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Susan Alison MacLeod, a Glasgow School of Art graduate with a dark sense of humour, first lays eyes on Douglas MacDougal at a party in 1988, and resolves to put him on the cross in the Crucifixion painting she's been sketching out, but her desire to create 'good' art and a powerful, beautiful portrayal means that a final painting doesn't see the light of day for fourteen years.

Landing on an unnamed planet, the travellers find themselves besieged by a swarm of drones. They shelter in a cluster of hi-tech buildings, inside which lie living quarters and a control base. The only thing missing is any sign of life. While the Doctor puzzles over a base without people, Belinda finds herself whisked off by teleport. Meanwhile, three thousand light years away, project manager Hazzet is puzzled by unusual systems activity on the uninhabited Colony 5.

Discover the timeless wisdom of Victorian domestic science in First Lessons in the Principles of Cooking by Lady Barker—a thoughtful and empowering guide for anyone interested in the foundations of cookery. Written in the late 19th century, this classic manual goes far beyond recipes, exploring the “why” behind food preparation with a practical, scientific lens.

En el primer libro de esta apasionante saga distópica, los dones psíquicos son una sentencia de muerte y hay reglas para sobrevivir: No confíes en nadie. Miente a todos. Y, hagas lo que hagas, no caigas en las trampas de tu mayor enemigo. Wren Darlington ha pasado toda su vida escondida, perfeccionando sus habilidades y ayudando al Levantamiento en pequeñas cosas. En el Continente, ser Modificada significa una muerte segura, y Wren es una de las Modificadas más poderosas que existen.

I've been waiting years for this moment. When Vivienne Campbell needs a housesitter, I make sure I'm the perfect candidate. Warm, friendly, highly recommended. Everything she's looking for. She has no idea who I really am. While she's away for the weekend, I have free rein of her perfect home, her perfect life. The life she doesn't deserve. Not after what she did. When she returns, I watch her confusion grow. Small incidents that make her question her own sanity. I'm there to comfort her, to be the friend she desperately needs.

‘Something terrible happened to the couple who lived here before…’ My hands shake as I read the warning note I’ve just found hidden in a forgotten corner of my brand new house. My husband told me we’d be the first people to live here. Did he lie? Moving to this gorgeous house was meant to be a new start for our family. My hand rests on my growing baby bump as I walk through our home, the smell of fresh paint in the air, but my heart no longer feels full of hope for the future.

In the heart of rural Yorkshire at the turn of the 20th century, 28-year-old Mary runs her farm while trapped in a loveless marriage. Her world is upended by the arrival of David Rossitur, a charismatic young socialist who challenges her beliefs and tries to unionise the farmers. As Mary grapples with her attraction to David’s fiery idealism, the novel explores the simmering tensions between tradition and progress in a small farming community.

Effie Watson thought she had it made when she married Hugo Fincham. He was rich and good-looking with an exclusive central London home. But marriage to Hugo has drawn her into the orbit of a wealthy, dysfunctional family with a dark secret at its core. When Effie confides to her best friends that Hugo is trying to kill her, no one believes her.

When a battle-hardened MC Enforcer comes across sheltered Riley Maddock, he makes an immediate decision that upends both their lives. Gunner Scarred from the battlefield. I ride, fight, and fuck alongside my Brothers in the Northern Grizzlies. Until the day I see her and her anguish cuts away all I've become. She's too young for me yet, but I make sure she knows she'll belong to me. Then she stands up to me, and I'm absolutely hooked. Even after I find out who her parents are, and what that'll mean to my MC. Riley Poor little rich girl. I know that's what everyone thinks when they look at me.

When the semi-retired Chairman of the Grizzlies returns to town after a summer away, Rowansville’s newest resident sparks a fire in him that he hasn’t felt in years. She’s perfect for him, if only she would realize it. Flint I’ve done my time with the MC and this town. I step back, handing the Grizzlies over to Jasper and hit the road for a while. Coming home, I find one of my side-businesses has a new partner. One look at her and I want her as my partner, alright. Lifetime partner, that is. I’m old enough to enjoy the chase, it’s the wait that’s pissing me off.

Ever since childhood, Alisa Lark has always felt like an outsider among humans. Her sense of alienation dissipates when she encounters Dhona, an extraterrestrial from the planet Tuvranii and Earth’s appointed guardian. Dhona unveils to Alisa the hidden truths of the world, exposing the many secrets shielded from humankind. Through Dhona’s revelations, Alisa glimpses the lives and origins of the mystical beings inhabiting a concealed world. Alisa’s unique bloodline presents her with an opportunity to embark on a transformative journey.

Helena no puede creerlo. Justo cuando tiene la felicidad junto a Jess al alcance de la mano, vuelven a arrebatársela. Después de que ambos decidieran plantarle cara a todo aquel que se opusiera a su amor, unos desconocidos atacan a Jess y lo dejan herido de gravedad. Pero ¿quién lo persigue? Y ¿por qué? Helena tendrá que volver a buscar respuestas que se entrelazan peligrosamente con las muertes de Valerie y Adam. Y, cuanto más se acerca a la verdad, más se pregunta si algún día Jess y ella podrán tener un futuro juntos... O si quizá su amor estuvo condenado desde el principio.

DI Kelly Porter soon digs up a bitter history between the two brothers who own the farmland the quarry sits on: Arthur and Samuel inherited half each and have been locked in a feud for decades. Their reluctance to cooperate with inquiries makes answers hard to come by. Privately, Kelly has other concerns about the family. Her elderly friend recently moved to a care home on the old farm that is managed by Arthur’s steely wife. Kelly senses there is more than meets the eye with this case, but will searching for the truth put others in harm’s way?

Have you ever heard someone say, "You're a lot," or "You're too much?" Maybe you've been called "too sensitive" or "overly involved." If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone. It can feel maddening, right? Well, here’s the book that can turn that narrative upside down. In Have You Ever Been Told You're 'A Lot'? L S Hayden tackles these vague and often negative labels thrown at people for being themselves. Who decided "a lot" was a bad thing anyway? More importantly, does it matter? Spoiler alert: No, it doesn't.

Seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill feels helpless as London is ravaged by air raids and mandatory blackouts during the seemingly endless war. On a rare night out, she connects with a stranger named Evelyn and, after becoming fast friends, makes plans to meet her again the next day. Except Evelyn never shows up. When Mary searches for her, she finds her new friend brutally murdered.

Twelve-year-old Ramona Donnelly knows what happens to kids left alone—the system takes them. So when her grandmother Tilly vanishes, Ramona doesn’t call for help. She tracks Tilly herself from the hospital to a nursing home. But something is wrong. Tilly doesn’t have dementia… does she? Then there’s Emily, warm and open, who believes the story Ramona spins. She welcomes the odd, brilliant girl with the animal bone collection into her life, unaware that Ramona needs far more than kindness—she needs saving.

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In a vast African landscape, four teenagers and a journalist vanish without trace. As Ella, the sister of one of the missing girls, helps the police piece together what happened, she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister and the others.

La sombra de la tierra es la historia de dos mujeres o, mejor dicho, de la escalada al poder de una de ellas y la pérdida del mismo de la otra. Estamos en 1896, en Villaveza del Agua, un pueblo de la provincia de Zamora donde el hambre y la pobreza son las circunstancias vitales de sus habitantes, sometidos a la Garibalda, una mujer viuda y enferma que impone sus propias normas a la comunidad entera.

Over a hundred years after she went missing, Isolde, born to the family of a famous Irish king and a powerful immortal, inexplicably reappears. Her mother's kin, the Descendants, are one of the two magical races of Ireland. But no Descendant can understand the reasons for Isolde's disappearance, and worse yet, she is giftless – born with no magical ability, a dangerous thing when the magic-rich Fomorians, ancient enemies of the Descendants, are growing in strength.