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The story of one woman's longing for motherhood - and the terrible consequences of maternal indifference. When retired forensic psychiatrist Corine Alexander is asked to help a former child patient prepare for parole, she welcomes the distraction from her own grief. Determined to understand why a seemingly well-balanced teenager would attack her mother with a knife, Corine finds herself up against a wall of silence: a patient unwilling to talk and a family held together only by the secrets they refuse to share. But to uncover the truth about her troubled patient's past, Corine must also confront the tragedy in her own life...

"If being with her meant I wouldlose all reason, then I would fall into madness willingly." Sorsha Sventura is a courtesan atthe House of Night, where the rich come to play and indulge in forbidden magic. Desperate for her freedom, she strikes a dangerous bargain with her mistress:spy on Lord Corvus Stormfall, a member of the fae elite, and report on themovements of the other Houses. Corvus, a second-born son, knows hewill never live up to his father's expectations. When he arrives at the Houseof Night to collect fees for their use of magic, he meets an enchantingcourtesan, Sorsha. His attraction must be the result of enchantment. How elsecan he explain his overwhelming desire to be with her? As passion blooms between them,Sorsha and Corvus are pulled into a fae-led plot to depose the mortal royals. As secrets begin to unravel, they realize they must restore banished magic tothe realm, before the coup rips them, and their world, apart.

"She wasn't going to let a little thing like not knowing what she was up against put her off."Magical troubles are out of control all over the world, injuring magicians and Earthlings alike. But these instances keep being covered up and denied by the authorities. When an influential Nekros magician and his magical Shadow disappear while trying to uncover the truth, an unlikely crew are drawn together: an Earthling teenager, a secretive woman known as 'the clairvoyant', and a Shadow, who spends most of his time bragging to his magician - he's just like that. Driven by revenge, shiny things, and sarcasm, the group slowly converge, and when they meet, they will change the world - if the authorities don't get to them first.

"Without Contraries is no progression." - William BlakeBertram and Eustace are brothers. Bertram is extroverted, practical, a celebrity and a social success. Eustace is introverted, scholarly and shyly oblique. They understand neither themselves nor one another. Instead, they tell one another stories. Only two people see through their defences: their cousin Mimi, a retired violinist who lives in 'Tartini's Rest', and Kariba, a literary genius from Africa, Bertram's nemesis and Eustace's fraternal friend...

"Prophets are gifted with visions of light, Seers cursed by visions of darkness."Plagued with visions of death and destruction, Seers rarely reach maturity with their sanity intact. So why has four-hundred-year-old Asteria not yet lost her min? ith no arcane powers despite her bloodline, Asteria is searching for her place in the world. But when the veil between the worlds grows thin, and the Marked are sacrificed to the gods of the four Immortal realms, Asteria, haunted by visions of slaughter and a mysterious tattooed man, discovers she too bears a Mark. Claimed by Nox, the God of Death and Darkness, Asteria must travel to the Immortal world, where everything she thought she knew about herself comes into question. To survive, she must confront the twisted fate that awaits her, revealing dark secrets that were never meant to be discovered.

How far would you go to undo a mistake? Jason and Sally have pressed through unexpected worlds to seek respite back in their own. But they soon discover that home is farther away than they imagined. With a sinister new player having joined the board, in control of an organisation that has changed the rules, Jason and Sally realise that the only way to save their friend is to undo the past. While they remain inside the building, there is still a chance. But should past mistakes really be undone? Variant is the second instalment in the sci-fi series The Restoration Project.

"The Grand High Beast must find a way to stop this. These aren't going to be trials, they're going to be executions."Meadow Woodley, now 17, is beginning her second year in Elementa, after passing the vigorous trials the previous year. But her work is not over yet, and with Zeno amassing an army in the trial worlds, the threat of war looms over her and the other inhabitants of Elementa. In order to put a stop to Zeno's schemes, Meadow and her friends must venture into hidden magical realms, both in the human world and Elementa. But will they make it through Zeno's deadly trials in time?

"A Newton takes their own life, or that of another."So says the curse of the Newtons. As the river rises and rain lashes down, The Watering is filled with smoke. In the early hours, a charred corpse is found in the brew house. Mercy Newton is arrested and sent to Shrewsbury assizes. But is she guilt? ieced together from historical records, the life of the nationally notorious Mercy Newton is presented for the first time. Lost to history, this real-life story of a family curse, a jealous daughter and a suspected murder has been forgotten for over 100 years. Until now.

Sometimes, chasing perfection leads to finding something even better. Carefree and confident Sienna knows exactly what she wants and refuses to settle for less. She crafts a list of non-negotiables and sets out to find the perfect man through a calculated search. Grumpy and stoic Liam has been unlucky in love, until a flirty DM from a stunning blonde upends his solitary world. Deciding to give the seductress a chance, he aims to show her off and bounce back after a painful heartbreak. Sienna's playful charm embodies everything Liam never knew he needed. Despite his reservations, her sunshine-like spirit slowly thaws his icy exterior. As their whirlwind summer romance ignites unexpected passion, truths come to light which threaten to destroy everything they've built together.

Planet Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years For 200,000 of those years, humans have been the apex speciesThat is all about to change... Jack Palmer had seen the movies: when aliens invade, humans will come together to save the world. But when an alien species delivers a message to Earth, that humans have been considered worthy enough to know the secrets beyond their own star, an event that was supposed to make history only alters it forever. An occasion that was meant to answer questions only raises more. But one question is stuck in Jack Palmer's head... Why did this happen?

When curiosity doesn’t kill the cat… the cat might just kill you. In the quiet of the Scottish countryside, a young boy has been killed. Nobody is sure how... or by what. This inexplicable death piques the interest of field biologist Steph Patel who, motivated by the chance of a money maker, pursues the boy's story. Discovered near the secret location of a rewilding project, where geneticists are working to bring back once-extinct predators, the boy's death is suspicious to say the least. But when Steph probes further, things rapidly go south, and she soon finds herself fighting for her life against enemies far more dangerous than anything resurrected from the past.

The NHS is revered in the United Kingdom, yet despite the excellence of its staff, it is a service in constant crisis. On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the NHS, overworked and harassed NHS staff were low in morale, leaving in record numbers for careers abroad, and patient dissatisfaction hit record highs, driven by sky-high expectations. Something has gone very wrong. In The Delusion, Dr Michael Christopher uses his own first-hand experience of healthcare in the UK and other countries, both as doctor and patient, to unlock the origins and mythology of the NHS. Stripping away the nostalgia, and demonstrating that there are more than two options: the UK and the American system, he shines a light on how healthcare systems in the rest of the world could provide us with the tools to fix what is broken, and improve the lives of patients and NHS staff alike.

When British Arab and 'Southerner', Dr Ahmed Handy, suddenly found himself working as a junior doctor in the Midlands, a part of the country with which he was wholly unfamiliar... and which was equally unfamiliar with people like him, he was faced with something of a culture shock. But that was only the beginning of his bizarre junior doctor experience. Through this humorous and heartfelt memoir, Dr Handy imparts his extensive collection of bonkers stories about the various quirky doctors and nurses he worked alongside, ranging from the mildly eccentric to the overtly sociopathic. From a Gynaecologist so petty he copyrighted his own consent forms, to an anally retentive Orthopaedic surgeon with practices so bewildering that the accompanying doctor simply wrote a question mark in the patient's notes, Quacks is a memoir full of characters and experiences so outrageous they will make you gasp in shock and laugh out loud in equal measure.

'Say you'll stay with me?' 'Always.'Devastated by losses, including the death of much beloved Captain McGonagle, Lieutenant Bond and his batman Jack Coleman find themselves heading towards the main column of the British Army, under the leadership of Commandant Flambard. But when Coleman sustains a life-threatening injury, Bond is left to grapple with the idea of losing the man he loves, and the heartbreak he knows will follow. In his panic-stricken state, he struggles to keep up pretences, and the truth of their relationship becomes increasingly difficult to hide. As the Anglo-Zulu War comes to a head, and the final battle at Babanango draws near, will their ill-fated love survive the horrors of war? Or will they, and their love story, be lost forever?

In June 1971, Alice Sanders is celebrating her sixth birthday at her family's Cornish country home in Lostmor. By the end of the evening, an event has occurred that is so horrific it will change the family's lives forever. Years later, following the death of her mother, Alice's sister, Lily, reluctantly returns to Cornwall for the reading of a mysterious will. Once there, with the help of new-found friends, she unravels a web of secrets surrounding her family's past, finds love, and unlocks the reasons for the nightmares that have plagued her since that fateful night.

Offering both swoon-worthy romance and realistic, raw depictions of trauma and healing, Is She Me? takes readers on an emotional journey of self discovery. "Surviving had been moving on constantly. The life after was looking back and realising how long ago I should have run."Elle knows her family have secrets. Some worth killing for. But when a hidden photograph leads her to a missing person's case, she knows she has to uncover the truth. On the run, lost and exhausted, she meets Ben, who sees in her a reflection of his own stubborn independence. Having lost his selfless firefighting dad as a boy, he swore he would never be anybody's hero. Yet, as he continues to spend time with Elle, an undeniable curiosity takes hold, and when her past catches up with her, Ben finds himself unable to leave her to struggle alone.