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One Dark Window

For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

War Babies

A woman lies unconscious on the carpet of a smart Westminster apartment, one red high-heeled shoe has fallen off... A younger woman lies with her eyes closed, half-hidden under a drinks cabinet... Her fingers clutch an empty bottle... What happens when a mother withholds her love? When she has no love to withhold? When she sees her three daughters as obstacles to her own formidable career? This is the story of three sisters, Millie, Di and Cleo. They are the war babies. Growing up in a world still in turmoil, hungover from war, the sisters struggle to leave behind their mother and build their own lives. Each sister is lost in her own world where extreme need leads to extreme behaviour. Then a tragic event forces Cleo, the youngest and wildest, to become the catalyst to smash the pattern. Who will adapt and survive in this new world? Who will find peace? From London to New York and to Vietnam, the focus shifts from one sister to the next, putting human nature, its flaws and its...

My Year with the Billionaire

In the latest Harlequin Romance by Rachael Stewart, can spending a year with the infamous billionaire be enough to tempt Summer back into his arms? My twelve months of sacrifice......or temptation? My foster mother's will states I, Summer, must live with her grandson, infamous billionaire Edward Fitzroy, for one year on her Scottish estate or we forfeit our inheritance! Years ago, scared of our intense connection, I left without saying goodbye... Now I'm completely unprepared for how devastatingly attractive Edward's become—and how he still makes me feel. We're from different worlds. Surely this can't work! But it's oh so tempting to give in to the sparks flying between us...From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.

Safe With You

She should have been safe.But she never came home. 'A gripping thriller with characters I really cared about. Highly recommended' C.S. Green Kath has lived on the same London estate for decades. Lately she's become friendly with the little girl next door, who is often left alone for hours at a time while her mum is at work. They have a system. When Mina gets home from school to the empty flat, she knocks on the wall three times. Knock, knock, knock. I'm home safe and sound. But one day Mina's knock doesn't come. Kath raises the alarm and the police begin the search. Kath was the only person looking out for Mina – now she might be the only one who can bring her home. Unputdownable psychological suspense for fans of K.L. Slater, Shalini Boland and Louise Jensen. Readers are GRIPPED by Safe With You 'I thought I knew what the outcome was going to be I couldn't have been more wrong. This is an exceptional thriller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I could not put it down until I finished the last page!!!...

Slappy, Beware! (Goosebumps Special Edition)

The untold true story of Slappy in a terrifying new special edition!

The Oil and the Sword

The robed gure waited a few more seconds before pushing the boat out into the waters of the lake. Jumping effortlessly into it he reached for the oars and began to row towards the land that lay ahead, his movements slow and powerful. It was hard to read the expression on this gure’s face for his eyes stared straight ahead, cold and unblinking from the depths of the hood he wore.

Jesustown

From award-winning journalist Paul Daley comes a gripping multi-generational saga about Australian frontier violence and cultural theft that will capture the national imagination.

I Am Anna

Everyone knows that scientists are in a race to create computers that can think faster, better, and learn as they work. They are using artificial intelligence to make them think and behave more and more like humans. What happens when they succeed in making a computer that looks and acts just like a human?Follow Anna, the auburn haired girl, on her heartwarming journey. You will cheer for her as she uses her sheer determination to overcome the obstacles in her quest to find what she is looking for. She uses her cunning, an unwavering moral compass, and her love and compassion as she faces the challenges and surprises she encounters along the way going from the Laboratory to Personhood. She will make all of us rethink what it means to be human.

Timbuktu

Meet Mr. Bones, the canine hero of Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, Timbuktu. Mr. Bones is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, the brilliant, troubled, and altogether original poet-saint from Brooklyn. Like Don Quixote and Sancho Panza before them, they sally forth on a last great adventure, heading for Baltimore, Maryland in search of Willy's high school teacher, Bea Swanson. Years have passed since Willy last saw his beloved mentor, who knew him in his previous incarnation as William Gurevitch, the son of Polish war refugees. But is Mrs. Swanson still alive? And if she isn't, what will prevent Willy from vanishing into that other world known as Timbuktu?Mr. Bones is our witness. Although he walks on four legs and cannot speak, he can think, and out of his thoughts Auster has spun one of the richest, most compelling tales in recent American fiction. By turns comic, poignant, and tragic, Timbuktu is above all a love story. Written with a scintillating...

Wild Green Wonders

Wild Green Wonders brings you a selection of twenty years' worth of Patrick Barkham's writings for the Guardian, and it bears witness to the great many changes imposed upon this planet and the challenges lying ahead for the future of nature. From Norwegian wolves to protests against the HS2 rail, from peregrine falcons nesting by the Thames to Britain's last lion tamer, Barkham paints an ever changing portrait of contemporary wildlife. This collection also presents thought-provoking interviews with conservationists, scientists, activists and writers such as Rosamund Young, Ronald Blythe and other eco-luminaries, including Sir David Attenborough and Brian May. 'Siding with the planet is siding with the underdog, and this has motivated much of my journalism', Barkham writes. Wild Green Wonders is his chronicle.

A Match Made at Christmas

"Patricia Davids writes with heart, integrity and hope. Her stories both entertain and edify—the perfect combination." —Kim Vogel Sawyer, award-winning and bestselling authorChristmas comes to a small Amish community—and brings new beginnings with it. Karl Graber is too busy struggling with his hardware store and two young daughters to indulge local matchmaker Rose Yoder's schemes. After his wife's death, the thought of loving and perhaps losing another woman holds no appeal. So while he's relieved to learn he's not on Rose's list of potential husbands for new schoolteacher Sophie Eicher, he's also surprised. Despite himself, Karl can't help wondering what Rose thinks he lacks—and why outspoken, attractive Sophie has so little interest in marriage. After surviving breast cancer, Sophie is hoping to make a fresh start in Harts Haven. Perhaps the handsome widower next door would make a good match for her sister, but Sophie won't burden any man...

Death in Holy Orders

The setting itself is elemental P. D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm's. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school's young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants--and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son's death. Although there seems to be little to investigate, Dalgliesh agrees, largely out of nostal-gia for several happy summers he spent at St. Anselm's as a boy. No sooner does he arrive, however, than the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself ineluctably drawn into the labyrinth of an intricate and violent mystery. Here P. D. James once more demonstrates her unrivalled skill in building a classic detective story into a fully realized...

Nights of Plague

Night draws in.With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Azizye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. 'An emerald build of pink stone'. The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire.The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Each of them holds a separate mission. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. Because Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress.Plague is not the only killer.Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake, in a rich and epic mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.

The Wellington Alternate

The Wellington Alternate is a New Zealand Magical Realism novel where, ever since an egg had devoured her, eighteen-year-old Merinette Dace Nadean wants to escape her destiny. She longs to be an academic instead of continuing in her family's century-old position in maintaining the various surreal entities called Fiction. Merinette, as stubborn as she is, refuses, eager to prove that she is more than the talents she was born with. She wants to turn her love for books into an alternative way to help her family rather than confronting the surreal head-on. And, when an opportunity arises in a dingy car park, Merinette will do anything to achieve her goal.

All Signs Point to Paris

"This one brims with magic... An absolute page-turner and joy to read!— Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author

Not Betting on Forever

What's the fun when you don't bet to win?Single mom Melanie Hayes should absolutely, completely, and totally not be attracted to her next door neighbor. Nick Campagna can be her friend, her secret crush, or just the arrogant —and unavoidably handsome—jerk next door, but nothing more. Because, even though it was a million years ago, he's also her sister's ex. And now, with Lakeside's Battle of the Businesses in full swing, Nick's also Melanie's competition.Their families have always been competitive, so it's no surprise to anyone that Nick and Melanie are playing for more than just bragging rights. With a coveted piece of land on the line, Nick isn't backing down. Maybe he can't help noticing that the tomboy he knew as a kid has turned into a stunning redhead. Maybe he is attracted to Melanie. Ridiculously so. But as real as this feels, Nick knows this is one game he definitely can't win.They've known each other long...