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The body count is rising. The serial killer obsessed with Birmingham's Deputy Chief Jess Harris is getting closer, and he knows Jess's secret. Can she protect the child she carries and the people she loves from Eric Spears and his followers? The body farm discovered in a small Alabama town has many buried secrets. Is the truth about Jess's past too buried there?

Olivia Walgrave, a bored wife, has to convince her Parliamentary husband to annul their marriage, but when he begins to realize his true feelings, things get complicated....

Tia Morales is used to calling the shots. She's the director of the popular sitcom Stars Collide, and her life on set is calculated and orderly. Well, most of the time. But her life outside the studio is another matter. If only she could get her family to behave as well as her stars do! When she starts butting heads with handsome camera operator Jason Harris, it's enough to send a girl over the edge.

Lady Arabella Lucia Fairborne has no need for a husband. She has a fine inheritance for the taking, a perfectly capable mind, and a resolve as tough as nails. But what she doesn't have is the freedom to defy her cousin's will - and his will is to see her married immediately to the husband of his choosing. So is it any wonder that she dresses herself as a scullery maid and bolts into the night?

Deputy Chief Jess Harris knows her time is running out. Somehow she must protect the people she loves and any more innocent victims from the serial killer obsessed with her. Is sacrificing herself the only way to stop this evil?

The Shrigley Abduction is a compelling narrative, a story of deception and the lure of 'high society', with a strong Byronic character at its heart. Wakefield was sentenced to three years in Newgate, an experience which profoundly affected him. Upon his release he founded the New Zealand Company and became principally responsible for the colonisation of that country, where he is now a prominent figure. Ellen, on the other hand, died in childbirth at the age of 19.

Athena Pappas is the head writer on one of the most popular sitcoms in television history. But when Vegas comedian Stephen Cosse is brought in to beef up the show's suddenly sagging ratings, she starts to worry about her job. Sparks fly as the competition - and attraction - between the two writers heats up. Athena has never had a problem scripting the romances of her characters. So why is her own love life so hard to script?

Legend claims, deep within the rainforest of South America a mysterious tribe exists. Origin of their mystic happenings is an unusual spring and waterfall. It’s claimed once entered works like a portal to the other side, offering peace and verification of passed loved ones - who still live! Seen only by a chosen few, their specific whereabouts has remained unexplainably undetected. Some claim they’re fictitious, but others will die for their cause and existence. And some claim they are devout - while others call them murderers.

Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds - from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of harm’s way, but Ben stays on the job, determined to make amends for a past that haunts him.

Jo Flynn has never been in love. She is still looking for that connection. Sparks and tingles. Humor and tenderness. Desire. On a business trip to Raleigh, North Carolina, a need for more coffee sends her to a cafe where a chance encounter with a beautiful woman with emerald green eyes changes her perspective of what she's been looking for and her own beliefs about herself.

Escaping her abuser, Veronica heads for Texas as a mail-order bride. She brings with her an unexpected baby and hopes and prays that Max will be accepting of her child. She also hopes that she will be able to allow her husband to touch her. Max is stunned to see a secret baby, but he comes through as a cowboy hero and treats her as his own. He's not sure how to react to Veronica. She is jumpy and scared. He knows it'll be a long road to teach her that some men can be trusted. Then the dead father of her baby shows up.

Joan Kuhl helps women create a clear vision of what their career path deserves to be and make a convincing business case for equality to their managers and senior leadership. You'll learn strategies for overcoming sexist cultural attitudes about gender and leadership as well as for dealing with self-limiting behaviors like imposter's syndrome (the feeling that you're never good enough despite a track record of success) and the myth of meritocracy (the idea that just doing good work is the only way to advance).

Vampires Valad and Michael control the town, and every 10 years, they pick a fertile woman from the village to be wedded to them as part of a tradition that dates back to over a century. No one knows what happens to the women once they are chosen and, quite frankly, no one wants to know. The simple fact is they are never seen again. When curvy Siona discovers that her newly engaged best friend is the next girl to have been selected, she does what no woman has ever done before. Siona volunteers herself to be chosen and to take her friends place.

Una tarda de tempesta, sobre la plataforma del Pont del Petroli badaloní, es retroben dos vells amics: l’un és polític i l’altre, periodista. Amb l’entrevista pretenen trobar el consens per construir una central atòmica a prop de Barcelona, que permetria assolir la sobirania energètica de Catalunya. Durant la conversa entre el polític i el periodista, afloraran antigues rivalitats, un tercer personatge i alguna sorpresa. Enric Juliana i Julià de Jòdar són els autors d’aquesta obra de teatre lúcida i incòmoda.

Quan una relació sentimental arriba a la seva fi, qualsevol excusa és bona per evadir- se. Rebre unes enigmàtiques postals des de Kyoto dalgú que no es vol identificar però que et convida a visitar-lo, només pot significar una cosa: deixa-ho tot i viatja al Japó.

Palamós, estiu del 1962. Truman Capote acabava de comprar dues ampolles de ginebra, una de vermut sec i unes olives en una pastisseria del carrer Major de Palamós quan va descobrir en un diari que la seva gran amiga Marilyn Monroe havia mort a causa d’una sobredosi de somnífers. Així comença aquesta novel·la, en què l’autor recrea els tres llargs estius (d’abril a octubre) que Capote va passar a la Costa Brava, redactant la que estava convençut que seria la seva obra mestra, A sang freda.

Una colla de nou companys de classe s'alien per formar un club. No són perfectes, ningú no ho és, en realitat. La seva intenció és lluitar contra les injustícies, en un valent intent de fer un món més just com a reflex del que volen trobar quan siguin grans. Les "accions anti" que protagonitzen els uneixen més que cap altra cosa des de sisè de primària fins a tercer d'ESO.

Dos vigilants, aïllats en l’aparcament d’un edifici de luxe, esperen l’arribada del seu relleu i de les provisions que els mantenen amb vida. Tenen prohibit comunicar-se amb els residents, i la situació s’agreuja quan observen com tots, excepte un, abandonen l’edifici el mateix dia. La suposició que al món exterior hagi esclatat una catàstrofe, la falta de provisions i la possibilitat que tot sigui una prova per a aconseguir un ascens els portaran al límit de la seva resistència.

Dos amics comparteixen un secret que pot tenir conseqüències mortals. El segrest d'en Dani posa en guàrdia en Max, que es llança a resoldre un cas que posarà de manifest què pot portar la cultura de l'especulació sense escrúpols, l'adoració del diner fàcil, l'èxit ràpid....

Pere Gabriel, fill d’una família obrera, es fa gran en un temps de revoltes i incerteses. De ben petit ha de treballar i enfrontar-se amb una vida molt dura, però plena d’il·lusions, curiositat i tendresa. La guerra civil, la derrota, sobretot, les hi anorrearà i li imposarà un silenci, que amagarà un secret íntim que no revelarà fins a la vellesa.