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When my husband of 25 years leaves me to expedite his political agenda, and his new girlfriend ensures I have no place within the shadow council, I am starting over with a new business and no financial security.

Sara Baron’s dream job as a professional symphony musician is threatened by a medical affliction. She returns to her hometown in upstate New York to receive physical therapy and hopefully recover enough to resume her career. While playing duets for the opening of the town’s new community center, lights go out and a gunshot echoes through the reception area. The building contractor, a man with no shortage of enemies, is dead. Her duet partner and childhood friend begs her to help find the killer when her father, Sara’s old chemistry teacher, is at the top of the suspect list.

Oboist Sara Baron agrees to cat-sit for a childhood friend, but instead of being greeted by a meowing fluff ball, she walks into a ransacked house and stumbles over her friend’s dead body. Frantic, she runs next door and enlists the help of a mysterious stranger who knows more than he admits.

Oboist Sara Baron is settling nicely into her new life back in her hometown, but when a friend goes missing under suspicious circumstances, her newfound equilibrium is thrown off balance. The police don’t suspect foul play, but Sara gets a bad vibe when she finds her friend Micah blew off a meeting with his dissertation chair and has been ghosting his girlfriend.

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White—veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity—when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind.

British fashion designer Lola Delphine pulls up to the Casino de Monte-Carlo. Unbeknownst to her, she has been followed by established art dealer Jack Alistair, her first love. They have not spoken in 23 years due to an overheard secret about Lola’s past. Not realizing it is Lola until she steps out of the car, he is intrigued. Then he sees the unmistakable crescent moon-shaped scar on her leg. Set against the glamorous backdrop of the Côte d’Azur and London, this is a modern love story with adventure, mystery, a sprinkling of cheeky British humor, and quite a lot of naughtiness.

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Since my divorce and moving to the States, I only practice martial arts to blow off steam, but when my mentor is murdered by a shape-shifting vampire, I'm on the hunt for the monster that killed him. My pursuit leads me to the Shadow Council. The ruling body of the supernatural world. As if that isn't strange enough, a forgotten God wants me to train a new breed of hunters, to prepare for the impending war.

If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the world's billions of individuals are really managing? In this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self-respect.

The worst happened, and all I have left of the man I love is his unbeating heart. How am I going to save Valentine when I’m also trapped? Enemies surround us both, and I don’t know who to trust. I must unlock my power, restore Valentine, and destroy those who are keeping us apart.

We are living through a period of unprecedented uncertainty and upheaval in both our personal and professional lives. So it should come as a surprise to exactly no one that trust, human connection, and mental well-being are all on the decline. This may seem like no laughing matter. Yet, the research shows that humor and laughter are among the most valuable tools we have at our disposal for strengthening bonds and relationships, diffusing stress and tension, boosting resilience, and performing when the stakes are high.

It sucks to have meaningless, painful, and stressful days! Imagine if you could get rid of all the stress in your life and live a relaxing, peaceful, and happy life that you've always wanted in 12 secret steps that are presented to you in easy-to-follow baby steps.

I’ve spent years as a dirt-broke, starving artist. When my mom's hospital bills start piling up, I take every odd job I can find in Silver Mountain. Eventually, that leads to a nanny position at the biggest mansion in town. The kids are cute as stuffed animals. The pay is great, and my luck seems to be improving.

All I want is get back to normal. Whatever ‘normal’ is these days. After all, our family will be scarred forever after everything that’s happened. My sister-in-law falling prey to the serial killer that stalked our usual peaceful town is something I’ll never get over. But equally, I’m beyond relieved that my husband has been exonerated of involvement in any of the women’s deaths. Our nightmare is finally over. Or is it?

As the eldest son of the Duke of Langford, Nathaniel Gresham sees his arranged marriage to Lady Violet Devere as just another obligation to fulfil – highly suitable, if unexciting. But as Violet sets out to transform herself from dowdy wallflower to dazzling young duchess-to-be, proper Nathaniel sets out to prove he's a match for his new bride's vivacity and daring.

Twenty-five-year-old Lady Vanessa Templeton’s life is ruled by her aunt and uncle, who took over title, house, and estate following her father’s death. With no intention of escaping to marriage, she avoids society as much as possible. Following a rare visit to London to see an elderly aunt, she encounters an illiterate, ex-seaman who looks suitable for the footman’s position her aunt has been trying to fill, so she takes him home.

You probably don't realise this, but every working day you replay and re-enact conflicts, dynamics and relationships from your past. Whether it's confusing an authority figure with a parent; avoiding conflict because of past squabbles with siblings; or suffering from imposter syndrome because of the way your family responded to success, when it comes to work we are all trapped in our own upbringings and the patterns of behaviour we learned while growing up.

Eighteen-year-old orphan Harriet Thomson has resided with a distant cousin’s aristocratic household since the age of five, first as companion to Prudence, the youngest daughter of house, later as carer of Pru’s ailing father. When he dies, she has to make her own way in the world and finds work as companion to the elderly Countess Arden, who resides in the Dower House on the Hertfordshire estate of the dashingly handsome Duke of Fairbridge.

Millie is excited when her family visits her during Christmas break onboard the Siren of the Seas. Her delight turns to shock after her ex-husband’s fiancé is found dead. Things go from bad to worse when Millie is accused of her murder.

Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders' day is off to a shockingly bad start when her boss “volunteers” her to be his guinea pig for a stun gun self-defense class in front of her fellow shipmates. Loyal to a fault, she agrees but almost immediately regrets her decision. Meanwhile, several crewmembers have become violently ill and possibly on the verge of death after eating food prepared from the galley kitchen, operated by her best friend, Annette Delacroix.