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When my ex-boyfriend sends me his wedding invitation eight months after breaking up with me, and the bride expects me to be in the wedding party, it's time for my tried-and-tested party trick: disappearing. And nowhere is better to escape to than the cozy English Cotswolds in the middle of December. Everything goes according to plan until I arrive in the Cotswolds. Snow is more slippery than I expected, my room is nothing like the listing described, and my pub owner landlord—well, he steps directly from my lumberjack fantasies and into my heart.

The Garden Party and Other Stories was published in 1922. A collection of fifteen short stories, it explores themes including life and death, gender and family roles, relationships and duty.

When a Djinn child is abducted and I get a lead on my latest bounty, I take the portal to disrupt the latest dark ritual and retrieve the victim. But someone in the council sabotages my magical trip and any trust I had in the governing body of Ravenholde is destroyed. After I think I have stopped the latest shard from being created and a new king of hell from rising, I discover I am a target and a powerful demon will use anyone around me to seek his revenge.

When Rerek is released from his confinement and enters our world, all of humanity is at risk. Amidst the chaos, Hunter wants to mate me, Canton wants me back and the council wants me to unite the creatures of Ravenholde, in a supernatural war. No pressure, right? When Rerek uses the crystal artifact to cause cataclysmic events and the world is at its breaking point we discover his original temple and must unite our powers to navigate the ancient wards protecting it.

This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women. Through the variety and nuance in all these objects, Annabelle Hirsch has created a new history – teeming, unexpected, witty and always illuminating.

When a witch connected to the council is kidnapped, and Lucinda is breathing down my neck for her return, my grandfather thinks he has discovered the spell a demon is using to raise a king of hell. But we choose the wrong location and I arrive too late and face my newest foe.

The dark pendant twists my magic and threatens the lives of my bonded hunter and his team, so I agree to take a sacred oath that will bind my soul with theirs forever. When demons continue to breach the gate and the magic that is protecting us falters, we learn the traitor in our midst is more powerful than we suspected with a connection to the king. These events lead us to a new prophecy, but the result could be the total annihilation of the human species.

"The Heavy Machines and an Idea" is a delightful children's book that follows the exciting journey of a group of heavy machines as they come together to construct a special building that everyone will want to see. Filled with imagination, teamwork, and a sense of community, the story captures the spirit of creativity and the joy of working together towards a common goal.

The Book of the Gods led me to a pendant created by a dark witch from the past, but this cursed artifact boosts my magical powers and alters it in unforeseen ways. When the demon attacks in our town increase, Daryn suspects a traitor within the Darkwind council. He cuts ties with the governing body in Spirit Falls, and this derision leads to dire repercussions.

Men don't usually fall from the sky, but when they do, you might as well enjoy. It's snowing men. Hallelujah? This is a steamy holiday rom-com to heat up the cold winter. Filled with lots of laughs and a happily ever after, it's short and sweet, so you can enjoy it even during the busy holidays!

On a perfect summer's day, at a school picnic beside a lake, four-year-old Gemma Anderson goes missing, leaving a family devastated and a community asking questions. Seventeen years later, Gemma's older sister Stephanie is practising as a psychiatrist. A new patient's revelations force her to re-examine the disappearance. Why are their stories so similar? Unable to let the matter rest, Stephanie embarks on a journey to find out what really happened to Gemma on that long-ago afternoon.

Happily-ever-after is so overrated? Ditching her cheating ex-fiancé was the best decision Nicki Albizia ever made—although he might disagree. When Raymond keeps turning up in her life like a bad penny, Nicki heads to Martha's Vineyard for a breather. And why not have a vacation fling with the sexy, down-to-earth hunk she meets by chance? Little does she know that Parker comes with more baggage than she bargained for.

Former Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye delivers her latest collection, subtitled Poems About Families. They’re mostly focused on her relationship with her mother. Nye has a comfortable, unaffected delivery. Her voice has an unstudied tone, but, make no mistake, every syllable...

I’ve returned to London with my proverbial tail between my legs. After the death of my beloved husband, I took my broken heart and retreated to Paris, where I’ve been living for the last year. But finally, deciding I need to face the ghosts of my past, I’ve returned...and now find myself sitting in a jail cell in Scotland Yard, the precinct of the London police. I’ve been accused of stealing a diamond necklace. Really, there’s no mystery there—I’m guilty and I’ve admitted as much.

Luella Winthrop doesn't know whom she can trust. Her heart is divided, and difficult truths wait for her at every turn. With even her magic beyond her reach, isolation could not have come at a worse time. Her goal is as simple as it is difficult: Escape those who wish her harm, and save her true friends. With magical doorways sealed, scarce resources, and a city trying to hunt her, she will have to dig deep within herself to discover the strength to overcome mortal and otherworldly foes alike.

Troubled teen Faith Marsden was one of several girls abducted from Crawton, a country town known for its picturesque lake and fertile farmland. Unlike the others, she escaped, though sixteen years on she still bears the emotional and physical scars. Zoe Haywood returns to Crawton to bury her estranged mother Lillian. As she and Faith rekindle their high-school friendship, they discover notes left by Lillian that point to two more young women who recently disappeared from Crawton.

New York, 1847. Elanora dreams of marrying her childhood sweetheart Eustace. The proposal on her 21st birthday is everything she hoped for, until her fiancé’s father dispatches him to the West Indies. After the promise of a white Christmas with the man she loves evaporates, she stumbles upon a secret that could tear Eustace’s family apart....

In the wake of her break up with Elijah Weinstein, Yves seems to have forgotten everything she ever learned. Boys and booze don't fill that emptiness as easily as it had before and as depression threatens to take her under she turns to the one thing that has always buoyed her: writing. Everyone rallies around her including the person she least expected to reenter her life, Julian Webster. His sweetness and caring turns out to be exactly the thing she needs to rebuild her confidence in herself and her talent.

This is a cute little story about five heavy construction vehicles that love to play all day. Once they are done playing, they wash down and settle down for a good night’s rest. This book is great for listening to with your special one just before bed or anytime. Great for all ages and a very cute good night story. Your special one will love this book for years to come.

But Elijah Weinstein is wrong for Yves in all the right ways. The kinky, pretty boy and his filthy, delicious mouth has burrowed his way under her skin and she isn’t sure how can or if she wants to get him out. And he believes in her talents and supports her dreams… seems a little too good to be true. When they begin to explore her submissive and kinky tendencies, their feelings for each other become more intense, she fears that she is falling into old patterns, losing herself in him.