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"I drove myself out of New York City where a man shot himself in front of me. He was a gluttonous man and when his blood came out it looked like the blood of a pig. That's a cruel thing to think, I know. He did it in a restaurant where I was having dinner with another man, another married man. Do you see how this is going? But I wasn't always that way. I am depraved. I hope you like me." Joan has spent a lifetime enduring the cruelties of men. But when one of them commits a shocking act of violence in front of her, she flees New York City in search of Alice, the only person alive who can help her make sense of her past. In the sweltering hills above Los Angeles, Joan unravels the horrific event she witnessed as a child—that has haunted her every waking moment—while forging the power to finally strike back. Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society.
Childhood friends, Liwa Nile and Noel Glass grow up in Port Alfred bound by hope and pure love for each other. But their deep dark desires bring in sinister trails of lust, murder and unclassified sexual escapades to the heart of Melrose Arch. When Liwa loses her beloved father, hear dear friend Noel comes to the rescue. As they grow their architecture business, it emerges that Noel is no ordinary painter. Her love for darkness quickly turns Liwa's wet bed into a nightmare. With every break of dawn, a soul falls. More bodies are soon disappearing and their business is thriving. Tyson Manson seeks sexual pleasure. So when a love affair boils over, he discovers more than expected. As he digs deeper into their past, more worms fill in the missing pieces. Will his findings destroy the bondages of a long-standing friendship?
Senobia Arendse, ’n taalversorger van Prins Albert, se toekoms lê en wink waar sy vroegoggend in Bellville op haar nuwe woonstelmaat wag. Palesa word vergesel deur drie dashing jongmanne. En dis veral die selfversekerde DJ, Ayanda Ngubane, met sy breë glimlag, wat haar beïndruk. Maar net wanneer Senobia begin dink haar nuwe lewe is maanskyn en rose, stap die verlede saam met Palesa by die voordeur in. Mondeo Hendricks, haar eerste liefde, is terug asof dit nog altyd in die sterre voorspel is.
Twenty-five years ago, troubled teenager Charlie Crabtree committed a shocking and unprovoked murder. On the darkest corners of the internet, plenty of people still remember what happened: Charlie's crime has attracted a dark infamy, inspiring more than one copycat. Paul Adams can remember the case too - Charlie and his victims were his friends. Paul left town as soon as he could, and he's never gone back. But then his mother, old and senile, takes a turn for the worse. Though every inch of him resists, it's time to come home. It's not long before things start to go wrong. In the news, Paul learns another copycat has struck. His mother is distressed, insistent that there's something in the house. Someone is following him. Which reminds him of the most unsettling thing about that awful day twenty-five years ago. It wasn't just the murder. It was the fact that afterwards, Charlie Crabtree was never seen again . . .
Between the USA and SA lies the deep Web. Inside the heaving party hub that is Cape Town’s student playground, someone is preying on the young and unwary. As allegations of drink spiking and illicit sex hit the local papers, university authorities move quickly to limit the damage... A world away in Seattle, Carlos De Palma, the shadowy operator behind Dark Video, is plotting his survival strategy in the ever-changing Internet landscape. With his precious clients clamouring for heightened thrills, Carlos begins tapping into a new service that blur the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds... Enter Robbie Cullen, nice guy and average student, dumped by his girlfriend and struggling with grades. But when it comes to the crunch, Robbie doesn’t know the meaning of stepping back. Once he encounters the beautiful and mysterious Fallon, his small-town bravado is set to make him some powerful enemies. Bitter Pill is a gripping thriller that sweeps through the intoxicating haunts of Cape Town’s nightlife and lingers on the sugary sand of Plettenberg Bay—before exploding on the streets of the Mother City’s exclusive southern suburbs.
Jessica Rabbit probeer nie voorgee om iets te wees wat sy nie is nie.
Sy’s ’n uitlokkende vrou en klaar.
Have you enjoyed the journey with Meg, Mara, Charissa, and Hannah? This companion guide will take you deeper into their world and give you an opportunity to try out the spiritual practices that you've seen them engage at New Hope Retreat Center. Sensible Shoes Study Guide includes twelve weeks of daily Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection questions (five days a week) that correspond to the disciplines the women practice in the book. A group discussion guide concludes each week. Engaging the lives of these characters in their spiritual journeys will offer both a window and a mirror into your own life and relationship with Christ.
Rose Gold Watts believed she was sick for eighteen years. She thought she needed the feeding tube, the surgeries, the wheelchair. Turns out her mother is a really good liar. After five years in prison, Patty Watts is finally free. All she wants is to put old grievances behind her, reconcile with the daughter who testified against her - and care for her new infant grandson. When Rose Gold agrees to have Patty move in, it seems their relationship is truly on the mend. And she has waited such a long time for her mother to come home. But is she still the pliable young girl she once was? And is Patty still as keen on settling an old score? Because if mothers never forget then daughters never forgive. A gripping tale of obsession, reconciliation and revenge from an incredible new talent.
A collection of short stories set in Yeoville from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The stories capture with a dark humour the lives of young people trying to make a go of things, given the constraints of the country and the volatile period. Most of the stories have been published in literary magazines or in collections of stories including a collection published in Uganda. A slightly earlier version of the title story was published in a collection of stories by South African women edited by Maggie Davey, Dinaane, Telegraph Books, London.
A betrothal. A betrayal. A love threatened by treachery. Laird Callum MacLean vowed to marry Maggie MacDonnell. But when his father's apparent suicide makes him Laird of his clan, Callum must unmask his father's killer before bringing Maggie into his dangerous new home. Maggie's home isn't any safer. When Callum fails to return, Maggie does what any resourceful Highland lass would do. She escapes—and finds herself toe-to-toe with Callum, who's determined to fulfill his promise. Maggie can't bring herself to trust him with her heart again. But with a traitor still at large, they must rely on each other in every way, or their clans—and their love—will be destroyed.
The Sons of Gregor MacLeod:
A magical new stand-alone novel with an entrancing fairy tale feel, from the author of the highly acclaimed The Sisters of the Winter Wood. Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they pray, sing and perform small miracles - and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. Each one is blessed with a unique talent - whether it be coaxing plants to grow, or predicting the future by reading the path of the stars. When a fateful decision to help an outsider ends in an accusation of witchcraft, fire blazes through their village. Rabbi Isaac and his family are forced to flee, to abandon their magic and settle into a new way of life. But a dark fog is making its way across Europe and will, in the end, reach even those who thought they could run from it. Each of the sisters will have to make a choice - and change the future of their family forever. Enter a magical world of secrets, family ties and fairy tales weaving through history...
Skye is looking for normal. She grew up different and it rankles. Home isn't normal; her mom isn't normal. Her brother, beloved as he is, isn't quite normal, either. Her marriage was kind of normal (Cam is a wealthy, handsome man who's nice enough) and now it's a dumpster fire. And look at South Africa—entirely NOT normal. She's got PTSD and she's in mourning. She doesn't know who she is or what she wants. She tries to anchor herself to tangible things: to her cooking, to her neighbour's children, to sex. But as she relives her past and tries to plan her future, she feels increasingly dislocated. Skye escapes when things get overwhelming, and realises almost too late that she's about to make everything worse.
Celestine de Peronne se susters verwyl hul tyd met borduurwerkies, mooimaaksessies en dagdrome oor toekomstige mans, maar sy droom van om eendag die eienares van Lavoisier, die familieplaas, te wees. Sy bestuur reeds haar pa se plaas, teel perde, plant wingerde aan en maak wyn. Haar pa stel ’n aantreklike en sjarmante Fransman, Argonne de Lattre, as stalmeester aan, maar hy verkies meisies soos haar susters. Hy is die eerste man wat haar soen; haar kop laat duisel. Hy vra haar om te kies; dis of hy of Lavoisier, en dis die moeilikste besluit van haar lewe.
Een misstap jare gelede het beteken dat Nadia waarskynlik nooit haar enigste kind sal kan vashou en hoor hoe hy haar mamma noem nie. Só het sy gedink, tot sy 'n besigheid op Fynbos begin en haar seun op rolskaatse weer sy verskyning in haar lewe maak. Maar hierdie seun van haar het reeds 'n pa, al is hy sy aanneempa. Dat hy onlangs 'n wewenaar geword het, is nie regtig hoopvol nie. Wie sal hom kwalik kan neem as hy agterdogtig - selfs vyandig is - as hy moet uitvind hoe Nadia by hierdie oulike seuntjie van hom betrokke is? Toe die wind draai, twyfel sy nie. Dat sy die kans van haar lewe gaan aangryp om haar kind terug te kry is nie altemit nie. Net sodat 'n nuwe onsekerheid aan haar kan begin vreet. Hoe weet 'n vrou of 'n man in haar as vrou of net in haar as die ideale ma vir sy kind belang stel? Meer nog, is lyflike begeerte liefde? Want 'n vrou wil nou eenmaal die l-woord hoor voor die huweliksformulier gelees word.
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