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In this international bestselling thriller, a former teacher delivers her final lesson to her students—including the two children that murdered her daughter.After calling off her engagement in the wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old child, Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation.But first she h...

Meet Nell. She’s like the thousands of women who’ve fallen in love with her story. Because most of us wonder why life isn’t turning out quite as we imagined. This book will make you laugh and it may make you cry. But above all, it will remind you that you’re not on your own. If you enjoy Bridget Jones, Sophie Kinsella, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes – you’ll love Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up.**'The new Bridget Jones' – Telegraph'S...

Forgive me my sins, for my body demands his touch.Four years ago my life changed forever. I seduced Father Mateo, and my teenage body craved more. But he also inspired me to become closer to God, so I joined the priesthood. I took my promises to the church seriously, and knew in my heart that I’d never fall prey to the sins of the flesh again.But how was I to know God decided our paths should cross once more. On retreat at a small monastery in the mountains...

“It can’t be wrong if he’s a priest.”Everything came easily to me. Girlfriends, straight As, and popularity were all mine, but they came at a price. I had a dirty little secret which threatened to derail my success.I was a cheater.None of my good fortune was accidental. I scammed, I lied, and I used people to get what I wanted. Then they caught me cheating on exams during my sophomore year of college. My Mom threatened to disown me, and my Catholic ...

'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet'The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of Christianity's most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest spiritual autobiography, the Confessions ...

Confessions is perhaps the most important spiritual autobiography of all: it chronicles Saint Augustine’s wild, dissonant youth and subsequent conversion to Christianity, as well as providing significant divine and philosophical insight. Bestselling author, Fr Benignus O’Rourke OSA, provides a new and luminescent translation of Confessions, his beautiful and eloquent prose shedding new light on the various shades of meaning in Saint Augustine’s meditations and stories. Each book is preface...

Gamer:I have no idea why Raelynn Walker is pretending to be her famous recording artist sister. I know it's been five years since high school, but did she honestly think I wouldn't recognize the shy twin? The one who couldn't carry a tune if her life depended on it? The one I'd crushed on since…forever? Whatever her reason, when she runs into Sam's Pub with a hoard of her sister's fans hot on her heels, throws her arms around me and plants her luscious lips on mine…let's just say t...

"It can't be wrong if he's a priest."Now, in one complete volume, is the love story between a priest struggling with his beliefs, and his student who goes to great lengths to justify his growing attraction for another man.Justin's Penance tells the story of how Mateo and Justin first meet, and how their explosive attraction forces them apart. In Justin's Lust, our lovers reunite at a monastery in the mountains of Virginia. Both men have taken vows to the ch...

I have a few tattoos on my body. They all mean different things to me and I love each of them. But now my lover is asking about the 'Goddess' tattoo and what it means to me...will he understand when I tell him the full story? Will he still love me after I tell him about the most erotic night of my life?'Confessions' is as series that follows couples revealing their most intimate and erotic secrets to one another. It is intended for adult audiences only.

Professor: She’s way too innocent for me and I know it—and I should leave it that. If I knew what was good for me I would. But fu%$ it. I rarely go with what’s good for me, which is why I’m sitting on a goddamn bar stool when I should be back at Penn State, grading papers. I don’t normally stay for a drink after a gig—and I really need to give this shit up—but tonight, I don’t know, there’s just something about the birthday girl that’s throwing me off. I should leave. I’m ...

It always took longer to clean the inside of the windows…Available for the first time on ebook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s.Timothy Lea is asked to be a window cleaner by his brother-in-law Sid, and he helps to satisfy all of his customers… in whatever way is necessary.Viv preferred a man with experience.Dorothy was a little careless with her underclothes.Mrs Armstrong provided tea and cake beforehand.Brenda consumed marshmallows afte...

One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today’s leading classicistsSarah Ruden’s fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine’s intent than any previous version. It puts a glaring spotlight on the life of one individual to show how all lives have meaning that is universal and eternal.In this intensely persona...