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It’s been a year since the body of FBI agent Emma Griffin's ex-boyfriend was found on the beach. His death remains as mysterious as ever, the truth has yet to be revealed. Emma still cannot escape the feeling of guilt, regret, and grief that follows her daily. Until a girls night with her best friend brought an unexpected surprise: a week-long-all-expense paid vacation to an exclusive island resort. Being in paradise should be the perfect way to clear her mind. But, when a body turns up and girls start to go missing, disturbing secrets about the resort are coming to the surface.

Librarian Phoebe Cotton lives with misophonia. The sound of other people crunching an apple, slurping their tea or snapping chewing gum fills her with a rage that she buries deep within. Mortified by her 'Not Quite Right' brain, she hides away inside 6 Salmon Street, the family home that her formidable grandmother Dorothy has abandoned for a more convivial life at the Western Retreat Retirement Village. But when Phoebe begins receiving mysterious postcards in the mail, she slowly, but surely, finds herself being pulled back out into the world and towards Monty, the sweet postal clerk.

It's 1593, Elizabeth I is Queen and everyone is terrified of the worst outbreak of plague in a generation. Shakespeare has only written six plays and is lagging behind his friend Christopher Marlowe, London's leading playwright. When Marlowe is stabbed to death in mysterious circumstances, rumours abound—but the one that won’t go away is that Shakespeare did it to remove his greatest rival. Will is determined to clear his name, and teams up with his old flame, Marlowe’s sister Ann, who has plenty of secrets of her own.

Lenore Statham, the runner for the Flotilla Project, had been at her lowest when as he was found by Angie Wells and Paya Doshi and brought into the fold. She learned how to be strong again and break the shackles her old life had hobbled her with. While Paya is out making waves in London, Lenore is assigned as the driver for the contractor, McGrath, who is renovating a building for the Flotilla, which will allow people who had fallen upon hard times to have a place to call their own. The problem? Lenore finds McGrath to be the most infuriating woman on the planet.

Thrown together when their plane conks out and a blizzard rolls in, Morgan Scott and her childhood friend Ali Bradford are on a mission to make it from Glasgow to Devon in time for Christmas. The catch? Roads and trains are up the spout, Morgan’s patience is running low, and Ali has had a secret crush on Morgan since forever. But she can keep a lid on over two decades of unrequited love. Particularly when they keep having to share a bed. Absolutely no problem at all.

The engagement may be fake...but the handcuffs? Not so much. She’s feisty, gorgeous, impossible. Submissive. And all mine. I don’t do half-assed relationships. When I set my sights on the most headstrong, tenacious submissive I’ve ever met, I’m all in.

When Emma Griffin joined the FBI, she had hopes that she could find out the truth about her own past. But over time, she realized that it was more than just herself. She wanted to be a voice for the victims. To bring justice for those that are no longer with us. To rid this world of evildoers, hunt down those who destroyed lives, and be the voice for the voiceless. But what happens when she's asked to help someone who not only inflicted unbearable pain on her life, but on the lives of many?

Suzi couldn't stop fantasizing about Rick, and she never would have imagined the adventure she was about to start. From the first encounter, to a major move and a family dilemma. Hear all about their adventures here, from start to finish!

Conscious Grieving is a book for anyone seeking guidance and support after loss. Renowned grief therapist Claire Bidwell Smith combines her deeply personal experience of loss with her long career spent working with thousands of people to introduce a new approach to grief, one that promotes hope and even transformation.

A shy outcast girl from the rural outskirts of a small town is invited to a girls’ sleepover with two other girls. In the middle of the night a horrific fire erupted. By the time emergency services arrived, it was too late. Investigators assumed the parents, their daughter, and her two friends died in the home. But only one body was uncovered: the mother’s....

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring inside Agent Emma Griffin's house. But then out of nowhere a dark shadow appeared. And all of a sudden this holiday season was no longer filled with cheer....

For book eight of the London Romance series, time-travel back to 1958 for a front-row seat to Eunice and Joan’s epic love story. Watch as they meet, court, and fall head over heels. Feel your heart break as family pressure rips that love from their grasp. Then swoon as a bunch of lost love letters mean they meet again, 60 years later. Their happy ending might not have happened then, but in the present day, Eunice and Joan have another chance at love. Are the pair destined to finally live out their big London dreams?

Seren James longs for a child, to fill the emptiness left by a husband who has little care for her. But as the years go by, Seren begins to fear that she is almost out of time to have the one thing she wants most. But when Seren meets Anwen, a local woman who offers help, there is a problem: Anwen is suspected by the locals of witchcraft. Is the cost of association too high for Seren to pay, or can her problems be solved another way?

Twins Katy and Rachel don't know much about each other's lives anymore. Rachel thinks that Katy is a high-flying event planner in London, while Katy thinks that Rachel lives in idyllic marital bliss in the countryside. Each sister believes the other has created a perfect life—but the truth is that neither twin has the life she pretends she does. And when these sisters unexpectedly swap houses for a week, they're in for a big shock.

Marie, an award-winning photojournalist, is traveling the world, exploring cultures that embrace body positivity and freedom in ways she never imagined growing up. From naturist beaches in Europe to traditional Japanese onsens, her letters home reveal a journey that is as much about self-discovery as it is about uncovering the beauty of the human spirit.

It’s nineteen years since they stopped speaking to each other, but now Morgan needs to contact her three best friends from school: Paige, Emily and Tiff. Her teenage son wants to meet his dad and Morgan can’t ignore his requests any longer. And Paige, Emily and Tiff all knew what actually happened back then. Even if that was what led to their friendship group falling apart, they’re the only people Morgan can think of who might be able help her find the man who disappeared without a trace before she could tell him she was pregnant.

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in Tudor England? When 20-year-old history student Beth Wickers starts her second year of university, she has no idea that her whole world is about to be turned upside down. Beth’s favorite lecturer gives Beth a box of books on Tudor history to borrow, and nestled among them is an ornate cypher ring with the letters "AB" inscribed onto it. When Beth tries the ring on, the unimaginable happens. It carries her back through time to Hever Castle in 1521.

Jenny Eclair is one of Britain’s most-loved stand-up comedians, and the first woman to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. She has written several acclaimed books, including the Sunday Times bestseller Older and Wider: A Survivor's Guide to the Menopause, and appeared on numerous TV and radio shows including Grumpy Old Women and Just a Minute. Collected here are some of her finest and funniest radio comedies, centred around women who are at a turning point in their lives.

Trident Security operative Darius Knight has been working undercover for several months, infiltrating a human-trafficking cartel. Just when he’s almost in the position to take them down, a huge wrench is thrown into the mission. If he saves the woman whose body he’s guarded in the past, his cover will be blown. But if he doesn’t, he’ll never be able to live with the results. When the rescue doesn’t go as planned, Darius makes a rash decision that will affect both their lives.

Melissa and Paul: Five years after they split he's still looking for love in all the wrong places while all she wants is him. Chris and Vicky: They are deliriously happy, so why is Chris risking it all for an affair? Cooper and Laura: He wants to settle down, she wants to take a gap year - can their relationship survive a year apart?