Told over nine charged days, Sheer is the gripping tale of a controversial beauty mogul’s insatiable ambition and the slippery ground between empowerment and abuse of power.It’s 2015 and Maxine Thomas, the founder and creative director of the cult makeup company Reveal, has just been suspended by her own Board for a scandalous transgression. Housebound in her New York City apartment, where she awaits the verdict on her future, Max recounts her version of the events that have brought her to this moment.From her start as a precocious suburban child in the eighties to her decades as a workaholic visionary, Max proselytizes a sheer, dewy look—cosmetics through a female gaze—all while battling sexist investors, the whiplash of cultural change, and the mounting pressure to keep her sexuality a secret. But when Max’s story catches up to her present, she must contend with the cost of true transparency. Who has she become in her...

Ten anniversaries to relive. Ten chances to remember why they fell in love. The emotional new love story with a twist from Fiona Lucas, author of Always and Only You. 'Twisty, intricate and perfectly observed – it will steal your heart again and again' JANE LINFOOT 'A skilfully plotted love story of second chances and forgiveness with a twist. Hugely imaginative and deeply heartfelt' ANNIE LYONS, author of The Happiness List ........ On their tenth wedding anniversary, Jess and Luke should be on top of the world. But when a minor argument spirals, and a well-meant surprise goes stunningly wrong, their celebratory party ends in disaster, resulting in Luke slamming the front door behind him and Jess sleeping alone. The next morning, Jess is shocked to find herself waking on the day she first met Luke, twelve years earlier. With each day that follows, Jess is given a chance to relive their wedding anniversaries, and to fix the mistakes that led to the breakdown of their marriage....

From award-winning author Nora Lange comes a ransacking of the house of motherhood and matrimony.Nora Lange’s debut novel, Us Fools, was praised as the “Great American Novel” by Molly Young in The New York Times, and “a razor-sharp critique of American capitalism” by Michael Schaub at NPR. Now, she turns her eye toward the daily exercise of getting by.In “Heart Beats,” Carol and David arrive late to a Boston dinner party for a night of “messy socializing” with other couples, including a former cult-leader turned financial-advisor and a woman who learned of a “kinky sort of game” while riding public transit, details that she will reveal after the peach crumble. In “Island of Phaetons,” an expatriate living in Istanbul is called away from her daily life with “the husband” and “the friend who wanted more than friendship” to visit her mother, who...

Helen Guerber's classic translations of Greek and Roman mythology, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.    H. A. Guerber’s lively retellings of Greek mythology have become legends unto themselves, long prized for their simple, graphic, accurate interpretations of the principal myths of Ancient Greece and Rome.     From the legendary gods and goddesses residing on Mount Olympus—Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and others—to the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas, this rich assembly offers hours of compelling reading and abundant insight into one of the influential mythologies of Western culture.     

She'll need the support of her friends to overcome her fears... A nursing orderly in the WAAF, Ruby Morris is keen to stick with her friends, Holly and Meg, when they volunteer for the air ambulance, and soon all three are moved to RAF Starsden on the outskirts of London. Nervous not only at flying during wartime but also being responsible for life-or-death decisions, Ruby works hard to overcome her fears, helped by her new friendship with pilot Flight Sergeant Laurie Foster. When it seems like Laurie and Ruby could become more than friends, he starts to blow hot and cold, and she worries her feelings aren't returned. With all the dangers surrounding them, it's only a matter of time before a routine flight goes horribly wrong. In peril, can Ruby keep patient safe and find the courage to confront Laurie, who has his own secrets to conquer?

**The limited deluxe edition will include sprayed edges!**The next book in the spellbinding urban fantasy from New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Piper CJ.It's only the end of the world... Reeling from shattered trust and caught between the truth and the love of her lifetimes, Marlow finds herself facing down the apocalypse...not as its victim, but as its very catalyst. She's ready for the end times, and she has officially declared herself an enemy of Heaven. Gathering allies across realms and pantheons brings new tantalizing twists and passionate nights as more and more figures step out of mythology to fight to the end. With the stakes higher than ever and every world at risk, Marlow must determine once and for all who she needs on her side—and who she can trust to stay there as she tears it all down. Enemies new and old close in, and the lines between love and hate blur. And in...