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When Ellie Kellaway and her family seek a fresh start in the tranquil Peak District, she hopes to leave behind her haunting memories of the sea – and of Ethan's affair with the younger, beautiful wild swimmer he met there. As eerie occurrences unfurl, Libby, the youngest, is drawn to a grotesque mermaid carving hidden in their house. As more ominous tales and truths rise to the surface, it becomes clear that the mermaid's curse might be real.

When eleven-year-old Daley Amory’s mother leaves her father, Daley is thrust into a chaotic adult world of competition, indulgence, and manipulation. Unable to place her allegiance, she gently toes the thickening line between her parents’ incompatible worlds: the increasingly liberal, socially committed realm of her mother, and the conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But without her mother there to keep him in line, Daley’s father’s basest impulses and quick rage are unleashed, and Daley finds herself having to choose her own survival over the father she still deeply loves.

When Josie King left Las Vegas in the 90s, she never looked back. The daughter of gambling mogul Roy King, spirited math whiz Josie grew up on the casino floor but deliberately turned away from the family business. She’s been living a quiet life in LA as an accountant and a single mom when she finds herself summoned back to Sin City. Now, fifteen years later, her father has died unexpectedly, and Josie’s siblings are already gathered for the reading of his will...only to discover that in order to inherit they must spend three years working together at the notorious family casino, The Jackpot.

Jesse is fifteen. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents, even when they’re arguing, which feels constant these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is twenty-nine. He doesn't love a lot of things and isn’t really sure he knows how to. A virtual reality games designer, his work desk is empty except for his computer, much like his life sometimes feels. Then Jesse makes a wish. A simple one: a video experience made of her life, something to be there, just in case she isn’t.

There's a newcomer to the village of Heartcross and she's never been more in need of a friend. As the new waitress at the local bistro, The Lake House, Ella is ready to start afresh – and that could mean there's love on the horizon in the form of the gorgeous Roman, the local water taxi driver. Every day Roman is there to ferry Ella to the restaurant on the other side of the lake and every night he makes sure she gets home safe. But Roman has secrets of his own… Can the Love Heart Lane community offer Ella a chance of a new life? Or will the ghosts of her past catch up with her?

Magdalena ist Patissière und lebt ihren Traum–gerade hat sie ihr eigenes erfolgreiches Café in London eröffnet. Da erfährt sie vom überraschenden Erbe eines alten Herrenhauses und einer Orangenplantage auf Mallorca. Aber wer sollte ihr etwas vererben, noch dazu auf einer Insel, auf der sie nie war?

Douglas Petersen fällt aus allen Wolken, als ihm seine geliebte Ehefrau Connie eröffnet, dass sie einen Neuanfang will. Bald wird ihr Sohn Albie ausziehen, damit ist für Connie der ideale Zeitpunkt für die Trennung gekommen. Die seit langem geplante Europareise wird ihre letzte Reise zu dritt werden. Für Douglas steht fest: Er wird die gemeinsame Zeit nutzen, um seine Frau zurückzugewinnen. Eine akribische Planung soll ihm dabei helfen. Doch er hat nicht mit den vielen kleinen Katastrophen auf Reisen gerechnet.

Gryff Morgan, a church-going Kentucky family man, hides a dark secret. Living under an assumed identity to avoid extradition to Argentina, not even his twin sons, Travis and Chase, know their comfortable lives are built on the proceeds of drug smuggling. Only his wife, Gwenna Garland—a failed singer—knows the truth of his Welsh origins.

When Maggie King turned sixty, she thought her life complete. Now she’s sixty-one, and everything has gone horribly wrong. Husband Greg has abruptly upped and left leaving Maggie bewildered. But there’s no time to question his departure because her ancient parents are all-consuming. Once fondly referred to as the Golden Oldies, they’re now the BOBs–Bad-Tempered Old Buggers. Sister Freya is never available to help, and Maggie is rapidly reaching the end of her tether. She wants her life–and husband–back.

At twenty-six, Linli Feng is still trying to escape her mother Fanny’s orbit. But after three years of estrangement, just when Linli has been accepted into a prestigious graduate program, she is dragged back by Fanny’s latest medical catastrophe and forced to return home. For decades, Fanny has been addicted to plastic surgery, getting bargain procedures in the basements of LA’s bootleg beauty industry. Now Fanny’s disfigured face is in dangerous revolt, infected and collapsing yet again from black-market injectables.

Twin sisters Madeline and Chelsea Stone are joint stars of the AtomicKids sitcom Double Trouble, but everyone knows it's Maddie who shines most brightly. Until Chelsea beats her sister out for the role of a lifetime and is catapulted into the spotlight. And just as Chelsea's star reaches impossible new heights, Maddie disappears. When a storage locker is found containing heart-breaking truths about the year Maddie went missing, Chelsea feels a flicker of hope for the first time in twenty years.

On Christmas Eve, Edward Mortimer returns to a home empty of joy and family, where the silence hides a chilling secret. Edward, a man driven by ambition, has long neglected the simple warmth of family. He has missed moments with his young son Daniel, dismissing Christmas as a “distraction.” But tonight, his home will become a dark realm where ancient, sinister traditions come alive, drawing Edward into a night of shadows, whispers, and memories refusing to be ignored. When eerie laughter echoes outside his window and strange gifts appear by his fireplace, Edward dismisses them as a prank.

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Karen känner sig ensam i stugan med den lille sonen. Plötsligt bankar det på ytterdörren.

Three young sisters are trapped in a childhood of unrelenting abuse at the hands of their cruel father. In order to survive their nightmare, Helen, Sis and Sweetypie create a secret world for themselves where only their love for each other sustains them. But children grow up and the day comes when the sisters know they must end their torment, whatever it takes. They plot a brutal revenge on their father, but not all goes as planned.

A classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize–winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin. Unprecedented for its time, Faulkner weaves a tale spanning nearly two decades and told from multiple points of view in a style all its own.

As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever. Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even try for another baby, and pray that this time it doesn’t end heartbreakingly. I just need to not think about what George has done. He’s my husband. And this is the holiday where we make things right. But then I realise he can’t take his eyes off the beautiful woman who’s just boarded the plane in front of me. In that moment, everything changes. And nobody is safe.

London, 1883: Maryanne hat endlich ihren Traum verwirklicht. Unter ihrer Leitung ist das Kensington Crown zu der beliebtesten Teestube Londons geworden und die finanziellen Sorgen gehören der Vergangenheit an. Allein die Nachricht von Edwards Vermählung trifft sie schwer. Ablenkung findet Maryanne zum Glück in ihrer Arbeit, die ihr Leben maßgeblich prägt. Doch nicht nur die Teestube, sondern auch die Freundschaft zu Robert geben ihr Halt. Als sie den Wert dieser Verbindung erkennt, scheint sich ihr auch das private Glück endlich zuzuwenden.

Archie Soileau is a country boy-a baby boomer who goes to New Orleans to make his fortune. Through manipulation, lies and theft, Archie rises in the world, gaining the trophy wife, success, and wealth. Archie is the quintessential American “winner” – businessman, con-artist, patriarch and destroyer of everyone in his wake. Enter by the Narrow Gate explores an unspoken family cult that’s rampant in the American suburbs. Many listeners will recognize the Soileau family in this book and think, “This is my father. This is my mother. This is me.”

A psychic harnesses her talent for animal communication to extract a perfect revenge. A stone appears in a woman’s pocket like a charm, only to end up lodged in her partner’s throat. A condescending artist, who considers his girlfriend too conventional, throws a dinner party where he’s served a painful and consequential truth. Jess Gibson brings us twelve probing, sideways tales that wrestle with the limits of perception and possibility.

Christmas is over. And so is my marriage… Twenty years of marriage. Twenty years of ignored red flags. And one very smug ex-girlfriend. When I discovered my husband's secret double life, I had two options (well three, if you count me and my best friend with two spades and a suspicious willingness to serve hard time): 1. Stay for the kids 2.