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Renowned novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is best known for his fatalistic, often tragic novels set in the 'realistic dream-country' of Wessex, in south and south-west England. Drawing on his own life, he created some of the most memorable characters and stories in Victorian literature—many of which are included here. In five dramas taken from Radio 4's 'Hardy's Women' season, we meet a few of Thomas Hardy's most compelling female protagonists.

Once upon a time, there was a king and queen in a land called Love's Keep who once loved one another, but alas, no more. Without love, they were doomed to be ousted from their kingdom at the end of a year and a day. A year and a day passed. This is where their story starts. Imelda and Ambrose can't remember why they got married. A year and a day ago, Ambrose consulted a witch, trading their love to save Imelda's life - and they've been stuck with one another ever since.

A status-obsessed senior unexpectedly falls for a freshman because of his Danny Zuko audition in their high school's production of Grease in this outrageously funny epistolary novel set in 1991. "Matt Boren brilliantly captures the voices of students way back in 1992 with humor and wit and a...

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER When a charming billionaire and a reclusive lawyer tie the knot to outsmart an inheritance scheme, sparks fly and unexpected love blossoms in this sizzling romance from Ava Rani, author of The Spare and The Heir. Sometimes love outsmarts the best laid plans...

Critically acclaimed author Emma Otheguy joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest adventure in the NYT bestselling Unicorn Rescue Society series as the kids travel to Cuba to help the legendary Madre de aguas. In Cuba, it is believed that a mysterious water...

Around the world in 22 murders… LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CWA SHORT STORY DAGGER AWARD ‘22 hugely engaging and eloquent crime stories from around the world … the plots sizzle and evoke a variety of emotions. The Perfect Crime comes with a massive thumbs up from me and marches straight in to...

The novel involves Mayre Griffiths, nicknamed Trot, or sometimes Tiny Trot, who is a little girl who lives on the coast of southern California. Her father is the captain of a sailing schooner, and her constant companion is Cap'n Bill Weedles, a retired sailor with a wooden leg.

In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was published in the United States to immediate controversy and best-sellerdom. More than 60 years later, this phenomenal novel generates as much buzz as it did when originally published. Central to countless issues at the forefront of our national discourse - art and politics, race and whiteness, gender and power, sexual trauma - Lolita lives on, in an afterlife as blinding as a supernova.

After an explanation of how the magic umbrella works, the two children, joined by Cap'n Bill, decide to take a trip to a nearby island. They call it "Sky Island" because it looks like it's "halfway in the sky"—but the umbrella takes them to a different place entirely, a literal island in the sky.

A sexy erotic romance novel that tells a story of how Dr. Jasmine Mone gives erotic detail of how to cheat and get away with it, at the same time teaching five clients how to save their marriage. An exciting new book by author and film producer Derek La'Caze that will arouse, intrigue, and make you think as the characters lives unfold. Part one of a three-book series!

Sins of Jasmine is part two of the How To Get Away With Cheating Series by Author Derek LaCaze. This is an erotic story of a well known therapist who helps high end celebrity clients deal with infidelity due to either a sex addiction or simply can not stop cheating and want a way to do it and get away with it. Once in the class they find out way more than that, meanwhile descriptive details of sexual encounter after encounter.

Princess Lulu and Knight Arturo are in love on a tropical island and want to elope, but God has other plans. Pirates, witches, and the Devil, too.

Congratulations! You are inventor of Lucia ~ Dreamgirl, a computer program that brings dreams to real life. You made billions of dollars in the adult-entertainment industry as inventor of the computer that revolutionized entertainment. Or are you still testing Lucia ~ Dreamgirl in reality? Lucia ~ Dreamgirl is a dangerous sex toy. Did you ever figure out a way to get out of your machine? And do you really want to leave your machine?

Paul Carano is permanently disabled under the care of his personal nurse Lily Cho. Paul had strange nightmares when he was drugged up by Lily and forced into an affair. And now Lily is pregnant with his baby. Paul and his wife Shayla withdrew charges because they pity Lily. Lily is mentally ill and lost her career. But Paul and Lily forgive Lily. They support Lily because Lily is the mother of their new baby. The philosophy behind this novelette is based on forgiveness.

The Clown from Another Planet is the third installment to the Clown at the End of the World trilogy. You do not have to listen to the trilogy in order because each book contains independent short stories and novelettes, which tie together under the theme of existentialism. The trilogy is a romance comedy in tribute to the Twilight Zone genre. What if Lily Cho did not commit suicide because Starbuck the clown was asked by God to rewrite history into alternate realities in my sequel Jessica Alverez?

Ein dunkler Prinz und ein unwiderstehlicher Graf, doch nur einer sagt die Wahrheit. Das gestohlene Herz ist der zweite Band der Empire of Sins and Souls-Trilogie, eine spicy Enemies-to-Lovers-Romantasy in einer viktorianischen Welt. Mit emotional scars, zwei broken heroes und einer Protagonistin, die nicht weiß, für wen von beiden ihr totes Herz schlägt.

Within twenty-four hours after her wedding, Rebecca knew she had married the wrong man. Her husband, who had been kind and caring, suddenly became distant. Over time she began to see his true character—he was an abuser. In the years that followed, Rebecca and her children continuously endured all types of abuse. Although she attempted to deny and ignore it, things got progressively worse each year. When Rebecca's life suddenly came crashing down and she finally acknowledged the truth about what her husband had become, she had to make a choice.

Wenn dich alle, die du liebst, verraten ... Wem kannst du dann noch trauen? Enemies to lovers to enemies ... to lovers? Das zerrissene Herz ist das epische Finale der Empire of Sins and Souls-Trilogie, in der die Heldin sich ein letztes Mal entscheiden muss – zwischen Graf und Prinz, zwischen sich selbst und Xanthia. Als Zoé Durand ihre Augen öffnet, ist da nur ein einziges Gefühl, das verheerend durch ihre Venen rauscht: Hass. Nach Kaspars Verrat musste sie eine Xathyr werden, um nicht im ewigen Höllenfeuer zu enden, nun schwört sie Rache.