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In a split-second decision that will shatter his life, insurance salesman Jack Spinks stops to help a young woman walking alone down a back country road. After getting into his truck the mysterious young woman grabs the steering wheel and forces the truck off the road, sending it plunging over a cliff and into the woods. What begins as a simple act of kindness spirals into a nightmare as Jack finds himself trapped in a dark and perilous world, hunted by the woman's cryptic pursuers.

Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza. In early 2024, writer and activist susan abulhawa managed to enter Gaza twice through the Rafah crossing. There, at the...

Narrated by Victoria Mei, the fan-favourite velvety voiced star of romantasy, known for Starling House, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Victoria Aveyard's Realm Breaker series. What they feel goes against everything they were trained to do. From bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded...

Narrated by Victoria Mei, the fan-favourite velvety voiced star of romantasy, known for Starling House, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Victoria Aveyard's Realm Breaker series. Eternity feels endless . . . until her. From bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow, Redeemer of Shadows is a dark and...

Dresden 1908: Eine neue Zeit beginnt, die Jahre der großen Erfindungen sind angebrochen. Christine arbeitet als Therapeutin im weltbekannten Sanatorium Lahmann. Während ihrer Behandlungen fallen die feinen Damen in ihren engen Korsetts reihenweise in Ohnmacht – was Christine auf eine weltverändernde Idee bringt: Sie entwickelt den ersten Büstenhalter. Die ersten Modelle aus zusammengenähten Stofftaschentüchern und Hosenträgern finden zunächst wenig Anklang in der feinen Gesellschaft, die Damen lehnen das neue Kleidungsstück ab.

How far would you go to avenge the one you love? Blum has a secret buried deep in her past. She thought she'd left the past behind. But then Mark, the man she loves, dies. His death looks like a hit-and-run. It isn't a hit-and-run. Mark has been killed by the men he was investigating. And then, suddenly, Blum rediscovers what she's capable of.... Kill Bill meets Dexter via The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Woman of the Dead is a wild ride of a thriller where the first stage of grief is revenge.

Bound for Pleasure is a collection of three steamy short stories. All of these stories are X rated, so whether you listen alone or with a friend, they’re guaranteed to thrill! Looking Glass, Josie has just finished with her unsatisfactory boyfriend, but when she treats herself to a new mirror, she finds a surprising and extremely satisfying replacement… The Music Lesson, Clara’s cello lessons are improving more than just her musical technique…

Renowned as a BBC journalist, Victoria Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the headlines. In 2015 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. With honesty and openness, she decided to live out her treatment and recovery in the spotlight in a series of video diaries. Victoria has kept a diary since she was nine years old, and in Dear Cancer, Love Victoria she shares her day-to-day experiences of life following diagnosis and coming to terms with a future that wasn't planned.

Bound to Obey is a collection of three short stories of domination and submission. All of these stories are X rated, so whether you listen alone or with a friend, they’re guaranteed to thrill! Seven-Year Itch, Stacey and Ross have been married for seven years and their sex life has become dull and predictable - until Ross brings Stacey a very unexpected birthday present… The Huntress, When Nancy, Sarah and Ruth are summoned to a jungle paradise for an unusual team-building exercise; Ruth discovers she has more power over men than she ever dreamed…

Because love is the greatest mystery of all.... 'In a way, I'm a bit of a love detective. Because what's a greater mystery than love?' Meet Ruby Miller. A writer who makes happy-ever-afters happen. Until she discovers her fiancé is a lying cheat and loses her faith in love. So when her sister invites her on a beach holiday to Goa to forget about him, Ruby jumps on a plane...and into an extraordinary adventure.

There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that answers only to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you.... My whole existence is based on taking what Death wants. Born to eliminate Fae guilty of unforgivable crimes, my reckless, wild nature makes me the perfect assassin to carry out Death's bidding. I've seen more sinister and violent dealings than anyone could ever imagine. But it was the sight of her face that stopped me cold.

There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you.... My secret is an ancient one. I exist to exact vengeance on the Fae for their wrongs per Death's orders. When I'm sent as a spy to one of the most treacherous, deceitful places in any realm - the court of the Light Queen - things go awry.

Cartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. It is fiction in full colour - magical and unique. 'Victoria Hislop writes so vividly about the Med, you can...

I answer to no one but Death. I am impenetrable, impervious, immortal. I exist to do Death's bidding and no one—not Reaper nor human nor Fae—can stand in my way. Except for the bewitching half-Fae, Catriona. She swears the magic in her family passed her by, but I know better. This woman is strong. This woman is powerful. And when her abilities surge forth, no one will be able to stop the Dark Fae from coming for her. Except for me. I want to keep her close. I want to keep her safe. I want lose myself to her, again and again.

'Lyrical, twisty short stories' Evening Standard A collection of stunning short stories from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island. Three of these stories were previously published in Victoria Hislop's ebook collection, One Cretan Evening. In ten powerful stories, Victoria Hislop...

Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother, Emma, is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye?

Two motivational classics from the Chicken Soup inspirational masters in a value-priced compilation—now available on CD Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen deservedly rank among the world's most effective motivators. Their secret is simple: a time-tested blend of equal measures of powerful...

Professor of Classics Victor Davis Hanson contemplates the continuity of generations in "Natural Links in a Long Chain of Being", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown...

Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear—not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past.

La tormenta de nieve está causando estragos en Alaska. En el corazón de la tormenta, un niño desaparece. Ella sale a buscarlo, seguida de cerca por los pocos habitantes de este extremo del mundo. Comienza entonces una frenética carrera contra la muerte, donde se revela el destino de cada uno frente a los elementos. Con esta mirada en el corazón de la naturaleza, Marie Vingtras, con una escritura incisiva, se centra en la intimidad de sus personajes y, con delicadeza, revela los tormentos de sus almas.