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In 1890, the ominous tolling of the bell announces that death has come to Traeger Hall, leaving orphaned Waverly Pembrooke to piece together the puzzle behind her uncle's and aunt's murders. Bound by the terms of her uncle's eccentric will, Waverly finds herself alone in a manor shrouded by death and questioning the reasons for her uncle's paranoia. A madness hovers over Traeger Hall, and Waverly—as well as the people of nearby Newton Creek—are ill-prepared for the woe that has descended.

Connie never dreamed she'd get the chance to follow in the footsteps of her beloved late mother, to become a classical singer. But when she attracts jealous comments from the choir, more attention than she would like from the lead tenor and some unwanted scandalous publicity involving the royal family, she starts to wonder if she is doing the right thing.

Trutz Fiedler – ein aufstrebender junger Schriftsteller – findet sich in der forensischen Psychiatrie wieder. Alles fängt mit dem Kauf eines kleinen Hauses in Bebersee an, dem klassischen Idyll im Berliner Umland. Und einem Grabstein. Und mit einem Fluch. Ein verhängnisvoller Fluch für Trutz und seine Lebensgefährtin Christina Buschmann. Als Autor ist Trutz' Neugier sofort geweckt und er beginnt, Nachforschungen über den Fluch von Bebersee anzustellen.

Un encuentro casual en una gasolinera perdida, un asalto rutinario con consecuencias inesperadas, la mezcolanza de anhelos y de voces en la salida de un hotel para jalear a los jugadores de un famosísimo equipo de fútbol, los pensamientos de una francotiradora en sus largas esperas… Una mujer cualquiera vuelve a casa es un compendio de cómo lo sublime, lo injusto, lo irónico o lo aciago puede aguardarnos, a cualquiera de nosotros, a la vuelta de la esquina de nuestras vidas de rutina.

After the fall of the royal Nightstar dynasty and the devastating end of the Great Civil War, the galaxy lies under the cold command of Lord Brohain and his relentless android enforcers. Jase Bluestar—an orphaned thief scraping by in the shadows of Otect City—never meant to become part of something greater. But when a heist lands him face-to-face with one of the last living Nightstar princesses, everything changes. Tasked with helping her escape Brohain’s revenge and reach the hidden Resistance, Jase is thrust into a journey across the stars.

Naomi has always had a soft spot for others, including her big family and chaotic friends, but often feels like her city life is lonely and uneventful. Krampus is used to mindlessly following orders from his superiors in Hell, a fate that he has inevitably accepted, and has resigned himself to never expect more from his own life.

Arqueólogos rivais, uma expedição em busca dos segredos da civilização asteca e muito romance… Será que algo pode dar errado? Para fãs de Indiana Jones e Lara Croft, esta é uma comédia romântica divertida e original com a mistura perfeita de aventura e sensualidade. Corrie Mejía é uma arqueóloga famosa por sua capacidade de trabalho e seu temperamento forte, e ela tem um sonho: liderar uma expedição na selva mexicana em busca dos restos mortais do guerreiro asteca Chimalli, que ela acredita ser seu ancestral.

In Tides of Grief, Waves of Grace, Ashley Jo shares her raw and unfiltered memoir of surviving loss, addiction, heartbreak, and scandal and discovering the power of grace. From the outside, Ashley seemed like the picture of resilience: a Christian wife, mother, and executive leading a thriving team. But behind the polished surface, she was reeling from unimaginable pain—the death of her son, the collapse of her marriage, and the unraveling of her identity. When her life spun into a scandal no one expected, she spiraled from living with an alcoholic to becoming one herself.

Raven Cunningham has built a quiet life between the shelves of a small-town bookshop, ghostwriting stories for others while hiding her own. She’s long believed her father abandoned her, until a letter from her late grandmother reveals a shocking truth. Convinced the reclusive author J. C. Nevermore is her father, Raven sets out to uncover the real story. When her childhood friend Cole Walker, an Army Ranger medic wrestling with his own scars, offers to help, she’s not sure if she can trust him . . . or herself.

Anyone who loves somebody suffering from addiction should download Mitchum and Denofio's 2022 biography Addicted to Hope, a chronicle of Michelle Mulledy's life as the wife of an addict. A journey into self-discovery and self-confidence, Michelle's story gives real hope to families supporting loved ones battling addiction. Watching her husband build a million-dollar business and then sink to the depths of living homeless on the streets of Boston, Michelle finds her faith and herself.

Meet four magical friends who control the seasons in this irresistible new series from author-illustrator Jo Lindley. Finally it’s Winter turn to share her special season, and she’s SO excited. But her friends don’t like her chilly games. Instead of passing the weather crown to Winter...

When Nancy O’Brien returns to St Nicholas Bay, the seaside town of her childhood, it isn’t the life she imagined. A talented drama teacher, she’s put her own ambitions aside to care for her family—always the one to shoulder responsibility. But when her path crosses with Jack, a grieving young widower trying to build a life for himself and his baby son Toby, Nancy finds her heart pulled in a direction she never expected.

When Rowan Bellamy’s marriage collapses in spectacular style, she retreats with her two children, Bella and Theo, to the last place she ever wanted to return—her windswept Cornish hometown of Port Agnes. Taking the headteacher role at the local primary school is the easy part. Facing village gossip, curious neighbours, and old flames? Not so much. Especially when one of those flames turns out to be Nathan Lark — the boy who broke her heart and the man who now has a reputation as bruised as her own.

Stavolta per Harry Hole non si tratta di tornare. Ma di resuscitare. «Harry abbassò lo sguardo sulla carta di credito. Conto svuotato. Missione compiuta: bersi tutto quanto. Niente soldi, niente giorni, niente futuro. Alla pensione, sotto il materasso, c'era la vecchia Beretta comprata dal senzatetto. Aveva tre proiettili. Restava da capire se avrebbe avuto abbastanza fegato per farla finita». Un amico spacciatore di coca, uno sbirro corrotto e uno psicologo malato di cancro. È questa la squadra che Harry Hole è riuscito a mettere insieme. E chissà se ce la farà a salvarlo dal precipizio.

Sulien ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them. Thus begins her story-a story that takes her back to her family, with its ancient ties to the Vincan empire that once ruled in Tir Tanagiri, and forward to Caer Tanaga, where the greatest man of his time, King Urdo, struggles to bind together the squabbling nobles and petty princes into a unified force that will drive out the barbarian invader and restore the King's Peace.

La città di Oslo è sommersa da una spessa coltre di neve e tutti, come ogni anno, aspettano con impazienza il Natale. L'Esercito della Salvezza lavora a tempo pieno per raccogliere fondi per i tossici, i rifugiati, i senzatetto, e i bravi cittadini si affrettano a fare donazioni per sentirsi in pace con la coscienza. Solo Harry Hole non si accorge di tutta la smania di bontà che lo circonda; il suo pensiero fisso è come sempre il whisky. Quando, però, durante un concerto di beneficenza, un membro dell'Esercito della Salvezza viene giustiziato in mezzo alla folla, il commissario decide di occuparsi delle indagini.

Miss Elaine Brooke has always spent more time daydreaming than actually living. With no fortune and no suitors, she is back from school and determined to face the reality of a quiet, lonely life. But an encounter with Daniel Ashburn, her childhood best friend and lifelong infatuation, sets her dreaming again. Sir Phillip Ashburn has an estate to manage and a troublesome brother to marry off. He won't let a penniless neighbor ruin everything by turning Daniel's head. Intent on keeping Miss Brooke away from his brother, Phillip sets out to monopolize her time.

Many people feel completely burnt out but do not understand how this affects their body or what they can do about it. Unfortunately, mainstream medicine has almost nothing to offer the person who wakes up feeling exhausted and unable to cope with the smallest stress. Having helped people for more than twenty years to recover from these illnesses, Jo Dunbar passes on her knowledge and experience in this accessible book.

Wendy Tyler’s marriage ended when she discovered her ex-husband, Mike, had got his much younger new partner, Chloe, pregnant. Wendy’s over Mike, but suddenly she fears her own daughters will find a new baby much more exciting that their old mum. But when Wendy bumps into Chloe at St Piran’s, it’s clear something is troubling the fragile young woman. Wendy doesn’t want to be sucked into Chloe and Mike’s relationship, but she can’t help worrying that Chloe needs someone to turn to.

In 1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron’s empire, seeks solace in the glass butterfly house on her family’s Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world. When Marian’s sanctuary is invaded by nightmarish visions, she grapples with the line between hallucinations of things to come and malevolent forces at play in the present. With dead butterflies as the killer’s ominous signature, murders unfold at a steady pace. Marian, fearful she might be next, enlists the help of her childhood friend Felix.