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Pack your bags for the adventure of a lifetime From the #1 bestselling author of The Cruise, embark on an unforgettable journey and sail through Norways winter wonderland to see the spectacular Northern Lights.A wonderful, emotional and heartwarming story of lost love and second chances in an out of this world setting. LISA HOBMAN ________ Will the Arctic wonderland work its magic this winter? Joy never imagined stepping aboard a cruise ship without her husband, Tom. Now widowed, Joy wonders what her voyage on the Emerald Dream will hold and as it glides through breathtaking Norwegian fjords, she longs to believe in happiness again. However, she carries a secret that could unravel her fragile hopes if it ever came to light Elsewhere on deck, as the sun dips below the horizon and the polar night sets in, Henry, a lifelong bachelor, is living his dream of seeing the Northern Lights. Having long since given up on love, he now dedicates himself to his passion for photography. But when he meets Joy, is it more than the aurora borealis that catches his eye? As they embark on a snow-dusted adventure which takes them from bustling ports to reindeer-drawn sleigh rides, will Joy and Henry find the courage to embrace love again? Or will hidden truths sink the possibility of a new beginning? A heartwarming, feel-good voyage of self-discovery, romance and second chances, perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan and Judy Leigh.

Not many people know I was a silent partner in a burlesque show in Houston, Texas from 1978 thru 1983. I did it to help an old buddy from the Army. Seemed a great way to meet girls when work brought me down that way. Turns out it got me up to my neck in trouble a few times, too. Let me tell you about one of them.This wouldve happened, oh, somewhere in September of 78. Id been a silent partner for just five months, sending regular payments Dick Langes way so he could renovate and keep the doors from shuttering while amassing some talent . . .Blood Moon Over HoustonThe dancer Dolly Dearest (aka Gretel Rockatansky) is a hit, beloved by the attendees. However, one of them has taken his love to extremes, building it into a twisted obsession. The cops wont help, seeing dancers as freak magnets who deserve what they get.Only Chuck Cave will stand up for her.As the moon hangs far and full over the mean streets of Houston, a psychopath stalks. Can Cave and Gretel survive the night, or will the wolf lusting for her body and blood have his fill?Welcome to the Nightmare ShowGretel and the Wolf is the first entry in Chuck Caves Burlesque, a series of short thrillers. It is a pulse-pounding standalone starring C.C. Blakes irrepressible troublemaker, Chuck Cave.Fans of Joe R. Lansdales Hap and Leonard, Robert Blochs psychological suspense, and J.A. Konraths thrillers will find a similar mix of action, danger, and macabre sense of humor.This edition includes two bonus stories starring the Chuck Cave character.More twisted tales from Chuck Caves Burlesque are coming soon!

" Découvrez la géniale sainte Emmerderesse jubilatoire et vengeresse que ressuscite Audrey Alwett ! "Augustin Trapenard, La Grande Librairie" Si limpuissance fut votre lot et que sur vous lemportèren

When a mutilated body surfaces and a woman dies mysteriously, Jakob Weber uncovers a chilling trail through Norways wild north. SECOND in a darkly addictive Nordic Noir series.`Expertly written, compelling and impossible to put down. This is perfect Scandi Noir. Im hooked Michael Wood`This superb Scandi thriller is the perfect antidote to the plague of tweeness that infects so much crime fiction today Mark Sanderson, The Times`A must-read series Nordic Watchlist____In Norways far north, something unspeakable is surfacingWhen a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringy, it shocks the quiet coastal village and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bod apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.Detective Jakob Weber and former national investigator Noora Yun Sande are drawn into both cases. Then a hiker reports a terrifying encounter in the nearby wilderness: a solitary cabin and a man without a face.As the investigation deepens, the clues grow more disturbing and the wild, wintry landscape closes in. Jakob is certain of one thing: if they dont find the killer soon, hell strike again.SECOND in the dark, addictive Nordic Noir series set in Norways unforgiving Arctic north.______Praise for the Arctic Mysteries series `Atmospheric Crime Monthly`Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal Thomas Enger`This is first-class Nordic Noir from the real North, where danger lurks around every corner Gunnar Staalesen`Dark and totally gripping adds a new dimension to the police procedural European Literature Network`Nearly as many twists and turns as Norways Trollstigen pass will satisfy even the pickiest crime reader Crime Fiction Lover

Une pièce très courte, des thèmes appétents pour les élèves dans une édition en couleurs, richement illustrée avec des extraits audio.Quatre personnages font naufrage sur une île et les rôles sinvers

Better if the humble Christ Jesus had been on the reign all along the entire worlds circunivagation.

From battlefield scars to second chance, his hardest fight will be for her.Tildon Clayburn survived a bitter war and the heartbreak that followed, wandering west until he found a homeand a sense of peaceat the McKenzie Horse & Cattle Ranch.Just as hes ready to ask the woman he loves to be his wife, Carlota Perez-Sanchez is kidnapped and taken across the border to the gold-ridden hills of California.Defiant in the face of captivity, Carlota refuses to break. But her path to freedom is steeped in dangerand only one man is willing to risk everything to bring her home.As Til races against time, facing bullets, betrayal, and a legacy soaked in silver and blood, both must fight for more than survival. They must fight for the future they have only just begun to build.From Tennessee to the Spanish ranch lands of California, The Cowboy & the Spanish Rancheros Daughter is a sweeping story of resilience, devotion, and a love powerful enough to claim the landand the heartsit touches.

Lorsque Lisa, descendante d’un esclave en fuite qui a forgé l’histoire familiale, répond malgré elle à une étrange offre d’emploi à Graceland, elle lie inexorablement son destin à celui des femmes qu

Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition to the genre Daily MailThis startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure Kim Stanley-RobinsonA highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power Ruth DownieLOVE READING SCIFI/FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTHA Female Gladiators Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End EmpiresIn an oil-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow a gladiatrix turned governess must rescue Livy, the child she never meant to love, a girl who could tear down the world.When Livy is abducted during a devastating Godstorm, Arrow must unleash years of the gladiator training shed sworn to forget in order to save her. Defying her owner, a heartless Consul, Arrow turns to her ex-lover and the illegal druid underworld in a desperate attempt to rescue the girl she has tried not to think of as her own.Her search will take her across Londinium, a city of petrol-powered chariots, to the pagan Old Town, and eventually the edge of the known world: the Amazon, where destiny and destruction intertwine.Facing battle and betrayal Arrow must choose: reclaim her past as a killeror risk everything for the child who might call her mother.She is the Sword.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIESWELCOME TO DA VINALES, THE BEACHSIDE RESTAURANT ON THE ISLAND OF CAPRI, WHERE MURDER IS ON THE MENU...A cracking crime proceduralThe Courier Capri makes an irresistible setting for crime fictionTHE TIMESA brilliant readFABULOUSA summer on the Italian island of Capri. The perfect opportunity for recently widowed DCI Joe Mottram to reconnect with his teenage daughter. What better place to bond than in his late wifes childhood home where her parents still run renowned beachside restaurant, Da Vinales.And then the body turns up. When a British tourist is found dead at the bottom of an iconic landmark, Joes hopes of a restorative holiday are shattered. Then local detective Lara Sarrancino arrives at Da Vinales asking questions, and Joe realises the family restaurant might be hiding secrets amidst its delicious dishes.Joe will have to act fast - and find a way to work with stubborn Lara - in order to learn the truth.Because the next murder might be even closer to home...

From billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel, The Devils Daughter is a fascinating portrait of two very different sisters: one a beautiful sociopath; the other, an academic, who loves her no matter what.Billie and Mickie Banks grew up on a small farm in the American Mid-West. As sisters, they couldnt be more different. Billie, kind, loving and a gifted science graduate, longs for love. While hard-hearted Mickie, who has no interest in education or her sister, relies on her striking looks and charm, and has no regard for who she hurts to get everything and everyone she wants.Determined to seek fame and fortune, Mickie moves to Los Angeles and becomes a model. She swiftly becomes involved with Alex Addison, a rich, smooth-talking, but unscrupulous surgeon. Billie, who has joined her sister in LA where work is more plentiful, becomes deeply suspicious of the mystery around Mickies new life and the person shes involved with, but her concern and love for her sister is met with contempt.But just as Mickie discovers the life of wealth and extravagance shes always craved, a major scandal threatens to blow her seemingly perfect world apart. Is Alex a criminal or is he a genius? As Mickie risks a prison sentence, Billie must ask herself whether bad people can ever truly change.

The magic didnt begin in medieval Europe. It didnt start with Celtic druids or Renaissance grimoires. Every magical tradition in the Western world traces back to one source: the Nile.For over three thousand years, Egyptian priests and magicians developed the most sophisticated system of practical magic the world has ever known. They didnt just worship gods: they commanded them. They didnt hope for results: they engineered them through precise techniques refined across millennia.Heka: The Original Magic System That Predates Everything Else takes you directly to the source. Drawing on actual hieroglyphic spells, medical papyri, temple inscriptions, and magical texts from museums worldwide, this groundbreaking work reveals:The metaphysical framework that made Egyptian magic work, understanding maat, isfet, and the architecture of reality itselfThe true nature of the netjeru (Egyptian gods) as functional forces rather than distant deities, and how to work with them todayHieroglyphics as magical technology, why the written word was literally magical and how symbols shaped realityAuthentic spells with sources: protection magic, love spells, prosperity workings, necromantic practices, healing techniques, and transformation rituals, all documented from primary sourcesThe direct lineage from Egyptian practice through Hermeticism, Qabalah, grimoire tradition, and modern occultismPractical adaptation for contemporary practitioners: how to practice genuine Egyptian magic in the 21st centuryThis isnt romanticized mysticism or New Age fantasy. This is the real thing: documented techniques from the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, the Book of Coming Forth by Day, the Greek Magical Papyri, and dozens of medical and magical papyri. Every spell is cited. Every technique is sourced. Every claim is backed by scholarship.From the daily temple rituals that maintained cosmic order to the secret practices of transformation that turned magicians into gods, from simple protection charms to complex necromantic operations, Heka recovers the complete system that gave birth to Western magic.The temples are ruins. The priesthoods are gone. But the magic survives in hieroglyphs carved in stone, in spells written on papyrus, in techniques that still work for those who know how to use them.Perfect for:Serious practitioners of magic seeking authentic ancient techniquesStudents of Egyptian history and religionAnyone interested in the roots of Western occultismMagicians working with chaos magic, ceremonial magic, or eclectic practicesReaders fascinated by practical applications of ancient wisdomThe gods are waiting. The words of power are preserved. The only question is whether youre ready to speak them.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a brand-new college town raunch-com about a sexy single dad professor and a feisty law school grad turned nanny in this steamy tale of Academic AffairsShe wants to be a good girl. Hes dying to teach her. New to town and freshly single, rookie lecturer Maddie isnt looking for trouble until she ends up in bed with Bram a sexy, grumpy single dad on her first night. The catch? Hes her new boss at home (he needs a nanny), and her colleague at work (hes a professor, too). So to make it work, they set some ground rules: - No more sex - They can never be alone in the house together But Maddies great at breaking these rules, and Brams even better at dishing out consequences

The darkly comic, addictive new novel about friendship and envy from the bestselling author of JUST GOT REAL and GETTING RID OF MATTHEWA brilliantly twisty drama to curl up with HEATPropulsive, with twists and turns I didnt see coming, yet warm and good-hearted. I enjoyed it SO muchJENNIE GODFREYWhat a marvellously entertaining writer Jane Fallon is. A smart, funny and yet beautifully humane storyLIZ NUGENTA dark tale about friendship, jealousy and lies THE SUN Warm, witty and wise, this wickedly funny tale of betrayal, infidelity, jealousy and friendship had me gasping with surprise till the very satisfying endKATHY LETTEA hugely enjoyable and totally unpredictable tale of social climbing, curtain-twitching, bed-hopping and scheming. This is Jane Fallon at the top of her gameERIN KELLYHer snappy, clever fiction . . . seems to slip down like a glass of nicely chilled white wineSUNDAY TELEGRAPHJane Fallons books never disappoint. Shes so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous RUTH JONESI LOVED it - deliciously twisty, satisfying fun. Im always so happy when Im reading Jane Fallon - I can never begin to guess where shes going, but how I adore coming along for the ride!DAISY BUCHANANNO ONES SECRETS ARE SAFE...Kitty thought moving to London would spice up her life. Unfortunately, she ended up on Ashdown Close, where the hottest topic of gossip is a missed bin collection.That was before the arrival of Sian and Rich at number 8. They are cool and glamorous, and Kitty is perfectly willing to be dazzled by their company.But when she spots a mysterious woman furtively leaving their house, she realises they might not be the magnetic couple she thought. Aided and abetted by best friend Grace, Kitty feels she needs to investigate.Do Sian and Richard really have something to hide, or are Kitty and Grace just being nosy neighbours?And if they are, perhaps they are not the only ones.Because on this streets nobodys business might just turn out to be everybodys business . . .PRAISE FOR JANE FALLONGripping, sharp and brilliantly twisty. Deliciously readable. A rollercoaster of revengeDAILY MAILWitty, smart, topical and full of heart. the sun-lounger smash of the summer TAMMY COHENImpossible to put down. Fabulous characters and a story that just will not let you go! RUTH JONESJane Fallons wry observation and razor-sharp wit in this unputdownable page-turner will grab you from the first page and the action races along at breakneck speedSUNDAY EXPRESSWitty, funny, beautifully written and dotted with lifes truths like sprinkles on a birthday cake CATHY KELLYSharply observed, wickedly funny, with real depths of emotion too. Absolutely unputdownable MILLY JOHNSON

He was trained to serve. He was praised for his silence. He was never taught how to live.Gareth is a knight respected for his discipline, feared for his restraint, and admired for his silence. He stands watch when others sleep, walks roads without complaint, and endures what others cannot. To the world, he is the ideal servant of honor.Inside, he is disappearing.Trained from youth to believe that silence is strength and obedience is virtue, Gareth has erased himself piece by piece until words no longer come, even when he wants them to. When a child asks him a simple question Why dont you talk? something fractures. What begins as an attempt to answer becomes a reckoning with everything he has lost.As Gareth moves through battlefields, prisons, villages, chapels, and finally to the edge of a cliff where life and death feel equally empty, he confronts the quiet violence of a system that rewards endurance while punishing humanity. When he can no longer speak, he begins to write, uncovering a testimony that was never meant to remain private.The Silent Knight is not a tale of heroic conquest or epic battles. It is a deeply human, psychological novel about silence mistaken for strength, honor that erases identity, and the slow, painful courage it takes to reclaim a voice.This is a story for readers who value emotional depth, philosophical reflection, and character-driven fiction that lingers long after the final page.

A queen imprisoned. A household under siege. A woman who refuses to bend. In 1570, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, arrives at Hardwick Hall not as a guest, but as a royal captive. Ordered by Elizabeth I to keep her cousin "honourably lodged," Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, finds her formidable household transformed into a gilded prison, and herself cast as both hostess and jailer.As Marys presence draws intrigue, ambition, and whispered loyalties into every corridor, Bess must balance duty to the Crown with the preservation of her marriage, her fortune, and her authority. Between two queens, one ruling, one imprisoned, Bess stands alone, navigating a perilous web of power, pride, and surveillance where a single misstep could mean ruin.The Velvet Cage is a richly textured historical novel exploring confinement without chains, power wielded in silence, and the quiet wars fought behind castle walls. Told through the shifting perspectives of Bess, her husband, and the queen she guards, it reveals the cost of loyalty in an age when women ruled, but never freely. Perfect for readers of Tudor and Elizabethan historical fiction, The Velvet Cage brings the private tensions of queens and courtiers vividly to life.

Another night rolls by at the Yatala hotel, and Jacob finds unexpected company while in the breakfast room. Turns out Bonnies looking for more than just a coffee and nice chat; shes alone here tonight and has her eyes set on Jacob and wont be satisfied until shes filled to the rim. What follows is a night of nonstop indulgence and pleasure.

From the creator of One Snowy Night, a brilliant new book all about the weather perfect for toddlers Percy the park keeper and his animal friends are just about to enjoy a picnic when, suddenly, there is a thunderstorm. Sheltering in Percys hut, the friends wonder how theyll pass the time indoors. But as they all start to enjoy playing games, they soon discover that they can always have fun together whatever the weather! A fun, rhyming story about friendship. Percy and his animal friends have delighted readers around the world for over thirty years! Also look out for more Percy books: The Easter Egg Hunt and The Greatest Snowman * Perfect Christmas Gift for Toddlers A great first book for children aged 0 to 3 years * Rhyming Text for Easy Read-Alouds Catchy rhymes make bedtime reading a breeze and help toddlers memorise new words while they enjoy the story * Parent & Educator Approved Quality Chunky board pages with rounded corners stand up to repeat reading, and the story is aligned with EYFS guidelines to encourage imaginative play and social-emotional learning Praise for One Snowy Night: A heartwarming bedtime tale Susan Hill, Independent Praise for One Springy Day: Brimming with warmth and gentle humour. Sally Morris, Daily Mail An absolute must for every young book shelf Reading Zone

Un essai courageux au service dun combat désormais inévitable contre lintolérance, le fanatisme et loppression.Dans LIslam contre la modernité, Ferghane Azihari, issu dune famille musulmane comorienne, mais dabord libre penseur, mene un combat intellectuel a la maniere de Voltaire. A la lumiere des textes fondateurs et de la geopolitique, il montre comment lIslam a rejete lheritage des grandes civilisations antiques, colonise les esprits et les peuples, et bati un systeme de surveillance morale etouffant. Passant en revue les rendez-vous que lIslam a manques avec la modernite au cours de son histoire, il denonce une " superstition " responsable du blocage des societes islamiques, retives a toute reforme, et interroge la menace que fait peser aujourdhui lexpansionnisme islamique sur lEurope et ses libertes.Essayiste, Ferghane Azihari est chroniqueur au Figaro Magazine et sur France Info TV. Il a reçu le Prix Turgot du jeune talent pour son essai Les Ecologistes contre la modernite (2021, La Cite).

Pendant lOccupation comment une jeune institutrice aux prises avec un amour interdit va senrôler dans la Résistance. Le portrait moderne dune jeune femme qui saffranchit dans ladversité.Par lauteure