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Mrs. Scarr is a tense and mysterious ghost story set in Mauritius, a place where local mythology and European morals sit uneasily alongside one another. Mrs. Scarr is a beautiful woman of French origin who defies local cultural norms. She goes out alone at night and wears white rather than the traditional black. And her husband, who is a debauched sea captain, is mysteriously plagued by a single white moth wherever he goes.

At 32, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane, her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fiancé is off on a crowdfunded cross-country walk, too busy to return her texts (but not too busy to post photos of himself with a different woman in every state).

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These lively, captivating letters are filled with sentiment and the excitement of pioneer life. Peopled with fascinating characters, they reveal the beauty and joy of living and working on the prairie.

Recipient of Best Fantasy of the Year in Russia, The Cycle of Wind and Sparks is a spin-off from the international best-selling series The Chronicles of Siala. Set in 15th-century Europe, this new series is reminiscent of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire and Robert Jordan' s The Wheel of Time, featuring heroes, zombies, wizards, and knights who battle over the fate of the world.

Matti Glover is thrilled to learn that hot Hollywood heartthrob Antonio Reed is not only filming a movie in Santa Fe, but staying in the exclusive complex where she's housesitting. She rescues him from a busload of teenage girls, and grateful and intrigued, he asks her for a date. Matti's caught up in a Cinderella dream come true - until midnight hits and it's pumpkin time. Any reader who ever cherished a secret crush on Robert, Justin, or Orlando will enjoy this romp through the fan's ultimate fantasy.

Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader is a frontier classic by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, a widowed young mother who accepted an offer to assist with a ranch in Wyoming. In Stewart's delightful collection of letters, she describes her homesteading experiences to her former employer, Mrs. Coney.

Sergey and Marina Dyachenko mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him. Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice.

Nicholas Thormonde är förbittrad över livet. Första världskriget är i sitt slutskede, men efter att ha skadats vid fronten och mist ett av sina ben samt ett öga kan han inte längre strida för sitt land. För att ha något att göra blir han övertalad att skriva en bok och det är så han möter Alathea Sharp, som blir hans sekreterare. Till en början är Nicholas tankar endast fyllda av självhat och bitterhet. Men ju mer tid som går så börjar han se världen som en plats med mer än bara elände igen.

After losing her husband, Elinore Pruitt washed clothes in Denver to support herself and her daughter. In 1909, she took a job working for a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. Subsequently she filed her own claim and married the rancher. The letters she wrote to her former employer over several years are packed with delightful stories and fascinating observations about her new life.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader presents an outstanding first-person account of life on the American frontier. Elinore Pruitt Stewart took up homesteading in Burnt Fork, Wyoming, in 1909, to prove that a woman could ranch. Her captivating letters, sent to a former employer in Denver, reveal the isolation, the beauty, and the joy of working the prairie.

Esther Charters is heading to Irtonwood Manor to celebrate Christmas with friends, but she soon finds herself entangled in mysteries that tie the estate to her late husband‚s family history. What secrets does the manor hold, and how are they linked to the haunting specter that seems to linger? As she grapples with a recurring dream that haunts her since her arrival, Esther embarks on an intriguing journey of discovery and reflection. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, and lonely. Thalia, his stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage, is now twenty-nine, an actress, hopeful and estranged from her newly widowed crackpot mother. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia poses as the girlfriend of a former sitcom star and current horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry’s Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new life—and maybe even new love.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!Esther Charters is travelling to Irtonwood Manor to stay over Christmas with friends. But what connection could Irtonwood – and its ghost – possibly have with her late husband’s family history? And what is the meaning of the recurring dream she has had since arriving at Irtonwood?

Immerse yourself in the compelling letters of a young woman, who, after losing her husband in a tragic railroad accident, moved to Denver to fend for herself and her young daughter, Jerrine. Desperate and determined, she took on daily work as a house-cleaner and laundress. Striving to improve her circumstances, she later became a housekeeper for a wealthy Scottish cattle-man, Mr. Stewart, in Wyoming. These letters, sent over a span of years to her former employer in Denver, chronicle her journey and transformation in this new, unfamiliar land. These are authentic letters, printed as they were ...

Instant #1 Bestseller A rollicking historical novel set in turn-of-the-century Alberta about a young woman on the run from her abusive husband who uses a legal loophole to claim a homestead in the Wild West—perfect for fans of Outlawed and The Giver of Stars. Scottish newcomer Flora Craigie...

Resonant Truth isn't here to inspire you. It's here to bury what isn't you. Each episode is a funeral for a lie — a quiet, deliberate dismantling of the illusions that bind us. We don't peddle enlightenment, promise five steps to peace, or offer filtered truths dressed in soft tones. This is a space where consciousness is not theorised but confronted. Through deep dialogues, multidimensional inquiry, and metaphysical excavation, Resonant Truth holds a mirror to the myths we've inherited — about love, power, purpose, and self. What's reflected back may disturb, liberate, or rearrange ...

Anne Winston ist es leid, an den rauschenden Bällen Londons und den sonstigen gesellschaftlichen Verpflichtungen teilzunehmen. Sie befindet sich am Ende ihrer zweiten Saison und hat bereits drei Heiratsanträge abgewiesen. Die Schönheit gilt mittlerweile als unnahbar. Dabei verspürt sie im Inneren Sehnsucht nach einem Mann, der nicht nur ihre Äußeres und ihre Erbschaft, sondern auch ihren Geist zu schätzen weiß.

The podcast where stand up comedians - Irishman Paul Marsh, Englishwoman Elinor Murphy and Scotsman Ben Verth - walk into a bar and have the craic about all things life in Ireland. New episode out every Monday!