A glitteringly dark historical novel of love, persecution, and survival set against the backdrop of one of history's most terrifying episodes: the Bubonic Plague.It is 1665 and the women of Eyam village keep many secrets. Especially Isabel and Mae. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a dangerous line with her herbs and remedies. There are men in the village who speak of witchcraft, and Isabel has a past to hide. So she tells nobody her fears about the pious, reclusive apothecary, on whom she is keeping a watchful eye. Mae, the apothecary's youngest daughter, dreads her father's rage if he discovers what she keeps from him: her feelings for Rafe, Isabel's ward, or the fact that she studies from her father's books at night. But others have secrets too. Secrets darker than any of them could have imagined. When Mae makes a horrifying discovery, Isabel is the only person she can turn to. But helping Mae will place them both in...

A country divided by a historic vote. The whisper of a bombing amongst the loyal few. Can Kirsten infiltrate an extreme nationalist agenda and prevent a disaster south of the border? Scotland is once again in political turmoil as it returns to the debate of whether to remain part of the United Kingdom. Under all the paraphernalia of various vying parties, Kirsten and her team discover a scheme to promote the separation from the Union with a series of terrorist plots. And when London becomes the target, the stakes are raised significantly. Can the recently formed team remain impartial while bringing the nefarious scheme to light? What does history matter when you can fix the future?

She's escaped him once...But can she do it again? After the husband she thought was dead returns with revenge on his mind, Veronica Shay resolves to confront her secret past. Her old boss and friend, Granger Macmillan, has previous ties to organized criminals and won't let Shay handle them on her own. But when they fall into a nefarious trap, they'll need to call in their entire North Star family in order to stay alive...From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in the North Star Novel Series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Summer StalkerBook 2: Shot Through the HeartBook 3: Mountainside MurderBook 4: Cowboy in the CrosshairsBook 5: Dodging Bullets in Blue...

From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic, Roland Baines sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it.When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Two thousand miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade.Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into...

At once darkly suspenseful and heartfelt with stunning spot art from illustrator Rovina Cai, this trilogy finale of New York Times-bestselling author Daniel Kraus's action-packed The Teddies Saga is perfect for fans of Victoria Schwab, Katherine Arden, and Holly Black.An Indie Next Pick!After searching so long for a place to call home, the daring teddies–clever Buddy, shrewd Sunny, fearless Nothing, and wise Reginald–find few answers at the place where they were created, Furrington Industries. But with a new friend—a teddy of legend!—the teddies head back into the dangerous world to seek the secrets of their creation.Soon the teddies find themselves surrounded by people who hated them, and discover that the founder of Furrington Industries, known as the Suit, is on trial for an unknown crime. Left reeling but determined, Buddy leads his friends–those that survive–through the protestors that line the streets...

If you want to be heard, you need to know how to listen. Communication isn't all about what you say. It's about what you hear, how you react to it, and respond. In short: it's about how you listen. And despite the fact that leaders typically spend upwards of eighty percent of their day listening, only two percent of them have ever had training in how to listen effectively.At a time when we are more technologically linked than ever, our conversations have never been more fractured and disconnected—because most don't know how to truly listen.The result? You constantly fight to be "heard" over all the noise and distraction. You feel frustrated, confused, and ignored and feel like no one is paying attention to you. You are tired of repeating yourself over and over again. At work and home, conversations leave you feeling drained.In How to Listen, Oscar Trimboli, host of the Apple-award-winning podcast Deep Listening, shows you how to unlock your...

The littlest inhabitants six feet deep plot their escape. A lonely boy finds an unusual bond with an unearthly companion. The last surviving child, post-war, spends Christmas alone in the bitter wintry cold. Meet the children abandoned and left alone, trying to find their place in our world. Part 1 of the Brimstone Tales collection comprises 7 short stories and 2 poems.

You will inherit everything. The house. The money.There's just one condition.You have to catch a killer first . . .THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM IN_________When Sarah's Aunt Evelyn passes away, she's left a grand fortune.But it comes with one condition.Sarah must return to Cragsmoor - the old manor house where Evelyn's friend went missing decades ago - to uncover the truth.If she does, she will inherit the house, the money, everything.But someone wishes for the secrets of Cragsmoor to remain hidden.Someone who may have killed once before . . ._________PRAISE FOR HOWARD LINSKEY:'Dark, creeping and compelling, with the claustrophobic sense of a killer waiting around every corner' T.M. LOGAN'This story will cause nightmares, it is that good' DAILY MAIL 'Dark, clever and engrossing' C.L....

From the author of The Running Dream comes a heart-swelling historical tale of friendship, family, and the power of sisterhood to help heal the wounds of the past and step boldly into the future.Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends at seven, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy’s family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose’s were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms. That didn’t matter to them then, but now, ten years, hard miles, and a world war later, Ginny Rose’s family is back in town and their differences feel somehow starker. Especially since Peggy’s new best friend, Lisette, is a wealthy banker’s daughter. Still, there's no denying what all three girls have in common: Families with great fissures that are about to break wide open. And a determination to not just accept things as they are anymore. This summer they will each make a stand. It’s a season of secrets revealed. Of...