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'My curse...to be the greatest painter who ever lived! And yet to never be able to see them for myself!' The year is 1893, and struggling artist Charles Delaware Tate works alone in a garret in New York City. Frustrated by his lack of artistic genius, he seems doomed to a life of misery and failure. And then he meets Eloise Verinder...and his whole world changes.

Angel shares her secrets with Ryker, expecting them to push him away, only for him to make it clear nothing she says would make him do such a thing. Ryker is stunned when Angel tells him what he wants to know, but nothing prepares either of them for the deception of someone they both trusted. Or him for the return of someone who won't take no for an answer. And when Angel makes a decision which impacts both of their futures, Ryker must deal with the aftermath of the choices they've both made in the past.

Danita Barlow isn't happy when her decision to die leads her to the house of the one person whose always cared for her, especially when 15 years have passed since she left home, and she has big secrets to share before it's too late.

After trying on a long, bright, and colorful dress, Petra finds herself in Jordan where she meets Fatima. Together they explore the ancient city of Petra.

Petra is a curious 7-year-old girl who goes on exciting adventures to fascinating places around the world. In this adventure, Petra travels to Sri Lanka, through the magical costume warehouse at the theatre where her mother works. There she encounters a young novice monk and encounters a baby elephant!

Petra is a curious 7-year-old girl who goes on exciting adventures in fascinating places around the world. Through the magical costume warehouse at her mother's workplace Petra travels to Senegal where she meets a girl named Awa Diouf and her family. On her adventure she meets interesting people, as well as their cultures and ways of life.

Petra, a young adventurer, finds herself in the Northern Fells of Sami Land, an unknown land to her. She soon makes a new friend named Niklas. Petra and Niklas find themselves exploring the Sami Land together in search of Niklas' lost sister, Maaret. Along the way, Petra learns about the magic of the Northern Lights and how they came to be.

Abandoned by her mother at an early age, 10-year-old Spin has been adopted by Sir Fistache mal Arthreign. The knight's habit of collecting waifs and strays has thrown together a family of rowdy headbangers. Expelled from countless towns and villages, they hope to make a fresh start in the Songwynd slums - but the decision to bring along their pet wishhobbler wrecks any chance of this.

As Christian women, we sometimes wear different hats and play different roles. We usually find ourselves overstretching and trying to be everything for everybody. In addition, we neglect our emotional, physiological, and mental well-being. As much as we want to do everything and be everything to everybody, we forget that we’re just human and can only go so far. Lack of self-care drains us and makes us empty and dry.

Odio las despedidas de soltera. Odio la idea de pasar una noche llena de pajitas con forma de pene, pasos de baile ridículos y mujeres diciéndome: «¡Tú serás la siguiente, Kaitlyn!». Y las odio todavía más si son en una discoteca superglamurosa de Miami, exactamente el tipo de lugar donde no encajo. La cosa no podría ser peor, ¿no? Pues sí, podría ser peor. Con ustedes, el señor «Más-Guapo-Imposible».

Driven by poverty, Spin and her makeshift family move to the Songwynds in search of work. There they share a tiny, rat-infested tenement room with their adoptive Ma: a ferocious wishhobbler. A monster of a mother, and the mother of all monsters, the wishhobbler’s viciousness has caused fear and mayhem among the slum dwellers. Unable to hit back at the wishhobbler, her victims turn their attention to Spin.

Twenty-five-year-old Bea is a hopeless romantic with a hopeless love life – until now. New beau Dan ticks all the boxes: he’s good-looking, kind and thoughtful. The complete opposite of Bea’s ex, who once threw her out in the middle of the night when she was ill so she didn’t disrupt his sleep. So when her friends point out that she and Dan don’t have fireworks, Bea ignores them. Dan is the whole package. And yet Bea can’t stop comparing him to her best friend Henry... Because Dan doesn’t get Bea’s jokes. Or like books. Or make her laugh until she can’t breathe.

I love to write character, to me characters are all. Meet my characters in love. A quirky, sensual love, a love like no other love you have ever known before. Basque is my themed compilation of love stories: different aspects of love over the years.

Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number, Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism – and the usually law-abiding Freya is forced to make a choice: continue being a bystander, or sacrifice herself to save the lives of others. New York, present day. Maddie commutes home to her family to reset. Struggling to fully turn off from her work, she’s is shocked to come across a pre-war German diary amongst her Grandpa’s things.

THE MOOD SWING is a whimsical and heartwarming tale that takes young listeners on a magical journey through the emotional ups and downs of grief. The story follows a young boy, named Peter, as he navigates the challenging emotions tied to loss after the death of his father. A magical swing, tethered to a Moon Tree, propels Peter into fantastical adventure that mirror his emotions.

Maya is on a boring trip when she finds herself in a whole new world, which turns everything that she knows around. But she must go back to her world and lose her memory of everything that she has learned in the light. Can she save her soul before it is too late? Or will her own cryptic heart be the death of her?