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The Dark Yorkshire Series are fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. Books four to six in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in a great value collection. Includes: Blood Money, Fear the Past, and The Sixth Precept.

One professional transition that stands out and is vital to your career is shifting from playing the role of an individual contributor to becoming a manager. There are a lot of things that new managers need to learn apart from leading others. You need to work on yourself, win your team members' trust and respect, become a motivator for them, and find the right balance between the delegation of responsibilities and maintaining control. Becoming a manager is the first step in this process. You work hard, dedicate long hours, and give up your weekends to earn a promotion.

Abused but not beaten, I will break the curse. With the reason behind her mother’s death revealed, it’s a race for Eloise to exact her revenge and prevent her stepsisters from marrying the prince. However, amidst the glittering jewels and colorful ball gowns, the royal court holds secrets of its own that will devastate Eloise and strike a final blow to her plans. Betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust, Eloise questions how far she’s willing to go for revenge. After all, in the game of kingdoms, everyone is a pawn.

Sleepless Nights presents a collection of poetry by Marie Zitnansky, written during the sleepless nights she endured following the death of her husband. He was a medical doctor who was much loved by his family and his patients. She could not imagine living without her husband, and for a time she thought that she too would die from the pain of his loss.

Born with a limp, unsuitable for military service, Peter Greenwood knows that he is an embarrassment to his father, an officer in the British army. At 17, the youth travels to Belfast to study journalism. New friends help Peter find a job at a conservative newspaper, The Empire. His first assignment is to publish the memoirs of a retired captain, Evan Pryce, a veteran of the Transvaal campaign. At the very first meeting Peter recognizes a broken, bitter man who is not proud of his past.

Lady Merryweather has had a shocking year. Apprehended for the murder of her husband the year before, and only recently released, she hopes a trip away from London will allow her to grieve. The isolated, but much loved, Cragside Estate in North Northumberland, home of her friends, Lord and Lady Bradbury, holds special memories for her. But, no sooner has she arrived than the body of one of the guests is found on the estate, and suspicion immediately turns on her. Perhaps, there are no friendships to be found here, after all.

Humans have achieved something no other species has ever experienced: the ability to live in a state of constant comfort. Our bodies are still hard-wired for coping with intense physical and environmental challenge — from famine to extreme temperatures. But our comfortable lifestyles never exercise these hard-wired systems. This is killing us.

God does not suggest, he commands that we do justice. Social justice is not optional for the Christian. All injustice affects others, so talking about justice that isn't social is like talking about water that isn't wet or a square with no right angles. But the Bible's call to seek justice is...

Prepperland is doomed! Thomas Gundrerson just can’t seem to live up to his father’s expectations by keeping the successful survivalist compound open and profitable. His girlfriend has been wounded during a shooting competition, a Silver Star recipient wants to turn his business into a parking lot, and his new competitors are less than safe with a firearm.

A mission gone wrong many years before. Ranger, now a young man, is called to help find the father he never knew. The Russian spy was a traitor to America and captured his father, putting him in a Russian work camp in Ust-Kava. It's a race through time to find the Russian spy who killed his mother and changed Ranger's life forever. This mission takes Ranger across Russia and into the Indian Ocean, ending in the Sister Islands.

Knox Harris was perfect. He was the perfect student, ultimate best friend, a gifted athlete, and chillingly handsome with a sweetheart streak a mile long. There was absolutely nothing about the boy to hate. Everyone loved him, but Charlotte hated him. Charlotte Woods was alone. She was nothing but trouble, a criminal, a waste of time. Not a single soul in the world cared about her. In fact, most people wished she would just disappear.

Peter Pan, the boy that never grew up. Peter's timeless adventures with Wendy, John, Michael, and the lost boys. Does Peter eventually defeat his dark and sinister foe, Captain James Hook? Do Wendy, John, and Michael forget their parents and stay with Peter and Tinkerbell in Neverland? J.M. Barrie's fun-filled adventure begins.

Some secrets are too terrible to remain buried forever! Peter Acton-Vance never knew much about his mother before he and his father moved to the heavily wooded property they inherited after her death. Haunted by Charlotte’s memory, he and Henry relocate from their cozy home in Beacon Hill to the sleepy country community of Mount Isla. It’s supposed to be a fresh start, a way to put their troubles behind them. Unfortunately the past has a way of catching up with everyone, and Peter’s family is no exception.

Publishing a book is a wonderful feeling. Finding people to buy it can be exasperating. In a simple, straightforward, and detailed manner, this audiobook will teach you the basics of putting your work in front of the readers who will buy it. Creating your story is only a part of being an independent author; maybe the smallest part. This audiobook will show you the rest of the story. It will show you how to be successful at finding your audience.

A year after THE BAIT, Ania Throne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws. Jerome Curtis has taken a job at a Hollywood movie studio to try and put his life back together. When a familiar face from the past shows up unexpectedly, Jerome realizes that much as he’s tried to forget her, there’s no escaping Ania. And this time, what she’s about to do could be her doom.

When the silo’s alarm signals all-out trouble, Summer Lane and her friends jump into action. What they face next is beyond their wildest imagination. To survive, they’ll have to enlist the help of the Nomad and together, shed what’s left of their humanity. In this ultimate clash to the death, Summer will need to summon all her skills as a leader and as a warrior. Otherwise, the silo might be lost forever when an old nemesis returns with a vengeance.

When DS Josie Masters is called out to a house in North Oxford to investigate a serious incident, things take a personal turn. The body is Harry’s - her friend and former colleague. Josie thought Harry lived alone, but evidence suggests he’d had a lodger - a young woman who has fled the scene.

Casey and Jackie Lee take an assignment to find a missing couple on their honeymoon, who happened to book a room on Sandy Island. Now, the island has vanished! How can a developed island just be there one day, then gone the next? Casey and Jackie Lee are impelled to investigate, putting themselves in jeopardy to solve this mystery. Lives are at stake. Will Casey and Jackie Lee vanish, as well? Will we see them again?

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

Het meisje was amper nog in leven toen ze het bos uit kwam lopen. Het verhaal van haar ontvoering was donkerder dan de meest verschrikkelijke nachtmerrie. Maar alles wat ze zei was waar. Elk gruwelijk detail. Een aantal dagen later wordt een tweede in shock verkerend slachtoffer gevonden en ontstaat er een patroon. In tweetallen worden mensen ontvoerd, vastgehouden en uitgehongerd. Vervolgens krijgen ze een duivels dilemma voorgelegd: doden of gedood worden.