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Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.
To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she’s done.
But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night.
Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn’t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past. And in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick’s ailing wife is always at the window. Always watching.
In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She’ll pack up her
belongings and get back on the road to freedom.
But first, she must survive the night.

Murder and mayhem. Scarpetta is back, and she’s racing against the clock. Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects? Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognises tell-tale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out.

Solomon Vine is a spy on a fast track to the top. But when a prisoner is shot in unexplained circumstances on his watch, only suspension and exile beckon. Three months later, MI6’s Head of Station in Istanbul is violently abducted from his home. With the Service in lockdown, uncertain of who can be trusted, thoughts turn to the missing man’s oldest friend: Solomon Vine. On the run and determined to clear his name, Vine tries to uncover the truth. But his investigation soon reveals that there’s much more at stake than the life of a single spy.

A Russian arrives in Singapore with a secret to sell. When the
Russian is killed and Sam Joseph, the CIA officer dispatched for the meet, goes missing, Artemis Procter is made a scapegoat and run out of the service. Traded back in a spy swap, Sam appears at Procter’s central Florida doorstep months later with an explosive secret: there is a Russian mole hidden deep within the upper reaches of CIA.
As Procter and Sam investigate, they arrive at a shortlist of suspects made up of both Procter’s closest friends and fiercest enemies. The hunt soon requires Procter to dredge up her own checkered past in service of CIA, placing her and Sam into the sights of a savvy Russian spymaster who will protect Moscow’s mole in Langley at all costs, even if it means wreaking bloody havoc across the United States. Bouncing between the corridors of Langley and the Kremlin, the thrilling new novel by David McCloskey explores the nature of friendship in a faithless business, and what it means to love a place that does not love you back.

Adele Schumacher isn’t a typical worried mum. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash, paranoid tales of government conspiracies, and a squad of mysterious bodyguards. Finding Josh should be simple, but Elvis quickly learns he isn’t alone in the hunt a team of deadly strangers are determined to find Josh first. With dangerous secrets lurking behind every lead, Elvis needs his friend Joe Pike more than ever to uncover the truth about Josh, corrupt politicians, and the murderous business cartels rotting the heart of Los Angeles. And when his estranged ex-girlfriend Lucy Chenier and her son return to the city, Elvis realises just how much he has to lose if he survives. Written with the heart, humour, and relentless suspense for which Crais is famous, Racing the Light delivers Elvis Cole’s most dangerous case yet.

The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder. In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification. Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can’t shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief. Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power. ‘Are you ready for the mysteries to be revealed?’

Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for failed spies, former high-fliers now dubbed the ‘slow horses’. Catherine Standish, one of their number, worked in Regent’s Park long enough to understand treachery, double-dealing and stabbing in the back, and she’s known Jackson Lamb long enough to have learned that old sins cast long shadows. And she also knows that chance encounters never happen to spooks, even recovering drunks whose careers have crashed and burned. What she doesn’t know is why anyone would target her. So whoever’s holding her hostage, it can’t be personal. It must be about Slough House. Most likely, it’s about Jackson Lamb. And say what you like about Lamb, he’ll never leave a joe in the lurch. He might even be someone you could trust with your life.

Isla Campbell stands on the ragged edge. Edinburgh’s dark magic has taken everything, leaving her homeless, hunted and almost broken. What can one lass do when the forces of magic, politics and wealth are arrayed against her? But deep down, Isla is a fighter. And when the Royal College of Magic tightens its grip, she refuses to sit back and watch her city crumble. With Callum and Valeria at her side, she ignites a rebellion that could rewrite Edinburgh’s future or destroy it completely. To win, Isla must confront decades of ruthless tradition, a vast demonic monster lurking in Edinburgh’s castle, and the cruel lord of the city’s underworld, Lachlan Black. With the world against her, Isla must gamble her future, her heart, and the last fragile pieces of hope she still carries.

Our desire runs deep. But our secrets cut close. Beautiful, strong, and commanding, Damien Stark fills a void in me that no other man can touch. His fierce cravings push me beyond the brink of bliss and unleash a wild passion that utterly consumes us both. Yet beneath his need for dominance, he carries the wounds of a painful past. Haunted by a legacy of dark secrets and broken trust, he seeks release in our shared ecstasy, the heat between us burning stronger each day. Our attraction is undeniable, our obsession inevitable. Yet not even Damien can run from his ghosts, or shield us from the dangers yet to come.

With doting parents and siblings she adores, sixteen-year-old Rose Cheevers leads a contented life at Willow Place in Canterbury. A bright future ahead of her, she dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps and becoming a teacher. Then one traumatic day turns the Cheevers’ household upside-down. What was once a safe haven has become a place of peril, and Rose is forced to flee with the younger children. Desperate, she seeks refuge in a remote village with a long lost grandmother who did not know she existed. But safety comes at a price, and the arrival of a young stranger with connections to her past raises uncomfortable questions about what the future holds. Somehow, Rose must find the strength to keep her family together. Above all else, though, she needs a place to call home.

She was looking for inspiration. When historical romance author Jane Edwards goes to England on a research trip, she doesn’t expect to travel two hundred years into the past. She also doesn’t expect to be accused of murdering the Earl of Camden’s sister. Presented with few choices, Jane decides the best course of action is to help Camden find the real killer. But the more time she spends in his company, the more she falls for the dashing earl, and the more she hopes for a life with him by her side. And found love in the most impossible place. James Sullivan, Earl of Camden, is convinced Jane had something to do with his sister’s murder. Until he learns she lacked the ability to accomplish the feat. Still, her explanation about stopping by his home in the middle of a rainstorm to seek employment, doesn’t add up. And yet, when he offers her the position she supposedly seeks, he discovers the smart resourceful woman she is. Which makes him wonder if marrying his new maid, might be worth the risk of scandal.

You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it?
The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child’s love language in a way that he or she understands. Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell help you:

• Discover your child’s love language
• Assist your child in successful learning
• Use the love languages to correct and discipline more effectively
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Plus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language.
Discover your child’s primary language then speak it and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.

Islands have always held a peculiar fascination for Ben Fogle. Inspired by their solitude and escapism, he sets his heart on finding one of his own. After failed attempts to buy his retreat, he starts looking. It’s a search that takes him on a journey along the UK’s coastline to some of Britain’s least well-known but most fascinating extremities. Along the way he discovers communities still living by 16th century laws, meets the king of a country founded on an abandoned floating fort, and attempts to launch a full scale invasion on a forbidden island with a £12.99 Mr Incredible inflatable dinghy. In the end his only hope, it seems, might lie on a barren windswept crag of black rock in the middle of the North Atlantic Islands evacuated, islands forgotten, islands left behind by time. Ben’s offshore adventure takes him in search of inspiration from those who have made their home on the periphery of our society. And just maybe, somewhere along the way, he might discover an island all of his very own.

A mouth-watering collection of traditional teatime treats, celebration cakes, luxurious Gateaux and Tarts, shown in over 500 photographs. Each tried and tested recipe is clearly described step by step, with a glorious photograph of every cake to ensure perfect results every time.

Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when he begins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the full moon, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about to swallow him whole. He has cheated death, defeated demons, moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world of magic and his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or will he fall victim to his tainted blood?

It is soooo boring being broken hearted but Georgia doesn’t remain brokenhearted for long: frequent snogging extravaganzas with old flame, Dave the Laugh, and the arrival of jelloid-knee-inducing Italian Stallion, Masimo, mean that Georgia has her work cut out to be the composed sex-kitten that she aspires to be. Follow Georgia’s hilarious antics as she desperately muddles her way through teenage life and all that it entails: make-up disasters, rapidly expanding nunga-nungas, school – urgh, unsympathetic friends, highly embarrassing family (and pets) and, of course, BOYS.

I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realise that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we’re something we’re not. But until that day, I’m going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life. Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover – and her closest friendship – forever.

The Phantom of the Opera lurks beneath the Paris opera house, a mysterious shadow who takes young opera singer Christine under his tutelage and transforms her into a star. But will his growing obsession with Christine, and her blossoming romance with Count Raoul, be the end of them all?

An amusing and original story for children growing in reading confidence. Lily receives an incredible present which grants her six wishes, but none of them turn out quite as planned. Will anything turn out right for Lily in the end? Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.

There’s a sad, neglected part of the playground at Poppy’s school. She’s desperate to win the competition to transform it and she’s got some great ideas – a sensory garden, a hedgehog crossing, flowers to attract bees – but then she’s accused of copying! Can Poppy clear her name and create the garden of her dreams? A brilliant series about the small changes that make a big difference, with themes of environmentalism and friendship.

Murder and mayhem. Scarpetta is back, and she’s racing against the clock. Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects? Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognises tell-tale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out.

Billie and Mickie Banks grew up on a small farm in the American Mid-West. As sisters, they couldn’t be more different. Billie, kind, loving and a gifted science graduate, longs for love. While hard-hearted Mickie, who has no interest in education or her sister, relies on her striking looks and charm, and has no regard for who she hurts to get everything and everyone she wants. Determined to seek fame and fortune, Mickie moves to Los Angeles and becomes a model. She swiftly becomes involved with Alex Addison, a rich, smooth-talking, but unscrupulous surgeon. Billie, who has joined her sister in LA where work is more plentiful, becomes deeply suspicious of the mystery around Mickie’s new life and the person she’s involved with, but her concern and love for her sister is met with contempt. But just as Mickie discovers the life of wealth and extravagance she’s always craved, a major scandal threatens to blow her seemingly perfect world apart. Is Alex a criminal or is he a genius? As Mickie risks a prison sentence, Billie must ask herself whether bad people can ever truly change.

MARRAKECH 1966 Vicky Baudin steps onto a train winding through Morocco, looking for the grandmother she has never met. It’s an epic journey that’ll take her to the edge of Atlas Mountains – and closer to the answers she’s been craving all her life. But dark secrets whisper amongst the dunes. And in unlocking the mystery of Clemence’s past, Vicky will unearth great danger too.

Agnes Berry-Clay might have been born into rags but she is growing up with riches. Given away as a baby by her real mother, she was rescued and raised by her darling Papa and distant Mama. Agnes wants for nothing, except perhaps a little freedom. But as times goes on, her life at Windmarsh Court changes. New arrivals and old resentments push Agnes to the peripheries, and finally the consequences of one fateful day shatter her dreams for the future. Heartbroken and surrounded by the threat of scandal, Agnes is faced with a terrible choice: stay and surrender, or flee and fight to keep her freedom.

A thrilling attraction To the last woman he should want! When Lord Benedict Lambourne encounters the captivating Lady Julia, he doesn’t correct her assumption that he’s a simple stonemason. Like him, she’s escaped to the country to avoid Society’s prying eyes, and Benedict enjoys their carefree flirtation. That is until he discovers that she’s the daughter of his late father’s enemy! Now Ben’s torn between honouring his father’s memory and giving in to his growing feelings for Julia.

January, 1941. The Blitz is devastating England. Food supplies are low and tube stations have become bomb shelters. As the U.S. maintains its sceptical isolationist position, Winston Churchill knows that Britain is doomed without the aid of its powerful ally. As bombs rain down over London, a weary Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s most trusted advisor, is sent to London as his emissary and comes face to face with the Prime Minister himself, as well as a determined female driver who may not be what she seems. A tale of loyalty, love, and the sacrifices made in the name of each, Sleep in Peace Tonight conjures the poignant lives of those who shaped the course of history during Britain’s darkest hour.

Damien Stark’s need is palpable – his need for pleasure, his need for control, his need for me. Beautiful and brilliant yet tortured at his core, he is in every way my match. I have agreed to be his alone, and now I want him to be fully mine. I want us to possess each other beyond the sweetest edge of our ecstasy, into the deepest desires of our souls. To let the fire that burns between us consume us both. But there are dark places within Damien that not even our wildest passion can touch. I yearn to know his secrets, yearn for him to surrender to me as I have surrendered to him. But our troubled pasts will either bind us close or shatter us completely.

Rejoin Isla in the second book of the Old Town Trilogy as she battles monsters, magic and criminals in a ruined Edinburgh. Isla Campbell has never been short of bravado. It’s kept her broken family safe after fleeing the monsters of Edinburgh’s Old Town. But the strain is starting to tell and Isla’s own wounds are far from healed. She’s desperate to start over as far away from Edinburgh as she can get. But in a city reeling from disaster, Isla’s past misdeeds hunt her down. Lachlan Black knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he never lets someone useful slip through his fingers. If Isla wants to protect her remaining family she’ll have to put her criminal talents to use. Along with Callum, a lad she likes but can’t trust, Isla must brave the monster-infested Old Town. Soon she’ll be forced to choose between fleeing a city filled with monsters and tragedy, or fighting for the home she knows and loves.

My whole life, I’ve been the outsider. The wolves of the Anterrio Pack took my brother and me into their pack after our parents died. To the pack, I remained the wild, untamed misfit despite my efforts to belong. My first heat loomed ahead of the Luna Ball, and once again, I found myself attracting unwelcome attention, not just from my pack but also from the visiting Blackridge Peak Pack. When my brother suspected their new alpha might hold answers about our past, he refused to put me at risk while he searched for the truth. Instead, he set me free from a pack that never truly accepted me. Running from the only home I’d ever known, I longed for a fresh start. But in an unfamiliar human world, finding my place proved to be another challenge, as trouble followed me relentlessly. Until I realised it was not just misfortune that was dogging my heels. It’s an alpha.

In 2021, South Africa was introduced to notorious serial killer, Rosemary Ndlovu. Rosemary worked as a police sergeant in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni. Despite taking an oath to serve and protect, in court it emerged that she had arranged the murders of her lover and at least five members of her family. For some murders she hired hit men, others she carried out herself. Regarded as our nation’s most significant female serial killer since Daisy de Melker, Rosemary killed for money. Regarded as our nation’s most significant female serial killer since Daisy de Melker. During the trial that gripped the nation, it emerged how Rosemary, an avid gambler, duped insurance companies by opening fraudulent insurance policies on all her victims. They were bludgeoned, beaten, poisoned or strangled to death. Her killing spree ended when three hit men she hired told police about her plot to murder her sister, Joyce, and her five children by burning them to death in their RDP house. While Daisy was hanged, Rosemary was handed multiple life sentences which means she will likely die behind bars.

The thrilling story of how nine young women, captured by the Nazis for being part of the Resistance, launched a breathtakingly bold escape and found their way home. As the Second World War raged across Europe, and the Nazi regime tightened its reign of horror and oppression, nine women, some still in their teens, joined the French and Dutch Resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers, they were each tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp, where they formed a powerful friendship. In 1945, as the war turned against Hitler, they were forced on a Death March, facing starvation and almost certain death. Determined to survive, they made a bid for freedom, and so began one of the most breath taking tales of escape and resilience of the Second World War.

Look great in your skinny jeans with a flatter tummy, shapelier bum and firmer thighs. Three colour-coded levels of difficulty help you advance in skill and improve results. Choose among techniques from fitness training, Pilates, yoga and physical therapy. Enjoy the convenience of working out at home with minimal equipment.

Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning Star Talk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world’s most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humour. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Drawing on mythology, history, and literature alongside his trademark wit and charm Tyson and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx Walker bring planetary science down to Earth and principles of astrophysics within reach. In this entertaining book, illustrated with vivid photographs and art, readers travel with him through space and time, starting with the Big Bang and voyaging to the far reaches of the universe and beyond.

Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find ‘a pocketful of happiness in every day’. This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honour of that challenge – Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares in raw detail everything he has experienced, both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in With nail and I to his thrilling Oscar nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me? Told with candour in Richard’s utterly unique style, A Pocketful of Happiness is a powerful, funny and moving celebration of life’s unexpected joys.

Living Sober is an extremely informative book which does not offer a plan for getting sober but does offer us sound advice about how to stay sober. Basic, essential information from Alcoholics Anonymous. As the book states, “Anyone can get sober the trick is to live sober.”

With over 33,000 copies sold, Key Management Ratios is a market classic. This new edition is re-packaged with a new jacket design to revitalise the Key Management brand and new two-colour internals make it more readable and visually appealing. Key Management Ratios is an antidote to any fear of finance. Drawing data from 200 companies worldwide, the book brings clarity and simplicity to its explanation of every measure and shows how they all link together to drive your business.
From cash flow and profit to ROI and ROTA, its unique approach remains as classic as ever, bringing a simple and visual understanding to a complex subject.

Jane Gordon-Smith started her own business in 1987, selling painted and decoupaged furniture and accessories. She now exports goods across the globe. With this book, she offers a guide to transforming everyday objects using decoupage. ‘

An utterly fresh, inspiring, and invaluable cookbook: Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that instantly says “classic.” This is one of them. Acclaimed pastry chef Elisabeth Prueitt and master baker Chad Robertson share their secrets, fabulous recipes, and expertise to create a truly priceless collection of culinary delights. “One peek into Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson’s sensational cookbook whisks you into their popular Tartine Bakery and reveals everything you need to know to create their superb recipes in your own home.

Stretch those laughter muscles as The Dandy Annual returns for another side-splitting serving of jolly japes and crafty schemes! Starring national treasures – Desperate Dan, Beryl the Peril, Cuddles and Dimples and more – The Dandy Annual 2025 is a monster collection of hilarious comics for everyone! With its 112 pages of all-new comic strip content, it is an essential part of Christmas, delivering laughter, mischief and wangles in typical Dandy style. Loved by the young and the young-at-heart alike, it’s a book for the whole family to enjoy.

There’s a new craze – Hunky Parker. Everyone’s watching the TV programmes and queuing up to buy Hunky T-shirts, trainers like pigs’ trotters and pig-swill yoghurt. Is it just normal hype or is something sinister going on? When there are riots Dinah and her friends start to investigate. But someone has a plan, and they’re not going to let it be scuppered by a bunch of kids. BLGillian Cross has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize, and is a highly-acclaimed author.

Zoom through the decades, following the fascinating story of cars, and meet great inventors, designers and dreamers along the way.

Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-E are thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants for the newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in a deserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to be Hayms’s masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set, Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.

The epic conclusion to the ever-popular supernatural series, by the number one bestselling author of Alex Rider. Having escaped from Hong Kong, the five gatekeepers – Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett are lost in a hostile and dangerous world. As they struggle to re-group and plan their next move, the malevolent King of the Old Ones gathers his forces in Oblivion: a desolate landscape where the last survivors of humanity must fight the ultimate battle.