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Four years ago, Alex, a second son, had planned a life together with Lady Patience. However, when Patience was betrothed to his brother, the heir, Alex left his family's estate and joined the military. Alex returns to assume the title Duke of Bedford when his brother unexpectedly dies. He is unprepared for both his new responsibilities and the reunion with Patience. The horrors of war are a heavy burden, and when he learns that Patience never married his brother, he is stunned.

Mum passed recently. It was sudden and unexpected. On the cusp of adulthood, my twin sister, Skye, and I are left with decisions to make that will change our lives forever. As identical twins, we’d normally stick together like glue, but anger and grief gets the better of us and we push and pull in different directions. At an impasse, each of us stubbornly gets our wish. Finding myself alone and without the other half of me, I’m desperately lonely. I need a friend. But, when I find that special someone, I know I’ve made a terrible mistake and trusted the wrong person.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo of The Royals and When It’s Real comes a sensational new novel about a girl falling for the one boy she should never have met… Beth’s life hasn’t been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can...

Long before it came to be known as Duluth, the land at the western tip of Lake Superior was known to the Ojibwe as Onigamiising, "the place of the small portage." There the Ojibwe lived in keeping with the seasons, moving among different camps for hunting and fishing, for cultivating and gathering, for harvesting wild rice and maple sugar. In Onigamiising Linda LeGarde Grover accompanies us through this cycle of the seasons, one year in a lifelong journey on the path to Mino Bimaadiziwin, the living of a good life.

My fall from grace was one for the books. All it took was his word against mine for everything to topple. Liar. Slut. Snitch. Now, I wear my shame like a scarlet letter pinned to my chest. People say I ruined his life. Except he’s the one who irrevocably broke me - my heart, my body, my soul...my will to live.

Who will be the last man standing? New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander's delicious series about four men desperately trying to avoid matrimony continues . . . Lady Cordelia Bannister simply cannot marry a man she has not chosen herself, no matter what her father decrees. So...

The sudden death of an elderly volunteer at Dunster Castle rocks the Castle’s ancient calm to its core, leaving members of the local History Society devastated. When the finger is pointed at a fellow volunteer, his wife, Margery, fears her husband of 40 years may be the killer. Libby Forest, in partnership with Max Ramshore and their two much-loved dogs, Bear and Shipley, is determined to find the castle killer - no matter who it may be.

When you're heartbroken, it lies beneath everything that you do. It's in all of who you are. Foreshadows who you'll be. It hides underneath your smile, rests between your laugh, revels in your tears and taunts your every thought. You wish it away but are too terrified to let it go. When Cal first disappeared, I swore my heart had broken, and before all of this is over, I swear it will shatter into pieces.

Minerva marks the delightful debut of The Six Sisters, a family saga in six volumes that will recount the romantic adventures of the six marriageable daughters of a country vicar, the Reverend Charles Armitage, in Regency England. The eldest, Minerva, is enchantingly beautiful - but a prude. She lives in the country looking after her siblings while her mother reclines on a chaise longue happily inventing new malaises.

The moment the demon King Thorne of the Third Realm set eyes on the mortal huntress, Sable, he knew she was his fated one. The fiery, dangerous female awakened hungers he had never experienced before, a dark craving and passion that has consumed him in their time apart. As the lunar cycle wanes, she enters his world again, and nothing will stand in the way of him claiming his forever with her - not the relentless assault from the Fifth Realm or the dark elf male determined to seduce her.

Lauren Brooks fell in love with Cal Scott at 21, married him at 22, and had her heart broken at 23 when he walked out of their marriage. At 25, while raising their daughter on her own, Lauren is finally moving on with her life...until she learns the reason for Cal's abandonment. The walls she had carefully built around her begin to collapse.

Dicembre 2018. La testa di un uomo a cui sono stati asportati gli occhi viene ritrovata in un sacco di plastica ai piedi di un cassonetto. Nel frattempo Nina, undici anni, viene obbligata dai genitori a tornare in psicoterapia, per superare un trauma che sei mesi prima le è quasi costato la vita e a cui tutti imputano la sua attuale insonnia. In realtà, da quando è diventata sorda, Nina è afflitta da terrificanti visioni sonore, che altro non sono che presagi di morte; le sue notti sono tormentate da incubi ambientati proprio all’interno di un pozzetto dell’acqua piovana.

Alfredo è certo che sua sorella Nina, ormai quattordicenne, abbia visto e sentito qualcosa di tremendo che l’ha portata a chiudersi in un silenzio impenetrabile. Soprattutto, si è convinto che c’entri con una serie di morti che la cronaca definisce suicidi e, come tali, vengono archiviati nell’indifferenza generale. Intanto, l’unico che riesce a strappare Nina al suo isolamento è Leonardo, un quindicenne in affido.

Chiara è disperata per essersi lasciata convincere a trascorrere le vacanze natalizie sulle Dolomiti insieme alla sua famiglia, invece di scappare verso l'agognato sole dei tropici. L'ultima volta che ha messo gli sci ai piedi, parecchi anni fa, si è ripromessa di non farlo mai più. Dovrà unirsi agli entusiasti sciatori e sperare di tornare tutta intera. Come se la situazione non fosse già di per sé difficile, dovrà anche avere a che fare con Giulio, l'enigmatico fratello del cognato.

In this essential, illuminating book, award-winning writer Charlotte Wood shares the insights she has gained over a career paying close attention to her own creativity, to the world around her and the working methods of leading artists in many fields. Drawing on research and decades of observant conversation and immersive reading, Charlotte shares what artists can teach the rest of us about inspiration and hard work, how to pursue truth in art and life, and how to find courage during the difficult times.

Cooper Bennett is my best friend. That's all he is and all he ever will be. Nothing will change that. Accidentally seeing him naked? Please. So not a big deal. Having less-than-tame thoughts? I mean, have you seen this guy? Who could blame me? Kissing him? It was a one-time mistake, and it will not be repeated. Falling into bed with him? Uh-oh.

Nina ha dieci anni ed è diventata sorda in seguito a un incidente stradale. I genitori, decisi a lasciarsi quel trauma alle spalle, si trasferiscono in una nuova casa che confina con il parco. Una sera, come sempre, Nina spegne l'impianto cocleare che le permette di sentire e si addormenta. Una musica però la sveglia. Una musica che non dovrebbe e non potrebbe percepire. Nina si alza e la segue. Nello stesso istante, nel cuore della notte, un ragazzo viene ucciso.

5-Minute Anxiety Reset is a power-packed guide distilled from thousands of hours of data mining and dozens of peer-reviewed studies. Inside, you’ll discover five science-backed micro-resets—from 30-second diaphragm locks and one-minute humming hacks to ice-pack facial immersion and ear-massage—that drop your heart rate, boost vagal tone, and knock out panic in under five minutes.

While watching the opera at La Fenice, Nancy Tremayne is shocked to see a woman fall to her death. But how did this tragedy occur? Newlywed Nancy is accompanying her art professor husband, Leo, on a work trip. As she explores Italy’s beautiful city on the water, she is increasingly compelled to uncover the mysterious circumstances surrounding the woman’s death. Leo is adamant it was an accident but his assistant, Archie, reluctantly helps Nancy. Nancy’s determination to reveal the facts puts her in harm’s way more than once....

In Earwig and the Witch, listeners meet Earwig, who is not your typical orphan by any stretch. Unlike most, she loves it at St. Morwald’s Home for Children, where she knows everyone and usually gets her way. So when Earwig gets adopted by a strange woman named Bella Yaga, she wants no part of it - especially after she finds out Bella is an evil witch. Now Earwig will have to use all of her considerable wit and charm (and the help of a talking cat) to get out of this mess and back home safely.