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  The Pattern

  Jane Peart

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  Johanna Shelby could never have anticipated where that "fateful encounter" would lead her.  She could not have known then how love for the young, rough-hewn, mountain doctor would cause her to turn her back on her privileged lifestyle, threaten to estrange her from her family, and bring her to the wild mountains of Appalachia.  If she had known . . . But no!  Nothing could hold her back.  Not her adoring, worried parents.  Not her snooty, so-called "friends."  Not even her own flashes of doubt and fear.  No, this love would not be denied.  It was part of a larger pattern -like the pattern of one of the family quilts her aunts and cousins met weekly to stitch.  Into those quilts went not just fabric, but meanings and memories; and when they were finished, the were more than just quilts- they were life stories.  Johanna did not know what the future held.  But she trusted God. . . And she knew that he would cause her own family quilt to be rich and beautiful -a pattern like no other.

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  Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for...

  George MacDonald

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  Open the antique desk, find the hidden fairy, and cross the threshold into a world where dreams are fatal and shadows come alive. 
  On the morning of his twenty-first birthday, Anodos opens an ancient secretary desk and unwittingly unlocks a portal to Fairy Land. Suddenly, his waking life is washed away by a mystical river, and he is thrust into a sprawling, surreal wilderness. Here, the flora and fauna are sentient, and beauty is inextricably tangled with mortal danger. Betrayed by the hollow Alder-maiden and hunted by the vampiric, shape-shifting Ash-tree, Anodos must navigate enchanted forests, brave the curse of an unshakable shadow demon, and awaken a beautiful woman trapped in alabaster marble. With a mysterious Red Knight crossing his path and a landscape that tests his very soul, Anodos must discover if he can survive the temptations of a realm that seeks to consume him body and spirit. 
  Why you will love this: As a foundational pillar of the Fantasy genre, this dark, allegorical quest weaves epic portal fantasy elements with timeless mythological tropes. Fans of atmospheric world-building, romantic fairy tales, gothic settings, and deeply psychological hero journeys will be swept away by its poetic prose and dreamlike horror. 
  About the Author: George MacDonald (1824–1905) was a pioneering Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister whose mythic storytelling laid the groundwork for modern fantasy literature. His visionary works directly influenced and mentored literary giants such as Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

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  The Murder of Mr Ma

  SJ Rozan, John Shen Yen Nee

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  London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up.  
   
  Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims? 
   
  Blending traditional gong’an crime fiction with the most iconic aspects of the Sherlock Holmes canon, Dee and Lao’s first adventure is as thrilling and visual as an action film, as imaginative and transportive as a timeless classic. 
   
  “Fans of Sherlock Holmes, devotees of intricate crime, and lovers of historical London will thrill over The Murder of Mr. Ma … With a plot as clever as Chinese veteran of WWI turned independent investigator Dee, and pacing as light-footed as the martial artists engaged in the frequent fisticuffs, this case has it all—even romance and authentic food, if you can stomach such things. I’m only miffed because I don’t know when the next in the series will land on my doorstep.”—Lyndsay Faye, author of Dust and Shadow

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  Berenice

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Berenice — A Tale. Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that.
  Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow, its hues are as various as the hues of that arch, as distinct too, yet as intimately blended. Overreaching the wide horizon like the rainbow! How is it that from Beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness? — from the covenant of Peace a simile of sorrow? But thus is it. And as, in ethics, Evil is a consequence of Good, so, in fact, out of Joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been. I have a tale to tell in its own essence rife with horror — I would suppress it were it not a record more of feelings than of facts.

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  Working for the CEO

  Emily Hayes

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  I want you to work for me. You will wear the exact clothes I send you and you will do exactly what I ask of you . . .  
   
   
   
  Alice's life is a mess. She's lost her job and her girlfriend, and she doesn't know how she will pay her rent next month. 
   
   
   
  She meets a much older wealthy stranger from a dating app for a hook up and the next day she receives a message from this stranger offering her a job. Alice will be the new personal assistant to the CEO Joanne Morgan. The only catch is that she has to wear the exact sexy clothes her new boss chooses for her while she's at work. 
   
   
   
  Alice finds herself tangled up in office games that turn her on more and more. Joanne Morgan is a stone-cold Ice Queen, so why is Alice so into her? It is getting harder and harder to focus on work and Alice knows her boss doesn't do relationships. 
   
   
   
  Can Alice find a way to charm the Ice Queen CEO beyond the purely physical and get her own happy ever after? 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  A Study in Scarlet part 2 -The...

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Before Sherlock Holmes could solve the murder in London, a tragic tale of survival, love, and ruthless betrayal unfolded in the deadly deserts of the American West. 
  In the arid wilderness of the Great Alkali Plain, John Ferrier and his adopted daughter Lucy face certain death until they are rescued by a massive caravan of Mormon pioneers. Brought to the newly founded Salt Lake City, they build a prosperous life—until the shadowy, iron-fisted dictates of a secret society demand Lucy's hand in a forced marriage. When the fierce, free-spirited hunter Jefferson Hope attempts to rescue the woman he loves, he triggers a brutal cat-and-mouse chase across the rocky ravines of Utah. 
  What begins as a desperate fight for freedom transforms into an obsessive, decades-long quest for retribution. Tracking his enemies across continents, a broken man will stop at nothing to enact his own devastating justice, leading straight into the hands of a consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes. 
  Why you will love this: Blending a sweeping Historical Mystery / Western aesthetic with the birth of detective fiction, this narrative shines a light on tropes of relentless revenge, pioneer survival, and hidden cults. It masterfully bridges the gap between a gritty western frontier thriller and an atmospheric Victorian police procedural. 
  About the Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who forever changed the literary landscape by creating Sherlock Holmes. His brilliant fusion of rigorous logical deduction and pulse-pounding adventure established the foundation for the modern detective genre.

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