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All it took was one little spark for everything to go up in flames until I was the only thing left standing on a pile of ashes.Twenty years ago, a fire stole the people I loved the most from me.I'd always thought it was an accident until I discovered that the person who'd saved me kept the truth hidden.Life as I once knew it burned and I was back to rise from the ashes.And it all started with her.It was supposed to be the best day of her life, but I was there to ruin it.Everything was going according to plan...Until I fell for her.

A MOST DREADFUL DELIVERANCEAndy's last day on Earth came sooner than he ever imagined. After becoming entangled in a random act of violence, what began as another mundane day in a cubicle abruptly transitions into an otherworldly odyssey. This macabre and perverse journey shatters religious dogmas, answers impossible questions, and pulls back the curtain on man's true twisted purpose.How will Andy's sickening epiphany affect his trajectory? More importantly, does it even matter?This volume contains 17 interior illustrations.WARNING: This book contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised.

A beautiful collectible edition containing the seventh and eighth novels of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn. Its in His Kiss Gareth St. Clair is in a bind, and at risk of losing his inheritance. His only hope lies in an old family diary written in Italian and the fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken Hyacinth Bridgerton, who offers to help translate. But as the two delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other and that there is nothing as simpleor as complicatedas a single, perfect kiss.On the Way to the Wedding Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. But when Gregory realizes his true love is not the person he expected, he must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar

Clouds of Witness is a 1926 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the second in her series featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. In the United States the novel was first published in 1927 under the title Clouds of Witnesses.The book's title derives from Hebrews, Chapter 12 verse 1: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." In his 2017 overview of the classic crime genre, Martin Edwards suggests that Clouds of Witness is the work of a novelist learning her craft, but that it displays the storytelling qualities that soon made Sayers famous. While this early portrayal of Wimsey verges on a caricature, Sayers sought to characterise him in greater depth in later novels. Edwards notes that in this novel Wimsey is portrayed not only as a great detective but also as a man of action, and he quotes part of the defence counsel's speech to the House of Lords, explaining Wimsey's transatlantic dash to attend the trial: "My lords, at this moment this all-important witness is cleaving the air high above the wide Atlantic. In this wintry weather he is braving a peril which would appal any heart but his own and that of the world-famous aviator whose help he has enlisted, so that no moment may be lost in freeing his noble brother from this terrible charge. My lords, the barometer is falling."This fictional flight was written in 1926, a year before Charles Lindbergh achieved the same feat in reality (although Alcock and Brown, flying together, had crossed the Atlantic non-stop in 1919).A copy of Clouds of Witness was one of the volumes modified by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell in their adulterations of library books from the Islington and Hampstead libraries in the early 1960s.In 1972 the novel was the subject of a BBC TV mini-series starring Ian Carmichael as Wimsey and Glyn Houston as Bunter. (wikipedia.org)About the author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 - 17 December 1957) was an English crime writer and poet. She was also a student of classical and modern languages.She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between the First and Second World Wars that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Sayers was considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh.Sayers is also known for her plays, literary criticism, and essays. She considered her translation of Dante's Divine Comedy to be her best work. Sayers's obituarist, writing in The New York Times in 1957, noted that many critics at the time regarded her mystery The Nine Tailors as her finest literary achievement. (wikipedia.org)

Ashleigh Thomas might have made the biggest mistake of her life. Uprooting life as she knew it, moving back to Dallas to be closer to her family, she finds herself much closer to the one man who she had never been able to say no to. Attempting to hide the fact that she moonlights as an erotic romance author, she quickly finds herself in his arms and his bed - hoping he'll fulfill some of those deep, dark desires she has always written about, but never experienced for herself.Alex McDermott has spent the better part of a decade trying to convince himself to stay away from the alluring Ashleigh, but when she moves back home, he finds out that he's no longer willing to resist the overwhelming desire she instills in him. But he's got a secret too - one that might just push Ashleigh out of his life for good - something he's not willing to let happen.It doesn't take long for the heat between them to ignite into a wildfire of lust, but can they stop hiding from each other and more importantly stop holding back?

What a girl wants isn't always what she needs... As a publicist for an elite escort agency, no one does damage control better than Morgan Morrison. She's good at fixing things-except when it comes to her own personal life. After a string of disastrous relationships, she's finally found the perfect guy-a handsome, charming, successful attorney who makes her feel safe. So why does she find herself fighting a dangerously irresistible attraction to notorious playboy River Brand? A self-made multimillionaire with tattooed biceps and a passion for classic cars, River has earned every inch of his bad-boy reputation. From the moment he and Morgan meet, the sexual chemistry between them is off the charts. After a wildly intoxicating encounter on a tropical island, he can't get Morgan out of his mind-and she's having the same problem. River is determined to convince Morgan that they belong together. Will explosive secrets from their pasts tear them apart-or drive them into each other's arms like never before? WHATEVER YOU NEED was originally published in 2019. It was sold exclusively through my website and is now widely available with a new cover. *CW: suicide BRAND BROTHERS SERIESWhatever You Like - #1Any Way You Want It - #2Whatever You Need - #3

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He already has the most popular girl at school. Why is he showing signs that he has a thing for me? I'm stunned when star football player Tyler Hayes asks me to help him with his calculus homework. We were best friends when we were kids, but we haven't spoken in years. I was no longer sure he even knew I existed. Then, here he is-even acting a tad flirtatious. But there's a bit of a problem... Tyler is dating Clarissa Davenport, a girl who not only hates my guts and tells me I'm fat but is also about to become my neighbor. How on Earth is all of this going to play out?

From critically acclaimed Irish horror writer A.M. Shine, the sequel to The Watchers, now a major motion picture produced by M. NIght Shyamalan.The nightmare is only just beginning...After her terrifying experience at the hands of the Watchers, Mina has escaped to a cottage on the west coast of Ireland. She obsessively researches the Watchers, desperate to find any way to prolong the safety of humankind.When Mina encounters a stranger near her home, she fears the worst - for she knows the figure is not what it seems. She soon discovers her elderly landlords have disappeared. But someone - something - is inhabiting their home...Fleeing for her life, Mina finds clues to the Watchers' presence at every turn. Their power is growing... but when Mina reports her fears to the police, she finds her sanity questioned.Mina must convince staff at the psychiatric hospital where she is taken that her stories of malevolent beings are not fantasy but fact - but that will soon be the least of her troubles...A chilling modern twist on the Gothic horror novel, perfect for fans of Kealan Patrick Burke, T. Kingfisher and classic horror.

Writer and maternal inspiration, Randi Latzman, uses her own journey through motherhood to guide fellow mamas through the rollercoaster ride of raising a child. This is poetry for mothers, by a mother who has seen it all.

Nick Spencer's unprecedented run on Captain America reaches its thrilling climax in Secret Empire!Nick Spencer concludes the Cap saga that shocked the world! As Sam Wilson grapples with what it means to be Captain America, Steve Rogers positions himself to claim the U.S.A. as his Secret Empire! The Cosmic Cube has secretly remade the world’s greatest hero into a Hydra loyalist. Now, using the trust and respect he’s earned over the decades, the former Sentinel of Liberty is poised to make Hydra’s fascist ideals a terrifying reality — changing the landscape of the world dramatically! Can Sam and a group of rebels turn the tide? And which heroes will actually fight by Steve’s side?! Find out as the impossible becomes real! Hail Hydra!COLLECTING: Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) 18-24, Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) 12-19, Captain America (2017) 25, Secret Empire (2017) 0-10, Secret Empire Omega (2017) 1, Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America (2017) 1; material from Free Comic Book Day 2017 (Secret Empire) 1, Not Brand Ecch (2018) 14

JACEBounty hunting can be dangerous, but Jace Reed is used to danger and always follows the rules. Including the most important one-never get emotionally involved.But everything goes haywire when the Brooklyn "it girl" interrupts his most important assignment.Beautiful Lucy Moor may or may not hold the only clue to the target that Jace has been tracking for months. So becoming her roommate to get the intel from her should be easy... right?But nothing is easy when his simple organized life collides with hers.His most important rule? Broken as soon as he moves in.His self-control? Gone with the first taste of her lips.His sanity? Shattered when he discovers her secret.And her secret is, oh, so spicy!LULu's life is chaos. She's an artist by day and a closet spicy romance writer by night. And she doesn't always make the best decisions.So what does she do when a stranger saves her life? Offers him a room for rent.Smart? Not so much. But she's in need of money, and Jace Reed, the quiet and charming salesman, seems perfect. So are his kind eyes. And his toned body. His gorgeous smile and soft voice. Perfect for... a book boyfriend!Struggling with a writer's block, Lucy decides that she'll do just that-use her charming roommate for inspiration.And he'll never find out.Nor will she catch feelings while she's at it.She won't. No.Absolutely not.Wait... ** Brooklyn Cupid is a slow burn standalone romance with a golden retriever hero who reads spicy romance and a HEA.

'An exhilarating read' Spectator'Unsettling and utterly compelling' Woman and Home'incredibly well-written' Good Housekeeping'Hypnotically clean, clear prose... powerful and memorable' Irish Times'You will hurtle through the book, because it is such a compelling story' Irish Examiner______From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn't always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness.Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become - or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being?In Fire, John Boyne takes the reader on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture - or nature?The new novel from John Boyne, AIR, is available for pre-order now.______Praise for John Boyne'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' ObserverIrish Times bestseller, May 2024

** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **The unputdownable new thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read' and No.1 bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying'I inhaled this book in less than 48 hours . . . What Have You Done? exceeded all expectations.' LIZ NUGENT'When the murderer is revealed, you'll want to read it all over again.' Woman & Home'The queen of page-turners.' ANDREA MARA--------Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill. The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.But this morning all of that will change.Because Diana Brewer isn't lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer.How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.And one innocent question could be deadly._______'Captivating.' Publishers Weekly'The novel's emotional heft will linger with readers.' Kirkus'Lapena is a master of suspense, and she doesn't disappoint here.' Library JournalPraise for Shari Lapena:'A modern master of the psychological thriller.' STEVE CAVANAGH'Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page.' PAULA HAWKINS'The undisputed queen of dysfunctional families.' CLARE MACKINTOSH'An expert in both pace and the placing of clues and misdirections.' Literary Review'Shari Lapena is the queen of the "just one more chapter" read.' SARAH VAUGHANShari Lapena, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024Shari Lapena, Sunday Times bestseller July 2024Not a Happy Family, Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Spring 2023

Given to an alien brute. Forced to become his bride... The rundown human worldship is a bleak place, but it's my home and it's where all the people I care about live. My mother, my sister, my students, and my sweet fiancé, Nathan. I never imagined I'd be forced to leave... forced to become the mate of a barbaric Darrvason admiral. But the survival of humankind hangs in the balance, and I'm not the only woman whose life has been upended. Over two thousand young women are set to be handed over to the powerful aliens in exchange for fuel, repairs, and assistance in reaching a habitable planet. Payment. That's what we are, and we have no choice. My new husband, Admiral Tornn, is a huge, musclebound beast who expects my absolute obedience. In his culture, I'm little more than his property. But to my shock, he awakens a yearning within me unlike anything I've ever known, and his firm punishments and savage lovemaking are causing me to question everything I've been taught.

Chicago Racketeers Book ThreeDating and falling in love is fun.Getting serious is...well, serious.It means real-life situations, like fathers getting sick, people you love getting injured, and...maybe worst of all...work parties with your significant others. Shudder.But this is what it's like when you're in a relationship. Things aren't always rainbows and unicorns. Even if you're living and laughing with, and having hot sex every night, with three men who worship the ground you walk on. Trust me, that's amazing. Really amazing. I'd-probably-give-up-cookies-for-this amazing. And best of all...my men would never make me give up cookies.But I'm having to hang on a lot tighter for this ride than I expected. Because I'm not just figuring things out with one guy. I've got three. And if we're seriously going to do this, then we have to figure out if we're really all in for better or worse.

A brave collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street.It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published her last book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a woman artist. These bluntly honest and often humorous meditations on memory, desire, and the essential nature of love blaze a path toward self-awareness. For Cisneros, Woman Without Shame is the culmination of her search for home—in the Mexico of her ancestors and in her own heart.

An Oprah's Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller "Demon is a voice for the ages?akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield?only even more resilient.? ?Beth Macy, author of Dopesick"May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.? (Ron Charles, Washington Post)From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturitySet in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

One of the bestselling books of the 21st century, soon to be a major new TV series starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie LynskeyI tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart...In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too.So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.Discover the incredible bestselling The Tattooist of Auschwitz trilogy, with Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters also available now.Sisters under the Rising Sun, Heather Morris's exceptional new novel, based on a true story of women in Japanese prison of war camps, is available in hardback now.

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in this juicy, thrilling novel from the bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Black Sheep. Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn't need a reminder she's getting older, or that she's feeling indifferent about her own life.Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway?not with him, but with Sloane's longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance of issues she'd rather not confront, like her husband's repeated infidelity. But when they arrive at their rental cottage, it becomes clear Naomi has something else in mind. She wants Sloane to stop letting things happen to her, for Sloane to really live. So Naomi orchestrates a wild night out with a group of mysterious strangers, only for it to take a horrifying turn that changes Sloane's and Naomi's lives literally forever.The friends are forced to come to terms with some pretty eternal consequences in this bloody, seductive novel about how it's never too late to find satisfaction, even though it might taste different than expected.

Herba Mythica is a compendium of myths, legends and folk tales celebrating the power of herbs and plants, from a range of different contributors from across the world of storytelling.

"An exploration of how psychedelic medicine can heal the soul that invokes the traditions of Jungian depth psychology, mythology, and Indigenous cultural wisdom"--

Color whimsical winged critters in this cute and quirky coloring book from acclaimed artist Camilla d’Errico.Drawn in Camilla d’Errico’s signature Pop Surrealism, manga-inspired style, this 80-page adult coloring book features black-and-white illustrations of adorable fuzzy bees, fluttering butterflies, and bouncing birds printed on non-bleed paper—all that’s missing is your creative touch! In Pop Manga Flights of Fancy Coloring Book you’ll find charming full-page illustrations, with drawings on patterned backgrounds for extra mesmerizing fun. Take these winged black-and-white beauties and bring them to life.

"In 1931, an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica...to find its crew of men and sled dogs strewn and dead. Some are hideously mangled, as if in rage--some have been dissected in a curious and cold-blooded manner. One man is missing. But a still more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby...for under its five points is another mass grave--and what lies there is not remotely human!"--Provided by publisher.