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Claim your destiny in the hottest new Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling fantasy romance, in which a magical tarot card wielder lands herself in a fake engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy. Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of magic. But when she is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for illegally inking tarot cards, it seems her luck has finally run out. Until Prince Kaelis offers her an escape - for a price. In exchange for her life, Clara must pose as Kaelis' bride-to-be and a student of the elite Arcana Academy. There, she and Kaelis will conspire to steal a powerful card from the king and use it to bring his tyrannical rule to an end. Clara soon discovers that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the world . . . and heart? Or will she steal the magic for herself?

'Murder has no right to be this funny!' ERIN KELLYTo have and to hold, to lie and to kill... Meet James and Daisy Dixon. They get along perfectly well - especially when on separate sides of their huge manor house, where Daisy can plot her husband's murder in peace. However, after accidentally killing a man on their way home from a lavish party, they're forced to work together to bury the evidence. All is going surprisingly smoothly, until the day the rain washes up more than it's supposed to... and suddenly, the Dixons are suspects. As husband and wife battle it out to be the not-guilty party, Daisy starts working on a plot of her own... after all, it wouldn't be the first time, would i? ll's fair in love and war . . . especially in this marriage. Readers LOVE Daisy Dixon's murderous streak. . . 'From the very first page, I was hooked and unable to put it down' ?'What a perfect read!' ?'THIS BOOK IS LITERAL INSANITY!!!!' ?'This was SO GOOD' ?'This one's a must-read!' ?

An uplifting guide to navigating hard times from the bestselling author of When the Dust Settles'A shining beacon of sense and wisdom. We can all benefit from reading this brilliant book about how to respond with resilience.' RACHEL CLARKE'An unlikely superhero' SUNDAY TIMES'An amazing woman' JAMES O'BRIEN We all experience uncertainty, change and loss. How can we weather the storms, and cope with whatever comes next? No one can answer this better than Lucy Easthope, an emergency planner whose job is to support survivors of major disasters. Time and again she has watched how people rebuild: the work, the pitfalls and the fragile joy. In Come What May, she distils for us what she has learned about how to carry on and come back stronger. Through poignant stories and hard-won wisdom, she offers a roadmap for resilience in the face of adversity. She explains what shape the recovery journey might take, how to triage your life, how to plan for 'the slump' (also known as the lasagne phase), and what good (and bad) help looks like. This is a book for all of us who want not just to survive, but to live and unleash strengths we never knew we had.

Men would kill for this treasure. The McKenzie women will guard it with their lives. London, 1837. When 25-year-old Araminta McKenzie-Moore is summoned from Richmond to her great aunt's deathbed in Edinburgh, it's the first time she's met her extended family. The McKenzie women, however, have been keeping a close eye on her. For they have a long, secret and dangerous history as Jewel Keepers to the Scottish Crown and they need Araminta to play her part to solve a puzzle which stretches back generations. But the McKenzies are not alone in this high-stakes treasure hunt though history. They're being pursued. The last of her line, if Araminta succeeds, she will uncover something more valuable than mere jewels - a secret that will change the lives of all women living on this, the cusp of the Queen Victoria's rule. Featuring real historical events and places amid its fiction, The Jewel Keepers is an immersive, evocative story tinged with romance and brimming with intrigue. Readers LOVE Sara Sheridan: ? 'This book is a thing of beauty. I wanted to climb inside it' ? 'Clever and extremely entertaining' ? 'An absolute delight' ? 'A story that evokes all of the senses' ? 'Riveting'

'Wickedly addictive' Reader review ? 'Incredibly propulsive' Reader review ? 'Unputdownable!' Reader review ? In sickness and in health, 'til death do us part... Helen lives with her controlling partner, Brian - but she's been keeping his abusive behaviour a secret from her best friends, Angela and Sara. Until she can't hide it any longer. Not long after telling her friends the truth, Brian has a shocking accident - and all three women are implicated. Sure, they all wanted to see him dead. But they couldn't be capable of murder. Could they? If you love Bad Sisters, Katy Brent and Julie Mae Cohen, then you will love Kiss Marry Kill, an utterly hilarious and thrilling read from the #1 bestseller Laura Marshall. Readers are obsessed with Kiss Marry Kill:'If you enjoyed Bad Sisters you will absolutely love this' Nikki Smith'Couldn't put it down!' Reader review ? 'Funny, twisty, dark and clever page-turner' Nikki May'A compulsive page turner' Reader review ? 'Murderously funny' Fiona Cummins'A terrific read, and a whip smart narrative that holds you from page to page!' Reader review ?

Would you walk away from the only man you've ever loved, if it meant you could save his life?'ACHING AND POIGNANT' AVA REID 'BITTERSWEET, HOPEFUL' ALLISON SAFT'STUNNING, HEARTBREAKING' MEG SHAFFERTess has loved Soren all her life - fiercely, hopelessly and without end. But the island that raised them is cursed: its shadow hangs over every family still living there. Now it threatens to claim Soren too. She is desperate to leave, to carve out a life away from heartbreak. Yet Soren refuses to abandon the only place he's ever belonged - even if it means his time is running out. Is borrowed time together worth more than a lifetime without? Or will Tess have to make the hardest decision of al? EADERS LOVE LAURA BROOKE ROBSON'Laura Brooke Robson is a gifted writer' ?'So many passages are beautiful and perfectly captured' ?'A delicious read that was hard to put down' ?'Laura Brooke Robson is a talent to watch' ?'Poetic, beautiful, funny, heart-wrenching' ?

When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, mother and daughter Vivien and Alice Li are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can decode the Chinese intentions. Alice is a first-generation Chinese-American food blogger. A Chinese dissident who escaped China after Tiananmen Square, Vivien is now a globally recognized human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free and democratic China. While it makes some sense that the President would turn to Vivien, what isn't clear is why they'd want to talk to Alice. Caught up in the chaos, Vivien and Alice are uniquely placed to stop the next, cataclysmic attack. But there are forces deep within both the American and Chinese governments intent on stopping mother and daughter. The estranged pair, who excels at misunderstanding each other, must figure out how to work together. The increasingly frantic search for answers takes the women from the Oval Office to an office building in Akron, Ohio, from the noodle shops of Hong Kong to the necropolis of the first emperor. Along the way they must decode an old legend, and an old language invented by women, for women. The Last Mandarin is the story of a mother and daughter, as well as a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down.

'[An] absolute corker from Ireland's best mystery writer ... utterly gripping' ExpressThe players call it The Game. There are just two rules:No killing close to home. No Killing outside the gameBut what happens when those rules get broke? hen the drowned body of a troubled teenager is recovered from a river in Maine's Kennebec Valley, and a young woman disappears from a small rural town, they draw the attention of the private investigator named Charlie Parker. Now Parker will be forced to confront a band of men without morality and without loyalty, not even to one another, in a place where the very darkness is alive. Because something has emerged from the shadows, something very bad. And it wants revenge.

'TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING' HANNAH KANER 'HEART-POUNDING' SAMANTHA SHANNON 'CHARACTERS I WOULD DIE FOR' SAARA EL-ARIFIA forbidden power. An impossible prophecy. Two hearts destined to collide. A new fantasy standalone from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Until We Shatter, with an enemies-to-lovers romance, a disgraced seer, an enemies-to-lovers romance, and a cultist's plot threatening to destroy the world. Raya Wryvern was supposed to be a prodigy. As the daughter of two powerful Shades - world-renowned for seeing the future - she was expected to graduate the Academy at the top of her class. Instead, she's failing. And the cost of failure is having her magic bound. Desperate, Raya asks the future a forbidden question. But instead of an answer, it shows her the end of all magic and the death of her kind. And at the heart of the vision is Ezzo, the boy it claims she's destined to love. Except Ezzo's not just a boy, he's an illegal half-Shade who's spent the last year drinking away his past, and he's not interested in the future - his or hers. With time running out on a prophecy only she can see, Raya must convince Ezzo to help her decipher the vision - before it's too late to steer fate onto a different path. READERS LOVE KATE DYLAN 'Wild ride doesn't even begin to cover this book. Kate Dylan is a genius' ? 'If you like messy relationships, a fast paced plot, quippy dialogue and unique magic systems, this book is for you. Get it on your reading lists!' ? 'With a sickening crack, clink, crunch, Dylan will shatter your heart into a thousand pieces, leaving nothing behind but a jagged pile of shards and a deliciously devastating book hangover' ? 'I truly believe this will be the next big fantasy book. It has everything you could want and need' ? 'This was a wild ride of a read, high stakes magical heist, blackmail, found family, romance. I had a great time reading it, it also broke my heart once or twice but I couldn't put it down' ?

Don't miss this twisty mystery novel full of suspense by Lauren Oliver, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Karin Slaughter!Kate Willis, a psychiatrist and researcher for unexplained extraordinary human experiences, is called to investigate the case of a six-year-old Massachusetts girl who claims to remember details of a past life. As usual, Kate expects to find a simple explanation. Instead, she is shocked to discover that the child seems to know eerie details about Kate's childhood friend, Becca, who vanished one summer fifteen years ago. Forced to confront her own memories of that fatal summer evening, Kate must piece together two mysteries that threaten to overcome her... Praise for Lauren Oliver:'A sharp and harrowing mystery . . . I inhaled this book like a gulp of fresh air after a long swim' Lauren Thoman'Could not put this book down' Reader review ? 'Astonishingly good' Reader review ?'What a ride! This story did not disappoint' Reader review ?'10 out of 10 highly recommend!' Reader review ?'Some books grab you right away & pull you in... This IS one of those books' Reader review ?

The players call it The Game. There are just two rules: • No Killing Close to Home. • No Killing Outside the Game But what happens when those rules get broken? When the drowned body of a troubled teenager is recovered from a river in Maine's Kennebec Valley, and a young woman disappears from a small rural town, they draw the attention of the private investigator named Charlie Parker. Now Parker will be forced to confront a band of men without morality and without loyalty, not even to one another, in a place where the very darkness is alive. Because something has emerged from the shadows, something very bad.

MEET THE MIKKOLA SISTERS: INA, EVELYN, AND ANASTASIA. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, quick to anger. Following them from afar is Jonas. Like the sisters, he's Swedish Tunisian, raised in Stockholm but yearning for so much more. His life intersects with theirs across decades and continents, from Tunis to Berlin and New York. And when Evelyn goes missing, it's Jonas who tracks her down - and helps break the curse that has loomed over the Mikkolas for years.

Fans of Beth O'Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will LOVE this fresh and funny rom-com Chloe Fairway has found the perfect man . . . Stuck in a Production Assistant job and living at home with her parents after a painful breakup, it's fair to say that thirty-one-year-old Chloe isn't where she wants to be in life. The last thing she needs is to face the people who once voted her "most likely to succeed" at her upcoming ten-year college reunion. And she definitely doesn't want to see her former best friend, Sean Adler, who is now a hotshot film director living the life Chloe dreamed of. Desperate to make a splash-and to save face in front of the man who might be the one that got away-she turns to a mysterious dating service. Enter Rob, her handsome, well-read, and charming match, the perfect plus-one to take to her reunion. The more she gets to know him, the more perfect he appears to be. . . . Except, of course, for the catch"Sharp, delicious, romantic" B.K.Borison "Fresh, unique, hilarious" Kirsty Greenwood READERS LOVE SOPHIE COUSENS ? "What can I say about this book except I loved it?!! It made me CACKLE." ? "I have always deeply enjoyed and really appreciated Sophie Cousen's books. She is a fantastic writer, so the words and sentences are beautiful. But what I love most about her is that she gives us a story we can't put down, a story that feels so easy to read, and at the same time it really challenges us to think and assess our preconceptions. ? "I always look forward to a new Sophie Cousens book. Her characters are so real and relatable, and she takes them on such wonderful journeys." ? "Another funny and charming novel by the master. My only complaint about Sophie Cousens' books is that there aren't more of them." ? "Cousens always makes me feel seen as a reader" ? "I can always rely on Sophie Cousens for a romantic and funny love story."

When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, mother and daughter Vivien and Alice Li are called to the White House in hopes Madame Li can decode the Chinese intentions. Alice is a first-generation Chinese-American food blogger. A Chinese dissident who escaped China after Tiananmen Square, Vivien is now a globally recognized human rights activist and passionate advocate for a free and democratic China. While it makes some sense that the President would turn to Vivien, what isn't clear is why they'd want to talk to Alice. Caught up in the chaos, Vivien and Alice are uniquely placed to stop the next, cataclysmic attack. But there are forces deep within both the American and Chinese governments intent on stopping mother and daughter. The estranged pair, who excels at misunderstanding each other, must figure out how to work together. The increasingly frantic search for answers takes the women from the Oval Office to an office building in Akron, Ohio, from the noodle shops of Hong Kong to the necropolis of the first emperor. Along the way they must decode an old legend, and an old language invented by women, for women. The Last Mandarin is the story of a mother and daughter, as well as a compelling international thriller about the precarious balance of power across the world, and within a family. And what happens when both break down.

Published 25 years ago and now a cult classic, The Eyre Affair is the first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde.Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend.There is another 1985, where London''s criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave''s MR Big.Acheron Hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing.Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn''t easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare''s plays.Perhaps today just isn''t going to be Thursday''s day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again.

'Compulsive, heartbreaking' Clare Leslie Hall'Gorgeously written' Jennie Godfrey'A tale of dazzle and determination' Daily MailFOUR WOMEN. A MILLION DREAMS. Scotland, 1910. Born into the world of the circus, Lena now stands at a crossroads. With the sudden death of her father, she faces a stark choice: get married or get a job. The fairgrounds are no place for a woman to go it alone. Until flame-haired Violet, known to all as 'the greatest trapeze artist that ever lived', suggests they do exactly that. With her outspoken ways and her refusal to marry, Violet is as much an outcast as Lena. What do they have to los? ecruiting new performers including bareback horse-rider Rosie and acrobat Carmen, the four women take charge of their own show, their own finances and their own destinies. But the fairgrounds are a dangerous place: misogyny is rife, violence a continual threat, and buried secrets are beginning to threaten all they hold dear. Together, they must forge their own path to freedom. FOR THEY ARE THE SHOW WOMEN. AND THE SHOW MUST GO ON. READERS LOVE THE SHOW WOMAN? 'Held my interest to the very last page'? 'Complete sensory immersion, such is the depth and breadth of the descriptive narrative'? 'Beautifully written, lovable characters, gripping narrative'? 'This extraordinary debut is bursting with energy and imagination'? 'A terrific read'