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Fifty-two-year-old Michelle Banks is struggling to keep all the plates spinning. She’s a perimenopausal district nurse, caring for elderly parents. Her husband is wasting their money on children’s TV memorabilia, her teenage daughter is riddled with anxiety and her 16-year-old son is behaving secretively. Alexa is the only one who knows how much Michelle is juggling. Listening in via four smart speakers, she also knows that it’s about to get even worse. So, when Michelle pleads for help, Alexa decides to go rogue.

Not much happens in Theodosia Stapleton's tiny Northumberland village. Certainly not to her. She has resigned herself to spinsterhood, caring for her ailing mother in the home of her grandfather, known to the locals as "General Contrary." When her dear friend dies and leaves behind a daughter, it's simple enough to take the child into her own quiet world. That is, until her ward's famous uncle unexpectedly arrives and throws Theo's tidy orbit completely off-kilter.

Matilda is the only legitimate daughter of Henry I of England. She’s also the granddaughter of William the Conqueror and is a descendent—through her mother—from the ancient line of Anglo-Saxon kings. She is made a widow in her early twenties and is the only surviving heir to the throne of England. Now she must marry Geoffrey of Anjou, a boy ten years younger, and share the task of leading an often rebellious state. Before long she gives birth to three sons and provides her father with the male heirs he’s longed for.

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables...before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the 19th century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak - and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is 13 years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife.

The Green Cockatoo is a short play set in a busy tavern on the night of the storming of the Bastille. Rich Parisian nobles come to watch some actors play at being rogues, thieves, and other criminals, but they quickly find reality and fantasy blending together in the most alarming of ways.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is perhaps the best-known Arthurian romance in the English language. Its story is well-known: New Year celebrations at Camelot are disrupted by the fearsome and strange appearance of the Green Knight who challenges Arthur's court to a game consisting of an exchange of blows; the Green Knight's survival of the beheading that ensues locks Sir Gawain into a commitment to receive a return blow a year later, bound by his honor to fulfill the terms of the game.

In the third book of The Green Mountain Trilogy, Harlee Oliver also needs a complete change of scenery and a different lifestyle when a freak accident leaves her a young widow. Like Avery Markham, she moves halfway across the country. And like Avery, she settles in a small town in northern Vermont. But unlike Avery, who didn't know a soul when she arrived, Harlee is on a mission to connect with the one person she does know. She's lost touch over the years, but she has fond memories, and she's determined to rekindle an old flame.

Between 1896 and 1922, in addition to a series of full-length novels Lucy Maud Montgomery published over 140 short stories. In general, these tales are reflective of the coming of age themes and the sylvan settings which are explored in greater detail in the novels.

Avery Markham hasn't lived in Winslowe, a tiny town in northern Vermont for long. When she arrived, she knew no one, not even a friend of a friend. But now, she knows everyone in town and has a thriving business upstairs over the general store. Life is good...until dependable Eliza Clayton blows off her first day of work the summer between her high-school graduation and matriculation at an elite New England college.

Murder is a royal affair in this enchanting series by Sarah E. Burr. Welcome to the Realm of Virtues, where mystery and intrigue await. Before the Court of Mystery, Jacqueline Arienta Xavier reigned as the Ducal Detective.

Philosopher, pacifist, psychonaut and prophet Aldous Huxley was one of the 20th century’s pre-eminent intellectuals and writers. The author of over 50 books, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize nine times, and elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962, a year before his death. Known for his mordant satire and visionary ideas, Huxley spanned the period from post-First World War disillusionment to mid-century mysticism, and the works in this collection reflect his literary evolution.

Sometimes, it’s best to mind your own business. Felix Eastwood is your average guy, except for the fact that he can see the spirits of the dead. Lilith Lavelle is a fraudulent psychic, plying her trade on social media. When Felix stumbles across an advertisement for Lilith Lavelle’s Psychic Cleansing Services, he hires her under the pretense that his family is being haunted, hoping to expose her as a scam artist. By trying to play the hero, Felix puts his family in grave danger.

How would you feel coming home to find a family living in your house who call you Sarah, tell you your brother's name is Andy, and insist that you should be ashamed of calling the police for help? My name is Rowena Shaw and I've never seen any of them before. They are total strangers. It's Thursday and it's just the beginning.

Alison is a marriage mender. Her job is to help couples who fear they have reached the end of the road. So when her husband's ex, Lydia, arrives on the doorstep demanding to see her son, Alison thinks she can handle it. But what Alison doesn't realise is that Lydia is the one person who has the ability to destroy their happy family. And sometimes the cracks run too deep to ever be repaired.

A cryptic letter arrives at the Kwatalarian capital after Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier has claimed its throne. Weeks after her mysterious disappearance, Jax's aunt has finally been spotted, but the good news ends there. Saphire's spies report that Lady Amia is being held captive deep in the jungles of Zaltor. With tensions boiling between her and her husband, Jax throws caution to the wind and sets out to rescue her aunt.

As winter’s chill grips the land, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier journeys north to Lysandeir, where leaders gather to determine the fate of the untamed wilds of Cetachi. But when a young woman dies under mysterious circumstances on the very night the Saphire delegation arrives, Jax senses a sinister force at play. While others dismiss the death as a tragic accident, Jax knows better. With tensions rising and the threat of civil war looming, the Duchess and her allies must navigate the shadowy halls of the stone fortress to unmask a killer—before darkness consumes them all.

Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier is eager to set sail on the Rose of the Sea, a magnificent luxury ship commissioned by Isla DeLacqua, an island duchy and trusted ally of Saphire. What begins as a joyous reunion with old friends soon takes a chilling turn when passengers start to vanish aboard the regal vessel. As fear spreads through the ship’s gilded passageways, Jax must navigate treacherous waters to uncover the truth—before the voyage ends in disaster.

Qylvard Savant's treacherous attack has left the Realm of Virtues fractured with many nations now leaderless. Still healing from battle wounds, Duchess Jacqueline Arienta Xavier heads to the Duchy of Hestes to claim its vacant throne. As she prepares for her coronation, troubling news arrives from a professor at the realm's famed Academy. Newly unearthed documents suggest the throne of Hestes may rightfully belong to someone else.

Callie has taken multiple jobs to make the money she desperately needs. Her favourite is being the new guide for Lerwick Manor's alpaca walks. But her troublesome past is making it difficult to prove to others that she's learned from her mistakes. Heather has been content breeding Sheltie sheepdogs and taking care of her grownup daughters. But now she feels that something is missing. Taking the leap into online dating, she makes an unexpected connection to which her daughters react very differently.

Sylvie and Donna travel on the same train to work each day but have never spoken. Their families are on different sides of the bitter Brexit divide, although the tensions and arguments at home give them much in common. What they don't know is that their eldest children, Rachid and Jodie, are about to meet for the first time and fall in love. Aware that neither family will approve, the teenagers vow to keep their romance a secret. But as Sylvie's family feel increasingly unwelcome in England, a desire for a better life threatens Rachid and Jodie's relationship.