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Drusilla Delany liv är inte enkelt. Som född i ett fattigt hem är hon redan som liten beroende av den rika familjen Framling. Och i deras residens är det som om tiden har stannat. Hon kan inte undkomma sitt förflutna som fattig. När det verkar som om mörkret håller på att omsluta henne helt får hon ett underligt besked. Hon har ärvt en mycket värdefull påfågelsstjärt. Kanske kommer den att hjälpa henne upp ur all misär? Men med tiden visar det sig att smycket bär på mycket mer än bara rikedomar.

Lenore växer upp i ett hem som för varje år blir mer och mer främmande. Sir Francis och Lady Sallonger har fyra andra barn som de håller av mycket högre. Lenore förlorade sin mor vid födseln och fadern har hon aldrig träffat. Men Lenore har åtminstone sin mormor, en fransk sömmerska, som bor i huset tillsammans med familjen. Lenore tar över mormoderns kunskap om hanterandet av siden, och med tiden gifter hon sig med en man, Philip. Men deras liv tillsammans kommer att kantas av blod och död. På deras bröllopsresa mördas en kypare på hotellet där de bor.

Det finns en märklig klippa i en skog i Schweiz. Sägnen säger att om man besöker platsen vid rätt tidpunkt så får man se sin framtida make eller älskare. Cordelia och hennes vänner besöker platsen och mycket riktigt dyker en mystisk främling upp. Cordelia känner sig direkt lockad av den tystlåtne stilige mannen, men skräms på samma gång av hans intensiva närvaro.

Favel Farington är en ung och lycklig kvinna när hon anländer till det gamla medeltida slottet vid Cornwalls kust. Äktenskapet till sin make, slottsherren Ron Pendorric, är nytt och hon går in med det med stor entusiasm. Men allt är inte som det borde vara i det gamla slottet och gamla skrämmande hemligheter börjar långsamt stiga upp till ytan. Någon försöker ta hennes liv - vem? Och hur kommer det sig att flera kvinnor genom historien har dött på slottet under mystiska omständigheter?

Rosettas liv är lyckligt, men kanske inte så händelserikt. Hon bor i London och livet tycks ha sin stilla gång - tills allt oväntat förändras. När Rosetta är arton år ger hon sig för första gången ut på en sjöresa. Ett beslut som visar sig ha katastrofala konsekvenser. Skeppet förliser men Rosetta räddas i land av den unga, intelligenta John Player. Efter att de har tillbringat lite tid tillsammans på en öde öd framkommer det att John är misstänkt för att ha mördat sin styvbror.

I Annalice Mallorys släkt har det funnits många berömda personer. Upptäcktsresande, vetenskapsmän. Och just därför är också deras herrgård fylld av märkliga, fascinerande föremål. En dag hittar hon en sekelgammal dagbok som förtäljer om en mystisk ö. På ön ska det visst ha inträffat ett skeppsbrott. Om man kan hitta det gamla skeppet så kommer man också att bli rikligt belönad.

After years as a sub, Dani Maguire is stunned to realize her desires lie in another direction - as a domme. One night with the perfect sub is all she asked for, but the tall, blond Adonis chained before her is holding back and stirring emotions that could threaten her new role. Ethan Corelli has always kept his public and private life separate. After all, no one wants a highly sought-after attorney who hands over control to a woman to be punished in a variety of erotic ways. But one flick of his novice mistress' whip could change his mind.

Just for an instant their gazes connect, then he's gone. Barrel racer Trish Barton wants to find that mysterious man in black who, in brief seconds, pushed all her buttons. A born submissive, she sees herself on her knees before him, bound by the lasso he'd held in his hand. Jake Keenan will never forget that one brief glimpse of the woman who set him on fire, a woman he'd give anything to master. How could she have taken root in his dreams after that one brief glimpse?

From America's leading authorities in childcare comes the definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy - and a healthy baby. The Healthy Pregnancy Book guides expectant mothers and fathers through all stages of pregnancy from preconception through birth, focusing on how to enhance the health of mother and baby.

The Kids Under the Stairs: BenBee and the Teacher Griefer is a funny, clever novel-in-verse about Ben Bennet - who failed the language arts section of the Florida State test - and three classmates who get stuck in a summer-school class. But these kids aren't dumb - they're divergent thinkers, as Ms. J tells them: They simply approach things in a different way than traditional school demands.

Women hold just 11 percent of the most senior-level leadership positions in US corporations - a number that hasn't changed in over 30 years. How can more women break through? Break Your Own Rules distills the six faulty assumptions (or "rules") most women follow that get in the way, then delivers the correlating new rules that promise to clear a path.

An entertaining and insightful examination of the Emmy-award winning American satirical news show, broadcast on Comedy Central in the US, and (in an edited edition) on More4 in the UK and CNN International around the world.

Stuart Pearce became the face of England's bid to win the 1996 European Championships when his maniacal explosion of joy and relief at scoring a penalty in the quarter-final shootout against Spain captured the mood of a nation. England did not win the tournament, but, against a backdrop of the 'Three Lions' song that played from every pub, every bar, every car radio and every open window in that summer, it cemented the renaissance of the game in this country.

Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby’s life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby’s daughter, Rylee, is at a crossroads - her best friend, Twig, has started pushing her away just as Ben, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Ben and learns that Ben’s father was a first responder on 9/11. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee's father almost 30 years later.

Nine-year-old Daniel must move across the county with his mom after his parents’ divorce. He’s leaving behind his whole life - everything - and he’s taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbors - the Lemonade Girl, the hopscotching mailman, the tiny creatures, and especially Tilda Butter. Tilda knows how to look and listen closely, and it's that gift that helps Daniel find his way in that curious placed called While-a-Way Lane.

The chemistry between horse wranglers Bailey French and Hondo Labar was hot enough to singe the air even before their unexpected meeting at Rawhide, a private bondage club. Their extreme edge play at the club feeds their sexual needs, but Hondo wants a relationship outside the club and Bailey refuses to acknowledge him as more than a fellow wrangler. When a riding accident puts her in his care, can she finally trust her heart as well as her body to a man who would master her forever?

Discussions from Curtis Holt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Things are changing for Marcus and Nathan, in more ways than one. Nathan is still trying to deal with the action he took in order to save Marcus’ life. It isn’t easy to do, and sometimes he fears he’ll give in to all the doubts and fears plaguing him.

After coming to the stark realization that they were deceived by a close and trusted ally, the surviving members of the Collective struggle to find purpose in the new apocalyptic, war-torn world around them.

Two sisters that chat about all things life while trying to find the answer to the question we all have... What the fuck are we doing?