AN INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

She knows the taste of death. He’ll stoke her hunger for it.

Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a Petitor, a prosecutor who can magically detect lies, and is assigned to work with Tetrarch Kadra. Ice-cold and perennially sadistic, Kadra is the most vicious of the four judges who rule the land—and the prime suspect in a string of deaths identical to Sarai’s attempted murder.
 
Certain of his guilt, Sarai begins a double life: solving cases with Kadra by day and plotting his ruin by night. But Kadra is charming and there’s something alluring about the wrath he wields against the city’s corruption. So when the evidence she finds embroils her in a deadly political battle, Sarai must also fight against her attraction to Kadra—because despite his growing hold on her heart, his voice matches the only memory she has of her assailant…
 
A dazzling Ancient Rome-inspired romantasy debut, This Monster of Mine is a bloodbath of manipulation, deception, and forbidden love.

This Monster of Mine By Shalini Abeysekara, Read By Felixe Forde

Disruption is the most powerful force of change in our lifetime. 
 
Every day we are confronted with...

…sudden pivots at our workplace and in the job market
…rule-changing technology such as Artificial Intelligence.
…unexpected crises and a culture of chaos.
…the sinking feeling that we are losing control of our lives.

This is the book about taking back control.
It’s easy to follow and easy to turn into lifelong habits. 
It has been thoroughly researched and examined.
Simply put, Disrupt Everything works.

One question.
Are you ready to Disrupt Everything and take control of your future?

Disrupt Everything—and Win By James Patterson & Patrick Leddin

Read By: Avery Caris, Katharine Chin, Matt Mercurio, Chase Brown, Marni Penning & Jordan Stephanie Gray

​"A deliciously dark and viciously sexy romance. You will want to devour Jordan Gray's stunning paranormal debut. But beware, this book bites back." –Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Broken Heart

Crescent City meets Fourth Wing in this fast-paced and romantic debut, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her.
 
After a vicious werewolf attack on the night of her seventeenth birthday party, Vanessa Hart loses everything she loves in a split second. Her best friend, her father, and even her home.
 
Bitten and imprisoned without explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear she cannot escape: she will either swear her life to the Wolf Queen’s Court, or she will die.

With no other choice, Vanessa joins their enchanted Castle Severi—where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and a claw can break through skin as easily as silk—but she hasn’t forgotten what they stole from her. 
 
Vanessa still seeks vengeance, scheming in the shadows even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart though he is promised to her nemesis. And by his brooding, disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems.
 
The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in its lethal game.

For Fans of:
Forbidden Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Werewolves
Paranormal Romance

Bitten By Jordan Stephanie Gray

Ciao! Enter the endearing world of Piccolo, a problem-solver whose optimism, boundless enthusiasm, and love of gelato inspires his animal friend community.

Piccolo the stylish shrew is a list maker. On his list are all the favorite places he is eager to visit.  As his day begins he runs into his pal Mr. Rosso who needs help carrying his artwork to the museum. Piccolo can’t believe his luck: the museum is on his list of favorite places! In no time at all, Piccolo is helping all his friends solve problems as he zips around the city on his scooter. But with so many ways to lend a hand, Piccolo might not have time to visit the one place on his list he loves the most.  

Full of adventure, culture, and some tasty hazelnut gelato, this endearing tale of friendship and teamwork proves that helping others is the most powerful triumph of all.

Piccolo By Dan Yaccarino, Read By Susan Vinciotti Bonito

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN meets THE VEGETARIAN in this chilly and chilling epistolary novel of four characters locked in a frightening cycle of vengeance and comeuppance.

Mira is a desperate young woman, hired by a wealthy single mother to tutor her lonesome son, Yuchan. But Mira is not who she presents herself to be; she is haunted by the death of her own family and motivated by the dark pulse of vengeance. Yuchan was cruel to Mira’s mother. A kind of cruelty she can’t ever forgive.
 
And then there is Jiwon, the boy’s mother, a bad mother, Mira thinks—or so Jiwon tells herself she must not be.
 
But as Mira spends more time in the family’s sprawling home, she begins to suspect Yuchan is not the culprit she’s after. Someone else in the family has been pulling the strings. Someone with a deviant plan she can’t begin to imagine.
 
Structured around four different letters and journal entries: Mira's, Jiwon's reply, Yuchan's younger brother's diary entry and, finally, Mira's own written recollection. Each new section brings us deeper into a web of cruelty, consequence, and closer to the truth.

Petty Lies By Sulmi Bak, Read By Greta Jung

Hear an excerpt from the audiobook, TURN TO STONE by Emily Meg Weinstein!

TURN TO STONE Audiobook Excerpt

Very occasionally a tragedy turns into a triumph. This wonderful, searing book is such a moment. Rush to read it & be thankful.

Blame Not the Wind: A tragedy at sea. A cover-up. One mother’s search for justice., By Shirley Cooklin, Read by Phyllida Nash

'Rewrites the script for spy fiction in the 21st century' Nigel Inkster, former Deputy Chief MI6

'Hands down the best debut of the year' Tim Shipman for Spybrary

‘Packed with lies, sex and betrayal, a compelling debut’ – Daily Mail

‘[An] impressive first novel … illuminating and extremely alarming’ Literary Review 

 THREE WORDS IN MANDARIN.

THAT’S ALL IT TAKES TO END THE WORLD.

Planes circle, unable to land. The phone lines are down. The power is out.

And the only person who knows why is dead.

That man was Sebastian, a handsome politician on the rise. Charlie, his political attack dog and childhood friend, just watched him kill himself.

Then the Secret Intelligence Service comes knocking.

What the hell did Sebastian do?

And can Charlie find out before the world implodes?

The Peak is a nailbiting and fast-moving international thriller that weaves a story of friendship and betrayal together with the ruthless geopolitics of China's rise, set in the last twenty four hours of the world as we know it.

________________________

Real readers love The Peak:

'A taught and compelling tale recommended for fans of Tom Fletcher and Frederick Forsyth' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This was everything I love in a book and I just wish there were more books like this out there' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I absolutely couldn’t put it down – even reading well through one night' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'An excellent political thriller and one heck of a debut' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A fast-paced and edge-of-the-seat political thriller' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This is one cracking, outstanding, excellent political thriller debut and if that’s a genre you like, this is a MUST read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Peak, By Sam Guthrie, Read by Max Brown

The secretest secret of all is about to be made unsecret … 

 Renowned Harvard Professor Richard Wangley is enjoying a relaxing visit to Prague, city of magic, alchemy and labyrinthine underground tunnels. But when his girlfriend disappears hours before she was due to publish an earth-shaking manifesto and the latest of a series of hideous murders points towards him, Wangley must go on the run to prove his innocence and prevent a catastrophic threat to the entire world.

Far from home and armed with nothing but his wits, his knowledge of ancient symbolism and a cream turtleneck that does nothing to hide his middle-aged spread, Wangley must navigate a city where every cobblestone could be a clue or a potential trip hazard.

As he races against time and a grotesque spectre closes in, Wangley finds himself in a labyrinth unlike any he has previously navigated. Except for that time in Paris. And Rome and Florence.

The Secretest of Secretisms, By Dave Beige, Read by Jason Keller

The story of a national treasure we won't soon forget – by the woman who knew him best.  

 I mention you’ve been smoking. ‘He mustn’t!’ she says, alarmed. ‘There’s so much oxygen in your house he’d explode.’ There is a funny side to this — a cartoonish end: Johnnie Walker DJ Explodes! 

Just try not to take the house with you.

In Johnnie Walker – Both Sides Now, his devoted wife Tiggy shares the final chapter of their life together: the slow, painful goodbye to the man she adored. She reflects on the soaring highs of Johnnie’s legendary Radio 2 career, as they navigate the heartbreak, frustration, and strange intimacy of anticipatory grief.

This is an honest, deeply personal portrait of love and loss — a raw, life-affirming tribute to a remarkable life well-lived. With wit and unflinching clarity, Tiggy lays bare the emotional toll of caring for someone at the end of life, and the impossible task of letting go while still holding on.

Not just for those who loved Johnnie Walker — this is for anyone who’s known the tangled, messy grace of caring, grieving and loving, all the way to the final breath.

Both Sides Now: Laughter, grief and everything in between with Johnnie Walker, By Tiggy Walker, Foreword by Johnnie Walker, Read by Tiggy Walker

celestasis (2011)

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celestasis (2011)

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