'Thought-provoking and emotional … had me laughing and crying in equal measure. One for book clubs everywhere' Clare Mackintosh 

 Four women

Annie has brought her three best friends and their families together for a long weekend away in a gorgeous seaside Airbnb. It should be idyllic – sun, sea, sand, cocktails and laughter.

One shocking secret

But below the surface, none of these friendships are quite what they seem. And Annie has a secret – and an earth-shattering favour to ask of one of her friends.

A life-changing decision

As the idyllic weekend turns sour – arguments, grudges and a boat trip that goes awry – Annie must make her devastating decision – and change everyone’s lives, forever.

The Last Weekend, By Hannah Begbie, Read by Helen Colby

'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain, Absolutely and Forever
What will it take to uncover her past? 

 A lost child.

When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world.

A displaced mother.

Belle came to England upon her marriage, a whirlwind romance from the beaches of Mombasa to the English suburbs. But far from friends and family, her life and love affair began to crumble.

A family secret.

As Mivvi grows up in the shadow of her mother's illnesses and her father's absences, she must reconnect the pieces that her mother scattered. Can she uncover the secrets clouding their past – and in doing so rewrite her own story?

Travelling from the beaches of Mombasa to the suburbs of England and then on to the teeming streets of Kolkata, a powerful story of mothers and daughters, betrayal and madness and a child who must forge her own identity.

Finding Belle, By Reeta Chakrabarti, Read by Dinita Gohil

‘Just when you think you've figured the plot out – a huge twist hits… reminds me of the kind of chills you get with Freida McFadden books!!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
–

From the bestselling thriller author of The Perfect Couple and The Vanishing of Class 3B, comes a brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller for 2025.  

 When Ella Leonard arrives at work one Monday morning, she’s stunned.

The place isn’t just shut – it’s gone. Boarded up, closed down.

Days later, she gets home to find she’s been evicted from her flat, her belongings piled on the doorstep.

It’s as if, bit by bit, someone is taking her entire life away from her.

Who, and why? And how much worse can it get?

The answer? A lot worse.

–

Praise for Jackie Kabler:
'Filled with tangible foreboding and pitch-perfect twists…an unputdownable thriller' B P Walter, bestselling author of The Dinner Guest

'Twist after twist and lightning-paced, I couldn't put it down.' Annabel Kantaria, author of Coming Home

'The twists never stop coming in this revenge thriller featuring the most compelling, audacious and scheming cast of characters. It’s fast, fun and fierce – a perfect summer read!” Jo Furniss, author of Dead Mile

'The book twists and turns like a snake, well written, great characters and descriptions’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘An excellent storyline and the revenge plot was clever and entertaining’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A sharp and clever read that keeps readers guessing with each page turn’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Disturbingly unforgettable. It’s twisted, it’s dark and it’s intense. If you love psychological thrillers, you really need to try this one’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This author is quickly becoming one of my favourites’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'It was UNREAL, sooooooo good! What a plot, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED this book. It was a page-turner I did not want to stop reading…’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'This is a tightly plotted clever novel which is very enjoyable’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Great twists and turns as your head will spin until the bitter end!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Filled with suspense, intrigue and a cast of engaging characters' Lucy Clarke, bestselling author of The Hike

'An intriguing and gripping psychological thriller that keeps you guessing as you frantically turn the pages’ C. L. Taylor, bestselling author of Every Move You Make

‘This is a psychological thriller that has everything: intrigue, mystery and constant twists and turns. I couldn't put it down!’ Alex Lake, bestselling author of Seven Days

‘One of the best thrillers of the year’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Suspenseful, full of tension and absolutely gripping’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Totally engrossing and superbly written’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was totally captivated’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Jackie certainly knows who to grab the reader's attention' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'What a rollercoaster!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Revenge Plot, By Jackie Kabler, Read by Sabrina Pui Yee Chin

bolton:
Ms. Darbus, you asked to see me?

darb:
I know you’re busy

bolt:
What do you need, ma’am? Ma’am?

darb:
I wanna give you a word of warning

bolt:
Ma’am, I don’t know what you heard
But whatever it is, Sharpay started it

darb:
I think Troy saw you and me  this morning

bolt:
You’re kidding

darb:
I need a favor

bolt:
Whatever you say, ma’am, I can talk to Troy a little later

darb:
Shh. Talk less 

bolt:
He’ll never guess
I know the situations grim, but I can always gaslight him 

darb:
I think that we should reassess

bolt:
Yes! We’ll find a way. Nothing really has to change

darb:
No, I think it’s best for us if we just call it quits 

bolt:
Ha! That’s a pretty good one

darb:
This is the end We’re breaking up I’m serious

bolt:
I’m sorry, what?

darb:
One last time
Relax, sing a song with me
One last time
Let’s take a break tonight
And we’ll have no choice but to say goodbye
To say goodbye
You and I

bolt:
No, ma’am, why?

darb:
I wanna talk about your family

bolt:
Ma’am, with me and my wife on the verge of divorce, is this the best time

darb:
Don’t wanna be the cause of you and Troy fighting

bolt:
But—

darb:
Get with the program, stop whining
After everything that has occurred
 The ways of your body I have learned

bolt:
As far as the students are concerned
They’ll never know, please don’t leave me alone
Please! One last time
Dribble my balls with me 
One last time
And if we have tonight
Then maybe we won’t have to say goodbye
Goodbye
You and I

darb:
Mr. Bolton, think of your family!

bolt:
No! We’ve done nothing wrong.

darb:
Your son is my starring lead

bolt:
So maybe you could be his new mom
Why do you have to say goodbye?

darb:
If I say goodbye, your family can hold strong
It outlives you when you’re gone
Like the playwrights say:
Theatre is the art form of the present: 
it exists only in the present, and then it's gone.
And It’s quite a performance we gave
You and I are just the present, no future
The curtain is closed, I’m afraid
Take a bow for the performance you gave
One last time

bolt:
One last time

darb:
Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still,
Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!
Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here?
Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O any thing, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness! serious vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?…
Why, such is love’s transgression.
Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest
With more of thine: this love that thou hast shown
Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;

[Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes;
Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:
What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.]

bolt:
One last time 

ALL WOMEN:
Coach bolton’s gonna bone

darb:
Teach me how to say goodbye

COMPANY:
Coach bolton’s gonna bone

bolt:
You and I

COMPANY:
Coach bolton’s gonna bone

bolt:
Gonna bone

COMPANY:
Coach bolton’s gonna bone

bolt:
East High has its eyes on you

COMPANY:
Coach bolton’s gonna bone

bolt:       	            	COMPANY:
I’m gonna teach you how to
Say goodbye!                      	   Teach you how to say goodbye!
Teach me how to
Say goodbye!                	     	Teach me how!
To say goodbye!
.                                  	     	Say goodbye!
Say goodbye!
.                             	              Say goodbye!
One last time!
.                               	            One last time!

Gonna bone!

One Last Time

Troy’s mom:

They say my husband is cheating on me and he’s slipping away
Is that true?
I wasn't aware that was something a husband could do

I'm perplexed, what other women could possibly be in his life?
Let me check his texts!

There’s no other women in town that could capture his heart

😮                                                                
Ms. Darbus?

I know her, that can't be
That's that little hag who sang to me

All those years ago, what was it, ‘05?
That whore man, I’m going to bury him alive

Tensions rise, marriages fall
I should’ve know he wasn’t playing ball

All those times, they had their fun
I will tear my husband into pieces
Then his coaching days are done

Ha ha ha ha ah (maniacal laughter)

Mr. Jack Bolton… good luck

I Know Her (I Know Him)

Sat_On_a_Mountain

Affair (Original Mix)

Lets Go (Original Mix)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/that-really-rustled-my-jimmies

Randy Brad, The Average Dad - Menace Mean Lyrics:

(Nah I mean, she doesn't have to know)
(We're just kicking it)
(You smoke right?)

(Verse 1)
Babe has two years left on her major,
Boy was thirsting for her majorly,
She's dated guys her own age
All together they don't add up to a Dad god like me (Daddy)
Now she wants a taste of the major league
She's seen my wedding ring, but still hangs around at my house parties
She knows I can make-up her life, rich like she was born wit it, Maybelline
My bags are Boomer sized, so these other square dad's hate me
They can't peep the high fashion, they are confused and rustled by memes
This college Brat says she wants to smoke up with me,
I can barely leave, told her to wait until my wife leaves
What's the harm tho? (Huh?) Just sharing the leaf
(I'm weak)
(She a freak)

(Chorus)
Met a college baddie bitch, 
Scooped her up like I was shopping
She has lungs of steel,
Dragon snorting, spitting, coughing
Love to watch her roll up my weed,
When my songs come on her ass is clappin, poppin for me
(Poppin for me)
The sun is down right now, so my menace is on mean!
(My Menace Mean yeah!)
(MY MENACE MEAN!)

(Verse 2)
Ever since high school,
boy I had the dog in me,
Kept more than a few women, 
they were ball hogging me,
I was the best dealer in school,
My drugs were even smarter than me
Laughing hard even when its not cool
Nobody trolls harder than me?
I'm a Dad but a fool, who the fuck goes harder than me?
I'm a demon at parties, I'm a good guy, but babe don't get me started (No)
My racks are to the ceiling, my rizz is right on target
Young baddies chat me up, smoke my weed, they love my harvest
They throw their asses on and around me, 
That's a natural peach harvest (fuck I'm starvin)
I'm about to smash your pumpkin baby, I'm so...

(Chorus)
Met a college baddie bitch, 
Scooped her up like I was shopping
She has lungs of steel,
Dragon snorting, spitting, coughing
Love to watch her roll up my weed,
When my songs come on her ass is clappin, poppin for me
(Poppin for me)
The sun is down right now, so my menace is on mean!
(My Menace Mean yeah!)
(MY MENACE MEAN!)
(Menace Dad type shit)
(shhh)

Menace Mean

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Sunday June 8th, 2025 - Galatians 2:1-10  Family Affair

Welcome to Optimal Reach Collective Artists (ORCA)! This is a musical and visual arts project involving 41 virtual artists given life through Artificial Intelligence. My music can be found on Instagram under Orcasongs and on Youtube as Optimal Reach Collective Artists.

All lyrics are original and I am the sole writer on all songs posted. The instrumentals, vocals, music videos, and album art are generated in collaboration with multiple A.I softwares. Songs are explicit and for adults, lyrics are in the description. Thank you for visiting and having an open mind to emerging technology and ways it can be used to enhance our artistic abilities.

My goal with this project is to learn to better use generation tools, dispel stigma about them, and show that A.I music and virtual A.I artists can be as enjoyable and commercially viable as conventional music. I own the rights to all music and characters posted here, the characters, situations, views, are entirely fictional and for entertainment purposes only. If you would like to use any of my songs in your videos or other projects reach out through email at: optimalreach3@gmail.com, thanks!

Contribute (Cash app): $Moneytummi

https://www.instagram.com/orcasongs/
https://youtube.com/@optimalreachcollectiveartists?si=YSDdklzTRu0Jw423

The Virtual artists of Optimal Reach Collective:

1. Maleena Cassius: Dark Pop, Experimental Pop, Hip-hop, Rock

2. TELNU: Hip-hop, Emo rap, SimpCore, Mumble rap, GamerCore, E-Girls, Anime, Memes, Internet culture, Technology

3. HipGrind:  Rock, Post-hardcore, Melodic Rock, Metal

4. Pierce Plank:  Country, Folk, Experimental Rock, Hip-hop, SimpCore

5. Spooky Entanglement:  EDM, Electric, Hip-hop, Futurism, Pop, Singularity, Artificial Intelligence, technology

6. GOONFOOL:  Hyperpop, GlitchCore, DigiCore, Party, Memes, Rave, Internet culture

7. Ellison Maggot:  Horrorcore, Hip-hop, Pop, HalloweenCore, Horror Rap, Rock, Creepy pasta, MonsterCore

8. Paulette Park:  Country, Country Pop, Folk, Electric Country, Dark Country, Cryptid Country, Hip-hop

9. Bebe Too Niiice:  Hip-hop, Twerk, Lyrical rap, R&B

10. Jupiter Signals:  Rock, Faith based Rock, CommunityCore, FaithCore, FriendshipCore, Religion

11. Billy Bait Car:  Hip Hop, Pop, Alternative Rock, Racing, Singularity, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Futurism

12. Nora Ganymede:  Dark Pop, CellarCore, Phonaesthetics, NumberCore, ScrambleCore, SynesthesiaCore, Word Salad, Retro, Reality, Cosmic Horror, Time Travel

13. Violette Zinnia:  Folk, Dark Pop, Pop, Mystery, Supernatural, Ghost, Monstercore, creepypasta

14. Fortuna Pelk:  Folk, Pop, Synth Pop, FairyCore, Environmental Conservation, Communitycore, Climate Change

15. Vouple Goalz:  Pop, Pop Rock, Post-hardcore, Horrorcore, Monstercore, Vampire Fantasy

16. Preppy Gxd Steven:  Hip-hop, Pop, PreppyCore, PrepCore, Crypto, Finance, tech bro, Robotics, memes, Internet culture, technology

17. EverSong Mall:  Dark Pop, LiminalCore, 90's Pop, Retro, Horrorcore, Creepy Pasta, BuildingCore, MallCore, Monstercore

18. CHOMP CHAMP!!!:  Rock, Pop, ZombieCore, MonsterCore, Creepy Pasta, Horror, Video Games, memes

19. Gene, The Lich: Hip-hop, Pop, HorrorCore, Scramo, Singularity, Futurecore, Robotics, Gene modification, Body Modification, Artificial Intelligence, technology

20. Victor Vibe:  Hip-hop, Pop, Experimental Rock, Friendshipcore, Positive Vibes, Kindness, Self Help, Motivational Speech, Meditation

21. Katherine Caroline KateFish:  Hip-hop, Pop, Experimental, RealityCore, SimulationCore, Cosmic Horror, Clown, Horror 

22. Devon Debonair:  Hip-hop, Pop, Emo Pop, Horror, MonsterCore, RPG, Monster Hunting, HunterCore, Hero, Supernatural, video games 

23. Miranda Annalise Odo (Mad Honey Mandi):  Hip-hop, Post-Hardcore, Hyperpop, Sex, Relationships

24. Parental Troll:  - Hip-hop, Married Life, FamilyCore, Anime, Memes, Relationships, Drugs, Partying

25. The Deviled Eggs:  Rock, Country, Techno, MonsterCore, Supernatural, Monsterhuntercore, Creepy pasta, Monstercore

26. Vetabayrhimrah:  Horrorcore, Dark Pop, Hip-hop, MonsterCore, Creepy Pasta

27. Inner Shu:  Pop, Country, Hyperpop, Fantasy, Supernatural, Cosmic Horror, Monsterhunter 

28. A Woman With A Sword:  Reggaeton, Hip-hop, Fantasycore, Adventure, Video Games, RPG, MonsterCore, HunterCore, Hero

29. Imogen Darp:  Dark Pop, Reggaeton, Rock, Love, Extraterrestrials, Romance, Existentialism, Relationships, Monstercore, Horror, Cosmic Horror

30. Imelda With Dragon Hands:  Rock, Synth Pop, Choir, Fantasycore, Monstercore, RPG, Adventure

31. Rowan Frey:  Death Metal, K-pop, Monstercore, Zombiecore, Horrorcore, Horror, Technology

32. Super Millennium Troop:  Rock, Hip-hop, Monstercore, Hero, Cosmic, Superhero, Supernatural

33. Oliver Edgelord:  Hip-hop, Brainrot, Memes, Creepy Pasta, Horror, Singularity, Emo, Internet culture

34. Deep Aberration Lab: Orca (D.A.L.O):  Pop, Rock, Paranormal, Monsters, Monstercore, Supernatural, Science, Hollow Earth

35. Qwicked Fast: R&B, Hyperpop, Superhero, Love, Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Battle

36. Sybil Psychonaut:  Triphop, retro, 90s, Supernatural, Paranormal, Psychic, Psionics

37. Beatrice Cone:  Alternative Rock Folk, Folk, retro, Supernatural

38. Max Malarkie:  Alternative Rock, Hip-hop, Supernatural, Paranormal, Monster, Monstercore

39. Infinite E-Girl:  Pop, Retro, Singularity, Robotics, Digital Human, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbot

40. Beatrice Cone:  Folk, Alternative Rock, Math Rock, Honeybees, Nature, Climate change, technology

41. Madeline Mayflies:  R&B, Folk, Cult, Apocalypse, Death, Horror, Creepy, Immortality,

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