From Janet Evanovich the bestselling author of SMOKIN SEVENTEEN & WICKED APPETITE comes the eagerly awaited second in the Lizzy & Diesel series Lizzy Tuckers once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem Massachusetts turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces & an inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner Diesel. When Harvard University English professor & dyed-in-the wool romantic Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered & thrown off his fourth-floor balcony Lizzy & Diesel take up his twenty-year quest for the Luxuria Stone an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust. Following clues contained in a cryptic nineteenth-century book of sonnets Lizzy & Diesel tear through Boston catacombs government buildings & multimillion-dollar residences. On their way theyll leave behind a trail of robbed graves public disturbances & general mayhem. Diesels black sheep cousin Gerwulf Grimoire also wants the Stone. His motives are far from pure & what he plans on doing with the treasure no one knows.. .but Lizzy Tucker fears shes in his crosshairs. Never far & always watching Grimoire has a growing vested interest in the cupcake-baker-turned-finder-of-lost-things. As does another dangerous & dark opponent in the hunt--a devotee of lawlessness & chaos known only as Anarchy. Treasures will be sought & the power of lust will be unmistakable as Lizzy & Diesel attempt to stay ahead of Anarchy Grimoire & his medieval minion Hatchet in this ancient game of twisted riddles & high-stakes hide-&-seek. ...

Matthew Bartholomew doctor of medicine & fellow of Michaelhouse Cambridge is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk. One of his companions Unwin an unworldly scholar is to be installed as priest. Their journey is not without incident
- they are chased by footpads pass through an eery village abandoned after the recent plague & find a man barely alive on a gibbet
- so they reach their destination with some relief. But their thoughts of recovering while enjoying the local Pentecostal Fair are soon curtailed as they are immediately thrust into the machinations of local boundary disputes between three landowners. Then all such squabbles seem mere trivia when Unwin is murdered in the very church which was to have been his home. While trying to investigate a possible motive for his killing Bartholomew discovers that this is not the first unnatural death in the village
- deaths which everyone has put down to the curse of the plague dead village. He is of too practical a mind to believe the superstitions but is he wily enough to work out the real motive behind the murders & who will gain from them?


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Considering his history with Mariketa the Awaited Bowen Mac Rieve of the Lykae clan should be pleased when dark forces unite against her. Yet when he discovers how vulnerable the beautiful wee witch truly is Bowen a ruthless warrior finds himself using all his strength & skill to keep her alive. Mari can't control the awesome power she possesses & recognizes the need for a temporary Protector
- even one as cold as Bowen. Though it's rumoured that no one can touch his hardened heart soon passion begins to burn between them. Once Bowen realizes he wants Mari for his own will she withstand his wicked seduction
- or surrender her body & her love to this fierce warrior?

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After discovering her true identity Willow De Beers leaves her North Carolina town to live with her real mother & her half-brother in Palm Beach Florida. Caught up in a world of glamour & extravagant wealth
- where nosy neighbours fuelled by gossip & greed keep an eye on her eccentric family
- Willow is determined to make a fresh start. Thatcher Eaton the debonair lawyer uses his intoxicating charm once again this time convincing Willow to give him her hand in marriage. Its to be the ritziest wedding of the decade
- even by Palm Beach standards. But as future plans are made families feud & rumours fly
- & Willow learns the horrifying truth: from the darkest of secrets there is no escape.



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' Looking back I think I knew I was in trouble the first time I met him. The road he took me down was at once both more liberating than I could have dreamed of & yet more intense than I could cope with. If the path of love doesn't always run smooth.. .then how much more crooked it becomes when mixed with raw desire.' This is no novel but the memoir of an intense exciting & at times unsettling relationship. Alex for all his charms is no billionaire playboy & Kelly is no blushing virgin; rather your typical overworked teacher who has no time for games certainly not the wicked games he leads her into. Games that she ends up craving like a drug. ...

Its double trouble for poor put-upon Harriet! Lovely but penniless Harriet Metcalf is horrified when she is named in a noblemans will as guardian of his two ghastly & snobbish twin daughters. & is the innocent Harriet wily enough to cope with the intricacies of the London Season
- or two of its most eligible bachelors the Marquis of Huntington & Lord Vere? Harriet views them only as suitors for the twins while the gentlemen see only Harriets charms. & soon she is falling for one of them.. .but a cruel betrayal will be her ruin unless the Clarges Street servants can save her honour while she loses her heart!
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The clash of ancient rules & modern expectations swirl together in this cool urban 21st century faery tale. Rule 3: Dont stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful & dangerous they walk hidden in the mortal world & would blind her if they knew of her Sight. Rule 2: Dont speak to invisible faeries. Now faeries are stalking her. One of them Keenan who is equal parts terrifying & alluring is trying to talk to her asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer. Rule 1: Dont ever attract their attention. But its too late. Keenan is the Summer King & has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost... Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working any more & everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend Seth; her life; everything. ...

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glinting red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; & a leaf that triggered a war. Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Natures most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill maim intoxicate & otherwise offend. Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden. Drawing on history medicine science & legend this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain enlighten & alarm even the most intrepid gardeners & nature lovers. ...

A stunning novel from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Penny Vincenzi: A gloriously tempestuous & romantic mix Daily ...

Youve devoured Fifty Shades.. . Now lose yourself to Wicked Ways. Beautiful & ambitious friends Kelly Adele & Judith Blake are thrilled when they are taken on as assistants in a rare bookshop. They soon find out however that the shops owner Adam Renald likes to go to bed with more than just a good book. Thrust into a world of passion danger & discovery Kelly & Judith accept an invitation to France & face a life-changing dilemma. Can they delve deeper into the intoxicating world theyve glimpsed & ever turn back? & as the flames of passion burn brighter in the dark French chateau the girls realise
- would they ever want to.. .?
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