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Knox Blisswood wasn't expecting that his biggest enemy would be something so good...The first time I meet Madison, she has no idea that I'm the owner of the winery that she just called pretentious, so I play along. The second time, she isn't impressed by my chivalrous act of kindness while I checked out her a- And the third time is the real winner, because Madison mistakes me for my married brother at a parent-teacher meeting-yep, Madison is my little sister's new favorite off-limits teacher. Not only that, but we get thrown together thanks to the high school booster club needing help with an event. My new partner in crime is not a fan of me, and quite frankly, every conversation with her is aggravating. Which is why a simple fact confuses me...We can't seem to stay away from one another.First we argue, then we kiss, and I don't want it to stop. The more our lives become entwined, the more I realize that she may just be what I didn't know I was waiting for. But this stubborn woman has to take a chance on us, and although her eyes say yes, her words say no-after all, her job is on the line. The challenge doesn't deter me, though. Because I'm beginning to feel that Madison and me? We may just be something good...This enemies-to-lovers romance is the third standalone book in the small-town Blisswood Brothers series that follows the brothers as they run their family winery and farm, Olive Owl.

Drew doesn't believe he deserves to have something so beautiful. Besides, falling for his best friend's sister would be reckless...The worst thing a guy can do is fall for his best friend's little sister, so imagine when all three of her overprotective brothers are your friends. It's a simple rule to follow: don't look at Lucy the way she looks at me. And when she returns, unplanned, to our small town of Bluetop, keeping her off-limits should be the least I can do. After all, the Blisswood brothers made me an honorary member of the family. They gave me a chance when nobody else would. All the more reason why I can never admit that I wish I didn't have to stay away from Lucy and her persistence.And in a moment of weakness, I don't.Lucy has always understood me like no other, and we both share wounds and secrets-including what's transpiring between us. Soon, we find ourselves confronting what feels like a romance years in the making. I know it's a betrayal to her brothers, and I definitely won't get points for what I do with her when she's wearing only my shirt. Not to mention, Lucy deserves Bluetop royalty, not me. But when I get life-changing news, Lucy's determined not to let go. She makes me feel special, and I know I shouldn't push her away. Not when I'm finally discovering that what Lucy and I have... makes me feel I may finally be worthy of something beautiful...This unrequited love, brother's best-friend romance is the fourth and final standalone book in the small-town Blisswood Brothers series that follows the brothers as they run their family winery and farm, Olive Owl.

Born into slavery, at an early age it's discovered Zeek is the grandson of the plantation owner Donald Mathews. Mathews, embarrassed that the boy looks so much like his son, decides to transfer ownership of Zeek and his brother to an old friend in Mississippi. As grown men and still enslaved, 'the boys', as they are referred to, are contracted to work with a crew surveying the Louisiana purchase. They make the trek to Tennessee where they make friends with some young white men. These relationships reshape Zeek's life forever. Zeek's journey takes him through many changes, but of one he's not sure. Will he ever be a free man? None of the events or names in this story are based on real characters. Zeek's Journey to Freedom is my attempt to tell the story of the early journey of slaves to become free.

When Phoebe Creighton-Smith, the bride he hasn't seen since their impulsive Reno wedding, asks him to play man-and-wife in front of her family so she can collect her inheritance, cowboy Max Romero is up for the challenge-and willing to risk everything to convince her they belong together.

'The Spy Coast is The Thursday Murder Club on steroids' SAGA Magazine'I loved it. A hugely entertaining read!' ANN CLEEVESMaggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.The Spy Coast is the first novel in the Martini Club series.'Gerritsen is a born storyteller, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever. Irresistible and highly recommended!' LEE CHILD'Echoes of Richard Osman but Gerritsen offers us a darker and consistently exciting thriller' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY'Action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters' DAVID BALDACCITess Gerritsen, Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024

EN NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLERSERIEEn ufuldstændig hævn er femte bind i Jacqueline Winspears populære historiske spændingsserie om den rådsnare privatdetektiv Maisie Dobbs i mellemkrigstidens London.LONDON, 1931. Da en gammel ven henvender sig, drager Maisie Dobbs til en lille malerisk landsby i Kent for at dykke ned i en række uforklarlige forbrydelser, og hun erfarer hurtigt, at beboerne ikke bryder sig om, at fremmede strømmer til ved høsttid.Snart begynder mystiske brande at bryde ud i landsbyen med alarmerende regelmæssighed, og den idylliske facade krakelerer langsomt, men sikkert. Maisie finder landsbyens besynderlige hemmelighedskræmmeri mistænkelig, særligt når det angår et specifikt luftangreb fra en zeppeliner, og hun må trække på alle sine evner for at opklare den intrikate sag.

'This is the ring that you gave me, and these are your promises.'Rome 1611. A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on constant display. A city where women are seen but not heard.Artemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.As Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens. A violent act that threatens Artemisia's honour, and her virtue. In the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.But Artemisia is a survivor. And this is her story to tell.

It's summer in Paradise Point, a quirky fishing village and artist's haven where nothing exciting ever happens - until Mr. Lewis reads the first of the As Always letters. These gossipy letters call out the uncivilized behavior of Paradise Point's most upstanding citizens, sparking the biggest scandal in recent memory. As the adults are distracted by old rivalries and new rumors, twelve-year-old Carrie and her friends must put their amateur sleuthing skills in action to discover who is writing the letters and why, especially as they hit closer to home. Will they identify the author and stop them before the mysterious author writes one about them? A coming-of-age story set in the 1980s, with all the nostalgia of lazy summer afternoons and kids roaming free, making memories and friendships that last a lifetime, As Always is a captivating southern small-town mystery that readers won't be able to put down.

Carol Bingley has a certain reputation in Marietta, Montana. She's an infamous gossip and overly generous with her sharp opinions. But Carol's been hiding a painful secret.Forty years ago, sixteen-year-old high school student Carol Franklyn was madly in love with a bad boy cowboy with an irresistible smile, and sexy swagger. The day he asked her to meet him at the local hangout, the Main Street Diner, Carol thought all her dreams had come true. What she didn't know was that she had become a pawn in a cruel and manipulative game that would spin her life painfully off course.Now happily married to a man who loves her unconditionally, Carol finally is ready to share her painful past, but will she be believed? And can she be forgiven when she faces two of Marietta's most powerful, tight-knit families?Carol has lost so much. But this Christmas, she hopes she can find two puzzle pieces of her past, and sets out on a journey hoping she will finally be healed, not once again hurt.

A Story of the City: Poems Occasional and Otherwise When Ed Madden was named poet laureate for the City of Columbia, South Carolina, in 2015, he became the first city laureate in the state of South Carolina. During his two terms as city laureate, Madden documented the life and history of the city. He engaged the community by making poetry a public art, posting poems on city buses, sidewalks, movie screens, coffee sleeves, restaurant menus, and faux parking tickets distributed in downtown Columbia one bright and sunny April Fool's Day. While these poems are about a specific city, they ring true for almost any Southern city-maybe any city in America-with its ceremonial occasions and its natural disasters, its misleading public monuments and its protest marches, and its inevitably complex histories. His post officially began with a commemoration of the historic burning of Columbia during the American Civil War and ended with the selection of a new city flag. This collection spans either years of ceremony and controversy, an eclipse and a pandemic, welcomes and elegies, history and hope.

Uncle Sam leaned back in his chair to light a new Cignals, the dead one smoldering in the ashtray, smoke settling over his shoulder before squiggling in ribbons to join the coiled clouds hanging from the ceiling. After another drink and another suck, he leaned his head back and rounded his mouth into an O and blew a smoke ring to hang like a giant Cheerio above his head in a yellow-fogged halo, like the one in that picture of the upside-down Jesus. Leonard, a live-off-the-grid guy, decides to move his partner, Ruth, and children, Bobby and Rebecca, five and eight, to a remote, live-off-the-land farm on Manitoulin Island. The farm idea soon begins to unravel. Ruth, who suffers from bipolar disorder, retreats to her bed, too depressed to be a farmer's wife. To pay off the mortgage, Leonard works double shifts at the hog plant up the road. Rebecca and Bobby are left to fend for themselves. Enter Leonard's brother Uncle Sam, whose Vietnam War experiences have left him deranged.

In this brand new series from national bestseller Mindy Mejia, a physicist and a psychic reluctantly team up to solve two missing persons cases during an ice storm in Iowa.When her husband’s car is found abandoned and on fire—in the middle of a rainstorm—Eve Roth becomes the police's number one suspect. After all, her husband was suspended from the University of Iowa for inappropriate conduct with a student, and who else but an atmospheric physicist could incinerate a car in a downpour? But Eve has no idea why her husband disappeared. She's desperate to find him, both for herself and her beloved, disabled father-in-law.Jonah Kendrick appears on their doorstep with a theory. He’s seen Eve’s husband, bound and bleeding in a barn. Claiming to be a psychic detective who dreams of the lost, Jonah has helped find missing people his entire life. He dreamed about a young woman trapped in the same barn months ago, and she’s still missing.As a firm believer in the laws of nature, Eve rejects anything to do with psychics, but their investigations soon collide. As the temperature drops and Iowa turns to ice, Eve and Jonah race across the state to discover what happened to the people they’ve lost. But the truth is more deadly either of them expected, and the physicist and the psychic must learn to believe in each other if they want to escape this storm alive.

Army-CID-officer-cum-unofficial-PI Mick Hardin is up against unforeseen forces who will stop at nothing in this vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed novelist Chris Offutt.Chris Offutt isa literary master across genres, and his most recent novel THE KILLING HILLSwas one of his most successful, earning him a new audience and earningpraise from the likes of The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,and Crime Reads. His latest book, Shifty’sBoys, is a compelling, propulsive thriller of murder and mayhem in thehills of eastern Kentucky.Mick Hardin is home on leave,recovering from an IED attack, when a body is found in the center of town. It’sBarney Kissick, the local heroin dealer, and the city police see it as anoccupational hazard. But when Barney’s mother, Shifty, asks Mick to take alook, it seems there’s more to the killing than it seems. Mick should berehabbing his leg, signing his divorce papers, and getting out of town—and mostof all, staying out of the way of his sister Linda’s reelection as Sheriff—buthe keeps on looking, and suddenly he’s getting shot at himself.A dark, pacy crime novel aboutgrief and revenge, and the surprises hidden below the surface, Shifty’s Boysis a tour de force that confirms Chris Offutt’s Mick Hardin as one of themost appealing new investigators in fiction.

"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow... and within their own family. In 1942, young mother Sylvia is desperate to escape her stifling marriage, especially when it means co-running Zelner's general store with her husband. When the Greenbrier is commandeered for use as a luxury prison, Sylvia finds her fidelity strained and her heart on the line. Seventeen years later, Sylvia's daughter, Doree, struggles to fit in, eagerly awaiting the day she'll leave for college and meet a nice Jewish boy. But when a handsome stranger comes to town and her brother Alan's curiosity puts him and Sylvia at risk, Doree is torn between loyalty and desire. An immersive family saga rich with historical detail, In the Shadow of the Greenbrier explores the inevitable clash between past and future and the extraordinary moments in ordinary lives"--

The mind-blowing murder mystery debut with magical passengers, epic adventure, and a twist you can't guess.If Agatha Christie wrote fantasy, this would be it!----------"Agatha Christie with glitter magic.' I'm totally here for it. I hoovered up White's chunky novel in a day. Both funny and flirty as it deals with issues of class, snobbery and sexuality amongst all the magic and murder. The result is hugely entertaining' Herald-----------For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor's ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess's Mountain.Aboard are the twelve heirs of the provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique and secret magical ability known as a Blessing.All except one: Ganymedes Piscero - class clown, slacker, and all-round disappointment.When a beloved heir is murdered, everyone is a suspect. Stuck at sea and surrounded by powerful people and without a Blessing to protect him , Ganymedes's odds of survival are slim.But as the bodies pile higher, Ganymedes must become the hero he was not born to be. Can he unmask the killer and their secret blessing before this bloody crusade reaches the shores of Concordia?Or will the empire as he knows it fall forever?----------------------------Praise for Voyage of the Damned:'Frances White has crafted a brilliantly clever tale full of heart-warming characters, riveting twists and a gloriously conceived world. A poignant, quirky and utterly delightful read. I felt EVERYTHING while reading Voyage of the Damned' Bea Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen'Burned through this in about two days. Absolutely bloody brilliant! Voyage of the Damned is clever and comedic, while also heartfelt and harrowing. I hope readers will come to enjoy Dee's escapades as much as I did' - Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters'An enchanting, bloody delight. Full of magic, laugh-out-loud humor, and so much murder' - Gabi Burton, author of Sing Me To Sleep----------------------------Readers can't stop raving about this book and its chaotic protagonist, Dee . . .Dee Fan Club Testimonials:'He'd spit in the face of authority and unapologetically flirt with anything that moves' Reader review'Ganymedes Piscero, AKA Dee, is my favorite sort of disaster child' Reader review'He's chubby, anxious, imperfect and 100% relatable-the kind of hero the world could use more of.' Reader review'I would protect him with my life.' Reader review'Ganymedes is an absolute riot. He's hilarious, chaotic, and a total queer underdog that you can't help but root for.' Reader review

Zwei mutige Frauen in den wilden Sechzigerjahren, im Kalten Krieg bis zur friedlichen Revolution 1989.Wien 1967/Prag 1968.Natascha(18) studiert Slawistik und ist das Vorbild für ihre Freundin Margit, die als erste in ihrer Familie auf die Uni geht und Bohemistik inskribiert. Zwischen Vorlesungen und der Gründung einer Theatergruppe beobachten sie gebannt die Vorgänge in der kommunistischen Tschechoslowakei. Als mit dem Prager Frühling auch Reisefreiheit kommt, wollen die beiden Freundinnen Anfang 1968 mit anderen Studierenden in die CSSR fahren, um die Demonstrierenden zu unterstützen. Nataschas Mutter, Loretta, die 1945 von dort vertrieben wurde, würde zu gern ihre Heimat Reichenberg (Liberec) wiedersehen und schließt sich an - um so nebenbei auf die jungen Frauen aufzupassen. Doch ist das wirklich klug? Und auch frühere Bekannte nutzen die Chance, alte Rechnungen zu begleichen. Während Margit sich in Prag in einen tschechischen Studenten verliebt, nehmen die politischen Vorgänge ihren Lauf ... und jede und jeder muss schließlich sehen, wo er oder sie bleibt. Denn die Grenzen trennen nach dem Einmarsch der Sowjets in der CSSR für Jahrzehnte. Gibt es eine Chance für die Liebe zwischen zwei unterschiedlichen politischen Kulturen?

A planned terrorist attack at The Chester City Mall left several dead, injured, or with traumatic memories of the event ten years ago. Kyle Manning is no exception to this. His sister Becca, who turned up missing, reappeared briefly during Black Friday while he was broadcasting live from the complex, only to be killed soon after.Now, ten years later he is back to film a documentary about the event, in the hopes of closure. In the process, he encounters a group of street kids who are searching for the elusive million-dollar prize rumored to still be hidden in the mall, from a scavenger hunt taking place that day. He and his partner, Scott Reynolds end up blackmailed into not reporting them for being there, until a journal is found in one of the abandoned stores. Kyle immediately recognizes the handwriting as his sister's and vows to get to the bottom of the ultimate question - why a journal was there dated after Becca was killed, in her handwriting - which details finding the money inside the mall before the street gang even set out to look.After exhuming the body, it is discovered it is that of a missing teen from Kingsridge, Stephanie Lanham. When a photo resurfaces on Facebook, incriminating Scott in Lanham's disappearance all eyes are on him as the secrets from the past come to light.