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Of course, magic is real. Everybody knows that. Whatever. In my world magic sounds like major BS. But, when I’m accused of stealing and they’re about to arrest me, the item I took disappears from my hand as if by magic. WTF? Just like that, the Supernatural Academy swoops in and recruits me. But I don’t belong there, and everyone else agrees, including, Rowan Underwood, this rich and annoyingly handsome warlock who has it in for me. He’s investigating the theft of magical artifacts, and he thinks I’m involved.

These ladies aren't waiting. Twenty best-selling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determination make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds. Featuring stories by: Elmdea Adams, Sarah Bartsch, Robyn Bennis, Lou J. Berger & Ian Berger, Jeffrey Cook & Katherine Perkins, Katie Cross, Lee French, Fulvio Gatti, Connie J. Jasperson, Frog and Esther Jones, Edward J. Knight, Robert J. McCarter, Jody Lynn Nye, Raven Oak, Dawn Vogel, Matt Youngmark, and Jeremy Zimmerman.

Il y a des vendredis où rien ne va. Comme celui du Dr Frieda Klein, appelée à reconnaître un cadavre repêché dans la Tamise. Cadavre qui porte un bracelet à son nom et qui n'est autre que celui de son ex-petit ami, Sandy. Leur relation s'était terminée sur une rupture plutôt douloureuse. Puis il y avait eu cette violente altercation en pleine rue. Lorsque la police retrouve le portefeuille du défunt dans l'appartement de la jeune femme, tout bascule. Devenue malgré elle le suspect n° 1, Frieda ne voit qu'une seule issue : prendre la fuite et mener sa propre enquête.

After Fulgrim's ascension to daemonhood at Iydris, Perturabo and his Legion were trapped by the singularity at the heart of the so-called 'Eye of Terror'. Their only option? To thread the needle, and dive into the heart of the black hole. Perhaps by sheer blind luck, they were transported far across the warp to the Tallarn System but the Navigators in service to the Iron Warriors fleet were irreversibly corrupted by that harrowing experience.

Stranger things than xenos and mutants dwell in the dark places between the stars - things known only too well to the inhabitants of Davin. Cult priest Thoros calls upon the favour of his patron gods to aid him in casting out the pretenders and non-believers, for only the true disciples of Chaos can be allowed to rule the galaxy....

Sixteen-year-old Riley Meemick is one of the world's last free girls. When Riley was born, her mother escaped the Breeders, the group of doctors using cruel experiments to bolster the dwindling human race. Her parents do everything possible to keep her from their clutches - moving from one desolate farm after another to escape the Breeders' long reach. The Breeders control everything and they're hunting Riley.

A collection of five erotic stories with bisexual and menage themes. Join Poppy and Ryan, Clara, Steve and Laura, a sexy private investigator, and Renee in their sexual explorations. Includes: Short and Sweet by Sommer Marsden, A Cut Above by Izzy French, Barbecue by Landon Dixon, The Window Cleaner by Eva Hore, and Dream World by Tony Haynes. This audio collection was produced by Xcite Books, winner of the ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010 & 2011 and Jade Erotic Awards : Best Erotic Publisher 2010 & 2011.

Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and second to none in its potential to shape the new century, India is fast undergoing one of the most momentous transformations the world has ever seen. In this dazzlingly panoramic book, Patrick French chronicles that epic change, telling human stories to explain a larger national narrative. Melding on-the-ground reports with a deep knowledge of history, French exposes the cultural foundations of India’s political, economic and social complexities.

In 1992, Marilyn French was told she had one year to live. A smoker of 48 years she was diagnosed as having cancer of the oesophagus, a cancer which is almost always fatal. Five years on, having battled with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, a heart attack and her back breaking, she is very much alive. And - astonishingly - her body shows no sign of cancer.

A collection of four erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'Life Model' by Izzy French: Lisa's exhibitionistic streak means she can't resist answering Mark's advert for a life model. Sitting naked while this good-looking artist and his students sketch her makes her feel like a true object of desire. When the students leave, she's more than happy to adopt some increasingly intimate poses for Mark's eyes alone.

I had to have her. Blonde bombshell. Park Avenue princess. Nina Astor was pure as snow and giving me one night to dirty her up. But by morning, I knew: She wasn't just a pretty face. She wasn't just a casual fling. One night? Please. I needed a lifetime. Then I discover: Nina Astor isn't who she says she is. She's beyond off-limits. The real problem? I couldn't care less.

‘Fun and sexy – a perfect beach read’ THE SUN ‘Brimming full of joy and sunshine’ JULES WAKE Previously published as a Summer Scandal As the mercury rises, so does their chemistry… When Violet inherits a crumbling Victorian pier in the quirky seaside town of Swallow Beach, she sees...

It's 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils' heads to see which of them have the most 'Aryan'- shaped heads. But when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war-torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive. Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness can be, too.

Abby thought she was safe in this small corner of the universe until a new identity reveals a dangerous truth; she is being hunted. Lord Xan, the rival leader, wants to use her visions and abilities for his own gain, and no one, not even the powerful Protectors of the Out-worlds, Galaxies, and Abiding United Species (POGAUS) can stop him. Counselor Kaden Zoraan, a member of the POGAUS, has been assigned to protect her, and their forbidden relationship has unknowingly created a weakness that puts them all in danger.

Only the most resolute are chosen to join the ranks of the Knights of the Valiant Spur. Bantam Flyn, hot-headed squire and wielder of the renowned sword Coalspur, yearns to be one of them. When Flyn returns to the ancestral stronghold of the chivalric order, he finds the castle under siege from within by malevolent skin-changers in search of a changeling Flyn would die to protect. Suddenly Flyn finds himself on a quest to keep dear Pocket's location secret. By his side, Deglan Loamtoes, a gnome herbalist with an acerbic wit, and the brilliant but excruciatingly awkward Ingelbert Crane.

Lorsqu'une ancienne relation de travail lui demande d'établir le bilan psychiatrique de Hannah Docherty, Frieda Klein se retrouve dans une situation délicate. Elle ne peut refuser de rendre service à ce collègue influent, mais elle éprouve un choc en rencontrant la jeune femme. Incarcérée depuis treize ans dans une institution douteuse pour avoir assassiné sa famille, Hannah n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même. Convaincue de l'innocence de Hannah et malgré les injonctions de la police, la psychothérapeute rouvre le dossier de ce crime sordide et met au jour des incohérences.

Sur une route de Londres, une voiture fonce à toute allure dans une vitrine de magasin. Mais le conducteur a été étranglé une semaine auparavant. Peu après, à Hampstead Heath, un feu fait des ravages et, au milieu des flammes, une autre victime est découverte. Alors que les premières feuilles d'automne tombent, un serial killer traumatise la ville, jouant avec la police. Tandis que le nombre des victimes augmente, l'enquête n'avance pas, le temps de comprendre qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un killer ordinaire.

La psychothérapeute Frieda Klein découvre le corps d'un homme sous le plancher de son appartement. Il est mort, une jonquille à la main, les deux oreilles tranchées. Frieda affirme qu'il s'agit d'un ancien policier, tué par Dean Reeve, responsable d'une série d'enlèvements et d'un meurtre. Le problème c'est que ce dernier est censé avoir mis à fin à ses jours il y a sept ans... Puis, Chloé, la nièce de Frieda est kidnappée. La presse se déchaîne, la police est dépassée... Frieda et ses proches sont plus que jamais en danger.

Il y a vingt-trois ans, Frieda quittait Braxton sans un regard en arrière. Devenue psychothérapeute, elle pensait avoir tiré un trait définitif sur le traumatisme de sa jeunesse. Pourtant, les révélations de Becky, sa nouvelle patiente, vont rouvrir en grand les portes de son passé. Comme Frieda, Becky est une adolescente de Braxton fragile et incomprise. Comme Frieda, la jeune fille a perdu son innocence trop tôt, trop vite, dans d'étranges circonstances. Et comme Frieda, elle n'a trouvé personne pour croire à son histoire.

With shades of E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars and Courtney Summers’s Sadie, this dark and twisted mystery set in a divided Maine seaside town simmers with unresolved tensions and unpredictable truths. Everyone in Tenney’s Harbor knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire...