🔥 • Opposites Attract 💞 • Forced proximity 🏘️ • HEA 🥰 REAL READERS LOVE BONNIE WOODS‘How can I possibly put into words how much I utterly adored this book?’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A gorgeous, autumnal romance that readers are going to be cancelling plans to sit by the fire and enjoy’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The chemistry just sizzled off the page’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I couldn’t put this book down and managed to read it in one sitting!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Like the perfect Hallmark movie, with less cheese and more spice’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A glorious setting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved the diverse characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was kicking my feet and giggling’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Can’t wait to do a re-read of this!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was so attached to these characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Well it's fair to say that I absolutely adored this’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Definitely one to warm your heart’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved the setting, the world-building and the chemistry between the main characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A haunting and brilliantly researched history that interrogates the culture of shame in Ireland and tells the full story, for the first time, of the women confined within the walls of the Magdalene Laundries in the 20th century Everyone familiar with Ireland’s history has heard of the Magdalene Laundries, places where “fallen” women were sent for reform, but few understand that the Laundries were part of a larger carceral system in Ireland. There were prisons and also asylums, industrial and reformatory schools, Mother and Baby Homes, and County Homes, each of which operated alongside the Magdalene Laundries. All together this system confined more than one percent of the Irish population, a staggering rate that outstrips the current rate of mass incarceration in the United States. The Magdalene Laundries targeted women, and the actions that could necessitate a woman’s reform were vast: wearing a short skirt, smoking, defiance, or pregnancy out of wedlock. Women were taken off the street, admitted by their families, or sent by the state. Once a woman entered the system it was almost impossible to leave. Louise Brangan pulls back the curtain on the insecurities of a young nation, showing that Ireland believed that if women could be controlled so could an entire populace. She shares the stories of the girls who were kept there: Eileen, born into a Mother and Baby Home; Carmel, forced to take a new name when she entered the Laundries; and Brigid, so broken by twenty-seven years of confinement that she discovered she was unsuited to life in everyday society after her release. These stories taken directly from the historical record restore the dignity of the women who were sent away and re-contextualize the decades that the Laundries acted as a de facto jail for Irish women. This has remained one of the darkest and most misunderstood periods of recent history. The Fallen compels readers to not only confront this shameful past but to ask a deeper question: What do we choose to remember?

Childhood neighbors, enemies, best friends, lovers, enemies, Sires lineman Terrence Ford and his ex-wife, Krystle, have meant all these things to each other. Once believing their union was indestructible, they find themselves unhappily apart. Maybe what they see as an ending is really the beginning of a stronger bond and a deeper understanding of what love really is. Holding is a novel that offers intimacy, healing, and forever.