This novel was previously titled as Stirring the Embers. It is now being rereleased under its original title The Burning Point.

The first contemporary novel by New York Times bestselling author, The Burning Point is a riveting story of the ties that bind two people together—and the incendiary forces that can tear them apart.

Kate Corsi always dreamed of working for her family's world famous explosive demolition

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"What awaits Emily Leland back home in Sweetwater Crossing is far from what she expected. First, her father has died under mysterious circumstances. Then the house where the new schoolteacher, Craig Ferguson, and his son are supposed to board burns, leaving them homeless. When Emily proposes turning the family home into a boardinghouse, her sister is so incensed that she leaves town. Emily is determined to solve the mystery of her father's death and...

Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South Boston--they know it as only natives can. Working out of an old church belfry, Kenzie and Gennaro take on a seemingly simple assignment for a prominent politician: uncover the where-abouts of Jenna Angeline, a black cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential state documents. Finding Jenna is easy compared to staying alive once...

The day after Ellie dies by suicide, she finds herself in the midst of an out-of-body experience. She sways between past and present, retracing the events that unfolded prior to her death. There's her mother, a songbird who wanted to break free from her oppressive cage. August, the boy who brought color into a gray world. Her brooding father, with his sad puppy eyes and clenched fists. But there are gaps in her memory, fractured pieces Ellie is desperate...

"Phil Osbourne of Special Forces A-Team returned home from the military missing a leg and feeling like half a man, but Melisa Braxton has loved him since they met. When things take a dangerous turn at the women's shelter where Melissa works, Phil must overcome wounds both seen and unseen to find a strength long buried-and save the woman he loves"--

Clara is ready to fight back against her abusive father, against the only life she's ever known, and most of all, against scrabs, the earth-dwelling monsters that are currently ravaging the world. When an opportunity arises for Clara to join an international monster-fighting squad, she jumps at the chance. Training with her teammates, Clara realizes what fighting monsters really means: sore muscles, exhaustion, and worst of all, death. Scrabs are...