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Alicia has left her young son behind with her sister to chase a better life in London. But she’s not just chasing opportunity. She’s escaping the truth. And no one in her new life needs to know what she’s running from. At The Orbit — a glittering high-rise where the city’s elite come to play — Alicia waits tables and watches everything. She knows just how to blend in, how to charm, how to make people see what she wants them to see.

Everyone thinks my husband is dead. Just like we planned. Eleven years ago, my husband disappeared. Eleven long hard years I waited, my heart breaking for our son, who didn’t know his father was coming back. Today, my hands shake as I try to understand what I’ve just learned: my husband has a new wife. This wasn’t part of our plan. Eleven years ago, my husband made a terrible mistake. I sacrificed everything to help him fix it. But now he’s put our son and me in danger again. We had a plan. He broke the rules. But who will pay the price?

My husband and I are fighting for our lives in hospital after a terrible car accident. But despite my pain, all I can think about is what our families will find behind our front door. The scarf that has been all over the news, belonging to a dead young woman with honey-coloured hair. I have to speak to the police before my husband can. I’m drifting in and out of consciousness, but when I hear my wife talking to the police, accusing me of the murder of an innocent woman, a cold fear grips me. I know I’ve got a temper.

My little girl’s room is dark. Her bed is empty. I turn on her unicorn nightlight and bury my face in her pillow, my heart breaking. I know who did this. His name is Samuel Barlow. He has pale sallow skin and red-rimmed icy-blue eyes. But no one will listen. As darkness falls and rain lashes against the window, there’s a knock at my door and I open it to see those same eyes staring back at me. It’s his mother and she says she can help me find my daughter.

My husband Matt and I are an ordinary married couple in every way but one. At the end of each day, we return to our own homes and our own spaces. But beyond the fairy lights I string at my window, darkness is pressing in. Two local women have gone missing, and I don't want to be alone. Sipping our coffees, looking out of my kitchen window, I soon notice how observant Brenda is. When she tells me that perhaps my husband isn't simply working late, something cold takes root.

Fernestia has destroyed everything, leaving only ashes and the new Shadows that teem beneath our skin. My lovely assassin claims I'm his Shadow mate and has agreed to help me find my brother and ex-boyfriend—if they're still alive.

Son rôle est simple: prétendre être sa petite amie… Alicia a quitté son fils en bas âge et sa sœur pour tenter une nouvelle vie à Londres. Mais si elle cherche les opportunités, elle fuit surtout la vérité. Au Météore, un immeuble luxueux surplombant la ville et fréquenté par l’élite, Alicia travaille en tant que serveuse et observe tout ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Lorsque le charismatique propriétaire du Météore lui propose un marché, se faire passer pour sa petite amie en échange d’un salaire et d’un toit, Alicia accepte. Après tout, ce n’est qu’un jeu… Du moins, au début.

In a world stripped bare of digital images and promotainment, unveiled with the audiovisual overlay of the ImmaNet, in an exposed world, a naked world, Amon Kenzaki awakens, lost and alone. He must now travel deep into the District of Dreams in search of Rashana Birla, the one person that might help him unravel the mystery of jubilee. But deprived of the apps and informational tools he's depended on his entire life, traversing the largest bankdeath camp on Earth is no easy task.

Ten years ago I crossed the line with my younger brother’s best friend. I knew she was in love with me, and I couldn’t resist her. River Adams gave me her innocence on her 18th birthday. I broke her in return and made her hate me. I thought walking away from her would be easy, but I never expected to come face-to-face with everything I gave up. Thanks to a stipulation in my dad’s will, she’s back and we have to live together. Me. Her. My brother Walker, who has carried a torch for her since they were kids. And, how could I forget, Bishop, the ranch hand who can’t keep his eyes off her?

Briar Thornton has spent months outrunning her past, but when she's drawn to the small Montana town of Bane Falls with the death of her late uncle and his estate to handle, she runs straight into a new nightmare—and a man more dangerous than the one who tried to kill her. Roman Syxx isn't a savior. He's a weapon—cold, precise, and programmed by the Dark Forces to destroy anything and anyone. As the lieutenant of the covert Icarus Squad, he's in Bane Falls on orders: infiltrate, eliminate, disappear.

Alicia hat ihren Sohn und ihre Schwester zurückgelassen, um in London nach einem besseren Leben zu suchen. Im Orbit, einem luxuriösen Wolkenkratzer, arbeitet sie als Kellnerin. Als der charismatische Eigentümer ihr ein Angebot macht – sie spielt seine Freundin und erhält dafür ein großzügiges Gehalt und eine Wohnung –, nimmt sie an. Immerhin ist es nur ein Spiel, bis es das plötzlich nicht mehr ist. Hinter der makellosen Fassade liegt etwas anderes, und manche Abmachungen kann man nicht brechen. Ihre Vergangenheit holt sie ein, und Alicia wird bewusst: Sie ist nicht die Einzige.

Cameron „Mori” to brytyjski żołnierz uznany za klinicznie niepoczytalnego–zbyt groźny, żeby mu ufać, ale też zbyt skuteczny, żeby go wyeliminować. Eksperymentalne leki, które przyjmuje, zacierają granicę między rzeczywistością a halucynacją. Sprawiają, że przestaje odczuwać ból i strach, pozostawiają jednak chaos i agresję.

Siyaah - Awaaz Andheron Ki is an Audible Original starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Rohit Tiwari Samriddhi Dutta, and various other talents. In the show, we delve into the bewildering world of Kabir, a writer ensnared in his own stories. As his mysterious mind unravels, we navigate his disjointed memories and the struggle to define his true self intensifies.

Audible pesh karta hai, Pratishod, with Hind Yugm, ek Audible Original, lekhak Sandeep K. Pandey dwara.

Olivia Adler is a woman with a troubled past. After losing her parents at the age of six and being raised by an uncle who she lost years later, she refuses to get attached to anyone, including friends. For the past decade, she has been able to remain unattached to any man, too worried about losing someone to get too close - that is, until Alexander Burnham walks into her life one night and changes everything. But Alexander has issues of his own, and he's keeping a secret that could turn Olivia's world upside down.

Cameron Mortem has a problem—he can't stop killing his partners. Officially labeled clinically insane, he's also one of the most lethal assets in the Dark Forces, a brutal underground military operation built on obedience, survival, and silence. But an experimental drug has fractured his control, making him a liability whenever someone else is on the field. As punishment, he's thrown back into the Under Trials—a merciless boot camp designed to break the weak and sharpen the ruthless. His one directive? Don't kill the new girl.

Dangerous and deadly, I've just agreed to take on the most treacherous mission of all. But when I meet my mark, the new leader of the Vampires, Cassius Allarde, my instincts are screaming that something's wrong. My heart gets in the way of my job, but if I don't carry out what he's paid me to do, I'll have a powerful and angry Demon heading my way.

I watched in horror as dark magic sprang from my hand faster than an imp after your socks. I didn't know my name, let alone that I had such power. The man was dead. I panicked. I ran. How was I to know I was a dark magic enforcer, tasked with keeping magic hidden from the world? Yeah, total noob move, I know. But my memory is returning, and the Hidden have given me 24 hours to make amends. Cover it up. Finish the job I was given, or else. Failure isn't an option.

There's power in stories and this is a story of power. Dead bodies aren't unusual in the alleyways of Fenest. Muggings, brawls gone bad, debts collected - Detective Cora Gorderheim has seen it all. Until she finds a Wayward man with his mouth sewn shut. As Cora pieces together the dead man's story, she's drawn into the most dangerous story in the Union of Realms: the election. All she wants is to catch the killer, but nothing is that simple in an election year. 

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Roger "Butch" Karp has been around New York long enough to realize that the judicial system can be dirty and cynical. But he still believes in justice. So when a vicious sociopath tries to dodge a brutal murder charge by convincing the court he is incompetent to stand trial, Karp teams up with firecracker Assistant DA Marlene Ciampi to unleash the full force of their relentless energy, hardboiled wit, and passion for the truth to put the killer away for good. They will accept no lesser plea.