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At the stroke of midnight on my twentieth birthday, he comes in darkness and in blood. Elio Titone, heir to Toronto’s most brutal Cosa Nostra famiglia. Turns out my father is massively in debt to the Sicilian mafia. Elio has come for one thing and one thing only – to claim what he is owed. And what he’s owed is me. My captor is dangerous and demanding. Tortured, possessive, and wealthy beyond belief. He traps me in his gilded, violent world and offers me no hope of escape. But the longer I spend with him, with his dark eyes and scarred hands, the less I want to claw my way out of his cage.

Paris, 1942. The war is everywhere. But inside the quiet corridors of the Bibliothèque nationale, another battle is being fought—one measured in documents, archives, and secrets hidden in plain sight.

"Ich bin gerade mal 43 Jahre alt, die letzten zwölf davon war ich eingefroren." Mutter werden und Frau bleiben. Über den Spruch kann Ava nur lachen...

I’ve taken everything from my Songbird. Her freedom. Her innocence. Even her name. She’ll no longer be known as Deirdre O’Malley, but Deirdre Titone. My wife. Whether she wants to be or not. It’s the only real way to show this city who she belongs to. The only way to tell the world that she’s as protected as she is possessed. I’ll keep her safe, even if there’s no one left to keep her safe from me.

From Heartbreak to Healing is a guide that honours the complexity of mourning while offering gentle, practical ways forward. Vera Darax draws upon psychological insights, cultural traditions, and lived experiences to dismantle the myths that surround grief—such as the idea that time alone heals all wounds, or that “moving on” means forgetting. Instead, this book reframes grief as a profound expression of love, a process of integration rather than erasure. Healing is not about closing the door on the past, but about finding the courage to carry your loss in ways that reshape and strengthen you.

Where did Yeshua and Mary Magdalene’s line carry on? Sequel to Mary Magdalene’s Legacy, Mary Magdalene’s Final Legacy follows the next three generations of Yeshua and Mary Magdalene through the diaries of Jude, their grandson, and John Julius, their great grandson. The story takes place in Egypt, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor (Turkey), and Gaul in the first and second centuries. Jude suffers a spiritual crisis, and is beset with personal tragedy, but continues with his divine gift, writing.

Brought to you by Penguin. At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there's one last taboo. We need to talk about porn. When we think about porn today, we still mostly think about men. Men as the producers and the consumers. Women as the product. Most women aren't talking...

A selection of writings about gardens and gardening by six 19th-century women, compiled by Dee Palmer, a journalist and writer with a special interest in gardening. When she started the research for this audiobook, she expected to find many differences between the experiences of 19th-century women gardeners and those of today. Instead, she was struck by how modern much of their advice is, and her personal selection from the writings of these six women reflects that.

Vesper I should be terrified of him... of both of them, honestly. Oryx, with his horns and claws and the tongue that seems to know my thoughts better than I do. And Veylor, the brooding lich who can level a room with a flick of his fingers and still looks at me like I'm the dangerous one...

You can run but you can't hide . . . The first instalment in Vera Morris's much-loved Anglian Detective Agency Series. Laurel Bowman has started a new life as a teacher on the isolated Suffolk coast while she tries to get over the murder of her sister. But it seems she cannot escape from death...

Als Pina mitten auf der Straßenkreuzung zusammenbricht, hat sie nur einen Gedanken: Wer kümmert sich jetzt um Leo? Ihr Sohn ist zwanzig Jahre alt und lebt in seiner eigenen Welt, die außer ihm nur Pina kennt. Doch jetzt liegt Pina auf der Intensivstation und Leo ist zum ersten Mal allein in der Wohnung. Und während diese ungewöhnliche Truppe durch einen völlig neuen Alltag stolpert, realisiert jeder Einzelne von ihnen: Sie brauchen Leo auch.

Thorpeness, 1973. Wrongly exiled from London, Judge Neville Hanmer sought solace and a quiet life on the Suffolk coast. But then a face from the past unexpectedly resurfaces and he turns to The Anglian Detective Agency for help. Laurel, Frank, and the rest of the team are busier than ever trying to solve the mysterious theft of rare plants from Yoxford Hall Gardens. But when Judge Hanmer doesn't show for their meeting, they find themselves embroiled in yet another case.

Aeson Kassiopei, Imperial Crown Prince, survived his fiery death at Ae-Leiterra, saved the Fleet, and became the man we know today. Filled with alien knowledge he cannot understand and prescient memories of the blue-eyed girl who would change his life and save everything, he must make the most important decision of his life. Aeson has lived and died doing what's best for Atlantis, but now he burns for Gwen Lark. Learn his feelings from the inside out—from their first meeting to the moment he must decide Gwen's fate.

In Understanding the Book of Revelation: A Key to Biblical Prophecy, Vera Darax guides listeners through the complexity of this final book of the New Testament with clarity, reverence, and insight. This accessible yet deeply thoughtful exploration breaks down Revelation’s major themes, symbols, and messages—helping believers and curious listeners alike to make sense of its prophetic vision and enduring relevance.

Someone knows what happened . . . Vera Morris brings us the second thrilling instalment in her much-loved Anglian Detective Agency Series. Someone knows what happened . . . 1971. David was thirteen when he went missing two years ago. It's now up to Laurel Bowman and Frank Diamond, partners in...

Laura Hunt was the ideal modern woman: beautiful, elegant, highly ambitious, and utterly mysterious. No man could resist her charmsnot even the hardboiled NYPD detective sent to find out who turned her into a faceless corpse. As this tough cop probes the mystery of Lauras death, he becomes obsessed with her strange power.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Keep Smiling Through by Dame Vera Lynn, read by Anne Dover and David Thorpe. In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart's of her adventures entertaining the troops in...

Someone’s been watching Tana closely, but he’s a lot closer than she realizes. From intimate moments to lazy afternoons on the couch, he’s secretly seen it all—and fallen for her along the way. The problem is that someone else is watching too, and his obsession with Tana is a lot more dangerous.

On the hunt for two missing persons, Laurel Bowman and Frank Diamond find they have another complex and dangerous case on their hands as they go undercover at a holiday camp near Orford in Suffolk. Using illicit searches, they uncover incriminating evidence about several members of staff. Then two people are brutally murdered and their missing persons case takes an even darker turn.

This book offers an unflinching look at the creative and structural challenges of storytelling in interactive media. Drawing on over 30 years of industry experience, Kelly Vero explores the rich interplay between narrative, design and technology, making the case for why story is foundational to...