The Burning Side Romantic Suspense Both sides demand Diem’s allegiance—or

Both sides demand Diem’s allegiance—or her death

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Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés: modernist poets trying their luck as B-movie screenwriters

And apart from this high-stakes conspiracy

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The Burning Side Romantic Suspense Both sides demand Diem’s allegiance—orFrom the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo's house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April's childhood