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“THE AGENCY FOR SCANDAL is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet” Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns An all-female detective...

The Great Gatsby meets I Capture the Castle in this gorgeously dreamy coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. It is the summer of 1929. Lou Trevelyan is a small-town girl with big dreams of becoming a writer. Then she meets the Cardew siblings: the...

Steal away to Italy for a hot summer, a sexy dare, and a romance that was never supposed to happen. For fans of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and Love and Gelato -- this is the escapist read you've been looking for! Bea is an outspoken English girl determined to break with family...

Iris Grey hat sich ihren Ruf als talentierteste Schneiderin Londons hart erarbeitet. Doch niemand ahnt, wer sie in Wahrheit ist – die rechtmäßige Erbin von Holland Hall. Sie wartet nur auf den Moment, um den mysteriösen Tod ihres Vaters aufzuklären und es ihrer geldgierigen Stiefmutter heimzuzahlen. Diese Chance ergibt sich mit dem unverschämt gutaussehenden Nicholas Wynter: Der Earl heuert Iris an, ihm bei einer Intrige gegen einen Prinzen zu helfen. Als verführerische Erbin verschafft Nicholas ihr Zugang zur High Society.

“The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet” Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns An all-female detective...

Navigating the Mining Industry when you’re not a geologist or engineer can be intimidating. Let’s fix that. Join this trio of industry professionals as they demystify the practical, legal and procedural minefields needed for obtaining and maintaining the key assets of every exploration and mining company. Dismantling the idea that tenement management is just an administrative ‘post box’ part of the process. Their years of industry experience mean there is no shortage of stories covering many topics including native title and cultural heritage, to the challenges of working across ...

The first audiobook in a brand-new series from award-winning children’s author Laura Wood. Join Effie Kostas as she fights to become Student Council President in her new school. With a campaign team of loveable misfits, she tackles the truly important subjects: gender imbalance, outdated...

From the winner of the Scholastic Montegrappa Prize for New Children's Writing - it's Halloween at Saint Smithen's. When the Brimwell town hall burns down, the amateur production of Macbeth is moved to the school and it's all hands on deck. But when the play is struck by a series of mysterious attacks, it's up to Poppy, her friends and her circus family to save the play and unmask the culprit.

Poppy Pym has grown up in the circus, taming lions before lunch and learning acrobatics in the afternoon. But when she turns eleven, her circus family decides she needs a more traditional education, and she is sent to boarding school. At first Poppy doesn't fit in at St Smithen's, a school that is very different from the circus. Then an ancient Egyptian ruby arrives at school, and dangerous accidents start occurring. Suddenly it's up to Poppy to save her new school and solve the mystery of the pharaoh's curse!

A secret spy threatens St Smithen's, and Poppy Pym must solve her most difficult mystery yet! When a mysterious runaway van crashes into St Smithen's on the first day of the new school year, Poppy knows it's going to be an action-packed term! But when accidents continue to happen at St Smithen's, Poppy can't shake the feeling that her every move is being watched. With the Christmas holidays looming, secrets lurking in every corner and rumours of a dangerous beast on the loose....

Another great adventure in the Poppy Pym series! A school trip to the seaside couldn't come at a better time - sea and sand could be just what I need to take my mind off my past. But things are not what they seem here at Crumley Castle, and it's not long before I, Poppy Pym, find myself in the middle of my most dangerous case yet. Impossible disappearances, long-buried secrets and dangerous threats. Can the ghost stories be true? Or is the real villain right under our noses?

Effie is changing the world, one classroom at a time. Dark forces are at work at Highworth Grange school: the student council has been taken over by a tyrannical villain with his own agenda. But Effie Kostas isn't about to stand by and watch democracy crumble! She's leading the resistance - but...

Quando Victor viene arrestato per un omicidio che, una volta tanto, non ha commesso, l'unica via d'uscita per un killer del suo calibro è la fuga. Ma qualcuno lo vuole dietro le sbarre, sorvegliato da agenti della polizia che non hanno idea del mostro con cui hanno a che fare. Ben presto, però, i suoi compagni di prigionia si rendono conto che non è lui a essere intrappolato lì dentro con loro, ma sono loro a essere rinchiusi in una gabbia con il più pericoloso dei criminali. E Victor ha una missione: scovare il traditore.

Elle ne désire que trois choses dans sa vie... Et surtout qu'il n'en fasse pas partie ! Larguée par son mec infidèle et virée de son job de rêve, Clémentine Monroe touche le fond. Alors, quand ses soeurs lui proposent de relancer leur vieux rituel d'ados pour jeter un sort à son ex et...

Brave Ladys folgen den Regeln – mutige schreiben ihre eigenen. Historical Romance mit feministischer Detektiv-Handlung: Das perfekte Wohlfühl-Hörbuch für alle Hörer*innen ab 13! Izzy Stanhope hat viele Geheimnisse: etwa, dass sie Hals über Kopf in einen Duke verliebt ist, der nicht einmal weiß, dass sie existiert. Oder dass ihre Familie hoch verschuldet ist, was niemand je erfahren darf. Und dann ist da noch die Tatsache, dass sie mühelos jedes Schloss knacken kann und sich regelmäßig als Straßenjunge verkleidet.

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain. Felicity Vane may be a mathematical genius, but getting her family to understand her...

Da Cynthie Taylor får sin første rigtige filmrolle, er hun ovenud lykkelig. Der er bare ét problem… Den arrogante medskuespiller Jack hader hende – og det er gengældt. Bag kulisserne er de i krig, men på skærmen er deres kemi elektrisk, og filmselskabet ser sit snit til at udnytte det: De to unge stjerner skal lade, som om de er forelskede for at promovere filmen. 13 år senere har Cynthie og Jack holdt deres løfte om aldrig at arbejde sammen igen – indtil der pludselig dukker et tilbud op om at lave en efterfølger til kultklassikeren, som startede deres karrierer.

Unwiderstehliche Feelgood Historical Romance ab 14 mit spannender Detektivhandlung und kribbeligem Fake Dating! Brave Ladys folgen den Regeln – mutige schreiben ihre eigenen. Marigold Bloom steckt in Schwierigkeiten: Ihr Verlobter gibt ihr den Laufpass, und im Rosenkrieg droht sie nun den Blumenladen zu verlieren, der seit Generationen ihrer Familie gehört. Ausgerechnet der miesgelaunte Oliver Lockhart ist Maris Rettung: Dank ihm wird sie die neueste Rekrutin der Agency for Scandal, und für einen Fall sollen die beiden sich als frisch verlobtes Paar ausgeben.

Drei Schwestern, drei Wünsche und eine heiße Begegnung, die alles verändert. Auch wenn sie nicht unterschiedlicher sein könnten, halten Clementine »Clemmie« Monroe und ihre beiden Halbschwestern Serena und Lil schon immer fest zusammen. Ihre Mütter wurden vom selben Rockstar schwanger und zogen ihre Töchter gemeinsam groß. Als Clemmie von ihrem Ex aufs Übelste abserviert wird, sind Serena und Lil sofort zur Stelle, und jede der drei hat einen Wunsch für Clemmie.

Felicity Vane denkt nicht im Traum daran zu heiraten. Sie will Mathematik studieren! Um den gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen zu entfliehen, beschließt sie, ihre Universitätsgebühren beim illegalen Kartenspiel zu gewinnen.