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A teenage girl with a taste for violence holds a burglar hostage in her house on New Year's Eve; a middle-aged couple examines the intricacies of their marriage as they prepare to throw a party; and a real estate mogul in the throes of grief buys up all the property on an island only to be accused of madness by his daughters. These stories, infused with humour and pathos, excavate brilliantly the latent desires and motivations that drive life forward.

It’s 1955 and Home Office pathologist Doctor Richard Pryor and forensic biologist Angela Bray have a thriving private forensic consultancy. A mysterious new case shakes up the quiet resort town of Borth when a body is found in the bog with its hands tied and the head missing. Richard and Angela must use all of their expertise to uncover the truth behind this gruesome case.

From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala. It's a city built upwards - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under. Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But when the fate of Mahala depends on him using his magic, he can't hide forever.

Crystal Sells is a biker chick, not one of those honeys who hang on the back of a motorcycle with their arms around some random man. The self-proclaimed “baddest bitch on two wheels” likes to ride alone on what she calls her “steel.” Crystal hustles knock-off designer purses and bootleg DVDs to make ends meet, until she meets Ray Jackson of the Phantom Cruz, a local motorcycle gang, and begins living the life of a wifey. When their sweet life goes sour, Crystal is forced from their home and finds herself working at a gentleman’s club.

St Penderghast's is an elite college for necromancers and gladiators, promising glory to those who can perfect the arcane arts of graving or spiring. Graving is the notorious act of raising the dead and shaping their decaying flesh into eldritch abominations. Spiring is divine-fuelled combat against undead horrors in grand arenas, thrilling crowds of thousands.

Today is a Rainy Day is a sensitive, heartwarming story about a Black family who is trying to support their loved one who is experiencing depression (i.e., “rainy day”). The story is told from the perspective of a little Black girl, Imani, who learns how low mood can impact one’s day from her younger brother, Isaiah. Through Isaiah, the family learns the importance of empathy, patience and understanding.

The Seven Isles are at war. Wax and Eujo, pursued by assassins and soldiers alike, head to the spire isle of Kance to prepare for invasion. They expect an onslaught of metal and magic, but the truth is something far, far worse. Beneath the earth, an army the isles have never seen marches towards Kance, with their own survival at stake. Win, and the fiends can save themselves from their collapsing home. They can not, will not, lose. As war begins to tear apart the isles, Quik returns to Vis, aiming to free his jungle home from brutal occupiers.

Gabriel was a successful magic student until a classmate framed him, forcing him to join the Adventurer’s Guild to survive. Unfortunately, his career as an adventurer doesn’t turn out quite how he was hoping. While on his first delve, he discovers more about monsters, dungeons, and souls than he ever imagined. With that knowledge comes power and new friends. But even as his exotic companions enrich his life, they also give him more to lose.

It was supposed to be my typical peaceful morning horse ride followed by a clandestine cruller, cup of Joe at the Flying Saucer, and the day-in-day-out routine of ranching. Instead, my world explodes like an alien abduction gone wrong when my high school crush has the nerve to cross my path. Too bad he’s even hotter than he was when he broke my heart ten years ago.

In the picturesque Cornish seaside town of St. Bodwell, the Daveys and the Chenoweths have been entrenched in a bitter feud for centuries. But when local historian Sam Chenoweth begins curating an exhibition on the ill-fated 19th century romance between his ancestor Ada Chenoweth and John Davey, he finds an unexpected ally in Abbie Davey. As they work together uncovering Ada and John's tragic love story, a surprising connection blossoms between Sam and Abbie.

Mina's life has always been a fight for survival, but nothing could have prepared her for the brutal attack by someone who was supposed to be her family. After the traumatic incident shatters her already fragile world, the seven men who she has come to care for step in to protect her. She soon learns that there's a ruthless serial killer on the loose, with herself somehow at the center of it all. But as the killer closes in and buried truths come to light, Mina learns that the men who vowed to protect her have been hiding something that rocks the foundation their relationship is built on.

When Lady Rosamond de Warenne is abandoned by her father in a remote cave, she doesn’t believe her fate could get any worse—until she’s kidnapped by a fearsome Highlander. Laird Tierney MacDougall, recently released from imprisonment by the English, is bent on revenge, starting with marrying the daughter of his tormenter. A union forged from vengeance is doomed to fail—or is it?

In this raw and unfiltered second volume of The Knight's Armor Principles, retired combat veteran, entrepreneur, gym owner, speaker and fighter, Kenny Knight takes you deep into the first principle that has carried him through war zones, business collapse and personal growth. This book isn't about being flashy. It's about being real. It's about getting up when life beats you down.

In the wake of a tragic accident that claimed her memory and her mother's life when she was just fourteen, Stella Aresun is haunted by a past shrouded in secrecy. Her attempts to recall the events are met with debilitating headaches and a wall of silence from everyone around her, including her own father.

The undead threat now serves at his command, but a greater danger remains. The Swarm Queen dominates much of the dungeon, seeming unassailable behind hordes of insectoid monstrosities. Yet Gabriel is relentless in pursuit of his goals: to restore his fallen bonded and to crush Vesrah's Swarm before the sinister darkness she seeded in his soul claims him.

My back end spins out as I pull down an alley that's nearly too tight for the car to pass. My grip on the stick shift tightens as I drop gears. Trash cans hit the bumper and fly over the top of the vehicle, but I can't stop. The pointé is not the only thing I'm balancing over. I'm in too deep this time, and they are coming after me. I arrive at the door of the only person in the world I trust, but it's not my old dance teacher who answers my call. It's her son. Diego.

The second installment of the Traction Library's EOS Mastery Series, People gives listeners all the tools they need to create a thriving workplace culture and shows why it's an absolutely essential part of any successful business.

At twenty-four, Cody has already lost hope of having a life of his own. All his time is spent playing nurse to a dying, spiteful stepfather and maid to his bully half-brother. His only escapes are playing his favorite online fantasy game, Black Oasis, and talking to the strange, unearthly presence under his bed that may or may not actually exist. Everything changes when his nightly visitor, who introduces himself as Nor, starts talking back. As their connection deepens, Nor invites Cody into the surreal world existing just beyond his nightmares.

Bulletproof Boundaries: Say No Without Guilt and Reclaim Your Life is your practical, no-nonsense guide to setting clear, confident boundaries in every area of your life—without the fear, guilt, or second-guessing.

Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women's book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she's inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers and decades of ingrained sexism in their workplaces and pursue their personal and professional dreams.