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 As the daughter of Korean bodega owners, Jia Song promised herself that
she would have every luxury when she grew up. Now she's made junior
partner at her prestigious law firm, and it's all finally within reach.
So when her boss asks her to sit in on the hush-hush family implosion
of a client, she accepts without hesitation – only to find out that it
is one of the most famous Korean families in the world. 
 
 They thought they found heaven on earth. They discover a living hell. 
 The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author. Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth. Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong. She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She's wrong. When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it’s just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She’s never been more wrong in her life. As the town ignites in the wake of the girls' disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets. Is Emmy ready for the truth? 
 Dr Sara Buhle, a troubled obstetrician, is thrust into a frantic search
for a missing newborn in Durban. Sara is pulled into the search by
rising SAPS star Vuyi Vilakazi. But with time working against them, and
rumours of muthi murders hounding the investigation, the pair find
themselves in a race from the city centre and an informal settlement in
the Hammarsdale Hills. Mere minutes will make the difference between
success and failure. 
 This killer has a story. 
 From the author of the Legends of Thezmarr series, Iron & Embers by Helen Scheuerer is the first book in The Ashes of Thezmarr series. Perfect for fans of The Witcher and The Bridge Kingdom, Iron & Embers is filled with a sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance, dark magic and a world of assassins and warriors. Alchemist. Poisoner. Storm wielder. Wren Embervale, alchemist-turned-assassin, finds solace in only one thing: seeking vengeance for the death of her friends from wars past. But when an unknown form of alchemy is used to attack a king of the war-torn midrealms, Wren is charged with finding a cure for the strange new poison. Offered a place at the ancient alchemy academy of Drevenor, she must claim her spot by conquering the Gauntlet – a gruelling series of deadly trials that could cost her sanity, or her life. Yet the biggest threat of all might come from the man assigned to protect her – Torj Elderbrock, the silver-haired war hero who has hated her since she assassinated his last charge. Their shared history ignites a simmering tension that threatens to consume them both. With peace between the kingdoms as fragile as ever, and enemies lurking around every corner, Wren will discover whether love can truly heal all wounds – or if it is in fact the most lethal poison of all . . . Set five years after the events of the Legends of Thezmarr series, Iron & Embers by Helen Scheuerer is the breathtaking first instalment in an epic new fantasy romance trilogy. 
 This family saga is told through the lens of the third generation of
women who surround Lemohang Ntoi, the head of the family, as he
struggles to hold onto life as he knew it. It is the Ntoi women’s
assertiveness and drive that threaten Lemohang’s position and ideals
for this family. We see their attempts at healing past trauma while
they pursue their dreams. Fabrics of Love navigates issues
around culture, legacy, love and marriage. 
 ’n Deernisvolle roman oor die kronkelpaaie van die lewe en die liefde.
Marco Romanelli, ’n Italianer wat in ’n konsentrasiekamp was, gaan woon
in 1948 om gesondheidsredes in die Bosveld. Daar ontmoet hy vir dr.
Lettie Viljoen. Die liefde blom tussen hulle . . . maar dan breek
die polio-epidemie van die jare vyftig uit. 
 Toe Kristina een aand vermis raak nadat sy gaan draf het, bel haar
huismaats die polisie. Hulle kry haar in die vroeë oggendure teen die
berg. Sy kan nie onthou wat met haar gebeur het nie; daar is ook geen
verklaring vir die drastiese persoonlikheidsverandering wat sy
ondergaan het nie. Ten einde raad word die hulp van psigiater Ben Krige
ingeroep. By sy kliniek is Kristina vir hom soos ’n labirint–vreemd en
onbekend. Al wat hulle het, is woorde. Maar geleidelik breek woorde
alle grense af. 
 
 What if your mother knows you better than you know yourself? 
 In this gripping dystopian thriller inspired by the beloved DC comics,
hero Lamont Cranston and his young protégé seek vigilante justice in
New York City. 
 On the glittering island of Capri, anything can be a mirage. But one
thing is true: there's nothing deadlier than a family with everything
to lose . . . 
 A stunning family dramedy about estranged siblings competing to inherit their father’s Vietnamese sandwich franchise and unravel family mysteries. Duc Tran, the eccentric founder of the Vietnamese sandwich chain Duc’s Sandwiches, has decided to retire. No one has heard from his wife, Evelyn, in two decades. She abandoned the family without a trace, and clearly doesn’t want anything to do with Duc, the business, or their kids. But the money has to go to someone. With the help of the shady family lawyer, Duc informs his five estranged adult children that to receive their inheritance, his four daughters must revitalize run-down shops in old-school Little Saigon locations across America: Houston, San Jose, New Orleans, and Philadelphia—within a year. But if the first-born (and only) son, Jude, gets married first, everything will go to him. Each daughter is stuck in a new city, battling gentrification, declining ethnic enclaves, and messy love lives, while struggling to modernize their father’s American dream. Jude wonders if he wants to marry for love or for money—or neither. As Duc’s children scramble to win their inheritance, they begin to learn the real intention behind the inheritance scheme—and the secret their mother kept tucked away in the old fishing tackle box, all along. The Family Recipe is about rediscovering one’s roots, different types of fatherly love, legacy, and finding a place in a divided country where the only commonality among your neighbors is the universal love of sandwiches. 
 Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind free, there are some questions better left unanswered. But when her father, one of the most powerful men in Bern, is brutally murdered in their own home, she is left reeling, unprotected and vulnerable. Plunging head first into the mysteries surrounding her father and her own upbringing, Beatrice discovers The Order of St. Eve and the violent secrets they have been hiding her entire life. Will she be able to right the wrongs of her father, or will the Order silence her first? Set in a city at breaking point, Beatrice's storytoes the dangerously thin line between retribution and revenge, and the choice we must make when confronted by evil. 
 Sail the seas. Master the blade. Protect your heart. 
 Family life is enough of a juggle without ... The In-Laws 
 In Tasneem’s close-knit Muslim Indian community the stigma of divorce
is a heavy burden to carry, and her mother insists on finding her a
husband – even if it means orchestrating a traditional ‘samoosa run’.
When she meets Aadil an unexpected connection sparks and they strike a
deal: a pretend engagement to keep their families off their backs. But
a simple ruse soon grows complicated because one of them is hiding a
life-changing secret . . . 
 What do you do when your heart has been made a wasteland by love? Viv, who's in the House of Lords, had the idea for the festival on the twentieth anniversary of the day her first husband left her. Six months later, crowds descend on the grounds of a dreamlike chateau in the South of France, avidly awaiting the experience of a lifetime, Viv's inaugural Festival for the Broken-Hearted. Everyone is in fancy dress. No one knows who anyone is. They wander the beautiful woods with just one night to change everything. And to crown it all, a very special guest is expected: world-renowned clairvoyant and fortune-teller Madame Sosostris, known as the wisest woman in Europe, and not seen since the pages of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land. She will attend for one night only. But will she actually appear at all, or will Viv's carefully orchestrated festival fall to pieces? Will Viv and her husband make it through the night? Will anyone else? Part vision, part mystery, this story of a midsummer night's madness is also an homage to Eliot's famous poem, in Ben Okri's inimitable style, as alive with echoes and reverberations as the enchanted forest itself. Think Ingmar Bergman meets William Shakespeare, with a dash of Mozart. Hearts will be healed, and hearts broken, but nobody will leave this festival exactly as they arrived. 
 Sometimes a hero must burn all she holds dear. Unrest brews in the city-state of Uitenbach, but its magi continue their work, even though the world outside the hallowed grounds of their academy seems to be tearing itself to pieces. Newly divorced and still smarting from her philandering ex-husband’s rejection, Maga Liese ten Haven doesn’t want to draw attention to herself. When the mysterious Atroyan tribesman Malagai reveals to Liese that she is the heir to a forbidden magical legacy, she is thrust into a conspiracy that may foment a civil war. If she fails, her magic will consume her. But what if the only way to right the wrongs her people have done to the Atroyan nation is to sacrifice everything? 
 The Avallon Hotel offers unrivalled luxury in the wild Appalachian Mountains, its curative sweetwater washing away the troubles of high society. June 'Hoss' Hudson, a local girl turned general manager, has known its power since she first stepped through the century-old doors - and into the fold of the Gilfoyle family, the hotel's aristocratic owners. But in 1942, the real world intrudes. War comes to the Avallon dressed in fine furs and government suits. Under the State Department's watchful eye, the Gilfoyle heir welcomes three hundred enemy diplomats and Nazi sympathisers. And June must play host. As dark alliances and unexpected desires crack the Avallon's polished veneer, not every guest is who they seem. Not least Agent Tucker Minnick, listening for secrets through the hotel walls, whose coal tattoo threatens to betray his past and undo June. And more troubling is the secret she has guarded for years - that the mountain waters can harm as much as heal... The extraordinary, genre-defying debut adult novel by the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author. 
 Once upon a time, a young girl Song ventured into a dark forest, looking for a cure for her much-loved elder sister ... A touching, tender and lyrical fable about what we do for the ones we love, and the beauty and mystery of being alive in a world where we are a part of everything, and everything is a part of us. As a terrible pandemic rages through the small medieval hamlet of Villingraz, a young girl, Estie, accompanied by her goat Isabel, sets off into the forest, in search of a cure for her sister who is infected with the pox. Her father Merdocai has surrendered himself to the evil Marquis to be experimented upon for the Greater Good; and with her mother long dead, all Estie has to keep her going is the love of her sister, her father and her friend Rainer, a stuttering poet. As Estie ventures deeper into the forest, she encounters creatures and teachers who hold the answers to all the questions she has about who she is, and where she has come from. Meanwhile, out in the depths of the ocean, a whale is returning to the place he was born, to exhale his last breath. While Estie does not know this, he too holds secrets that belong to Estie's story. The Whale's Last Song is a touching, tender fable, a parable what we must sacrifice for those we love; a rumination on the tragic mistakes in every life - and the steadfastness that is required to overcome those mistakes - and a love song to the natural world. 
 Is true love the greatest form of magic? 
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