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A harmless lie. A vengeful earl. A love neither of them saw coming. Colin Burke, the Earl of Heatherton, has no intention of surrendering his bachelor freedoms. Marriage might be inevitable someday, but he sees no reason to rush toward it. Then a chance encounter with Lady Mariah Thornbeck—his...

Lou Clark knows a lot of things. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop, and she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live, and now everything feels small and joyless. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is...

A reputation to reclaim, a matchmaking mother to thwart, and a most inadvisable arrangement. Nell Prescott brings the whiff of scandal wherever she goes. Surrounded by proper ladies and gentlemen ready to be matched, she has a different object at the Countess of Dalmeer’s grand house party: to...

"Ich weiß noch, wie sie auszogen. Wie sie ihre Lieder sangen. Die Trommeln hallten wie der Donner durch die Straßen, ihre Stimmen klangen wie ein himmlischer Sturm. Stolz und Jung. Und wir jubelten ihnen zu. Niemand konnte ahnen, was geschehen würde. Oh, was waren wir für Narren!" Honeymaw...

"So stand sie entschlossen zwischen ihren Kindern und der gesichtslosen Bestie, welche der dunkelsten Finsternis des Abgrunds entstiegen war, um sie alle zu verschlingen." Geschichten von der Höhlenmutter, überliefert aus der Zeit vor der Zeit Die junge Bärin Honeymaw erwartet mit Ungeduld...

"Die Straßen quollen über von Flüchtlingen. So viele verzweifelte Seelen auf einem Haufen, die alles hatten zurücklassen müssen. Kinder waren von ihren Familien getrennt worden und bettelten auf den Straßen. Nicht die organisierten Banden, wie man sie im Armenviertel findet, sondern...

Her life is like a prison cell. A self-made, to-hell-with-the-free-world existence that locks from the inside. Stop judging. Her agoraphobia doesn’t define her. It simply keeps her safe.

Samantha...I had the perfect life; a husband who loved me and two kids who were my world. But then someone else answered his phone, and my perfect life shattered. When he died, I was left with answers he couldn't give me and a box full of lies. He left me broken. Blake...I fell in love when I was 15, knowing she was the one. For five years, she was my everything - my every breath, every heartbeat, every thought. She made me promise to move on and love again, but I broke those promises because I can't move on.

Rachel Herz uncovers the fascinating and surprising facts that affect food consumption. Why You Eat What You Eat mixes the social with the scientific to uncover how psychology, neurology, and physiology shape our relationship with food and how food alters the relationships we have with ourselves and with one another.

From the author of the “colorful, sweet, and swoony” (Mallory Marlowe, USA TODAY bestselling author) Hopelessly Teavoted comes a witchy, sapphic rom-com about a mischievous runaway bride and her prim-and-proper Witchery Council rival who must fake-date in order to catch a would-be...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Our Universe, A Pelican Book, written and read by Jo Dunkley. The night sky is an endless source of wonder and mystery. For thousands of years it has been at the heart of scientific and philosophical inquiry, from the first star catalogues etched into...

Brené Brown ousou tocar em assuntos que costumam ser evitados por causarem grande desconforto. Sua palestra a respeito de vulnerabilidade, medo, vergonha e imperfeição já teve mais de 25 milhões de visualizações. Viver é experimentar incertezas, riscos e se expor emocionalmente. Mas isso não precisa ser ruim. Como mostra Brené Brown, a vulnerabilidade não é uma medida de fraqueza, mas a melhor definição de coragem.

Former Metropolitan Police detectives Colin Sutton, Mark Leach and Jo Brunt investigate the cold case murders of three young women in 1970s London. Through new witness interviews and previously uncovered information, they revisit the brutal killings of Lynda Farrow, Eve Stratford and Lynne Weedon, uncovering startling connections between the cases. As a potential suspect emerges, the team takes their findings to the Metropolitan Police and brings hope of long-awaited answers and justice to the victims' families.

Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton and his murder squad as they investigate one of Britain's most notorious serial killers, Levi Bellfield. From the high-profile murders of Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell, and Amélie Delagrange to Bellfield's later claim that he was responsible for the killings of Lin and Megan Russell, Sutton and his team delve deep into the mind and crimes of a ruthless predator.

Abigail Moore will do anything to keep Golowduyn Lighthouse shining brightly, even if she must do so alone. When a shipwreck occurs near her home one stormy evening—bringing with it a dashing captain keen to offer his aid at every turn—her days of isolation vanish. Captain Gavin Kendricks didn’t expect to end his naval career by crashing his ship against the rugged cliffs of Cornwall. When he’s pulled from the sea by the fearless and quick-tempered Miss Moore, a tentative friendship forms between them, and he begins to realize what has been missing from his life.

Bal maiden Gwynna Merrick is more than prepared to resume her work at the copper mine, if only to keep her family safe from destitution. But when her upper-class friend convinces Gwynna to have one final night of enjoyment, a borrowed gown and a false identity give her a small taste of the freedom she has always craved. That is, until the mine owner’s handsome son arrives and threatens to reveal her identity.

Brought to you by Penguin. Summer 1893, and the Norwegian fishing village of Åsgårdstrand is preparing for the arrival of well-to-do guests and bohemian artists from the city. Local girl Johanne Lien dutifully gathers berries for tourists and poses barefoot for painters as ‘The Strawberry...

Bought to you by Penguin. Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after – but this is no fairytale. The first volume of Suji Kim's hit webnovel, now available in English print for the first time. Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely...

The vast varieties of flowers that exist provide an exceptional burst of vivid and subtle shades of colours, inspiring a smooth transition from petal to paper for so many of our greatest poets including Wordsworth, Tennyson, Burns, Swinburne and Coleridge....

Eight years after its founding in Basildon, Essex, Depeche Mode, rooted in 1970s Krautrock, combined old-fashioned touring, well-crafted songs, and the steadfast support of KROQ to dominate Southern California, the United States, and then the world, kicking open the doors for the likes of Nirvana in the process. 101 is the hidden-in-plain-sight hinge of modern music history.