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What if Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy before she knew he was Mr Darcy? While touring Pemberley with her aunt and uncle, Elizabeth encounters a handsome gentleman working among the roses. With his coat discarded and his hands marked by honest labour, she naturally assumes he is one of the estate’s gardeners —and speaks to him with all her usual openness. Fitzwilliam Darcy knows he ought to correct her mistake. Instead, charmed by a young woman who sees neither his fortune nor his consequence, he allows their conversation to continue.

Congress, the central democratic institution in the United States, is hanging on by a thread. On January 6, 2021, a violent attack on the Capitol Building left five people dead, and threats and attacks against politicians are on the rise. In Stuck, Maya Kornberg chronicles the efforts of congressional reformers over the last fifty years and documents the mounting forces that have kept their reforms from creating meaningful change.

In an age dominated by logic and science, we’ve forgotten why we instinctively fear the dark. The ancient stories passed down by our ancestors, meant to warn us of the horrors lurking just beyond the reach of light, have faded into obscurity. Yet the entities that stalked them are not gone—they wait in the shadows, watching and waiting for their next unsuspecting victim.

Lady Ayla of Blackfell has spent the last three years living in fear of her cruel husband, surviving through quiet, daring acts of resistance. But when a traitorous knight conquers the castle, Ayla finds herself the personal hostage of a warrior far deadlier than the one she married. Niel doesn't care whether his father’s rebellion succeeds, but he'll gladly use the war to exact his own revenge against the nobility. There's just one problem: right as he's about to ransom the castle’s lady back to her lord, he sees the bruises covering her arm.

Elizabeth Bennet isn't made to stand idly by and watch people suffer. Especially not when the Bennet sisters' stepfather, a one-time British spy, has trained her, Jane, and Mary so well. But when Netherfield Park is let and the new residents move in, the lighthearted game of reimagined Robin Hood she and her sisters have been playing could turn deadly, both for the neighborhood's newest gentlemen and for Elizabeth's heart.

The glow itself seemed to be alive, breathing, spreading under the baby’s skin. One question filled my mind: Who is this child? Tavi Malin is born facing the sun, filled with greater magic than any other sun-blessed child. When Tavi turns 14, her magic awakens. Her uncontrollable, destructive power frightens those around her - almost as much as it terrifies Tavi herself.

Elizabeth Bennet is giving up her secret life as a highwayman in favor of her next great adventure...being courted by Fitzwilliam Darcy. But when new guests arrive at Netherfield Park, they bring danger and tumult with them. Can Elizabeth and her sisters contend with the evil Hargreaves while still successfully navigating matters of the heart, or will they be forced to choose between love, honor, and family?

The Towers of Nine School of Magic Study and Practice is an institution rich with ancient traditions and secrets. Serafina Stewart has grown up on stories of this place, passed to her by her witch mother. Now Serafina is finally old enough to attend. But getting in is the easy part. And Mother's stories never included ghosts or deadly spiders.

Elizabeth Bennet isn't made to stand idly by and watch people suffer. Especially not when the Bennet sisters' stepfather, a one-time British spy, has trained her, Jane, and Mary so well. But when Netherfield Park is let and the new residents move in, the lighthearted game of reimagined Robin Hood she and her sisters have been playing could turn deadly, both for the neighborhood’s newest gentlemen and for Elizabeth's heart.

Sarah Miller struggles to remain conscious while medical teams work diligently to save her life. As she slips into a deep sleep, she enters an ethereal realm where her grandfather, Ralph Miller, awaits her under the protective canopy of a large oak tree beside a still pond. But this is no ordinary tree! As Sarah gazes into its glittering leaves, she is whisked away into one memory after another. With her grandfather's ever-changing tie, Ralph guides Sarah into understanding life's tragedies and the power of decisions.

Liz Pond is a private investigator with her own agency in historic San Antonio, Texas. Her specialty is proving that con artists are frauds, and Liz knows just how to spot a fake...by using her own secret psychic abilities. However, after the failed rescue of a kidnapped woman, Liz has lost all faith in herself as a PI. She's also lost her psychic abilities and doesn't know if she'll ever get them back.

When 20-year-old Elianas father orders her to court, it is with one purpose: to save their noble, destitute family through marriage to a wealthy suitor. Eliana would much rather be studying healing and making use of her rare magical talent for medicines, but there is no escaping his command. She has eight short weeks to find a match she can stomach, or else shell be married off to the cruel, despicable man of her father's choosing.

English professor Elijah M. Clayton, Jr., has promised his dying cousin he’ll raise her unborn daughter, but he knows he can’t do it on his own. His search for a wife fails miserably until he meets Beatrix-35 at a speed-dating event. Unfortunately, the ASD he does his best to conceal turns his best hope into another failure. Plumber Beatrix Glouster is convinced she’s finally met a good guy in Elijah-34—until his probing questions about babies and breastfeeding lead her to suspect he’s more pervert than perfect.

Join Kristin in her poetic and heartfelt musings on life, parenting, and faith, told through the lens of a chronically ill and disabled mom.The poetry and lyrical prose featured in this chapbook provide an honest look at Kristin’s journey with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and her growing commitment to writing as other parts of her life are stripped away by chronic illness.

On the day of her wedding to the Crown Prince, Aveline is cursed for helping the wrong person. Not entirely a ghost, she is in between, having no control over what form she takes at any given moment. To break it, Aveline is forced to turn to the man she helped: the ostracised Magic Collector. Sebastian, known to everyone else as The Magic Collector, is shrouded in mystery. His castle disappears, sometimes for months, and then reappears without warning.

Years ago, Pel fell for a gorgeous Faerie...and enslaved herself to him in the process. Now, she's making the best of it by using borrowed Fae magic to render herself invisible and steal from the wealthy at court. While she's there, a handsome human man named Cole is arrested when his father claims he can spin straw into gold. Intrigued, Pel follows Cole into his cell. When she learns he has no such talent, she offers to help, if he'll pay for her assistance. But a little help isn't enough.

Aeryn is hungry, perpetually exhausted, and short on hope. Ever since her merchant father lost everything to pirates, the 22-year-old has worked endlessly to meet the needs of her impoverished family. But it's never enough. That all changes when a mysterious faerie invites her to a competition hosted by a Fae beast looking for a wife. Tor, the castle-dwelling creature, is wealthy enough to provide for Aeryn's family, and she's desperate enough to say yes.

Magic can’t be real, right? Tell that to the werewolf glaring at me with his near-black eyes or the handsome vampire lounging in the corner. Did I enjoy growing up rejected by everyone I encountered because of my physical abnormalities? Hell no! The only thing I ever wanted was to be accepted by someone. Not everyone, just anyone. A normal job and one solid meal a day would’ve been nice too.

The second audiobook of the Time to Wake series unravels the deep history between the characters while taking listeners further into the mythology and world of the Nephilim, with our favorite snarky caffeine-addict leading the way.

Lyrica is the usual final year university student, except that she has the ability to see Rifts–portals to other worlds in this Universe. When her acquaintance Basil, a time-travelling archaeologist from the future shows up and needs her help, well, why would she resist the call of adventure? But what of these new aliens that have joined their group–will they draw Lyrica out of her self-justified, self-imposed loneliness? What will happen when the adventure turns more dangerous than anticipated?