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Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher “I saw the devil in these woods.” Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream because...

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives.

Orphaned at a young age, Rose Hamilton can barely remember a mother’s warmth or a father’s protection. Instead, she has endured the cold, loveless rule of her embittered Aunt Win, a woman who seems to take pleasure in making Rose’s life as difficult as possible. The only comfort Rose has ever known comes from the loyal household staff—Jackson, the butler, Mary, the cook, and Katy, the housemaid—who have become the family she never had.

Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn't heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright spot in her life and Anni is determined to keep her safe and happy. However, when a German official is billeted at their house, the situation for them both becomes far more dangerous, and Anni faces an impossible choice. London, 1952.

Widowed at the age of twenty, Ann has no optimism for the future. At the beck and call of her domineering mother she longs to make a new life for herself. But it's not that easy. Her world is turned upside down when a curious gentleman stops to speak to her. He's new to the area but seems to know a lot about her . . . and he appears very well-to-do. Could he be her savior? With newfound hope Ann dares to dream.

Um ihrem herrischen und trunksüchtigen Stiefvater zu entkommen, wird die hübsche und temperamentvolle Kate aus dem geschäftigen Jarrow fortgeschickt, um auf Schloss Ravensworth zu arbeiten. Kurz nachdem sie ihr entbehrungsreiches Leben gegen das ländliche Idyll eingetauscht hat, wird der charmante, eigensinnige Alexander, ein entfernter Cousin des Earls, auf sie aufmerksam. Kate wagt von einer Zukunft mit Alexander zu träumen, aber nach einer heimlichen Liebesnacht zerplatzen ihre Träume.

Hally leads a pretty normal life in a small town until one day she makes a decision that will change everything. Follow Hally and her best friend, Rose, as they navigate owning a mansion that ends up having quite a sordid history. Their adventures are a roller coaster ride of tears and laughter and leads them on a journey they would never have expected. Did I mention the mansion may be occupied by spirits from hundreds of years? Hally will learn to deal with that with help from new friends along the way.

Where loyalty divides, love unites, but at what cost? Selah’s life has been a relentless battle, but she has finally carved out a place to call her own. Left a modest parcel of land by the man who once kept her as his mistress, she dreams of nothing more than raising her young son in peace. Nonetheless, peace is hard to come by in a world where her past and future collide. Enter Charles, the ruthless and entitled heir who sees Selah’s inheritance as an insult to his family name.

Auch falsche Wege führen an ein Ziel... Taler steht vor den Trümmern seiner eigenen Taten. Während er herausfinden muss, wie es um seine Schwester steht, verfolgt Finja ganz andere Pläne: Sie will eine alte Schuld begleichen und Jasper aus Sonnström befreien. Trotzdem können die beiden sich aus irgendeinem Grund nicht voneinander trennen... Unterdessen schlägt Mayree sich mit pubertierenden Teenagern und einer stolzen Herzogin herum. Und dann war da ja noch das Problem mit den Rebellen: Niemand ahnt, wie nah die Gefahr ihnen allen ist und wer wirklich die Strippen zieht...

Octobre 1990. Le capitaine français Jorik Arteta, en mission au Rwanda, rencontre Espérance, jeune professeure engagée dans la transition démocratique de son pays. 6 avril 1994. Un éclair déchire le ciel de Kigali. Le Falcon du président rwandais explose en plein vol. Commencent alors cent jours de terreur et de sang. Les auteurs des tirs de missiles ne seront jamais identifiés. Quelqu'un, pourtant, connaît la vérité. Noël 2024. Jorik, sa fille et sa petite-fille s'envolent pour le Rwanda. Tous poursuivent leur propre quête, tourmentée par les fantômes du passé.

Nach Jahren der Gefangenschaft bekommt der Eismagier Taler die Möglichkeit, seine Freiheit wiederzugewinnen: Er soll eine kleine Elfe an Rebellen übergeben, die sich gegen die männerfeindliche Herrschaft der Sonnenkaiserin wehren wollen. Doch bei einem Angriff im Reich der Kaiserin wird Taler verletzt und die Elfe wird von seiner Gefangenen plötzlich zu seiner Beschützerin. Die beiden machen sich auf den Weg, um Hilfe für den lädierten Magier zu finden. Unterdessen sind die Schergen der Kaiserin ihnen bereits auf den Fersen...

Roderick Clayton Penword lo dejó todo para huir de un padre al que considera tirano, y de una mujer que lo traicionó al casarse con otro. Ha jurado no volver a Inglaterra y construir una vida diferente en otro lugar, pero el destino le tiene reservada una gran sorpresa. Cruzando las Azores con rumbo a Nueva York, rescatará de unos piratas portugueses a una mujer única, inteligente, y que conoce desde niña. Roderick nunca habría imaginado que hallaría su verdadero lugar entre los brazos de una muchacha de férreo control, y hermosos ojos celestes.

When a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she’s ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved. The mystery of the Iron Age body draws the attention of numerous groups with competing interests.

As one of the first women gentlemen in England, Darcy has always played by the rules. If anyone examined her life, they would find no fault. She attended the best schools, assumed responsibility for her late father's estate, Pemberley, and tried her best to care for her younger sister, Georgiana. Darcy has spent twenty-five years conducting herself with honor, doing her duty to her family, and never letting her passions run away with her. Miss Elizabeth Bennet has always been a wild creature.

The Heroic Slave, a Heartwarming Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty is a short piece of fiction, or novella, written by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, at the time a fugitive slave based in Boston. When the Rochester Ladies' Anti Slavery Society asked Douglass for a short story to go in their collection, Autographs for Freedom, Douglass responded with The Heroic Slave. The novella, published in 1852 by John P. Jewett and Company, was Douglass's first and only published work of fiction (though he did publish several autobiographical narratives).

In the hush between history and myth, some voices refuse to fade. One of them rises beneath the pines of Virginia—speaking not to a crowd, but to the wind. Shackled in body, unbroken in spirit. A man, not yet a symbol. A voice, not yet remembered. But already unforgettable. The Heroic Slave is Frederick Douglass at his most daring—blending fact and fiction into something fiercer than either. In Madison Washington, he shapes more than a character: he channels the rhythm of revolt, the breath of those who ran, and the silence of those who couldn't. This is not a tale polished for comfort.

Quando suo padre torna a casa dalla guerra, nel 1918, Caterina non lo riconosce. È sporco, magro e ha gli occhi spenti: a cinque anni Nina per la prima volta sente di avere paura della morte. Sa già cosa comporta nascere sulle montagne venete, in una contrada di poche case dove vita vuole dire lavoro nei pascoli e fatica nei boschi. Il giorno in cui Mario, il compagno di giochi nei fienili e di corse tra i campi, parte per Milano dove lo aspettano la scuola, vestiti sempre bianchi e un futuro migliore, Caterina inizia a desiderare un'esistenza diversa.

Les derniers faes du Royaume-Uni sont maudits, prisonniers de leur manoir sur l’île de Faerywood. Tous les dix ans, dans l’espoir de briser le sort, ils invitent un groupe d’humains au Jeu des Maudits, une compétition au cours de laquelle les joueurs doivent percer le mystère de la malédiction.Cette année, Everly Quinn reçoit son invitation, dix ans après son frère, Jake. Elle compte bien découvrir pourquoi il n’est jamais revenu… mais la tâche s'annonce plus compliquée qu'elle ne l'avait imaginé.

Gun fire, explosions, bombs, and maybe even instant death lie in wait as you follow the lives of two young men and their families from opposite sides of the globe as they become enmeshed in deadly world events that culminate in the war-torn skies above Europe.

As a ten-year-old in Charleston, Charlotte Savatier was traumatized when she watched her Wacataw Indian mother and French father hang for a crime they didn’t commit. That day, her Wacataw uncle whisked her off to Quebec City. A decade later, during the American Revolution, Charlotte’s husband, an attorney in the British army, is sent to Charleston to investigate the murder of a prominent French prisoner of war. Charlotte and her uncle seize the opportunity for revenge. They’ve known all along who framed and murdered her wealthy parents.