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"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister’s life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would-be dragon slayer.

"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight." Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister's life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one would - be dragonslayer - a journey that will become a struggle for life.

In a slightly futuristic, polluted world, 14-year-old Bryn watches an ancient egg hatch, and her life changes forever. Like her family before her, Bryn can "ken" with birds, so at first she doesn't understand why she relates to what appears to be a lizard. Then she realizes that the critter in her care is really a baby dragon. When the dracling becomes an Internet phenomenon, she must flee to protect him from poachers and others who wish him harm. But will Bryn be able to protect him, or will she lose the dracling just as she comes to love him?

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the uplifting story with a uniquely loveable protagonist, perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things, Elizabeth is Missing, and Dear Mrs Bird. Florence Butterfield has a secret. She's kept it for 70 years. She's travelled the world, fallen in love, and...

Florrie Butterfield—eighty-seven, one-legged, and of cheerful disposition—believes there can't be any more adventures or surprises in life to experience. Yet one midsummer’s evening, there’s an accident at Babbington Hall—the adult residence where she lives—so shocking and strange that Florrie is suspicious; is this really an accident?

Provence, May 1889. The hospital of Saint-Paul-de Mausole is home to the mentally ill. An old monastery, it sits at the foot of Les Alpilles mountains amongst wheat fields, herbs and olive groves. For years the fragile have come here and lived quietly, found rest behind the shutters and high, sun-baked walls. Tales of the new arrival - his savagery, his paintings, his copper-red hair - are quick to find the warden's wife.

June 1914 and a young woman - Clara Waterfield - is summoned to a large stone house in Gloucestershire. Her task: to fill a greenhouse with exotic plants from Kew Gardens, to create a private paradise for the owner of Shadowbrook. Yet on arrival, Clara hears rumours: something is wrong with this quiet, wisteria-covered house. Its gardens are filled with foxgloves, hydrangea and roses; it has lily ponds, a croquet lawn - and the marvellous new glasshouse awaits her. But the house itself feels unloved. Its rooms are shuttered or empty.

Mitra and her little brother, Babak, are beggars in the city of Rhagae, scratching out a living as best as they can with what they can beg for–or steal. But Mitra burns with hope and ambition, for she and Babak are not what they seem. They are of royal blood, but their father’s ill-fated...

Ein fesselnder, atmosphärischer Pageturner um eine unerschrockene junge Frau, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus ist. Im Sommer 1914 wird die junge Botanikerin Clara Waterfield von London nach Gloucestershire gerufen: Sie soll auf einem Landsitz namens Shadowbrook den Aufbau eines Gewächshauses mit exotischen Pflanzen betreuen. Der Garten ist überwältigend, üppige Hortensien und Rosen drängen sich um gepflegte Rasenflächen, alles scheint vor Leben zu sprühen.

Ein altes Herrenhaus mit einem großen Garten, in dem Lavendel, Mohn und Kornblumen blühen. Morgens singt der Zaunkönig in den Büschen, abends lässt man den Tag bei einem Gin Tonic unter den Apfelbäumen ausklingen. Florence Butterfield, lebenserfahren, weit gereist und ausgestattet mit unerschütterlichem Optimismus, kann sich keinen schöneren Ort für den Lebensabend vorstellen als die Seniorenresidenz Babbington Hall. Bis Heimleiterin Renata in der Mittsommernacht aus dem Fenster springt.

Dieser leidenschaftliche Roman zeichnet das unvergessliche Bild eines zerrissenen Dorfes und eines Verbrechens, für das ein unschuldiger Mann büßen muss. Erzählt im Rückblick von der erwachsenen, nun schwangeren Eve Green, die als Achtjährige nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter in das walisische Dorf gebracht wurde, ist das Debüt von Susan Fletcher ein griffiges Stück Literatur über Vertrauen, Schuld und Lüge und darüber, wie man lebt, wenn die Liebe aus dem Leben verschwunden ist. Außerordentlich lyrisch, voller Leben und total authentisch.

Certains fantômes hantent les demeures, d'autres les cœurs... Londres, 1914. Atteinte de la maladie des os de verre, Clara vit recluse depuis toujours, choyée par une mère qui lui raconte le monde. À sa mort, la jeune femme prend son destin en main et s'initie clandestinement à la botanique. Elle est bientôt engagée par Mr Fox pour créer sur son domaine une serre de plantes exotiques. Mais, à peine arrivée à Shadowbrook, elle ressent un étrange malaise.

In this steamy collection of hardcore sex short stories, five beautiful women lose their anal innocence in various exciting ways. You might like first anal sex rough, or you might like it gentle. Maybe you want to see it as call girl sex, or even to see a girl bent over by a stranger. However you want it, this collection has it!

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When I met her at the bar, Marlena thought I was a high class call girl like her. I guess some people might have been offended but I was actually flattered, and as we talked, I realized I really liked her. When she told me she slept with women, my heart nearly exploded from beating so hard. She could tell right away but she refused to charge me. She liked me, and since I traveled on business to her city regularly, she wanted the friendship to take precedence.

As a young child Eponine never knew kindness, except once from her family's kitchen slave, Cosette. When at sixteen the girls' paths cross again and their circumstances are reversed, Eponine must decide what that friendship is worth, even though they've both fallen for the same boy. In the end, Eponine will sacrifice everything to keep true love alive.

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Kara is unprepared to be confronted by Ryan when everyone else at the office is already gone. She's especially unprepared for the stranger he's brought along with him. Of course, she's fully unprepared when her hands are tied behind her back with a phone cord. No amount of preparation would have mattered, though, because Kyle and Ryan are determined, and before the night is through, she'll have a rough double team sex encounter complete with her first anal sex and a scorching double penetration!

Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister, Moira, comes to her in the evenings and sits beside her hospital bed. Here, Moira confesses. She admits to her childhood selfishness which deeply hurt her family; to her savagery at boarding school; to the wild, bitter and destructive heart that she carried into her adult life.

Turtle is scavenging a drowned town when she saves a stranger’s life. There’s something special about Kai—an attraction she’s never felt before. She would do anything to see him again. But Turtle can never truly be with Kai, because Kai is Normal, and Turtle is one of the Mer, kids whose genes were illegally hacked before birth and who now have working gills as well as lungs. Turtle lives on an old cruise ship with the other Mer in order to be close to the water she needs to survive.