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Kate Rickman seems just like any other 19-year-old girl. She goes to university, she dates nice, normal boys and she works in her local tourist office at the weekend. But Kate's not really normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl called Jennifer Jones ‒ and it's a facade that's crumbling fast. Jennifer has spent the last nine years frantically trying to escape from her horrifying past. Increasingly desperate, Jennifer decides to do something drastic.

A sugar plantation, a waterlily pond, and a decades-old deception are the backdrop for When Lily Ponds Ripple. It is a forceful narrative about the West Indian twins, Florence and Charlotte Montague. Their rivalry for the same man underscores just how close loyalty and betrayal are. The revelation of a family secret takes the Barbadian sisters from their sheltered island to London and Germany. In Frankfurt, Florence becomes a notable author, while Charlie’s career leads her from the London stage to Hollywood.

Nach 47 Jahren ist es nicht zu spät, dass das ermordete Mädchen seine Geschichte erzählen kann – Hochspannung von Bestsellerautorin Loreth Anne White. Die Knochen schweigen nicht, wenn man die richtigen Fragen stellt. Unter einer Kapelle in den kanadischen Bergen wird bei Bauarbeiten ein menschliches Skelett entdeckt. Viel deutet darauf hin, dass es sich um die junge Annalise Jansen handelt, die vor fast fünfzig Jahren spurlos verschwand. Mithilfe der forensischen Anthropologin Dr. Ella Quinn beginnt Detective Jane Munro zu ermitteln.

Does the idea of speaking in front of an audience make you nervous? You're not alone. Most people experience a natural fear of public speaking, but it doesn't have to hold you back. With the proper guidance and tools, you can turn your anxiety-ridden monologues into awe-inspiring speeches that captivate, educate, and motivate. This book offers practical strategies to help you overcome fear, boost your confidence, and deliver impactful speeches with self-assurance and skill.

Fragile Laura Fitzpatrick has lived her entire life with the certainty of an early death, and her wealthy family hasn’t been able to do anything to change her fate. Over the years, she’s come to think of death as a friend, a long-lost companion she is bound to meet again someday. But she isn’t prepared to meet Death himself, human for a short time, up in the snowy mountains of Colorado. She only knows he is the one she loves, the one she is waiting for.

Based on diary entries, news articles, published sources, interviews, and personal memories from the author and other family members, Crossing the Yellowstone: The Saga of a Montana Ranch Family is a classic American drama of challenges met and legacies left. In 1894, Andy Mercer journeyed on horseback from Missouri to the Great Plains, with plans to homestead in the West.

Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that directly or disproportionately impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs. States and local governments spend tens of billions more. Ironically, these enormous sums fuel the "corporate poverty complex," a vast web of hidden industries and entrenched private-sector interests that profit from the bureaucracies regulating the lives of the poor.

Madeline is desperate to finally be taken seriously, but that doesn’t seem to be the case when her boss asks her to write a puff piece of billionaire party boy, Liam Davenport. Liam just wanted a quiet life roaming the world. When his father dies, leaving him to face the media storm surrounding Davenport Outdoors, he’s forced to trade in his hiking boots for tailored suits.

From Alma Rosé, the orchestra's main conductor, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, its teenage cellist and last surviving member, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the response of other prisoners for the first time.

Queen Margaret knows she must protect the crown - and her son Prince Edward's claim to it - at all costs. With her husband, King Henry, increasingly frail, it is up to Margaret to fight for their inheritance. And as the Wars of the Roses rage on, her enemies and their wives lurk close, threatening to unravel everything she is trying to protect.

In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a hurriedly assembled band that would play marching music to other inmates, forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day.

The fall Renaissance Faire is in full swing, and Mia Connors is back in action, helping her family with their holistic beauty booth for the season. She’s thrilled for the distraction because life is so good she’s practically forgotten about Jake Archer, the undercover US Marshal who accused her of murder then stole her heart three months ago. Too bad he vanished without warning the second the case was closed. When a customer is fatally poisoned at her family’s booth, and Jake reappears to point the finger at Mia—for the second time, she’s not sure which occurrence is more shocking.

Despite a few harrowing incidents with nervy Bridezillas, Addy Winters’ small town party planning business has been murder free—until now. But then, she’s never before been hired to throw a star-studded after-death party for a client who has their death scheduled on their calendar. When Leno Masterson—former classmate, now legendary rocker with a flair for drama—turns up dead four days earlier than he’d planned, Addy suspects that someone helped him along.

Der Sommer, der mir gehörte. Sechs Wochen, aber gleichzeitig ein halbes Leben, das vor ihr lag. Mit zäh fließenden Honigtagen am See und Radfahrten über Waldbodenteppiche aus Tannennadeln. Mit kühlen Wasserspritzern auf geschlossenen Lidern, Pommes Rot-Weiß, kurz bevor das Schwimmbad schloss, statt dem geplanten Abendbrot drinnen am Tisch, tiefblauem Himmel über dürren Fichten und senfgelben Feldern. Es ist das erste Mal seit sechs Jahren, dass die alleinerziehende Musiklehrerin Lisa einen Sommer ohne ihren Sohn vor sich hat. Doch die lang ersehnte Freiheit bringt auch Zweifel mit sich.

Reporter Maddy Banks doesn’t realize what she’s getting into when she makes arrangements to have an anonymous interview with an assassin. Her life in Paris was safe, with a devoted if slightly smug boyfriend and a career that was slowly taking off. When she first meets the man calling himself Constantine she can’t see him and his voice is disguised. Even so, she feels a distinct, erotic pull that horrifies her.

The hottest restaurant in Hell's Kitchen, run by the 'Ice Queen', Avery Hart. She is a revolutionary in the culinary world, earning Michelin Stars and feeding presidents while starving her demons at the same time. Her life is in her kitchen. Where she controls every ingredient, every sear, every plate. Kane 'The Devil' Rhodes is chaos personified. He's famous for his death-defying stunts, for his medals, for his roguish charm. The moment he sees Avery Hart, he knows what he wants. He wants her. To unravel her. Melt the ice queen. Make her his.

She came to wed his brother… and stole the Dragon's heart. To settle a feud, Dominique Beauchamp is prepared to sacrifice in order to heal their ravaged lands. Offered in marriage by her brother to the lord of Drakewich, she arrives to take the d'Lucy name ... never counting on losing her heart to the brother of her betrothed—the notorious Black Dragon.

Fiercely independent, Elizabeth Bowcock – “Doc Liz” as she’s known by all -- vows to raise her orphaned niece as her own. Unfortunately, the child’s grandfather has declared the unwed doctor to be an unfit guardian and refuses to deliver her to Liz's care until she finds herself a man...

Embracing your strengths invites you to build resilience and move toward a more hopeful future. This strengths-based approach offers a positive way to navigate challenges while shaping a more fulfilling path forward. The Solution-Focused Workbook for Anxiety and Depression offers practical, evidenced-based solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) tools with a uniquely positive focus to help you to harness your own strengths, guiding you toward improved mental health and a renewed sense of agency in your life.

Beset by prophetic dreams since the time she was a child, Elienor knew the Norsemen would storm Brouillard castle—she saw it in a dream. She saw the death of many. And she saw him—the golden-haired Viking who would claim her for his prize...