As people across the world wake one morning, they find a box waiting for them. Inside the box is a string. Every single person twenty-two years old or older receives a string - which tells them how long there life will be.

When Zelu gets fired from her teaching job and has her most recent book rejected by yet another publisher, she's feeling lower than ever. That night, she finally lets loose with nothing left to lose and writes a novel that will take the world by storm.

Adina was born to human parents, but she is anything but human. Sent here by her people to study humans, she is to report on them via an ancient fax machine until she receives the order by her superiors to return to her people.

Luisa's life was changed when she saw a postcard of C Jat's famous painting "The One of the Sea". What she doesn't understand is how no one else realizes that it's not really a painting of the sea at all, but of friendship.

Someone robs a bank. They don't want to, but they are out of other options. Unfortunately for them, they choose to rob a bank that doesn't actually carry cash and the calamity that follows changes their life and the lives of all the people they accidentally take hostage.

When Bodie Kane is invited to teach a short class on podcasting at her high school alma mater, she asks her students to come to the first class with an idea for what they would like to report on. One of those students decides to investigate the murder of a student in the 90's, who happened to be Bodie's roommate junior year.

In 1978, NASA announced that it was looking for astronaut candidates and they were opening their doors to women and people of color for the first time. Joan Goodwin applies and although she is not accepted at first, she does eventually get invited to the program. The training that she goes through teaches her more than she ever expected, including where it is that she truly belongs.

When Beth's brother-in-law shoots the animal that is killing their sheep, she has no idea that it will usher in the reintroduction of her first love and foreshadow the catastrophe that awaits them all.

Efi has been chosen to marry Eli, not by Eli himself but by his family - although he did agree. Now they just want her to lure him away from "that woman" and reconnect him with his family. They assure Afi that it won't be hard at all, she just needs to be patient.

Phoebe heads to the Cornwall Inn with one very specific task to perform but her plan is thrown into disarray when she realizes she is the only guest at the hotel not attending the upcoming wedding and when she meets the bride herself.

Two kids dream of making something that no one will ever forget and one summer, they do just that. But they realize that once it's out in the world, they're no longer in control as their little town loses its mind.

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker I was craving a novel that would make me think, maybe a bit of a thriller, and I really hit...

Lara tells her daughters the story of her past, of the time she spent as an actress, and her brief relationship with Peter Duke.

Leah's like is spinning out of control. Her best friend is distancing herself, her husband is always busy, and it's all Christine's fault.

Marcellus really is a remarkably bright creature, Tova would know. She's caught him creeping around the aquarium at night.

When Claire dies, her family is forced to pick up the pieces and finds something they never expected.

Carrie Soto is back in the game, and nobody else is happy about it.

What really happened to Anita de Monte when she fell out of a 33rd floor window, and why haven't we heard about her?

Chona and Nate do what they can to keep a little boy safe from the government.

Rosie has always wanted a daughter, but when she finally gets one, it's in a way that she did not expect.