Anya Molokov ist Kinderpsychologin. Keine leichte Aufgabe für eine Frau, die ihre eigene Tochter unter mysteriösen Umständen verloren hat. Ihr Trauma erwacht zu neuem Leben, als Anya dem hochbegabten Alex begegnet. Denn der Zehnjährige sieht Dinge, die sonst niemand sehen kann. Und er kennt Geheimnisse von ihr, die sie niemandem je anvertraute. Je enger das Band zwischen den beiden wird, desto entschlossener ist Anya, Alex seinen Dämonen zu entreißen – egal, um welchen Preis …
Als Margot Delacroix mit 42 Jahren eines gewaltsamen Todes stirbt, schickt man sie zurück auf die Erde: Als ihr eigener Schutzengel soll sie ihr Leben erneut durchlaufen. Margot setzt alles daran, die ihr vorgezeichneten Schicksalsschläge ungeschehen zu machen: Um ihrem Sohn das dramatische Los zu ersparen und die Trennung von dem Mann, den sie liebt, zu verhindern, schließt sie einen Pakt mit einem Dämon. Doch ihr Entschluss beeinflusst den Fortgang der Dinge auf gänzlich andere Weise, als sie ahnen kann.
Don't miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . . 'Fascinating and enthralling' Prima 'Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling' Rosamund Lupton 'A flawless read' Elizabeth Lee 'Seething with gothic menace' Caroline Lea 'This ghost story is a perfect mix of propulsive plot and shivers-up-the-spine spookiness' Good Housekeeping A deserted lighthouse Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island stands a lighthouse. Strange and terrible events have happened here. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing. A lost family Liv Stay and her children don't believe in witches or curses. But within months of arriving on the island, her daughter Luna is the only one of them left. An impossible child Twenty years later, Luna's missing sister turns up out of the blue. She is exactly the girl Luna remembers. Same face. Same smile. Same age. Faced with the impossible, it's up to Luna to find out what really happened at the lighthouse all those years ago.
She thought her life was over, but it hadn't even started . . . When Margot Delacroix dies at forty-two years old, she is sent back to earth as a guardian angel - to herself. Renamed Ruth, she is forced by divine mandate to re-experience and record her biggest mistakes and fiercest regrets from the beginning of her life to her untimely death. Forced from the moment of her birth to witness the cogs of fate and the stuttering engine of free will, Ruth sets out to change the course of her life, and, ultimately, to prevent her premature death. When she realises that the reasons behind her teenage son's descent into drugs and murder lay within her own actions as Margot, she makes a pact with a demon - she will give up her place in Heaven in exchange for the opportunity to save her son from his fate. But the changes she makes result in consequences no one could expect...
We Have To Leave The Earth, Carolyn Jess-Cooke's third book of poems, deftly interweaves the personal and the political. Climate change is confronted in a portrait of the Arctic with its 'wolf winters'. The House of Rest, is a history in 9 poems of Josephine Butler, (1828-1906) a pioneering feminist activist. There are also tender poems about family.
This updated second edition provides support, guidance and new ideas for student and practising teachers wanting to develop their music teaching practice. Accompanying the textbook ‘Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School’, it explores a range of current issues, developments and opportunities within music education.
Uprostřed lesa stojí dům zvaný Lichen Hall, místo opředené dávnými pověstmi o přízracích, čarodějnicích a dítěti, které nebylo tak docela dítětem. V roce 1965 do Lichen Hall přijíždí Pearl Gorhamová, která sem byla jako mnoho dalších mladých žen poslána porodit. A brzy v ní vzklíčí podezření, že majitelé panství něco skrývají. Seznámí se tu se záhadnou ženou a jejím malým synem, kteří žijí na pozemcích panství, a společně začnou odhalovat tajemství tohoto místa. Pravda pomalu vyplouvá na povrch, ale spolu s ní se vkrádá i temnota a Pearl musí nakonec přehodnotit všechno, co zná a čemu věří – a riskovat, co je jí nejdražší.
