Alfie is at his wit’s end. After months of waking up to his twin daughters claiming there’s a man in their room, they suddenly claim that this “man” is their new best friend. A friend that takes them on adventures. They fly to the moon on his back. They explore the plumbing with him when he’s a fish. They snuggle in bed with him when he’s a bear. But try as he might, Alfie can’t play along with the invisible friend. He tries. He tries his best. Because he knows that this is a coping mechanism to recover from their mother’s sudden death in the basement. When Alfie’s patience runs short, he calls his sister-in-law, a therapist, for help. She talks to the girls and claims it’s a natural outlet for their grief until they say something that’s eerily familiar. Something that makes her think she has more of a hand in what is happening. When the history of the house and her family’s religious affiliation comes back into play, she begins to worry that the man her nieces are setting a place at the table for might not just be in their heads.

Faith didn’t want it to come, but it did. Just as she dreamt it the night before. The frozen lake swallows her brother, sucked under when the ice breaks. His cold body pulled out moments later, but it was too late. When word gets out that she saw it all happen, Faith is viewed as a pariah. She and her mom are removed from the family’s travel circus. They can’t take a chance. The last time someone had the sight, people died. It’s a curse. A plague. And everyone who joins the circus has to promise that nothing of this charlatan nature will ever be done. Years later, Faith has returned. She performs every night, that fateful day a thing of the past. And it will stay that way if she keeps her eye patch on. But when one of the other circus performers collapses during a performance, Faith tries to ease her friend’s pain by telling her that her father won’t die that night. Word gets out what she’s done, and soon Faith is shunned again, forced to provide for her ailing mother. Desperate, nothing stops her from using her gift again for money. Each time takes its toll, begging her to question where the gift is from and why she is suddenly seeing herself in the visions.

All Shesheshen was trying to do was hibernate. But then, three men had to come and disturb her slumbers in the name of killing her. She didn’t mean to be a monster. Absorbing humans was how she survived, using their bones and skulls to form a body and pretend to be human. Now she’s awake, and she can’t go back to sleep. And she’s hungry. So hungry. Something that happens when a person wakes up too early. Heading to town in hopes of feeding, Shesheshen is discovered in her weakened state and forced to flee. She stumbles into a ravine and is left for dead. Luckily, a traveler stumbles upon her, nursing her back to health. Mistaken for a human and not the evil monster that roams the woods, Shesheshen begins to grow attached to her new friend and their kind-hearted nature. So much so, that she can see them as amazing parents, not someone to absorb into herself. But can she ignore her monstrous nature, find love instead of food, and help the traveler release her own curse?

Three mutilated bodies have been found in the woods. One, a perfectly clean skeleton. Another missing its eyes and tongue. And the third one with his rib cage perfectly cracked open. No one can figure out what happened. Seven months earlier,  Clay might have just found it, the thing that will let him complete his dissertation — an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness. Now, he just has to hike in and document this discovery. Enlisting the help of his friends, the four of them set out one March day. Dylan can’t believe her luck either. After getting a brand deal with Pretzel, Clay invited her to be a part of his discovery giving her a chance to stake her claim in the climbing world. She can ascend a new route. Claim it as her own. Even name it. And Pretzel is even sponsoring the trip. All she needs to do is document it for her fans. At first, everything is going well. The research is practically writing itself and Dylan’s body responds perfectly to the climbing. But disaster strikes when their dog goes missing. And then Dylan catches an unlucky break and falls. And then they can’t find their way out even with the GPS. And then Dylan’s boyfriend starts to see things. And why has their food been ripped apart?

It’s been a year and Cin has returned home, bringing with her a hoard of demons that claim to be safe. But they’re causing a ruckus in Brie’s hometown. Especially a specific werewolf that might be reacting to the love potion Brie accidentally hit him in the head with after a very obsessed human tried to get her to drink it. But why does she have to be the one to suffer for that idiot’s horrible actions? Now the werewolf won’t leave her alone, claiming that it’s not the love potion making his heart beat. He’s really in love with her. Actually, mated is the term he used. Brie is forced to wait out the potion’s effects as her town begins to spiral from the disappearances of three women from the town. Could the new demon neighbors be to blame, or is something more sinister hoping to tear down the thin line of peace between humans and demons?

When the king is a god, how do you kill him? You employ a poison maiden, a strong arm, a thief, his brother, and the crown’s spymaster. But from the beginning, their plan is fraught with peril. From pirates to assassins, the crew struggles to even arrive at the king’s side to pull off the coo of the century — putting the king’s brother on the throne. Questions begin to swirl about trusting each other as each one has their own reason for seeking the king’s death. Can vengeance keep them united? Can they bring harmony to their home where the rich rule and the poor barely survive? 

Diana Boyle, a wealthy young widow, has no desire to ever marry again. Particularly not to someone who merely wants her for her fortune. So when she discovers that she’s listed in a directory of rich, single women she is furious, and rightly so. She confronts Maxwell Dean, the man who published the Bachelor’s Directory , and is horrified to find he is far more attractive than his actions have led her to expect. However, Diana is unmoved by Max’s explanation that he authored the list to assist younger sons like himself who cannot afford to marry unless it’s to a woman of means. She gathers the ladies in the directory together to inform them of its existence, so they may circumvent fortune hunters’ efforts to trick them into marriage. Though outraged, the women decide to embrace their unique position of power and reverse the usual gender roles by making the men dance to their tune. And together… the ladies rewrite the rules. - Goodreads

In a world where demons are feared, what do you do when you accidentally save one and he shows up to family breakfast the next day? Or when the same demon tells you that your entire society is wrong? That demons aren’t the bad guys. No. It’s just the goddess you’ve been worshipping for centuries. Or that he’s hot as hell and loves your cooking? As the only human who knows the truth, Cin is tasked with helping the demon kill the sorceress that’s been enslaving his people. Either that, or he kills her family. And he says that demons aren’t the evil short.

Daphne has a new roommate, but not by choice. After getting dumped by her fiance after his bachelor party for his “I’ve never had feelings for her” best friend, Daphne has been forced to move in with the “best friend’s” ex, Miles. Now she’s counting down the days till she can leave town while trying to live around the other lost soul in the apartment. This town had never been hers — she moved there for Peter. She never had friends of her own — they were Peters. And now she’s hunting for jobs back home. But she’s not prepared to be sucked into Miles’s orbit when she lies about a new relationship to her ex. Or kissing Mile’s when they run into Peter. Or spending every Sunday with Miles so he can show her his version of the town. Suddenly, the lines between what is fake and what is real blur as their shared trauma bubbles to the surface. Both suffering from abandonment, they might be the only two people who can save each other.

What would you do if your car died and a woman yelled at you to run? That’s exactly the position Mina is in. Tasked on delivering a bird for a friend, her car dies out on the road, trees on both sides and her phone won’t work. She sets out to find help only to find a woman yelling at her to run. As the light in the forest dims, she runs into a concrete building and is ushered through another door before the lady locks it quickly. What Mina finds inside are two other people and a wall of glass. A single light hangs above them. And then the screams come. Horrible sounds make Mina want to curl in a corner and hide. She can’t see anything through the glass except her reflection, while on the other side, the monsters watch them.