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3 Sisters. 3 Imprisoned Warriors. 1 Magical Destiny.

It is spring 1917, and Great Britain is at war with Germany. On the home front, stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt and her household are coping with the current food shortages, caused by the activity of German U-Boats. They are keeping chickens and growing their own vegetables. Isabel's friend, Elvira Stone, is staying with her, so they can pool their resources.

What is the first day of the week? That innocent question discussed at the breakfast table led to a fantasy that maybe, one day, will become a reality.

Cirrine was perfectly content biding her time, waiting for the right opportunity to secure her place in Hell until an unwelcome summons ruined everything. Stripped of her powers, she’s forced into the unthinkable: trusting her fate to a mortal. After losing his family years ago, Hunter’s failure to avenge their deaths gnaws at him day after day. All he wanted was a few more coins to help drown out the painful memories. Tracking down a runaway princess should’ve been easy money.

Mari idéal ou parfait assassin ? Elle devait savoir... non ? La vie de Jane Taylor a toujours été ordinaire. Un travail sans histoire, une jolie maison, un mari attentionné, en somme tout ce dont elle pouvait rêver, ou presque. Jusqu'au jour où une petite fille disparaît et que les médias désignent Glen, son époux, comme LE suspect principal de ce crime. Depuis ce jour, plus rien n'a été pareil. Jane devient la femme d'un monstre aux yeux de tous.

This is a memoir about a mother's love for her son, Louis. It is addressed to him. This is a memoir about hope - hope in others, hope in systems and hope for the future. I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something that would make people consider being Louis' friend.

Divorcee Glenda Nelson poured herself a cup of coffee, sat down at her kitchen table, and opened up the morning paper. That's when she found out her hand-picked Congressional candidate was caught climbing out of the window of the Sleepytown Motel. With her job as a political strategist on the line, she must put together a damage control plan, and do it fast. After a multi-year hiatus, Glenda's love life is finally on the rebound when she meets handsome Christopher Goodwich.

Lane Harmon, assistante d'une grande décoratrice d'intérieur, se voit confier la décoration d'une maison bien plus modeste que celles auxquelles elle est habituée... Elle découvre que sa cliente n'est autre que l'épouse de Parker Bennett, un financier disparu deux ans auparavant, comme les milliards de dollars dont il assurait la gestion. Suicide ou disparition volontaire ? La police traque toujours l'argent et l'homme et certaines victimes sont bien déterminées à connaître la vérité, à n'importe quel prix. Lane, touchée par la fidélité inconditionnelle de Mme Bennett envers son mari disparu et par le charme de leur fils Eric, leur apporte son soutien sans se rendre compte qu'elle met en danger sa vie et celle de sa fille... Un suspense aussi glaçant que troublant.

See her? The woman behind the rock? The one with a Glock 43 in her hand? That's Schae Summers, fantasy author. She only came to Scotland to do some book research. Not to be chased over the heather by a wolf. Because everybody knows there aren't any wolves in Scotland, right? Well right now Schae's wishing someone had told the one behind her.

A Vézelay, et sa basilique dédiée à Marie-Madeleine, la pécheresse des Evangiles, Johanna, archéologue, tente d'établir les origines controversées du culte de la sainte. Surviennent alors une série de meurtres sur le chantier d'un de ses collègues à Pompéi tandis que sa petite fille est atteinte d'une étrange maladie, qui semble liée à ces crimes. Johanna se lance dans une enquête périlleuse, dont la clé pourrait être l'un des plus grands secrets de l'humanité : la mystérieuse phrase tracée par Jésus sur le sable aux pieds de la femme adultère.

In this modern version of the fairy tale classic, who wouldn't want to marry a rock star? That's what Petra told herself when she agreed to fly from Minsk to Los Angeles - a mail-order bride to the lead singer of Bluebeard, one of the most popular American rock bands of the twentieth century. The question really was - why would a rock star want to marry her? Find out in this modern tale on the Bluebeard fairy tale by Selena Kitt!

We all love animals, even if sometimes its only from afar on TV or at a zoo. But many of us have felt a closer friendship and companionship with our friends in the animal world. We talk and react to them as if they really do understand us. Perhaps they do. In this volume Hardy, Thackeray, Carroll, DH Lawrence, Emily Dickinson, and many others share their words with our ears.

The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader or listener - such is the quality with which they are usually written. It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline, but for those who master it, the rewards are many. In this series of works by our greatest female writers we bring you a selection of those we consider the best. In Volume 1 we bring you the classics 'A Dill Pickle' by Katherine Mansfield, 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin, and 'The Sexton’s Hero' by Elizabeth Gaskell.

When Chloe Macbeth begins to receive threatening letters, she has no doubt who is behind them: David Jarrett, languishing in jail for the murder of his adoptive parents. Jarrett is convinced that Chloe--out on parole following a conviction for GBH--is the real killer. But have the previous crimes in Jarrett’s past finally caught up with him? When a local businessman is stabbed to death in a street altercation, DCI Grace Swan and DS Terry Horton find themselves pitted against the most dangerous criminal they have ever encountered: the Mannikin Killer.

These 11 stories include, amongst others, a terrifying Nordic curse and a country garden inhabited by a deadly ghost. Aiken's other works include 'The Kingdom Under The Sea', 'Mortimer Says Nothing' and 'Past Eight O'Clock'.

In this selection of some of Saki's best short stories, we enter a fictional world in which the Edwardian gently are pitched against the rude forces of nature and maiden aunts struggle unsuccessfully to contain the merciless antics of children in their charge. Saki is perhaps the ultimate master of writing complete stories in just a few pages and his sublime craftsmanship is accompanied by a wicked black humour.

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women.

Siana aime son travail par-dessus tout. Son nouveau patron sexy et un peu trop autoritaire ? Pas tant que ça. Pourtant, après une période de chômage qui n'en finissait plus, elle sait tout ce qu'elle lui doit. Alors quand il va exiger d'elle un Noël en compagnie de sa famille, pour compenser une bourde qu'elle a commise, elle ne pourra pas refuser. Même si sa famille est vraiment, vraiment la pire de l'univers... Knox est intransigeant, froid et arrogant. Lorsque son regard dur se pose sur Siana, il ne veut qu'elle. Immédiatement.

Traverser sans dommage la période des portes qui claquent entre douze et dix-sept ans. Tous les ados ne se ressemblent pas. Certains vivent cette période repliés dans leur chambre, d'autres ne cessent de sortir. Certains passent leur temps affalés sur le canapé, d'autres s'investissent dans le sport jusqu'à se mettre en danger. Certains perdent tout intérêt pour les études, d'autres sont toujours premiers, certains ont le joint aux lèvres dès le lever, d'autres n'y toucheraient pour rien au monde et d'autres encore oscillent entre les deux extrêmes.

"Ils ignorent de quoi je suis capable, tous autant qu'ils sont. Ils ignorent jusqu'à mon véritable nom. Ils ignorent qui est la personne qu'ils ont devant eux. Ils ignorent ce que je cache tout au fond de moi et ce que j'ai fait, il y a presque trois ans, quand ils ne me connaissaient pas encore." Lexie et Tom vivent à Londres dans un charmant appartement dans lequel ils espèrent accueillir un enfant. Mais récemment, il semblerait que quelqu'un s'introduise en leur absence dans leur petit nid d'amour.