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Two enemies, one goal: steal each other's hearts. Scarlett Grey, disgraced assassin, is determined to get revenge. Quinn Adams, medic turned-poisoner for hire, is her deadliest rival. For years, they've stolen each other's clients, sabotaged each other's business, and occasionally… slept...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “A guy can’t be the leading lady!” I was never one of the boys in Bellrose. I was too soft, too pretty, too easy to laugh at. The boys called me a sissy. The girls looked at me like I was something pathetic and unfinished. And Angela...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “I shouldn’t have worn that nightie from the mansion...” I was a small-town troublemaker. College dropout. Mechanic’s kid who spent more time stealing cash from my parents’ register than fixing cars. The only person who ever believed I’d...

Ancient vampires Aster Castelmar and Sylvia Maroven have been inseparable for six centuries. They've survived inquisitions, wars, collapsing empires, the industrial revolution—but now they face their most challenging obstacle yet: New York City rental prices. With only a week left in their last apartment, the broke best friends hatch a bold get-rich scheme: enthrall a billionaire. With Sylvia's charm, Aster's raw strength, and a dash of vampiric hypnosis, the plan should be foolproof. Then Sylvia bites Aster.

Penelope Lee didn't want a new bodyguard, especially not a brooding, battle-hardened vampire who would rather be anywhere else. But when her assigned protector is murdered just before her sister's wedding, she's left with no choice. Enter Dahlia St Clair, commander of the vampire-hunter army and the last person who should be stuck on glorified babysitting duty. She's there to drink, dance, and maybe cause a little trouble—not to shadow a bratty princess through a wedding filled with secrets and unseen threats.

Bella Blythe, master of lattice magic, is determined to win the Runic Games... If only her greatest rival, Remy Reid, would get out of the way. For years, they one-upped each other in competitions, jobs, and apprenticeships… Until a single kiss changed everything. With the biggest competition of their lives ahead of them, they're going to have to trust each other. A futile task when they're both harboring secrets filled with betrayal… With a reputation and a relationship at risk, they're left with an impossible choice: Do they want to win a competition or a heart?

Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by Rebecca Norfolk featuring the voices of Alix Dunmore, Austin Yang, Beth Eyre, Cameron Bernard Jones, Georgina Sadler, Griffyn Bellah, Hunter Johns, Jack McLaughlin, Margarita Valderrama and Sebastian Humphreys. Nadine Heywood is determined to be the best...

Stirling Grey, legendary negotiator, is on a mission: to mend her broken heart and avenge its ruin. Morrigan Lee, hidden princess and heir to the throne, is harboring a dark secret. For years, Stirling and Morrigan navigated the perilous games of power and politics, shared clandestine moments, and ultimately fell in love... Until a deal with fate forced them apart. When the Queen sets a formidable challenge, Stirling and Morrigan are thrust into a treacherous labyrinth of danger. The task? Protect the kingdom from a terrifying threat or lose the crown forever. But this is not a simple mission.

Australian country girl Nina Pellegrini runs a program for city kids to experience a taste of rural life at Banksia Farm. But when a child is hurt and a lawsuit threatens, Nina is determined to find the best legal assistance to help her save the farm. Enter high-flying lawyer Leigh Willoughby, whose city world is far from the farm's chaotic mix of kids and animals. She certainly doesn't have time for small cases that don't pay or farm visits that wreck her cool - and her clothes. Still, the warm-hearted Nina and her challenging, 12-year-old daughter are awfully hard to say no to.

All Morgan wants is a relaxing day on the water. Instead, she accepts a “yes day” challenge that results in a series of increasingly flirty encounters with the beautiful woman she kissed eight years ago. This challenge—and Juliette—will push Morgan out of her comfort zone, but if she succeeds, she might get to say yes to something even more unexpected: love.

'Warm, gorgeous, tender and hopeful . . . Simply brilliant' – Daisy Buchanan, author of Insatiable 'Relatable . . . a celebration of female friendship' - Stylist 'Funny and moving' – Daily Mail 'A stunning novel' - Cosmopolitan * * * A beautiful, razor-sharp novel by Sarah Handyside...

Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after. There, Lei does the unthinkable - she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life.

'A dark riot of a novel' NGHI VO 'An explosive conclusion that will leave readers breathless' ZEN CHO 'Unabashedly vibrant and original' SUNYI DEAN 'A definitive must-read' AMY LEOW A fierce, glamorous sapphic fantasy reimagining the secret societies of postcolonial Singapore, for fans of Jade...

Jodi Chenault has a lot of things going for her; she has a successful business, looks, and intelligence. And she's a master flirt. She has no problem meeting women or getting dates. She just can't hold on to any of the women she goes out with. It's not because she's unlikeable, she simply can't handle commitment. Val Mason is hoping to find the right woman to build a life with. At her best friend's weeklong pre-wedding party, she meets one who appears to have potential, and she's hooked. The only problem is, she's unknowingly hanging her hopes on the Temporary Girl.

They say you can never go home. They don't tell you that it's because the people you left behind split time itself into a million glittering shards, trying to figure out where you went. In the final book of the Monster Girlfriend trilogy, Sian and Trillin return to where it all began. . . . kind of.

Quinn Lee is a walking disaster with perfect hair, zero filter, and an alarming caffeine addiction who's just ploughed her life savings into rescuing her family's failing Christmas tree farm. She's got one shot to pull off a Christmas miracle, so when an important promotional cookie order goes wrong, it understandably leads to a spectacular meltdown in front of cute-as-a-button bakery owner, Zoey.

The jaw-dropping conclusion to Girls of Storm and Shadow left the fates of Lei and Wren hanging in the balance. There's one thing Lei knows - she can never return to the Hidden Palace. The trauma and tragedy she suffered behind those opulent walls will plague her forever. She cannot be trapped there with the sadistic king again, especially without Wren.

Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan - it's just the beginning. Now Lei and her warrior love, Wren, must travel the kingdom to gain support from the far-flung rebel clans. The journey is made even more treacherous, thanks to a heavy bounty on Lei's head, as well as insidious doubts that threaten to tear Lei and Wren apart from within.

Billie fled her Yorkshire upbringing to pursue her dreams of finding a cure for the illness which killed her mother, yet when her father gets sick, she must return home to save the farm. But the transition from city girl to country lass isn’t easy, not least because leaving London means leaving her relationship with Joely Chevalier, French pharmaceutical femme fatale, just as it was heating up. And when she gets to Yorkshire, Billie’s shocked to discover the family dairy farm is in dire straits.

Als Phoebe nach Kroatien auswandert, hat sie viele Träume und Fragen im Gepäck. Sie scheint ihr Leben auf ihrer Fensterbank zu verbringen. Ihre Blicke schreiben tausende Geschichten, doch in Sprachen, die Phoebe nicht versteht. Und mit jedem Versuch, sie besser kennenzulernen, scheint die Kluft zwischen ihnen zu wachsen.