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Thirty years have passed since Greta left Marchmont Hall, a grand and beautiful house nestled in the hills of rural Monmouthshire. But when she returns to the Hall for Christmas she has no recollection of her past association with it – the result of a tragic accident that has blanked out more than two decades of her life. Then, during a walk through the wintry landscape, she stumbles across a grave in the woods and the weathered inscription on the headstone tells her that a little boy is buried here.

It is the sweltering summer of 1997 when strait-laced, straight-A student Karen meets Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.She is drawn to her new friend’s carefree world of constant parties, and quickly abandons her old life to move into the crumbling Highgate mansion Biba shares with her brother Rex and a stream of lodgers. For a while, life is one long summer of love. But summer must end. And by the end of theirs, two people would be dead.

At a bleak boys boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when bullying is rife, Will and his best friend Luke are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving. Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of a painful childhood come flooding back to haunt them both. Will’s wife, Harmony, is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, and wishes Will would open up about what happened. But as Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband’s past.

For Julie Holt, travelling to the beautiful but ravaged coast of Biloxi, Mississippi, is a journey into a secret past, and a life she never expected.... Julie first knew loss at the age of 12, when her sister disappeared, never to be found. As her once close-knit family grew apart, Julie's mother obsessively searched for the girl, and when her mother died, Julie took up the search, never letting go of the hope. Then, at an art exhibition in New York, she meets Monica....

As a young bride, Susannah Page was rumored to be a Civil War spy for the North, a traitor to her Virginian roots. Her great-granddaughter Adelaide, the current matriarch of Holly Oak, doesn’t believe that Susannah’s ghost haunts the antebellum mansion looking for a pardon, but rather the house itself bears a grudge toward its tragic past.

A man walking his dog stumbles upon trees that cause disappearances, death, and mania. The Trees Swallow People tells the story of the narrator and his dog, Diva, as they witness disappearances, mania, and cult worship caused by a paddock of supernatural trees in a public park in a small Irish village.

The town of Rangeley, Maine is in an uproar: fingers are pointing in every direction. A pattern has started, and the local police department is finally paying attention and placing every piece they can find together.

Following the sudden death of Sebby’s mother, his father takes Sebby to live in the family’s summerhouse, hoping it will give them both time and space to recover. But Sebby’s father deteriorates in this new isolation, leaving Sebby struggling to understand his mother’s death alone, dreaming and even reliving moments of her life. He ultimately reaches out to a favorite teacher back home and to two nearby children who force him out of the void of the past and help him to exist in the present.

Lonely Lily Phelps is orphaned and in debt at 17 - but that's not the worst of her problems. Her dark past, hidden even to her, causes her to see ghosts. This scared, naïve girl must grow up fast in a rural community if she is to find work, love, and build a future. She learns to cope, but the weight of the past threatens everything she loves. Because of her terrible secret, Lily must protect her family from the worst danger of all - herself.

Gemma Louise Coldiron has two personalities. One is herself - easygoing, curious, and travel-hungry. The other is a dictatorial other half named Tansy, who only lets Gemma come out of their Victorian mansion to do the shopping every two weeks. Gemma also has amnesia, and Tansy’s too busy painting macabre art to be forthcoming about their past. The town speaks to Gemma about a “Mr. Hardin”, and it doesn’t take her long to learn she was married to the oil tycoon before he mysteriously went missing.

Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of the small town of Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible loss and their place in it. In this brilliantly written novel, one girl's story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her.

El protagonista de esta historia, un hombre de sesenta años, se ve sentado en una plaza pensando en Amalia, su amor, al tiempo que sostiene una carta en que su hermano le escribe la noticia de la enfermedad que sufre y que probablemente lo ha de llevar a la muerte. Le molesta esperar a su amada cuando programan una cita: se exaspera y rabia, pero, sin embargo, en un gesto de alteridad, reconoce su error y se propone enmendarlo.

Based on a true story, get to know author Abigail Gazda’s mind through her first fictional narrative, Talking to the Trees. Dealing with debt, a breakup, and a dead-end job have taken their toll on Maddy, who craves more for herself and her life but feels stuck and hopeless. After failing to find her answers and worth in achievements, relationships, income, and titles, this dynamic character begins to realize that there is more to life than what fits on her resume. She finally answers the call to take a trip into nature after she is met by her guardian angel.

Back in the 1970s, a series of bizarre incidents occurred at what has since been known as "The Devil Tree". Beneath this ancient denizen, evil was wrought by a sick serial killer, calling upon forces most evil and dark. People were hung there...and bodies buried there...exhumed by the police. Overcome by superstition, some tried to cut down the tree. Since then, it has stood in a remote section of a local park - left to its own devices and quiet in its eerie repose - until now!

Lane's friend, Morgan, has fallen down a mine airshaft. In an attempt to save him, Larry becomes trapped as well. In the black inky darkness, Larry carries on a one-sided conversation hoping they both can stay alive until rescuers get to them. Meanwhile, Lane's mother and father are using this disaster to advance their own separate goals. Timing is everything! For the two below ground, time is running out and everyone knows it. For the two above ground, Lane's parents, well, time will tell!