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Thea Erickson, a renowned surgeon, is filled with both joy and grief as her family gathers at their home on a summer night in 1995. Her elder daughter Phoebe is getting married, but even the happiness of the day feels bittersweet, as Thea grapples with a terminal cancer diagnosis. She worries she won’t be around to support her younger daughter Astra, who’s still in college, but even Thea cannot foresee what is to come—a terrible accident the night of the wedding that changes Astra’s life forever.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bellwoods Game comes an eerie illustrated middle grade novel about a girl whose new friend and neighbor may have moved into a haunted house. Some spirits never leave. When a new family moves into the creepy old house across the street...

Ruby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it's clear that music has publicly dumped her. Now Ruby is suddenly just...Ruby. And who is that again? All she knows is that she wants away from the world of classical music for good.

When IT Manager Mia Connors discovers a murder victim in the lake inside her gated community, she’s horrified to learn the man was a friend of another resident—her grandma! Worse, her new beau and sexy US Marshal, Jake Archer, believes the victim had a number of dangerous enemies. And based on the man’s final location, he led them straight to Horseshoe Falls. Now, Mia and Jake are teaming up to find the killer and protect the community. Can they get the job done before the next victim appears?

Senior year isn’t supposed to end like this—with the death of a fellow student. Now, instead of fun times with good friends, there is fear and mourning. The girl who was to be crowned queen of the annual Peach Blossom Festival has been brutally murdered, leaving behind a trail of broken bonds and malicious rumors in her wake . . .

With a suspect who has confessed to the murder of the Peach Blossom Queen behind bars, the cloud over Paradiso, California, has lifted. Along with everyone else, high school senior and part-time sleuth Hope Hubbard is relieved to move on from the tragedy and flurry of false accusations. When the new Peach Blossom Queen is announced, the longshot winner realizes that it’s no fun being celebrated by the town when someone you’ve known your whole life is behind bars.

The town of Paradiso, California, is abuzz during the lead-up to its annual Peach Blossom Festival. This year, the theme is the 1950s, so the locals are already calling the soon-to-be-named queen, “Peggy Sue” after the Buddy Holly song. The four finalists are all seniors at the high school, with an equal chance of winning the crown—or dying . . .

The fall Renaissance Faire is in full swing, and Mia Connors is back in action, helping her family with their holistic beauty booth for the season. She’s thrilled for the distraction because life is so good she’s practically forgotten about Jake Archer, the undercover US Marshal who accused her of murder then stole her heart three months ago. Too bad he vanished without warning the second the case was closed. When a customer is fatally poisoned at her family’s booth, and Jake reappears to point the finger at Mia—for the second time, she’s not sure which occurrence is more shocking.