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  Legends of Osaire Box Set

  T.A. Creech

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  From the Great Divide to the living Fire Stars, there are tales all over Osaire just waiting to be told. Great loves and great loses in equal measure. Friends made, adventures are had and some find a home they never knew they were looking for.
  Contains the stories: 
  
  Witch King: King Solna is tired of war. He longs for the possibility of ending the wars at last and finds it in Vius, a wounded warrior who is not what he seems. Solna schemes to unite their countries for a lasting peace by proposing marriage to Vius. Between petulant generals, tainted magic, and falling in love, Vius discovers he has more to lose than he thought. His country, his magic, and even his heart.
  
  Knight Errant: When an Archmage needs a guard to see him through the enchanted forest, dwarf Einith Redstone jumps on the opportunity. But he is stunned when the enticing elf Tae'liamath joins them as guide. Their journey is more dangerous than expected, and Einith and Tae grow close. With a Heartstone at stake, magickal encounters, and falling for each other, they have much to overcome before the journey ends.
  
  Storm Crow: Catli's whole life spins out of balance when a stranger arrives on his island. A rival among his own is forced into the light, but no matter what happens, he isn't letting Alegan go.

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  The Silent Duke

  Jess Michaels

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  A hot historical from 10 time USA Today bestselling author Jess Michaels 
  Born mute, Ewan Hoffstead, Duke of Donburrow was abused by his wicked father and wretched younger brothers until an uncle swept in to save the day. Still, he carries the scars of his past with him, including a terrible belief that perhaps a “person like him” truly doesn’t deserve the title his uncle fought so hard for him to earn. 
  Recently widowed Charlotte may be the proper Countess of Portsmith to Society, but when she is around Ewan, she still feels like the enraptured little girl who met him decades before when her brother was best friends with him and his cousin. 
  A planned trip to spend Christmas with their families at Ewan’s estate reunites the old friends. But when a storm keeps the others from arriving on time, Charlotte decides to stop living in fear and pursue the man she has desired and loved her entire life. Ewan cannot resist her seduction, but he fears giving in to his heart. Especially when the family that disposed of him returns and threatens not only his life, but that of the woman he loves. 
  Length: Full Length Novel (70,000 words) 
  Heat Level: Might burn your swiping finger 
  This can be listened to as a standalone audiobook, but is the fourth book in the 1797 Club series.

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  Metzengerstein

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "Metzengerstein: A Tale in Imitation of the German" is a short story by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe, his first to see print. It was first published in the pages of Philadelphia's Saturday Courier magazine, in 1832. The story follows the young Frederick, the last of the Metzengerstein family, who carries on a long-standing feud with the Berlifitzing family. Suspected of causing a fire that kills the Berlifitzing family patriarch, Frederick becomes intrigued with a previously unnoticed and untamed horse. Metzengerstein is punished for his cruelty when his own home catches fire and the horse carries him into the flame. Part of a Latin hexameter by Martin Luther serves as the story's epigraph: Pestis eram vivus—moriens tua mors ero ("Living I have been your plague, dying I shall be your death").
  The story, told by an unnamed third-person narrator, takes place in Hungary at an unspecified date. There is a rivalry between two wealthy families—the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitzings—which is so old that no one knows how far back it dates. The narrator states that its origin appears to rely on an "ancient" prophecy: "A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rider over his horse, the mortality of Metzengerstein shall triumph over the immortality of Berlifitzing."

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  No Man’s Land - One Heist One...

  Simon Gaul

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  Boston, March 1990: During the St Patrick’s Day revelries, thirteen priceless works of art – a Vermeer, Rembrandts, a Manet – are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. With no leads for the police to follow, it seems as though they’ve all but evaporated into a bleak New England night…
  On the South Fork of Long Island – one hundred and fifty miles away – Jake Dealer is amongst the last of a three-hundred-year tradition of America’s seafaring history. A fisherman born with an innate ability to read the Atlantic’s unforgiving waters, from which he ekes out a living; his horizons defined only by his family and the ocean.
  A plot put into motion in Boston – where money and power hold different meanings – will change the course of his life. And when, in the wake of a devastating tragedy, Jake is unwittingly ensnared in the greatest unsolved art theft in history, he’s left fighting to cling on to the only certainties he has ever known.
  A white-knuckle thriller and a haunting portrait of a disappearing American frontier, No Man’s Land weaves together themes of survival, redemption and the brutal price of silence. Simon Gaul charts new territory in the American literary seascape, creating an indelible portrait of both a vanishing way of life and the depths of human resilience. Just how far will someone go to protect what matters most?

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  The Game

  Scott Kershaw

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  To save their life, you have to play. 
  *The #1 audio bestseller* 
  ‘Subversive and gripping’ S J Watson 
  ‘Dark, fiendish, riveting’ Janice Hallett 
  ‘Exciting and original’ Simon McCleave 
  ‘This year’s must-read thriller’ Adam Croft 
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  Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. 
  THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST IS IN DANGER. 
  To save them, each must play The Game – a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner. 
  IF YOU LOSE, YOUR LOVED ONE WILL DIE. 
  But what is The Game – and why have they been chosen? 
  There’s only one thing each of them knows for sure: they’ll do anything to win… 
  WELCOME TO THE GAME. YOU’VE JUST STARTED PLAYING. 
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  A breakneck thriller filled with non-stop suspense, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben, Mark Dawson and Terry Hayes’ I Am Pilgrim. 
  Readers love The Game: 
  ‘This was an absolute belter of a book!’ 
  ‘Wow! Can absolutely see this book being made into a film. . . The whole book pulled me in straight away and I couldn't put it down. Full of twists from start to finish, twists that I never saw coming!’ 
  ‘Had me gripped . . . I couldn't breathe until I finished it’ 
  ‘This is one of the most original stories I've read for a while. Just read it! You won't regret it.’ 
  ‘What an utterly terrifying thriller this was! It doesn’t get scarier than this…’ 
  ‘Horrifyingly credible . . . This is a fast-paced, menacing and dark read. Grips from the off and doesn’t let go until that very last page.’ 
  ‘This book was chilling and tense and will have you on the edge of your seat.’ 
  ‘Unique, cinematic and fast-paced. Unputdownable and thrilling page-turner. Highly recommended.’ 
  ‘I love a story that is a bit different and unique and this certainly was. A thought provoking story that chilled me to the bone . . . Will have you up all night. Such a cleverly written story’ 
  ‘Fast-paced, tense, atmospheric and so full of suspense . . . I didn’t know what to expect when. I couldn’t put this book down it was completely gripping.’ 
  ‘From the first few pages the adrenaline rush never lets up.’ 
  In The Game, Scott Kershaw masterfully combines elements of mystery, crime, and action in a thrilling international adventure. The technological aspects of the plot add an intriguing layer to this gripping fiction. 
  For fans of Anni Taylor (The Silent Town), Steve Cavanagh (Thirteen), David Fennell (A Violent Heart), C. J. Tudor (The Chalk Man), and Chris Carter (The Death Watcher). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Exquisite Corpse

  Cassandra Khaw, Paul Cornell,...

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  A dying film maker determined to turn his own death into his most celebrated work of art enlists one of his former actresses, Annie, to assist. But when he relinquishes the directors chair he also relinquishes his power, and Annie has her own plans for this most final of performances. A haunting tale of sci-fi horror in which the women abused by the ultimate bad media man take exquisite revenge.

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