Magic doesn't expire at forty.London, rewritten by shadow and spell, hides a secret magical intelligence service: The Department of Dark Errands. Its operatives don't just hunt traitors—they track the things that slip between worlds.Once the Department's brightest commander, Nyra Vex now lives quietly at forty-five, running a small apothecary along the canals of Little Venice. She blends teas for widows and grief-torn strangers, her past life buried behind ...

Lady of the Tudor Court, servant of queens, courtier, wife, spy . . . and constant heart. This is the story of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford.In death she would become infamous, yet in life passed often unseen. Jane Parker, daughter of the scholar Lord Morley, leaves her home at a tender age, embarking on a career in the dangerous Tudor Court. From the halls of her father's house to the palaces of London, from England to Calais and the Field of the Cloth of Gold Jane will travel, seein...

Everyone deserves a second chance. But some scars never fade.For almost two decades, Mercy Reid has lived behind the walls of Fairmile Prison, serving time for murder. But she's not your typical inmate—she mentors new arrivals, comforts the lost, and tries to make sense of her past crimes.When she learns that her sister is terminally ill, and her brother is struggling to hold their family together, Mercy knows this is her final chance at parole. But before ...

Borders are not just meaningless geographical lines. They have an impact on all of our lives, whether it's the fallout from Brexit or the inhumanity of a detention center. In Border Nation, Leah Cowan shows how borders are violent, oppressive, and must be resisted. Looking back, we learn of the elitist, colonial, and patriarchal origins of borders, explore the vital history of anti-racist, anti-border organizing and hear stories from people who have crossed partitions. Debunking m...

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Under the brooding skies of North Norfolk, Sara faces her toughest case yet and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.Too many secrets. Too much pain. Too many leads.Dawn breaks as a dog-walker finds a dead body, half-naked and wrapped tightly in an old groundsheet.Sara is first on the scene.Who is the victim? And who will be next?...

Master 'what now?' moments and use life's inevitable interruptions and disruptions as an opportunity to reflect, reorient and grow in your professional life and beyond.Interruptions and disruptions are a threshold to uncharted territory. You can learn to navigate uncertain transitions - and to flourish in times of unrelenting change.This book offers readers a practical framework for navigating life's inevitable turning points, thresholds and transitions - at work, at home a...

Till death do us part . . .After leaving her marriage to jealous, possessive oncologist Maxwell, Lily and her six-year-old son have a second chance at happiness with headteacher Sebastian. Kind but vulnerable, Sebastian is the polar opposite of Maxwell, and the perfect match for Lily. After a whirlwind romance, they marry, and that's when things start to go wrong . . .Maxwell returns to the scene, determined to win back his family, and events soon spiral ou...