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Thirty-one-year old Clara’s family have called their cosy cottage in the grounds of Brellasham Manor ‘home’ her whole life. And when River, the owner’s son, returns after sixteen years away, at first Clara is wary. They shared their first kiss as teenagers before River moved halfway around the world, and his soulful brown eyes look just the same.

Being alone has a serious branding issue. We've only ever had negative language to talk about flying solo - but what about when time spent alone is restorative and joyful? What if it's something you crave? Enter: alonement, Francesca Specter's empowering new word to express valuing your own company and carving out time to spend with yourself, whoever you are and whatever your relationship status. In Alonement, Francesca Specter reveals how we can all thrive alone, whatever our circumstances, and harness the untapped power of some meaningful time with me, myself and I.

With a mother unfit for purpose and a brother who despises her, working girl Amber can rely on no one but herself - until the meanest pimp in Manchester, Kev Pike, offers her his protection. Unfortunately, this attracts the fury of Cora, a prostitute no one wants to get on the wrong side of. When Cora is found strangled to death, the late-night city streets feel increasingly exposed with a killer on the loose. As Amber grows closer to Kev, she realises his security comes at a price she might not be willing to pay. Amber is frozen in fear, knowing one wrong move will risk her life.

We all know dating sucks. It hasn't gotten any easier since it was invented—in fact, some might say the advent of online dating, apps like Tinder and Hinge, and now AI has made it nearly impossible to find love even thought we're more connected than ever. And yet, as challenging as it is to meet someone, we're all still desirous of love, because we're humans, and we're facing a loneliness epidemic. With How to Find True Love, Francesca Hogi provides a better plan for finding true love. Hogi seeks to bring purpose to modern dating and optimism to the hearts of cynical daters everywhere.

Every Vampire Bloodline has a gift. Eyros Vampires can read and control minds. Kaly Vampires can raise the dead and command your very soul. Wyvern Vampires can teleport from one reality to another. And on it goes. But King Daemon has all of their gifts, plus one more. The Vampires call it Armageddon. No one knows what it is. Until now…

Vampires are real. At least that’s what Julian Harrow and Christian Thorne are trying to prove with their YouTube show. But as they uncover the truth, the beautiful monsters they seek, are also seeking them. Lord Balthazar Ravenscroft, the roguish Vampire with the ability to read minds, finds himself drawn to Christian, determined to protect the boy, even as his quest to uncover the truth puts all of Vampire kind in danger. But worse, as Christian and Julian have discovered the Ever Dark, the Vampire’s secret world, where they risk waking the most powerful, deadly Vampire of all.

Tears trickling down her cheeks, she recognises her grandmother's writing scrawled across the manila envelope. Inside is an engraved key that sits heavy in her hand. Will the tumbledown cottage be the start of a new life–or will it tear her life apart?

When a young girl is kidnapped, street-smart but damaged ex-cop California "Cal" Corwin is engaged to find and rescue her before murder raises the stakes. As a straightforward case takes unexpected twists, Cal must quell a growing fear that an anguished mother may never see her child again. With a shadowy crime lord lurking behind every unexpected clue, Cal struggles to tie up loose ends before evil claims its next victim.

On the Psychic Hotline, Allison speaks with an Englishman whose daughter is in big trouble. When Allison meets him, she learns that his daughter has been arrested for a murder she can't remember. Allison also discovers that his hundred-year-old house has a dangerous entity living within...and it's not the first time something bad has happened here. Allison enlists the help of her new friend, Ivy Tanner, a Hollywood actress, to get to the bottom of the haunting of the house on Mockingbird Lane.

Rebecca and Sam are happily married and enjoying a typical Saturday night until a knock at the door changes everything. There is a woman outside, and she has something to say. Something that will change the happy couple's relationship forever. With their marriage thrown into turmoil, Rebecca no longer knows who to trust, while Sam is determined to find out who that woman was and why she came to their house.

When the icy shards of a rogue comet fall to Earth, they bring an unknown virus that accelerates evolution to extremes. Suddenly, infected plants grow stronger, choking out those uninfected. Animals turn aggressive and deadly. The eyes of loved ones go cold, and infected neighbors begin exhibiting signs of brutal domination. In a small Georgia town, 14-year-old Katie McLane sees her neighbors changing, one by one. Dr. Susan Perry, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncovers the frightening scope of the menace. The infected aren’t just evolving....

If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you're, gasp... disabled? Whatever body you’re born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast? And what the **** does normal mean anyway?

After a fast-paced decade in advertising and marketing in New York City, Francesca Sipma felt something fundamental was missing, so she left her job and traveled the world to discover what it was. That thing was true purpose, the often-ignored inner need everyone has to fulfill their destiny. And Francesca found it through conscious breathwork.

Jazz Bashara è una criminale. O qualcosa di molto simile. La vita su Artemis - la prima città costruita sulla Luna - può essere davvero difficile a meno di non essere molto ricchi. Ma Jazz non ha un sostanzioso conto in banca e si deve barcamenare tra piccole truffe e contrabbandi occasionali, visto che con il suo stipendio ufficiale riesce a malapena a pagare l'affitto e deve saldare i debiti accumulati.

Internationally renowned actor Geraint Wyn Davies performs Dylan Thomas’ best-known and most beloved poems: “Fern Hill,” “Death Shall Have No Dominion,” and the eternal, “Do Not Go Gentle.” Also included are complete (and abridged) performances of the best selling "A Child’s Christmas in Wales" and "A Visit to Grandpa’s."

"Travel words and phrases in Italian". 300 essential words and phrases and the 100 most common verbs. Italian is a major European language, with 69 million native speakers and it is spoken as a second language by 16 million EU citizens. How to learn a language differently? Today, language learning is revolutionizing : you do not have to go to traditional language classes anymore. Our learning method : a selection of hundreds of phrases and essential words. You listen to them, you repeat them, and you speak.

The complete method. 300 essential words and phrases, 140 common expressions, the 100 most common verbs, the 1000 essential words. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening.

Henry’s heart has long been devoted to Olivia, his sister's dearest friend, and Olivia has always loved Henry–like a brother. Olivia Danville witnessed a passionate seduction at a formative age, and her unexpected education stirs wanton desires which would make her treasured friend, the handsome and valiant Henry, despise her. With her father called to duty against Napoleon, Olivia’s mother asks Mr. Seldon, the new vicar with the face of an angel, to counsel the young debutante in preparation for matrimony.

This transformative collection of guided meditations is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of manifesting. By fine-tuning your mental, emotional, and spiritual frequencies, you'll tap into the universal law of attraction, turning the life you dream of into the life you live.

Per una cosa nuova ci vuole un nome nuovo. È così che sono nati i "PodLAST", che sono podcast, ovvero contenuti audio ottimizzati per l'ascolto su dispositivi informatici e altri device elettronici, ma sono ideati e prodotti dai giornalisti della Stampa, primo giornale italiano a mettersi alla prova fuori dai tradizionali confini delle parole di carta. Dalla letteratura alla politica, dalle notizie di attualità ai loro approfondimenti, i PodLAST daranno alla comunità dei lettori della Stampa la possibilità di scegliere tra contenuti diversi, sentendosi sempre a casa.