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The spring of 2017 should have been the greatest time of Cat Marnell’s life. She was 34 and living the New York glamour life downtown, with a thriving career and a best-selling memoir. Instead, it was one of the worst. She’d gone through a protracted and traumatic breakup, nearly run out of money, and, during a month-long binge, "done something horrible" to herself that she couldn’t undo. Her troubles mounting, Marnell makes a radically simple choice: She decides to leave her problems behind.

When James learns that an uncle he hasn’t heard from in ages has left him something in his will, he figures that the least he can do is head down to Cornwall for a weekend to honor the old man’s parting wishes. He finds the family home filled with half-remembered guests and unwanted memories, but more troubling is that his uncle has tasked his heirs with uncovering the truth behind a woman’s disappearance 20 years earlier. Leo’s of the opinion that rich people aren’t to be trusted where wills are concerned. So he does what any sensible spy would do and infiltrates the party.

James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor. The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years. It certainly doesn't help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.

Max has spent years thinking he is cursed, because whenever he touches anything electrical it explodes. But then he is sent to Yowling and discovers he is a Spellstopper, someone with the rare ability to drain dangerous build-ups of magic and fix misbehaving enchanted items. When Max's Grandad is kidnapped by the cruel Keeper of the malfunctioning magical castle that floats in the bay, only Max's gift can save him. Together with his new friend Kit, Max throws himself into an adventure filled with villainous owls, psychic ice cream and man-eating goldfish.

Join powerful but over-it medium Madame Magenta and her husband Bernard on their run-ins with spirits, fae, and annoying dead exes.Madame Magenta, psychic, medium, and inventor of the ‘drink-along’ audiobook, reads her memoirs, with support from her adoring husband Bernard. In Season 1, Magenta is forced into a bank heist by the ghost of her ex-husband. Season 2 sees Magenta pitted against a psychotic murderer hell-bent on destroying the mystic community. In Season 3, they ward off a demonic entity living in an unlikely object. And in Season 4... we're on the case with Magenta & Bernard's ...

Beck: On the final night of my band's sold-out world tour, my high life comes crashing down on me. Girlfriend. Band. Best friend. All of it. Blindsided, humiliated, pissed off, I take off and slam right into Violet. Years have gone by since we shared a life-changing conversation in the dark where an unexpected and fierce connection ignited between us. Now our high voltage attraction explodes. Between us, it's soul-searing and wild. And in an impressive twist of fate, she and I are connected in more ways than we know.

Jellybean the Cat is a sweet and friendly feline with a love for storytelling. Jellybean loves to entertain children with her imaginative tales and enchanting stories. Her warm and gentle voice draws children in, and her expressive face conveys the emotions and excitement of the stories she tells. When Jellybean tells stories, she sits perched on a soft cushion, her long tail wrapped around her paws. She loves to curl up in a cozy spot with her young audience.

"To think of PDA as merely involving demand avoidance is to me akin to thinking of tigers as merely having stripes." This book is a unique window into adult Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), exploring the diversity of distinct PDA traits through the voices of over 70 people living with and...

Cat Sebastian returns to Georgian London with a stunning tale of a reluctant criminal and the thief who cannot help but love her. Marian Hayes, the Duchess of Clare, just shot her husband. Of course, the evil, murderous man deserved what was coming to him, but now she must flee to the...

When a mysterious entity grants a man who died a chance to be a hero in another life in a fantasy world, he cannot believe his luck. The one condition: he must fight the demon king if he shows up during his new iteration. He accepts and…Wakes in the body of a young female wolf beastkin named Lucia haunted by the memory of orcs ravaging her town. Not the rebirth he was hoping for.

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the long-awaited, definitive, authorized—and occasionally accurate—guide to the #1 sports podcast, Pardon My Take. Read by Big Cat, PFT Commenter, and Jerry O’Connell, with Hank Lockwood, Max Dolente, Connor Filiberto, Zac Cornelius, Shane Amerio...

College is supposed to be a time of discovery, but Danielle Vaughn never imagined it would be like this: Heightened senses, supernatural powers, and a sudden craving for human blood. Dani is a demi-vamp, the daughter of a human psychic and a vampire noble, a living secret kept hidden for 21 years. As Dani’s heritage manifests itself, her thirst for blood is matched only by her hunger for Chase Diedrick.

After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there’s perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him. Peter Cabot would do pretty much anything to skip out on his father’s presidential campaign, including driving across the country with a classmate who can’t stand him. After all, he’s had plenty of practice with people not liking him much - his own family, for example.

Pemberley and Beyond is a podcast for those who love Austen, Gaskell, and the many lovingly written fan fictions they’ve unintentionally unleashed upon the world. Standing on the shoulders of literary giants and all that... I’m Cat, your host: long-time JAFF reader, inveterate caffeine addict, and general literary meddler. Each episode, I’ll chat through a different JAFF or GIN (that’s Gaskell-Inspired Novel, not the beverage, though you’re welcome to bring your opinions on both), prod at some of its tropes, and suggest a companion read from beyond the ballroom (aka the JAFF and ...

This audiobook includes extracts from songs written and performed by Yusuf/Cat Stevens. In order to have the best quality playback, please change the download or streaming settings to the highest rate. Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music and spiritual adventures of...

""The Queer Principles of Kit Webb kept me up all night! I simply couldn’t put it down.""— Tessa Dare, New York Times bestselling author “Sharp, smart, and oh-so-swoony, The Queer Principles of Kit Webb reminds me that Cat Sebastian is an author at the absolute top of her game.”—...

Brought to you by Penguin. You always told me that writing is life itself. After many years abroad, Hatoko reluctantly returns to Kamakura to take over the stationery store left to her by her late grandmother. As the custodian of the store, she also inherits the profession of public scribe, a...

‘Warm, wise and deeply reassuring, I love The Sleep Mums!’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum It’s 2am but your baby thinks it’s party time; their ‘routine’ seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night’s sleep… We know how you feel! You might be...

Some women just have it - that combination of stunning looks and sexual confidence that brings men to their knees. Not me. My last boyfriend once fell asleep while we were...you know. Not my proudest moment. And my crush on my hot, arrogant, and oh-so-unattainable CEO? Never going to happen. But one night, after too much wine, I find myself online, creating a profile for a sex kitten called SweetVixen. Safe behind my computer screen, I'm suddenly the seductive goddess of my wildest imagination.

I suppose some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean. I was allegedly South Dakota's most famous Old Lady. Sixteen years ago, I had survived my Old Man's murder. Never again. Never again will I surrender my heart. Never again will I sacrifice to the Club. But that all changed in one night. I came home and crashed into him, and my past and present blew up in my face.