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When a young widow named Nia moves with her little boy to the picturesque village of Talysarn – with its beautiful landscape of lakes, woodlands and soaring mountains – she thinks it's the new start she's looking for. At first, it seems perfect. Until a vicious rumour starts – that she's having an affair with an older man who lives nearby. And this gossip spreads like wildfire, eventually reaching the ears of his wife – the fierce head teacher at the local primary school. And before Nia knows it, her dream of a new beginning has taken a terrible turn.

The cold case of a young Hollywood starlet’s death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family—a new novel by “a major talent” (New York Times) and “one of the most distinctive voices of his generation” (Granta)...

In high school, rumors can make or destroy a reputation. A thoughtless nickname can turn each day into a living hell. Gossip is irresistible—and contagious. But sometimes, gossip can kill. Mackenzie Laughlin, formerly with Oregon's River Glen police department, has reluctantly agreed to investigate a local woman's disappearance. The case reconnects her with Jesse James Taft, a PI gifted at getting under Mac's skin. But when the body is found tangled in river weeds, Mac and Taft realize that the case has changed, from one missing woman to a hunt for a terrifying and relentless killer.

Who knows what damage gossip can do? Twelve hours after sitting a half-hour in the library with Mr Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet encounters the gentleman, again along with her sister Jane and others, in the corridors of Netherfield Park. The meeting demonstrates that no all is as it seems and nearly everyone’s character now becomes open to question. What will they learn, and how will it affect their lives? In a war of gossip, who will be victor and who vanquished. Will our ladies end up carrying their shields or on them. Let’s find out. Note: This is a short low-angst, happy romance story of ...

"He's the last man I should've picked for a one night stand... See that guy over there? The insanely tall, broad-shouldered, dark-haired, scowling, “I don’t drink coffee” suit? Surprise! He’s the new owner of my family’s mountain café. The café that has been my life purpose since I was born in the kitchen there almost thirty years ago. The café that he’s planning to completely gut and renovate for revenge against my family. He’s also the funny, charming, irresistible guy I spilled all of my secrets to last week. During the hottest one-night stand of my life. As my dog would say, woof me.

Regretting his affair with a Republican journalist, Ralph becomes caught in the middle of a political controversy when his former lover's tell-all book is published, and then Bill is murdered, leaving Ralph the prime suspect in the crime.

Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school -- but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl? The wickedly funny first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the HBO Max series. Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my...

Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school -- but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl? The wickedly funny first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the HBO Max series. Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my...

Gossip is tabloid publisher Nicholas Beck's business, and he makes no apologies for it. When his wife is murdered, however, he finds his publishing rival Peter Arnold slinging the mud and rumors in his direction, and the police hounding his every move. Needing to clear his name and determined to unmask his wife's true killer, Nick goes to work tracking down the real story behind her death. As he uses his investigative skills to discover who killed his wife, he learns she was hiding dark secrets, and soon finds himself embroiled in a sleazy world of revenge, deception and blackmail. With ...

Spy extraordinaire Charlotte Mission is hiding out in her grandmother's quaint little inn in Gossip, Texas. With a rogue spy ex-husband after her, she has to stay under the radar for fear of losing everything she holds dear. Life in Gossip is meant to be peaceful, and Charlie's new job as a maid and assistant should be easy. But things never go to plan in this cozy small town. When a guest at the inn drops dead, it's up to Charlie to figure out whodunit before the local paper outs her position at the inn and compromises her cover. If only the murders stopped there.

When a Whisper Becomes a SentenceNo one hears the moment their life begins to change. There is no bell. No announcement. No dramatic soundtrack. It usually starts as a whisper. A sentence spoken casually, perhaps with a shrug. A half-smile. A raised eyebrow. A “Did you hear…?” The words float harmlessly, almost playfully, into the air. But gravity exists even for sound. That whisper lands somewhere. It lands in a mind already shaped by assumptions. It lands in a heart already carrying biases. It lands in a culture trained to listen more eagerly than it verifies.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH BY TIME MAGAZINE, AMAZON, AND KOBO NAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BY LIT HUB, PUREWOW, AND W MAGAZINE “Gossip is the only cultural tradition I care about, and Kelsey McKinney has written its Bible” —Samantha...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, revealing what we get wrong about the Roberts Court, what the justices' clerks gossip about, and how to fix a court in crisis—from the popular ABC news pundit and top legal podcaster "Isgur has...

Once, the word ‘gossip’ didn’t mean idle chatter and unkind rumour. A woman’s gossips were her ride or dies, her friends for life, her BFFs. But something crucial changed. In Gossips, award-winning documentary-maker India Rakusen takes an electrifying look at female friendship – the...

To his successful examinations of some of the most powerful forces in modern life - envy, ambition, snobbery, friendship - the keen observer and critic Joseph Epstein now adds Gossip. No trivial matter, despite its reputation, gossip, he argues, is an eternal and necessary human enterprise. Proving that he himself is a master of the art, Epstein serves up delightful mini-biographies of the Great Gossips of the Western World along with many choice bits from his own experience. He also makes a powerful case that gossip has morphed into a corrosive new-school version.

Get ready to gossip every week with Spencer Henry (Cult Liter & OBITCHUARY) and Madison Reyes (OBITCHUARY.)

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years—except Biff, the Messiah’s best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in...

HOLLYWOOD WHISPERS - HOLLYWOOD SECRETS & HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP SCOOP are collections of interesting celebrity gossip. There is really no other way to put it except we like to know the antics, shortcomings and behavior of celebrities, and that is gossiping. We read their biographies and turn to take note when there is some new rumor about a screen idol’s romance. We go to their movies and concerts or watch them on television. After all, why should we care about a movie star marriage or famous people and their divorces? It has always been this way. Before movies, television and radio, people ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Charity Steane has nothing in the world but hope. Escaping a miserable life under her tyrannical aunt, she decides to take her chances with her estranged grandfather in London. Now it's just a matter of finding him... And as a 'charity girl', with no dowry and no...

When society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers - or was it the fins? - of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue and unladylike manner was Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet not even Hamish thought someone would permanently silence Lady Jane's shrills - until her strangled body is fished out of the river.