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Prue is intelligent, artistic, independent - and bored. Pressured by her mother to make a conventional and dull marriage, she is delighted to escape London and seek retreat with her eccentric and bohemian aunt in Cornwall. A chance encounter with an attractive young artist on the seashore leads to day after idyllic summer's day of exploring the Cornish countryside and coast. But there is something troubling Daniel, and Prue - now deeply entangled - feels compelled to discover what it is.

When horror-obsessed Riley Lawrence and his group of college friends arrive in the small town of Carousel for their Centennial Celebration, the few decrepit cars parked in the street don’t scare them. But when they enter a locked building, an animatronic usher hands them each a ticket, and the lights dim, Riley realizes they’ve entered the inescapable patchwork of a horror movie set. And they’ve each been assigned an archetype—Scholar, Athlete, Eye Candy, Final Girl—to play out as the curtains rise.

A group of friends will have to survive the movie—without letting its horrors spill off the screen—in the chilling fourth installment of this LitRPG series. In the horror-movie town of Carousel, Project Rewind is nearing its end. Every player who made progress solving the game's central...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NIGHT CIRCUS MEETS WATER FOR ELEPHANTS IN THIS ENCHANTING, DARKLY GLITTERING STORY OF GRIEF, OBSESSION, REVENGE AND ENDURING LOVE Come children, come children from far and near. Come choose your steed, you galloping knights, to enjoy the fun of the carousel...

Spirited and beautiful, Antonia Thornton is a baroness in her own right. Her companion and best friend is Judith Winslow, a quiet intellectual with a love of natural philosophy. Then, Antonia's childhood friend, Adam Yorke, returns from India and brings his friend, the outrageously handsome Simon, Lord Launceston.

Carousel is the story of a spoiled boy from an Indian family residing in the UK. Rajesh has had a privileged and pampered life and is resentful of being in his father's shadow. Desperate to make his mark in the world and by a twist of fate, Rajesh enters the grimy world of London's organized crime scene and becomes embroiled in a complex form of tax fraud called carousel fraud. Seduced by money, power, and a array of flamboyant cars and women, Rajesh is quickly losing control of his company, his marriage, and his freedom.

In the heart of Blackwood Forest, a legend waits in the fog. It's an antique carousel of breath taking beauty, a masterpiece of gold leaf and bone-white porcelain. But for Elias and Odette, the wonder lasts only until the first turn of the crank. The Collector doesn't want your ticket. He wants your skin. As the platform accelerates, the nightmare reveals its true face. This isn't a ride; it's a living, breathing slaughterhouse. The horses are upholstered in human hide. The hydraulics run on pressurized blood. And the "grease" keeping the gears turning? It used to be people just like you.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Carousel is “a romantic tale imbued with several comforting lessons on loving, friendship, and family ties” (Booklist). Enroute to Cornwall by train, Prue Shackleton makes the acquaintance of little Charlotte Tolliver. Prue is...

Margot Wright has led a deliberate life. At 18, she left her unusual and abusive family situation and never looked back, and then two years later she devoted herself wholly to Estelle Coté, her first and only love. But now, at 45, freshly retired from a career in antique firearms dealing and settling into a new home with her wife, Margot finds herself feeling restless. Bored. She admits this to herself on the day she visits Le Galopant, a historic carousel that has become bafflingly meaningful to Estelle.

In this intoxicating Carpathian novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, a woman falls prey to the seductive allure of the past—and a vampire warrior’s intoxicating embrace... The moment Charlotte Vintage walks into his club, Tariq Asenguard’s blood is set on fire...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Christmas Memory and The Walk comes the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: There are...

When Ann decides to join the carnival in her small town, she never thought she would find herself between Mehki and Jordan. Disguising herself as Mistress Rogue, she has them both eating out of the palm of her hand. When the trio get into a little trouble, they call upon their rival Draven to help them out.

From The Normies comes a sci-fi dystopia where on a desolate planet, a lonely worker gains great powers from a mysterious source, consequently stumbling upon a burgeoning revolution against the corporate entity he once worked for. Starring Suraj Choudhary, Chris Johnson, Marketa Ruzickova, Hanna Jones, Navi Kaur, Pat Patel, Josh "Spidey" Harper, Micky Virdi, Spencer Hershberger, Hunter Moore, Nikki Bhatt, Dustin Walton and Calvin Grubb. Edited by Hunter Moore, Spencer Hershberger, Evan Teague, Ahadi Gitau and Dustin Walton. Written and directed by Shelby Deal.

First rule: Don't mess with the timeline. Second rule: Don't mess around with the time-god. For 500 years, immortal timekeeper Ryka has run a cozy magical fair on the edges of time, managing the time threads and protecting the spirits that live there. She lives happily among a found family of...

The carnival is back in town, and for Jack Heldon, that's not a good sign. Since the last time it had come to the small and quiet town in Lensfield, Connecticut, he’s been plagued with nightmares of burning walls, raspy chuckles, and fiery red eyes in the dark. Ted Barton’s killing spree is still fresh in his mind, and Jack knows the carnival was behind it all. Now, it’s back for more.

What goes around comes around Every summer four friends gather at Barnes Fair to ride the carousel in memory of Esther, the school friend they lost in a car crash they were all involved in as teenagers. This year, the morning after the fair, one of those friends, Shelley Gregory, is found...

Callie Wind, single mom and owner of a quirky Texas amusement park, dreams of a carousel life, but her dead patriarch is determined to keep her on a chaotic thrill ride. He delights in their spectral arguments from beyond the grave. Her estranged daughter Sophie—now a televangelist with a knack for pyramid schemes—wriggles her way back into Callie's life with plans to turn the park into a shrine to her own ego. Caught between the old man's ghostly antics and Sophie's snake oil scams, Callie's life is like snow cone syrup on pony droppings.

The fiction and reportage included in The Last Carousel, one of the final collections published during Nelson Algren’s lifetime, was written on ships and in ports of call around the world, and includes accounts of brothels in Vietnam and Mexico, stories of the boxing ring, and reminiscences of Algren’s beloved Chicago White Sox, among other subjects. In this collection, not just Algren’s intensity but his diversity are revealed and celebrated.

Bloomsbury presents Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel by Kalynn Bayron, read by Megan Gage This new spooky mystery series by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Goosebumps. Olive Oakes loves a good mystery. She keeps a notebook with her at all times, ready...

An evening out leads to a gruesome surprise. When Jasmine accepts an invitation to visit a vintage circus and funfair she doesn’t expect to be confronted with a dead body. And yet here she is, watching the carousel while innocently munching a hot dog, when a dead man lands at her feet. The police solve the case in double quick time and a suspect is arrested. However, his nearest and dearest believe he has been wrongly accused and enlist the help of the Breakfast Club Detectives to investigate and clear his name. But the more they discover the more guilty the suspect appears.