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Evangeline Bright est la fille illégitime du roi d'Angleterre Alexander II et a grandi loin de la famille royale aux États-Unis. Mais peu avant ses 18 ans, elle emménage dans le palais de Windsor, où elle se sait détestée de tous, et particulièrement de sa belle-mère et sa belle-sœur. Alors que contre toute attente Alexander souhaite nouer des liens avec Evangeline et rattraper le temps perdu, la jeune fille se retrouve exposée aux yeux de tous par la presse qui découvre son existence, et accusée de meurtre.

Die Neuerzählung einer chinesischen Legende: Shelley Parker-Chan zeichnet den Aufstieg Zhu Yuanzhangs nach, jenes armen Bauern, der einst die Mongolenherrschaft stürzte und die Ming-Dynastie gründete. Ein Dorf im staubigen Flachland, geplagt von einer Hungersnot. Ein Seher offenbart zwei Kindern ihre Zukunft: Den Jungen erwartet ein bedeutendes Schicksal, das Mädchen dagegen – nichts. Im Jahr 1345 steht China unter der brutalen Herrschaft der Mongolen. Plünderer ziehen durch das Land und überfallen die armen Bauern. Auch ins Dorf der Kinder kommen sie und machen die beiden zu Waisen.

The Transmit Safety Podcast is here to help health and safety practitioners achieve a holistic approach to workplace health and safety so they can become impactful leaders and put the value of safety into action. With bi-weekly episodes, the mission is to simplify health and safety management and to be a resource for those practitioners who are working alone in their company (no team support).

Once, I blindly followed the orders of a shadowy Council. No more. These days I'm on a quest with my estranged sister to free kidnapped shifter children before they're taught to disdain their own kind. Trouble is, the frozen tattoos from my broken mate bond keep interfering, trying to once again intertwine my fate with that of the alpha protector Orion. Worse, a matching mark has appeared on my sister, irrationally linking her to a dangerously charming stranger we rescued along the way.

After toeing the line around humans for most of my life, I thought mating with an alpha werewolf would mean I'd finally found my place. But when a pack mate falls deathly ill and a magical bracelet locks itself around my wrist, my newfound stability is shattered. To unleash the moonring's healing power and save my friend, I must mend bridges with two problematic father figures. One is the adopted parent who taught me that all werewolves are evil. The other is a shifter grandfather who offers his help—if I can survive a series of perilous trials.

When an 83-year-old woman dies, she is not transported straight to heaven. She is taken on an unexpected detour back to her life shortly before she died. Only this time, she is seeing the world from a different point of view. This is the first time she has ever experienced a detour being the best part of a journey.

For the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, in a hostile meritocracy on the verge of revolution, Kitty sees her frustration grow as her trust in her fake fiancé cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoat rebels she is secretly supporting keep her in the dark more than ever.

For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country. If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked - surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. As a member of the Hart family, she will be famous. She will be adored. And for the first time, she will matter.

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege - or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade.

Due to a chance of fate, Wolfie doesn't walk two-legged until his teenage years. Then he finds that the world looks very different after growing up as a canine. Unfortunately, Wolfie's sibling Justin is less than thrilled to be upstaged by a bigger and stronger kid brother. When Justin resorts to bullying weaker pack members to prove his own power, Wolfie is faced with a dilemma. Can the bloodling protect his pack mates from Justin's malice? And can he ever really find acceptance in a pack despite his differences?

National Bestseller A #ReadWithJenna book club pick following an Irish American family with three adult sisters returning home to Long Island to face tension-filled dinners, ghosts from their pasts, and family secrets in a gripping novel full of biting wit and profound heart. It’s been years...

Welcome to Hit The Wall. A weekly(ish) podcast about running, hosted by sort-of runner Stuart and his non-running sort-of-supporting wife Aimee. Each show will focus on trying to motivate Stuart to train for his first ever marathon in May 2024, while they also chew the fat on life as parents to two children. If you're looking to learn some new running tips from this podcast, then this is not for you. If you're looking for some light relief or something to listen to while you also try and run, then stick this in your ears and enjoy the nonsense.

Als sie nach sechs Jahren wieder aufgeweckt wird, befindet sie sich fernab der Hauptstadt des Reiches auf einer einsamen, verschneiten Insel. Um die Insel zu retten (und das Herz des Gärtners zu gewinnen), wird sich Terlu einiges einfallen lassen und so manchen Zauber wirken müssen. Auch auf die Gefahr hin, dass man sie erneut für ihre Anmaßung bestraft.

Alile Rubidari is denied asylum in Britain. To avoid being deported to Africa, she ventures into the shady world of illegal au pairs. But when she comes to care for little Charlotte Rose, small clues reveal the child may be her own. Without family, money, or legal status, Alile has no means to fight for her daughter.... Desperate to create a family, Fiona Rose goes on a journey to single motherhood. But when she learns her adopted daughter may be stolen, she must learn the true meaning of family before she has to account for her role in international child abduction.

Set in India's remote Andaman Islands before and during WWII, the story revolves around a mysteriously mute four-year-old who vanishes on the eve of Japanese Occupation. Little Ty's parents, Shep and Claire, will go to any lengths to rescue him, but neither is prepared for the brutal and soul-changing odyssey that awaits them. 

In a future divided by a cure that could save —or control —humanity, one political campaign threatens to rewrite the fate of the world.. What if they could erase who you are —and call it a cure? In the near-future United States, backed by a powerful institution and a presidential candidate, Project Z offers a so-called cure —and the country is splitting at the seams.

Half-shifter Fen Young enjoys the perfect life - an adoring mate, a supportive pack, and acres of wild land to roam across. But, can she keep it? Fen's reality shatters when her inner beast rebels and threatens werewolves and humans alike. A sheep is killed, a child is terrified, and a serial killer stalks unnoticed through the night.

The second novel in a hot new urban fantasy series. Fen is a half-werewolf who's lost her pack. All she wants is a home and an ordinary human life, which means seeking out the deadbeat mom who abandoned her a decade ago. Her journey takes her to a simple small town that's serene on the outside yet contains a rotten core of complicated danger. A stalker, a bomb threat, and a rogue shifter keep her hopping, but Fen's greatest struggle lies within her own heart.

Emi Harrison has avoided her ex-fiance, Jack Cabot, for nearly two years. Her twin brother Evan's wedding is about to end that streak. From bad bridesmaids' dresses, a hyperactive sister-in-law, a mean girl with even meaner secrets, and too much to drink, nothing seems to go right for Emi, except when she's wearing her little gray dress. When she speed-walks into Liam Jaxon's bar, things get more complicated. He's gorgeous, southern, and has no past with Emi. He may be exactly what she needs to prove for the last time that she doesn't need or want Jack!

Lucille Walker has made a lifetime hobby out of minding everyone’s business but her own. From the preacher’s wild daughter to the women down at Pearline’s beauty shop, she sees everything… and judges twice as hard. But when Lucille’s world snaps in two, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare she can’t recognize.