Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
The Teller, volume 2, is a continuation of the story of survival in what we call, the Early Iron Age, made all the more desperate by the fact two potentially hostile tribes now occupied the same coveted swathe of territory, actually the rich, rolling farmlands north of the river Severn.
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice (Lolita Devane). KNOWN BY THE DARK, A Novella by Scott H. Urban Autumn is content for the first time in her life. She has a gorgeous home in the country and enough time to devote to her painting. Her husband Martin, a beloved university professor, is devoted to providing for her and making her happy. Everything seems to be perfect . . . until Martin participates in an experiment . . . an experiment in faith and prayer, violating all notions of logic and reason. And now Autumn’s life is crumbling to pieces, and she doesn’t know if she can put it back together. Because her husband has spoken to God . . . And God might not be through answering back.Show book
No one ever told me what to do if I ended up forty-something, divorced, and jobless. When my ex knocks at my door with his new girlfriend I somehow manage to turn them into toads. But that's not possible, right? Still, my ex-husband's car is in the driveway, and he’s nowhere to be found. Which doesn't look great for me. So I do the only rational thing I can think of . . . I run for it, straight back to the small town I grew up in. Mystic Hollow is exactly the way I remember it, except now it seems that everything I thought was normal and boring is supernatural. Even my group of childhood friends appear to be magical in unexpected ways. And the hot guy I had a schoolgirl crush on? Apparently, he's an alpha shifter who digs me. Moving back home might be the fun I've been missing. That is until my brother disappears. Now, it's up to me to find him, even if I have to take on vampires, shifters, sirens, and a whole lot of crazy to do it. I know that so long as I have my friends backing me, I'll find him, because no one wants to be on karma's bad side . . .Show book
Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. The family moved several times in his early years before, at 12, they travelled to France and Italy for 2 years where the sights and atmosphere made a deep and lasting impression on him. He resumed his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers. On leaving school, in 1841, he became a clerk at a tea merchant before, 2 years later, publishing his first short story. However, his first novel was rejected and remained so during his lifetime. A brief stint at Lincoln’s Inn to please his father and to acquire a steady income was halted by his father’s death. Collins then wrote and published his fathers’ memoirs. He then completed his legal education though he would never practice. In March 1851, he was introduced to Charles Dickens and there now started a period of sustained literary output and a remarkable lifelong friendship. His stories were published in Dicken’s magazines, and he toured with Dicken’s theatrical before the two of them travelled to the Continent. By the early 1860’s worrying signs of ill-health appeared with rheumatic gout. As it worsened, he sought respite and cures in German spa towns and gave up writing to help his recuperation. His personal life had become very complicated. He was living with the widowed Caroline Graves and conducting an affair with a much younger Martha Rudd. With the serialised release of ‘The Moonstone’ and vicious attacks of gout Caroline left him and married another. Collins was now prescribed opium and was soon its lifelong dependent. Martha bore him two children and with the return of a now divorced Caroline Graves he now divided his time between the two women. In 1874 he set aside writing to tour North America on a reading tour. Throughout his later years he continued to write and publish. In all 30 novels, 14 plays, 60 short stories and over a 100 non-fiction essays as well as many more collaborations with Dickens. In 1884 the Society of Authors elected him as it’s Vice-President. Wilkie Collins died from a paralytic stroke on September 23rd, 1889, in London. He was 65.Show book
Katherine Howell’s life takes a mysterious turn as she navigates the dangerous waters of espionage and betrayal. Living on a yacht for two years, she becomes a target for the CIA. As she sets out on a journey from Corsica to the U.S., she senses a looming threat. How can she endure the events that led a simple young woman from East Texas into this perilous situation, including the death of her grandmother, the loss of her child, and the reported death of her husband in Vietnam? Blessed and cursed with extra sensory perception, Katherine believes her husband and child are alive! She questions her past and the truth behind her family’s fate, all while being pursued by shadowy forces. In a world where every move is watched, she grapples with the unbelievable events that have shaped her life. Determined to uncover the mysteries surrounding her missing loved ones, she must survive the web of treacherous lies, deceit, and ever looming threat to her life.Show book
Laura is married, she has a good home, and she is due to give birth to her first child any day now. But her perfect world is shattered when her husband comes home flustered and afraid. He's made a terrible mistake. He's done a bad thing. And now the police are going to be looking for him . . . There's only one way out of this. He wants to run. But he won't go without his wife. Laura knows it is wrong. They should stay and face the music. But she doesn't want to lose her man. She can't raise this baby alone. So she agrees to go with him . . . But as time goes by, Laura worries that she has made a terrible mistake. They should never have ran. But it's too late for that now. Her life is ruined. The only question is: how will it end? Another gripping psychological thriller from the author of Til Death Do Us Part and The Tutor.Show book
How do I prove a negative? I need to prove Jane is innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Mirrors, smoke, and lies can conjure a truth that isn’t real. Money, bribes, and power can twist reality. What we call proof is all an elaborate magic act. So is love. How do you prove you’re in love? How can you know with unrelenting certainty that the person you can’t live without really loves you? It’s all about what you believe. Who you believe. And I believe Jane. I love her. But it might be too late. Or, worse – it might all be an illusion. If proof is just a magician’s sleight of hand, then we’re caught in a sick trick. A deadly one. One that doesn’t end with applause. But with a bang.Show book
