Cruel twist of fate

Cruel Twist of Fate

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A Cruel Twist of Fate - Askwith H. F.

Anotace: And Then There Were None meets The Inheritance Games, with a heavy dash of The Woman in Black, in this gloriously gothic YA mystery-thriller.When eighteen-year-old Helena is sent to be a governess at Archfall Manor - a beautiful but crumbling manor house, perched at the edge of a causeway in the North Sea - she feels confident she will know how to deal with the ...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate - H. F. Askwith

<p>And Then There Were None meets The Inheritance Games, with a heavy dash of The Woman in Black, in this gloriously gothic YA mystery-thriller.When eighteen-year-old Helena is sent to be a governess at Archfall Manor - a beautiful but crumbling manor house, perched at the edge of a causeway in the North Sea - she feels confident she will know how to deal with the e...

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Twist of Fate

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A Game of Fate - Clair Scarlett St.

<p>Discover the enthralling fantasy world of gods and mortals in bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair's reimagined New Greece. Readers are "hopelessly addicted" to the story of Hades and Persephone told from Hades's point of view. "Take her, and I will destroy this world. Take her, and I will destroy you. Take her, and I will end us all." Hades...

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Oxford Playscripts: The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty

Victimised by the cruel, cunning Stubbs, Terry Dumpton, nicknamed Humpty Dumpty, resorts to truancy to avoid his bullies. Following pressure from his

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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 8 - Aya Kanno

<p>The intrigue and royal conspiracy in the Bard's Richard III is given a dark manga twist that will appeal to aficionados of both comics and the classics. Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented lo...

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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 7 - Aya Kanno

<p>A gothic-tinged drama that gives a new gender-bent twist to Shakespeare's Richard III. Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya ...

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Violet Made of Thorns

'Beautifully vicious' Chloe GongThere's always a price for defying destiny.Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the court as Seer with her cleverly phrased - and not always true - divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip her of her title once he's crowned.After the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus's lo...

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In the Shade of the Blossom Tree

From the author of A Twist of Fate and The Key to it All comes this dazzling novel by Joanna Rees

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Level 3: The Last King of Scotland

In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.

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The Love of My Afterlife

‘This book has it all. Humor, heart, and a heroine I was desperately rooting for. Kirsty Greenwood has a new fan!’ Colleen Hoover_______________ If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. She’s entered the afterlife wearing the sort of pyjamas you don’t want anyone to see and finds herself face-to-face with the most handsome man she’s ever encoun...

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Level 3: The Last King of Scotland - Foden Giles

Anotace: In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world`s most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan`s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.

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PER | Level 3: The Last King of Scotland - Giles Foden

<p>In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.</p>

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The Big Book of Flute Songs

Pro sólovou flétnuObsah: 1. Put Your Hand In The Hand2. All My Loving3. All The Small Things4. Alley Cat5. America6. Another One Bites The Dust7. Any Dream Will Do8. Bad Day9. Barely Breathing10. Be True To Your School11. (It'...

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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night - Zhao Amélie Wen

<p>In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation's past - and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic new fantasy duology inspired by Chinese mythology. Once, Lan had a different name. Now, she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her. She spends her days scavenging for remnants of the past. F...

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A Game of Thrones - George Raymond Richard Martin

<p>Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. To the south, the king's powers are failing: his mo...

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Level 3: The Last King of Scotland Book and MP3 Pack - Foden Giles

Anotace: In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world`s most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan`s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.

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PER | Level 3: The Last King of Scotland Bk/MP3 Pack - Giles Foden

<p>In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.</p>

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Level 3: The Last King of Scotland Book and MP3 Pack

In a twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante.

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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 7 - Kanno Aya

Anotace: A gothic-tinged drama that gives a new gender-bent twist to Shakespeare`s Richard III. Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare`s Richard III, Aya...

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Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 8 - Kanno Aya

Anotace: The intrigue and royal conspiracy in the Bard`s Richard III is given a dark manga twist that will appeal to aficionados of both comics and the classics. Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented l...

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ESD Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning Fatesworn

Elektronická licence určená pro platformu Steam Jedná se o dodatek a je nutné vlastnit základní hru Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning v platformě Steam! Po desítkách let konfliktu katastrofickáKřišťálová válka konečně skončila a válečník Gadflow z Tuathy byl poražen. Zatímco lidé ze zpustošených Faelands v Amaluru obracejí svou pozornost k vítanému míru a pracné obnově, ...

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Violet Made of Thorns: The darkly enchanting New York Times bestselling fantasy debut - Chen Gina

Anotace: `Beautifully vicious` Chloe GongThere`s always a price for defying destiny.Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the court as Seer with her cleverly phrased - and not always true - divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip her of her title once he`s crowned.After the king asks her to falsely prophesy ...

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Violet Made of Thorns: The darkly enchanting New York Times bestselling fantasy debut - Gina Chen

<p>'Beautifully vicious' Chloe GongThere's always a price for defying destiny.Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the court as Seer with her cleverly phrased - and not always true - divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip her of her title once he's crowned.After the king asks her to falsely prophesy C...

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The Cabin at the End of the World - Tremblay Paul G.

Anotace: The Stoker Award-winning, taut and propulsive twist on home invasion horror, packed psychological suspense. Soon to be a major film, Knock At the Cabin, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake, with their closest neighbours more than two miles in either di...

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Blade Breaker: The second fantasy adventure in the Sunday Times bestselling Realm Breaker series from the author of Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard

<p>SAVE THE WORLD OR END IT. CLAIM THE SWORD OR BREAK IT.From the multimillion-copy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen, as seen on TikTok...______________________A divided realm must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade's edge.Andry, a former squire, fights for hope amid blood and chaos.Dom, a griev...

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Mary Tudor

Daughter of Henry VIII, half-sister to the future Elizabeth I, the turbulent life of the first woman to rule England and the cruel fate of those who o

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Dear Life

Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that lead

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Fallen in Love

Everyone has their own love story. And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a romantic Valentine's Day in

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All the Things We Never Said

But in a terrifying twist of fate, the website won't let them stop, and an increasingly sinister game begins, with MementoMori playing the girls off a

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Magical Girl Site Vol. 11

ON THE RUNArareya Touko is dead, killed while playing the role of "A" to get more information. Now, Magical Girl SITE manager Nana and Detective Misumi Kiichiro are hot on the trail of Kayo and Sakaki-san. What cruel fate are they planning

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Restoration

This is shortlisted for the booker prize. When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as 'paper groom' to the y...

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Gardners Oficiální soundtrack Ninja Gaiden - The Definitive Soundtrack Vol. 2 na LP

Série videoher Ninja Gaiden patří mezi klasické 2D automatovky, později se dostala také na konzoli NES. Pokud si chcete zavzpomínat na její legendární chiptune soundtrack plný rockových melodií, máme pro vás 2 LP plné hudby od skladatelů Mayuko Okamura, Ryuichi Nitta, Kaori Nakabai a Rika Shigeno. Konkrétně se jedná o skladby z her Ninja Gaiden II The Dark Sword of Chaos ...

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Fractal Noise - Christopher Paolini

Fractal Noise is a compelling story of first contact and a gripping standalone prequel to the To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - by internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini. Humanity is not alone . . . 25 July 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers an anomaly on an uninhabited planet. They find a circular pit, fifty kilometres wide, its curve not of nature but de...

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I Married A Dead Man

What if you woke up to discover everyone thought you were somebody else?Pregnant and abandoned, all Helen Georgesson has is five dollars and a one-way ticket to San Francisco. Then she is involved in a train crash, and regains consciousness only to discover that she has given birth – and, in a bizarre twist of fate, has been mistaken for somebody else. Helen decides to cl...

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Restoration - Tremain Rose

Anotace: The bestselling classic from a `magnificent story-teller` (Independent on Sunday). Journey to the glittering seventeenth-century court, and witness the rise and fall of young, charming Robert Merivel...When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulenc...

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Restoration - Rose Tremain

<p>The bestselling classic from a 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Journey to the glittering seventeenth-century court, and witness the rise and fall of young, charming Robert Merivel... When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulen...

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The Darkening: A thrilling and epic YA fantasy novel - Sunya Mara

<p>'A grand epic' Chloe GongOnly she can face the Storm . . . Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. Since the Queen sentenced her mother to death by a deadly Storm that curses everyone it touches, Vesper and her father have been on the run. So when the queen's soldiers - led by paranoid Prince Dalca - catch up to them, Vesper will...

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The Lost Apothecary: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller - Penner Sarah

Anotace: With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across...

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Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 1

The blockbuster danmei/Boys’ Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English!This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing the male protagonist is now in English, for the very first time. Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to become unrivaled...

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Blade Breaker - Victoria Aveyardová

Anotace: SAVE THE WORLD OR END IT. CLAIM THE SWORD OR BREAK IT.From the multimillion-copy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen, as seen on TikTok...______________________A divided realm must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade`s edge.Andry, a former squire, fights for hope amid blood and chaos.Dom, a grie...

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My Happy Marriage 1 - Akumi Agitogi

<p>A 'Cinderella'-inspired slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Meiji-era Japan] A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land... Considered nigh worthless for having failed to inherit the superhuman powers of the bloodlines ...

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Red Queen Collector's Edition

POWER IS A DANGEROUS GAMEMare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army she gambles everything to win his freed...

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The Scum Villain´s Self-Saving System 1: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong - Xiu Mo Xiang Tong

<p>The blockbuster danmei/Boys’ Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English! This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing the male protagonist is now in English, for the very first time. Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to bec...

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Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Novel) Vol. 2

The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English! This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing the male protagonist is now in English, for the very first time. Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to become unrivale...

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The Scum Villain´s Self-Saving System 3: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong - Xiu Mo Xiang Tong

<p>The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English! This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing the male protagonist is now in English, for the very first time. Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to beco...

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The Scum Villain´s Self-Saving System 2: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong - Xiu Mo Xiang Tong

<p>The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated Scumbag System series streaming in English! This hilarious story of a man reborn as a villain in a fantasy novel series who ends up romancing the male protagonist is now in English, for the very first time. Half-demon Luo Binghe rose from humble beginnings and a tortured past to beco...

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See You on Venus - Victoria Vinuesa

Anotace: Two teens embark on a journey to Spain to discover the meaning of love, death and everything in between in this star-crossed romance perfect for fans of The Fault in our Stars, Five Feet Apart and All the Bright Places. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Virginia Gardner and Alex Aiono! Mia has had a heart condition her whole life. She´s not afraid of ...

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See You on Venus - Victoria Vinuesa

<p>Two teens embark on a journey to Spain to discover the meaning of love, death and everything in between in this star-crossed romance perfect for fans of The Fault in our Stars, Five Feet Apart and All the Bright Places. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Virginia Gardner and Alex Aiono!Mia has had a heart condition her whole life. She's not afraid of dyin...

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Three-and-a-Half Heartbeats - Amanda Prowse

<p>Grace and Tom Penderford had a strong marriage, a comfortable home in the English countryside and a healthy baby girl, Chloe. They were happy. They were normal. But soon after Chloe turns three, tragedy strikes when a disease called sepsis claims the life of their daughter, devastating their small family. The Penderfords had never heard of sepsis - a cruel, indis...

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Falling Away: Fall Away 4 - Douglasová Penelope

Anotace: He`s the guy she´s supposed to avoid. She`s the girl he won´t let get away....K. C. Carter has always followed the rules-until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Now she´s stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to ma...

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Married to a Bedouin - van Geldermalsen Marguerite

Anotace: `"Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. "Why you not stay with me tonight - in my cave?"` Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen`s story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was 1978 and she and a friend were travelling through the Middle East when...

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Falling Away: Fall Away 4 - Penelope Douglas

<p>He's the guy she’s supposed to avoid. She's the girl he won’t let get away.... K. C. Carter has always followed the rules—until this year, when a mistake leaves her the talk of her college campus and her carefully arranged life comes crashing to a halt. Now she’s stuck in her small hometown for the summer to complete her court-ordered community service, and to m...

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Kniha Gleam

THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT'Sexy and touching all at the same time . . . and that plot twist, OMG' 5***** Reader Review'Read this series NOW! I felt like I was in the story watching and holding my breath the entire time' 5***** Reader Review_______'I don't choose him. Not...

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All the Things We Never Said - Yasmin Rahmanová

<p>Runner-up YA in the inaugural Diverse Book Awards 2020. 16-year-old Mehreen Miah's anxiety and depression, or 'Chaos', as she calls it, has taken over her life, to the point where she can't bear it any more. So she joins MementoMori, a website that matches people with partners and allocates them a date and method of death, 'the pact'. Mehreen is paired with Cara...

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The Lost Apothecary: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller - Sarah Penner

With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. <p>Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across...

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Mother Hens - Sophie McCartney

<p>Welcome to a hen do where revenge is served colder than a frozen margarita…</p> <p>Cara Carmichael’s bestie is finally getting hitched, and she’s over the moon because it means one thing… Whoah, they’re going to Ibiza! Mums on Tour: ditching kids, partners and better judgement for a long-weekend of sun, sea, and sex…y support pants. What could possibl...

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The Good Servant - Britton Fern

Anotace: From the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes a powerful novel about an ordinary woman living in an extraordinary time, and her small but vital place in history. Good daughter. Good woman. Good servant. She tried to be them all... 1932...

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The Good Servant - Fern Britton

<p>From the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes a powerful novel about an ordinary woman living in an extraordinary time, and her small but vital place in history. Good daughter. Good woman. Good servant. She tried to be them all... ...

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