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When Peri Sanderson achieves her dream of moving from London to a cottage in the English countryside, she expects her domestic bliss will be complete when her wife, Karla, leaves her London job to join her. Peri sees their future together as growing vegetables, tending some chickens, and chatting with the locals by a roaring log fire in a quaint village pub.

To save her family from financial ruin, Miss Poppy Garrison accepts an unusual proposition to participate in the New York social season in exchange for her grandmother settling a family loan that has unexpectedly come due. Ill equipped to handle the intricacies of mingling within the New York Four Hundred, Poppy becomes embroiled in one hilarious fiasco after another, doomed to suffer a grand societal failure instead of being deemed the diamond of the first water her grandmother longs for her to become.

Victoria nurses her mother through cancer treatments and works long hours as a New York City bike courier to pay for the roof over their heads. When a suspiciously high-paying delivery job thrusts her into the arms of impossibly attractive businessman Ian Kerr, Victoria is sorely tempted to enjoy his attentions and his chiseled body, if only to forget her responsibilities for a while...no matter the cost.

Bloomsbury presents The Sustainable(ish) Guide to Green Parenting written and read by Jen Gale. The most family friendly way to start doing your bit.' – The Sunday Times The must-have friendly green bible of accessible eco-tips for families. As a parent, getting out of the house with everyone...

The Two Worlds of David Caine is a psychological thriller with supernatural twists, following David Caine, a successful businessman who flatlines after a catastrophic accident. Miraculously revived, he wakes up into a world 28 years later, where his life has been erased. In this strange new timeline, the love of his life, Miranda, no longer exists. Haunted by fragmented memories of a past that seems lost forever, David struggles to understand his new reality —until he discovers he has gained an extraordinary ability to manipulate future events.

After years of watching her safe marriage go stale, Diana Wood separated from her husband, Oliver. But as his newly single life soars and she eats cereal for dinner, Diana begins to question her choices. When a client invites her to Paris, she jumps at the chance – not only can she work on her secret project, showcasing real women’s deepest fantasies, but an elusive lover from her past will be there too.

August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic everyday voice of black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both students and some teachers, August dropped out. However, he continued reading and educating himself independently.

I'm not sure if he's a ghost, a dream, or my living nightmare, but Sebastian Lancaster seems to have sunken his claws into every aspect of my life before I even accept that he's real. A New York billionaire with far more things to be interested in than the poor girl renting his family's vacation home, Sebastian seems to evade all the stereotypes I've assigned to him.

Miss Daphne Beekman is a mystery writer by day, inquiry agent by night. Known for her ability to puzzle out plots, she happily works behind the scenes for the Bleecker Street Inquiry Agency, staying well away from danger. However, when Mr. Herman Henderson arrives on the doorstep of the agency, desperate for someone to investigate numerous attempts on his life, Daphne soon finds herself in the thick of a case she's determined to solve.

The moon: a mystical advisor for manifestation who lights your way and creates a cosmic roadmap for you to get what you want with grace and conviction. This book illuminates how to work with the moon on your journey of self-discovery and unlimited potential.

What if the gods could be forced to answer our prayers? Amelia’s the quiet, wraith-like wizard still fighting off her past as a mind-controlled killer for the Goddess of Darkness; Alwin’s the bold, erudite swordsman still itching for a better way to fix the world after relinquishing a position as well-meaning cult-leader.

Midlife Emergence is a revelatory memoir and an inviting guidebook; it is a compassionate companion that belongs in the collection of every woman who finds herself burning to reclaim powerful parts of herself that social conditioning locked away. Midlife doesn’t need to be a crisis or an emergency—rather, it’s an emergence, an opportunity to make those beautiful, unexpressed facets shamelessly visible.

The heart-led way to get unstuck, find your purpose and live your passion. This book is a collection of heart-felt and uplifting stories and insight from 11 inspirational business owners who have shared how they have overcome challenges and adversity to find their purpose and follow their passion, with wisdom on how listeners can do the same. They've opened their hearts in these chapters, to truly inspire and bring hope to so many others across the world.

Take charge of your own success. If you read (or listen to) nothing else on managing yourself, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand your strengths, clarify your personal goals and direction, and...

Jen Crawley’s first official introduction to alcohol was in the womb. From that very moment, alcohol has played an integral role in her life. Bearing witness to an abusive alcoholic dad, navigating the challenges of young adulthood with developing alcohol addiction, and finally finding the courage to break free from the shackles herself, Jen’s story will undoubtedly grip you.

After growing up as an orphan, Millie Longfellow is determined to become the best nanny the East Coast has ever seen. Unfortunately, her playfulness and enthusiasm aren't always well-received and she finds herself dismissed from yet another position. Everett Mulberry has quite unexpectedly become guardian to three children that scare off every nanny he hires. About to depart for Newport, Rhode Island, for the summer, he's desperate for competent childcare. At wit's end with both Millie and Everett, the employment agency gives them one last chance - with each other.

Evie's older sister Cilla is gone. Their parents sent her away to a strict boarding school after she got pregnant during her junior year of high school - because getting pregnant is not something the Morgan girls are supposed to do. They're supposed to go to church and eat fish on Fridays. They're supposed to be good little Catholics. But Evie can't believe her parents could be that cruel, and she doesn't understand why Cilla isn't responding to her almost daily letters - letters about the school play she didn't get cast in, the distance that's growing between her best friends, and the possibility that she's developing some decidedly un-Catholic feelings about the new girl in her class.

Dear Diary, I am writing to you with the aid of my Plastic Cactus novelty pen. You know, the one that is cute and stylish and hard to hold. It is winter in Peppercorn Valley and we had a bonfire. At school. At night. We also had a lantern walk - and I spied on Journey’s End. Journey’s End is the creepiest house in Peppercorn Valley. The old ladies who live there have painted weird symbols all over the outside walls. Why? What could those symbols mean? Are the old ladies in danger? I have a hunch they are and my hunches always lead to adventure. Truly Tan.

Filled with engaging improv activities, this interactive guide will ensure you never come away from a tough moment pondering the woulda, coulda, shoulda! again. You'll learn how to nurture your personal style for communicating in every professional situation. From effective listening in the office, giving presentations, and leading meetings to negotiating a raise, acing an interview, and more, you'll start communicating with confidence.

Handsome and tough Jake Tanner, a veteran and the owner of a successful security firm, never lets his past hold him back. Despite his prosthetic hand and foot, women swoon over him - and with him between the sheets. Yet Jake feels bored and restless...until he's hired to protect a beautiful writer whose life is in terrible danger.