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In this lyrical, coming-of-age memoir, Daisy Hernández chronicles what the women in her Cuban-Colombian family taught her about love, money, and race. Her mother warns her about envidia and men who seduce you with pastries, while one tía bemoans that her niece is turning out to be “una india” instead of an American. Another auntie instructs that when two people are close, they are bound to become like uña y mugre, fingernails and dirt, and that no, Daisy’s father is not godless. He’s simply praying to a candy dish that can be traced back to Africa.

Daisy is a black baby adopted into a white family in rural 1970’s England. Alienation and loss of identity dominate her childhood. After discovering she was conceived through child rape, she begins a lifelong mission to find and prosecute her birth father using the only irrefutable evidence left. Her own DNA. But justice isn’t just for her birth mother. She too, is a victim, and when the world around her doesn’t agree, she is forced to reckon with external and internal powers out of her control.

Jasmine Whizzpaws' Rescue Race: Join best friends Lily and Jess in the magical land of Friendship Forest, where animals can talk! The wicked witch Grizelda has a nasty plan to take over the forest by forcing everyone out with a horrible bad-weather spell. Can cute little puppy Jasmine Whizzpaws help the girls defeat her and save the sunshine?

There are days in every working parent's life when it feels like you're screaming into the wind. The days when you have to ask your childless boss if you can leave work early - again - for a kid issue. The days your kid tearfully asks why you have to get on an airplane for work when you just got home. But we can have fewer days like that and more productive conversations. We can listen and be heard. In Communicate Better with Everyone, experts provide answers to the challenges you face as a working parent.

Stuck in a dead-end job, broken-hearted, broke and estranged from her best friend, Violet's life is nothing like she thought it would be. She wants more - better friends, better sex, a better job - and she wants it now. So, when Lottie - who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up - offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up, she bites. Only it soon becomes clear that Lottie and her husband, Simon, are not only inviting Violet into their company, they are also inviting her into their lives.

He hates her for knowing the answers, but he wants her because her body leaks secrets she can’t hide. Claire Tutoring Ryder Quinn was supposed to be academic, professional, manageable. But Ryder isn’t just the school’s star receiver. He’s the boy who’s humiliated me for years. Now I’m trapped with him after school, and the secret I’ve kept for so long, the milk my body makes without warning, is one more thing he’s discovering, one taunt at a time. He’s cruel, obsessive, and he holds my grade in his hands. And I hate that part of me is starting to want it. Ryder Claire ...

Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the 20th century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage.

The key to a booming business is your community. Founder of social media consultancy The Selfhood Daisy Morris is here with the ultimate guide for all the side-hustlers, creators, business owners and freelancers looking to build a genuine community on social media. This audiobook drops the jargon - Daisy will teach you how to take your community on a journey. From brand awareness through to conversion, you will have the confidence to expand your reach while nurturing your existing fans, followers, subscribers and customers to turn them in to loyal and repeat customers.

When my ex Sarah walks into my detective agency, I know fate's playing a cruel game. She's still brilliant, still magnetic, and still the one case I never solved. Now we're forced to work together, chasing shadows through Chicago's underbelly. Our old chemistry crackles like a live wire, making it impossible to focus on the job. But when Sarah vanishes, leaving only a cryptic message and traces of blood, I realize this was never about rekindling old flames – it was about survival. Someone's trying to finish what they started years ago, when my betrayal first tore us apart. The clock's ...

Perfect listening for The Queen's Platinum Jubilee year! The Royal Fairies Collection includes seven exciting stories: Alexandra the Royal Baby Fairy, Charlotte the Baby Princess Fairy, Elizabeth the Jubilee Fairy, Frances the Royal Family Fairy, Georgie the Royal Prince Fairy, Kate the Royal Wedding Fairy and Meghan the Wedding Sparkle Fairy.

I’ve only baked a dozen cream puffs at my Granny B’s bakery and I’m suspected for murder In this hillbilly town. I never thought I’d move back to Bar Harbor, the smallest town ever. But, inheriting my Granny B’s Bakery has given me a chance to do what I love, bake again. How was I to know I’d be accused of murder? The victim, a local food critic known for her harsh reviews, drops dead with my half eaten, maple cream puff in her hand. I knew my cream puffs were to die for. With a fluffy personality like hers, almost everyone in town was happy to see her go. With my golden ...

In an unnamed city in India, violence is erupting between Hindus and Muslims, each side viewing the other with suspicion, rage, and blame. As their identities sharpen, friends and colleagues turn against each other. Hospital beds fill up and classrooms empty out. Curfews are imposed. Residents flee en masse. Three intellectuals find themselves paralyzed by anxiety and fear. Shruti, a creative writer, spends her time writing and rewriting the same sentence. Hanif is sidelined by his academic department for his secular beliefs.

At the pinnacle of my career, a patient’s death sends my world into a tailspin. I had a million-dollar practice, a luxurious Manhattan apartment, and a reputation as one of NYC’s top surgeons. Then a patient dies, and my reputation is challenged. Exonerated in a lawsuit from any wrong-doing, The truth lags far behind. Depressed and disillusioned from the experience, A tranquil island off the coast beckons. Surprised to fall for a beautiful, compassionate woman during a snowstorm, My future’s outlook is turned upside-down. She’s built a simple life in a community she loves and ...

Welcome to a magical world of Friendship Forest where animals talk and play! Discover five books in this delightful collection: Pippa Hoppytail's Rocky Road, Lola Fluffywhiskers Pops Up, Emma Littleleap Takes a Chance, Sarah Scramblepaw's Big Step and Anna Fluffyfoot Goes for Gold.

She was hiding her shame in the supply closet. He found it, tasted it, and turned it into his new favorite obsession. Lori just wants to survive senior year unnoticed. She wears baggy clothes, avoids parties, and hides the humiliating condition no one is supposed to know—her body has started producing milk, and there’s no baby in sight. She sneaks into the supply closet during hockey practice to pump, desperate to avoid discovery. But Karl Cross, the team captain and her worst nightmare, catches her in the act. He doesn’t laugh. He doesn’t walk away. He drinks. Karl never cared ...

Jess, Lily and little kitten Amelia Sparklepaw are getting ready to celebrate Goldie's birthday – but wicked witch Grizelda has other plans!

Strangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) 'killer plant' in fiction, film and video games. Step within to marvel at Charlotte Perkins Gilman's giant wisteria and H.G. Wells' hungry orchid; hear the calls of the ethereal women of the wood and the frightful drone of the moaning lily; and do tread carefully around E. Nesbit's wandering creepers. Every strain of vegetable threat can be found within this new collection.

This taboo bundle / box set includes all 3 books in the LngThckGrndaddy series: Sweet and Innocent Rough and Needy Ripe and Ready **For adult readers over the age of 18 years only.

Squeezing herself into a frothy, flouncy, bubble-gum pink dress, Rosie Hamilton thinks that being a bridesmaid for her spoilt little sister Hannah can’t get any worse. But discovering her boyfriend kissing the bride, ten minutes before Hannah is due to say ‘I do’, is the icing on the sequinned wedding cake – and Rosie’s cue to pack her bags. She throws her bridesmaid bouquet in the air and flies from the bustling New York metropolis to the sleepy Cotswolds village of Somersby. Her late Aunt Bernice’s cosy countryside cottage, Willowbrook Lodge, is the only place that’s ever ...

He made a cruel bet, but her secret made him obsessed and now he’s playing for keeps. Ellie I’ve spent years trying to stay invisible. Avoid the parties, avoid the attention, and especially avoid Zane Maddox. But now he’s suddenly everywhere, teasing, pushing, cornering me with that cocky smile that hides something darker. I don’t know why he’s fixated on me, but I know I can’t let him get too close. Because if he finds out what my body does when I’m stressed, if he discovers the milk I’m so desperate to hide, he’ll use it against me. And I’m terrified of how much I ...