Claudine Rafferty is rich reckless & beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious Francois de Lorvoire everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with Francois' cruelty & indifference Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques one of her husband's vignerons. But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois's sinister past she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies. & against a background of betrayal & conspiracy she forced to learn not only whom she can trust but also whom she really loves... ...

The fifth & final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive & best-selling WICKED LOVELY series about the collision of mortal & faery worlds! The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; & a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Torn between his new queen & his old love Keenan left Huntsdale to wander aimlessly but after centuries of leading his court it was not long before the reality of being Summer King became too pressing. Violence seemed more inevitable by the day & the Summer Court was not yet strong enough to face conflict so Keenan made a dangerous deal with the water fey. It is a desperate bargain he makes to strengthen his court against the coming war. Aislinn tends the Summer Court searching for her absent king & yearning for Seth. She knows she must be a powerful queen to hold her court together while Bananach becomes more & more dangerous & she is losing faeries to her. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. Her court is still powerful but she must remain focused on keeping them that way & not get distracted by Keenan when he shows up at her door again. The Dark Court is thrown into chaos when they are rocked by tragedy. & Seth sworn brother of the Dark King & heir to the High Queen is about to make a mistake that could cost his life. They all know what Bananach seeks -- the raven-faery is the embodiment of war & discord. She & her growing number of allies want mutiny & murder. Love despair & betrayal ignite the Faeries Courts & in the final conflict some will win! & some will lose everything. The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marrs bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless. ...

Amun
- Immortal Keeper of Secrets He can manipulate your darkest toughts Chained & isolated to protect those he loves from his
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Paris
- Darkest Lord of the Underworld Immortal warrior Paris is irresistible
- yet this comes at a terrible price. Possessed

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Nya lives in a world of pain. A kidnapped sister a war-crazy tyrant & the dangerous power she dreads to wield darken her dreams. But Nya must face her ultimate fear -- she must unleash her blue fire! Nya makes an epic return to her ravaged city of Geveg in a desperate attempt to find her kidnapped sister Tali & to overthrow the evil Duke for ever. As she & her friends makes the perilous journey across occupied land Nya begins to transcend her orphaned outsider state to embody the face of Gevegian resistance & a cult of worshippers grows around her. But can Nya live up to the expectations of the Sainters cult & will she cave in to the temptation of manipulating them with her new-found powers in her bid to oust the Duke from power? An almighty battle against the Duke & his armies of Undying awaits her & Nya must face losing more than ever before! ...

Agents for peace are bringing an end to the devastating conflict between the roaming Traction Cities & their fanatical enemies while Wren & her father Tom travel the Bird Roads in their airship trying to forget that Hester has betrayed them. In the ruined wreckage of the city of London they make a discovery that will change the world while Hester must face an implacable foe with the means & the will to destroy the entire human race. The fourth spectacular instalment of the award-winning quartet. ...

Dexter Morgan isnt exactly the kind of man youd bring home to your mum. At heart hes the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend & seems to lead a quiet normal life bordering on the mundane. Despite the fact that he cant stand the sight of blood he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But Dexter also has a secret hobby: he is an accomplished serial killer. So far hes killed 36 people & has never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. & while that may lead some people to assume hes not such a nice guy he tempers his insatiable hunger for brutality by only killing the bad guys. However Dexters well-organised life is suddenly disrupted when a second much more visible serial killer appears in Miami. Intrigued that the other killer favours a style similar to his own Dexter soon realises that the mysterious new arrival is not simply invading his turf but offering him a direct invitation to come out & play... ...

Felicity has decided to become a nun. She departs to visit convents in spite of her mothers imminent arrival & Fr. Anselms request that she & Fr. Antony recover a missing priceless Russian icon before the Patriarch of Moscow arrives at the community for Holy Week. Felicitys discernment journey takes her to Rempstone Norwich London & Walsingham but her discovery of a friends murdered body in a shallow grave the disappearance of more icons the shooting of a London art expert just after she visits him the disappearance of Antony & finally the abduction of Felicity & her mother teach her far more about motherhood life & love than she could learn in any convent retreat. Breathtaking chase scenes mystical worship services dashes through remote water-logged landscapes the wisdom of ancient holy women & the arcane rites of The Knights of St. John of Malta keep the pages turning. & will Felicity choose the veil
- or Antony?
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She wore a gold dress short-sleeved its skirt full-length & slightly flared. He could see the faint indentation on her left hand a pale circle of skin giving away the fact that until recently a wedding ring had been there. She looked peaceful lying there on the bed her arms resting easily together the left hand on the right a slender silver cross & chain encircling her neck & not a wrinkle not a fold of her dress out of place. & perhaps she truly was at peace. For she was dead. This was the sight that greeted Detective Inspector Frank Elder on his first case with the Serious Crimes Unit. His first case & never solved; no one was ever charged; the murderer never found. At liberty to walk the streets & to kill again. Eight years later Elders estranged wife contacts him in his Cornish hideaway. Her friends sister Claire
- a quiet & withdrawn widow in her fifties
- has mysteriously disappeared. Elder reluctantly agrees to dig around & see what he can find. Then Claire is found dead arranged with meticulous detail on her bed & it doesnt take long for Elder to make the connection. Its obviously the work of the same unbalanced individual & to find the killer Elder must shine a light into the darkest recesses of human behaviour the dark & twisted recesses of a disturbed human mind...

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N. S. Rubashov an old guard Communist falls victim to an unnamed government; with outstanding psychological insight Koestler traces his story through arrest imprisonment & trail in a classic novel which when first published famously drew attention to the nature of Stalins regime. ...