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Sera is usually a good girl. (Except for one wild night in the back seat of a stranger's car!) But what happens when that bad boy turns out to be her new boss? And what happens when he wants more than one night...and he can be very persuasive...?

All her life, Cricket's mama has told her stories about a secret room painted by a mysterious artist. Now Mama's run off, and Cricket thinks the room might be the answer to getting her to come back. If it exists. And if she can find it. Cricket's only clue is a coin from a grown-over ghost town in the woods. So with her daddy's old guidebook and a coat full of snacks stolen from the Cash 'n' Carry, Cricket runs away to find the room.

Margaret loves her job, writing important stories about the impact of government decisions on day-to-day lives for a respected newspaper in Johannesburg. There’s only one problem: her co-worker, Jagger Villain. Is that even his real name? She often wonders. Jagger spends his days writing fluff pieces on everything from the worst-rated barber to speed dating to male sex toys. To make matters worse, they share a cubicle and a desk. She needs a vacation!

Lilly Swanson has been planning her perfect life since she was 12 years old: meet Mr. Right, have the big white wedding, buy a house in the burbs, and raise 2.5 picture-perfect kids. However, when her fiancé bails, leaving Lilly alone at the altar to face 500 gossipy guests, her dream turns into a nightmare. But then Lilly makes an impulsive decision: She ditches the dress, grabs her passport, and heads off to Thailand to spend her honeymoon alone. Or so she thinks.

We promise this rom -com will make you laugh out loud! Again and again and again. Jo Watson's Burning Moon brings you laughter, adventure and a love story to give you the warm-and-fuzzies. Perfect for fans of Cate Woods' I Just Haven't Met You Yet, Joanna Bolouri's The List, The Bad Mother's Diary and Tracy Bloom. Chase your dreams. Dance under the stars. Fall in love at the festival of Burning Moon.

Annie knows life isn't always fair. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get mistaken for a crazed intruder when you come home early and find your boyfriend wearing nipple clamps with a coworker on the night you thought he was going to propose to you. The important thing is to move on, and for Annie that means treating herself to a tropical vacation. But when she runs into her ex and his new woman staying at the same resort, reason is washed out to sea.

Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.

Donald Trump is the exact threat our Founding Fathers feared. Joe Walsh is as rock-ribbed a conservative as they come. But he believes that no right-wing policy victory is worth the loss of our very democracy. In this clear-eyed and unsparing audiobook, Walsh makes the case that Trump has more in common with the foreign dictators he praises publicly than a predecessor like Ronald Reagan. Trump is an existential threat to conservatism, the presidency, and national unity.

Lori Palmer is the new girl at Bay Water High, where students prize glossy hair, beach bodies and school spirit above all else. She misses her old school - where her talent as an artist carried more weight than she does - and longs for her old family life, before her parents got divorced and her mom reinvented herself. Lori decides that the only way to survive the rest of the year is to blend into the background. But her plans go awry when she discovers that the most popular (and hottest) guy at Bay Water High, Jake, is a volunteer at her brother's school.

When Kate resolves to leave her bullying husband, she leaves Scotland with her two young sons and heads to southern England. In Devon she thinks she’s found a haven but storm clouds threaten when Gordon comes looking. Locating his family may be his mission but no-one could imagine the outcome. Tragedy and treachery unfold and lives change forever in this story, the first of four books in the Gilchrist Family Series.

Annie is having a very bad year. First she walks in on her boyfriend having sex with another woman. Then she accidentally gets arrested and loses her job. So when her sister invites her on a trip to Mauritius, Annie jumps at the opportunity to get away from it all. But her holiday soon turns into a nightmare when she discovers her ex and the other woman are staying at the same resort. But then Annie meets Chris, a cynical screenwriter with a bad case of writer's block.

Being adopted never made Jane Smith feel unloved, just unlike the rest of her family. As her 25th birthday approaches, she is struck by an overwhelming longing to finally find her place in the world. So in a very un-Jane-like move, she books a last-minute ticket to Greece to find her birth father and the real Jane. All she knows about him is it that he was a tour guide named Dimitri. Armed with this knowledge and several surprise boxes of condoms from her mom (not embarrassing at all), Jane takes off.

A new look at dark fairytales. Akin to the Brothers Grimm, none of these storybook characters are innocent. Cinder Ellah forgets who earned her the crown and pays a hefty price. Kaede’s new love interest weighs heavily on his soul. Olivia won’t give up her firstborn without a fight. The old woman living in a shoe bites off more than she can chew. Lere planned revenge, but contracted love sickness instead. These five stories will have you on the edge of your seat craving a sequel. Stories by Deborah Brown, Jo Niederhoff, Victor Nandi, Jarrett Mazza, and Thea Watson.

Jane is fed up of being the odd one out in her adoptive family. So in a very un-Jane-like move, she books a last-minute ticket to find her birth father - and the real Jane. Armed with the knowledge that he was a tour guide called Dimitri and multiple boxes of condoms from her mother (#cringe), she sets off. It turns out that everyone in Greece is called Dimitri, including her very own sexy tour guide, who strikes her a deal. He'll help if she goes on an adventure with him. The old Jane never would have risked a holiday romance, but the new Jane has other ideas.

On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend.... Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is not something Alexa Monroe would normally do. But Drew's proposal proves hard to resist. After their wedding date turns into a whole weekend of fun in San Francisco, Drew and Alexa return to their all-consuming careers - his in LA and hers in Berkeley. Too bad they can't stop thinking about each other....

In der britischen Militärbasis Aldershot geschieht ein Mord: Colonel Barclay liegt erschlagen auf dem Boden des heimischen Salons, neben ihm seine ohnmächtige Ehefrau. Alle Beweise scheinen darauf hinzudeuten, dass Mrs. Barclay die Mörderin ist...

In den königlichen Stallungen am Buckingham Palace drehen reihenweise Pferde durch. Der König höchstpersönlich ist in größter Gefahr! Geht eine mysteriöse ...

Sir Charles Baskerville ist tot. Hat ihn der Fluch der Baskervilles getroffen - ein geheimnisvoller Höllenhund, der im Dartmoor sein Unwesen treibt und dem angeblich jeder männliche Baskerville-Erbe zum Opfer fallen soll?

CJ’s back for the win, but there’s one thing standing in his way: his class project. In order to play in the next big game, CJ must find a way to get a passing grade on his science project, but can he do it? Will he be able to get a good grade to play in the next big game? Find out in CJ’s next adventure.

With his dreams set on the NBA, CJ must now prepare for his biggest basketball game thus far! From pep talks to lucky socks, when the final buzzer sounds, CJ will find out if he can win the big game and get closer to his dreams once and for all.