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Brought to you by Puffin. The final instalment in the breathtaking Orphans of the Tide trilogy, which The Times calls 'Unputdownable'. The seas have parted to reveal the remains of humanity's lost empire and opened a path from Shipwreck Island to the Enemy's City. Now only Ellie Lancaster and...

This wickedly wise (and wisecracking) parody of classic fairy tales redefines happily ever after for the modern feminist era. You know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude -- or by wearing fragile...

London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, she is astonished when she is told she has already claimed her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. 

Thanksgiving is nearly here, and Key West food critic Hayley Snow has just one more assignment to put to bed for Key Zest magazine before she gets to celebrate with her family and her police officer fiance, Nathan Bransford. Then, just days later, wedding bells will ring - if death doesn't toll first. The sweet potatoes and stuffing will have to wait when Hayley picks up a distraught phone call from her friend Analise Smith. On the last stop of a seafood tasting tour run by Analise, one of the customers collapsed - dead.

A hilarious illustrated collection of tips for successfully navigating the dating world as a millennial. For single millennials, this situation is all too familiar: You're on a date. It's going well! Then suddenly your date looks at you like you're a f*cking idiot and you never hear from that...

When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the scene is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene laboriously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence to be found. Detective Mia Krüger has been signed off work pending psychological assessment. But her boss has less regard for the rules than he should. Desperate to get Mia back in the office, Holger Munch offers her an unofficial deal.

Practical Magic meets Bridgerton in this witchy historical romance from Darcy McGuire 🪄🍄❤️‍🔥 From the author of the beloved Queen's Deadly Damsels series. Every book in the Society of Scandalous Witches can be read as a standalone. In a world where secrets are as dangerous as...

Lærke og hendes kæreste Wilfred ønsker sig brændende et barn, men Understrøm begynder, da fertilitetslægen fortæller dem, at der ikke er mere, lægevidenskaben kan gøre for dem. Mens Wilfred gerne vil have en pause fra behandlingerne og skemalagt sex, søger Lærke efter alternative...

Sie ist eine unwiderstehliche Mischung aus Gefahr und Sünde: Heißes Verlangen erwacht in Nic Carvalho, als er Olympia Merisi erblickt. Doch die Situation spricht leider gegen ihn. Pias Bodyguards haben ihn dabei überrascht, wie er ihre Privaträume durchsuchte. Was er dort wollte? Das wird er...

Goodbye, Sofia: Die königliche Pflicht ruft, Prinz Nikandros muss unerwartet den Thron von Akathinia besteigen. Da ist für seine Geliebte kein Platz mehr. Doch dann erfährt er, dass er die schöne Bürgerliche nicht allein in Manhattan zurückgelassen hat...

Wie ein Tornado wirbelt die schöne Elise in das perfekt geordnete Leben des Milliardärs Alejandro Aguilar. Was er dabei spürt? Neben Verlangen blanke Wut! Denn er hat die brillante Marketing-Chefin nicht engagiert, um seine Zeit mit ihren abstrusen Ideen zu vergeuden, sondern um mit ihrer...

Maura Amato ha quarantacinque anni, un gatto di nome Sedano che la ama moltissimo, una leggera zoppia e il conto sempre in rosso. Convive con la sindrome dell'impostore e con il suo cuore spezzato, da quando l'amore per Tony, magistrato di origini napoletane, è naufragato. Un giorno, in un cappotto preso a un mercatino vintage, trova un biglietto accartocciato in cui qualcuno confessa un omicidio avvenuto vent'anni prima. Si tratta della morte di Paul Mezzatesta, un diciassettenne ucciso durante una vacanza in un campeggio al mare, in una notte di pioggia battente.

Haciendo buena letra, un ciclo de entrevistas de autor que se propone junto a Editorial Planeta recorrer los últimos lanzamientos de libros a través de charlas con escritoras y escritores locales.

What needs to be improved at your school? In this essential new book, Todd Whitaker and Courtney Monterecy provide a clear roadmap to making the changes that will bring lasting benefits to your students and staff, whether those changes are small tweaks or larger overhauls. You'll learn...

The Mafia boss I was forced to marry never got the chance. His greatest enemy crashed our wedding... and married me instead. Matteo De Silva claimed me at the altar and made me his wife… right in front of my fiancé. To him, I'm the perfect weapon against the enemy he swore to destroy. I'm a...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman harkens back to his No More Dead Dogs days in this stand-alone that takes a tone more serious than you've ever seen from him before. A boy who's been a bully and hanging out with the wrong friends gets a new start after a memory-loss-inducing...

'A perfectly plotted festive mystery' SUSI HOLLIDAY Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But who will survive until Twelfth Night? Lily Armitage never intended to return to Endgame House - the grand family home where her mother died twenty-one Christmases ago. Until she receives...

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new stepsister, Cynthia, enters Molly's quiet life. Loveable but worldly and troubling, Cynthia's arrival alters Molly's daily life. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.  

Born into wealth and privilege, free-spirited Liv Prescott left it all behind when she realized there was more to life than living off of trust funds and barely skating by. Since then, she's worked and fought for everything she's earned and never looked back at the world or the family she left behind.

Carolyn Mackler's Printz Honor book - starring the unforgettably funny, body-conscious Virginia Shreves - returns in this 15th anniversary edition featuring text updates and never-before-heard material from the author. Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a plus-sized black sheep in her family, especially next to her perfect big brother Byron. Not to mention her best friend has moved, leaving Virginia to navigate an awkward relationship with a boy alone. In order to survive, Virginia decides to follow a "Fat Girl Code of Conduct", which works, until the unthinkable causes her family's facade to crumble.