Ná die trauma van ʼn onstabiele verhouding bedank Laynie as onderwyseres en verkoop haar woonstel. Sy gebruik ʼn deel van die opbrengs om ʼn lang vakansie te neem op Klippiesbaai waar sy ʼn krimi wil skryf. Met haar aankoms kruis haar paaie met haar buurman, Stefan Koeglenberg. Die stormagtige ontmoeting tussen Laynie en Stefan is nie die ideale afskop vir goeie buurmanskap nie en in Laynie se gedagtes is hy ná hierdie voorval “die willewragtig langsaan”. ʼn Wapenstilstand en versigtige vriendskap ontwikkel tussen hulle, maar Stefan sukkel om die dood van sy vrou en hul seuntjie te verwerk en sluit sy hart vir ʼn kans op nuwe geluk. Die liefde loop egter sy eie pad en het die vermoë om selfs die diepste seer te genees.

Dokter Madeline du Bois se man verkul haar met ʼn verpleegster en sy besluit om die huwelik te beëindig. Sy doen aansoek vir ʼn pos in die Kaap by die nuwe Jonkershoek-kliniek buite Stellenbosch waar sy die eienaar, dokter Brian Thompson, ontmoet. Madeline voel dadelik sterk aangetrokke tot Brian, al is sy nou versigtig vir mans. Brian reken hy rou nog oor sy oorlede vrou, maar besef ook dat hy Madeline nie kan weerstaan nie. Nie een van die twee beoog weer ʼn verhouding nie, maar hulle kan ook
nie die aantrekkingskrag tussen hulle ignoreer nie. Sal hulle die vele uitdagings kan oorwin en toelaat dat die liefde ou wonde genees?

Jare gelede het Amelia Henning haar hart gesluit vir enige vorm van die liefde. By Enigma, die wildreservaat waar sy werk, staan sy bekend as die katvrou met haar kennis en liefde vir luiperds. Amelia vind dit moeilik om vriende te maak totdat sy vir Justin Mills ontmoet. Met sy grasgroen oë en terglustige glimlag help hy haar om uit haar dop te kruip. Hoe meer tyd hulle saam deurbring, hoe sterker word haar gevoelens vir hom. Sy veg daarteen, maar tog kan sy nie ontken dat sy begin verander nie. Sy is nie meer die kwaai, stroewe mens van voorheen nie en weet Justin is deel van die verandering. Haar verlede bly egter in die pad staan van haar emosies. Gaan sy toelaat dat die verlede haar toekomstige geluk steel, of gaan sy haar hart oopmaak teenoor Justin?

Ná Elmien haar verlowing verbreek, stuur haar pa haar vir ʼn wegbreek na ʼn geheimsinnige bestemming om die hartseer van die mislukte verhouding te verwerk. Vanaf die eerste oomblik word sy betower deur die Wildekus en Sewes Streicher, ʼn man met blou oë en krullerige bruin hare wat sy onweerstaanbaar vind. Daar is 'n sterk aantrekkingskrag tussen hulle, maar daar is iets waarop sy nie haar vinger kan lê nie. Hoekom kry sy die gevoel dat sy al voorheen hier was? Hoekom voel Sewes en sy ma vir haar so bekend? En hoe pas haar pa by alles in?

*'n Warrelwind - Dina Botha*
Geskeide Lillian Henderson se beste vriendin, Elzibi Cronjé, beplan 'n familiefees en vra o f haar drie ongetroude broers tydens die Kerstyd by Lillian kan tuisgaan. Tot haar argwaan daag Louis, die oudste van die drie ongetroude broers, 'n week te vroeg by haar huis op. Sy laat hom goed verstaan dat hy nie heeldag op haar bank kan sit en niks doen nie, en steek hom in die werk. Die grootste stryd tussen die twee is egter om seker te maak hul vakansieromanse eindig nie in een van hul slaapkamers nie.
*Tango met 'n twist - Rina Cilliers*
Lisette Posthimus, talentvolle balletdanseres, is gewoond aan koerantopskrifte waarin haar talent besing word. Die euforie word wreed onderbreek wanneer sy die rol waarin sy 'n pas de deux saam met 'n wêreldberoemde balletdanser sou dans, met 'n onderduimse gekonkel verloor. Dan moet die dansteater sy deure sluit weens die negatiewe nadraai wat die Covid-pandemie op die kultuurwêreld het. Drie jaar se verblyf in Londen moet sy uit eindelik in 'n enkele tas pak. In 'n omgewing waar
vurige flamenco-musiek en -danse in die sigeuners se bloed ingebore word, dans ook sy uiteindelik die tango: Die dans van die liefde.
*'n Bruid voor Kersfees - Madelie Human*
Marli Botes het op skool haar hart op Wickus verloor, maar hy het haar skaars raakgesien. Ná dertig jaar loop hulle mekaar weer raak toe sy hom kontrakteer om haar huis te restoureer en sy besef gou haar hart het hom nie vergeet nie. Hy is nou alleenloperpa van 'n matriekdogter en sy 'n weduwee wat met moeite drie kinders alleen grootgemaak het. Hoekom het die noodlot hulle weer saamgegooi? Is dit moontlik dat Wickus hierdie keer haar liefde sal beantwoord? Kan hulle 'n verhouding laat werk?
*Jy's my Kersgeskenk- Elsa Winckler*
Nicola moet fokus op haar nuwe werwingsagentskap, en nie dagdroom oor Etienne Fouché, een van die direkteure van DFHM Capital nie. Sy wil in elk gev al nooit trou nie, want sy kom uit 'n huis vol konflik en drama. Dit is beslis iets wat sy nooit weer in haar lewe wil hê nie. Maar toe daag Etienne by haar werkplek op. Die lug vol Kersmusiek kan 'n man dalk net van plan verander...

Lisette Posthimus, talentvolle balletdanseres, is gewoond aan koerantopskrifte waarin haar talent besing word. Die euforie word wreed onderbreek wanneer sy die rol waarin sy 'n pas de deux saam met 'n wêreldberoemde balletdanser sou dans, met 'n onderduimse gekonkel verloor. Dan moet die dansteater sy deure sluit weens die negatiewe nadraai wat die Covid-pandemie op die kultuurwêreld het. Drie jaar se verblyf in Londen moet sy uit eindelik in 'n enkele tas pak. Op die nippertjie kry sy 'n tydelike pos as aupair in Spanje by 'n Suid-Afrikaanse familie. Hier loop sy haar vas in 'n uiters aantreklike man met 'n verlede wat by hom spook , sy niggie wat aan 'n persoonlikheidsteuring ly, en sy sjarmante neef. Lisette word gekonfronteer met haar eie onvermoëns en geneigdheid om eerder te vlug as om te veg. In 'n omgewing waar
vurige flamenco-musiek en -danse in die sigeuners se bloed ingebore word, dans ook sy uiteindelik die tango: Die dans van die liefde.

Marli Botes het op skool haar hart op Wickus verloor, maar hy het haar skaars raakgesien. Ná dertig jaar loop hulle mekaar weer raak toe sy hom kontrakteer om haar huis te restoureer en sy besef gou haar hart het hom nie vergeet nie. Hy is nou alleenloperpa van 'n matriekdogter en sy 'n weduwee wat met moeite drie kinders alleen grootgemaak het. Haar buurvrou terg haar en voorspel dat sy voor Kersfees 'n bruid gaan wees. Die geskiedenis herhaal homself sowaar toe sy dogter verlief raak op haar seun wat haar in dieselfde lig as sy jonger sussie beskou. Intussen veg beide Wickus en Marli hard teen die ontwikkelende gevoelens tussen hulle. Hoekom het die noodlot hulle weer saamgegooi? Is dit moontlik dat Wickus hierdie keer haar liefde sal beantwoord? Kan hulle 'n verhouding laat werk?

Geskeide Lillian Henderson se beste vriendin, Elzibi Cronjé, beplan 'n familiefees en vra o f haar drie ongetroude broers tydens die Kerstyd by Lillian kan tuisgaan. Tot haar argwaan daag Louis, die oudste van die drie ongetroude broers, 'n week te vroeg by haar huis op. Sy laat hom goed v erstaan dat hy nie heeldag op haar bank kan sit en niks doen nie, en steek hom in die werk. Sy sleep hom saam winkels toe sodat hy haar Kersfeesaankope kan dra, help geskenke toedraai en selfs dat om in die kombuis help. Louis is boonop 'n regte ou knorpot en hou haar op 'n afstand, maar ten spyte daarvan kan sy hom net nie uit haar gedagtes kry nie. Daar is egter net een probleem: Louis woon in die Kaap en is met sy werk getroud. Daar is nie plek vir 'n vrou in sy besige lewe nie. Op haar beurt glo Lillian nie in langafstandverhoudings nie. Die grootste stryd tussen die twee is egter om seker te maak hul vakansieromanse eindig nie in een van hul slaapkamers nie.

The notorious city as you've never seen it before. This non-fiction title featuring original interviews gets to the heart and soul of this desert metropolis - as well as its seedy underbelly.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - until now.

Whether you're a Vegas regular or have only heard the city's tales through whispers, this book will surprise and astound you . . . It's not just the five-star dining, or the casinos, or the clubs, or the crowds. It's the electrifying chemistry of America's most round-the-clock city.

In this dazzling 24-hour journey, James Patterson lifts the lid on America's notorious hub of gambling and excess. Fuelled by original interviews and in-depth reporting, What Really Happens in Vegas uncovers the vice, crime and entertainment that made Sin City an infamous desert mecca.

This is Vegas as you've never seen it before, filled with unbelievable stories from the people who make the city tick, simmer - and even explode.

David and Cheryl Burroughs are living the dream - married, a beautiful house in the suburbs, a three year old son named Matthew - when tragedy strikes one night in the worst possible way.
David awakes to find himself covered in blood, but not his own - his son's. And while he knows he did not murder his son, the overwhelming evidence against him puts him behind bars indefinitely.
Five years into his imprisonment, Cheryl's sister arrives - and drops a bombshell.
She's come with a photograph that a friend took on vacation at a theme park. The boy in the background seems familiar - and even though David realizes it can't be, he knows it is.
It's Matthew, and he's still alive.
David plans a harrowing escape from prison, determined to do what seems impossible - save his son, clear his own name, and discover the real story of what happened that devastating night.

The inside story of the employees who were brought in to fix Facebook but instead uncovered disturbing problems that made them question whether it was beyond saving.

Facebook had a problem. Along with its sister platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, it was a daily destination for billions of users around the world, extolling its products for connecting people. But as a succession of scandals rocked Facebook from 2016, some began to question whether the company could control, or even understood, its own platforms.

As Facebook employees searched for answers, what they uncovered was worse than they could've imagined. The problems ran far deeper than politics. Facebook was peddling and amplifying anger, looking the other way at human trafficking, enabling drug cartels and authoritarians and allowing VIP users to break the platform's supposedly inviolable rules.

It turned out to be eminently possible to isolate many of Facebook's worst problems, but whenever employees offered solutions their work was consistently delayed, watered down or stifled by a company that valued user engagement above all else. The only option left was to blow the whistle.

An illustrated guide to Dungeons & Dragons' beloved fifth edition told through interviews, artwork, and visual ephemera from the designers, storytellers, and artists who bring it to life.

When the reimagined fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons debuted in the summer of 2014, tabletop roleplaying games were on the brink of obsolescence. But within a few short years, D&D found greater success than it had ever enjoyed before, even surpassing its 1980s golden age. How did an analog game nearly a half century old become a star in a digital world? For the first time, Lore & Legends reveals the incredible ongoing story of Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition from the perspective of the designers, artists, and players who bring it to life. This comprehensive visual guide illuminates contemporary D&D—its development, evolution, cultural relevance, and popularity—through exclusive interviews and more than 900 pieces of artwork, photography, and advertising curated and analyzed by the authors of the bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana.

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

Every relationship has one beginning.
This one has two endings.

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy.
And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . .
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.

Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love, a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

The definitive, filmmaker-endorsed guide to the lore, timelines, and characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Become a master of the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is vast, incredibly varied, and richly complex. Different worlds, different timelines, countless characters. This is the guide to that universe. Created in close collaboration with Marvel Studios, it will frame the MCU's biggest events: what happened, when, where, and why.

Follow the entire story of the MCU from before the Big Bang to the Blip and beyond. Along the way, learn more about the evolution of the Iron Man armors, the hunt for the Infinity Stones, and the formation of The Multiverse. Want to know how many times aliens have invaded Earth, or the complete history of Cap's shield? Look no further!

A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process.


How much money should one man be allowed to amass? Would your answer change if you knew he was a saint?

From greedy to generous, from cold- to kind-hearted, from rogue to hero, Bill Gates is an extraordinarily complex public figure. Yet over the last decade, we've reduced him to a flat caricature - a sweater-wearing, avuncular, well-meaning billionaire, who is adamantly giving away all of his money through the Gates Foundation in order to improve the lives of others.

This simplistic portrait perilously ignores the political influence that Gates has acquired through his charitable work, and the controversial ways through which he utilises it. We might like to think of the Foundation as an innocent charity giving away money, collaborating with stakeholders, and listening to the desires of the populations it hopes to help, but is that how it works in practice? The charity internally sets a policy agenda for how to fix the world - based apparently on one man's worldview - then arguably seeks to impose this vision onto the developing world by funding groups that align with it.

Combining rich storytelling and ground-breaking reporting, The Bill Gates Problem offers readers a provocative and timely counter-narrative about one of the world's most widely recognized individuals - a true global celebrity with a truly global audience. But more than that, this book speaks to a vital political question around economic inequality and the erosion of democratic institutions - why should the super-rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go?