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Love doesn't hurt. Expectations do. Those words were scribbled on the outside of her English binder, but I knew even then that they may as well have been tattooed on the fragments of her heart. My girl was broken, damaged, and yet I loved her. Foolishly, I'd thought I'd be able to banish her darkness, but I'd only chased it away for a few moments in the sun. I was too damn young to understand the demons she was fighting. But I'd soon be faced with my own darkness. Instead of me healing her, she would break me.

He’d rather ride the waves than the tide of romance. Isaac Larson is the picture of surfing perfection, killer smile included. But ever since his long-time girlfriend left their small town for the summer - and never came back - it has been harder to find things to smile about. It isn’t until she turns up on the beach two years later, ready to pick back up where they had left off, that he realizes he’s finally ready to move on. Will some small-town intervention and a lot of forgiveness be enough for Isaac and Leanna to figure out they were never meant to be apart?

A murder case. A love triangle. And a plucky journalist smack in the middle...England, 1922. Crime reporter Lillie Mead wants to take the country by storm. While her handsome fiancé hopes she'll quit her dangerous line of work, the journalist dreams of taking her talents national. When she's called in to cover the murder of a wealthy duke, she puts her relationship troubles on hold to focus on locating the crime's sole witness before the killer does...

1943. Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini’s laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save her life. Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains, where she meets David, an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him, harsh German reprisals and her own ardent patriotic activities threaten to tear them apart.

Volume five in this series of timeless poetry for moments of reflection and contemplation. The masters of literature brought together on this unique album. Read by Claire Bloom, Max Adrian, Anthony Quayle & Michael MacLiammoir.

Full-cast adaptations of three of Winifred Holtby’s best-known novels, plus short stories and bonus programmes about the author: Winifred Holtby was an acclaimed novelist, journalist, feminist and social reformer. Her work encompasses six novels, two short story collections, a play and the first critical study of Virginia Woolf, but she is best known for her posthumously published masterpiece South Riding, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Award. She died in 1935, aged just 37.

Lenore Statham, the runner for the Flotilla Project, had been at her lowest when as he was found by Angie Wells and Paya Doshi and brought into the fold. She learned how to be strong again and break the shackles her old life had hobbled her with. While Paya is out making waves in London, Lenore is assigned as the driver for the contractor, McGrath, who is renovating a building for the Flotilla, which will allow people who had fallen upon hard times to have a place to call their own. The problem? Lenore finds McGrath to be the most infuriating woman on the planet.

Peppermint Cookie Murder is the first book in the festive paranormal cozy series, Christmas Catastrophe Mysteries. If you like kind-hearted heroines, furry sidekicks, and a dash of mistletoe magic, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s tasty whodunit.

After she clears his name of murder, a marriage of convenience is the only way to save her reputation! Will their uneasy alliance spark a lasting passion? A steamy historical suspense romance, about a young woman driven to do the right thing, a lord who does not quite appreciate the gesture, and a murder investigation that could end their new relationship before it begins.

Kerry had different plans for her first high school party—like not going. All she wanted to do was stay home in the safety of retro rom-coms and her strict retainer schedule. Instead her BFF, fiercely outgoing mystery-fanatic Annie, has roped her into going to the party to investigate who’s cyberbullying Heather, the most popular girl in school. Finding herself getting close with her dreamy crush is odd enough, but when the two of them discover Heather’s second in command, Selena, suffocated with a menstrual cup, things get really weird.

Two young women play dirty games by daring each other into sex acts. One dares the other to try and seduce her sexy next door neighbor and when the neighbor finds out she lets the two of them use her body as their play toy.

The best way to understand confidence is to see it in action. That’s why best-selling authors Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, and JillEllyn Riley have collected 30 true stories of real girls, pursuing their passions, struggling, and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own special brand of confidence. From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls took risks, doubted themselves, and sometimes failed. But they also hung in there when things got hard.

This audiobook is for spiritual seekers, deep feelers, imaginative dreamers, and adventurous souls who want to embark on a quest for psychological, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Through guided visualization and parts work meditation, you will go on a journey to connect to your higher self, find your inner wisdom, face your inner demons, rescue the most vulnerable parts of yourself, and restore balance to your inner world. As a result, you will become a more emotionally integrated, spiritually connected, intuitively guided, healed, whole, and self-actualized human being.

When Toni arrives at Wild Club with a moody teen in tow and little knowledge about taking care of the planet, she’s the tall, dark stranger Stella didn't realize she'd been longing for. A mishap with a broken tent brings them physically, as well as emotionally, closer. But Toni is 18 years Stella's junior and apparently straight as a die. Should Stella kiss any romance with Toni a firm goodbye? Or is Toni truly attracted to her?

December, 1919. Clever crime reporter Lillie Mead hoped to celebrate a peaceful Christmas in the English countryside. But when a close friend's colleague turns up dead, Lillie knows there'll be little festive spirit until she unwraps this mystery. Following the clues to the wintery Scottish Highlands, she hopes to stop the killer cold before the next body hits the snow. But after she connects the victims to a clandestine wartime committee, she puts herself firmly in the murderer's sights.

Finnegan can't seem to help herself from getting embroiled in trouble. It just seems to follow her around. On a simple visit to a bakery to get her jerk cop a danish, she lands herself in the middle of dognapping and death. It is up to Detective Jane McLeary to find Finnegan as she flees through a blizzard in the middle of New York City with a huge Great Dane before her relentless pursuer catches her.

" Toute leur enfance les a unis, l’adolescence les sépare. " Phil, 16 ans, et Vinca, 15 ans, amis de toujours, passent leurs étés en Bretagne. Tout naturellement, l’amour s’installe entre ces deux complices inséparables, un amour qui grandit plus vite qu’eux. Cet été-là, Vinca et Phil découvrent leurs différences et leurs incompréhensions. Ces amours adolescentes révèlent à Vinca et à Phil ce qu’ils sont désormais et ne seront jamais plus. Et ces vacances s’achèvent sur un adieu à l’enfance, amer et nostalgique.

Passion. Betrayal. Murder. A Love That Defies Time. In the heart of a raging blizzard, Theodora Hayes isn’t just chasing the past—she’s fighting for her future. Determined to rekindle the love she abandoned years ago, she embarks on a journey into darkness, where danger lurks at every turn. But can love survive a history filled with secrets, lies, and murder?

Finnegan May has had an eventful time in Manhattan since she first moved to New York City. Her unique profession and quirky, bubbly personality endear her to everyone who meets her. She again finds herself in another misadventure when she rescues a long haired Dachshund from a hot car on the streets of the city. How was she to know that her propensity for doing the right thing was going to throw her into peril? It is up to Fin's roommate and love interest, detective Jane McLeary to save Finnegan from herself.

Lori, an affluent wife and mother, has sacrificed her career for the sake of her family and the expectations to build a "perfect" family. Brandon, an FBI agent, is smart, committed, and protective of the women in his life, but struggles as a single parent. Despite living on opposite coasts, and the competing responsibilities that accrue in midlife, Lori and Brandon take a shot at romance.