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A Slow Fire Burning
The scorching new thriller from the bestselling author of the girl on the train and into the water ‘what is wrong with you?’ laura has spent most of her life being judged. she’s seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. some even call her dangerous. miriam knows that just because laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes, that doesn’t mean she’s a killer. bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. she trusts no one- good people are capable of terrible deeds. but how far will she go to find peace? innocent or guilty, everyone is damaged. some are damaged enough to kill. look what you started.
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A Discovery Of Witches
Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist matthew clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. this smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of anne rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism. deep in the stacks of oxford’s bodleian library, young scholar diana bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. but her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.
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A Passion For Him
Miss amelia benbridge and the earl of ware are the most anticipated match of the season. but amelia’s love will always belong to her childhood sweetheart, the gypsy colin – who tragically died. she knows she’ll never feel such passion again. but when a brooding stranger at a masquerade offers a single, sensual kiss passions rise and she is determined to unmask her phantom admirer. and though deception lies in this stranger’s heart, her body cannot hold her back . . .
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The Stranger I Married
They are london’s most scandalous couple. isabel, lady pelham, and gerard faulkner, marquess of grayson, are well matched in all things – lusty appetites, constant paramours, provocative reputations, and their absolute refusal to ruin a marriage of convenience by falling in love. it is a most agreeable sham – until a shocking event sends gerard from her side. when, four years later, gerard returns, the boyish rogue is now a powerful, irresistible man determined to seduce isabel. he is not the man she married – but is he the one to finally steal her heart?
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A Storm Of Swords
Hbo’s hit series a game of thrones is based on george r r martin’s internationally bestselling series a song of ice and fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. a storm of swords: steel and snow is the first part of the third volume in the series. ‘martin has captured the imagination of millions’ guardian winter approaches westeros like an angry beast. the seven kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. in the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the kingdom of the north where robb stark wears his new-forged crown. and robb’s defences are ranged against the south, the land of the cunning and cruel lannisters, who have his younger sisters in their power. throughout westeros, the war for the iron throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.
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A Storm Of Swords
The third volume in george r. r. martin’s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy a song of ice and fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since the lord of the rings.
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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd
The brand-new adventure from the beloved author of the hundred year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared.
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The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden
Jonas jonasson’s picaresque tale of how one person’s actions can have far-reaching–even global–consequences, written with the same light-hearted satirical voice as his bestselling debut novel, the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared. on june 14th, 2007, the king and prime minister of sweden went missing from a gala banquet at the royal castle. later it was said that both had fallen ill: the truth is different. the real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of nombeko mayeki in a shack in soweto. nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early in her poverty-stricken township. but nombeko takes a different path. she finds work as a housecleaner and eventually makes her way up to the position of chief advisor, at the helm of one of the world’s most secret projects. here is where the story merges with, then diverges from reality. south africa developed six nuclear missiles in the 1980s, then voluntarily dismantled them in 1994. this is a story about the seventh missile . . . the one that was never supposed to have existed. nombeko mayeki knows too much about it, and now she’s on the run from both the south african justice and the most terrifying secret service in the world. she ends up in sweden, which has transformed into a nuclear nation, and the fate of the world now lies in nombeko’s hands.
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A Clash Of Kings
This second novel of martin’s “new york times” bestselling fantasy series, the sequel to “a game of thrones”, transports readers to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare–where six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the iron throne of the seven kingdoms. includes 16-page preview of the upcoming hardcover, “a storm of swords”.
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Entwined With You
The worldwide phenomenon continues as eva and gideon face the demons of their pasts and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires . . . from the moment i first met gideon cross, i recognized something in him that i needed. something i couldn’t resist. i also saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside – so much like my own. i was drawn to it. i needed him as surely as i needed my heart to beat. no one knows how much he risked for me. how much i’d been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become. entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. we made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession . . . praise for the crossfire series: ‘a hundred degrees hotter than anything you’ve read before.’ reveal ‘move over danielle steel and jackie collins, this is the dawn of a new day.’ amuse www. sylviaday. com
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The Return Of The King
The return of the king is the third part of jrr tolkien’s epic masterpiece the lord of the rings, soon to be a major movie. the armies of the dark lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. men, dwarves, elves and ents unite forces to battle against the dark. meanwhile, frodo and sam struggle further into mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the one ring. the devastating conclusion of j. r. r. tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, begun in the fellowship of the ring and the two towers.
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The Roommate
‘laugh-out-loud funny, bananas sexy, and deeply romantic’ andie j. christopher, usa today bestselling author house rules: do your own dishes knock before entering the bathroom never look up your roommate online the wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter clara. she’s the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. but every wheaton has their weakness. when clara’s childhood crush invites her to move cross-country, the offer is too much to resist. unfortunately, it’s also too good to be true. after a bait-and-switch, clara finds herself sharing a lease with a charming stranger. josh might be a bit too perceptive – not to mention handsome – for comfort, but there’s a good chance he and clara could have survived sharing a summer sublet if she hadn’t looked him up on the internet… once she learns how josh has made a name for himself, clara realises living with him might make her the wheaton’s most scandalous story yet. his professional prowess inspires her to take tackling the stigma against female desire into her own hands. they may not agree on much, but josh and clara both believe women deserve better sex. what they decide to do about it will change both of their lives, and if they’re lucky, they’ll help everyone else get lucky too. ‘incredible . . . one of my top romance reads of 2020!’ jen deluca, author of well met ‘funny, super steamy and surprisingly tender, the roommate raises the bar for rom coms in 2020’ evie dunmore, author of bringing down the duke ‘the roommate is unapologetically sexy as hell. danan’s writing, like her characters, is funny, seductive, and full of heart’ meryl wilsner, author of something to talk about
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Let It Snow
An ill-timed storm on christmas eve buries the residents of gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. one brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a train of events that will change quite a few lives. over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the waffle house (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.
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Let It Snow
An ill-timed storm on christmas eve buries the residents of gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. one brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a train of events that will change quite a few lives. over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the waffle house (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.
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Things A Bright Girl Can Do
Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the east end, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and clever, she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university. may is fifteen, and already sworn to the cause, though she and her fellow suffragists refuse violence. when she meets nell, a girl who’s grown up in hardship, she sees a kindred spirit. but the fight for freedom will challenge evelyn, may and nell more than they ever could believe