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Holden Parish survived his parents' horrific attempts to make him the perfect son. After a year's stint in a Swiss sanitarium to recover, he has vowed to never let anything, nor anyone, trap him again. Brilliant but broken, he seeks refuge behind alcohol, meaningless sex, and uses his wicked sense of humor to keep people away. He only has to ride out one year in the coastal town of Santa Cruz with his aunt and uncle before he inherits his billions and can make his escape and disappear. Falling in love is not in the plans. 

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories. Staged by...

Fashion writer Emma Baxter-Wright introduces 50 of the world's most influential fashion designers and a selection of their most celebrated pieces. Starting with the foundation of the 19th century House of Worth, perhaps the first real fashion house, through the designs of the hugely influential Coco Chanel, Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, to Japanese designers such as Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake whose designs 'deconstructed' fashion in the 1980s and 1990s and the emerging stars of the present day, this book is a fascinating history of how fashion has developed over the past 160 years.

As Swedish midsummer casts its endless light over a quiet university town, a series of murders reveals darkness behind its polished façade. When a young woman is found brutally assaulted, a white lilac clasped in her hand, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is drawn into a case that soon becomes painfully personal. The victim's link to a notorious abuser makes it clear this is no random act. Suspicion turns to Evert Karlesson, known for cultivating the rare white lilacs found at the crime scene. Until he, too, is found murdered. Does someone want to cleanse the town of its silent sins?

My life is boring. Monotonous. And then tall, dark, and dangerous walks into the bar where I work. Before I know it, I’m in his arms asking him to rescue me. He’s Colt Weston, President of the Tarnished Angels Motorcycle Club. Colt makes me feel alive…and wanted.

Connor Daniels never thought he’d be starting at dating square one again. His career as a successful doctor, and his three boys, are everything to him. It’s not exactly a setup conducive to a scorching love life - but he’s giving it a shot. ER nurse Violet Robinson never intended for Connor to find out she’s had a crush on him forever. It was a dirty little secret only meant for her dirty dreams. Her heart trips every time he’s around - and so do her feet.

Mind the moon when you leave the theater! Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers returns, and Vol. 8 definitely goes Splatterbump in the night! It’s a monstrous mosh of fallen angels, prepubescent prescience, tempestuous incest, intergalactic blues, a Gulliverian massacre, cynophile racists, murderous rodents, a prehistoric Devil Head, the return of Bram Stoker’s forgotten hero, and so much more...

A scandalously spicy Regency romance from Emma Orchard! 💜⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'If you're girding your loins for Bridgerton, you may want to indulge in this Regency romp' - THE TIMES She must marry for her family’s future. He must never marry at all. Spring, 1805. Nineteen-year-old...

À tout juste 24 ans, Astrée débarque de Paris pour disperser les cendres de son mari sur sa terre natale, la mystérieuse île de Skye. En exauçant la dernière volontéde James, la Française va découvrir un monde qu'elle ne soupçonnait pas. Un petit village écossais battu par les vents, où tout le monde se connaît, s'épie, s'accuse. Des disparitions qui inquiètent. Des silences qui durent. Des rumeurs qui grondent. Et cet homme taciturne qu'elle a désormais pour voisin. On dit qu'Otis MacKay a tué sa femme, on dit qu'il n'a plus un seul ami, on dit qu'il faut l'éviter.

Emma Churchman's extraordinary memoir follows her search for identity as the eldest child of a woman with one of the most extreme cases of multiple personality disorder (now known as dissociative identity disorder) diagnosed in the 1980s. Never knowing which of her mother's alters would emerge—the playful child, the raging demon, or the suicidal depressive—Emma became the family's anchor in an ocean of psychological chaos, raising her three younger brothers while navigating a mother who had no clear identity.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Ein rätselhafter True-Crime-Fall, bei dem scheinbar unscheinbare Spuren zu entscheidenden Beweisen werden. Was können Pflanzen, Pollen und kleinste botanische Rückstände über einen Tatort verraten? In diesem spannenden Fall führen forensische...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Mit sechsundzwanzig Stichwunden sucht Jonia Barry bei ihren Nachbarn Hilfe. Niemand öffnet. Die einundzwanzigjährige Studentin stirbt kurz darauf im Krankenhaus. Ihr Mitbewohner Jason überlebt den brutalen Messerangriff – und gerät selbst ins...

Rosie Riddle loves two things: riddles and solving them. And lucky for her, mysteries have a way of finding her wherever she goes. One day, the class snail vanishes without a trace. Then, strange stickers start turning up on everyone in the neighborhood. And when a beloved teacher loses his most prized possession, the whole school is stumped.

Kan Dennis finde Dina inden døgnet er omme? En sommerdag gennemgår Dennis forvandlingen fra nymfe til døgnflue og må pludselig forholde sig til en helt ny virkelighed over vandet. Dennis har det allerbedst med dét, han kender, så det føles alt sammen ret skræmmende – især dét...

En bok för alla som varit i New York, förlorat en älskad, undrat om livet kunde blivit annorlunda, eller funderar på att åka till New York Dagen innan Alice fyller 40 kan hon konstatera att livet är helt ok. Hon trivs ganska bra på jobbet, med sin lägenhet och sina relationer. Men hennes...

Kan én sommer i Grækenland bringe tilgivelse for fortidens hemmeligheder? Kat er knust over det pludselige tab af sin elskede tvillingebror, Nik, og hun kæmper for at finde mening i et liv, der er vendt på hovedet. At have familien omkring sig er en trøst, men også kvælende, så da hun...

Atravessamos uma crise aguda, com um questionamento crescente sobre o que é ser homem e o que é ser mulher, sobre desempenho de papéis e funções sociais. Tabus e limites são rompidos todos os dias por alguns segmentos da sociedade, enquanto outros se aferram a padrões totalmente ultrapassados. Nesse crescimento acelerado, torna-se imprescindível que nos reportemos às nossas raízes, a fim de mantermos o eixo da consciência com a natureza.

I KRIG OCH KÄRLEK Caroline är volontär på franska ambassaden i New York och har precis mött mannen i sina drömmar. På andra sidan Atlanten tar den polska sextonåringen Kasia spionuppdrag för att imponera på pojken hon älskar. Samtidigt ser den unga tyska läkaren Herta inget annat val...

The Inheritance Games meets Caraval in this YA contemporary fantasy debut about a girl thrust into the intoxicating and dangerous world of magical high society Sometimes you have to kill a dream to escape a nightmare. Nora is the opposite of lucky. She's still wrangling her late father's debts...

How learning to “listen” to the universe using radio waves has revolutionized our understanding of everything from gravity to little green men. “Passionate and witty” —Publishers Weekly, starred review In space, no one can hear you scream. But the universe is far from silent. It’s...