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Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to holidaymakers and move into the apartment above the bakery they own. The apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and, despite the cramped quarters, it still feels like home. Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel and Fannie, pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bedrest, leaving her seven-year-old daughter, Gussie, in Esther’s care.

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a 15-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

Four "delightfully twisted" scripted stories by Erin Mallon are now available as a bundle.

When their best friend Merilee lands in jail, Janet and Molly naturally rush to her aid. But when the two girls find out that Merilee has been accused of murdering her own mother, they realize that the only way to help her is to find the real killer! The mystery takes the three friends back and forth from their artsy neighborhood in Dallas, to the Old West town of Shotgun City, to a ranch so big you could get lost in it.

School is out! Lizzie can't wait to join her two best summer friends, Natty and Heidi, at their cottages in the woods for a few months of canoeing, fishing, and exploring. Things she's done every summer since she was little.

The friendliness of small-town life doesn’t appeal to 12-year-old Sophie, who has recently moved to Mariposa from the big city. Despite herself, she ends up making friends with two other adventurous seventh graders. Upon their discovery of an ancient Wishing Tree, they accidentally unleash the tree’s evil powers and turn the once-thriving town of Mariposa into a shadow of its former self.

Jasper and his family enjoy living in the Amazon jungle. It’s full of family, friends, and adventures. Knowing their sister, Piper, will soon learn how to fly will only add to the fun this family of birds will embark on. The brothers, Jasper and Willie, are growing up in this wonderland of colors, sounds, and smells. They will need to rely on each other and friends as a strange new animal turns into a new buddy, while another can disrupt their lives forever.

Karrine's been busy solving mysteries and needs a vacation. So, she heads for California for a long-overdue visit with her family. Fate has another plan for Karrine as she and her family attend the State Fair, and run head on into another mystery. Someone is knocking people to the ground and stealing purses.

Set in central Florida, Broken tells the story of Riley Barrie, a high school senior, living within the confines of her survivalist father’s chain-link fence. Riley battles both the effects war has had on her father, and the harassment of the bullies who plague her on the bus and at school