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Aeloria, the Crown Princess of Teporsa, has led a privileged and sheltered life inside the stone walls of her parents' castle. She is destined to be Queen one day, a title for which she has never aspired. Aeloria dreams of a life of freedom, to do as she pleases. She does not wish to enter into an arranged marriage with a prince from a neighboring kingdom whom she has never met. Once she actually meets Prince Siegfried of the Lawekans, she is even more adamant that she does not wish to marry him.

In a kingdom where magic is punishable by death, Liora survives by shaping glass. By day, she is an apprentice glasswright—quiet, obedient, invisible. By night, she dares the forbidden, whispering lost words into molten fire and crafting glass that does more than shine. It warms. It heals. It remembers.

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Wanneer het levenloze lichaam van een man wordt gevonden op een industrieterrein, is rechercheur Kim Stone snel ter plaatse. Als ze even later het verwoestende nieuws aan de echtgenote van het slachtoffer vertelt, bekruipt Kim het gevoel dat er iets niet klopt. Vierentwintig uur later is de familie van het slachtoffer spoorloos. Dan wordt er een tweede lichaam gevonden, vastgespijkerd aan de grond in een natuurreservaat in de buurt. Kim en haar team vinden een belangrijke aanwijzing: een goed bewaard geheim dat beide slachtoffers met elkaar verbindt en nog meer levens kan kosten.

Tan real como la vida y tan descarnado como la memoria, este libro recoge los recuerdos de la Guerra Civil Española en Madrid de los padres del autor. Una epopeya de miserias cotidianas, miedos y desengaños con el telón de fondo del conflicto que partió España en dos. Ángel y Madgalena, dos jóvenes liberales conservadores de Guadalajara, en pleno bando republicano, intentan adaptarse a la vida que continúa en medio de una guerra en la que no participan ni tampoco entienden.

Eccentric CEO Mason Talbot may be missing a few social skills, but when he meets his alluring new lawyer Camilla, he turns on the charm. Well, his kind of charm....

After months of relentless game night flirting, Aiden finally gets his shot with fellow dominant Cyana. Too bad it comes with a major catch. Submission has never been his style, but a bet is a bet and Aiden won't back down. As one night of total surrender changes everything he thought he knew, this big bad dom isn't prepared to deal with the consequences. How long can Aiden avoid Cyana and the pleasure that only submission can give him? Since they're preparing to stand by their mutual friends for a double wedding in lifestyle-friendly paradise, probably not very long.

When Detective Kim Stone rushes to the scene of a house fire, she’s shocked to discover it’s claimed the lives of two teenage children and their parents. But this tragedy is not quite as it seems. Each body is marked by a gunshot wound, and the mother, Helen Daynes, is holding the gun. The case sparks painful childhood memories for Kim, who suffered at the hands of her own abusive mother, but it just makes her more determined to uncover the truth. As Kim untangles Helen’s past, she finds a history of clinical depression. But did it drive Helen to murder her loved ones?

Charlie e Amy, due bambine di soli nove anni, compagne di gioco, scompaiono all'improvviso. Un messaggio recapitato alle rispettive famiglie conferma l'ipotesi peggiore: le giovani sono state rapite. È l'inizio di un incubo. Poco tempo dopo, un secondo messaggio è ancora più mostruoso. I malviventi mettono le due famiglie l'una contro l'altra, minacciando di uccidere una delle due bambine. Per la detective Kim Stone e la sua squadra il caso è più difficile del solito. I rapitori potrebbero davvero trasformarsi in assassini spietati.

Ma si tratta di una buca piccola: il corpo non è quello di un adulto. Una vita innocente è stata sacrificata per siglare un oscuro patto di sangue. E il segreto che lega i presenti è destinato a essere sepolto sotto terra. Anni dopo, la direttrice di una scuola viene brutalmente assassinata: è solo il primo di una serie di agghiaccianti delitti che terrorizzano la regione della Black Country, in Inghilterra. Il compito di seguire e fermare questa orribile scia di sangue viene affidato alla detective Kim Stone.

They were young. They were in love. And in a single instant they were over. Andrew never fully recovered from how they ended. After years apart, Kate has suddenly returned, and Andrew is determined to get the closure he needs to finally put their bittersweet past behind him. But spending time together proves to be more complicated than this duo expects. Their friends are worried, Kate's sister is still working against them, and they've both grown into entirely different people.

Do you finally want to say goodbye to all of your wasted time and see what actually works for you? You see, manifesting all of your wants and desires doesn’t have to be difficult, even if you feel like you’ve tried every other manifesting book and YouTube video already.

Like most teachers, you want to use your life to make an impact - not only in the classroom, but in your family, community, and the world. And yet it feels impossible to have that focus when you’re exhausted and overwhelmed. How can you make a difference when you’re distracted by never-ending paperwork, meetings, errands, and housework? How can you give the best of yourself when you’re bogged down with mundane tasks and unfulfilling obligations? You’ll never have enough time to do everything.

When the body of a doctor is discovered brutally murdered in local woodland, Detective Kim Stone is shocked to discover the victim is Gordon Cordell - a man linked to a previous case she worked on involving the death of a young schoolgirl. Gordon has a chequered past, but who would want him dead? As the investigation gets underway, Gordon’s son is involved in a horrific car crash which leaves him fighting for his life. Kim's sure this was no accident.

When teenager Sadie Winter jumps from the roof of her school, her death is ruled as suicide - a final devastating act from a troubled girl. But then the broken body of a young boy is discovered at the same school and it’s clear to Detective Kim Stone that these deaths are not tragic accidents. As Kim and her team begin to unravel a dark web of secrets, one of the teachers could hold the key to the truth. Yet just as she is about to break her silence, she is found dead.

Paul, Apostle of Christ is the story of two men. Luke, as a friend and physician, risks his life every time he ventures into the city of Rome to visit Paul, held captive in Nero's bleakest prison cell. Before Paul's execution, Luke resolves to write another book, one that details the beginnings of "The Way" and the birth of what will come to be known as the church. But Nero is determined to rid Rome of Christians.

This short volume has turned out to be merely a handful of recollections of well-remembered times and stories - some probably misremembered, too - and a few people who have played a crucial part in my life. And some confessions: I have never before tried to write about my doll phobia, for instance, or about the effect synaesthesia has had over the years. I can only hope that this collection of stories from times past might give some idea of a mostly happy life that has gone, and is going, much too fast.

This Audible Exclusive adaptation of Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop, is brought expertly to life by multi-award winning actress, Fiona Shaw. A coming of age tale which extends the nature and boundaries of love, as seen through the eyes of the youthful and naïve Melanie, The Magic Toyshop was enormously successful and cemented Angela Carter's status as one of England's greatest and most daring writers.

Jessica's best friend, Hilary, has had several run-ins with Liam, a sexy Dom from Stronghold who is good friends with Jessica's boyfriends, Justin and Chris. While Hilary finds him attractive, and he's just as attracted to her, she's not sure that the BDSM scene is for her, and he's not sure he wants to invest time in a newbie to the scene. Liam's been looking for a relationship for a while, but he finds that a lot of subs want more bondage and punishment than he's interested in.

They thought they were safe. They were wrong. The murder of a young prostitute and a baby found abandoned on the same winter night signals the start of a disturbing investigation for Detective Kim Stone - one which brings her face to face with someone from her own horrific childhood. As more sex workers are murdered in quick succession, each death more violent than the last, Kim and her team realize that the initial killing was no one-off frenzied attack, but a twisted serial killer preying on the vulnerable.