In a Kingdom once filled with the magic of the Goddess Gaia, fourteen-year-old Jena has never left her family's tiny, failing farm. With an absent mother and an inattentive father, Jena's only solace is her cousin Sisi, a girl renowned throughout the Four Corners of the Earth for her indescribable beauty. But when a letter arrives for Sisi from Prince Ricard, the man Sisi suspects is responsible for the recent devastation across the lands, the two girls find themselves thrust into a world far more extravagant, and dangerous, than ever before. With her cousin caught under the watchful eye of the Prince, it is up to Jena to uncover the history of the Kingdom and its forgotten magic. But scouring a royal library can unlock more than just history: where there are discoveries of the past, there are discoveries of the self. And for plain, unremarkable Jena, secrets and sacrifice may be the only way to save her cousin—and herself.In her debut novel, Anya Josephs pens a...

What starts as a battle of wills soon turns carnal when an activist and a highborn young lady strike up an indecent proposal. In a matriarchal society where men are second class citizens, I've found my purpose advocating to increase my gender's rights. Lady Alyss and I are on opposing sides of legislation that could improve the lot of men in our world—so why does my mouth get dry and my arguments falter whenever she's around? But the lady is harboring a colorful secret, breaking the bonds of propriety and the expectations of her powerful family by serving as the muse to my artist bondmate. He finds inspiration in her sensuous body, and while I should hate her, I can't stop myself from being drawn to her as well. With the fate of men everywhere in the balance, I stand to lose more than my husband and the woman we are both coming to crave. But he and I are in agreement—we have to make her ours, regardless of...

Chantal Pouliot, of the Quebec police force, is relegated to mind-numbing desk duty because of a case that went wrong six months earlier. A break comes her way in the form of a white-collar cyber-crime case, something she hopes will help restore her status as an undercover detective. The downside is having to collaborate with an RCMP team that will join her in Quebec City. When the safe, tedious job she envisaged turns to murder with a potential link to organized crime, Chantal is thrown back into the life she wanted, with Jeff Lafond by her side once again. But somebody is playing games with them, and that person is aware of her past. Is someone close to the investigation involved? What is the purpose of the game and how many people will the murderer sacrifice in the race to win it?

Maxim proved he would give his life to defend mine. I proved I would kill to keep him by my side. But is the bloody devotion of a united king and queen enough to win this war?  My fated mate and I are finally fighting on the same side, but our enemies have burrowed deeper into our pack than we ever imagined possible. Before we face my mad sister and her army, we’ll first have to free the minds of our own people. Meanwhile, Maxim’s sister is still in enemy hands and black magic rises with the full moon.  Can we save the people we love and heal the shifter world before it’s too late?  Or will we lose everything we hold dear—our hope, our freedom, and maybe even…each other.

What does a teenage girl dream about in Nigeria or New York? How does she spend her days in Mongolia, the Midwest, and the Middle East? All around the world, girls are going to school, working, dreaming up big futures—they are soccer players and surfers, ballerinas and chess champions. Yet we know so little about their daily lives. We often hear about challenges and catastrophes in the news, and about exceptional girls who make headlines. But even though the health, education, and success of girls so often determines the future of a community, we don’t know more about what life is like for the ordinary girls, the ones living outside the headlines.   From the Americas to Europe to Africa to Asia to the South Pacific, the thirty teens from twenty-seven countries in Girlhood share their own stories of growing up through diary entries and photographs, and the girls’ stories are put in context with reporting and research that...

Wicked Sanctuary: Surrender your inhibitions.Growing up, Allyson Young learned firsthand that the people who are supposed to love you don't. Meaningful relationships are an illusion. Working alongside hard-to-ignore contractor Zeke Riggs causes her to rethink that love is possible. Having been shot down twice already, Zeke asks Allyson out one more time. When she accepts, he's floored and determined to show her he's not like other men who walked away. Breaking through the tough veneer of hers won't be easy, but he's not letting go this time. He intends to show her how worthy she is of being cherished and loved.Until a family dinner drives home to Allyson she can't outrun her past and how unlovable she is. Leaving Zeke before she destroys him is the only option. Zeke must find her before everything they've built is destroyed.

There are no Christmas trees, no carols, no holiday delights, and yet . . . the spirit of Christmas remains alive in the most unlikely of circumstances.

'Crime fiction has a significant new star' Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else's Skin 'So tense and dark. It has a real Silence of the Lambs vibe, and Peter Olivier is my new Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant' Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me 'Move over, Hannibal Lecter, there's a new serial killer on the block in this awesome debut from Nadine Matheson. The Jigsaw Man will have you in pieces. Literally' David Jackson, author of A Tapping at My Door 'Pacy and gripping. If you love early Val McDermid and Fiona Cummins then you'll love The Jigsaw Man' Nina Pottell, Prima * * * * * There's a serial killer on the loose. When bodies start washing up along the banks of the River Thames, DI Henley fears it is the work of Peter Olivier, the notorious Jigsaw Killer. But it can't be him; Olivier is already behind bars, and Henley was the one who put him there. The race is on before more bodies are found. She'd hoped she'd never have to see his face again, but Henley knows Olivier might be...