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Who would have thought that something as simple and natural as meeting and keeping a partner would need a manual? After all, it's easy, right? Wrong. It seems these days the only bit of romance we see is when another film version of Pride and Prejudice get released. Perfect Romance contains 52 brilliant little ideas that you can use to invigorate your love life. So what are you waiting for?

The therapist has a problem. Her patient is in love with her. The therapist has romantic feelings for her patient, too. Meanwhile, the patient's husband is having an affair with his wife's mother. The daughter is fully aware of their taboo relationship and embraces it. The functioning chaos unravels when one of them is poisoned. The only person who knows who did it has dementia and can't be considered competent. It's a complicated love story, but so is the path of life.

One of the great what-ifs among Pride & Prejudice aficionados is: If Mr. Collins married Mary Bennet instead of Charlotte Lucas, how would that influence Mr. Darcy's dogged pursuit of the elusive Elizabeth? In this breezy and hilarious re-telling of Jane Austin's classic novel, the author explores what would have changed - and what would have not - had two of literature's most self-righteous characters found their way together. Elizabeth Bennet goes to Kent with her sister Jane, and the fur flies! A wonderful, mad-cap romp!

Tony Blair was seen as a fresh face for the Labour Party. A party moderniser, he created 'New Labour' and appealed more to the central political ground. During his 10 years in office, he created the London mayoralty, negotiated the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland and went to war in Iraq. Some say he is one of the most significant prime ministers of the 20th century; others say he will always be judged by his decision to take the country to war.

Our kids' natural energy level also makes unwinding difficult around bedtime. And they never have the time to connect and reflect on their inner selves. What better way to help than taking them on a trip to a world of dinosaurs! The relaxsaurus aims to help kids fall asleep while sharing valuable life lessons.

Come meet the shifters of the North Star pack as they find their fated mates. These four Alpha’s are hot and wealthy just like the fairy tale characters that they’re based on! These guys just have a little more... bite.

I was backpacking my way through Europe with my friend. It was supposed to be an adventure, one last carefree trip before we started our grown-up lives. Then I meet King Romer, and things start to get serious really fast. Now I’m a captive of the King, and he’s determined to make me his Queen.

It was supposed to be a vacation. I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland, and when I win my dream vacation, I have nothing but high hopes for the trip. Then I get turned around, and when I stop to ask for directions, I’m led to this castle and entered into some kind of Queen ceremony. I’m trying to stay positive. I’ll just explain that I would make a terrible Queen and get back to my vacation. Then I meet King Ryker.

I’m not supposed to be here. That’s what I keep telling everyone but no one will listen. I just wanted to see the castle nestled deep in the woods. Instead, I end up getting kidnapped. The problem is that I have a plane to catch. I can’t be stuck in some weird castle for who knows how long. So, I try to appeal to King Koda’s compassionate side. Too bad for me, he doesn’t seem to have one.

I knew they were real. When I was fifteen, I saw something that no one could explain. I saw a man change into a wolf. Everyone thought I was drunk or looking for attention but I knew what I saw. Now I'm going to prove it to the world.

Jo Hamilton was one of more than 700 sub-postmasters prosecuted between 2000 and 2014 based on information from the Post Office's faulty Horizon accounting system. She was told to put right a wrong she hadn't committed and pushed to the very brink of her existence - remortgaging her house, borrowing from anyone she could in order to repay money that she hadn't taken, and questioning her own sanity.

Monica believes Jonathan despite her better judgment. Forgives him despite her doubts. She loves him…just because. Her heart isn't sensible or guarded enough. Not by a sight. She’s a walking raw nerve ending of emotion, as if the celibate years she'd spent before him made her more emotional, more vulnerable, more foolish. And she agreed to all of it yesterday and today.

Sussex, England, 1913. Nineteen-year-old Anna Neale longs for an independent life full of adventure. Refusing her father’s wishes to marry his chosen suitor, she convinces him to allow her to take a receptionist position at a prestigious seaside hotel. But her beautiful plan soon turns ugly when the inn’s lascivious manager assaults her.

The War Hounds find their footing and incorporate their new members. Xautil and Bota seek to establish their own empire, dancing and bonking included. Shai'ton, Hell's Daughter and the other infernals strive to establish their control over Earth while fending off their Infernal Overlords in Tir' Na'Nog and York is the nexus where everyone's plans come to a crossroads. The Fortress has stood for eight years as a symbol that humanity will not kneel, will not lay down, they will fight. Will it fall or be the birth of a war the echoes across the cosmos.

Ausgerechnet am ersten April wird am Fuße der Aussichtsplattform von Maleens Knoll ein Toter gefunden. Schnell werden die Konflikte im Leben des erfolgreichen Spediteurs deutlich, die zahlreiche Motive für einen Mord ergeben. Sowohl im privaten, als auch im geschäftlichen Umfeld hat sich der arrogante Unternehmer Feinde geschaffen. In dieser fordernden Situation wagt Kommissar Knud Petersen endlich einen konkreten Vorstoß bei seiner Kollegin Charlotte Wiesinger, für die er seit ihrer Ankunft in der Küstengemeinde schwärmt.

1903, Buffalo, New York. Ed Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer known for his kindness and generosity, and his wife Alice had a life few could imagine. The couple had three lovely daughters, a beautiful home, and they were fixtures in the elite Elmwood Avenue set. Despite rumors of trouble in the Burdick marriage, few believed it until Ed ordered his wife out of their home and filed for divorce. The whispers about their separation abruptly ended when Ed Burdick was found murdered in his den while his family slept upstairs.

High school reporter Sherri "Bax" Baxter is content being an outsider, with a reputation as a nosy busybody among the students of Jericho High. Instead of friendships, she focuses on objective journalistic integrity, because it will get her out of the dead-end Texas oil town and into a prestigious journalism school, and she's pretty sure she's found her big story. A new girl, Molly, has come to town with a mysterious sideways grin, a bolero hat, a well-loved guitar case, and the musical talent of legendary blues man Stevie Ray Vaughan.

American Civil Wars takes listeners beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the US Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world, marked by a multitude of civil wars, European invasions and occupations, revolutionary independence movements, and slave uprisings - all taking place in the tumultuous decade of the 1860s.

These alphas are here to claim their fated mates. If you love possessive shifters, fated mates, and super steamy scenes, then you will love this collection!

Kade is used to keeping himself in check. As a wolf shifter living so close to humans, he's needed to. Keeping his pack’s secret has never been a problem. Until she shows up. Ruby James.