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When Wiley Cat tricks Bertie Mouse into a dangerous situation, his family is there to save the day. Princess Rose’s parents are worried she might be too clumsy to pass exams, but the palace optician has an idea. “Bertie Mouse and Wiley Cat” and “The Princess Fairy’s Spectacular Spectacles” are two of these seven stories, intended for children aged three to seven.

A wild weekend of passion with powerful Xavier Salbatore had broken impressionable young Ellie's heart. She'd loved him madly, but then she'd discovered he was engaged to be married and she'd run a mile! A bad car accident robbed the ruthless Spanish billionaire of so much. With a failed marriage and the discovery that he'd cheated on his wife and fathered a son with his mistress, Xavier is determined to put his life back together - even if it means marrying the woman who hid their child from him. A woman he'll never forgive!

Seasoned obituary writer Eve Mallow has a new assignment: to tell the life story of famed musician Bernard Fitzpatrick. A chance to spend a few days in the sweet little village of Saxford St. Peter, walking the country lanes with her beloved dachshund, Gus, and meeting new people sounds like a dream. But it turns out that Bernard’s life was much less interesting than his death. On the day she arrives, news breaks that the charismatic cellist was the victim of a grisly murder. Could this quaint English village be hiding a dark secret?

In the year 2525, human clones have surpassed humans in almost every area. The ministry of time travel fears a clone rebellion. "Operation Z" is devised as a final attempt to save the human race. A Time Travel Agent will be chosen to go back 50 years into the past to remove the former cloning director who discovered the new, dangerous branch of human cloning.

When the body of 20-year-old Julie Cooper is found - her pockets stuffed full of wilting flowers - in an iron-age hill fort on the edge of the fens, Detective Tara Thorpe and her team are called in to investigate. The evidence points to an illicit affair gone wrong…but is there more to the story? As always at the Cambridge constabulary, the case turns personal. Detective Blake is exhausted after the arrival of a new baby with wayward wife Babette, and Tara is keen to put as much distance between herself and Blake as she can - both at the station and on the hunt for the killer.

Three years ago, undercover journalist Eleanor Jones published a story that led to Apollo's father's fatal heart attack. So, when the powerful and ruthless Greek billionaire discovers her working in his sister's palace, he knows she's up to no good! Not willing to risk more harm befalling his family, he kidnaps Eleanor, spiriting her away to his isolated Greek island. White sand, turquoise ocean, and all the privacy in the world - now if only he can resist falling under Eleanor's spell twice!

Clare Bowditch has always had a knack for telling stories. Through her music and performing, this beloved Australian artist has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. But what of the stories she used to tell herself? That 'real life' begins only once you're thin or beautiful, that good things happen only to other people. Your Own Kind of Girl reveals a childhood punctuated by grief, anxiety and compulsion and tells how these forces shaped Clare's life for better and for worse. This is a heartbreaking, wise and at times playful memoir.

Imagine if we could remove from work all stress, exhaustion, and insecurity. Imagine if work became the expression of our deepest, most authentic self. Imagine if it no longer looked as though anything depended on it. Imagine if the idea of work dissolved altogether and became the simple, sheer joy of living. We don’t have to imagine it. We can live it. Ease explores the transformation of self, work, colleagues, performance, success, and money as we come back in touch with reality.

Bootlegger’s Friend is based on the true story of Johnny Lazia, a gifted politician who is admired and respected in 1920s Kansas City. He meets Giovanni Blando, recent immigrant from Sicily and nephew of Lazia’s mentor. Giovanni becomes a bootlegger and Johnny’s closest friend despite their outward differences. The men discover shared interests in liquor, poker, and politics. For a decade, the friends live decadent lifestyles in Kansas City, defy Prohibition, and ignore election laws. But the infamous Union Station Massacre changes everything.

Justine Thomas and Maddie Kind met at university and were the couple most likely. Everybody said so. That is, until Maddie left without saying goodbye. Ten years later the pair are reunited at a friend’s funeral, and now Justine can’t shake Maddie from her life. But why is she back? Why did she disappear? And more importantly, is she interested in the whole cake, or just one last slice of Justine? Strap in for a novel that deals with life’s big topics: Love, death, and cake.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local - London by author Clare F J Caddick will offer the inside scoop on the best places to eat in the London Engand area.

Enjoy a deep woodland walk with these poets as your guide. Each poem has been carefully selected for its direct access to the heart of nature accompanied by the music of Beethoven, Debussy, and Grieg. This is the second book in this series.

When internet millionaire and philanthropist Harry Melville dies in a car crash at the age of 44, the lives of his wife, Sarah, and twin brother, Ben, are thrown into turmoil. Harry seemed to have it all; a close-knit family and a happy marriage - along with all the trappings of wealth. Yet as he recalls his past from the afterlife, a story emerges of the unspoken and bitter jealousies between brothers and of an unhappy wife burdened by loneliness and guilt.

A baby to secure his kingdom.... Powerful Sheikh Rafiq Al-Khalil has no interest in his bride of convenience. But a year into their cold marriage, he desperately needs an heir. For the sake of his kingdom, he must strike a bargain with his wife: to make their marriage a real one! Chloe knew what she was getting when she married the enigmatic ruler of Ras el Kida, and their deal suited her just fine! But when he proposes a change to their relationship, Chloe is powerless to resist, and the heat that hums between them threatens to explode!

After discovering the rightful heir to the Phaetyn, an alliance with the healers should be easy as pancakes. But while the armies of Verald and Gemond march to the border for war, the emperor delivers a crushing blow that threatens to put everything at risk. As I fight my father’s staggering power, I’m compelled to face evil on his terms. A twisted darkness worse than anything I’ve experienced. Nothing could’ve prepared me for this. How far would you go to defeat a merciless sovereign?

"Be yourself" they said. "I want to be" I said. "But who am I?" Have you ever noticed that what you think about who you are, how you should be, how well you are doing changes? This is because our idea of who we are is created in thought and it is the nature of thought to change. Looking at this more clearly takes us on a breath-taking exploration into what is real about us...The first part of Real looks at everything that cannot be true about who we are. The second part explores what remains when our thought-created idea of self dissolves.

Rules are made to be broken.... Two years after her marriage implodes, event-planner Cleo Nightingale is ready to get back in the dating game. However, she has one key rule: No younger women. How hard can it be? Fresh out of uni, Becca Cramer is single and ready to embrace her new career. She’s not looking for a relationship, but then fate steps in and introduces her to Cleo.

You'll love this collection of folktales from China. In "The Magic Paintbrush", Liang is given a magical paintbrush that has the power to turn anything he paints into real life. Liang must be clever, using both his brain and painting power to escape the greedy emperor. Also included are five other Chinese folktales: "The Water Bucket", "Song Dingbo and the Hungry Ghost", "Money Problems", "The Terrible Kites of Len Yo", and "The Divine Tortoise."

This collection includes Clare London's second two charming London-based novellas of the With a Kick series - Pluck and Play and Double Scoop.

I will never be controlled again. A manipulative dragon shifter. A sexy phaetyn prince. Me? I shouldn’t even exist. With peace established in Verald, I should be free; Lord Tyrrik is liberated from his blood oath, after all. But the freedom in Verald is an illusion. If I remain, destruction will surely follow. As soon as I come into my powers, the blood-thirsty emperor of Draecon will know. Even now, he is hunting me. When a Phaetyn prince arrives promising safety, the solution seems perfect. A little too perfect. But is the objective of our group security or something more?