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<p>At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this &quot;brilliant and gut-churning masterpiece&quot; (Library Journal, starred review) by the internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. The Catenan Republic&mdash;the Hierarchy&mdash;may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilized society in allowing my strength, my drive, and my focus&mdash;what they call Will&mdash;to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do. I tell them that I belong, and they believe me. But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart. And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family. To survive though, I will still have to rise through the Academy&apos;s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them, and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me. And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.</p>

<p>Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father&apos;s death, he&apos;s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude - a period of desire, despair and possibility - a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.</p>

<p><b>"I always enjoyed the broken in the fairy tales better. The apple always looked shinier because I knew it could destroy me."</b><br/><br/>Hard, cold, and calculated, Trent Rexroth rarely speaks, and when he does, it's with disdain. When he does, Edie Van Der Zee's stomach flips and her world tilts on its axis. But when he does, his words aren't meant for her.<br/><br/>He's a single dad and Edie's father's business partner. But even without any of that, Trent is emotionally unavailable and yet, when Edie comes to intern at his office, she finds herself feeling everything she shouldn't for him.<br/><br/>But the two of them are doomed from the start. The writing isn't just on the wall Edie's father wants dirt on Trent to cut him out of their business, and is blackmailing Edie into getting it for him. She's lying, stealing, plotting Trent's downfall, all the while fighting the forbidden heat between them.<br/><br/>She can't stay away. And as it turns out, neither can Trent.<br/><br/>A scandal is the last thing the Van Der Zee family needs. But a scandal is exactly what Edie's going to give them.<br/><br/><b><i>Scandalous </i>s a standalone book in its own right, and also Book 3 of the Sinners of Saint series. Make sure you immerse yourself fully and read them all...</b><br/><br/><b>PRAISE FOR L.J. SHEN'S SINNERS OF SAINT SERIES...</b><br/>'Blended both sweetness and sexiness together'<br/>'This book gripped me from page one and held me through the last page!'<br/>'L.J. shines in writing characters with layers and ones you can't help but love, even though you know you are supposed to hate them'<br/>'Will always be a top book boyfriend for me'<br/>'I devoured this book!'<br/>'Rarely have I as a reader been so enthralled and repulsed by the same character in a book'<br/>'A gripping tale of forbidden love, betrayal, and redemption'<br/>'It's going to be one hell of a ride, so buckle up, babes!' </p>

Parade [Bok / Pocket]

On Freedom [Bok / Pocket]

<b>From the author of the Bargainer series comes the prequel to <i>Bewitched</i>. Before Selene Bowers, there was Roxilana. The Empress. This is her and Memnon's origin story: of blood, bonds, and betrayal.</b>

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024<br/><br/>An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan's <i>Atonement</i>.</b><br/><br/>It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home, with not a fork or a word out of place. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel's doorstep - as a guest, there to stay for the season...<br/><br/>In the sweltering heat of summer, Isabel's desperate need for control reaches boiling point. What happens between the two women leads to a revelation which threatens to unravel all she has ever known.<br/><br/><b>'A thrilling, razor-sharp, perfectly plotted debut novel'</b> <i>Sunday Times</i><br/><br/><b>'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy'</b> Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of <i>GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING</i><br/><br/><b>'A brave and thrilling debut about facing up to the truth of history, and to one's own desires... Van der Wouden brings stunning power and control to her page-turner about trauma and repression'</b> Justine Jordan, Booker Prize Judge 2024</p>