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"An exhilarating tale of twisted desire and the unexpected shape of revenge, for listeners of The Safekeep
'I come highly recommended to Mrs Hattingh through sentences I tell her I cannot read.'
1920, a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from the Muslim quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits.
While Mrs Hattingh eagerly awaits her son's visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé Nour by writing him letters on her behalf. So begins a strange weekly meeting where Soraya dictates and Mrs. Hattingh writes – a ritual that binds the two women to one another and eventually threatens the sanity of both.
'Slim, taut, haunting… an utterly beguiling read' LUCY CALDWELL
'The Cape Town that Nadia Davids summons up in her invaluable body of work is a riven, achingly sad place of shadows, quite unlike the comfortable, sleepy Mother City of the colonial imagination' JM COETZEE
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"War has arrived, and with it the only chance for peace may be gone forever if Asha can't get her rear end in gear.
Barely recovered from the trauma she's suffered at the hands of the elven sister, she's on a mission to save the kidnapped girls - but success is far, far from guaranteed.
Read the explosive finish to the Cursebreaker series today!
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With more twists and turns than you can shake a wand at, this is a dark magic mystery with humor, adventure, and a whole lot of heart.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews will burn through this brand new addictive urban fantasy series.
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Stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence."
"The orcs are marching to war, and Asha's pleas to listen to reason reach a deaf - and corrupted - ear.
She's got problems of her own, though, as a supposedly-dead foe continues to haunt her from the grave - and the results could be deadly for not just her, but everyone she loves.
Meanwhile, the kidnappings have reached a fever point as her ward is scooped up off the street and spirited away to an unknown location. Without hesitation, Asha takes on a suicidal rescue mission that has certain doom written all over it...
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With more twists and turns than you can shake a wand at, this is a dark magic mystery with humor, adventure, and a whole lot of heart.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews will burn through this brand new addictive urban fantasy series.
Start reading now!
Stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author and Kindle All-Star JT Lawrence."
"When a young girl is kidnapped from the Copperfield Academy, Asha receives a visit from her parents - the wealthiest couple in the realm.
Their plea sounds simple - find their daughter at any cost - but comes with a host of difficulties the Green Witch could never dream of (and a large payday if she's successful).
When Mercury is adopted from Woodhaven Children's Home, her new life seems more incredible than she could ever imagine... until things don't quite add up.
As Asha pursues lead after lead in a quest to find the rich couple's missing daughter, what she discovers shakes her to her core.
With the fate of the realm hanging on her shoulders, and a sinister presence lurking in the background behind it all, Asha and her rag-tag group of friends will travel to places they've never imagined and see things out of their worst nightmares....
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With more twists and turns than you can shake a wand at, this is a dark magic mystery with humor, adventure, and a whole lot of heart.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews will burn through this brand new addictive urban fantasy series.
Start reading now!
Stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author and Kindle All-Star JT Lawrence."
"The non-stop heat continues with Ivy and Alistair in Book 4 of the Blood Money Billionaire series.
Stay up all night with Blair Butler, the steamy pen name of USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence."
"More girls are going missing, and Asha is ready to crack the case wide open.
When she hears there’s a runaway in the city, the witch chases her down and takes her to the Copperfield Institute -- her alma mater and the best magical academy in the Realm.
Dusty was running away from her abusive parents. She’s thrilled to be able to stay at the academy.
In the suburbs, the cheerful Delport family are moving into their new house. Soon they realize that the house is haunted, and they are terrorized by the childlike ghosts who live there. Asha is called to help them, but battles to find the source of the haunting.
Desperate, the family hire a “ghostbuster” who turns out to be a charlatan.
As the house becomes more dangerous, the children are in jeopardy and the Delports are terrified.
Asha tries to break the curse but succumbs to a magical booby trap and is flung into a surreal hellscape – known as Oblivion -- will she be able to find her way back?
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With more twists and turns than you can shake a wand at, this is a dark magic mystery with humor, adventure, and a whole lot of heart.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews will burn through this brand new addictive urban fantasy series.
Start reading now!
Stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence."
"Green witch. Potion mistress. Cursebreaker. Assassin.
Asha Viridian Rook is all of these things, but when she wakes up in the hospital with thirty-six stitches in her head, she has no memory of any of them.
According to the medical team, the damage to her skull was catastrophic, but Asha surprises them with her lightning-quick healing.
When the unnervingly attractive detective Armstrong arrives to arrest her for murder, she runs … but she doesn’t get very far.
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Asha begins to explore her home and her life, gradually learning the truth about who she is and who her friends are – an excommunicated witch, a loyal werewolf, a greasy goblin, a dwarf fairy godmother - but it’s only when she attends her coven meeting that she understands how important her job really is.
Asha is The Cursebreaker, the one whose job it is to restore balance in the Realm.
The attack that almost killed her was only the beginning. It becomes clear that there is a price on her head and the bounty hunters, dark wizards known as the Dusk Reapers, will be happy to deliver it.
With the help of a werewolf, a goblin, a grimalkin, and her hot detective, Asha must break into the nightmarish asylum to save Nicola Landau from the curse that’s devastated her life.
But will they reach her in time?
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With more twists and turns than you can shake a wand at, this is a dark magic mystery with humor, adventure, and a whole lot of heart.
Fans of Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews will burn through this brand new addictive urban fantasy series.
Stay up all night with USA Today bestselling author and Kindle All-Star JT Lawrence."
"**All 6 books (72 short stories) now in one bumper binge-worthy edition.**
If you're a fan of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' or Roald Dahl's short stories, you'll love these addictive and unsettling stories with a twist in the tale.
Light horror meets psychological suspense in these deliciously bite-sized tales. Perfect for life's in-between moments, or staying up late bingeing them all.
ESCAPE
A suicidal baby knows he was born into the wrong life. He has to get creative to correct the mistake, much to his mother's horror.
THE ITCH
An intense, uncontrollable, unexplainable itch lands the protagonist in a mental institution.
BRIDGE GATE
In this poignant and charming short story, a daughter yearns to connect with her absent father through the letters they exchange. She's not put off by his pedantic corrections of her writing, despite the slow reveal that he is less than perfect himself.
THE UNSUSPECTING GOLD-DIGGER
A woman gradually poisons her husband so that she doesn't have to break his heart.
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★★★★★ 'Lawrence makes every word count, telling each story with elegance and emotional punch.” — Patsy Hennessey
★★★★★ 'JT Lawrence is the queen of short stories.' — Dora Bona
★★★★★ 'Each story is masterfully constructed ... Humorous, touching, creepy, but most of all entertaining, this collection is superb.' — Tracy Michelle Anderson
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If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn, you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale.
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'Sticky Fingers' has been translated into German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi."
"Self-mastery is the pinnacle of self-effectiveness. It is the reset button that puts you back in control of your life and helps you make healthy choices in both your personal and professional life. If you've ever experienced anxiety, loss, self-doubt, confusion, procrastination, helplessness, lack of self-control and impatience, then Servings of Self-Mastery is for you.
With self-mastery you are able to coach yourself out of the negative mind-states that hold you back. This book will help you recognise the thoughts, feelings and beliefs that stand in the way of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual fulfilment. It will equip you with the agency to reframe these barriers into positive energy that will catalyse and catapult you into action.
With short, easy-to-digest pep talks, you may want to read this book from cover-to-cover, or choose a specific chapter to read on those days when you need a little support and inspiration.
Alistair Mokoena's Servings of Self-Mastery is packed with bite-sized reminders of the greatness within us, together with the tools to unlock potential and abundance in all aspects of our lives. It is a book that is written with love and compassion to help you thrive."
"“Shanti is a heroine that the reader will not easily forget. The story that is told here is worth not only knowing but also remembering.” – Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, author, filmmaker and academic
Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British-owned sugarcane plantations of Natal, written with great tenderness and lyricism, Children of Sugarcane paints an intimate and wrenching picture of indenture told from a woman’s perspective.
Shanti, a bright teenager stifled by life in rural India and facing an arranged marriage, dreams that South Africa is an opportunity to start afresh. The Colony of Natal is where Shanti believes she can escape the poverty, caste, and troubling fate of young girls in her village. Months later, after a harrowing sea voyage, she arrives in Natal only to discover the profound hardship and slave labour that await her.
Spanning four decades and two continents, Children of Sugarcane demonstrates the lifegiving power of love, heartache, and the indestructible bonds between family and friends. These bonds prompt heroism and sacrifice, the final act of which leads to Shanti's redemption."
"Would you sacrifice your son to save your daughter?
There’s something different about Kate’s four-year-old son. He wasn’t created the old fashioned way. Now a violent cult wants him dead and Kate will do anything to protect him – until they take her daughter.
Glimpse JT Lawrence’s chilling vision of the all-too-near future in this dark kidnapping thriller with a twist that will send you reeling. How We Found You is the second book in the futuristic dystopian series When Tomorrow Calls.
Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.
Start listening to How We Found You now."
"An international bestseller, the joys and challenges of a life dedicated to conservation are vividly described in The Elephants of Thula Thula by Françoise Malby-Anthony, owner of the Thula Thula reserve.
'Enthralling' - Daily Mail
'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There was no giving up on that vision, no matter how hard the road was at times.'
Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a game reserve in South Africa with a remarkable family of elephants whose adventures have touched hearts around the world.
The herd's feisty matriarch Frankie knows who's in charge at Thula Thula, and it's not Francoise. But when Frankie becomes ill, and the authorities threaten to remove or cull some of the herd if the reserve doesn't expand, Françoise is in a race against time to save her beloved elephants . . .
The search is on to get a girlfriend for orphaned rhino Thabo - and then, as his behaviour becomes increasingly boisterous, a big brother to teach him manners.
Françoise realizes a dream with the arrival of Savannah the cheetah - an endangered species not seen in the area since the 1940s - and finds herself rescuing meerkats kept as pets. But will Thula Thula survive the pandemic, an invasion from poachers and the threat from a mining company wanting access to its land?
As Françoise faces her toughest years yet, she realizes once again that with their wisdom, resilience and communal bonds, the elephants have much to teach us."
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