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4 a.m., New York City. A silent disaster. There is no flash of light, no crumbling, no quaking. Each person in New York wakes up on an unfamiliar block when the buildings all switch locations overnight. The power grid has snapped, thousands of residents are missing, and the Empire State Building is on Coney Island—for now. The next night, it happens again. Esme Green and Arjun Varma work for the City of New York’s Emergency Management team and are tasked with disaster response for “The Unmapping.”

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.” Step into the dazzling, deceptive world of the 1920s—a world bathed in champagne, jazz, and whispered secrets. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald invites us to peer beyond the shimmering curtain of the American Dream, exposing the illusions that lie at its glittering heart. This is not just a love story. It is a haunting elegy for a generation intoxicated by wealth, ambition, and the desperate need to reinvent oneself.

Seventeen-year-old Camryn Piers has only one goal in mind: graduate high school and get as far away from Monroe as she possibly can. Camryn has a vision for her young life, and it doesn’t involve getting caught up like most of her peers. She wants to become a Journalist and one day write a best-selling novel or two. Camryn’s a good girl who only wants the best for herself and works hard to achieve her goals without the distraction of boys and the issues that come with them. She was perfectly fine being the single virgin who never had a boyfriend in her life. In walks Aasim, or Ace, as ...

Prison buddies Billy Good and Jackie Walker made time pulling small jobs here and there. Not a bad living if you liked scraping by. The thing to worry about was the next fix. Nothing else mattered. When Billy and Jackie fell in with Kenyatta, a ghetto lord ready to take back the streets, they thought they'd hit the big time. Dealing with drug pushers and crooked cops in the name of justice sure felt good, but in a world where "kindness was the sweetest con of all", every bullet fired echoed with the sound of payback.

Former "player" Terrell thinks he's got it going on. Then the past comes calling, and suddenly his best prospects are endangered.

Fizz discovered that Riah was pregnant and had one question: was it his? Just when things seemed as though they were coming together, they started falling apart. Riah was holding resentment against Fizz because she thought he cheated. Could it be that someone was trying to tear them apart? With lies and betrayal between the two, can they keep it together and have a happily ever after? Dozer and De’Kiya’s relationship has really taken a great turn. They had become the ideal couple, but someone is out to sabotage their relationship. When shit hits the fan, will they sustain the lies and ...

Spanning six decades of the 1800s, this mesmerizing story is a fictional biography of Marie Laveau - one of the most haunting characters in New Orleans’ history. Part of a long line of voodoo priestesses and healers, Marie tells of the mystery, passion, and violence that pattern her life. Like her grandmother, Marie sees visions from an early age. She never knew her mother, who practiced a spiritualism so potent she was murdered by those who feared her.

I’ve been kidnapped, bound, and forced into marriage with a Mafia silver-fox who wants more than just my body—he wants my soul… Dominic Castellano is power incarnate—cold, ruthless, and magnetic. The moment our eyes meet at my father’s gala, something stirs inside me. Beneath his icy exterior is a hunger that sets my body on fire. Just as I start to succumb to him, Dominic storms into my Miami art studio, takes me captive, and drags me into his world. His touch is rough, his kiss demanding. No matter how much I fight, I crave him more. On our wedding day, everything unravels. ...

New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey returns to a character he created in his celebrated novel of erotic daring, Pleasure. Four years have passed in the life of Nia Simone Bijou, and she is approaching the height of her artistic powers. A film she has written is poised for international success, the studio is eager for a sequel, and the media are fascinated by her work. Yet her imaginative mind is wandering.

Even though Brynlee is a hood girl at heart, getting out the hood has always been number one on her to-do list. Now at the age of 25, she has done just that. Big house, dream job, and even engaged to her college boyfriend. She has it all, but she is consistently left wondering, am I really happy? Is my life complete? After getting into it with her fiancé Troy about the one thing she desires so desperately, she decides that it is time to let her hair down and escape reality for a while.

I married the head of the Bratva for my family’s sake. Now he wants to possess all of me. He’s much older than me, and I hate everything about him. But our marriage secures our alliance and protects my family. It’s just a business deal. Until we’re wed, and he drops all pretenses: He says I’m his now and treats me as his possession. I was naïve enough to think it would all be pretend play. But he’s obsessed with me and makes it clear that he wants all of me. He wants me to live in his house, lie in his bed, and give him babies. And if I don’t agree to his demands, he’ll ...

Some marriages may not begin with love. They end with it. Twenty-three-year-old, mild-mannered Jessie could only dream of love and the finer things in life. Her focus was on one thing and one thing only: her mother. Jessie's unwavering support has been especially crucial during her mother's battle with cancer. Whether it's accompanying her to medical appointments, helping with household chores, or simply being a source of strength and encouragement. When the financial burden had become too much, Jessie reached out to her father for assistance. Never in a million years did she think she ...

Malek Johnson's hustle is the basketball court, and he's the best Flint's projects has ever produced. He's on his way to the University of Michigan, but not for long, because all the NBA scouts say he's destined for the pros after a year or two of seasoning. Malek finds love in the super fine girl everyone calls Halleigh, and he promises her that he will take her out of the hood.

An all-new recording published for the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, this production presents the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with an introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

When you’re at the top, people question why. Zeek and Zoe moved to Staten Island to lay low, but instead found out that there was money to be made there. Wanting Ghost’s position in the street, they’re willing to do whatever to get it, including killing whoever means the most to him. When Zeek makes a call that he thought would end Ghost, but could possible end him too … what happens? Ghost wants to know who would try him and his family this way?

Could Shaylynn Ford be the perfect woman for Neil Taylor? Neil certainly thinks so. The problem is, he’s pretty sure he’s not her perfect man - that was her husband, Emmett, a wealthy politician who was assassinated eight years ago. Neil, the director of a Christian school, is gifted with a singing voice that can heal the sick and bring souls to Christ, but his own soul is burdened by his insecurities and past indiscretions. He feels like he’s in competition with the memory of Emmett - and Neil’s desperation to win Shaylynn’s heart may lead him to do something he may regret.

Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its eighth season in The Scotsman.

Coming of age in the Badlands of north Philadelphia - one of the toughest and poorest communities in the country - Tonya Morris has had to make some desperate and, at times, ruthless moves in her bid to survive. When she stepped into the unforgiving business of stripping, she found herself caught up in a world of sex-filled nights, dirty money, backstabbing cohorts, and murder. She left that world behind to become a hairstylist. However, after she is blacklisted from salons across Philadelphia, Tonya finds herself back in the stripping business.

One empire. Three men. The throne is at stake, and the Valentine brothers are presented with an opportunity of a lifetime. Their father, Domino, has decided to retire, leaving them with the chance to take over. One issue looms over their heads: which man is qualified to run the empire? Once a certain set of rules has been put in place, the Valentine brothers find themselves in a competition that produces a series of dangerous events. Deceit corrupts the family in a manner that they didn't see coming, and secrets are unveiled, leaving the brothers in a war against each other.

I accidentally spent the night with the head of the Bratva. And now I’m pregnant. After the worst week of my life, I let off some steam with a much older stranger. Little did I know that I’d be staring at two stripes on a pregnancy test. Little did I know that his next step is to force me to marry him. He says he needs an heir, and I’m carrying it. He says he’ll claim me as his mafia bride even though I don’t want to. The Bratva doesn’t accept no. The Bratva takes what it wants. And so the next thing I know, he’s got me blindfolded in the back of a van. His fingers on my ...