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När Liam kommer hem efter en veckas jakt i de skogiga bergen, förstår han att något har hänt. Hans femåriga pojke Aru kommer inte springande och möter honom, och på marken ser han spår efter björn. Bakom huset, under sin älskades livlösa kropp, hittar han sin son vid liv.Hela hans tillvaro rasar men han inser en sak: den här vildmarken är inte skapt för ett barn, ett barn han dessutom knappt känner. Han bestämmer sig för att anförtro sin son till släktingar och tar med sig Aru på en lång resa till häst.

Six-week-old baby Jessica is abducted from a local nursery. And Detective Tom Mariner realizes he's not going to get the time-off he was hoping for. The police get a good description of the woman who took Jessica, but the appeal to the public doesn't generate a single lead. Then the kidnapper calls demanding money for Jessica's safe return . . . and a terrible discovery is made in the woods. Can Mariner get to bottom of a complex case which involves much more than child abduction?

The last spell Tessa Daniels cast turned a woman's hair green. The one before that? Well, she doesn't talk about that one. Debt-ridden and labeled an outcast, Tessa doesn't think things can get worse until a young woman shows up at her magic shop desperate to attend the prince's ball. But when her latest attempt at magic leads to the woman's murder at the stroke of midnight, she finds herself in the sights of a handsome lead detective who thinks she's the main suspect.

Grieving the death of his former lover, all Mariner wants is some peace and quiet. But his walking holiday is ruined by the discovery of a body in the woods. The remote stone farmhouses of this beautiful valley hide many buried secrets. As more bodies are discovered, can Mariner clear his name and avoid becoming the next victim?

Germaine Johnson may not be all that good with people but she's great with numbers. Unfortunately, as she discovers after the incident at Wallace Insurance, there are very few openings these days for senior mathematicians. Then her cousin gets her a job at the council. On the Senior Citizens...

From her apartment window, Doreen Durand witnesses a horrific accident. The police want to know what she saw. Doreen doesn't want to tell them - or anyone. But when she runs away it's straight into the fantastic world of the wealthy and mysterious Violet Cascade. With one rogue police officer in...

It was a simple plan. Alice Montgomery has spent her life hiding from the mercenaries hunting Wonderland royals. Still years away from claiming her birthright through a series of deadly challenges, she follows through on a risky plan to trick them into thinking she's dead. Unfortunately, it...

In this honest and down-to-earth guide, a working-class entrepreneur shares their real-life journey of starting and running a small business-without any frills, research, or fancy jargon. Inspired by a "crazy" dream, the author began a daycare business in 2011, facing all the highs, lows, surprises, and invaluable lessons that come with turning a vision into reality.

Vivian James took seeing ghosts for granted until the day they vanished along with the person she cared about most. Now, plagued with visions of the future, all she wants is revenge on the creature that destroyed her life. Even a devil's mask can slip. Argus Ward is hunting the creature wreaking havoc in the kingdom. He used the kingdom's oracle to track its movement, but now that the oracle is dead, he'll need to use Vivian.

Does God forgive those who cannot forgive themselves? Can a sinner become a saint? Is destiny predetermined, or do we create our own? Is purpose in life important? These questions and more are evoked in The Sterling Redemption trilogy. In this first installment, Samson’s Strength, we meet Samson Sterling, a successful and wealthy actor who has a bad-boy reputation for womanizing as well as drug and alcohol use. When his son develops a serious illness, he returns to his Louisiana hometown at his mother’s urging so that she might help take care of the boy.

Lucy Jarrett is terrified. Someone is watching her every move, following her home from work and making threatening phone calls. But her husband doesn't believe her and no one else is listening. Lucy's married life is proving anything but blissful. Her musician husband is perpetually away on tour and doesn't want to start a family. Lucy finally calls on Detective Tom Mariner for help, and he takes her fears seriously because of the recent murder of another young woman by her ex-partner.

C’est un endroit à l’abri du temps. Ce minuscule hameau, qu’on appelle Les Montées, est un pays à lui seul pour les jumelles Ambre et Aelis, et la vieille Rose. Ici, l’existence n’a jamais été douce. Les familles travaillent une terre avare qui appartient à d’autres, endurent en serrant les dents l’injustice. Mais c’est ainsi depuis toujours. Jusqu’au jour où surgit Madelaine. Une fillette affamée et sauvage, sortie des forêts. Adoptée par Les Montées, Madelaine les ravit, passionnée, courageuse, si vivante. Pourtant, il reste dans ses yeux cette petite flamme pas tout à fait droite.

Supernatural forces want 19-year-old Ava Matthias dead, but this is the last of her concerns. Dangerous with a knife and skilled in combat, Ava doggedly presses to discover answers she’s been denied, such as who murdered her mother years before, and why does that same being hunt her now?

Ce soir-là, quand Liam rentre des forêts montagneuses où il est parti chasser, il devine aussitôt qu'il s'est passé quelque chose. Son petit garçon de cinq ans, Aru, ne l'attend pas devant la maison. Dans la cour, il découvre les empreintes d'un ours. À côté, sous le corps inerte de sa femme, il trouve son fils. Vivant. Au milieu de son existence qui s'effondre, Liam a une certitude : ce monde sauvage n'est pas fait pour un enfant. Décidé à confier son fils à d'autres que lui, il prépare un long voyage au rythme du pas des chevaux.

Un frère et une soeur trouvent un message qui leur demande de relever des défis. Le premier consiste à faire leur lit... D'autres suivent, si bien qu'à la fin, leur chambre est rangée ! Cette chasse au trésor orchestrée par leur maman montre comment transformer le quotidien en jeu.

Ilianna Drakara almost had everything — the ardent Prince Castiel of Anolyn, and a country willing to accept her as their own — until both were ripped from her. In a labyrinthine castle as twisted as the very bloodline she hails from, Ilianna confronts the reappearance of her father and the truth of her lineage, all within a kingdom she despises. Her own. Centuries of tyranny have left Eira tattered. Ilianna must harness her own strength that hides within or fall victim to a dark magic unaccustomed to failure.

C'est une maison petite et laide. Pourtant en y entrant, Clémence n'a vu que le jardin, sa profusion minuscule, un mouchoir de poche grand comme le monde. Au fond, un bassin de pierre, dans lequel nagent quatre poissons rouges et demi. Quatre et demi, parce que le cinquième est à moitié mangé. Boursouflé, abîmé, meurtri : mais guéri. Clémence l'a regardé un long moment. C'est un jardin où même mutilé, on peut vivre. Clémence s'y est installée. Elle a tout abandonné derrière elle en espérant ne pas laisser de traces.

Magic runs in the Drakara bloodline. To 17-year-old Ilianna it’s a curse. Born a bastard and raised by an abusive uncle, she struggles to conceal her late-bloomed gifts, but it’s hard to hide when your uncle is king. The kingdom of Eira recovers from over a decade of warring an overseas enemy. Ilianna trains from youth to fight in her uncle’s militia, to keep her people from the grip of the Wraith Queen, even if she’s feared by everyone except the one that controls her

Il y a six jours, un volcan s'est effondré dans l'océan, soulevant une vague titanesque, et le monde a disparu autour de Louie, de ses parents et de ses huit frères et sœurs. Leur maison, perchée sur un sommet, a tenu bon. Alentour, à perte de vue, il n'y a plus qu'une étendue d'eau argentée. Une eau secouée de tempêtes violentes, comme des soubresauts de rage. Depuis six jours, ils espèrent voir arriver des secours, car la nourriture se raréfie. Seuls des débris et des corps gonflés approchent de leur île.

Avril 2001. Dans la cave d'une ferme miteuse, au creux d'une vallée isolée couverte d'une forêt noire et dense, un homme est enchaîné. Il s'appelle Théo, il a quarante ans, il a été capturé par deux vieillards qui veulent faire de lui leur esclave. Comment Théo a-t-il basculé dans cet univers au bord de la démence ? Il n'a pourtant rien d'une proie facile : athlétique et brutal, il sortait de prison quand ces deux vieux fous l'ont piégé au fond des bois. Les ennuis, il en a vu d'autres. Alors, allongé contre les pierres suintantes de la cave, battu, privé d'eau et de nourriture, il refuse de croire à ce cauchemar.