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Emily Anderson adores romance—both in books and in real life (though her own love life is more ‘tragic subplot’ than ‘happily-ever-after’). As an audiobook narrator, she spends her days bringing love stories to life, convinced that one day, her own perfect romance will come true. Jude Cavendish, thinks romance is a fairy tale for fools. A crime author with a serious case of writer’s block, he’s horrified when his publisher asks him to add a love story to his latest novel. He knows murders, mysteries, and mayhem—not grand gestures and stolen kisses.

Landing a job caring for the unresponsive wife of celebrity podcaster Colin Harrington could be the best thing that's happened to me in a long time. I get a place to live, a paycheck, and a way to salvage my comatose career. It's my last chance to finally prove the doubters wrong. I have to make it work. All I need to do is survive a few months in the eerie, high-tech halls of the Harringtons' mansion. But caring for Colin's wife Kara is testing the limits of my sanity.

Connie’s singing career isn’t exactly going to plan. On a final warning from her agent and failing every big audition, she’s desperate for a fresh start. So when she lands a last-minute gig in Benidorm (of all places) she jumps at the chance—despite knowing she’s completely out of her depth. Thrown into the wild world of the Dollz, a cocktail-fuelled girl group who love glitter as much as they love drama, Connie struggles to fit in. Then there’s Matteo—the brooding, annoyingly attractive local who seems to be everywhere she turns, throwing her further off course.

VENERDÌ POMERIGGIO. E IL TRAFFICO È... MICIDIALE. UNA DETECTIVE IN MENOPAUSA. UN INGORGO INTERMINABILE. UN OMICIDIO SENZA SPIEGAZIONI. Il sergente Belinda Kidd - per tutti Billy - sta tornando a casa dall'aeroporto, stremata dal jet-lag e pronta a lasciarsi alle spalle una carriera che l'ha segnata per sempre. Ma il destino ha in serbo altri piani per lei. In un afoso venerdì pomeriggio, il traffico si blocca all'improvviso. Le luci dei freni tingono l'autostrada di rosso. Pochi istanti dopo, Billy si accorge che nell'auto accanto a lei c'è un uomo morto, molto probabilmente assassinato.

Senza dubbio, i fratelli Opgard hanno avuto successo nella vita. O, perlomeno, ne hanno avuto quanto è possibile in un paesino come Os: un migliaio di anime aggrappate a una montagna, apparentemente dimenticate da Dio e dagli uomini. Carl dirige un lussuoso hotel con spa, mentre Roy ha in mente un progetto ambizioso: un parco dei divertimenti con un ottovolante tra i piú alti e paurosi del mondo. E si potrebbe ottenere ancora di piú, per esempio ingrandendo l'hotel.

Dr. Jo Brown, a world-renowned performance coach and physiotherapist, has spent decades championing champions, guiding elite athletes and Olympians like Noah Lyles and Yohan Blake to peak performance. In this book, she shares invaluable insights that reveal how profound self-awareness and unbounded personal growth can help you redefine what's possible and achieve your biggest, brightest goals.

When Nadia and Tom are both unceremoniously stood up by their dates under the clock at Waterloo Station, fate throws them together in the most unusual of circumstances. What starts as a brilliant story for future dinner parties soon turns into a wonderful friendship, and both Tom and Nadia realise they’ve found the perfect partner in crime. Tired of dating but always needing a plus one for weddings, parties, and the like, they agree to fake date each other.

A&E Nurse Amy Spencer lives a very ordinary life in Port Kara. She loves her job at the hospital and has a great group of friends, but there is something or someone, missing from her life. Amy’s tried dating but no one ever compares with the one boy that got away – Lijah Byrne. Lijah’s life since he left Port Kara has been what dreams are made of. But lately Lijah has started to feel hollow – the fame and celebrity he once craved now makes him feel trapped. The only place he’s ever felt safe is Port Kara…so maybe it’s time to go back home?

A battered woman awakens atop a forgotten gravesite by Lake Superior's southern shore. Identified only by the locket around her neck inscribed with the name Rebecca, she seeks refuge with an elderly lighthouse keeper. But as Rebecca struggles to remember who she is, she finds herself haunted by the lingering memories of Annabel, a mysterious woman who perished in the lake's unforgiving waves years earlier. With the spirit of Annabel seemingly reawakened, and an unknown adversary on the hunt to silence Rebecca once and for all, more is at stake than reclaiming her own memories.

For more than three decades, Andrea Jo Rodgers has served her small-town community as a volunteer EMT. Over the years, the incredible events she's witnessed have taught her that behind the scenes of every dark and dire situation waits a God capable of doing the impossible to help, protect, and save those He loves.

Vor allem Unternehmen fragen sich: Wie tickt die GenZ? Und wie kann man mit ihr am besten zusammenarbeiten? In ihrem Buch haben die Herausgeber:innen beide Perspektiven zusammengebracht. Entstanden ist ein visionäres Buch für Entscheider:innen mit praktischen Fallbeispielen von und über eine junge Generation und ihre (möglichen) Rollen in Gesellschaft, Politik und Wirtschaft.

Zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to Aesop's fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to their portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on the most fascinating branches of ethological research—the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic—future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception—concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective.

When infamous hot mess vampire Roxanne resurrects her deceased best friends, she's confronted by a dream-dwelling Guardian of the Underworld, who demands that she replace them in his afterlife with three equally nefarious creatures—or he'll drag her there instead. Reunited with Medusa and Mx. Hyde, Roxanne and her macabre girl gang must become monster hunters themselves and fight for the future of their friendship.Gory, sexy, silly, touching—Glorious Fiends asks who the real monsters are, and if the bonds that we think are solely human are really ours alone.

After leaving the army and falling out with his family, the Honorable Catesby Burgoyne is drowning his sorrows when he comes across a woman being attacked by thugs. A fight is just what he needs, but little does he realize the lady he rescues will change his life. For Prudence Youlgrave is not just the victim of ruffians. Her life has been made a shambles by her selfish brother and brutish fiancé. But she has a bold and courageous spirit Catesby can't resist, and before he knows it, he finds he has rescued her again by marrying her himself.

Lily took a deep breath. She wasn’t going to pass out from her now-galloping heart. She was thirty-three years old and way beyond having issues seeing an ex. Even the ex. She was going to just ignore Matt and enjoy her best friend’s wedding. Lily is fine. Really, truly, she’s ok. She might have to attend her best friend’s wedding with the ex-boyfriend she never got over, on a gorgeous Greek island that’s so small it’s impossible to avoid him, but she is determined to be friendly. And Matt, too, is completely and utterly fine.

When Arabella Barstowe is kidnapped, she believes her life and virtue are forfeit—until she's rescued by the notorious rogue Captain Rose. Bella never expects to see him again. But years later she learns the wicked truth behind her abduction, and she seeks out the only man who can help her take revenge.

Lady Hermione Merryhew, daughter of an impoverished marquess, already has her share of problems. The last thing she needs is an intruder in her bedroom, especially not a fugitive thief. She should scream, but the shabby rascal is a man from her past. Six years ago, at her first ball, dashing Lieutenant Mark Thayne failed to steal a kiss, but succeeded in stealing a little of her heart. She's older and wiser now. She can't toss him to the wolves. Besides, she wants that kiss. Now Viscount Faringay, Mark has never forgotten Lady Hermione, but he mustn't involve her in his dangerous life.

Disguised as the mysterious beauty Lisette, Lady Elfled Malloren anticipates only fun and flirtation at the Vauxhall Gardens Masquerade. Instead, the dark walkways lead to an encounter with treason, a brush with death, and a night of riotous passion with her family's most dangerous enemy - the elusive Fortitude Ware, earl of Walgrave. His control is indisputable, his power unquestionable, his attraction undeniable. And after just one night, Elf knows she will never forget the man she should not love.....

I am Claire. I am an 11-year-old girl. I met two new friends who invite me to join the Mystery Makers. And, these are the four mind-blowing mysteries I made with them.... Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Claire & the Mystery Makers: The Complete Series, and experience the compelling world of cozy mystery.

Claire revisits each of the mysteries created by the Mystery Makers, and slowly realizes that they - and her - could be part of the most amazing mystery of all. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Claire and the Making of a Mystery, and experience the compelling world of mystery.