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After enduring an exhausting year, two weeks in the south of France is exactly what Hope Devlin needs. Sun, sea, sand, and relaxation. Romance is not in the cards—until a handsome stranger muscles his way into her life. He's cocky, blunt, unapologetic, and oh-so-sexy. There's just one problem: Hope's future is already mapped out, and her new lover isn't part of the plan.

Do you know what your money story is - your personal set of beliefs and experiences around money that directly influence how you earn, save and spend? Could your story be holding you back from the financial life you dream of? Meet 25 incredible real-life Money Diarists who are digging deep, opening up and sharing their intimate money stories with finance expert Victoria Devine - to lift the lid on how money really works in our lives so we can all understand it better.

A moment of weakness ruins everything that Liberty Sullivan holds dear. The worst part of it? She has no one to blame but herself. With her marriage in tatters, she returns to her hometown in rural Scotland with her daughter.

Ever try herding hyperactive unicorns into dreamland? Bedtime Stories for Kids will have your little ones cozying up with superheroes, fairies, and bedtime tales that sparkle like stardust! Forget counting sheep—ever counted the minutes until your munchkins finally drift off? Craving a bedtime routine that's more enchanting than wrestling a dragon into pajamas? Dreaming of stories so captivating, bedtime becomes something joyous to look forward to instead of something to dread?

Award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life.

"The Upas Tree" by Florence Louisa Barclay is a thrilling novel which describes the spiritual growth of a man, who realizes his selfishness. Excerpt: Ronald West had swung off his horse a few moments before; thrown the bridle to a waiting groom, and made his way round to her stirrup. Then he had laid his hand upon Silverheels' mane, and looking up into his wife's glowing, handsome face, he had said: "May I come to your room for a talk, Helen? I have something very important to tell you."

When Jem writes to her ex, Ben, it’s to explain everything. All the secrets she kept from him - from the little lies she’d sometimes tell about how new those shoes really were, or how many glasses of wine she’d had that evening...right up to The Big Thing that happened on the night that changed everything. But she never expects he will actually see what she’s written. She is just writing because she thinks it will help to get the words out. Later, she resolves, she’ll burn the letter, and then the past will be in the past for good. Because Jem is doing fine now.

Ever since the heart transplant, Lorna hasn’t been the same. The crazy behaviors. The insane new spy skills. And the violent memories. Could they really be her donor’s? Soon, Lorna’s on the trail of a mysterious object her donor hid before his death. Not long after, she’s top of a secret agency kill list. With only her new killer instincts to rely on, will she survive long enough to discover the truth? And what’s the shocking revelation waiting for her in Norway?

Ella Ward comes from a long line of irrepressibly charming raconteurs, letter-writers, storytellers and people who 'quite like giving toasts at parties'. And so, a few years ago, when Ella was 36 years old, with a husband and a young daughter, and was told that she had a rare cancer and might die, she decided that death wasn't going to stand in the way of her mothering her child.

Music star Silver Lawson has it all—except her freedom. Thrust into the spotlight six years ago at the tender age of sixteen, pop sensation Silver is the envy of teenage girls all over the globe. But beneath the public persona lies a woman whose demons run deep. Royal Marine veteran Cruise "Crew" Garrett only has to survive three months guarding the diva who pushes buttons he didn't know he possessed. As he peels back the layers to the real woman beneath her superstar image, he uncovers a well of dark secrets amid a sickening past.

Luke Albright has many names: Prince of Darkness, Ruler of Hell, The Devil, Lucifer. When he makes a deal that brings him across Tess Adams, he gets more than he ever bargained for. She’s smart, funny, beautiful, but strangely immune to everything he tries to throw at her.

Life has been good for Stephanie. Married to college professor, Oliver, with two adorable children, she lives in a lovely house, surrounded by beautiful things. But it hasn’t always been like this. Nine years ago, Stephanie’s flatmate Alison vanished, presumed murdered. It was a horrible time, and Stephanie tries hard not to think about it. But when a TV researcher working on a true-crime series wants to interview her about the case, Stephanie is forced to confront the past and recognize that she has a deep need to answer one burning question—what happened to Alison?

Eleanor’s old nemesis, Ezra Oliver, forms a mysterious alliance with an army of vicious, bloodthirsty ogres, pushing Cartheigh to the brink of war. His magical finagling exposes strange connections between Eleanor’s world and our own, and places her precocious, enigmatic daughter, Natalie, in terrible danger.

Lizzy and Darcy are married. They’re ecstatically happy newlyweds. But a journey to London separates them. Whatever will they do? Write letters, of course! Listen to the witty, passionate correspondence between Jane Austen’s most beloved pair as they survive separation, sisters, and unexpected guests.

"The Secret of Everyday Things" by Jean-Henri Fabre provides simple explanations for children about basic materials, their use and impacts. Contents: Thread, Pins, Needles, Silk, Wool, Flax and Hemp, Weaving, Woolen Cloth, Moths, Napery, Calico, Dyeing and Printing, Dyestuffs, Heat-Conduction, Human Habitations, Clothing, Ashes - Potash, Soap, Fire, Matches, Wood and Charcoal, Coal and Coal-Gas, Combustion, Heating, Lighting, Kerosene Oil, Glass, Iron, Rust, Tin-Plating, Pottery, Coffee, Sugar, etc.

For the first time, "Human Intelligence and Nature of Miracles" introduces groundbreaking perspectives that challenge traditional boundaries of science and spirituality. This book bridges science and spirituality at quantum level, offers new insights into the power of the human mind, the quantum nature of existence, and the miraculous potential within all of us. Prepare to embark on a journey that reshapes your understanding of life, healing, and the universe itself.

Brittny Parker, an American graduate student, is moving to London with her lovable Boston terrier, Cooper, in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Could life get any better? How about adding a super-sexy woman next door? The problem is her snooty neighbor is not a dog person. In fact, she despises Cooper from the moment he knocks her over and sends her groceries spilling all over the ground.

"The Uttermost Farthing" is a mystery by R. Austin Freeman. Excerpt: Humphrey Challoner was a great savant spoiled by untimely wealth. When I knew him he had lapsed into a mere dilettante; at least, so I thought at the time, though subsequent revelations showed him in a rather different light. He had some reputation as a criminal anthropologist and had formerly been well known as a comparative anatomist, but when I made his acquaintance, he seemed to be occupied chiefly in making endless additions to the specimens in his private museum.

Every ball that Dallis MacPherson attended, she saved a spot on her dance card for a certain gentleman. Many balls later and still no offer prompts her to pursue the earl. When she encounters him on a darkened balcony, he steals a kiss and warns her away. His stolen kiss promises a passion she wants to explore. At every occasion, she tempts him with her own promise. Soon, the earl falls for her charms and sends her down a path of ruination with one incident after another. Can Dallis overcome the scandal of the earl's pursuit?

When she was two years old, Brenda and her siblings were taken from their parents. For the next five years she was a much-loved daughter in a white family, a happy child in a country town on the outskirts of Sydney, unaware of the existence of her Aboriginal family or how hard her parents were fighting for her return – unaware of her Aboriginal identity. Then, suddenly, she was reunited with her birth family, the last daughter to come home.