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Lila Dalton has no memory of how she got to this courtroom. The man in the docks is accused of mass murder, and she’s his barrister – but she can’t remember anything about the case. She can’t remember anything at all. Lila is stranded on an island hundreds of miles from the UK, where the most serious crimes go to trial. The next plane out doesn’t leave for days. And she’s being watched. Someone keeps breaking into her hotel room to leave cryptic notes, threatening her with deadly consequences if she doesn’t get her client off.

Written in a unique confessional style, this short story takes the form of an e-mail written from "your" beautiful fiancee after a bachelorette party gone bad (or good, depending on the way you look at it.) You finally confessed the secret desire for your fiancee to sleep with other men, but now that she's off in Vegas for the bachelorette party you're worried that she might be taking things farther than you expected. Did she sound strangely out of breath during that phone call, or was it just your imagination?

Middlemarch is a complex tale of idealism, disillusion, profligacy, loyalty and frustrated love. This penetrating analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 is told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke and Dr Tertius Lydgate and includes a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-19th century.

Viking magic is real, not all knights are honorable, and ancient magic comes with a price in these incredible epic fantasy tales. Bonus: Included are 17 bonus stories not available anywhere else, bringing this collection to many hours of incredible storytelling. These tales don’t have a happy ending. Dark, gritty fantasy at its finest. 

His Special Forces background, coupled with his family’s resources, have made him successful, but they didn’t prepare him for the politician’s daughter with a body that could make grown men weep and an attitude that puts his teeth on edge. He’s agreed to guard her as a personal favor to her father, but he’s beginning to wonder how long he can put up with her spoiled-brat ways. That is, until she sets her seductive sights on him.

Before you build a house, you must put in a solid foundation. Mark Simpson famously wrote, “Never build your house on somebody else’s land” in his debut best seller, which still serves as a great lesson for short-term rental hosts worldwide.

This audiobook talks about how to find the totality of life and to find it now, not tomorrow, not “a day”, but at this moment, in the middle of the present experience, even if what is happening is painful and frightening. It is about finding who you really are, letting go of the false image you have built of yourself. The purpose of this audiobook is to awaken you, to inspire in you the desire to create the foundation for a spiritual practice that will lead you to change, and finally, to show you how to cultivate and maintain such practice.

Beth Chambers's life is no fairytale, even if she feels like a damsel in distress. After four years in a destructive relationship, Beth has decided enough is enough and leaves her girlfriend, taking with her only her dog Dudley, her broken spirit, and a shattered view of life. At her lowest point, she meets Amy Fletcher, a woman who has it all—and from whom she believes would never want more than friendship. What Beth fails to realize is that there are definitely two sides to every story. Could Amy Fletcher be Beth's Princess Charming? Could her story end with a happily ever after?

When Sky Terran returns to the village of Middledip after losing the job she loves, she anticipates a quiet Christmas getting used to her new life. However, the annual street decoration competition is coming up and this year, the residents of Winter Street are determined to win. As she is pulled into the preparations, Sky quickly grows to love the quirky, tight-knit community she is now part of. Including the extremely handsome Daz, who soon becomes more than just a friendly neighbour.

Though often drawn in to difficult circumstances not of their own making, the women in She Is Vengeance always have the final say in what impacts their world. These strong women guide their own outcomes against a myriad of settings, from libraries to farms, beaches, the city, and even a deserted lighthouse.

A collection of crime stories with a difference, the quick listens in She Is Vengeance all have strong female protagonists who refuse to be the victims in their own life stories.

Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan’s mother, Bernadette, is an agoraphobic hoarder, and her father Harry seems to have no past. Struggling every day, Alison seeks the help of a school counsellor. When an old homeless man is found dead in a Melbourne park, Alison's life changes. Somehow, the man's death is connected to her family and the Polish Home Army. Fighting for her future, can Alison unravel the mystery of her family and the dead man, and find a way to place her trust in others again?

With her wedding to Hank fast approaching, Imogen Banks has come a long way from the magical contest that brought her to Bijou Mer. But when conspirators seek to sabotage the witch's big day, she fears her latest recipe for happiness will end in disaster. And after the prince falls horribly ill, Imogen and her friends must solve one more dark mystery before her love and kingdom perish. 

Imogen’s magical bakery is thriving and she loves the company of the Water Kingdom’s dashing prince. But she’s not so enamored with the time she’s forced to spend with his awful royal family. She also can't help but worry that the increased media scrutiny could reveal her secret contact with the royal family’s sworn enemy: her own brother.

The Crossing is a book by long-time renowned author Michael Connelly and is the 22nd installment in the Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch series. In this novel, Bosch teams up again, albeit unwillingly, with formidable defense lawyer Mickey Haller to find out the truth about the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of a famous West Hollywood resident.

Just two months after her abduction, Alice Skye is ready to get back to her job as a Paladin agent, tracking and detaining Breed by any means necessary. Even though bones have healed and bites have scarred, she’s no closer to the truth, and the one man who knows is nowhere to be seen. Riley Storm has his own problems, being heir to the Storm empire and a Guardian of the Order. So he keeps his distance from the unpredictable Alice Skye. That is, until he’s forced back into her life, whether she wants him to be or not.

Imogen Banks has dreamed her entire life of opening her own bakery in Seattle. But when she accidentally sets fire to her apartment and loses all her possessions, her dreams get toasted. Still coping with her loss, she receives a cryptic invitation she can't possibly refuse: entry into a mysterious baking competition on a beautiful French island.  

Christmas is the season to warm your heart and curl up with a steamy billionaire. Except, Santa might not be stopping at the Reid house this Christmas. And it has nothing to do with who's been naughty or nice. Life is busy at the top; it's all work, family, and little time for play. All Alex Reid wants this Christmas is his wife, Jamie...naked.

He possesses me, controls me, pushes me to the edge, and I keep coming back for more. Daniel Collins. Single Dad. My neighbor. He's the rudest man I've ever met. Cold. Arrogant. Reclusive. He's so volatile everyone calls him the Brute. I should stay away from him, but the heart wants what it wants.

Manchmal kann ein einziger Song dein ganzes Leben verändern ... Seit sie denken kann, liebt Suki das Singen. Bislang traute sie sich aber nie, ihre Leidenschaft außerhalb ihrer eigenen vier Wände zu verfolgen. Als ein heimlich von ihr aufgenommenes Video viral geht und sie einen Plattenvertrag erhält, scheint ihr Traum von einer Karriere als Popstar unverhofft zum Greifen nah. Im Tonstudio trifft sie schließlich auf ihren neuen Songwriter River – und hätte am liebsten wieder kehrt gemacht. Denn Suki und River verbindet eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit.

​The My Fair Lady story gets a thoroughly modern, thoroughly invigorating update in this unsparing (and hilarious) look at America’s capitalist tech culture. Eli is a tough young woman who makes paper flowers on Venice Beach, where she lives in a homeless tent camp. A chance encounter with a smug tech CEO, Hig, sparks an intriguing quid pro quo: she brings him an image-burnishing entrepreneurial offer, and he, in turn, hires her to present GAL - his new artificial intelligence service - at an upcoming conference.