A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Best Book of Fall at The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, BUST, and more "Dark yet sensitive explorations of family and love—of all kinds—from a masterful writer. The women at the centers of these stories are sharp-edged and complicated and irresistible; you won’t be able to look away." —Celeste Ng Bold and unapologetic, Karen Shepard’s Kiss Me Someone is inhabited by women who walk the line between various states: adolescence and adulthood, stability and uncertainty, selfishness and compassion. They navigate the obstacles that come with mixed-race identity and instabilities in social class, and they use their liminal positions to leverage power. They employ rage and tenderness and logic and sex, but for all of their rationality they're drawn to self-destructive behavior. Shepard’s stories explore what we do to lessen our burdens of sadness and isolation; her characters, fiercely true to themselves, are caught between their desire to move beyond their isolation and a fear that it’s exactly where they belong.

Here you'll meet Peggy Paula, who works the late shift at Perkins and envies the popular girls who come in to eat French fries and brag about how far they let the boys get with them. You'll meet a woman in her midthirties pining for her mean-spirited, abusive boyfriend, Del, a nine-year-old who is in no way her actual boyfriend. And just try to resist the noir story of a reluctant, Afrin-addled detective. Self-loathing, self-loving, and otherwise trapped by their own dumb selves, these characters make one cringe-worthy mistake after another.

When recently-dumped Charlotte and Anthony cross paths at the airport in New York City and get caught there by a blizzard, the two set out into the city with a self-help book from the gift shop with the intention of getting over their heartbreaks.

A chilling and intense first novel, this is the story of a solitary young woman drawn into an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating a glamorous but desperate woman. When Leila discovers the website Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on Red Pill, a chat forum for ethical debate, Leila comes into her own, impressing the website's founder, a brilliant and elusive man named Adrian. Leila is thrilled when Adrian asks to meet her, and is flattered when he invites her to be part of "Project Tess." Tess is a woman Leila might never have met in real life. She is beautiful, urbane, witty, and damaged. As they email, chat, and Skype, Leila becomes enveloped in the world of Tess, learning every single thing she can about this other woman--because soon, Leila will have to become her. An ingeniously plotted novel of stolen identity, Kiss Me First is brilliantly frightening about the lies we tell--to ourselves, and to others, for good, and for ill.

Losing your mother when very young is a devastating experience. The authors featured in Kiss Me Goodnight recall the lost moments they shared with their mothers, exploring their feelings, longings, and how they have learned to cope with the loss through their adult lives. Unlike other books on motherlessness, Kiss Me Goodnight reveals the experience through stories, poems, and essays givien an intimate and highly personal view of mother loss.

Innovator, genius, forward thinker and trendsetter: there are few individuals who have stamped quite as unique a footprint onto the musical landscape as Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Instantly recognisable both for his appearance and his musical approach, he has become a legend in his own lifetime in the worlds of reggae and dub. Kiss Me Neck is an extensive, detailed and heavily illustrated guide to the records produced by Perry and those that hailed from his legendary Black Ark Studio.

Fresh out of clean clothes, Lacey must wear a previously shunned birthday gift from her grandma: a T-shirt that says, Kiss Me, I'm Perfect. Skeptical about the reception she will receive, Lacey starts her journey to school...and is pleasantly surprised by the attention she receives from the kitty cat, dog, eagle, and MOOSE she meets along her way. Even better, once at school, her potentially embarrassing attire is soon coveted by her classmates! This ridiculously silly tale, filled with wet sloppy kisses, will leave readers in hysterics!

A necromancer and a vampire walk into a cemetery...and if you're wondering how this joke ends, that makes two of us.I'm Seraphina Mason, Buffalo's only resident necromancer. While other people are on normal sleep schedules doing regular human things, I spend my nights conjuring spirits, resurrecting the dead, and sometimes a bit of poltergeist removal, if you need it. But I'm not even the most dangerous nocturnal creature lurking around the cemeteries. That's where vampire Nathaniel Caligari waltzes in-all devastating eternal beauty and brooding charm, ready to ruin my life. He'd rather have a wooden stake shoved through his chest than ask for my help, yet here we are. Turns out the bloodsucker has something of a heart after all because he's desperate, fearing his missing son is dead. Neither of us are excited about this, but I could really use the paycheck. So, we're just going to have to set aside our petty insults and work together before this city buries his kid. If we don't kill each other first. KISS ME DEADLY is the first book in an enemies to lovers paranormal romance trilogy perfect for fans of Kelly St. Clare, Linsey Hall, C.N. Crawford, K.M. Shea, and Helen Harper.

Kids won't be able to keep their hands off these wacky books that feature a squeaky facial feature -- a pig's nose or kissy lips -- on the cover and on each spread after that. Kids read the hilarious story then squeak the vinyl lips or nose to join in on the fun.

Bold and unapologetic, Karen Shepard’s Kiss Me Someone is inhabited by women who walk the line between various states: adolescence and adulthood, stability and uncertainty, selfishness and compassion. They navigate the obstacles that come with mixed-race identity and instabilities in social class, and they use their liminal positions to leverage power. They employ rage and tenderness and logic and sex, but for all of their rationality they're drawn to self-destructive behavior. Shepard’s stories explore what we do to lessen our burdens of sadness and isolation; her characters, fiercely true to themselves, are caught between their desire to move beyond their isolation and a fear that it’s exactly where they belong.