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Monster. Victim. Predator. Prey. I’ve always been certain of one hard fact–I don’t deserve to live. For all the pain and suffering I’ve inflicted, I tried to take the ultimate punishment. Anything to escape the horror of living with my crimes. Survival wasn’t part of the bargain. The family I never intended to find are determined to keep me alive, but my mind has been turned against me. I don’t know what’s real anymore. When the devil comes knocking, I’m forced to confront the truth.

After six years of underground fights, a saviour emerges from the shadows. With secret-filled onyx eyes and a past as tangled as mine, his salvation from the cartel has strings attached. I'm a bargaining chip, delivered to my brother's best friend and the infamous Anaconda Team. Yet freedom is a bittersweet victory that comes at a cost.

Captain James Erickson was once a prince but is now cursed and bound to the sea. With a reputation for being fearsome and ruthless, he has weathered many storms. But nothing could have prepared him for the storm that took his entire crew—a storm conjured by a siren, a creature believed to be extinct. Consumed by revenge, Captain Erickson is determined to find the siren who destroyed his crew. But when he captures her, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her.

Decades after the terror of the original Zodiac killer shook the Bay Area, a cunning copycat emerges, reigniting fear across San Francisco. FBI Special Agent Jeannie Loomis, now head of the San Francisco bureau, is called in to lead the high-stakes investigation. Loomis, a seasoned investigator with a personal history of pursuing notorious criminals, finds herself drawn into a psychological cat-and-mouse game as the new killer mirrors the gruesome methods of the original Zodiac, but with a chilling modern twist—taunting the authorities through encrypted emails.

Katie is delighted to be selected as the captain for Paddock Grove's under-14 equestrian team in the county competition. She and her horse, Sheriff, are a great duo and she's excited to prove this in the arena and on the cross country course. But when the competition starts, strange things start to go wrong around the stables. At first Katie suspects mean-girl Megan who's been banned from competing, but as the 'pranks' start to escalate, she starts to believe that someone on one of the other teams might be trying to sabotage Paddock Grove's chances by playing tricks on their team captain.

In the heart of winter, Timothy Cratchit, now a man in his 40s, stands at the pulpit of St. Martin’s Church, reflecting on the legacy of Ebenezer Scrooge, the man who once saved his life. As he speaks to a modest congregation, he recalls how Scrooge transformed from a miser into a benefactor, emphasizing that true redemption comes from quiet acts of kindness. Tim's journey begins with the weight of an unopened envelope left to him by Scrooge, a symbol of the responsibility he now carries to continue the spirit of Christmas.

A scholarship to Paddock Grove is a dream come true for George, but when her local riding school shuts down and the horse she hoped to borrow is sold, it seems her dreams are over before they've begun–until her parents surprise her with a pony of her own. Unfortunately, that pony is Bear, a scruffy cob with tangles in his mane, feathers around his hooves and a mischievous streak a mile wide. He's the complete opposite of the well-bred show horses her classmates are riding.

Murderer. Unhinged. Remorseless. Insane. I’ve been called it all while rotting away in a maximum security psych ward, imprisoned for my crimes. When I’m given a chance to escape this hell, it’s an offer I can’t refuse. I’m transferred to Blackwood Institute, purgatory for the dangerous and disturbed. The deal is simple. Complete the three-year experimental program and you’re free to leave. I have no such intentions. People like me; we’re born to die. There’s no life for me out there. I’ll do whatever it takes to end my pitiful existence.

Isabella Whitaker, condesa de Kylemore, ha jurado proteger a su familia a cualquier precio, una promesa hecha a su moribundo abuelo, el duque de Badersfield. Pero su destino da un giro inesperado cuando se cruza con Caleb Walpole, un hombre hecho a sí mismo, despreciado por la alta sociedad, y conocido por su salvaje reputación. Acuciada por los problemas, Isabella está dispuesta a sacrificarlo todo, incluso a entregarse a Caleb, a pesar de su oscuro pasado.

Londres, 1812. Clarise Devereux, la única hija del vizconde de Audley, espera ansiosa su boda con lord Mowbray, un hombre al que cree amar profundamente. Pero sus sueños se desmoronan cuando su padre rompe el compromiso y la entrega a Connor Nevill, el enigmático conde de Stourton.

Harrowdean Manor is on fire. When a violent riot erupts, the fragile order inside the institute's walls crumbles overnight. Mob mentality and chaos now reign. We're in the eye of the storm. But the real war is in our minds. Amidst the anarchy, the true enemy lurks just beyond the barricades. Plotting. Preparing. Waiting to strike. Escaping their sick experiment won't erase our sins. Danger still lurks around every corner as we flee a criminal conspiracy on the verge of collapse.

1812. Conall Grenville no solo es un crápula irredimible y el tipo más atractivo, arrogante de la alta sociedad londinense, sino que está preso en la cárcel por deudas. Por eso, cuando le proponen liberarlo y recuperar su estatus a cambio de seducir y arruinar la reputación de lady Mathilda Seymour, la perla de la temporada y distante hija del poderoso duque de Ormonday, no lo duda: es pan comido. ¿Qué mujer se ha resistido alguna vez a su poderoso atractivo?

1812. Gabrielle se enfrenta a una desgarradora realidad: necesita desesperadamente un trabajo para mantener a sus dos hermanos pequeños o los tres perecerán de hambre en las calles de Londres. Cuando se entera de que el vizconde de Pengwern, Timothy Clifford, busca para sus hijos una institutriz con o sin experiencia, no cabe en sí de gozo, aunque le extraña que un caballero tan reputado no haya contratado a las mejores.

El respetable Don Íñigo se enfrenta a un problema acuciante: su hija Inés, la más joven de las Mendoza, padece de coquetería incurable. Además, Ana, otra de sus hijas casaderas, solo tiene en mente llevar a cabo experimentos científicos que amenazan con hacer explotar Chesham Manor, su elegante mansión londinense. Pero Don Íñigo tiene un plan retorcido para resolver estas circunstancias y confía en que todo saldrá a la perfección. Sin embargo, no espera la llegada inconveniente de alguien que había desaparecido de sus vidas hacía años, decidida a arruinar sus proyectos matrimoniales.

Serving a three-year sentence after a violent manic episode, I own this psychiatric institute and every last patient in it. Dealing contraband to the desperate and disturbed has earned me this kingdom. To survive, I simply sacrificed my soul. They all fear me. Worship me. Hate me. But no more than the demons I barely escaped last year. They thought they'd broken me with their greed and depravity. Instead, they made me ruthless. Now, my enemies are back—and they're out for blood.

Por la autora de Los amantes de Praga, Alyson Richman Principios del siglo XX. El mundo está dominado por hombres y el ámbito artístico en Estocolmo no es una excepción. Hilma af Klint, cansada de no encontrar un espacio para desarrollarse, convoca cada viernes por la noche a un enigmático grupo de artistas —Anna, Cornelia, Sigrid y Mathilda— para crear su propia red de apoyo emocional y artístico.

I've spent my entire life running. No more. The past is finally catching up to me, and my secrets won't stay buried as trouble looms on the horizon. I must face the monster who spent a decade torturing me. For myself. My daughter. The countless other victims that he silenced with his brutality. This town gave me everything. I have to protect it, or I'll lose the ones I love forever.

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Setting aside grief from the fallout of the second World War and putting her energy into curating an upcoming show critical to her career as the Keeper of the Metalworks at London’s renowned Victoria and Albert Museum, Jeannine Maycroft stumbles upon a unique collection of jewel-framed miniature eye portraits—a brilliant romantic device and clandestine love token of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

From the moment I left my cage, I've fought for every single breath. But my new life came at a cost. The rapture approaches. Hysteria is taking over the country. Michael Abaddon stole everything from me. My freedom. My sanity. My soul. As his reign of terror escalates, the time has come to take my life back. He wants to burn us all. But I'll be the one to set the world on fire.