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Some agents have all the fun. Others save the world. Bob Howard is an IT expert and occasional field agent for The Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's Secret Service that deals with occult threats. Dressed (grudgingly) in a tux and sent to the Caribbean, he must infiltrate a millionaire's yacht in order to prevent him violating a treaty that will start a war with an ancient underwater race.

Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work and a home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she's also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. 

Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favour to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word to Drue in all this time - she doesn't even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media - so when Drue asks if she will be her maid of honour at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless.

Hidden Chronicles: The Psychology of History is a narrative podcast exploring where human psychology and history collide. Covering true crime, dark history, and human behaviour, each episode looks beyond what happened to understand why it happened — and what kind of world made it possible. This is not about spectacle, but context. A calm, reflective approach to stories often told at their loudest. I’m Jenni Brown. This is Hidden Chronicles.

Following the unexplained failure of the first human exo-planet colony, Dhank Trust calls upon the Peacekeepers to lead humanity's second endeavor to colonize among the stars. With its location on a different planet, al-Sufi C, the Bakht Colony appears to be the starting point for humanity's future. The only problem is that a reptilian race known as the Hlinan also inhabits the planet. Krysta Evreux, known as "Lone Wolf," must lead the Peacekeepers in defending the colonists against dangerous wildlife and the reptilian aliens who view the humans as their religious curse.

Vampires. Shifters. Zombies. Ema Marx has her work cut out for her after accidentally unleashing the evilest creature in history. Their imminent battle has been foretold, but Ema must hone her powers if she's going to have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Luckily, Ema meets an elite trainer named Bridget, but in the vampire world people are rarely who they seem. To save her new friends, Ema dives head-first into an alliance with the Alpan King, but she may be giving up more than she bargained for.

Vampires. Shifters. Nephilim. Ema Marx is their savior, but she can’t believe the bloodsuckers exist. Or that she’s one of them. Sure, night vision and super strength are cool, but when an ancient premonition threatens her life, Ema just wants to get the hell out of Dodge. Or in this case, the mysterious castle she wakes up in.

Lucy is close to a breakdown when she finally escapes her husband Alex's abusive ways. Anonymous and free in a new location, she starts to relax. However small changes in her new flat, a little noise, a scent, start to worm into Lucy's anxiety and make her believe Alex has found her. She discovers Alex is in a coma in hospital and the ghostly sensations she's feeling may not be her imagination. While daughter Molly grows and forgets the dark past, Lucy is trapped, her mental health in question. Who can Molly trust?

Steamy Cowboys by Rosalina Sanchez delivers 15 sizzling short stories set against the rugged backdrop of Texas, where forbidden attraction and unbridled passion ignite under the scorching sun. From brooding ranchers to rodeo champions, these cowboys are as rough as the land they ride—each with a secret, a scar, and a hunger for love that defies convention.

There was nothing quite like my time spent working at The Crystal Inn in Glowing Rock. The ornateness and history of the Mansion was enchanting, but the beguiling forces that were seemingly intertwined with the air of the estate were a force to be reckoned with.