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Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius'. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells.

Treasure Girl, jeevan ko daanv par lagaakar apane sapane ko haasil kar lene kee kahaanee hai. Ŏkalainḍa (nyoozeelainḍa) kee rahane vaalee ek ladakee ‘chelsee’, jisakaa khvaab duniyaa kee sabase badee ŏrkiyolŏjisṭ bananaa hai. Ek roj vah sapanaa dekhatee hai ki ŏkalainḍa se hajaaron meel door, bhaarat ke praacheen shahar banaaras ke paas, ek bahut puraane mndir men ka_ii sau saal puraane sone ke sikkon kaa khajaanaa (ṭrejar) dabaa huaa hai.

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...

Ethan Harper has come a long way from the C-Tier Lifeblade who couldn't work up the nerve to ask out his neighbor. With Elias Calderon scraped off the sidewalk and Zara taking the reins at Radiance Industries, Vanguards, Slayers, and Novas finally have a seat at the table. For the first time in a long time, the future looks bright. He's got two Lilys to come home to, a city in bloom, and a chance to actually live the life he and his girls fought tooth and nail for.

‘Bound to be an immediate classic’ – HANNAH KANER ‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath’ – ELIZA CHAN ‘Richly imagined and transportive’ – OLIVIE BLAKE ‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss’ – GARETH BROWN ** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** A...

Charley is a cleaner by day and a professional gambler by night. She might be haunted by her tragic past but she's never thought of herself as anything or anyone special. Until, that is, things start to go terribly wrong all across the city of Manchester. Between plagues of rats, firestorms, and the gleaming blue eyes of a sexy Scottish werewolf, she might just have landed herself in the middle of a magical apocalypse. She might also be the only person who has the ability to bring order to an utterly chaotic new world.

It's the end of the 19th century in San Francisco's Chinatown, and ghost hunters from the Maoshan traditions of Daoism keep malevolent spiritual forces at bay. Li-lin, the daughter of a renowned Daoshi exorcist, is a young widow burdened with yin eyes - the unique ability to see the spirit world. Her spiritual visions and the death of her husband bring shame to Li-lin and her father - and shame is not something this immigrant family can afford.

London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast. Gideon Smith dreams of the adventure promised him by the lurid tales of Captain Lucian Trigger, the Hero of the Empire, told in Gideon’s favorite “penny dreadful.” When Gideon’s father is lost at sea in highly mysterious circumstances Gideon is convinced that supernatural forces are at work. Deciding only Captain Lucian Trigger himself can aid him, Gideon sets off for London. On the way he rescues the mysterious mechanical girl Maria from a tumbledown house of shadows and iniquities. 

Als Melody Bittersweet und ihre Crew von der Girls Ghostbusting Agency zur Geistervertreibung nach Maplemead Castle gerufen werden, steht schnell fest, wer die neuen Besitzer des Schlosses um den Schlaf bringt: Ein Jahrhundert ist es her, dass die Trapezkünstlerin Britannia Lovell bei einer spektakulären Showeinlage im großen Ballsaal des Schlosses in den Tod stürzte. Melody, Marina und Art nehmen die Recherche auf und sehen sich dabei wieder einmal gezwungen, mit Melodys Nemesis (und Ex) Leo Dark zusammenzuarbeiten.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE TIKTOK SENSATION Discover the million-copy bestselling fantasy read. The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon an iron gates reads...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati. For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or a life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic... The court of the Grand Prince of Moscow is plagued...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, read by Kristin Atherton and Michael Fox. A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the...

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.

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A stunning new epic fantasy series following a young outcast who must fight with everything she has to survive, set in the same world as Red Sister. In the ice, east of the Black Rock, there is a hole into which broken children are thrown. Yaz’s people call it the Pit of the Missing and now it...

She ran from devils... into the arms of a monster. She was a forced sin servant praying for death. Until the day she decided to run—right into my arms. One touch, and I know she's mine. One taste, and I know she belongs to me. My good little human will only truly be free when she's on my tight...

I expected college to bring sleepless nights and lazy roommates, not a secret war against bloodsucking monsters. All it took was one wrong turn in a darkly-lit park to introduce me to the girls of Sigma Omega Sigma, a sorority of gorgeous and lethal vampire slayers. Now, I’m the only guy in a house full of fearless women who fight with somersaults and wooden stakes. And the kicker? They believe I’m a slayer master, a legendary figure destined to repopulate their numbers while stopping the undead from taking over.

Elise is finally back above ground; but she's not home free just yet. The Gray family is still missing, and their situation is a little more complicated than she first thought. The only one she can locate is Nick, the older brother, and he has been captured by the Blood Syndicate, an international crime organization headquartered in one of the most dangerous regions of the continent.

As a C-Tier Lifeblade, Ethan keeps his head down, works hard, and always hits his mark. His skills might not be flashy, but they get the job done—and in SlayerCorp's cutthroat portal acquisitions industry, reliability makes you valuable. He’s built a solid rep as the go-to healer who can hold his own in any situation, with a resume that's earned him the respect and admiration of his peers. But Ethan's biggest challenge isn’t in the dungeons he clears or the creatures he fights. It’s Lily Chen.

!! NOW WITH AN EXCLUSIVE BONUS CHAPTER !! 'Once in a while I read a series that reminds me of just why I love enemies to lovers, slow burn, and morally grey characters so much. Gods and Monsters is that series. This is perfection. Amber Nicole's Dianna is the FMC of my soul' NISHA J. TULI Don't...