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Drew Hallas was an ordinary warehouse worker. Then he woke up naked on a ritual altar in another world and accidentally absorbed four centuries of spatial magic that was meant for someone else. Now he can fold space, teleport, and reshape the landscape with a thought — and the power is growing every day.

In 2010, Brooke Lowry, Carrie Hollis, and Eve Shay were inseparable. But on the Fourth of July, Eve vanished—her case never solved. Brooke moved away, but Carrie couldn’t let go, her obsession driving her to become the Chief of Police. Now, fifteen years later, just as Carrie is about to close Eve’s case for good, an anonymous call provides a chilling new lead. And–within days–a man’s body is hauled in by a fishing boat. His murder is linked to a hotel a few miles away–where the guest in the room next door was none other than Brooke Lowry.

In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia. He hoped to cut through the myth of the gulag and the permafrost to understand who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of our world. But on 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine, with devastating consequences. What had begun as an adventure swiftly descended into a paranoid nightmare, as Walker began to suspect he was being monitored by the Russian authorities. Shortly afterwards he was arrested and imprisoned.

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When handsome, former-rugby-playing, pub landlord Mil asks Juno Mulligan for a favour, she immediately says yes. Although she's initially disappointed that the favour doesn't involve any sort of romantic shenanigans, Juno is reminded that she does love investigating mysteries. Mil needs Juno and their fellow Village Detective, Phoebe Fredericks, to investigate a targeted campaign against the local Wyche Craft Brewery, now run by his friend, Ashleigh Wyche, a former-Lioness. A series of recent near-misses and attempts at sabotaging her property are surely no coincidence?

Former stand-up comic Juno Mulligan has been suffering a serious sense-of-humour failure. Not only has she lost the love of her life, but she’s having to relocate to the (admittedly idyllic) village of Inkbury to watch out for her elderly mother, who she’s genuinely worried might be marrying a wife-killer. She hopes that her old friend, disgraced-journalist-turned-novelist Phoebe Fredericks can help her crack the case of whether her mother’s perma-tanned, iceberg-smiled, three-times-a-widower fiancé is hiding a murderous past.

Winter doesn’t have to slow you down—it can sharpen you. Cold Season Clarity is a powerful guide to mastering your mind, body, and habits during the coldest months of the year. Blending winter psychology, thermal regulation science, and habit design principles, this book reveals how cold environments can enhance focus, resilience, and performance when used intentionally. Instead of fighting winter fatigue, you’ll learn how to align with the season and turn it into a competitive advantage.

Watch your garden come alive—one sunflower at a time. From Seed to Sunburst is your complete, confidence-building guide to growing vibrant, healthy sunflowers from planting to harvest and beyond.

After months in exile, Zaydah is back in Vulcanis. Though, as far as punishments go, uninterrupted time travelling with her best friends wasn’t so hard to bear. But returning to Vulcanis carries its own problems. Her association with Brev will easily brand her as a traitor. Her closeness with him is well known, as is his betrayal.

When April May buys a huge Victorian home, she plans to turn it into a tearoom serving exotic teas, dainty sandwiches, and fluffy scones. From the moment she moves in, strange things begin to happen and soon bodies begin to turn up!

The EMP hit at 6:47 AM on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, the first fight broke out at the gas station. By Thursday, the grocery store was picked clean. By Friday, Jenna realized no one was coming to save them.

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes-in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous. If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body. This book is a practical guide to recovering from lingering childhood trauma. It is copiously illustrated with examples of the author's and his clients' journeys of recovering.

One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. Or at least, that's the story. The car abandoned miles from home. The note found at a nearby hotel. The shattered family that couldn't be put back together. It happens all the time. Women disappear, desperate to leave their lives behind and...

A budding stand-up comic, Juno is voluptuous, hedonistic, funny and terminally untidy. On her 30th birthday she decides to have a wild one-night stand to mark the occasion. Just over from New York, Jay Mulligan is intense, mysterious, and as Juno joyously discovers, far better than breakfast in bed. It's only when they get out of that bed on the wrong side three days later that the problems start.

A light-hearted comedy drama about a mother, daughter and grandmother living together under one roof – based on the stories by Guardian columnist Michele Hanson What does it feel like to be middle-aged? For Gillian it feels like being twenty-seven in your own head, sixty-five in the mirror...

Juno is feeling ready – at last – to start dating again, after losing her husband some years ago. She is sure she can make time from being a Village Detective, indeed it might help distract her from her crush on hunky (but far-too-young!) pub landlord – Mil. So she’s signed up to an exclusive new dating app and cannot wait. But when one of the founding investors in that same dating app drops dead in front of fellow Village Detective Phoebe in a nearby hotel, Juno knows she’ll have to put her love life on hold.

No one has benefited more from AI and Machine learning than the con artist.

In a city where the past and present collide, solving the mystery of the talisman could have lasting consequences—for both the living and the dead. At SereniTea Tearoom, April May and her assistant prepare for an afternoon tea fundraiser before heading off on a well-deserved vacation. But George and Pearl, two mischievous spirits from the 1920s, seem determined to turn April’s carefully planned trip upside down. If dealing with ghostly antics wasn’t enough, things take a darker turn once April arrives in New Orleans and is drawn into a web of secrets, lies, and family feuds.

Gardening for Pollinators is a practical, inspiring guide to creating vibrant, nectar-rich habitats that support bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other essential pollinators from early spring through late fall.

Compton Magna and Nether Bagot sit high on the Fosse Hills to either side of the Gloucestershire/Warwickshire border, just half a mile apart. They form the backdrop to this rich story of secrets and rivalries, as glamorous Ronnie Ledwell returns to take up the reins of her father's horse breeding stud farm, years after she scandalised family and friends by eloping with her lover. News of her return will well and truly set the cat among the pigeons....