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She is the perfect assassin. A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers. Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits. Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her and the one she answers to. She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness. Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything.

Join brave Kat Wolfe and her animal sidekicks in this second mysterious adventure filled with friendship, freedom and a fierce wild cat! When a landslide on the Jurassic Coast reveals a rare ‘dragon’ dinosaur, best friends Kat Wolfe and Harper Lamb are thrilled, especially when stars and...

Trish Hinde, 35, was sexually abused by her father, Gerard King, from the age of six. Alone and scared, she internalised her trauma and began suffering from violent seizures. Her father took responsibility for her epilepsy care, even abusing her on hospital visits. Trish and her five siblings were neglected, often relying on neighbours for food and watching helplessly as bailiffs carried away their possessions. In her early teens, Trish was recklessly promiscuous and became a victim of child sexual exploitation, often finding herself in danger.

It's the morning of my wedding. I don't look like the ruthless mafia boss who rules the underworld. No matter how fake this marriage might seem, by the end of the day, she'll be my wife. Until…she's gone. They call me the Reaper. Feared. Ruthless. Untouchable. I don't save people. I bury them. Until she stumbled into my world.

'Truly life-changing' - Dolly Alderton 'The only 'diet' book worth reading this new year' - Alexandra Heminsley, Grazia Just Eat It isn’t just a book. It’s part of a movement to help us take back control over our bodies. To free us from restrictive dieting, disordered eating and punishing...

King Grim Vasteri is the strongest and most feared warrior in the Tornian Empire. He is the King of Luda, blood brother to the Emperor, and his line will die with him. He will have no offspring for no female would join with him for once he was scarred he was considered "unfit". The Tornian Empire has been dying ever since the great infection caused the birth of females to become a rarity. Since then they have been searching the known universes for compatible females.

Seven years ago, Marina Hudson’s husband was lost at sea. She vowed to love him forever - but when kind-hearted Lachlan arrives in Porthmellow, should she deny herself another chance at happiness? Tiff Trescott was living life to the full as a journalist in London - until her boyfriend’s betrayal brought it all crashing down. Fleeing to her cousin Marina’s cottage, Tiff feels like a fish out of water. And when brooding local Dirk wins a day with her in a charity auction, she’s thrown headfirst into Cornish life. 

Mornings are a madcap time for many of us. We wake up in a haze - often after hitting snooze a few times. Then we rush around to get ready and out the door so we can officially start the day. Before we know it, hours have slipped by without us accomplishing anything beyond downing a cup of coffee, dashing off a few emails, and dishing with our coworkers around the water cooler. By the time the workday wraps up, we're so exhausted and defeated that any motivation to accomplish something in the evening has vanished.

Pru Schuyler presents Book 7 in the Nighthawks series. Contains mature themes...

Known for giving language to what many women feel but struggle to name, Laura Wifler's debut poetry collection is as riveting as it is relatable. Written with her signature timbre of startling honesty and unfaltering hope, Laura offers listeners a new way to witness life in This Side of The Sky. Through poetry that is remarkably specific yet wildly universal, Laura explores what it means to grow older in a fallen body, tangles with complicated feelings about grief and suffering this side of Heaven and examines the aches of living in a world that feels both heavy and holy.

Benny Abbott e Joy Moore conducono uno dei podcast più amati al mondo. Poi, una mattina, tutto si spezza. Benny arriva a casa loro per registrare. Vetri infranti. Silenzio. La casa è vuota. L'unico indizio è una bozza incompleta che nessuno ha mai letto prima: il memoir di Joy. Mentre la polizia concentra i sospetti su Benny, le ore passano e le speranze di ritrovare la coppia si assottigliano. Milioni di fan credono di conoscere i "veri" Benny e Joy. Ma forse nessuno ha mai saputo davvero cosa si nascondeva dietro le loro storie di sopravvivenza.

Die neueste Welt von Designerin Jana heißt »Canvas« und ist eine Art Stellenvermittlung: Man kann sich hier für Jobs in anderen Welten bewerben. Denn seitdem die Erde für ein Leben zu heiß geworden ist, verbringen die Menschen ihre Tage überwiegend im Virtuellen. Nur eine kleine privilegierte Elite, zu der auch die Gründerfamilie von Mastermind gehört, genießt das milde Klima in den wenigen noch lebenswerten Regionen der Erde.

You can survive something and still not know how to live afterward. Hurting Before Healing explores the fragile space between surviving trauma and learning how to heal. As Cassidy faces grief, addiction, identity, and the ghost of a love she can’t replace, she begins to realize that healing isn’t about forgetting the past. It’s about learning how to carry it—and choosing to stay.

Alice has always felt there was something she didn’t understand about her father—about the years he spent in the Middle East, and the silences he carried home. Those silences linger in her life, shaping her sense of distance from the world around her. After an accident, Alice wakes in a place called Mullah Land. It is a lush, unsettling world governed by sacred rules and quiet terror. Clerics preside. Citizens comply. Language bends meaning. Fear passes for virtue, and obedience is mistaken for faith.

In a world woven from sighs and starlight, Mango, a tiny iridescent silk-winged shrew, and Durio, a massive moss-furred bear-sloth, embark on a journey across the Planet of Quiet Borders. This is not a journey of grand conquests, but a gentle exploration of the soul’s deepest landscapes. From the shadowless fields where we learn to embrace our history, to the City of Masks where vulnerability becomes a bridge, Mango and Durio discover that true strength isn't about carrying the world alone—it’s about having the courage to be seen and the kindness to stay.

From nationally bestselling author, YouTube star, and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays that paint “an honest, complicated portrait of how your life can change” (SheKnows). Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with...

Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life is a no-nonsense self-help guide for anyone who has ever been cheated on. Here's advice not based on saving your relationship after infidelity - but saving your sanity. When it comes to cheating, a lot of the attention is focused on cheaters - their unmet needs or their challenges with monogamy. But Tracy Schorn (aka Chump Lady) lampoons such blameshifting and puts the focus squarely on the cheated-upon (chumps) and their needs.

The Miraculous Medal: Pendant of Power is an unprecedented and captivating compilation of nearly two centuries of iron-clad proof of the Medal’s real power: Mary’s intercession before the throne of God. It begins with the story of St. Catherine Labouré, the apostle of the Miraculous Medal, captured in a new light with little-known, intriguing facts. Then it tells how the Medal grew in fame by helping convert to Catholicism a rich, rabidly anti-Catholic Jewish agnostic connected to the Rothschild family.

Housewife Nancy never dreamed that she’d end up in Vickers steelworks factory, but when husband Bert is called up to serve, she needs to put food on the table for her two young children. Betty’s sweetheart, William, has joined the RAF Reserves, so she can’t sit around and do nothing - even if it means giving up her ambitions to study law at night school. Young Patty is relishing the excitement the war brings. But this shop-girl is going to have to grow up quickly, especially now she’s undertaking such back-breaking and dangerous work in the factory.

The Sunday Times number one bestselling debut novel ‘Absolutely outrageous. A total snigger-fest.’ SINDHU VEE 'Unputdownable. Thoroughly enjoyable and twisted.' KATERINA DIAMOND Welcome to a hen do where revenge is served colder than a frozen margarita… Cara Carmichael’s bestie is...