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Alice Reeve and Finn Van Brunt have tumbled into a life of secrets. On the hunt for an elusive villain who is hell-bent on destroying legacies, Alice, Finn, and the rest of the Society are desperate to unravel the mysteries surrounding them. But the farther they spiral down this rabbit hole, the deeper they fall into secrets that will test their loyalties and pit them against enemies both new and old. Secrets, they come to find, can reveal the deadliest of truths.

After 17-year-old Felicita’s dearest friend Ilven kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege. She fakes her own death and leaves her sheltered life as one of Pelimburg’s magical elite behind. Living in the slums, scrubbing dishes for a living, she falls for charismatic Dash while also becoming fascinated with the vampire, Jannik. Then something shocking washes up on the beach: Ilven's death has called out of the sea a dangerous wild magic.

Scotland, 1906. A mysterious object discovered inside an ancient castle calls Maximilian Haywood, the new Duke of Olympia, and his fellow researcher Emmeline Truelove north to the remote Orkney Islands. No stranger to the study of anachronisms in archeological digs, Haywood is nevertheless puzzled by the artifact: a suit of clothing that, according to family legend, once belonged to a selkie who rose from the sea and married the castle's first laird. But Haywood and Truelove soon realize they're not the only ones interested in the selkie's strange hide.

The foggy streets of London's Whitechapel district have become a nocturnal hunting ground for Jack the Ripper, and no woman is safe. Flower girl Constance Piper is not immune to dread, but she is more preoccupied with her own strange experiences of late. Clairvoyants seem to be everywhere these days. In desperation, even Scotland Yard has turned to them to help apprehend the Ripper.

Simple and sincere, this retelling of the Christmas story is perfect for children under five, introducing them to a classic story and its message of love. This audiobook tells little children about all the events of the nativity: the angels' visits to Mary and Joseph, the journey to Bethlehem, the shepherds and the angels, the wise men's travels and encounter with Herod, and Mary and Joseph's care for the baby that would grow up to show the world God's love.

Maternity leave isn't an obstacle to your career - it's an opportunity to create the working life you've always wanted. Becoming a mum is a life-changing experience, but it changes every life in a different way. Some of us can't wait to get back to work, others can't even face the thought of it. Some of us would love to be home as a full-time mum for the baby, toddler, and preschool years, and others are planning to start and grow a business in that time.

A perfect Bible introduction for young ones, this collection features individual stories flowing carefully into each other, to give children a clear idea of the overall story of the Bible. The result is a modern retelling that will appeal to young children.

In this warm and funny tale, the listener listens to a busy guardian angel race around keeping a mischievous little boy safe before he finally snuggles down to sleep. This is a lovely bedtime book for all toddlers - boys and girls alike - that will reassure them of the love that encircles them all through the day and night.

Angel isn't sure she likes her name. Her mom and doting aunts just love dressing her up in prissy clothes and - worst of all - boring shoes. Angel just wants to go and play in the park. When, at last, she gets her chance and she jumps up and down in a puddle to make her clothes deliciously muddy. Then, afraid of the consequences, she runs away. In the wild part of the park she finds a toddler who is lost and, full of sympathy, she leads him back to the playground.

England, 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard. Rupert died by smashing his Hispano-Suiza on a Cotswold country road while carrying a French mademoiselle in the passenger seat. With the house now Addie's, needed improvements in hand, and a weekend house party underway, how inconvenient of Rupert to turn up - not in the flesh, but as a spirit! Rupert has to perform a few good deeds before becoming welcomed to heaven.

Pocos días antes de morir, Nel Abbott estuvo llamando a su hermana, pero Jules no cogió el teléfono, ignoró sus súplicas de ayuda. Ahora Nel está muerta. Dicen que saltó al río. Y Jules se ve arrastrada al pequeño pueblo de los veranos de su infancia, un lugar del que creía haber escapado, para cuidar de la adolescente que su hermana deja atrás. Pero Jules tiene miedo. Mucho miedo. Miedo al agua, miedo de sus recuerdos enterrados largo tiempo atrás, y miedo, sobre todo, de su certeza de que Nel nunca habría saltado...

La periodista Gemma explica la vida de tres dones de diverses generacions al llarg del segle XX, entre Castellterçol i Sabadell, del Vallès rural al Vallès urbà. L’esforç per adaptar-se als efectes de la revolució del tèxtil, el pas de la vida a pagès a la vida als afores d’una ciutat en procés d’industrialització, i sobretot els canvis que es produeixen en la vida diària familiar. Els fets i les veus reivindiquen, per si mateixos, el paper de la dona en l’evolució de la societat catalana del segle XX.

The story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death...dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a 'Pop, Folk & Blues' festival. Tickets are £1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows. Fast forward through five tumultuous decades, and the Eavises' vision now encompasses a gigantic 'city in the fields', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a million.

Nova Kumalisi would do anything for her closest friend, Mal Wacken. She owes him her life. So, when he asked her to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship, Nova agreed. Eight years later, Nova is bringing up their son alone, and she and Mal don't speak. Months into the pregnancy, Mal's wife changed her mind about the surrogacy agreement. Already suspicious of how close Nova and Mal were, Stephanie realised her strained marriage was in serious trouble when she found a text from her husband to Nova.

Meet Britain's worst innkeeper. Single mother and extremely undomestic goddess Lottie has five days to become the ultimate B&B hostess to save her beloved Aunt Kate’s livelihood. When Aunt Kate ends up in the hospital, Lottie and her seven-year-old daughter are called to rural Wales to stand in at the B&B. Without the faintest idea how to run a hotel (she can barely run her own life), Lottie must impress the picky hotel reviewer and his dysfunctional family who are coming to stay over Christmas.

With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever for women to share their experiences. We must hold the truth to account in the midst of sensationalism and international political turmoil. Nasty Women is a collection of essays, interviews and accounts on what it is to be a woman in the 21st century. People, politics, pressure, punk. Keep telling your stories.

Courtney is a worrier - she's worried about everything, from her mum and dad's constant fights, to her Gran being ill, to the fact that her best friend, Lois, suddenly seems to be more interested in growing up and hanging out with mean girl Bex than with her. But then one day, during a particularly bad argument kicked off by her dad's discovery of a pig in their lounge (don't ask...), Courtney begins to feel a bit funny...a bit woozy...a bit like a dream is coming on - and then when she wakes up everything is better!

Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss - the death of their child during a Christmas years before - Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.

Daisy’s hero is Florence Nightingale, and she hopes to one day become a nurse just like her. But as a girl growing up in the East End of London in 1912, it seems like all her future holds is dropping out of school to work a tough job in a factory for very little money.

Peggy and Molly Gainsborough—the daughters of one of England’s most famous portrait artists of the 1700s and the frequent subject of his work—are best friends. They spy on their father as he paints, rankle their mother as she manages the household, and run barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly periodically experiences bouts of mental confusion, even forgetting who she is, and Peggy instinctively knows she must help cover up her sister’s condition.