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Conraad de Rosner is a pioneering game ranger, working with dogs to protect wildlife against poachers – both ‘bushmeat’ poachers, who use cruel snares to trap animals, and criminal syndicates killing for rhinoceros horn and capturing critically endangered pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Con’s life – constantly at risk from poachers, wildlife and even his own fellow rangers – has been saved on numerous occasions by his devoted canine companions.

"I see murder in this unhappy hand...." When Mrs. Robinson, palmist to the Prince of Wales, reads Oscar Wilde's hand she cannot know what she has predicted. Nor can Oscar know what he has set in motion when, that same evening, he proposes a game of "Murder" in which each of his Sunday Supper Club guests must write down those whom they would like to kill. For the fourteen "victims" begin to die mysteriously, one by one, and in the order in which their names were drawn from the bag....

Discover the adventures of four modern people thrown into 1307, the midst of Robert the Bruce's Wars of Scottish Independence, and get entangled into the destiny of the Clan Campbell. The Called by a Highlander Box Set contains four steamy audiobooks in which medieval Highlanders and modern-day men and women unite in love and war.

Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for.... For a fearless girl called Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, it's just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. When Justice's mother dies, her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone.

Justice and her friends are third years now and there's an intriguing new girl in Barnowls. Letitia has never been to school before and doesn't care for the rules - and the teachers don't seem to mind! She decides that Justice is her particular friend, much to Stella and Dorothy's distress. But Letitia just isn't the kind of girl you say no to. Then, after a midnight feast in the barn, and a terrifying ghost-sighting in the garden, a girl disappears. Soon ransom notes appear, and they're torn from the pages of a crime novel.

Diabetic Bryanna Fitzpatrick has seen her own death, her body carried by a Highlander. But she can’t deny her mother’s desire to visit Scotland. Stumbling into an underground cavern in Eilean Donan Castle, she encounters a Highland faerie who sends her through time to 1310.

When Justice returns for spring term at Highbury House, it's not long before murder is back on her mind. Assigned to look after the elderly Mr Arthur in Smugglers' Lodge on the other side of the marshes from school, Justice is initially dismayed. But dismay quickly gives way to intrigue as she finds herself drawn to Mr Arthur and his stories of piloting in the First World War - and especially when Dorothy, who lives nearby, tells her that the lodge is haunted.

While chaperoning a high school trip to the Scottish Highlands, Amy MacDougall descends into Inverlochy Castle dungeon. Deep in the crumbling ruins, she touches a magical rock and travels through time to 1307. Infiltrating the castle, Highlander Craig Cambel imprisons Amy. A MacDougall, she’s his clan’s sworn enemy. But when he’s forced to marry the fierce beauty, he surrenders to desire. Amy needs to return to the 21st century, but her feelings for Craig are growing stronger every day. Will the pull of centuries divide them, or can destiny bind them across the ages?

It's 1939, and war has broken out. Everything has changed at Highbury House school. There are no servants, for one thing, and the pupils have to help with domestic tasks. Then a boys' school is evacuated to the Romney Marsh, billeted in the same building although, of course, contact with the boys is strictly forbidden. Despite this, Justice soon strikes up a friendship with Henry, a boy who shares her dislike of games lessons. Then Justice's father suddenly goes missing.... Could he be a real-life spy?

Fleeing a man in a Scottish castle, American Kate Anderson tumbles into the dungeon. Striking her head, she suffers amnesia and is sent back in time to 1308, where she’s rescued by a Highland warrior. Escaped slave Ian Cambel takes Kate to his estate. But as her memories flood back, she’s driven to return to the 21st century. Helping Kate leave means fighting the invading English troops - and losing a piece of his heart. Will the peace-seeking former gladiator battle his demons and the enemy for a doomed love?

Discovering a rune-covered rock in Eilean Donan Castle, historian Rogene Wakely is hurtled from the 21st century to the 14th. Highlander Angus Mackenzie has agreed to marry the powerful and predatory Euphemia of Ross. But one forbidden kiss with Rogene makes his engagement feel like a death sentence. Rogene resists her attraction, knowing the giant Scot’s marriage will result in an important heir. But when Euphemia sees Angus’ longing for the dark-haired beauty, neither can escape her rage. Will they risk their lives and Scotland’s future by choosing desire over duty?

Stuck between a devilish imp and a vampire with cold eyes and a hot body, Hollie isn't sure whether to laugh or to cry. Right now, the vampire might be the lesser of two evils, but she can't seem to spend enough time with him to confirm her suspicions. Things go from bad to worse when she attracts the attention of a powerful woman who is bent on meting out punishment, but when two princes of darkness join the fight over her, Hollie isn't sure even a vampire mate could get her out of the trouble she's in.

This book began not as a story, but as a whisper. A whisper that grew in the silence between moments. Between hospital corridors and the hum of machines. Between questions no one dares to ask out loud—“Where is God when we are lost?” “Does anyone hear us when we cry without sound?” And then I saw him. Not in the flesh, but in the spirit of every soul I’ve ever met who felt misplaced in this world—those who have survived wreckage, not just in the sky, but in the heart. Those who have learned to speak through silence, who walk among us carrying stories carved in scars instead of words.

Called Back to Who You Are is an invitation to see with the eyes of faith, guiding you through Scripture and the events of your own life to unearth ways God's wild love has been (and is!) pursuing you, calling you back to your true identity, and ushering you into peace.

Texas, 1868 Rose Randolph vuelve al rancho familiar tras haber pasado los últimos años en Chicago. Las ilusiones que tenía puestas en su retorno al hogar se ven pronto truncadas al descubrir que su padre la ha hecho regresar para casarla con un desconocido. Su tristeza y desolación se verán mitigadas por la presencia de un atractivo e inaccesible vaquero que trabaja domando mustangs salvajes a las órdenes de su progenitor, por el que se sentirá irremediablemente fascinada. Gabriel Salas, el hombre con nombre de arcángel, al que todos llaman Bronco.

Discovering a rune-covered rock in Eilean Donan Castle, Historian Rogene Wakely is hurtled from the twenty-first century to the fourteenth. Highlander Angus Mackenzie has agreed to marry the powerful and predatory Euphemia of Ross. But one forbidden kiss with Rogene makes his engagement feel like a death sentence. Rogene resists her attraction, knowing the giant Scot's marriage will result in an important heir. But when Euphemia sees Angus's longing for the dark-haired beauty, neither can escape her rage.

Diabetic Bryanna Fitzpatrick has seen her own death, her body carried by a Highlander. Stumbling into an underground cavern in Eilean Donan Castle, she encounters a Highland faerie who sends her through time to 1310. Believing it is a dream, Bryanna agrees to marry roguish Highlander Raghnall Mackenzie. His tortured soul and beautiful music speak to her, but her life depends on modern medicine.

Fleeing a man in a Scottish castle, American Kate Anderson tumbles into the dungeon. Striking her head, she suffers amnesia and is sent back in time to 1308 where she's rescued by a Highland warrior. Escaped slave Ian Cambel takes Kate to his estate. But as her memories flood back, she's driven to return to the twenty-first century. Helping Kate leave means fighting the invading English troops—and losing a piece of his heart.

She's lost in the past. But while chaperoning a high school trip to Scotland, she's forced to confront her claustrophobia to save a student in a castle dungeon. And when a magical rock in the ruins catapults her through time to 1307 AD, she's alarmed to come face-to-face with a handsome Scottish warrior. Highlander Craig Cambel refuses to trust anyone after the MacDougall clan kidnapped and assaulted his sister. As Amy searches for a way back home, she finds her phobia of commitment fading and falls for the brave Scot.

Zura Jameson is not your average 11-year-old girl. Born and raised in Africa, she and her parents live on an elephant sanctuary her parents created and operated, a sanctuary they named Wild Hearts. It was her home, a place like no other. It was there, while helping her parents with the elephants, that she grew accustomed to the wilds of the jungle, training and honing her skills that would prepare her for almost anything. Little did she know those skills would be put to the test in a way she could never imagine, a test of survival.