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Sw eeping across tw o generations, from the ghettos of Europe during the Second
World War to the enclaves of New York's Fifth Avenue, The Hidden Girl traces the life of
Leah Thompson, w ho rises from humble beginnings in rural Yorkshire to take the
modelling w orld by storm.
But her fateful association w ith the Delancey family dominates her life. The secrets
they hide from one another start to explode into nightmares of thw arted ambition,
forbidden love, revenge and murder . . . culminating in a fatal, forgotten prophecy
from the past.
This title was previously published as Hidden Beauty by Lucinda Edmonds, and
has been rewritten and reimagined by her son, Harry Whittaker, for Lucinda Riley
fans the world over.
A gripping thriller by Australia's master of adventure about rescue, revenge and redemption, and the things we do to protect the ones we love.
Professor Denise 'Doc' Rado is South Africa's expert on pangolins, busting poachers and freeing the endangered anteaters in elaborate undercover stings. After a risky operation backfires, Doc's life is shattered, but she still has to lead an eclectic group of donors on a wildlife tour of southern Africa. But there's a target on her back.
As the safari ventures deep into Africa, Doc fears they're being followed and she will do anything to keep them all safe - especially Ian Laidlaw, a handsome Australian businessman turned accidental philanthropist.
Is Doc being hunted by the poachers she once fought, or is there some other bloodthirsty predator prowling the wilderness?
A familiar foe. A battle for the heart of a country at war with itself.
South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking, 'the place of stones', to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead. Amber, his wife, the successful novelist, accompanies him - eager to see more of the country her husband is about to risk his life for. But when war is declared, Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband's survival against impossible odds.
Eight hundred miles to the south, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney - adventurer, maverick, industrialist - is using his wealth and connections to bankroll the British war effort. His artist wife Saffron, frustrated by stuffy Cairo society, has joined him with their three children. There is peace in the Courtney household, or so Saffron believes, until their eldest son, Leon, stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his distinguished uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, in changing the course of history. Saffron and Ryder have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour and courage. Little does he realise that he has no chance of escaping the people they used to be.
Two families torn apart, caught up in a battle for the heart of a country at war with itself.
The Courtneys and the Ballantynes come together once again in the sequel to the worldwide bestsellers The Triumph of the Sun and King of Kings.
What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is? What if he isn’t even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . .
In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress she has access to the theatre, and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at a great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history. His name? William Shakespeare . . .
In modern day New York, playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the stage. After years of struggle to be recognised she has finally written again, inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor — Emilia Bassano, England’s first published female poet. Although the challenges are different for her, four hundred years later, a woman’s voice is still not heard like a man’s. But what lengths will she be willing to go to in order to achieve her dreams?
Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.
The conclusion to the South African born, debut author's stunning series, with touches of Suzanne Collins which fans of V.E. Schwab or Leigh Bardugo will love.
Lucas returns to the Selene realm only to find its been set alight. The king has declared war and is searching for them, especially his prized Healer who has escaped with his traitorous son.
But Cassia and Lochlan are still trapped in Vineas and Lucas has no way of getting to them. Armed with something as easily changed as a vision of the future, Lucas has to place his faith in the people around him and call out the uncontrollable First magic lurking inside him.
He will be the one to kill the king. He will end this. Now.
A terrifying accident . . .
Alex Mullins knows she is one of the lucky ones. When a fatal coach
crash at her school reunion killed several of her classmates, she was
saved from a grisly fate.
She is haunted by what she thinks she saw that night - a vision of a
skeletal woman, known by the locals as the Bonehead - a woman who
brings bad luck to all that see her.
A mystery waiting to be solved . . .
Now a police officer in Gloucestershire, Alex fights to overcome the
past by helping other people. But when her path crosses with someone
who was there that fateful night, her new life begins to unravel at the
seams.
What really happened the night of the crash? And what does she have to
do for the petrifying Bonehead to finally leave her be?
A new crime thriller from the Queen of Fear - prepare to be terrified
by Bonehead . . .
‘If you made me angry, to me, for that anger to go away I have to get
hold of you . . . For that anger to go away, I have to do something to
you.’
These are the words of one of South Africa’s most terrifying serial
killers as told to Brin Hodgskiss in the bowels of one of our most
secure prisons.
Hodgskiss got his doctorate in psychology for a study based on
interviews with thirteen serial killers. The recordings sat gathering
dust until recently, when top true-crime podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht
found his paper online. The two connected and the concept for this book
was born.
In Killer Stories, Hodgskiss uses each of the interviews, combined with
the tenets of narrative psychology, to take the reader into the minds
of the killers. He lays out how the stories these men told themselves
about their lives contributed to where they ended up –
and how they aren’t that different from the stories we all tell
ourselves.
The book intertwines the killers’ versions of the truth and the
truecrime stories behind them, an interpretation of the tales using
narrative psychology, and how Hodgskiss’s own journey as a psychologist
and human being contributed to his deeper understanding of the minds of
these killers.
In this new thriller set on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce
Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next
novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep
pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and
Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson,
stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island
has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed . . . and the
past is never the past . . .
John Grisham, no.1 bestselling author and master of the legal thriller,
takes us back to paradise. Filled with unpredictable twists, the return
to Camino Island is guaranteed to be this summer's perfect escape.
Before Xaden Riorson, there was Josh Walker: a deeply emotional and
angsty New Adult romance from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
of Fourth Wing.
Josh and Ember's rollercoaster love story from Full Measures continues
. . .
Josh Walker is loyal, reckless and every girl's dream. But he only has
eyes for December Howard, the girl he's craved since his high school
days.
Ember never wanted the Army life, but loving Josh means accepting
whatever the army dictates-even when that means saying goodbye as Josh
heads to Afghanistan as a medevac pilot.
Filling their last days together with love and plans for their future
doesn't temper Ember's fears, and if there's one thing she's learned
from her father's death, it's that there are some obstacles even love
can't conquer . . .
The remarkable new novel from the author of the multimillion-selling
international sensation The Midnight Library
'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet
. . .'
When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a
Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better
of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no
plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches Grace searches for answers
about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is
stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible
truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the
lifechanging power of a new beginning.
Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill, Vermont.
The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old
graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from
school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors
are left unlocked.
But this morning all of that will change.
Because Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs.
Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a
local farmer.
How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly,
familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.
Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.
And one innocent question could be deadly.
From the author of LONG BRIGHT RIVER, a Barack Obama Pick and a New
York Times bestseller, comes a once-in-a-generation story; a novel
you'll never forget.
Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.
Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the
searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying
to help find their missing son.
Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for
help. That they knew what happened to the boy.
Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief
has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the
two disappearances aren’t connected.
Some say they are.
Before Xaden Riorson, there were the four Fly Boys: a deeply emotional
and angsty New Adult romance series from the No.1 Sunday Times
bestselling author of Fourth Wing.
Be careful what you wish for . . .
Grayson Masters is focused on graduating and the last thing he needs is
his gorgeous new roommate distracting him. And though her smart mouth
is irresistibly irritating, he can't seem to deny their off-the-charts
chemistry.
Samantha Fitzgerald has no business digging for Grayson's secrets while
she's hiding her own, but that doesn't stop her from trying to tear
down his walls. But, she's not prepared for the truth: another woman
laid claim to Grayson's heart long ago.
Falling in love is something neither of them can afford, and when that
line is crossed, they'll learn that sometimes it's the answered prayers
that will put you through hell . . .
Before Xaden Riorson, there was Josh Walker: a deeply emotional and
angsty New Adult romance from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
of Fourth Wing.
Three knocks can change everything.
Twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew . . . the soldiers
at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know
was how she would find the strength to care for her crumbling family
while her mum fell apart.
Then, hockey star Josh Walker enters her life.
He has a way of erasing the pain with a single look, a single touch. As
much as she wants to turn off her feelings and endure the heartache on
her own, she can't deny their intense attraction.
But when Josh's secret shatters their world, Ember must decide if he's
worth the risk that comes with loving a man who could strip her bare.
Before Xaden Riorson, there was the four Flyboys: a deeply emotional
and angsty New Adult romance series from the No.1 Sunday Times
bestselling author of Fourth Wing.
They're flying through dangerous territory and one wrong move could
make them crash and burn . . .
Since her sister's death, Paisley Donovan, who shares her sister's
heart condition, has been treated like delicate glass by her parents.
But nothing will stop her from completing her Bucket List - even if it
kills her.
And it almost does until Jagger Bateman pulls her from the ocean.
Jagger is enrolled in the country's toughest flight school. Wickedly
hot, reckless, and perfect for a girl looking to live life to the
fullest. Except Paisley is the commanding general's daughter, and her
boyfriend is his biggest rival.
Paisley must decide just how much to risk for a guy who makes her heart
pound a little too hard.
A FORBIDDEN LOVE.
AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE...
When Pixie Tate is summoned to the wild Cornish coast to unravel a
curious mystery at the stately St Sidwell Manor, she knows that
something quite extraordinary must be hiding in its shadows.
Over one hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a child vanished from
his bed never to be seen again - and Pixie must now discover the truth
of those final moonlit hours.
As she loses herself in the past, secrets are revealed, love affairs
exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating
choice that will change her life forever...
Before Xaden Riorson, there were the four Fly Boys: a deeply emotional
and angsty New Adult romance series from the No.1 Sunday Times
bestselling author of Fourth Wing.
There are some wounds time can't heal, and some fears too consuming to
conquer . . .
Jackson Montgomery's life revolves around his daughter and job. He's no
stranger to saving a damsel in distress, and though his gorgeous new
neighbour is clearly in distress, she's no damsel.
Morgan Bartley is stubborn as hell with walls a mile thick, and the dog
tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to
why. It doesn't matter that their attraction is undeniable―she swore
she'd never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man.
She's a barely breathing heartbreak on the edge of recovery.
He's a crash waiting to happen.
Together they could have it all . . . if they can endure the coming
storm.
Escape to Italy and fall in love with this perfect summer read...
Floundering junior travel writer Katie has just been given the
opportunity of her career. Her boss can't make her trip to the idyllic
but little-known Italian island of Ponza, and Katie must step into her
luxurious designer shoes to write the piece for the magazine. Boarding
the plane with her best friend Farrah, Katie waves goodbye to her
unglamorous domestic trips and hello to a week of sun, sand and
sparkling seas.
But then disaster strikes. Farrah is involved in an accident and Katie
must stay by her side for a month while she recovers. Katie is in
panic-mode, trying to appease both her micro-managing boss and her
passive-aggressive boyfriend back in New York, while an intriguing
local chef, Nico, tries to show her all that the island has to offer.
As she gets to know Nico and falls in love with the relaxed pace of the
island, Katie begins to question her life back home and what she truly
wants. But will she figure out what's truly important to her before
it's too late?
A glorious and uplifting escapist novel set against the stunning
backdrop of the Italian coast. The perfect holiday read for fans of
Rosanna Ley, Jo Thomas and Karen Swan
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Sometimes a gift can feel more like a curse
'Nora Roberts is, quite simply, a one-woman phenomenon' Heat
Thea Fox is just twelve years old when her parents are brutally slain.
With Thea's help the police are able to put their murderer - a
psychotic serial killer called Ray Riggs - behind bars for life.
Changed forever, Thea slowly learns to come to terms with the events of
that terrible night and builds a new life in a small country town where
she can breathe in the smells of pine, fresh bread and her
grandmother's homemade candles.
But the connection that helped Thea put her parents' killer behind bars
will come to haunt her. Though her Grandmother calls it a gift, to Thea
it feels more like a curse because Ray feels the connection too and
though Thea may try to move on, Ray isn't willing to let her go quite
so easily...
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When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus,
helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams
of ruling at his side.
As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus
might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed.
She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating
this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a
better world?
Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this
retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to
be but also compassionate and most importantly, an all-powerful queen
to the gods.
The Hunger Games meets vampires in the first book of the New York Times
bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a
heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of dark magic and bloodthirsty
intrigue.
Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust,
never yield, and always – always – guard your heart.
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved
her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become
something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament
held by the goddess of death herself.
But winning won’t be easy, pitting Oraya against the most vicious
warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, she will be forced
to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.
Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an
efficient killer, an enemy to her father’s crown – and her greatest
competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds
herself oddly drawn to him.
But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari – and nothing more
deadly than love . . .
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in the Crowns of
Nyaxia series, the New York Times bestselling TikTok sensation by
Carissa Broadbent. It is followed by The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King.
Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based
out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard
living, rough talking, loner.
And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber
Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox,
who have acted and looked very different since they returned from
spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells
Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers
and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were.
They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to
them.
To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and
once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in
a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark
and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager
really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?
Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are
playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a
"better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the
process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole
generation of young people?
Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel
yet.
Jane Smith is running out of time . . .
Her repeat client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No
sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than
a second family is gunned down.
He says he's being set up – again. Despite the odds, Jane believes him.
Now she must mount the most complex investigation of her career. But
she’s facing her own battle too. A terminal medical condition.
The defence may never rest.
LET'S RETURN TO CARAVAL, WHERE NOTHING IS QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS . . .
Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for
the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the
audience participates in the show.
Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved
sister Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthless,
abusive father.
When the sisters' long-awaited invitations to Caraval finally arrive,
it seems their dreams have come true. But no sooner have they arrived
than Tella vanishes, kidnapped by the show's mastermind organiser,
Legend.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is
only an elaborate performance. But nonetheless she quickly becomes
enmeshed in a dangerous game of love, magic and heartbreak. And real or
not, she must find Tella before the game is over, and her sister
disappears forever . . .
A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.
The stunning, internationally bestselling sequel to Caraval.
After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna
has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a
disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but
Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious
criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver:
Caraval Master Legend's true name.
The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so
Tella throws herself into the competition once more. Caraval has always
demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice, but now the game is asking
for more. If Tella can't fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend's name,
she'll lose everything - maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend
and Caraval will be destroyed forever.
The games have only just begun.
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