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One of Americas great writers. RODDY DOYLEVlautins characters are a vast chorus of broken hearts, reaching for grace. COLIN WALSHNo one writes with such empathy and insight as Willy Vlautin. BEN MYERSVlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature. ANN PATCHETTThe moving, large-hearted story of a young boy in danger of slipping through societys cracks and the unlikely father figure who takes him under his wing.And try to breathe, man. You gotta remember to breathe. You wont get so panicky if you can remember that.Eddie Wilkens runs his own house-painting business. Forty-something and living alone, he just wants to take life one day at a time. When his eight-year-old neighbour, Russell, starts hanging around, Eddie sees that this small kid - with his single mother working nights and his violent older brother - is struggling to keep his head above water, and so tries to help.Equal parts heart wrenching and uplifting, The Left and the Lucky is a portrait of this unusual friendship - the ways hurt shatters people and the compassionate acts that can, maybe, hold some of those pieces together.

The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. First published in 1919, the book consists of short stories about Sir Percy Blakeneys exploits in rescuing various aristos and French citizens from the clutches of the guillotine. First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel.The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, first published in 1922, is the last book in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernels adventures. Again Orczy interweaves historic fact with fiction, this time through the real life figures of Theresa Cabarrus, and Jean-Lambert Tallien.Baroness "Emmuska" Orczy ( 1865 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist, playwright and artist of noble origin. She is most known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.

When Caroline Alleyn inherits Wickham Grange, all she wants to do is sell up. There are bad memories there, linked to her childhood as the daughter of a single mother and to all the other mothers she knew in that house. But her grandmother Francess will means that it cant be sold without the consent of five elderly women, and they all refuse. None of them will tell her why she has to keep a house she doesnt want. Instead, she is given a stark warning: dont look for Lizzie Sixpence.Though Caroline has other worries. Someone is watching her; the houses elderly tenants are lying to her; and an old man is hoarding mementoes of her past.Then she finds the bones.And Caroline is left with a choice: keep silent, or betray everything her grandmother stood for. Because there is one final secret to be revealed

The Last People Youd Expect is the second book from author Spencer Wise, following the publication of his 2018 debut, The Emperor of Shoes.

When State Department interpreter Weaver is summoned to an off-the-books meeting during a G20 summit, he expects routine diplomacy. What he gets is a chilling glimpse into a secret arrangement between the White House and the Kremlin an arrangement that could destroy lives, careers, and nations. With only a red digital pen as evidence and a growing sense that he was never meant to walk away from that room, Weaver flees to the safety of England.But there is no safety.Hunted by invisible forces and unsure whom to trust, he must uncover the truth before the truth consumes him. The Interpreters Secret is a taut, sophisticated literary thriller about power, language, and the dangerous things left unsaid.

Gabriel Reece should be starting university, but new super powers and dark family mysteries stand in the way of higher education. Hes taking a gap year to keep his spooky boyfriend from killing his super-powerful brother, watch out for his unpowered best friend, and hunt down the puppet masters who wont leave any of them alone.

In these two novellas and three short stories for adult readers, Hans Christian Andersen displays the imagination and descriptive brilliance familiar from his fairy tales, but turns his eye to subtler social themes: class mobility in a changing Europe; the unfairness with which talents and opportunities are meted out in this world; the struggle between natures claims on humanity and civilizations.The title novella, The Ice Virgin, unites all these ideas in a piece of beautifully structured storytelling considered by some to be Andersens masterpiece. Rudy is orphaned young, rescued as an infant from a glacial crevasse where his mother fell and died. He lives, but the stunning yet unforgiving mountain landscape of Switzerland may yet claim him. His love for the rich millers daughter Babette brings out all his bravery and ingenuity - but also his stubbornness and resistance to change. In a masterfully ambivalent climax Andersen makes us wonder what happiness and fulfilment truly mean.Elsewhere in the collection Andersen turns his gaze to the hostile shores and wooded heights of Denmarks Jutland, where in his time submissive poverty was giving way to feverish social transformation. We meet a shipwrecked youngster struggling to fit into his adopted community, a couple whose wise humility echoes down the wealthy generations that follow with comically unexpected effects, and a steadfast friend whose saintly patience is ill rewarded by the object of her loyalty. Full of irony, enchanting imagery and bravura prose, these stories showcase Andersens perceptiveness, empathy, and deep engagement with the world around him.

Some places are built to obey.This one learned to listen.In The House That Learned to Listen, the twelfth volume of the Silent Command Rituals series, Cassian Ward shifts the axis of power once moreaway from imposed dominance and toward sovereign desire.After the collapse of the Gentlemans control, the manor awakens. No longer a passive structure of ritual and obedience, the house begins to respond, adapt, and learn. Walls rearrange. Doors hesitate. Pleasure is no longer commandedit is negotiated, shaped, and finally claimed.Elena is no longer tested for her capacity to submit. She is observed for her capacity to choose. As the house builds new halls in response to her presence, she confronts pleasure not as temptation, but as truthone that reveals identity, authority, and transformation.This novel blends dark erotic tension, psychological dominance, ritualized environments, and slow-burn intimacy into a story about evolution rather than obedience. Power becomes fluid. Control becomes mutual. And pleasure becomes a language that reshapes the world around her.The House That Learned to Listen is not about surrender.It is about what happens when desire is finally allowed to speak.For readers of dark romance, BDSM erotica, ritualized power exchange, and psychologically immersive erotic fiction. Adults only (18+).

Harlowe could use a break. With his academic future over, just like his relationship with Jackson, a suspiciously cheap summer rental on the Cape feels like just the escape he needs.But when he arrives at the picturesque seaside cottage, hes alarmed to find his discouraging old professor in the living room, his father making coffee in the kitchen, a mysterious young man fixing a hole in the wall, and worst of all, Jackson is in the bathroom. None of them will leave. No one else can see them. And they just wont leave him alone.But Harlowe soon realises he isnt the only one who can see the houses magic, and as the summer grows hot and thick with tourists, old wounds and fresh secrets both in and outside its walls begin to transform him. And that mysterious man seems almost to be everywhere he looks now... not that hed want it another way.

Rivalries ignite into heated romance, lost lovers seek second chances, and friendships turn to something more in these 12 stunning Romantasy stories.Including brand-new stories from beloved and bestselling authors including Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Kelley Armstrong, Alexis Hall, L. R. Lam, and more.Tumble head-over-heels for these 12 gorgeous Romantasy stories from bestselling and beloved authors.A pair of harried servants try to romance their respective bosses into a universe-saving marriage. Two bitter political rivals discover they have interests in common, and decide not to let a little thing like murder get in the way. After years apart, childhood nemeses come together to resolve their differences, and face down a common foe.From Regency England to a mysterious Romanian forest, and from a city made of flowers to a sinister faerie train, love conquers all in these 12 beautiful tales.FEATURING BRAND-NEW STORIES FROM: Hannah Nicole-Maehrer Kelley Armstrong Alexis Hall L. R. Lam Rebecca Thorne A.Y. Chao Juliet Marillier Chloe Neill Olivia Atwater Jen Williams Greer Stothers Vida Cruz-Borja

In a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, a teenager with a remarkable gift must flee for her life and fight to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy.`A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world The Times`Utterly compelling a masterful and all-too-recognisable portrait of climate collapse and the politics of greed. We need this book now more than ever Eve Smith`Paul Hardisty is a visionary Luke McCallin`A riveting eco-thriller Crime Fiction Lover_____The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster sixteen-year-old Boo Ashworth and her uncle risk everything to save whats left of human knowledge, hiding the last surviving books in a secret library beneath the streets of Hobart.But Boo has a secret of her own: an astonishing ability to memorise entire texts with perfect recall. When the library is discovered and destroyed, shes forced to flee armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her familys true past.Hunted and alone, and with the help of some unlikely allies, she must fight to save her loved ones and bring hope to a broken world.Spanning three generations before, during and after the fall, The Hope is the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardistys critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if theres still time?____`Smart, gripping, and all too plausible announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher Tim Glister`Hardisty is a fine writer Lee Child`A compelling, moving story of survival in a dying world a novel that might have actually predicted our future Ewan Morrison`The book Ive been waiting and hoping for Paul Waters`Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of todays very real world problems very plausible and terrifyingly so SciFi Now

Another day dawns over the Houses of Parliament and Maxwell Murray, Chief of Staff, researcher and what sometimes feels like nanny to the hapless MP Eliot Oakcroft, has much to do. Invitations for Oakcroft to consider, party correspondence, and, here and there, some legitimate constituency business. All while keeping the honourable member for Middlebury-Mid out of trouble and the inevitable media spotlight.But today, theres something a little different. Miranda Cley is seeking Eliots help to free her mother from prison. After all, she cant have murdered Mirandas father, Charlie, if Miranda has just seen him alive and well. Max and his assistant Diana are on the case, wafting the scent of a possible career-making miscarriage of justice Eliots way. But as the mystery of Charlie Cleys disappearance unravels, it quickly becomes clear that investigating could jeopardise not just their careers but their very lives. Drawing on his own parliamentary history (with all due discretion, of course), David Weir brings us a witty new crime series set among the colourful power brokers of contemporary politics.

An epic, Lovecraftian horror novel in the vein of Black River Orchard and American Elsewhere about a small town that becomes obsessed with a series of random objects left strewn across their town in the aftermath of a storm. From the Bram Stoker award-nominated and bestselling author of Come with Me. The residents of Mariners Cove are changingIn the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone, and each item has a certain hold over the person who finds ita hold that soon turns into unwavering infatuation. They hide their items from each other, obsess over them, and they will do anythinganythingto protect them.The collective hum of bees wings...A young boy finds himself the possessor of a strange and inexplicable power. Is the arrival of this power linked to the increasingly odd and dangerous behavior of the residents of Mariners Cove? Has he been granted this power in order to thwart whatever is about to happen in this small, bayside community, or is there a more sinister purpose?All hail the Dragon...All eyes are on him now.The residents of Mariners Cove are watching.They move as one, like a solitary organism, and will do anything to succeed in their single-minded purpose.They will not be stopped.

A riotously sharp novel about self-righteousness, control, and the unexpected afterlife of a dogRose Cutler prides herself on her principlesveganism, feminism, eco-consciousness, and general moral superiority. She runs a yogurt business she quietly despises and lives alone, comfortably distanced from the mess of human relationships. But, when her brother and sister-in-law let her watch her six-year-old nephew Nathan, things go spectacularly wrong. After Roses dog kills a corgi at the park, Nathan begins to bark, overeat, and claim that the dead dog has possessed his body. Rose assumes this is trauma. Nathan insists its metaphysical fact. As Rose embarks on a misguided quest to free Nathan from his canine passenger, what begins as an attempt at childcare devolves into a surreal, anarchic spiral of suburban chaos. Brimming with unhinged charm and moral ambiguity, The Hitch is a biting satire of the stories we tell ourselves to stay saneand the havoc we wreak when those stories fall apart.

A wanted man, Conan has found refuge aboard a pirate ship. However, his reputation precedes him, and he is soon recognized and apprehended. Upon capture, Conan reveals that he is not the only crew member on the run. The cabin boy is actually Princess Elyka of Nemedia, who ran away seeking adventure.They are both imprisoned. Elyka will be returned to her father, for a price. Conan faces a darker fate. Elyka is confused and angry at this turn of events and Conan refuses to elaborate. He may have a larger plan, but can Elyka trust him? He may be her only option.

Wounded, thirsty and stranded in the desert after a job gone bad, Conan is desperate. To make it out alive, he bands together with his fellow surviving mercenaries.Conan trusts none of them, and the feeling is mutual. Fine. Everyone knows where they stand. But when a cursed treasure is discovered, distrust turns to suspicion. Conan knows enough about dark magic to leave well enough alone, but will greed get the better of his new friends?

In this thrilling sequel to The Gryphon King, old rivalries and new threats pull Bataar and Nohra into a swirling cauldron of gods, monsters and djinn.Sweeping Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy starring morally gray characters and lady knights, perfect for fans of Godkiller and Shannon Chakraborty. With Bataars campaign to conquer Dumakra victorious, he turns his eyes to Aglea in the north, where pagan berserkers rule over inhospitable marshes and ritualistically butcher unicorns. Prince Nassar and his entourage have also fled to Aglea to rally his supporterstaking the ghoulish variant of vermilrot they unearthed from the abandoned depths of Anhabar with them.Nohra and Bataar are soon to be married. Nohra has not forgiven the rhahs sins against Kalafar or her family, but her thirst for vengeance wars with her feelings for Qaira. Bataars supernatural gifts are increasingly powerful, and his hold on Dumakra more secure by the day. Serving him is now the only path Nohra can see that ends with her younger brother one day restored to Kalafars throne.The power struggle between Bataar and Nassar fast becomes a swirling conflict of religions and gods: the Agleans revere Darya for her demonic powers; Nohra and Qaira are heralded as the two manifestations of Dumakras Goddess; and Bataar is the walking embodiment of his peoples Preeminent spirit. In this febrile atmosphere, the ghoul sickness is spreading rapidly, and monsters continue to encroach on human towns, causing violence and dismay. The war, and the world, hang in the balance. Just one wrong move could tip everything into chaos.

Hot, smart, funny and charming as hell ... much like the Hellions themselves. - Alix E. HarrowEverything you want a historical romance to be - Jessica JoyceDelightful, truly scrumptious - Mazey Eddings--------Secret identities. Salacious engravings. And a scandalous Regency road trip...From the day of their debut, when Matilda smoked a cigar and Margo tied a cherry stem in a knot with her tongue, the Halifax twins have flouted convention at every turn. But when Matilda runs off with the dangerous Marquess of Ashford she may finally have gone too far.Determined to stop her sisters inexplicable elopement, Margo turns to her oldest friend for help: because if anyone can get her to Scotland in time, its starchy solicitor Henry Mortimer. Beneath his buttoned-up exterior, Henry is ardently, wildly, miserably in love with Margo. And Matilda and Ashfords relationship, too, may not be quite what it seems...With the Halifax Hellions at the reins of this carriage, what could possibly go wrong?_______________For the first time ever in print, The Halifax Hellions brings together Margo and Matildas novellas, along with a swoony new epilogue.Praise for Alexandra VastiVasti has a gift for mixing mayhem and genuine emotion - Oprah DailySuperbly written and sensationally funny - India HoltonForever in awe of Alexandra Vastis talent - Sarah AdlerReaders LOVE The Halifax HellionsHilarious, heartfelt, and deliciously spicy *****Had my heart in a vice grip *****Will have Vasti fans swooning *****Witty banter, yearning, and great spice *****Vasti has quickly become one of my favourite authors! *****Absolutely unputdownable *****

What links a prostitute, a Flemish painter and a tower watchman? All three claim to have seen a ghost on the same street in fifteenth-century Tallinn. And all of them have been found dead soon after.Melchior Wakenstede, apothecary, is charged with unearthing the truth behind these seemingly-supernatural murders. But when a pious and powerful merchant dies, along with a castrated and disfigured tramp, Melchior perceives a more medical connection between the deaths.Melchior must rise above the competing interests of merchant guilds, religious orders and Teutonic knights, to get to the bottom of the mystery.

A twisty New York City-set mystery that sees Teddy Roosevelts daughter, Alice Roosevelt, team up with Holmes and Watson to save the president from a kidnapping and attempted assassination on the eve of international peace talks. Holmess British parlour tricks meet hard-boiled American noir in this pastiche for fans of Gareth Rubins Holmes and Moriarty.Celebrity socialite Alice Roosevelt is taking London by storm in 1905 when her letter containing sensitive details of upcoming peace talks between Japan and Russia is stolen. The case pulls Holmes from retirement, and with Alices help the letter is retrieved.After returning to the U.S., Alice goes missing. At Teddy Roosevelts request, Holmes and Watson travel to New York where they discover Alice has turned detective herself, working undercover to thwart a kidnapping plot targeting her father. Her warnings are dismissed, but then the president is kidnapped. Alice and the detective duo join forces to search for her father, only to lose Holmes to the escaping kidnappers.Alice proves herself the equal to the great detective by leading Watson in the rescue of Teddy Roosevelt as well as Holmes, but the stakes are higher than they realise. In a race against time, they must stop a plan to bomb the peace talks or risk an escalation of war on a global scale.