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My billionaire boss forces me into marriage…then knocks up my plus-size curves. He’s twice my age and daddy’s former best friend. He’s also notoriously ruthless. I’m the socially awkward virgin he likes to prey on because he wants revenge. When I make a mistake as his PA he punishes me…by forcing me to become his wife… He may be a great single dad to his adorable little daughter… But to me he is grumpy, demanding, and rude. He works me into the ground until he breaks me. And then he blackmails me and drags me to the altar, leaving me no choice. He’s obsessed with me and ...

Sugar, Baby follows Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old whose life seems to be heading nowhere. Still living at home, she works as a cleaner and spends all her money in clubs on the weekends searching for distractions from her mundane life. That is until she meets Emily, daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model...and a sugar baby, dating rich older men for money. Emily’s life is the escape Agnes has been longing for—extravagant tasting menus, champagne on tap, glamorous hotels with unlimited room service, designer gifts from dates who call her beautiful.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, four lives are about to change forever... On a freezing December morning, Caro sets out to uncover the truth: has her entire relationship with her father been built on lies? Cammy is planning the perfect proposal, until a missing ring threatens to unravel everything. Lila can't keep her secret any longer. Today, she'll confess the truth to her lover's wife. And after thirty years of silence, Bernadette is finally ready to walk away from her controlling husband, for good. In just one day, these lives will collide in unexpected ways.

What does it mean to take action? To bear witness? What does it cost? In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters—from children to grandmothers to ghosts—live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action.

I accidentally got kidnapped by a much older Bratva King. And now I’m pregnant. I’m an innocent small-town teacher. But he thinks I’m a lost mafia princess. He kidnaps me for revenge, even though I tell him it’s a mistake. And before I know it, I’m his forced bride and carrying his Bratva heir. I had finally gotten over my traumatic youth in the foster care system. And then the ruthless Bratva king barged into my safe, simple life. I didn’t know he’s the most feared man in the state, with a heart made of ice. I didn’t know he’d say I’m his now, that he won’t accept no....

The narrator of Rob Doyle's Threshold has spent the last two decades traveling, writing, and imbibing drugs and literature in equal measure, funded by brief periods of employment or "on the dole" in Dublin. Now, stranded between reckless youth and middle age, his travels to far-flung places have acquired a de facto purpose: to aid the contemporary artist's search for universal truth.

After suffering a terrible loss, fighter pilot Zane North walks away from his military career and returns home to start a new life—one he’s determined to control. Instead, he’s confronted by his sister-in-law’s unpredictable best friend, the one woman he can’t ignore.

Diary of a Drug Fiend. This captivating novel, first published in 1922, explores the alluring highs and harrowing lows of addiction through the lens of Crowley’s unique philosophical and occult perspective. Perfect for fans of historical fiction, esoteric literature, and compelling narratives, this audiobook is an essential addition to your collection.

A scandalous game... A stranger in her apartment... An intruder with an agenda... A game gone wrong? Maybe! “Don’t move,” were the words that will forever echo in her mind. In one second, Joi’s world changed. He stood behind her, hands over her mouth. And her life would never be the same. Joi thought it was a game. But it wasn’t! After that night, Dominic tried to move on. He tried to get past the guilt he feels. A game played through a social media app, has him wondering about the woman at the root of it all. Her teasing and taunting of men, that he wanted in on. And now, he ...

I accidentally slept with a much older Bratva guy. Now he takes me off the auction stage… I’d been caged and overprotected for so long. I wanted to let loose for one wild night. I didn’t know who he was when he took my virginity. I didn’t know that next, I’d be kidnapped and that he’d take me off the auction stage. I’ve longed for freedom for so long, after being overprotected by my Bratva brothers. But after one reckless night with a hot stranger, I get into trouble. Because in the morning I get snatched and am brought to an auction stage. And when I’m in binds and about to...

Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment block surrounded by lush gardens in the coastal city of Chennai, India. It is the home of Kamala, a pious, soon-to-be retired dentist who spends her days counting down to the annual visits from her daughter who is studying in the UK. Her neighbour, Revathi, is a thirty-two-year-old engineer who is frequently reminded by her mother that she has reached her expiry date in the arranged marriage market. Jason, a British chef, has impulsively moved to India to escape his recent heartbreak in London.

From the author of Driving Lessons, Saving Ruth, and Balancing Acts comes a poignant breakout novel about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveat—she must take care of the ornery elderly woman who lives in it. For years, Maggie Sheets has been an invisible hand in...

In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth — no, sixth? — child into the world. Dan and Jada come from very different places: both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a shiny Tesla ready to drive his wife and baby home. Jada is a hustling, small-time criminal who is already planning how to separate Dan from some of the luxuries Jada has never been able to enjoy in his tiny flat in a Brutalist sixties council block. Both men find that the birth of their sons has fired their ambitions.

Alessandro D’Angelo. He was my forbidden temptation. My obsession. My ruin. In his arms, I was fire. In his world, I was ash. Then he vanished—without a word, without a trace—leaving my heart and my life in ruins. Now, six years later, he’s back—lethal, relentless, and looking at me like I still belong to him. The masquerade ball was supposed to be just another job—one night, one illusion. I never expected to come face-to-face with the man who shattered me. But I’m not the same woman he left behind. I have secrets of my own—like the son he knows nothing about. His enemies ...

❤️Don't miss Hannah hilarious new time-loop romcom, THE LONG HAUL, available in May❤️ 'The perfect romcom' Lucy Vine Committing to a fake romance is easy. It’s keeping it fake that’s the problem … 'Charming, funny, relatable' Sophie Cousens 'I’m still swooning, and I don’t...

My ex is arranged to marry someone else. But not on my watch. She is MINE. Our love was forbidden. She didn’t know I’m part of the dark Bratva world. Now her family is forcing her to marry someone else, but I won’t let that happen. This time, I’ll protect her. This time, I’ll make her my wife, willingly or not. Our break-up shattered her heart, but it made her strong as steel. It taught her that if she could survive me, she could do anything. But when I kidnap her and force her into marriage, she can’t do anything. And when I put her in my house and lock the door, she’s my ...

I’m drowning in debt, desperate for a way out. Rocco Mancini is my dead ex’s older brother—and my boss. Cold, brooding, and ten years my senior, he’s an alpha Mafia boss masquerading as a businessman. When he offers me a fake marriage to clear my debts, I have no choice but to agree. He’ll protect me, pay off Nico’s mistakes, and I’ll play the part of his wife. It’s supposed to be temporary. Then, I give in to the chemistry between us. One night in his bed changes everything. But Rocco has secrets—dangerous ones. After witnessing a brutal murder, I learn he's not just my ...

I accidentally slept with a much older Bratva guy. Next, he hunts me down and impregnates me… I’m a plus-size small town girl who moved to the city for a job at a publishing company. He didn’t tell me he was with the Bratva when he took me home after our blind date. He didn’t tell me he’d kidnap me and knock me up next. I’m an introvert, and I read for a living. But I thought I’d try something new for once. So I went on a blind date in a bar and mistakenly thought it was with him. The minute he lays eyes on me, he decides I’m his. And when I quietly leave the morning after, ...

Crush Hour: A Musical presents a series of heart-warming and hilarious chance encounters via London’s transport links, in the run up to Christmas.

New to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building with doormen and sweeping views of the skyline. Instead he's landed in a creaking, stuffy apartment with two roommates: a loping giant who hardly leaves his room, and a weight-obsessed neurotic who keeps no fewer than forty-seven lamps throughout the house, blazing at all hours. Unwilling to accept this fate, Slide—a barber with an opaque past—embarks on a quest for the perfect apartment, pinballing through the sprawling, madcap city of Polis and its endless procession of neighborhoods.