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Nothing screams captain material like messing around with my hockey coach's daughter...CooperAs a pro-bound college ice hockey player, I usually have my pick of puck bunnies. But lately, I've been in a dry spell that feels more like a curse, and the stress is affecting my game - the one thing that can't happen if I'm going to make team captain.Enter Penny Ryder.She's my coach's daughter, but from the moment she grabs me on the ice rink, she's the only thing on my mind. She wants me to introduce her to all the things she's been dying to experience in the bedroom. If I say yes, I'll be relaxed on the ice again -but if her dad finds out, I can kiss any chance of being captain goodbye.PennyThanks to the ex from hell, I'm a long way from being ready for a relationship - but it's finally time to reclaim my agency, one sexual experience at a time.Enter Cooper Callahan. He's the most casual guy I can think of - but he just so happens to be my hockey coach dad's star defenseman. The agreement is simple: become secret friends-with-benefits until he makes captain, whilst I cross off all theexperiences on my list. Yet the longer our connection goes on, the less I want to say goodbye.I know love can lead to heartbreak, but what if it could also clear the ice for a breakaway . . .?

Whether he's teaching his pet pig to dance, being chased by a mad cow or wrestling a robber, Emil's adventures never stop. Hens, dogs, little sisters - and adults - all flee his path. But Emil doesn't mean to be bad, it's just that trouble - and fun -follow him wherever he goes.A collection of utterly engaging tales from one of the world's best-loved children's authors.

A 21ST CENTURY LOVE STORY AND TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Utter BRILLIANCE . . . I absolutely LOVED it!' Marian Keyes, bestselling author of GROWN UPS'I loved it' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE__________________________________________________Everything gets easier in your thirties, right?Though she has plenty to celebrate - successful career, new home, loving friends and family - for Nina Dean, her thirties have not exactly been the liberating experience she was sold. From fading friendships to exes popping the question, everyone ismoving on (or worse, to the suburbs). And as her dad slowly loses his memories, her mum seems dead set on making new ones.Then she meets Max, who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her. But what seems like an exciting new development will ensure this year is Nina's strangest yet . . .____________________________________________________SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE'A book so relatable you'll give yourself neck ache nodding in recognition' Grazia'Funny, sharply observed, poignant' Matt Haig, bestselling author of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY'Alderton masterfully exposes the hideous reality of dating in your 30s . . . I adored it' Daily Mail'Like having one of those glorious girls night in, where you drink till the early hours - laughing, venting, and feeling warm and seen' Holly Bourne, author of HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?'Dolly sums up life in your thirties with such wit, warmth and accuracy' Heat'Dolly is such a fantastic writer' Jill Mansell, author of AND NOW YOU'RE BACK'The perfect no-holds-barred modern day rom-com' Stylist

®Sospeso nel buio sopra la scuola c'era il vivido teschio verde con la lingua di serpe, il marchio lasciato dai Mangiamorte tutte le volte che entravano in un edificio... Tutte le volte che uccidevano...¯. E il sesto anno a Hogwarts e per Harry niente cpiu come prima. L'ultimo legame con la sua famiglia c troncato, perfino la scuola non c la dimora accogliente di un tempo. Voldemort ha radunato le sue forze e nessuno puo piu negare il suo ritorno. Harry capisce che c arrivato il momento di affrontareil suo destino. L'ultimo atto si avvicina, sara all'altezza di questa sfida fatale? Edizione speciale con contenuti inediti: la mappa di Hogwarts, il glossario, curiosita sui fondatori di Hogwarts. Eta di lettura: da 12 anni.

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract, and rivalsmake you burn....Under One RoofAn environmental engineer discovers that scientists should never cohabitate when she finds herself stuck with the roommate from hell - a detestable big-oil lawyer who won't leave the thermostat alone.Stuck with YouA civil engineer and her nemesis take their rivalry - and love - to the next level when they get stuck in a New York elevator.Below ZeroA NASA aerospace engineer's frozen heart melts as she lies injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station and the only person willing to undertake the dangerous rescue mission is her longtime rival.Ali Hazelwood's latest novel, Love on the Brain is out now.

No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual-even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows she likes girls, too.

Grumpy cowboys and steamy romance... Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. Perfect for fans of Devney Perry, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison. Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider, notorious ladies' man,scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package. And he's looking at me like I might be his next meal. I'm almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look at Theo is temptation served up with aheaping side of heartbreak. The man is hard to trust-and even harder to resist. Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defences. Then I spend thesingular hottest night of my life with him. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. A secret. But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.

Carmen, Merimee's classic tale of passion and power, provided the inspiration for one of the world's most enduringly popular operas, and numerous films. Like Carmen, the other stories in this book, including Mateo Falcone, The Etruscan Vase, and TheVenus of Ille, explore the clash of primitive and civilized values. This is the only selection of Merimee's short stories availableABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

'Secrets, curses, mystery, romance, and Death!' Jennifer L. ArmentroutThe captivating sequel to the Gothic fantasy Belladonna, in which Signa and Death face a supernatural foe determined to tear them apart.A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate nearby. He's hellbent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago...andnow he's determined to have Signa for himself, no matter the cost.Signa and her cousin Blythe are certain that Fate can save Elijah Hawthorne from prison if they will entertain his presence. But the more time the girls spend with Fate, the more frightening their reality becomes as Signa exhibits dramatic new powersthat link her to Fate's past. With mysteries and danger around every corner, the cousins must decide if they can trust one another as they navigate their futures in high society, unravel the murders that haunt their family, and play Fate's unexpectedgames-all with their destinies hanging in the balance.Dangerous, suspenseful, and seductive, this sequel to the story of Signa and Death is as utterly romantic as it is perfectly deadly.PRAISE FOR ADALYN GRACE'Decadently atmospheric' Kerri Maniscalco'Deliciously gothic' Renee Ahdieh'Deadly gothic romance' Stephanie Garber'Darkly romantic' Adrienne Young

Julia Donaldson's favourite characters are now in gorgeousboard books with lovely soft felt flaps for toddlers to liftand find fun things.Where has Zog the dragon gone?Is he flying in the sky? No, those are birds!Is he hiding in the castle? No, that's the king!Lift the colourful felt flaps in this fun chunky board book, perfectfor small hands, until you find Zog the dragon! There is somuch fun to be had.Based on the bestselling book Zog and the FlyingDoctors by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by AxelScheffler, the creators of The Gruffalo, StickMan and ZOG,which have all been made into animated films shown on BBC1

The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, Wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates.

The steamy and addictive workplace-enemies-to-lovers, When-Harry-Met-Sally-inspired romance from bestselling author Meghan Quinn'JP IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE' 5***** Reader Review'OBSESSED' 5***** Reader Review'A HOT, SWEET AND HILARIOUS ENEMIES TO LOVERS ROMANCE' 5***** Reader Review_______Am I in love with JP Cane?Ha! He certainly thinks so . . .He's annoyingly loud, obnoxiously handsome, and having watched When Harry Met Sally is convinced that men and women can't just be friends.So when we have to fly to San Francisco for work and stay in the same penthouse, I'm happy to prove him wrong.Yet with his continuous flirting and his polished good looks, I'm soon finding it hard to sleep at night.But guess who can control herself? This girl.Because if there is one thing I know for certain, it's that JP Cane is wrong.Men and women CAN just be friends and we are SO not meant to be . . ._______Full of simmering sexual tension, how long will Kelsey and JP Cane resist the chemistry between them?'Once again, I was laughing out loud through this entire book!' Elle's Book Blog'In true Meghan Quinn style, this story was an easy read with steamy scenes. Steamy is not even a strong enough word. These scenes were panty-melting hot and I love each one of them...So Not Meant to Be made me blush, smile, laugh, and lose myself in thestory' A Soccer Mom's Book Blog'So Not Meant To Be can be read as a standalone, but if you haven't read A Not So Meet Cute I highly recommend binging the two books. You won't regret it' A Novel GlimpsePraise for Meghan Quinn'I can't get enough of her writing. Her books are my romantic comedy happy place' A Novel Glimpse'Meghan is an absolute QUEEN when it comes to writing stories that are not only funny but have a lot of heart in them too' Elle's Book Blog

She can?t recall what started her collection. Maybe it was in a fragment of conversation overheard as she cleaned a sink? Before long (as she dusted a sitting room or defrosted a fridge) she noticed people were telling her their stories. Perhaps theyalways had done, but now it is different, now the stories are reaching out to her and she gathers them to her? When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs B ? a shrewd and tricksy woman in her nineties ? she meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janiceis clear: she is the keeper of stories, she doesn?t have a story to tell. At least, not one she can share. Mrs B is no fool and knows there is more to Janice than meets the eye. What is she hiding? After all, doesn?t everyone have a story to tell?

THE RIOTOUSLY FUNNY AND JOYOUSLY ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL IN THE DANGEROUS DAMSELS SERIES THAT TIKTOK CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF! Two rival spies. One fake marriage. What could possibly go wrong . . . __________ When rumours of an assassination plot against the Queenbegin to circulate, Alice is immediately assigned to the case. However, she won't be working alone. Enter Daniel Bixby. Unflappable master spy and Alice's greatest rival. Together they must assume the identity of husband and wife in order to gain accessto the traitor party. Alice is determined to remain professional. This is work after all. But when an attraction starts to grow there may be more at stake than just the throne . . .

'A delicious, important novel' The Times'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both' GuardianAs teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and losesrelationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning 'Americanah' is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES ** Maryam and Zahra. In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into theirfriendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. As Pakistan's dictatorship falls and a woman comes to power, the world suddenly seems full of possibilities. Elated by the change in the air, they make a snap decision at a party. Thatnight, everything goes wrong, and the two girls are powerless to change the outcome. Zahra and Maryam. In present-day London, two influential women remain bound together by loyalties, disloyalties, and the memory of that night, which echoes through thepresent in unexpected ways. Now both have power

Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Doloresalso tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.

Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she'd be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she hasbegun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn't knowwhat happened to her-only that her books have been banned-and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her.His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to hismother, and what the future holds for them both. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It's about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and thepower of art to create change.

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals.Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris.Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again - but this time for the enemy. When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious and strangely familiar. As theirconnection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.

The smallest fish can tell the tallest tales ...Sorry I'm late, Miss. I set off really early but on the way to school I was captured by a squid. I wriggled and I struggled till a turtle came and rescued me. Oh, no, he didn't. OH, YES, HE DID.Tiddler is a little fish with a BIG imagination! What ever will he come up with next?

The fifth volume, part two of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast.The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.

From the creator of a viral TikTok series about the sunshine assistant to the evil villain and their unexpected romance comes the most hotly-anticipated romantic fantasy book of the the year! Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, level-headedassistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things in General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. ASSISTANT WANTED: With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't justimportant, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer-naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniablyhot boss. Don't find evil so attractive, Evie. But just when she's getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat...and not just the literalkind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain-and his entire nefarious empire-out. Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging hiswork... and ensure he makes them pay. After all, a good job is hard to find...

The surprise smash hit of 2018 now in paperback - Japans answer to Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.Meet Keiko.Keiko is 36 years old. She has never had a boyfriend, and she has been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years.Keikos familywishes shed get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she wont get married.But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she is not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store.. Convenience Store Woman comes in three different colours: thecolour you receive will be chosen at random.