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Run. Hide. Live the good life online. Early retirement looked so easy on paper. Steal eight million euros from a gangster. Hide inside an online game and enjoy the finer things in life as a bard until the danger had passed. Except Daniel messed up. Now, the gangsters are in the game looking for him and he's stuck with an imbalanced character build in a dead-end starter village. Can Daniel find his own place and a life worth living inside the World of Chains?

Featuring a diverse range of characters, sexualities and scenarios, these steamy stories revel in erotic adventure, from the sparks between strangers to the knowing caresses of longtime lovers. Gangbangs, threesomes, lesbian sex, domination fantasies, seduction, femdom and much more. Lucy James has gathered the hottest sexy stories for women, full of love, passion and lust. Many different stories will take your mind on an erotic journey and arouse your deepest desires. Your body and mind will tingle with delight and your toes will curl as you find that you lose yourself in every story.

The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures, providing listeners a curated masterclass in crime fiction. Each of these 19 tales, from Sherlock's first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge.

New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young is back in Edinburgh with the Return to Dublin Street Series, bringing listeners steamy sports romance, fake dating, found family banter, and slow burn angst with a satisfying HEA. Listen it all in this Return to Dublin Street boxset.

Guys Like Him: Kieran is broken when he arrives at Redemption Ridge. A wrongful conviction and twenty months in lockup will do that to a man. The ranch is a place for second chances. Finley is a sucker for bruised spirits. The horse whisperer and broken-boy magnet is on a hiatus from love when...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman, read by Santino Fontana. The father has a story he needs to share before it's too late. As he tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away, he reveals even more about...

Round the Fire was the title of a series of 12 mystery and suspense short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, published monthly in The Strand Magazine between June 1898 and May 1899. The series was popular with contemporary readers, and while some of the individual stories, such as "The Brown Hand", have been regularly anthologised for many years and are well-known, there are some overlooked gems here, too.

This collection brings together 12 of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of 19th-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health.

Step into the exquisitely crafted world of Katherine Mansfield, one of the pioneers of modern short fiction. This collection brings together two of her most celebrated works - "The Bliss and Other Stories" and "The Garden Party and Other Stories" - offering a masterclass in subtlety, emotion, and keen observation. From the delicate joys and quiet sorrows of everyday life to the intricate dance of human relationships, Mansfield’s stories explore the hidden complexities beneath ordinary moments.

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village to find herself. But their lives are anything but quiet as the two team up to solve Cherringham's criminal mysteries. This compilation contains episodes 25 - 27. SECRET SANTA: Bill Vokes has played Santa at the children's Christmas show for years. But with the show just hours away, he vanishes with no explanation. The whole village is baffled. Did something bad happen to loveable Bill: upstanding citizen, churchgoer, life and soul of the party and the holiday season?

Venir didn't choose to be the defender of this unforgiving world full of bloodthirsty, magic-wielding underlings set on world domination. The helm of power and his waraxe called Brool chose him. And there's no turning back. With enemies closing in from all directions, Venir, his thief friend, Melegal, and their companions must battle through an endless cycle of backstabbing royals, bloody skirmishes, and waves of lies and deceit. Or see their home descend into total chaos and devastation.

A tantalizing lesbian MDLG and ABDL themed erotic love stories bundle for the age play fetishist.

Dave has been wandering through life for a long time. His day job bores him, and he never seems to be able to meet his family's expectations. The only escape he's ever had is his love of MMORPGs. But when he becomes the subject of a test without even knowing it, he's transported into a game-world called Eloria with no escape.

In this collection you get to see brave Army military Delta Force Operatives fall hard and fast for women who are their perfect match. The heroes are protectors to the core, and the heroines are strong and tough as nails…but with a sensitive side as well. You’ll get what you expect from a Stoker series with action and adventure, brothers-best-friend, alpha males, stalkers, a single father, an amazing girl tribe, kidnappings, an Olympic athlete, vindicative exes, a desert rescue, and heroines in peril…with spice thrown in to round it all off!

A provocative collection of literary horror stories by one of America’s most acclaimed and inventive writers whose unique prose “can be soul-shaking” (New Yorker).

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest ever writers of terror-filled short stories. In this collection you will hear 10 of his finest works read by acclaimed British actor, Rupert Degas. From mysterious hounds and dank dark caves, to strange family ties and a spectral ship.

Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) reads chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story - E.F. Benson. There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy train platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar...

These Navy SEALs and the strong women they fall for will have you buying plane tickets to Hawaii in the hopes you’ll run into characters from the series. In these books, you’ll get a close knit girl-tribe, meet-cutes, overprotective boyfriends, friends with benefits, sexy military heroes, stalkers, action and adventure, a heroine overcoming agoraphobia, grumpy-sunshine, strong heroines, a bodyguard, secrets, heroines in peril, a single mother, a silver fox, protective heroes, a hot surfer, happily ever afters galore, and just enough spice to make you sigh with satisfaction.

The four rules of freelance villainy are as follows: 1. Always wear a mask 2. Never hurt civilians 3. Never kill the heroes you’re paid to fight. 4. And the bad guy always loses. Victor, better known as the super villain Magneron, always played by those rules. He fought the bad fight, got beat, and got paid. And that worked well for him and the many women who loved him. What it didn't work for was the Guild of Villainous Foes, the premiere bad guy organization on the planet!

Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws are forensic geologists who investigate crimes threatening lives and the land—a job that always leads to trouble.