Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost, and, after meeting the beautiful Swamp Angel, he determines to find out about his past.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Archie and Me Jumbo Comics #14, 225 pages
BRAND NEW LEAD “Gone in a Flashdrive” Archie has been up all night working on a school report—unfortunately his dog, Vegas, mistakes the flashdrive he saved the work on for a toy! Will Archie be able to save his work or has it gone to the dogs?
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Archie and Me Comics Digest #12, 125 pages
BRAND NEW LEAD “Santa Sleighed!” When Santa’s sleigh breaks down on Christmas Eve, the only place big enough to harbor Santa and all his reindeer is the Lodge mansion! How will this affect Christmas? And more importantly, will the gang get their gifts on time?
Are You Being Served? by Adrian Rigelsford, Anthony Brown Y Geoff Tibballs, 212 pages
races the history of the popular British comedy series, and offers plot summaries for all 69 episodes
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman, 218 pages
In response to a desperate SOS, Kadi Hopkirk flies to the African country of Ubangiba, where her childhood friend, Sammat, is soon to be crowned king. Mrs. Pollifax, reluctant to allow the girl to venture alone into what she fears may be grave danger, crashes the party.
On arrival, Kadi and Mrs. P. soon discover that Sammat has dangerous enemies. Rumors are springing up that he is a sorcerer who is responsible for a rash of shocking murders in which the victims appear to have been clawed to death by a lion. These crimes are especially terrifying because there are no lions in Ubangiba. So Mrs. Pollifax wades into the fray, hunting for the source of the bloody terrorism that threatens Sammat and Ubangiba—not to mention Kadi and Mrs. Pollifax...
If You Give a Grump a Holiday Wishlist by Ann Einerson, 202 pages
Should I have trusted my tyrannical boss when he promised he’d get me home for the holidays? Absolutely not.
He gassed up his private jet and decided he’d be joining me so we could close this massive deal before the new year.There are three conditions to him coming home with me:
1. My family can’t know that he’s my boss (See note above about him being a tyrant)
2. I will absolutely be getting a big fat raise
3. He has to help me with my holiday wishlist
What’s worse than my boss stealing Christmas? Him pretending to be my boyfriend.
Since he’s faking being in love with me, my mom put us together in my childhood bedroom with just one bed to share.
When the mistletoe comes out, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if my hot as coal boss and I were underneath.
Jack Sinclair is nothing but determined to get everything he wants this Christmas and it looks like I’m at the top of his list.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Archie and Me Comics Digest #13, 125 pages
BRAND NEW LEAD “Buy or Bye-Bye!” When everyone participates in a Secret Santa that involves buying an inexpensive gift for someone, Archie’s faced with a how do you buy something cheap for someone like Veronica Lodge?
Theirs For the Holidays by Eva Ashwood, 418 pages
I didn’t mean to tell my entire family that I’m dating my ex’s three older brothers…
But to be fair, the lie wasn’t even my fault. When my ex asked if I’d be bringing a plus-one to his holiday wedding (to my sister, by the way—don’t even get me started about that), I did what any self-respecting woman would do and said of course.I probably should’ve been prepared for followup questions, but when my ex asked who I’m dating, I drew a complete blank.
That’s when his three gorgeous older brothers spoke up… at the same time.
Now my family thinks I’m dating all three of them, and Lennox, Rhett, and Sawyer are staying in my too-small house for the holidays. To make things even more complicated, they don’t seem to get along at all, and I maaay have given my v-card to Lennox six years ago before he ghosted me after one night.
I don’t have time for this! My life is chaotic enough as it is, trying to keep my tiny bakery afloat during the Christmas rush. The last thing I need is Sawyer eyeing my curves as if he actually appreciates them, Rhett barging in on me while I’m doing something very naughty in the shower, and Lennox admitting that he hasn’t slept with anyone else since that night.
This is all supposed to be fake… even if the tension between us feels alarmingly real.
I already fell for one Sullivan brother and got my heart broken. What would happen if I dare to let myself fall for three?
Friday, December 19, 2025
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, 377 pages
The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family--a minister, his wife, and four sons, Fritz, Ernest Francis, and Jack--who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued.
Archie and Me Comics Digest #2, 125 pages
In the BRAND NEW holiday story "Jingles Jangle," Jingles the elf loses his holiday powers due to a spell cast by Sugarplum -- so his only choice is to take up residence with Archie!
Archie's Funhouse Summer Annual #21, 125 pages
Spotty, Little Archie's dog, becomes unexplainably sick and stays that way until he hears Little Archie reminiscing about him with Little Betty -- especially when he hears Betty suggest that Archie might need a cat like her Caramel for company! This story begs to answer the Do our pets really understand what we say?
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Oh, What Fun by Chandler Baker, 47 pages
Everyone is home for the holidays, clamoring for all the Christmas cheer only their mother can whip up. They can already smell the chestnuts roasting—or is that Mom’s hair on fire? From a New York Times bestselling author comes a laugh-out-loud short story for any mom who’d rather wreck the halls.
Tyler, Channing, and Sammy Clauster have descended on their childhood home, with significant others and four-year-old twins in tow, for another good old-fashioned Christmas. Overwhelming holiday magic, as always, comes courtesy of their mom, Claire. They know she’s thrilled to cook, wrap gifts, decorate, accommodate, play games, overprepare every Christmas Eve Eve Eve tradition, and still let Dad be known as the Fun One. It’s her thing, right? Maybe the family should have paid closer attention. Because this year, something is a little off-key—and it’s not just the carols.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Christmas With Louisa May Alcott, 64 pages
Features two Christmas-themed stories: “A Christmas Dream," and "How It Came to Be True,” a tale inspired by Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol," and his short story, “How It Happened.”
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, 299 pages
Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at "The Aunt Hill" after the death of her beloved father. Six aunts fussing and fretting over her are bad enough, but what is a quiet 13-year-old girl to do with seven boisterous boy cousins? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything. Much to the horror of her aunts, Rose's forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage and lots of adventures with her mischievous but loving cousins, Rose begins to bloom.
Written by the beloved author of Little Women, Eight Cousins is a masterpiece of children's literature. This endearing novel offers readers of all ages an inspiring story about growing up, making friends, and facing life with strength and kindness.
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow, 179 pages
On her homestead in the middle of twenty million acres of national Park, Aleut P.I. Kate Shugak is caught up in spring cleaning, unaware that just miles away a man's sanity is breaking. When the sound of gunfire finally dies away, nine of his neighbors lie dead in the snow. But did he kill all nine, or only eight? The ninth victim was killed with a different weapon. It's up to Kate and her husky-wolf sidekick Mutt to untangle the life of the dead blonde with the tarnished past and find her killer. It won't be easy; every second Park rat had a motive. Was it one of her many spurned lovers? Was a wife looking for revenge? Or did a deal with an ivory smuggler go bad? Even Trooper Jim Chopin, the Park's resident state trooper, had a history with the victim. Kate will need every ounce of determination to find the truth before Alaska metes out its own justice....
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Of Magic & Reindeer by Maya Nicole, 350 pages
Neve North has zero Christmas spirit.
She hates the cold, won't touch cookies, and rolls her eyes at anything remotely festive. As far as she's concerned, the holidays can choke on a candy cane.
But when she catches reindeer eating someone's rooftop garden and watches them shift into men, everything changes. Suddenly nine strangers are at her door to call a herd meeting.
They think Neve is the key to saving everything, but she can’t remember ever having set foot in Santa’s Village. Or that her Arctic researcher dad is Santa Claus.
Now she has to survive “Christmas Spirit Restoration Activities,” and the kind of North Pole traditions no HR department would ever approve…
She might hate Christmas, but her magic and nine reindeer are about to deck her halls anyway.
Archie Comics Digest Christmas Stocking, 125 pages
You’ll be CHASING after this special issue! Betty and Veronica spread some joy…before turning on one another! Add in a tropical fish, Jughead eating Christmas decorations, and you’ve got a totally normal day in Riverdale! All this and more timeless tales from the world of Archie in BETTY & VERONICA #40 from 1959, faithfully reprinted in a full-facsimile edition!
Archie & Friends Double Digest #24, 125 pages
Ever wanted to make a difference in your home town? Archie and friends can relate! Inspired to renovate the very first general store established in Riverdale, the gang all pitch in to refurbish the historical landmark. However, when a greedy businessman pulls the mayor's strings to have it condemned so he can turn a profit, publicity-savvy Veronica vows to get the media on their side to expose the corrupt deal and fight city hall in the process! Will they succeed in keeping Pickens General Store intact for future generations to enjoy?
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, 368 pages
It's the following Thursday.
Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life.
As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn't that be a bonus?
But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn't bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can The Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?
Sunday, December 7, 2025
The Unnatural Habitat of a Cat Lady by Dani Elias, 334 pages
You should never judge a book by its cover.
Amelia ’s been dubbed a "cat lady" by her friends and family, but hang on to your knickers because Amelia is about to discover desires that are anything but fitting for a cat lady.
And who is offering to show her a new world of kink? It's none other than Ben , the one man who broke her heart two decades ago.
What can possibly go wrong? Get ready for some good laughs but be pre-warned that this is not a closed-door romance and there may be some pearl-clutching moments for some readers.
Scrooged for the Holidays by Kayla Grosse, 427 pages
GREER MALLORY doesn’t believe in fate, magic, or Christmas miracles. She believes in money, power, and keeping her “Ice Queen” heart frozen solid.
But when a snowstorm lands her in the hidden mountain town of Elysian Pines three nights before Christmas, she meets MALACHI, REMIEL, and SAMAEL—three men who aren’t just handsome, they’re something... otherworldly.
As things heat up between them, and visions of her past, present, and future grow impossible to ignore, Greer finds her Scrooge-like ways beginning to crack.
But will her time in Elysian Pines be enough to thaw her cold exterior?
Or will she let herself stay frozen for good?
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest #128, 125 pages
THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO THE "NEW LOOK" STORY, "BREAKUP BLUES"
THE INTRIGUING TALE WHERE MIDGE & MOOSE'S ROMANCE HANGS IN THE BALANCE!"Breakup Blues, Part 4": For the past three issues, Archie and his friends have been dealing with the unimaginable: the breakup of Midge and Moose! In the aftermath, Midge started seeing Reggie and Moose began dating Judy Johnson. The status quo of Riverdale High's circle of friends was severely shaken, but that didn't stop the former couple's friends from doing what they could to get the pair back together. Their efforts weren't always successful, but they still haven't given up hope. The fourth and final installment brings everything together as the kids convene at an exclusive dance club to boogie the night away... and hopefully bring Moose and Midge back together once and for all! And they're about to get some help from an unlikely source. Will true love persevere and save the day? Be sure to reserve your copy so you can find out! The romantic intrigue is served up in the "realistic" art style that made both Betty and Veronica's "Bad Boy Trouble" and Jughead's "Matchmakers" some of the most talked-about Archie stories in recent years! Veteran penciller Tod Smith and journeyman inker Al Milgrom carry on that popular style in what has surely been the most explosive Archie Comics story to date!
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Dirtbag Queen by Andy Corren, 288 pages
So began Andy Corren's unforgettable obituary for his mother, Renay Mandel Corren, in her hometown paper The Fayetteville Observer, a tribute that went on to touch the hearts of millions around the globe. In his brief telling of the life and legend that was Renay, a “loud, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed) Jewish lady redneck who birthed six kids—some of whom she even knew,” Andy captured only a slice of his loving and fabulously unconventional mother.
His obituary for Renay was just the tip of the iceberg. In this uproariously funny, deeply moving family portrait, readers meet the rest of his absurd his brothers, affectionately nicknamed Asshole (whose terrible attitude permeates every room he enters), Twin (held back a year and constantly mistaken for Andy despite the fact that they look nothing alike), and Rabbi (the only one who had a Bar Mitzvah); his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister, Cathy Sue (a teen bride who lost an eye to a Pepsi bottle); and then there’s the mysterious Bonus, who Andy isn’t aware of until later in life since this mysterious oldest brother grew up at the Green Valley School for Emotionally Disturbed and Delinquent Children.A story of love and forgiveness, as well as a celebration of a woman who “didn't cook, didn't clean, and was lousy with money” but was “great at dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, filthy jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines," Dirtbag Queen is an entertaining and poignant portrayal of the complex and heartfelt humanity that unites us all—especially family.
Ice Planet Holiday by Ruby Dixon, 136 pages
All this snow and no holidays? What's a stranded human to do?
Create a new holiday, of course. Georgie and the other women decide to bring some new traditions and cheer to the sa-khui. More babies are born, presents are exchanged, and a new romance blossoms between a human woman desperate for a change, and the alien determined to protect her.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
The Reluctant Reaper by MaryJanice Davidson, 272 pages
What’s a death god to do …
A lot of twentysomethings might look forward to inheriting the family business. Amara Morrigan’s got zero interest in hers. The mantle she stands to assume is currently worn by her father, Death.Amara’s childhood included helplessly watching as her best friend and her favorite teacher were taken away. She knows her dad didn’t do it on purpose … it was just their time. But Amara refuses to accept the job. It’s bad enough that she can sense when the final moment will be for anybody she meets—including her best (and only) friend, Gray. He knows who she is, and he’s cool with it. And though he’s the funniest, kindest, most understanding guy she’s ever met, she can’t allow him to get any closer (however much she might want to), because his moment is coming all too soon.
But now her father is dying. Ominous portents she can’t ignore pull Amara home to Minot, North Dakota, where Death is comatose—something that shouldn’t be possible. Thank all the gods that Gray refuses to be left behind. Amara’s mother is a mess, and Gray gives her somebody to cook for while the other death gods are gathering.
Alas, there’s not enough lefse in all of North Dakota to fix the situation. With their options waning, Amara agrees to (temporarily!) take up her father’s mantel—but she has to figure things out, and fast, because there is no way she’s doing this forever.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal, 340 pages
Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she’s been holed up for more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for decades, and while Mariel’s grandmother embraced the business, seeing it as a saving grace, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the restaurant, skipping Florence, it created a rift between mother and daughter that never quite healed.
Ned is also an heir—to a chain of home-style diners—and while he doesn't have a head for business, he knows his family's chain could provide a better future than his wife's fading restaurant. In the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, Ned and Mariel lose almost everything they hold dear, and the hard-won victories of each family hang in the balance. With their dreams dashed, can one fractured family find a way to rebuild despite their losses, and will the Lakeside Supper Club be their salvation?In this colorful, vanishing world of relish trays and brandy Old Fashioneds, J. Ryan Stradal has once again given us a story full of his signature honest, lovable yet fallible Midwestern characters as they grapple with love, loss, and marriage; what we hold onto and what we leave behind; and what our legacy will be when we are gone.
Sunday, November 23, 2025
The Book of Sheen by Charlie Sheen, 359 pages
For the first time, Charlie Sheen, the star of Platoon, Wall Street, Major League, and Two and a Half Men, writes the story of his extraordinary life in an unfiltered memoir.
“We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the former.”Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book.
But in The Book of Sheen, the movie and TV star, who has defied the odds, finally presents his story, in his own words.
Charlie Sheen was born the third of four children to actor Martin Sheen and his wife, Janet. He grew up on film sets—from his father’s all over the world, to his own in Malibu. There he made ambitious Super 8s, with a roster of friends who went on to become household names themselves, including his brother Emilio, Sean and Chris Penn, and the Lowe brothers.
Sheen broke into movies in the 1980s, playing a hoodlum in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a young soldier in Platoon, and an ethically compromised trader in Wall Street. But somewhere along the way, despite a successful transition to TV leading man in Spin City and Two and a Half Men, Sheen descended into a vortex of extracurricular activities.
Now sober, Sheen delivers a clear-eyed narrative of his highs and lows with humor, candor, and a vivid, captivating writing style that is uniquely his. The Book of Sheen reads like a far-fetched, overstuffed novel of Hollywood life—yet it is all true.
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics #304, 180 pages
BRAND NEW “Smells Like Teen Spirits“ A new beach pop-up shop has opened in Riverdale where you can mix your own fragrances and Betty and Veronica are excited to make a summer scent! However, when the two accidentally walk out with not a scent, but instead a potion concocted by Sabrina the Teenage Witch, all sorts of unexpected and unfortunate things start happening when they wear it—including repelling all the boys they approach! Sabrina has to find a way to undo the damage without Betty and Veronica noticing!
Betty & Veronica Jumbo Digest #303, 180 pages
"BRAND NEW "New Trails,Trials and Tribulations" When the gang's favorite hiking trail gets washed out, they need to find a new one—but every other trail is riddled with problems! Will they be able to find the perfect trail and enjoy the great outdoors?
Then, in "A Million Dollars Short," Veronica realizes that she misplaced her purse, which had a million dollars in it. Betty enlists the help of Cricket O'Dell to use her sense of smell to track down the missing purse. Betty and Veronica follow Cricket throughout Riverdale as she follows her nose towards the scent of the missing money! Will they be able to track down the missing loot?"
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, 404 pages
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
World of Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics #18, 180 pages
TWO BRAND NEW First, in “Wooden it Be Nice,” while the gang is at the annual Riverdale Fall Carnival, a loud noise transforms Betty into a wooden puppet, hoping to become a real girl! Will her wish be granted in this fun take on the classic Pinocchio story?
Then, in “Only the Strong Survive,” Pepper decides to help Melody become more self-reliant by taking her on a camping trip. Pepper’s plan is to have Melody take copious notes on how to set up a camping site and survive off the land. Melody proves to be inept at everything… except attracting teenage boys!
World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics #19, 182 pages
BRAND NEW STORY! “Frightful Faceoff“ – It’s Halloween night and Sabrina is on her guard, expecting her foe Amber Nightstone to return. As she heads to a Halloween party, she keeps thinking every red thing she sees is Amber, even though she knows that Amber has already been dealt with. But why does she still have the strangest feeling that Amber’s nearby?
Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia, 416 pages
All's fair in love and lore.
Joonie is living in a fantasy—at least that’s what people tell her. Men in the real world have done nothing but disappoint her time and time again, so she keeps her heart reserved for Ryke, the fictional male lead of her favorite romance series, who just happens to be a merman. And so far, her book boyfriend is meeting her needs more than any other “real” man ever has.But when she learns that Ryke's character is based on a friend of the author, Joonie is determined to track him down and take her shot at a happily ever after.
She’ll need to borrow her brother’s car for the road trip, with the one condition that his annoying (but also hot) best friend can catch a ride to New York with her. But as she makes her way to her male lead, she’ll learn that once you wish fantasy into reality, you have to take all the tropes that come with it—not just the fun ones.
As unhinged as it is brilliant, Female Fantasy is both a self-aware dive into the concept of genre and a wild, steamy romp. Most of all, though, it’s a heartfelt love letter to romance readers everywhere.
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