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The second sun has returned as our Bone Throwers foresaw—casting the nine realms into war. My name is Ash, and I fell in the battle for Baiseen. But I'm awake now, slowly putting the pieces back together. My Heir has lost his throne. My sailor is gone. And there is an emptiness inside me I can't explain. Amid the chaos, someone must collect the original twelve whistle bones from all corners of the world.

A spicy small-town, brother’s best friend, sports romance “packed with sizzling tension, heat, and sweet, swoon-worthy moments” (Peyton Corinne, author of TikTok sensation Unsteady) between a college football coach and the one that got away that you’ll want to devour in one sitting. If...

A gripping story of how an entire family, deeply enmeshed in Mormonism for thirty years, found their way out and found faith in Jesus Christ. For thirty years, Lynn Wilder, once a tenured faculty member at Brigham Young University, and her family lived in, loved, and promoted the Mormon Church...

Fifteen-year-old Freedom Smith is a born fighter, it's in his gypsy blood. Freedom's no angel, but he's no killer either. When he's falsely accused of murder, the law gives him the chance to prove his worth, by in infiltrating a sinister fight game that's recruiting runaway boys. But what he discovers is something else. Something big. A mind-bending world of dangerous science, and a fight that never ends.

The highly anticipated sequel to the “achingly tender and deliciously sexy” (Jillian Meadows, author of Give Me Butterflies) Only in Your Dreams is a steamy, whip-smart sports romance about a former pro football star who agrees to fake date the fan-favorite ex of another high-profile NFL...

Jude Holland has slogged it for years at a chance to land a coveted job designing the city's most breathtaking restaurants and nightclubs. When a spot opens up on her firm's design team, her boss makes her a deal: design Theo Jordan—the firm's biggest client—a new restaurant, convince him to renew his contract with the company, and the job is hers. If only he'd play along.

A colourful palette of short stories featuring artists and their love of paintings. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain, "The Cat" by E. F. Benson, "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde, "A Queer Night in Paris" by Guy de Maupassant, "Portrait of a Lady" by Jerome K. Jerome, "Miss Harriet" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe, "My Adventure at Chislehurst" by A. J. Alan, "The Stalled Ox" by Saki, "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson.

In a world on the brink of the next Great Dying, no amount of training can prepare us for what is to come.... A young heir will raise the most powerful phantom in all of Baiseen. A dangerous High Savant will do anything to control the nine realms. A mysterious and deadly Mar race will steal children into the sea. And a handsome guide with far too many secrets will make me fall in love. My name is Ash. A lowly scribe meant to observe and record. And yet I think I'm destined to save us all.

Murder comes in two familiar forms. Whether as a crime of passion with high emotions or a cold dispassionate plot to take life in order to gain in some way, the act strikes us all as somehow inhuman. Beneath us as civilised beings. But however we cloak our animal instincts the need to remove a human being and gain relief from abuse or gain from money, the term is just the same – MURDER. Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could.

Serial dater Finn Palmer has it down to a science: dinner, drinks, the this-is-just-sex conversation, and he's back in his own bed by midnight. With his infectious smile and preference for one-night flings, he's exactly the distraction Jenna Carling needs when she returns home for her sister's dreaded wedding. So when Jenna shows up on his doorstep looking for a hot do-over of their failed one-night stand from a year ago, she's shocked that Finn offers her something entirely different: his spare bedroom for the summer.

Comedy, mystery, classic horror, children's stories, adventure and more! The range of titles available in the complete fourth season of The Classic Tales Podcast is unparalleled! It contains 29 audiobooks, including two complete novels and three newly recorded stories. It's over 39 hours long!

What's a kid to do when given a day-of-the-week underwear set—wear Monday's undies on Monday, Tuesday's undies on Tuesday like a rule-following robot? No sirree bob! He'll cut and craft, snip and sew until every single one of his friends—from an octopus to a piggy bank to, yes, a line of ants—has their own pair of underwear, whether they want them or not.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Heart Keeper and experience the compelling world of Eleanor.

In the highly anticipated final installment of the Oakwood Bay series—“packed with sizzling tension, heat, and sweet, swoon-worthy moments” (Peyton Corinne, USA TODAY bestselling author)—childhood best friends Parker and Summer agree to matchmake each other, to disastrous results, all...

„Du kennst diese Welt nicht, Rachel. Bilde dir nicht ein, etwas über ihre Monster zu wissen.“ Einen Vulkan bei Nacht erklimmen, davon träumt die siebzehnjährige Rachel schon lange. Doch kaum auf Bali angekommen, wird sie von ihrem Begleiter getrennt und gerät durch eine Pforte in eine magische Welt voller Monster und Flüche. Um zurückzukehren, schließt sie einen Pakt mit einer Kreatur und ahnt nicht, dass sie dadurch weit mehr als ihr eigenes Leben in Gefahr bringt.

"Hundert Herzen, Rachel. Das ist mein Preis." Rachel wurde von ihren Freunden getrennt und sitzt gefangen im Palast der Kristalldomstadt fest. Um der Einsamkeit und ihrem Liebeskummer zu entkommen, schmiedet sie im Geheimen Pläne. Die allerdings gefährden nicht nur die Freundschaft zu ihren Gefährten, sondern auch die angespannten Friedensverhandlungen im Palast. Um den Kaiser nicht gegen sich aufzubringen, verstrickt sie sich immer tiefer in ein Netz aus Lügen. Dabei fällt es ihr zunehmend schwer, ihr Herz vor dem Mann zu schützen, der für sie verboten ist.