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Imogen Tolliman never knew her mother. And when an accident robs Immi of her father too, she goes to live with her grandfather Tollie in his picturesque lock-keeper’s cottage by the Aysbury marina. Tollie is the star of the Santa Ahoy Special each Christmas - a festive boat ride along the canal that enthralls both children and adults alike. And as Immi grows up, she starts to appreciate the magical community she is lucky enough to live in.

Eigentlich dachte Daisy, sie hätte alles im Griff. Sie hat an der Schleuse von Wildflower Lock ein kleines, idyllisches Café eröffnet, und auch in ihrer Beziehung mit dem charmanten Theo läuft alles gut. Sie ist rundum glücklich – doch als Theo ihr einen Antrag macht, wird ihr Glück plötzlich von Unsicherheit getrübt.

The bad boy. The f--k up. The thief. That was me. Once a king, now a wanderer. I'd thrown the best parts of me away over and over again. I was reckless. Still am. I'd been exiled. Twice. I did my time. I've cleaned up. Well, sort of. I got plans. Yeah, good ones. Then I ran into her. A bolt of lightning - startling, unsettling, breathtaking, out of reach. The woman I once scorned years ago is now the woman I can't live without. I need what I didn't think I'd ever need again.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Most people have a skeleton or two in their closets. But Keyon (Hondo) Baptiste has an entire graveyard hiding in his closet. Secrets that could cost him his life and the lives of the ones he loves. When he betrays his wife, the only person who knows of his secrets, he will learn the true meaning of the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".

Erzsébet doesn’t want to start a revolution. She just wants to keep her head warm in the winter. When she goes against tribal tradition and refuses to shave her head, she learns of a history as twisted as her lengthy locks.

What happens when your ex-husband shows up on your doorstep looking for a place to live, just when you're about to get remarried? Twenty-eight-year-old, out-of-work editor/writer Elizabeth is about to find out. Her annoying ex-husband, Simon, has been "displaced" after forgetting to pay his rent and has nowhere to go.