Will your past always catch up with you? ... Tessa Dannall is excited and happy when her daughter, Nia, arrives at their family's tropical beach resort to get married. Tessa is also trying to forget the last time she went to a wedding on this beach and how that day changed her life for ever. But as the big day draws near, Tessa realises she must face the deadly ghosts from her past - or they may ruin her daughter's future. "Terrifically addictive" Good Housekeeping "Beautifully written" Closer "Koomson just gets better and better" Woman and Home ... |
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This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... Have you ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can't speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends' lives - and your own - in terrible danger? About the series "Quick Reads" are bite-sized books by bestselling writers and well-known personalities for the people who want a short, fast-paced read. They are designed ... |
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Sometimes divorce can be deadly. ... Kate wants a clean break from her husband Jack. They can still be friends. She just doesn't want to stay married to him. But Jack doesn't want a friend. He wants a wife. He wants Kate. And he will do anything to keep her. Jack remembers his wedding vow: "Till death do us part". He always keeps a promise. ... |
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Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Queenie. How do you find the one in a million? ... Sapphire is the hot-headed leader of the Red Roses in an area where gang loyalty is all that matters. But after a tragic event, Sapphire vows to leave her old life, friends and her gang behind. Life without the Red Roses and the violence that always followed them is certainly quieter. When she meets a boy called Apollo on her way to Notting Hill Carnival, she forms an instant bond with him. She thinks he could be the one. Until she discovers he’s a member of rival gang, the Gold Teeth. Will she ever escape her past with the ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
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Now a major motion picture. A wattpad novel. New York Times bestselling author. New exclusive material inside! ... Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She`s got direction, and a mother who`s intent on keeping her that way. But she`s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin. With his brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is cute and different from what she`s used to. But he`s also rude - to the point of cruelty, even. For all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does - until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about ... |
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Световният бестселър Шантарам е роман с елементи на биография от лудия живот на Грегъри Дейвид Робъртс. Роден в Мелбърн през 1952 г., след разпадането на брака си Дейвид Робъртс развива хероинова зависимост. Извършва 24 банкови обира с пистолет-играчка и само за 3 месеца (1977) успява да задигне 38 000 долара. Наричат го бандита-джентълмен заради маниера му да е любезен и да използва думи като моля и благодаря по време на обирите. Заловен е и получава 19-годишна присъда, която излежава в затвор с максимална степен на сигурност. Две години по-късно успява да избяга от там посред бял ден и се превръща в най-търсения бандит ... |
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Третата книга от поредицата "Бьорнстад" на Фредрик Бакман. Една книга не стига за тази малка история за големите въпроси. Какво е едно семейство? Какво е един хокеен клуб? Какво е една общност? И какво сме готови да жертваме, за да ги защитим? Минали са две години, откакто се случи онова, за което никой не иска да мисли. Всички се опитваме да продължим напред, но в този край на гората има нещо, което така и не ни позволява да го направим. Ние сме град с мъка в сърцето и насилие във въздуха, обичаме приказки с щастлив край, но дълбоко в себе си от самото начало знаехме, че този няма да е такъв. Всичко започва ... |
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Никой не е успял да избяга от Института. ... Посред нощ в къща на тиха уличка в предградията на Минеаполис похитители убиват родителите на Люк Елис, а него натоварват в черен джип. Операцията отнема едва две минути. Люк се събужда в Института, в стая, която прилича досущ на неговата, само дето няма прозорци. А щом излиза през вратата, вижда други врати, зад които живеят други деца с особени дарби − телекинеза и телепатия, - озовали се там по същия начин като него: Калиша, Ник, Джордж, Айрис и десетгодишният Ейвъри Диксън. Всички те са в Предната половина. Има и други деца, научава Люк, преместени в Задната половина, ... |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The ... |
