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In this warm and funny tale, the listener listens to a busy guardian angel race around keeping a mischievous little boy safe before he finally snuggles down to sleep. This is a lovely bedtime book for all toddlers - boys and girls alike - that will reassure them of the love that encircles them all through the day and night.

Angel isn't sure she likes her name. Her mom and doting aunts just love dressing her up in prissy clothes and - worst of all - boring shoes. Angel just wants to go and play in the park. When, at last, she gets her chance and she jumps up and down in a puddle to make her clothes deliciously muddy. Then, afraid of the consequences, she runs away. In the wild part of the park she finds a toddler who is lost and, full of sympathy, she leads him back to the playground.

A perfect Bible introduction for young ones, this collection features individual stories flowing carefully into each other, to give children a clear idea of the overall story of the Bible. The result is a modern retelling that will appeal to young children.

Simple and sincere, this retelling of the Christmas story is perfect for children under five, introducing them to a classic story and its message of love. This audiobook tells little children about all the events of the nativity: the angels' visits to Mary and Joseph, the journey to Bethlehem, the shepherds and the angels, the wise men's travels and encounter with Herod, and Mary and Joseph's care for the baby that would grow up to show the world God's love.

Now Alice has become a member of the clandestine Collectors' Society, and the impossible has found her again in the form of an elusive villain set on erasing entire worlds. As she and the rest of the Society race to bring this mysterious murderer to justice, the fight becomes painfully personal. Lives are being lost. Loved ones are shattered or irrevocably altered. Each step closer Alice gets to the shadowy man she hunts, the more secrets she unravels, only to reveal chilling truths.

Alice Reeve and Finn Van Brunt have tumbled into a life of secrets. On the hunt for an elusive villain who is hell-bent on destroying legacies, Alice, Finn, and the rest of the Society are desperate to unravel the mysteries surrounding them. But the farther they spiral down this rabbit hole, the deeper they fall into secrets that will test their loyalties and pit them against enemies both new and old. Secrets, they come to find, can reveal the deadliest of truths.

For most of her life, Juliet Emerline has subsisted, isolated by deafness, making hats in the solitude of her home. Now she's at risk of losing her sanctuary to Lord Nicolas Thornton, a mysterious and eccentric architect with designs on her humble estate. When she secretly witnesses him raging beside a grave, Juliet investigates, finding the name "Hawk" on the headstone and an unusual flower at the base. The moment Juliet touches the petals, a young English nobleman appears in ghostly form.

After her engagement doesn't go as planned, Miranda Carson is having a tough holiday season. But even after her true identity is revealed, there just might be some hope left this Christmas . . . Miranda Carson can't wait to return to England for Christmas and to be with her boyfriend, Ian. She...

In the aftermath of Morgan le Fay’s war on Camelot, the once-great kingdom struggles to rebuild. Vivienne, Merlin's former apprentice, toils in secret day and night on orders from the Lady of the Lake to build an aeroship. The Lady has seen the future and promises that the ship will ensure Camelot’s knights triumph over the Black Knight in the quest for Avalon and the Holy Grail. But when a company of knights goes missing - including Owen, Vivienne’s brother; and Marcus, her beloved - Vivienne changes the plan.

Seventeen-year-old Vivienne lives in a world of knights and ladies, corsets and absinthe, outlaw magic and alchemical machines. By day, she is lady-in-waiting to the future queen of Camelot - Guinevere. By night, she secretly toils away in the clock tower as apprentice to Merlin, the infamous recovering magic addict. Then she meets Marcus, below her in class, destined to become a knight, and just as forbidden as her apprenticeship with Merlin.

Rachel Forbes had never wed, for none compared to Liam, the love of her childhood. But Rachel was high-born and Liam an orphan, so marriage was impossible. Now grown, a chance meeting unites Rachel with the man of her heart, and it seems their destinies are entwined once more, for Liam is her rescuer and she must keep him by her side if she is to survive. Liam is tempted beyond all reason by Rachel. She has the eyes of a saint, the smooth skin of a princess...and lips he cannot resist kissing.

Brought together at the start of the London social season, Lady Georgina and Lord Vane are immediately at odds. The Lord’s cool countenance annoys Georgina to no end, while Lord Vane has no desire for his orderly routine to be upended by the passionate Lady Georgina. Forced together while under quarantine, will they overcome their mutual dislike? Are they destined to be at each other’s throats…or lips?

After seventeen-year-old Felicita’s dearest friend Ilven kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege. She fakes her own death and leaves her sheltered life as one of Pelimburg’s magical elite behind. Living in the slums, scrubbing dishes for a living, she falls for charismatic Dash while also becoming fascinated with the vampire, Jannik. Then something shocking washes up on the beach: Ilven's death has called out of the sea a dangerous wild magic.

Do you dream of looking great? Is your dieting roller coaster making you sick and tired? Do you want to tame your appetite and release stress? Do you want to lose weight for good, and gain energy for life?Then let Pamela Smith, R.D. - America's foremost nutritionist and best-selling author - show you how to "Break free from the diet trap and live well for life!" Make the decision, today, to get off the depressing diet treadmill and get on the road to looking and feeling better.

Un sortilegio trasforma undici principi in cigni. Solo il coraggio e l’amore della sorella, la principessa Elisa, li potrà liberare. Ma per salvare i fratelli Elisa dovrà compiere un sacrificio terribile.

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Olympia, come capita a molte donne, vuole che nella sua vita ci siano due uomini. Per una questione di simmetria. Ma anche per una forma piuttosto marcata di bipolarità. Sposa Keral e ama Gérard. Incontra Gérard in una camera senza vista, dove consuma il suo amore ossessivo - un'attrazione chimica che diventa dipendenza, droga, stupefazione. La moglie di Gérard, Sabine, aspetta un figlio dal seme di uno sconosciuto e Keral subisce le attenzioni dell'antiquaria Clarissa.

‘WOW! I absolutely loved this book and stayed up way too late to finish it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 Stars You trust her with your home, your husband, your baby… but she is about to destroy it all. Sophy Pemberton is struggling to cope with the pressures of becoming a new mother. Her...

Adam Baker, an eco-farming consultant, is separated from his wife, lonely, estranged from his family... totally miserable. Walking on a deserted beach, he meets Selph, a precocious, overweight, wisecracking, sloppily-dressed teenager, who appears out of nowhere and claims to be his long-sought after spiritual teacher. Wanting to get Adam's attention, Selph brings a long-dead seabird back to life. Thus begins this funny, insightful, dramatic and fast-paced adventure about the meaning of life.

Jamie Winters is a scientist who believes in data and lab work, and most importantly, not mythological creatures come to life. Logic has ruled her world, and she doesn’t have time for romance. Seth Cutter, a Titan Prince, has finished 10 years of banishment to the land and is now tasked with keeping his race hidden from prying humans intent on conquering every aspect of the undersea world.