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For readers of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, comes this unforgettable novel about an eighty-seven-year-old woman on a quest for big answers and big adventures. Florrie Butterfield has lived a life full of unexpected...

Ellie Dwyer, 61, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of nearly 40 years suddenly up and left her for no reason she could fathom, disappearing from her life without a clue to his whereabouts. Determined to reinvent her life, Ellie sets out on a journey across the country. Along the way to nowhere in particular, she buys a camper, becomes friends with a remarkable octogenarian, and starts to believe that good luck might also come in threes. Or does it?

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Ella le había devuelto la alegría de vivir. Tuvo dos caídas que estuvieron a punto de terminar con él. La primera vez, la vida de Donovan McRae corrió peligro al caerse por una montaña, y a pesar de haberlo tenido todo, en esos momentos...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. ¿Se atrevería a dar el gran paso? María sabía que era una ridiculez, pero le daban miedo las alturas y cualquier otra cosa mínimamente arriesgada. Entonces, ¿por qué había accedido a saltar desde un avión? Sí, también sabía que era...

“Lagoon swims and boozy nights turn sinister in [this] atmospheric thriller” (People) about a group of friends whose dream journey around the world on a yacht turns into a chilling nightmare when one of them disappears at sea. Lana and her best friend Kitty leave home looking for...

Summer’s arriving on Block Island and along with it, passionate romance, beach bonfires, surfer send-offs, and July 4th fireworks. Murder and Margaritas has one of each, and murders to boot. Reporter Dita Redmond and nurse Addie Morton team up in this novel to find out who is terrorizing Block Island. Along the way, they gain insight into old relationships and develop new ones.

At sixty-eight, Oyin has become very good at helping others let go. She preserves the stories, songs, and memories of people who aren't ready to lose—quietly making peace with her own ending in the process. Then Rai arrives. What begins as simple companionship becomes something Oyin thought...

Jezebel works for a club in Harmony, located in the outer ring of Palen, the slums, a place where you do whatever it takes to survive. She does just that, dancing for men and making sure her sister, Emerson, is well taken care of. When Jezebel is bought and taken to Jericho by a man named B with the promise of paradise, Emerson sees no problem with it. After all, she just wants her sister Jez to be happy. And that is what Emerson thinks Jez to be: happy in Jericho without her. "It is a little sister's destiny to be unwanted by her older sister."

Landscape painter Astrid Thorne and adventure photographer Soren Lindqvist have spent a decade building an unusually deep friendship around creativity, independence, and a shared understanding that neither should ever have to sacrifice their work for the other. They travel together to Iceland for a two-week expedition through the remote Westfjords, establishing a clear pact before they leave: respect each other’s creative space, be completely honest when things become difficult, and never allow isolation to blur their friendship into romance. The harsh Icelandic landscape soon tests that pact.

Treasure abounds for those who dare, but only truth can set you free in this island paradise. Truth…Because honesty is always the best policy. Mysteries abound on Marakata Cay—an exotic, Eden-esque island owned by a multi-billionaire known as OZ. Perhaps the biggest secret of all is the one...

Four women. The Canadian wilderness. A fight for survival. Landscaper and outdoor enthusiast Bristol Emerson is navigating the rough waters of being a single woman and re-establishing her life, post divorce. Deciding that a peaceful excursion into nature with her girls is exactly what she needs to lighten her heavy heart. She convinces her best friend and two sisters to join her off-the-grid on a kayaking/camping trip deep in the wild. The peace is shattered when a sudden storm and revealed secrets force the women into a battle against the elements and each other.

From Pacific Northwest author Debbie Zessin comes a fast-paced romantic adventure filled with tropical danger, sizzling chemistry, and the kind of witty banter that keeps you on your toes. Tess Martin’s perfect future just shattered, and her solution is simple: flee to Belize, drink something fruity, and forget the man who broke her heart. But paradise has other plans.

From New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe comes a daring first-hand account of one young woman's unbelievable adventure as one of the most terrifying sea rovers of all time. In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury - bound out to service at a...

An extraordinary story, inspired by real events, of a female aviator who defies the odds to embark on a daring air race across the Pacific, perfect for fans of Great Circle and Her Last Flight. 1927. Olivia ‘Livy’ West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross...

I wasn’t born an outlaw. I was trained into one. Cale and I were just kids when the Silver Ghosts taught us how to pick a pocket, pull a trigger, and lie with a straight face. By the time we killed Silas Quinn defending Uncle Will, innocence wasn’t even a word in my vocabulary. So I ran. San Francisco was supposed to be my fresh start—new name, new life, no blood on my boots. Katherine Thorne, respectable lady. That lasted about five minutes. Then Evander Poe showed up, smooth as whiskey and twice as dangerous, and I went and did the stupid thing—I fell for him.

Journalist Chris McKenna would do anything for the story and doesn’t like taking no for an answer. The Vietnam War doesn’t lack for stories or men telling her no. Determined to make her name covering the conflict, Chris rolls into South Vietnam intent on sniffing out the overlooked stories of America’s most unpopular war. Much to the dismay of the military establishment, she hops a Huey to a remote base in the Mekong Delta and hits the motherlode. A mission both tactically and strategically questionable. Inept officers more concerned about image than protecting the troops they lead.

Adventure, mystery, with just enough heart—The Seed Collector is a scientific thrill ride where the greatest discoveries aren’t always the ones you set out to find. Dr. Alexander Arlen, a renowned botanist, is drawn into a deadly race to locate a clandestine jungle laboratory—one guarded by mercenaries and built around a discovery that could redefine human evolution or be weaponized by those willing to kill for it. From steamy jungles to glittering capitals, the chase becomes a test of wit, will, and trust.

Sie dachte, sie kannte ihren Mann. Kara führt eine glückliche Ehe – glaubt sie. Michael hat sie belogen – nicht einmal, nicht aus Versehen, sondern von Anfang an. Seit dem Tag, an dem sie sich kennengelernt haben, hat er ein Netz aus Unwahrheiten um sie herum gewoben. Gerade, als sie glaubt, die Zusammenhänge endlich zu verstehen, erreicht sie die Nachricht, sie sei in großer Gefahr.

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Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Where'd You Go Bernadette in this witty novel about coming of (middle) age and discovering that you don't have to be who you've become. How hard can it be to find a pair of Bollywood-dancing septuagenarians? When Eva...