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Florence Day è la ghostwriter di una delle più famose autrici romance del momento. Ma ha un problema: dopo una rottura terribile, non crede più nell'amore. Quando Benji Andor, il suo nuovo, affascinante editor, si rifiuta di concederle più tempo per consegnare il romanzo, Florence si prepara a dire addio alla sua carriera. Ma le cattive notizie, si sa, non viaggiano mai da sole: sua madre la chiama per avvisarla che il padre è venuto a mancare. Così, torna nella cittadina di provincia dove è nata e dove la sua famiglia gestisce un'agenzia di pompe funebri.

Costretta a letto in seguito al difficile parto del suo primo figlio, Didi accoglie con gioia l'assistenza di Hennequin, la balia che aiuta la famiglia nei dieci giorni successivi alla nascita. La convalescenza lunga e dolorosa rende Didi sempre più dipendente dalle attenzioni di Hennequin. Ma le intenzioni di quest'ultima non sono quelle che sembrano: la donna in realtà non è una balia e sta sfruttando la sua vulnerabilità per vendicarsi di qualcosa avvenuto nel suo passato.

This bundle encompasses really interesting facts about space and the planets in the galaxy that will not only blow your mind but also provide some great knowledge. The books were designed to be straightforward and easy to consume, with some context around each fact and explanations that make some hard to believe facts understandable and most of all fun!

Jerry North, the suave and successful book publisher, is married to the resourceful, glamorous, and quick-witted Pam. This terrific twosome is just as comfortable dealing with blood stains and dead bodies as they are hosting dinner parties or going out for an evening of dancing. And that's a good thing...because each week finds them smack in the middle of a murder! Fortunately, these amateur criminologists always get to the bottom of things.

"Vi riveleremo, pazientemente ed approfonditamente, i motivi per i quali questi uomini si trovano qui dinanzi a noi. Vi daremo prove innegabili di eventi incredibili. La lista dei crimini da loro commessi non ometterà nulla di quanto concepito da un orgoglio, una crudeltà ed una sete di potere malati. Questi uomini hanno privato il popolo tedesco di tutte quelle dignità e libertà da noi ritenute naturali in ogni essere umano, ricompensandolo attraverso l'incitamento all'odio verso quanti ritenuti dei capri espiatori.

Elizabeth Bennet did not have the luxury that Georgiana Darcy and Anne de Bourgh did of marrying without financial concerns. She decides she must accept William Collins's offer. Hidden feelings for Fitzwilliam Darcy, though, explode when she and Mr. Collins dine with Darcy at Rosings Park. Where Darcy realises his own feelings for Elizabeth, now Mrs. William Collins. When death comes to Rosings, Elizabeth and Darcy must come to terms with their feelings for each other. And she, too, must wonder if instead should could be happy with...George Wickham.

This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of 28 women to fly military aircraft for the US Army. Love was hooked on flight at an early age. At 16, after just four hours of instruction, she flew solo “a rather broken down Fleet biplane that my barnstorming instructor imported from parts unknown”. The year was 1930: Record-setting aviator Jacqueline Cochran (and Love’s future rival) had not yet learned to fly, and the most famous woman pilot of all time, Amelia Earhart, had yet to make her acclaimed solo Atlantic flight.

One day Cerys walks out of her comfortable life, never to return. Standing on a hillside at night with no phone, no possessions, watching her car set alight, she believes this is the end - that's when Lily walks into her life. The two women strike a fierce bond, and are both running from things that soon threaten to catch up with them. Can these two women keep each other safe? Can they trust each other? Or are the pasts they've escaped too much for either of them to bear?

A captivating collection of six stories from Australia's master storyteller Judy Nunn. The Long Weekend, The Wardrobe, The Otto Bin Empire: Clive's Story, Changes, The House on Hill Street and Just South of Rome.

I'm Kira Fairwood—fox shifter, bane of the werewolves, and also their employee. My job isn't just a paycheck. It's a way to ensure my unborn niece's heritage won't work against her when she grows up. So I dive right in to bag a hot alpha werewolf who's reported to be using his bar as a front to murder human women. Unfortunately, I soon discover Thom is being framed.

This is the ultimate handbook for house sharers. From how to choose the right housemate to navigating conflict when it (inevitably) arises, Alice draws on interviews with experts and case studies to explore the anxieties that run the lives of young professionals living in house shares and how to navigate them to create a more harmonious home life.

The book behind the hit BBC series. "Any other year, summer arrived with the swallows. But this year, the broken body of a bird, left on the porch, serves as an omen of deception, a shadow cast over the days to come"... Beth March’s life seems unexceptional: She and her husband, David, have a conventional, quiet marriage. The opening morning of the nightmare seems like just another day, aside from the unexpected body of the bird...but while Beth showers and prepares for the day, David drives his car at full speed into the path of a lorry.

A heartwarming story about an unwanted gift. Some gifts from the heart are more than what they appear to be.

Enter a world of mystery and hauntings fair and foul. Featuring characters inspired by her closest friends and relations, Traci Harding delivers a series of spine-tingling stories alongside autobiographical snippets that give fascinating insights into her life and the real-life personalities who inspire the characters for her fiction - including the feisty model for Ancient Future's Tory Alexander!

Månringen är den andra delen i Solstenen-trilogin! Dan har återförenats med sin bror Jakob – men Jakob är utsvulten och nedbruten efter en lång tids fångenskap. Han liknar inte den bror Dan minns, men deras band är ännu starkt. Mot en felaktig mordanklagelse och en hård omvärld kämpar bröderna Dan och Jakob för en ljusare morgondag, på flykt undan den mäktige Strandriddaren. Med första boken i trilogin om Dan och Jakob, Solstenen, vann Maj Bylock första pris i Rabén & Sjögrens jubileumstävling 1983.

Join radio's most popular crime-solving couple, Mr. & Mrs. North, in 12 episodes of mayhem and murder - with a light touch. The Norths aren't your standard detectives: husband Jerry is a book publisher by day, and wife Pam is his stay-at-home better half and most often the catalyst for their exploits when death falls in their laps!

From number one best-selling lesbian author Erin Wade comes a love story that will make you laugh, cry, and cheer for Cam Norse and Kylie Whitaker as they navigate the pitfalls of moving into adulthood.

The French physicist, philosopher, and mathematician Blaise Pascal discovered a great secret of persuasion. Pascal saw that the surest way of changing false beliefs is by showing all sides to a question, including the side that the erring person missed. It is best when the beauty of reality reveals itself.

Eva Braun era una giovane donna di Monaco che proveniva da una famiglia borghese come molte altre. L'incontro con Adolf Hitler, l'uomo più potente della Germania nazista, condizionò la sua esistenza e tutte e sue scelte. Eva nutrì per il Fuhrer un amore incondizionato, nonostante lui la tenesse lontana da Berlino e dalla sua vita politica e si rifiutasse di prenderla in moglie o anche solo di mostrarsi pubblicamente insieme a lei.

For 2,000 years, the rise and fall of Julius Caesar has captivated the world. All know his name. Few know the truth. While Caesar builds his power in Rome, weaving a web of spies and alliances, one young girl's fate is on a collision course with his own. Rome's biggest challenge of the past 20 years came from a man known as Spartacus. Now, his unknown daughter threatens all that Rome has built.