'this Dutch bestseller is a gripping, totally absorbing, razor-sharp psychological thriller.'Jennifer is a young mother, married to a hotshot lawyer and living in Amsterdam. Her world explodes when her husband is found dead at a holiday park during a weekend getaway. Convinced that the police have failed in their investigation, she embarks on a desperate quest for the truth - but the deeper she digs, the more she gets enmeshed in a tangled web of l...

Behind every empire, there's a body. And a web of deceit.The morning after a spectacular work party, the charismatic leader of a prominent real estate agency, Hugo, is found dead in his bed. For Louise, his secret lover, the shock is visceral. But as the initial grief subsides, a chilling realization dawns: behind Hugo's perfect façade lay a dark and dangerous world.Detective Amber de Witt is assigned to the high-profile case, quickly unraveling a ...

Mistletoe and Magic; A Holly the Elf Christmas StoryRafe Donnelly, a gruff holiday skeptic, has no interest in the cheer and joy that Christmas brings. He's content to keep his distance from both the season and the people who embrace it.Ali Sanders, a hardworking single mother, is struggling to balance her demanding jobs, her energetic son, and the endless tasks of the holiday season. Romance is the last thing on her mind—until a chance encounter wi...

Winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2004.Diana Kooper runs from a car crash in the heart of Sydney, scarcely looking back, leaving her best friend, Nicole, slumped and bloody in the damaged vehicle.After hitching a ride to the far west of New South Wales, Diana takes a job as a kitchenhand at Bob's, an isolated truck-stop. At first she thinks she can predict the sort of rhythm her life will follow in this dusty, diesel-driven, lonely stop but soon a ser...

In a town built on appearances, what hidden horrors lurk beneath the surface?Laurien, a successful journalist, lives a seemingly perfect life with her charming husband, Boudewijn, and their three children in an affluent Wassenaar neighborhood. This idyllic world shatters one morning with a phone call: her daughter, Fleur, never arrived at school. What begins as a frantic search culminates in a gruesome discovery that rips through the heart of their communi...

The Angel, Angel books are a faith-filled series written in rhyme and repetition to teach children important life lessons. Angel, Angel, Do I Have a Conscience? explores right and wrong; Angel, Angel, Where Are You? reassures children they are never alone; and Angel, Angel, What Is Love? helps them understand the meaning of love. Angel, Angel, What Is Christmas? teaches about the birth of Jesus Christ. Through gentle wisdom and playful language, the series uplifts and inspires young minds ...

'ÄòThoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year'Äô is a profound anthology capturing the eternal wisdom and spiritual guidance of eminent saints. This collection traverses various literary forms, from fervent prayers and meditative reflections to heartfelt letters and philosophical musings, inviting readers to engage with the timeless and diverse perspectives of the Church's revered figures. The selected pieces resonate with themes of divine grace, moral fortitude, and hum...

Full of suspense, Harmless, is the tightly woven story of eight year old Amanda, whose father is in prison, and Rattuwat, a Thai man burying his daughter in a strange land. Abandoning their broken-down car on the way to the prison's visiting hour, Amanda and Rattuwat venture into the trackless scrub of Australia's outer suburbs. As the day heats up, the sense of menace intensifies and each of them enters the no-man's-land between safety and peril.

In 1920, Virginia's General Assembly refused to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to grant women the vote. Virginia's suffragists lost. Or did they? When the thirty-sixth state ratified the amendment, women gained voting rights across the nation. Virginia suffragists were a part of that victory, although their role has been nearly forgotten. They marched in parades, rallied at the state capitol, spoke to crowds on street corners, staffed booths at fairs, lob...

One of the age-old questions of philosophy is what does it mean to live a good life? In this extraordinary book, scholar and writer, Julienne van Loon, applies a range of philosophical ideas to her own experience. Van Loon engages with the work of six leading contemporary thinkers and writers — Rosi Braidotti, Nancy Holmstrom, Siri Hustvedt, Laura Kipnis, Julia Kristeva and Marina Warner — through interrogating and enlivening their ideas on love, play, fear, work, wonder and friendship. He...

When Rebecca is sent to the horse ranch of the Miller family by her psychiatrist, she doubts that it will help her, but she is ready to try anything to get over her grief. Since her father died she just hadn’t been herself.When she gets to know the smart and handsome Sean who works at the ranch. Her time at the ranch will change her life in ways she had never deemed possible.Will Rebecca get over her loss? And will she find her happiness and maybe even more out in the wild ...

How many times can the day of one’s birth radically change one’s life...again? The day you were born was unexpected, but can lightning strike twice, to make your 60th just as remarkable? Elizabeth Wakefield is about to find out when finally meeting the big client she’s been trying to do business with for 3 years. But when summoned to the corporate office of the billionaire CEO, she discovers Prescott Hamilton uncharacteristically wants her to have a huge account, bigger than she wanted and...