He took a deep breath, inhaling as he did so the sweet scent from the lilies, which were arranged extravagantly in front of him. 'Ladies and gents, I promise to try and keep this short and sweet…' When Billy asked his best mate Ed to be his best man, Ed knew he would have to make a speech and he was dreading it. But he also knew how important it was to Billy - and to his soul mate and wife-to-be, Amelia. So Ed is determined to do them proud. But little does he know that it will be the most important speech he will ever make, and his toast - 'To Billy and Amelia - together forever' - will mean more than he ever thought. A beautiful short story to remind you of the importance of love.

    They know that a day of reckoning is approaching, but events in the United States, and around the world, cause an acceleration of the timeline.La Société de la Frontière Ouverte must awaken and prepare for the exodus.

    Dartmouth Circle is a quiet cul-de-sac on the edge of a university town. Its residents take pride in their little community. All gates are painted and front gardens weeded, and nobody ever forgets bin collection day. So when the news breaks that a neighbour has sold his house to students, the residents are aghast. Students are loud, irresponsible and messy. They have all night parties, dabble with illegal substances and revel in questionable hygiene. When Madeleine Richmond and her friends move in, their greeting is less than warm. But a few ruffled feathers soon reveal there's a lot more going on in the Circle than appearances suggest...

     Second Chances follows a single mother deserted by her adulterous ex-husband, a socialite who abandoned her family and fled to the Caribbean, a high-powered executive with a disconcerting fear of commitment and a questionable sense of judgment, and a privileged teenager plagued with a lecherous father and absentee mother while bewildered by an unforeseen opportunity with the most sought after boy in school. Although the women are each dealt cards they never expected, they find friendship, family and love in the least likely of places, and with those, they find hope.

    This book will keep you up late in order to turn those pages. This book will cause your heart to race and even skip a few beats. –Amazon Reviewer This set includes: All Good Deeds (Lucy Kendall #1) See Them Run (Lucy Kendall #2) Gone to Die (Lucy Kendall #3) All Fall Down (Lucy Kendall #4) Bonus Content: Additional scenes from each novel featuring Chris Hale. Bonus Content: An essay on writing the series from author Stacy Green. ALL GOOD DEEDS (bronze medalist, thriller, 2015 IPPY Awards) A former social worker turned vigilant killer of pedophiles believes she’s saving children. The disappearance of a child shatters her illusions and forces her into diabolical web she may never escape. SEE THEM RUN Lucy Kendall still believes she can control justice. After fighting to take down a child sex trafficking ring, she becomes a murder suspect and runs straight into the enemy’s trap. GONE TO DIE Lucy Kendall is ready to end her life when she realizes her closet ally has gone after a monster and is missing. Lucy knows the only way to save her friend is to step back into the darkness she’s terrified will consume her. ALL FALL DOWN Lucy is determined to start over, but the murder of a former foster child contains a taunting message. Lucy rushes home only to find the one person she’ll still kill for has been taken and the gauntlet thrown.

     Life is sweet for Joanna until the day she gets a call from a lawyer in Greece that knocks her for six. Her father, whom she has never met, has died. Her late mother was always reticent to discuss a vacation romance she had over two decades ago on a tiny Greek island called Skiathos, and Joanna - a hopeless romantic at heart - has always tried to fill in the blanks. According to the lawyer, her father has left her an inheritance. The condition? Joanna must travel to the island to see it for herself...

     On Sundays peace was restored. He would lie down, dream and remember. He would enjoy. And later on the bell would ring. He would get up and walk downstairs. He would open the front door. And his life would come to an end . . . Garda Inspector Michael McLoughlin is trying to enjoy his retirement – doing a bit of PI work on the side, meeting up with former colleagues, fixing up a grand old house in a genteel Dublin suburb near the sea. Then he discovers the body of his neighbour, a retired judge – brutally murdered, shot through the back of the neck, his face mutilated beyond recognition. McLoughlin finds himself drawn into the murky past of the murdered judge, which leads him back to his own father’s killing, decades earlier, by the IRA. In seeking the truth behind both crimes, a web of deceit, blackmail and fragile reputations comes to light, as McLoughlin’s investigation reveals the explosive circumstances linking both crimes – and dark secrets are discovered which would destroy the judge’s legendary family name.

    At least she will if she can squeeze into her party dress...Without a fairy godmother to wave a magic wand, Ellie Summers needs more than a pumpkin to impress her gorgeous boss. She works hard, not as a scullery maid but as a super sassy saleswoman, but he doesn't notice her. Their company's lavish Christmas party is the opportunity Ellie's been waiting for to make a big impression. And she doesn't intend it to be winning the mince pie eating competition.With the help of fellow dieter Sam, a sleigh load of will power and a sprinkling of Christmas magic, Ellie knows finding her Prince Charming is just a mistletoe kiss away.But is her prince really so charming? Or is Christmas romance closer than she thinks?

    All she's ever wanted is a secure family life, and now it's about to be torn apart. Henry Streeter, Rachel's neighbour, is overwhelmed by old feelings of misery and loneliness as he struggles to stifle painful memories of his own childhood. And Juliet Fairweather, arriving in the village on the evening of the disappearance, is involved in an unexpected personal drama, while her mother, Bobbie, so often a bystander, is drawn inexorably into other people's lives.For everyone involved, one ordinary summer's day will bring extraordinary consequences and the need to examine their own sense of loss and longing.

    As host of TV show ‘The Truth With Tanya Travis,’ she lives a life of glamour, luxury and public adulation while solving the problems of Britain's great unwashed each day on her show. However, things are not all they seem and Tanya’s life of designer kitchens, Prada handbags and myriad TV awards is as difficult behind the scenes as those of her TV show guests. A victim of her own success, Tanya is hounded by the press, constantly reading headlines about her own life looks, and body. But when she reads stories about her partner’s weakness for young blondes and there’s trouble at work, Tanya’s carefully constructed celebrity life starts to come apart at the seams.With her relationship in crisis, her cellulite on overdrive and her career on the line, Tanya may have to take up the offer of prime time exposure with a desperate gaggle of C-List wannabes. Billed as a show ‘where good celebrities go bad,’ ‘Celebrity Spa Trek’ is a reality programme like no other – but can Tanya take on the lack of hot water, starvation, exhaustion and sheer showbiz bitchiness of a celebrity trek through the Himalayas?A sharp, witty novel about our celebrity obsessed culture from the author of bestselling Fat Girls and Fairy Cakes.

    Responsible older brother Will has fled Primrose Bay, unable to forgive and forget after the ultimate betrayal. And Jasmine, no longer the wayward baby sister, is determined to prove to her brother and sister that she’s just as capable as they are. Together in the bay after years apart and a separation spanning three continents, it doesn’t take long for the siblings to clash when Mia calls everyone together in a family crisis. And with jealousy and resentment simmering between them, as well as faces from the past and new loves, the family ties could end up being severed forever. Sometimes we need to lose ourselves in order to find each other again…

    It wasn't an alien spacefleet firing from above. It was a bomb planted in the center of the planet before humanity even existed. In an instant, the human population dropped from 11 billion to 1,066. I'm Loris Roderick, set to take command of the Magellan space station. I didn't know I was to become the de facto leader of our species when its survival hung by a thread. We should run, hide in some corner of the galaxy to eke out what existence we can. But I'd rather we get our revenge. Earthless is the first book in the Survivors series and is 60,000 words long. Sightless: The Survivors Series #2 is now available for Pre-Order!

    Now she has two children, a terrifyingly large mortgage, and no idea who she has become - or why she and her husband can't even be in the same room anymore. With life as she knew it in tatters around her, Ami is heartbroken, and in no way pulling off 'consciously uncoupling' like a celeb. But she's starting to wonder if she just might come out the other side and be... happier? As funny as Helen Fielding, as poignantly touching as Marian Keyes, Fiona Perrin's dazzling debut is a story that is as much about finding out who you really are again, as it is about the exhausting balancing act of motherhood. Unmissable for women everywhere.

    

    Hopeful to save one of her best friends, she joins the fight against the Capitol while finding solutions to her romantic dilemmas. Suzanne Collins implements elements of science fiction, romance, and action to craft a compelling conclusion to the highly rated trilogy. Read this all-encompassing review of "Mockingjay" first to get a complete overview of the book's style, plot, and characters. Explore the dark themes presented in "Mockingjay" while finding deeper meaning in Katniss' fight against a corrupted government. This expert review offers critical opinions and covers the book's positive and negative aspects. Despite the futuristic setting of "Mockingjay," Suzanne Collins employs deeper messages that are relevant to modern audiences. The good pacing and short yet poignant sentences make this novel accessible to teens as well as adults. Read how Katniss uses her survival instincts to fight for not only her own life but the lives of everyone in Panem. Sprinkled with hopeful moments, "Mockingjay" portrays a dark story that superbly wraps up the "Hunger Games" trilogy.