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The complete canon of the Brontë sisters' classic novels, dramatised by bestselling author Rachel Joyce Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Orphan Jane falls in love with the enigmatic Rochester, but he is concealing a dark secret. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë On the bleak Yorkshire moors...

Muri (Bad Dog) is a lively and heartwarming children’s story that captures the chaos, humor, and tenderness of welcoming a mischievous new pet into the family. Written by Patricia Karengesha with additional elements by Zimran Jacob, this tale follows Muri, a spirited black dog whose antics keep everyone on their toes.

Convict’s Game is the first book in a high-heat, dark romance, murder mystery trilogy with a skeleton-masked crew, an obsessive-sweet gangster, the smart cookie he’s insta-obsessed with, and a city where the shadows hide more than just sin.

Eight years ago, the boys I loved disappeared without a word. Now they've returned—older, more powerful, and with secrets in their eyes. They say we're witches. That we're bound by magicae. That my grandmother was hiding something from me—something even more dangerous than grief.

When a simple mix-up leaves their father Joe’s estate to Eden, their long-absent mother, Clare and Aaron decide it’s finally time to track Eden down. But it’s been over thirty years since she left their remote outback mining town, and they’ve never heard from her again. Aaron is dealing with a new marriage that’s currently trapped in immigration limbo, and his teenage daughter Cady is clearly going through a personal crisis of her own.

When the world becomes overwhelming, Ella Risbridger focuses on the little things that bring her joy, like enjoying a glass of wine when cooking, FaceTiming with a friend whilst making bagels and sharing recipes that are good for the soul. One night she found herself lying on her kitchen floor, wondering if she would ever get up - and it was the thought of a chicken, of roasting it, and of eating it, that got her to her feet and made her want to be alive.

The first time I met Damien Baxter, I told him to go eff himself. The second time I met him, I almost slapped him across the face after he made me cry. Third time’s a charm right? Wrong. But I have no choice. I’m stuck shadowing him at his company for the next two months. And if I want to achieve my dream of getting into the Ph.D. program I've worked toward my whole life, then I’m going to have to suck him up. It. Suck it up. If he has his way, though, the only thing I’m going to be learning from him is how to have my body utterly and completely ravaged and my heart broken.

There was no doubt that things had definitely looked better for Gabriel Atwood, one time Viscount Northwood. Mainly because everyone who knew him or of him almost certainly believed him dead—the bastard who'd betrayed him had made sure of that. His only hope was to seek aid from Nicholas Sinclair, his former mentor, now the current Duke of Blackmore, before his enemies realised that news of his demise had been greatly exaggerated.

Desperate to quit the vagabond life, traveling enchanted jewelry artisan Tansy Foxglove is determined to get to the autumn market in the village of Moonshine Hollow. Nothing will stand in her way… except an ancient forest that has its own plans. When Tansy sets off for the village, she definitely doesn't mean to get lost in an enchanted wood. She certainly does not intend to lose her memory. And she wasn't planning to be irresistibly drawn to the ancient glade's dryad caretaker.

Ich habe ein Geheimnis. Die sündhaft schönen Mitglieder des Schülerrats – Church, Ranger, Spencer, Micah und Tobias – dürfen es aber nicht herausfinden. Weil mein Vater der Schulleiter ist, drangsalieren sie mich bereits genug. Sie dürfen also nicht erfahren, dass ich das einzige Mädchen an dieser Schule bin. Außerdem trage ich sowieso lieber Jungenklamotten.

Mein Geheimnis ist gelüftet. Ich bin offiziell mit dem gesamten Schülerrat zusammen. Das ist aber nicht das Einzige, was an der Adamson-Jungenakademie nicht der Norm entspricht. Viel bemerkenswerter finde ich die Morde, auch wenn mein Vater da anderer Meinung ist. Er ist nicht gerade begeistert von meinem Scheinverlobten oder den anderen vier Jungen, die meinen Puls zum Rasen bringen.

Ich kenne ein Geheimnis. Das gleiche Geheimnis, das auch der Schülerrat – die superreiche, superschöne Elite der Adamson-Jungenakademie – kennt. Jenica Woodruff, das einzige Mädchen, das vor mir die Akademie besucht hat, hat nicht Selbstmord begangen: Sie wurde ermordet. Jetzt stellt auch mir jemand nach. Egal, wohin ich auch gehe, der Mörder folgt mir. Wie sich herausstellt, ist meine neue Highschool genauso unsicher, wie es meine alte war. Ich bin nicht Mitglied des Schülerrats.

Ich bin über etwas gestolpert, was ich nicht entdecken sollte. Ich habe etwas gesehen, was ich nicht sehen sollte, und jetzt bin ich ein Alibi für einen Mörder. Er ist der meist gefürchtete und mächtigste Mann in der New Yorker Unterwelt. Ich habe keine andere Wahl, als zu tun, was er sagt. Aber er verlangt so viel mehr als meine Zeugenaussage.

Welche Art von Mädchen liebt die Sünde so wie ich? Was für eine Art Mensch gedeiht darin? Ich bin die Prinzessin auf einem schmutzigen Thron aus Motorrädern und Wahnsinn, Tochter des Präsidenten des Death by Daybreak Motorcycle Club. Die vier engsten Offiziere meines Vaters–Männer in Blut, Tod und Sünde gekleidet–sind meine Ehrengarde, in Lederwesten und Tattoos gehüllt. Nur, dass sie überhaupt nichts Ehrenhaftes an sich haben.

Als Cassie mit ihrer besten Freundin in einem der angesagtesten Clubs der Stadt feiert, erwartet sie eine Nacht voller Spaß und unvergesslicher Erinnerungen. Doch schnell stellt sich heraus, dass dieser Club mehr ist als nur ein Hotspot für Partygänger. Es ist ein geheimnisvoller Tanzclub und gleichzeitig ein Swingerclub, der die Grenzen zwischen Verlangen und Tabu verwischt.

Friends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees - and it's not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich and surprising history.

Mark and Levi’s podcast takes a turn when a spaceship crashes in the backyard, and along with Levi’s older sister Brooke, they make contact with an extraterrestrial—a furry, purple creature they name Sky who was separated from the rest of her crew during an intergalactic mission. If she doesn’t make contact with them soon, she’ll never see her home again. Unfortunately, the kids aren’t the only ones who know about the alien’s arrival on Earth. A group of mysterious adults in black suits have begun following them. They’ve kidnapped Brooke’s boyfriend, Gavin, with Sky as ransom.

Jon is an acclaimed novelist and charismatic professor staring down the collapse of his third marriage when he encounters Annie—a nineteen-year-old star student and devoted fan. An undeniable attraction pulls them into dangerous territory. Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is a provocative, gripping exploration of agency and perspective that will leave you questioning your own assumptions long after it ends.

It's 1892, and Amelia and her now-husband Radcliffe Emerson have settled down in Victorian England after their escapade in Egypt. They're raising their young son Ramses and everything seems normal–until they are approached by a damsel in distress. Lady Baskerville's husband, Sir Henry, has died after uncovering what might be a royal tomb in Luxor. Despite rumors of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, Amelia and Radcliffe proceed to Egypt and realize that Sir Henry did not die a natural death.

Poppy had always loved the night, so it wasn't too much of a bother to wake one evening in an unfamiliar home far from London, weak and confused and plagued with a terrible thirst for blood, to learn that she could no longer step out into the day. And while vampirism presented several disadvantages, it more than made up for those in its benefits: immortality, a body that could run at speed for hours without tiring, the thrill of becoming a predator, the thing that pulls rabbits from bushes and tears through their fur and flesh with the sharp point of a white fang.