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Today, orphanages are common in many parts of the world. But a look at young people who spent their childhoods in institutions in Romania reveals just how developmentally damaging such places can be.

Organization is key. The building needs scouting. Web rooms need creating. Then you need to bait the meat. Take it from on the street without being seen. Get to the shoot. Set the scene. Bring in the talent. Then you can open the room. Let the clients browse. Turn them on. Take their money. Make a profit.

Prue Clemonte loves history. When Prue returns to Ivy Hatch after her grandmother's death, she has no idea just how much the village's history is about to change her life. With endless secrets and ancients feuds, Prue must uncover memories to discover the village's history. As Prue inherits The Vintage Bookshop of Memories, she discovers a diary which details her mother's thoughts, memories, and secrets. The shop is like stepping into her mother's mind, and Prue is determined to restore the shop.

When Hattie and Richard Penrose take their family on a ‘staycation’ to the Cornish village of Bodhmall’s Rest, cracks in their unsettled marriage start to appear, as does the truth about Hattie’s fling with a co-worker and Richard’s burgeoning money problems. As the family members battle their own individual demons, strange creatures are sighted in the woods, and the ghost of the mysterious Red Man appears in the attic.

Step into the golden age of speculative imagination with Classic Science Fiction: Selected Short Stories, a masterfully curated collection from some of the most influential voices in science fiction history. This volume brings together visionary tales by Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, William Tenn, Robert Sheckley, Lynn Venable, E. E. Smith, and Fredric Brown—authors who shaped the genre with bold ideas, sharp wit, and unforgettable concepts.

When Lady Amelia Lockwood's reckless morning ride leads to a dangerous fall in the Scottish Highlands, she never expects to be rescued by the mysterious and formidable Torin MacKenzie, a clan chief whose dark reputation precedes him. After being discovered alone with him, she finds herself forced into marriage by royal decree – a marriage he openly refuses until threatened with the loss of his clan's lands. But the MacKenzie clan harbors dangerous secrets, and Torin's resistance to their marriage hides deeper wounds than the loss of his first wife two years ago.

Seonag Ruane never believed her father died in an ambush. She knows he was betrayed by men he trusted. Driven by her mother’s grief and her own need for vengeance, Seonag will do whatever it takes to discover the truth. Even risk her own life. Her plan for revenge never included falling in love with the sweet-tongued pirate who shared his secrets late at night.

"My murder will take place in a darkened séance room—shot twice in the chest.” The words are a premonition related to Arthur Conan Doyle when he answers a summons for help from a mysterious woman who identifies herself only as “a Spiritualist Medium of some renown.”

Some people like to flirt with danger. These guys kick it in the balls and then shag its sister. When two bikers are found half-eaten, the coroner’s report records an animal attack. But England doesn’t have any large predators… unless you count werewolves. Tempest Michaels, paranormal detective, gets hired by the dead bikers’ gang to find out what happened and point the finger at a new rival motorcycle club in the next town. Calling themselves the Herne Bay Howlers, they proudly display a werewolf on their jackets and they are far from your average Hell’s Angels.

On a culinary tour of the British Isles, a retired detective and a failed police dog intend to taste the smoked fish that made the town famous …… but when the first person they meet turns up dead a few hours later in an apparent suicide neither one of them believes, both man and dog must accept they’ve stumbled into another mystery. All too soon, they wish they hadn’t poked their noses in because what they have uncovered could be truly sinister.

East London. The discovery of a man's body in Epping Forest with a message pinned to his chest rekindles old memories of a disturbing case DS Aria Hassan thought solved 13 years ago, a case that left a bitter imprint on her and contributed to wiping away a promising future at the Metropolitan Police. Convinced that Laura Johnson has come back to seek revenge and recover her son, her sharp detective instincts and intuition seem to have been revived within her.

The Digital Echo is a gripping crime thriller set in the Northeast of England, focusing on the complex dynamics of a missing persons case. The narrative begins with Detective Mortimer Grimshaw, a stoic and enigmatic new addition to the Washington Constabulary, paired with the vibrant and empathetic Sergeant Chloe Harper. Their partnership is forged while investigating the mysterious disappearance of Molly Reid, a 14-year-old girl caught between societal expectations and her quest for identity.

John Coal is the town oddball. Old, crotchety, pungent, and solitary, he lives in a house just as run-down as he. The neighborhood kids take great delight in plaguing him morning, noon, and night, but they’ve chosen the wrong old coot to trifle with this time. He knows where the bodies are buried. He’s been to the outer limits. He is the keeper of dark secrets. Murders, monsters, demons, and vampires: He has seen them all and lived to tell the tale.

The first book in the Captain Shoelace trilogy, this is an introduction to the crazy world of Captain Shoelace. A hilarious tale of the first year of his life in the English village of Effam. Split over four seasons, his life accelerates into a living nightmare, as he endeavours to impress the villagers. This warning to all that pretentiousness does not pay, features colourful characters, wordplay, and moderate sexual innuendo.

Step into the visionary imagination of Ray Bradbury with this powerful collection of classic science fiction and speculative tales that helped define the Golden Age of the genre. The Selected Works of Ray Bradbury brings together seven unforgettable short stories that explore humanity’s hopes, fears, and moral crossroads against the vast backdrop of space, time, and the unknown.

In the wake of losing both her parents, young Joanna believed Bernard Woods was the solution to all her problems. It’s only after her baby, Della, is born that Joanna discovers Bernard is a scoundrel and a drunkard, more interested in gambling than in caring for his little family. When Bernard’s past catches up to him and Joanna finds him dead, police suspect she was the one who drove the knife into his heart. She has no choice but to take her baby and flee into the perilous streets of Victorian London, where children are a commodity and women a convenience…

A fascinating four-volume collection from the private journals of four distinguished historical figures, presented in a dramatised setting.

Tatyana Grishin hates the Institute. The idea of women like her being stripped bare, spanked until they learn obedience, and then used for the enjoyment of powerful men isn't just wrong, it's disgusting. If only thoughts of being taken there against her will didn't leave her soaking wet. When a secretive organization gives her the chance to infiltrate and hopefully bring down the Institute, she jumps at the chance. After all, she'll just be pretending to blush, beg, and climax over and over as her stern, ridiculously handsome trainer ravages her virgin body in every way.

Lady Sybil Fallow, heartbroken after four stillbirths and desperate to provide her husband with an heir, secretly adopts a baby girl, Charlotte, from a destitute family. However, the deception does little to heal her fractured marriage with Lord Irvin Fallow.

When Isabel Hartmann hikes to the idyllic Sandaig beach on Scotland's west coast, the last thing she expects to discover is the dead body of a German tourist. Suddenly, the translator finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. DI Robert Campbell faces a mystery: a tourist shot dead in a remote location and no motive for murder. The picturesque Highland village of Glenelg becomes the centre of the investigation, and Campbell soon discovers that everyone has a secret, and no one is who they claim to be.