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The last thing Beck Foster wants to do is attend a party for her estranged aunt in the Florida Keys. One month earlier, Beck’s seemingly ideal existence imploded when her husband of 34 years announced he was leaving her. Now, so she has to sell her house, get a job, and somehow put her broken heart and life back together. She can’t do all that if she runs off to visit a woman she barely remembers. Or can she? Accompanied by her grown daughter who also longs for an escape, Beck heads to Coconut Key, where she’d lived the earliest years of her life.

June is a brilliant but difficult girl with a gift for mechanical invention who leaves home to begin grueling astronaut training at the National Space Program. Younger by two years than her classmates at Peter Reed, the school on campus named for her uncle, she flourishes in her classes but struggles to make friends and find true intellectual peers. Six years later, she has gained a coveted post as an engineer on a space station.

London, 1841. One hundred eighty Englishwomen file aboard the Rajah, embarking on a three-month voyage to the other side of the world. They're daughters, sisters, mothers - and convicts. Transported for petty crimes. Except one of them has a deadly secret, and will do anything to flee justice.

Aren’t you over it yet? Anyone who has experienced a major loss in their past knows this question. We’ve spent years fielding versions of it, both explicit and implied, from family, colleagues, acquaintances, and friends. We recognize the subtle cues - the slight eyebrow lift, the soft, startled “Oh! That long ago?” - from those who wonder how an event so far in the past can still occupy so much precious mental and emotional real estate.

In The Aftergrief, acclaimed grief Coach and New York Times best-selling Author Hope Edelman helps us to understand that loss isn't something to get over, get past, or move beyond, and trying to achieve these will only lead us nowhere. Instead, she draws on her own experiences of early bereavement, as well as interviews with dozens of men and women who have lost someone dear, to answer how, individually, we can learn to live with loss and grief long-term and accept it as something that becomes a part of us and shapes our thoughts, choices, hopes and fears.

Inspired by the much-loved classic Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, Into the Spotlight is a magical new story from best-selling author and acclaimed performer Carrie Hope Fletcher. Brilliant Aunt Maude visits seasides the world over and has become quite the pebble collector. Pebbles of all shapes, sizes and colours and even one that looked a bit like Elvis Presley if you squinted a bit. Her favourite pebbles, however, are Marigold, Mabel and Morris.

In her first year of motherhood after an unplanned pregnancy, Cate is constantly exhausted, spiraling into self-doubt and postpartum anxiety. Her husband Sam seems oblivious, but maybe she’d prefer he remain in the dark. How can she admit the unthinkable - that she misses her freedom? In contrast, Hannah continues to endure round after round of unsuccessful IVF treatments. The process is taking its toll on her physically and emotionally - and, she worries, creating distance between her and her husband Nathan.

In the summer of 1996, 18-year-old Jessie Cody's peaceful life is shattered. After discovering her sister's dark secret, she suffers a brutal attack to keep her silent. If the truth is revealed, it will ruin the lives of her family and friends, so Jessie's only choice is to run away. Thirteen years later, Jessie returns home to find she is not the only one harboring painful secrets. As events begin to unravel, the past comes rushing back, and relationships may be destroyed forever. Is it possible for Jessie to redefine her trauma and find a place in the life she left behind?

Millie Sanders has settled into her new position as assistant cruise director of the Siren of the Seas and is loving every minute of the adventure and excitement. A fresh wave of passengers have just boarded, and as the deck party gets into full swing, a frantic cry of man overboard is shouted over the loudspeakers. Millie rushes towards the crowd that has gathered on the portside upper deck and watches in horror as the ship's crew desperately tries to save a young man who has just gone over.

I watched the gorgeous firefighter walk away. I couldn’t help it. Even in my loopy state, I was staring. He’d been so nice to me, I couldn’t help but like him. Of course, I knew that he was just doing his job. I was pretty confident in my curvy body, but he was a perfect 10 out of 10 and there was no way he’d be interested in me.

A collection of short, steamy romances between a billionaire and a strong, curvy woman (includes audiobooks one to three of the Insta Love Alpha Male series plus two bonus audiobooks).

Energy vampires exist all around us, and some of them might be less apparent than others. Taking the form of family members, close friends, and trusted coworkers, these people can effectively hide their true form and fool you into maintaining them in your life. However, just like those ever-popular Hollywood vampires, real-life energy vampires can only enter if you invite them in. If you can figure out how to spot them in your life, you can cut them out, shut the door, and limit your interactions with them so that you won’t have to suffer their toxicity.

F’lorna finds herself in a distant land, fighting to unlock memories buried deep within her. As sages and chieftains fight to claim her identity, she walks in a power that commands her to rise from the darkness. F’lorna’s long lost friend Raecli battles thoughts of depression and wonders if life as a highborn Sand-shaper is worth living. However, hope finally arrives as a friendly traitor, and she embraces a purpose beyond her grandfather’s demand of marriage.

In these will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romances, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another.

At 14 years old, F’lorna must present her Adoration to Ra’ash. Though she is a singer by design, she has chosen to dance to avoid hurting the tender feelings of her birth friend. As F’lorna prepares for the Double Moon Ceremony, signifying that her Eternal Memory is now shut, storms begin to build across the lands of Rodesh and the villagers must prepare for the great change that is coming. Life is more than simply song and dance. Destiny cries out!

In this will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romance, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another. Tattoo artist and former playboy, Tommy, knows exactly what he wants out of life. And when he meets the new owner of the local bakery, June, he knows he wants her. But things don’t always go according to plan.

Tech billionaire Finley Joseph sets off to a remote island for a conference with some of the greatest tech minds in the world. But what he doesn’t expect is that the gorgeous assistant he’s assigned for the week will turn out to have a dark secret. Can he ignore the betrayal in the name of love?

Millie Sanders’ happily ever after is suddenly destroyed when her husband of 35 years comes home one day and informs her that he is leaving her for another woman. To make matters worse, the other woman happens to be her "friend" and hairdresser, Delilah Osborne! After months of mourning and moping around the house, she stumbles upon a help wanted ad in the newspaper for the perfect job as an assistant cruise ship director. Before Millie can talk herself out of it, she fills out the application and mails it in.

A short steamy billionaire and strong curvy woman romance. Billionaire businessman, Alistair Harrington, needs to plan a last-minute engagement party for his estranged brother. With time running out, he enlists the help of a beautiful professional party planner, Anna. Can the two of them pull off the perfect party in such a short time period? And can they ignore the romantic tension that blossoms between them?

That smile could have ended wars, I swear it. I’d never seen anyone as unintentionally cool as Megan. She was wearing very little makeup, but she didn’t need it. And she was wearing a simple white T-shirt and a brown leather jacket. Everything about her was beautiful, from her eyes and smile to the way she said her own name.