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My heart drops as I take in Jemma’s tear-streaked face. Has my worst nightmare come true? My daughter is my whole world, but I’ve been keeping a secret from her. And from the hurt in her eyes, I think she’s found out....

Ruby was our miracle baby. I would have done anything to become a mother, and when she finally arrived, I held her in my arms, looked in her blue eyes and swore I would never let anything harm her. Now she's everything I could have dreamed of. I don't even think about all the years of heartache I went through before she was born. So when I get the strange warning at her birthday party, I ignore it, hiding it in my bag with trembling hands. Someone is simply jealous of her.

When she was a child, Danni would lie awake at night wondering what she had done to make her mother so cold. Now, she is determined to put the past behind them and make Diana as happy as she can in the time they have left. But as some of Diana’s memories are slipping away, others are forcing their way to the surface. One night Diana breaks down in tears and reveals her heartbreaking secret. Years before Danni was born, there was another baby who never got to see the world. Now there is one last thing Danni can do for her mother.

Ever since we locked fingers and swore to be best friends at school, Sophie was there for me. When she married my brother, we became family. We laughed together and cried together. We never kept secrets from each other. At least, that was what I thought....

I didn’t plan to fall pregnant, but when I found out, I was overjoyed. Even though I’d be going it alone, I swore I’d give my baby everything they needed. But I didn’t know who the man I met on that sweltering summer night, the father of my child, really was. I decided to keep his secret to protect the innocent…but then my beautiful baby was born with a rare illness, desperately needing a transplant.

A brilliant collection of bestselling stories from Julia Donaldson and friends. Read aloud by stars Alexander Armstrong, Floella Benjamin, Noma Dumezweni, Justin Fletcher, Lauren Laverne and Imelda Staunton. Perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime or any time at all! Help solve...

Holly Wilson has landed a dream job which involves her staying at five-star resorts around the world. There is however a proviso. She must travel incognito and that means telling lies. Holly hates lies. Her cover story, designed to minimize conversation on the subject, is that she is to her honeymoon destination for closure after her husband's sudden death.

A Chinese Lord of the Rings and one of the all-time great fantasy novels--which Neil Gaiman has said "is in the DNA of 1.5 billion people"--now in a thrilling new translation A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in...

Holly Wilson seems finally to have it all: a beautiful baby daughter, a son about to embark on an exciting career, a glamorous new job in television, and an adoring boyfriend in bestselling novelist, Philippe. But something isn’t quite right… In another part of the country, Carol has liver cirrhosis and is suffering from alcohol induced dementia causing her to relive memories–dreadful memories–of sins committed against her and those she has inflicted on others. Her carer, Helen, hopes a meeting with someone from the past might help mend Carol’s broken soul, but time is running out.

Single mum, Holly Wilson, and her twenty-year-old son Harry have an enviably close relationship but when Harry finds out that she is pregnant and, for reasons unknown to all but herself, intends to raise the baby alone again, he begins to question her decision not to tell him about his own father, who abandoned them before his birth. Upon discovering his father’s name, Harry secretly embarks on his search for the truth, a search which takes him to Los Angeles where he uncovers a tragic story.

Ever since the Americans left, it seems Morocco, much like the Middle East, is turning for the worst. It was some of my best of times, and it became the worst of times prior to departing for the USA. It's about what it was like back then and how thing have changed.

Elizabeth Bell runs a quiet household, with no family and no more than the usual number of servants. She passes her time thinking about crime and working on her biography of a relative. When a young cousin comes to stay, life in the house becomes uncharacteristically lively. First, cousin Judy burns a hole in Miss Bell's desk. Next, they spy a burglar on the staircase—a shadowy figure who vanishes without a trace. And finally, Sarah, the nurse, takes the dogs for a walk and never returns. She is found savagely murdered, and she will not be the last to die.

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For writers who are trying to figure it all out - from writers' block to pubbing options and building a platform in between. We get it. We're weirdos too. Julia Roberts is an expert in creative thought process - and she brings in experts in many fields to help up get our thoughts out of our heads, onto the page and into the world. Writers can make the world a better place, one book at a time.

Keller verlegt die tragische Geschichte des berühmtesten Liebespaares der Weltliteratur ins bäuerliche Milieu und ordnet sie damit einer anderen sozialen Thematik zu. Sali und Vrenchen, die Kinder zerstrittener Bauern, entdecken ihre Liebe zueinander und entfliehen der hoffnungslosen Situation für die Dauer eines Tages. Als der Morgen graut, wählen sie den gemeinsamen Freitod. Die tragische Geschichte um einen aussichtslosen Rechtsstreit, der die Eltern des Liebespaares ruiniert und ins Unglück stürzt, entscheidet so auch das Schicksal der nachfolgenden Generation.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 42 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Die Toten vergeben nichts, Das alte Kindermädchen erzählt, Bisclavret, Flaxman Low - Der Fall Hammersmith.

"Romeo und Julia" - ein Klassiker wie so manches Werk von William Shakespeare. Die viel zitierte und oft variierte Tragödie einer unerfüllten Liebe hat etwas von den Königskindern, die zueinander nicht finden konnten. Hier ist es das abgrundtiefe Wasser, das die Sehnsucht nach Romantik weckt, dort die pittoreske Kulisse von Verona. Da kann man schon von selbst ins Schwärmen kommen, und wenn noch dazu schöne Augen unwiderstehlich blinkern, ist es schnell um den Verstand geschehen.

For Grace, hosting a party for her affluent, picture-perfect neighbors is not her idea of fun. Slipping away for 30 minutes of alone time seemed like an ideal way to get her through a long night of small talk. But when Sadie, a beloved neighbor, goes missing, those minutes become the key to a murder.

Rockstar-Romance meets Haters to Lovers vor winterlicher Tokio-Kulisse. Zwei ausgebuchte Konzerte in einem riesigen Stadion in Tokio - für die 19-jährige Hailee könnte das den lang ersehnten Durchbruch als Musikerin bedeuten. Als Warmup-Act ist sie mit dem hypererfolgreichen Sänger Finn Wolfcraft unterwegs. Doch leider findet sie den unnahbaren Finn mit seinen hysterischen Fans absolut furchtbar. Und auch Finn ist nicht sonderlich angetan von Hailee, denn er reagiert höchst allergisch auf Menschen, die ihn als Sprungbrett für ihre Karriere nutzen wollen.

Venice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. As a student at the Ospedale della Pietà, she hopes to join the highest ranks of its illustrious girls’ orchestra and become a protégé of the great Antonio Vivaldi. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena. After a scandal threatens her noble family’s reputation, Maddalena is sent to the Pietà to preserve her marriage prospects. When she meets Luisa, Maddalena feels the stirrings of a friendship unlike anything she has known.