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  Living Life in a Thunderstorm

  Matthew Wride

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  Tennyson Wilde is an ex Royal Navy sailor who is also a handsome, hopeless addict. He's falling deeper and deeper into self-destruction each day. He lives in a monotonous world where a call centre seems to be his only future prospect while he spends the rest of his time drinking and having sex with strangers. Then he meets his true love. 
  Can she help him? Can he help himself?

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  A Lickpenny Lover - From their...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing.  
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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  Vibrations - Children of Atlantis

  A. R. Alexander

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  Two teens, two powers—would you die to save your loved ones? 
  Nada has always stayed in the shadows, terrified of what might happen if the world discovered her rare ability to see sound waves as light. But her quiet life shatters when she meets Kani, a fiercely curious new student who can sense and manipulate vibrations. Their meeting triggers a series of mysterious attacks, exposing a dangerous truth: they are the last descendants of Atlantis, heirs to a forgotten power. 
  Hunted by shadowy creatures born from myth and invisible to everyone else, Nada and Kani must uncover their shared heritage and confront an ancient enemy determined to destroy them. But as they race to uncover the truth, they struggle to believe they could be anything more than ordinary—even as the fate of Atlantis, and the world, rests in their hands. Can they survive long enough to discover who they truly are? 
  Vibrations: Children of Atlantis is a pulse-pounding adventure full of mythology, mystery, and danger—balanced with sharp wit, heartfelt moments, and a touch of romance. Perfect for fans of ancient legends, modern heroes, and stories where myths come to life.

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  Billionaire's Wife on Paper

  Anônimo

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  “I need a temporary wife.”Logan McLaughlin can’t lose his Scottish family estate. But to rescue it, his grandfather’s will demands he wed! Logan avoids real relationships, having failed so significantly at love before. So when housemaid Layla suggests he take a convenient wife, he’s intrigued…Untouched Layla never imagined Logan would choose her! With her scars, she feels far from the perfect bride. Yet to protect the only home she’s ever known, she’ll wear Logan’s ring… But can she ignore the burning connection threatening to destroy their paper-only arrangement?

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  The First Cut

  Peter Sykes

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  Paul Lambert, a quiet introspective young man, is thrown, bewildered and unprepared, into the daunting world of a busy surgical unit. Through his eyes numerous patient episodes are described - many amusing, some serious, others poignant but all very human.  After early misadventures, both surgical and romantic, he gains confidence and experience and becomes a key member of the team. Had James Herriot been a young surgeon, not a vet, these are the tales he might have told.

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  Heir of Memory and Shadow

  Rachanee Lumayno

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  The course of true love never did run smooth. Especially because it usually leads to death. 
  I may be one of the most gifted Seekers in the kingdom of Orchwell, but it's usually my twin sister who gets the most commissions. Because everyone wants to find their true love. But my side of the family Seeking gift, finding lost loves? Not so much. Because if it ended in heartbreak once, it will probably lead to heartbreak again. 
  Still, a job's a job. 
  So when Lady Adallia hires me to find her own lost love, I say yes, even though I'd like nothing more than to be rid of my ability. 
  But the noblewoman neglected to tell me some important details about her commission. And now I, Kaernan Asthore, along with my Seeker team and my mysterious noblewoman patron, have to outsmart an infamous gang of bounty hunters and uncover Lady Adallia's secrets, before her quest to find her lost love causes us to lose our lives. 
  Journey to the Gifted Lands, a fantasy world of seven kingdoms, each known for their own unique power or ability. Heir of Memory and Shadow is the second book in the Kingdom Legacy series set in this magical world. Each book features a new character from one of the kingdoms, with appearances from beloved characters from previous novels.

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