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Available together for the first time ever - the complete Urges series, parts one, two, and three. Part One: Fennel Riegel was looking for a good time. After losing her job and winding up having to move back home, all she wanted was a night to forget herself in the arms of a random hookup. Someone had other plans for her though. When the night goes awry, Fennel finds herself more stressed out than she was before.

The Hartleys are on the brink of disaster. Viscount Mainwaring has died, unaccountably leaving his entire fortune to an American. Worst of all, Anne Hartley's future is in jeopardy. She has been forbidden from marrying the nobleman she has adored since the moment she found him thrown from his horse in Hyde Park.

Mary McIntyre's disappearance tore the local community apart, inflicting wounds that still prove raw for those who knew her. So when the present-day discovery of a child’s remains are found in a peat bog south of Glasgow, it seems the decades-old mystery may finally be solved. Called in to excavate the body, forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod uses the advances made in forensic science since Mary’s vanishing to determine what really happened all those years ago...and who was responsible.

A tumultuous love affair with her boss has left Fennel Riegel feeling completely destroyed. All she wants to do is get away from the man who threw her trust back into her face. Getting away from him is easier said than done though when he seems to be on the hot pursuit.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss the first book in her latest fantasy series, The Smoke Thieves, is award winning best-selling author Sally Green. Author of the critically acclaimed young adult fantasy series Half Life, Sally Green’s work has been likened to George Orwell but with witches. After winning the Teen category of the Waterstone’s Children’s Books prize in 2015, Sally has embarked on a brand-new epic fantasy series titled The Smoke Thieves, the first of which published in May 2018.

After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests that a sinister game was being played on board, but who were the hunters? And who the hunted? Meanwhile in Glasgow DS Michael McNab is called to a horrific incident where a young woman has been set on fire. Or did she spark the flames herself?

Born in 1927, Nicole Braux's earliest recollections occur in the French city of Nancy, where her father owned and operated a hotel and restaurant. Her charming reflections paint a picture of a romantic culture still wounded by the First World War. Nicole was 12 when her father was recalled into the reserves in 1939. Within months, she watched German troops invade. "We peeked above the window sill and saw them...Our imaginations hadn't exaggerated; they looked as evil, it not more so, than we'd expected!"

Robert Hichens was the Quartermaster at the wheel when Titanic hit the iceberg. He received the famous order “Hard-a-Starboard” from First Officer William Murdoch. For 100 years Robert had a reputation as a coward and a bully for his behavior in Lifeboat Six where he had a stand-up row with the famous Unsinkable Molly Brown. Her interview with the New York Times after the disaster cost him his career prospects.

From his tiny room at Hampton Court, the royal chronicler records the comings and goings of the King of England, his six Queens—and his six mothers-in-law. Introducing us to these redoubtable ladies, he relates the surprising part they played in the destiny of Henry VIII and his unfortunate wives. We meet Catherine of Aragon's duenna, Dona Elvira; Lady Boleyn, whose gentleman admirer threatens danger for her daughter Anne; and Lady Margaret, whose attempt to overturn hundreds of years of tradition leads to a dramatic confrontation.

This is the turbulent story of Naomi Parker, a courageous young woman who valiantly overcomes a series of devastating life experiences. She harbors a looming secret that dominates her thinking and negatively impacts her decision making. It infects her ability to process information and is compounded by a learning disability.

Celebrities and health gurus swear by intermittent fasting, specifically the 16/8 method, because it’s simple enough that you'll actually do it, but significant enough that you’ll see noticeable changes. For better results, it is advised to pair it with the keto diet - well-known for lowering intake of carbs and increasing consumption of healthy fats. Combining the 16/8 intermittent fasting method and the keto diet makes one powerful tactic to lose weight and improve your overall well-being, while giving you explosive energy and lessening the need to spend hours in the gym!

The epitaph John Keats composed for his own gravestone - 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water' - seemingly damned him to oblivion. When he died at the age of 25, having taken a battering from the conservative press, few critics imagined he would be considered one of the great English poets 200 years later, though he himself had an inkling. In this brief life, Lucasta Miller takes Keats' best-known poems - the ones you are most likely to have read - and excavates their backstories.

With an easy-to-understand approach, you will understand what's been holding you back, and simple strategies to boost your confidence, where your life opens up like you could never have imagined. Achieve goals you never thought possible and break free from the chains that have held you back.

Eight years ago, Anne Elliott was persuaded that her family's honour was more important than her own happiness. She has suffered ever since. Now the man she turned away has returned. Can Captain Wentworth forgive Anne, or will he be charmed instead by the beautiful Louisa? Will Anne be persuaded to marry her cousin, or will she find the strength to follow her heart?

Great Britain's forced transportation of convicts to colonial Australia is well known. Less widely known is Britain's earlier program of sending convicts - including women - to North America. Many of these women were assigned as servants in Maryland. Contemporary readers and scholars will be fascinated by Ziegler's explanation of how gender-influenced punishments were meted out to women and often ensnared them in Britain's system of convict labor.

When unassuming Green Rock kindergarten teacher Simmie Ward lets loose in Vancouver with her friends over spring break, trouble ensues. Trouble by the name of Blaine Peters. Blaine’s got that look that all the girls love - a head of gorgeous curls and blue eyes that melt the iciest of hearts. But none of them ever mattered to him, until he met Simmie. After a relaxing vacation in the big city, Simmie returns to Green Rock to discover the bad boy she thought she left in the city is staying next door.

Over the centuries there have been people able to influence the course of events to the point of changing history. Sometimes bulky personalities who have directed the course of events, changed economies, evolving entire generations, or great statesmen able to bring politics to a level of world power...in short, in this audiobook, we will analyze some figures who, each in their own sphere, have changed the future, and their name will echo over the centuries.

Isaiah emerged from the razor gangs of Birmingham as head of the notorious Chance Brothers Limited Company. Every victory is a new responsibility. Isaiah can’t be any less than perfect to keep the peace. He has no time for distractions, especially not his newest employee. Brighid just wants to keep her head down and do her job. She’s been working as Arthur Bell for nearly a decade, and she’s been gone from Birmingham nearly that long. But her work is shoeing horses, and Chance Brothers have the largest stable this side of Cheapside.

Tracing Your Roots explores one of the UK's most popular pastimes: researching family history. Best-selling author Sally Magnusson follows the genealogy trail back in time, uncovering facets of social history through personal stories and giving you the information you need to add branches to your own family tree. With the right tools, you can not only find lost ancestors, but discover what they did for a living, what their lives were like and maybe even what kind of people they were.

Trent Stevens has Fennel so turned around that she doesn't know whether she's coming or going. An unexpected tryst in his office has her questioning if their relationship has turned from professional to personal.