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The Masquerade has only two rules: Depart by morning and never
reveal your identity. He is London's most eligible bachelor... The
Earl of Kent is at the top of every debutante's list for marriage.
James is handsome, wealthy, and on the lookout for a bride. When an
invitation to the Masquerade—an illicit club where members carry
on affairs in complete anonymity—arrives on his doorstep, it
seems like a last chance to revel in bachelorhood. But after he
meets the mysterious Selene, he gets more than he bargained for.
She is a penniless nobody... Emma Dumont has been hopelessly
infatuated with Lord Kent for years. There’s only one problem:
he’s her employer. When she overhears his plans to attend the
Masquerade, she decides go under the guise of a lady, seduce him,
and spend one night in his arms. As it turns out, one night isn't
enough. Their arrangement is supposed to be straightforward:
anonymous lovemaking, no attachments. But once Emma comes to know
the man beneath the title, she can’t help falling in love . . .
A remastered 2-in-1 edition of the all-time classic hit from one of
Japan's most beloved creators, available for the first time in a
format faithful to the original work. One day, teenage martial
artist Ranma Saotome went on a training mission with his father and
ended up taking a dive into some cursed springs at a legendary
training ground in China. Now, every time he's splashed with cold
water, he changes into a girl. His father, Genma, changes into a
panda! What's a half-guy, half-girl to do? Contains volumes 5 and
6! Chinese Amazon warrior Shampoo hasn't given up on Ranma yet -
only instead of killing him, she now wants to marry him! There are
just a few obstacles in the way of their future happiness, though,
starting with a childhood phobia of Ranma's and followed by
Shampoo's suitor, Mousse, martial arts master of hidden weapons.
Can Ranma escape Shampoo's soap opera? Or a better question might
be, does he even want to?
‘A delicate weaving of myth and history, The Witch and the Tsar
breathes new life into stories you think you know’ Hannah
Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf Yaga
lives deep in the Russian forest, tending to any that call upon her
for her healing potions and vast wisdom. She has been alone for
centuries, with only her beloved animals for company. But, when
Tsaritsa Anastasia, wife of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, shows up at
Yaga’s cottage on the brink of death, Yaga is compelled to travel
with her to Moscow to keep her safe. However, the Russia Yaga sees
as she makes her journey to the heart of the country is one on the
brink of chaos. Tsar Ivan – soon to become Ivan the Terrible –
grows more volatile and tyrannical by the day, and Yaga believes
the tsaritsa is being poisoned by an unknown enemy. But what Yaga
cannot know is that Ivan is being manipulated by powers far older
and more fearsome than anyone can imagine. Set in sixteenth-century
Russia, The Witch and the Tsar upends the stories we know of Baba
Yaga as the bony-legged witch of Slavic fairy tales and the stuff
of nightmares. For beyond the rumours of her iron nose, fangs for
teeth, and house on chicken legs, is the story of a woman so wise
and strong that she has to be cloaked in lies to hide her true
power.
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