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When a deranged murderer traps Jo and her friends in a defunct shopping center, their only chance of survival is to navigate the sprawling ruins of the mall and outwit the killer before they strike again. Tempest Theaters is closing: tonight is their last night. It's the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, cleaning up popcorn and mopping floors for the last...

December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with its historic fifty-seven second flight, their sister Katharine is back home in Dayton, Ohio, running the bicycle shop, teaching Latin, and looking after the family. A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual, and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she's frustrated...

"Neely's monsters don't always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she's in trouble. With a history of mental illness in her family, and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can't follow--the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend...

What happened to Eleanor? Through a miraculous turn of events, Debbie buys a fixer-upper craftsman-style home near the historic train depot. When she uncovers an old Victrola and a crate filled with WWII-era memorabilia, she pays a visit to Raymond, the longtime former homeowner. Among the items is a recording of a woman singing, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" with a handwritten label that says To Ray, With Love, Eleanor. Seeing it brings tears...

"A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined... Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community. Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community;...

Caring for her three elderly aunts and their farmhouse inn near Sugarcreek, Ohio, policewoman Rachel Troyer reluctantly takes in Joe Matthews and his young son. Will she be able to uncover Joe's secrets despite her aunts'--and her own--growing affection for him?

"A dying marriage. A heroic Amish midwife. A nameless baby girl. When Dr. Michael Reynolds gets an opportunity to take over a country veterinarian practice in Sugarcreek, Ohio, he jumps at it. His wife, Cassie, a Columbus attorney, is climbing the corporate ladder with lightning speed and refuses to go with him. Neither will compromise. An Amish midwife heroically saves a newborn when its mother is killed on Christmas morning. Horrified at where the...

"Join Debbie Albright and friends at the Dennison High School alumni party. A night of nostalgia takes a mysterious turn as a mini depot disappears, unraveling a web of intrigue and a decades-old mystery."--Publisher's description.

For the past few days, Debbie has noticed a mysterious man hanging around the depot, near the tracks. He is always standing in the same spot at the same time of day. She has seen him flipping between checking his watch, his phone, and every train that goes by. Curious, she finally decides to speak with him, but the next day he is gone! Instead, tucked in the lamppost next to where the mysterious man always stood, she finds a yellowed "Dear Jane" letter,...

"A steamy, riotous second-chance romance about a magical florist's unexpected reunion with her high school sweetheart . . . while she fake dates his soon-to-be stepbrother"--