Samantha King

For fans of r.h. Sin comes a new voice, Samantha King's raw, relatable poetry both celebrates love and mourns the human "curse to feel." Her verse transports readers to the most private reaches of love and longing. Born to Love, Cursed to Feel is about love--the good, the bad, and the confusing. It touches on morals and how when emotions are involved it's not as black and white. The poetry is frequently written in a narrative manner that evocatively pulls you in and makes you feel. This book is about falling in love, bad decisions, and ultimately growth. The essence of it all is to show that no matter how far one falls all the mistakes don't have to be what defines them.

Born to Love, Cursed to Feel

'Taunt, tense and very clever. Definitely one to watch out for in 2017' Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Sisters For fans of The Girl Before, Behind Her Eyes and The Couple Next Door, The Choice is a hypnotic suspense debut from a remarkable new talent and explores the terrifying Sophie's Choice scenario: What if you had to choose between your children? Then: Madeleine lived for her children. She'd always believed she'd die for them, too. But on the morning of her twins' tenth birthday her love was put to the test when a killer knocked on their door and forced her to make a devastating choice: which child should live, and which should die - her son, or her daughter? Now: Madeleine stands silent on the periphery of her now fractured family, trying desperately to unravel why her world was so suddenly blown apart. But while everyday life continues around her, memories of everything leading up to that tragic day return in agonising flashes. And that's when she realises her family's life still hangs terrifyingly in the balance...

The Choice

Relentlessly twisting, Samantha King's debut novel is a dark and brilliant slice of psychological suspense in which even the happiest family can awake to a nightmare . . . Maddie Castle is broken. Ever since the tragedy that struck on her twins' tenth birthday, she's been trying to fit the pieces together, to get back to the life she led before. Maddie, her husband, Dom, and their children, Aidan and Annabel, lived in a comfortable home on a quiet street in a London suburb. Life was busy and satisfying. They were happy. Weren't they? Now, a disoriented and grieving Maddie floats like a ghost through each day, hardly sleeping, eating, or speaking. It's easier to stay locked in her own head than to torment herself by reliving what happened. And yet, the harder Maddie tries to pin down her memories, the more they slip out of reach. Is her guilt and remorse justified? Is it Maddie's fault that everything was ripped apart? Or could it be that the real terror is still to come? "A beautifully written, chilling psychological thriller. Taut, tense and very clever with twists I didn't see coming." --Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author "A completely gripping psychological suspense that had me glued to the pages and rushing through to the end. It's an edge-of-your-seat kind of read that you can't put down until it's done." --Jenny Oliver

The Perfect Family

‘I flew through this book in a day! I loved it. It really had me desperate to know more’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Seven notes. Seven days. One family secret.

The Secret Keeper’s Daughter

WHO WOULD YOU TRUST TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE? 'An exciting rollercoaster of a read with twists I wasn't expecting. Loved it' Claire Douglas 'I was gripped . . . A real page-turning thriller' Susan Lewis 'Fast-paced, relentlessly tense and terrifying' Claire Allan 'Guaranteed to keep you awake all night!' Phoebe Morgan ********** Izzy is thrilled when her shy, 12-year-old son is invited for his first sleepover. Nick has spent years being isolated and picked on; he deserves a night of fun and friendship. But Izzy is also nervous: it's a year to the day since bullies put Nick in hospital. She drops him off at his new best friend's house with mixed feelings. Arriving to collect him the following morning, her worst fears come true . . . Nick isn't there. Who has taken her son? And will she ever get him back? ********** A gripping and emotional thriller, perfect for fans of Claire McGowan's What You Did, Karen Cole's Deceive Me and Jane Shemilt's Little Friends. What everyone's saying about Samantha King's thrillers... 'Intense and twisty . . . I loved this book!' Karen Dionne, international bestseller and author of The Wicked Sister 'Deeply unsettling - I couldn't put it down!' Isabel Ashdown, author of Lake Child 'I loved this . . . It played in my darkest fears as a parent and sped along to a jaw dropping and unforeseen conclusion' Niki Mackay, author of I, Witness 'Tautly plotted and thought-provoking . . . I raced through it' Joanna Barnard, author of Hush Little Baby 'Taunt, tense and very clever' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Then She Vanishes 'Absolutely loved this book! A real psycho thriller that had me gasping and even wanting to hide at times' Susan Lewis, bestselling author of Home Truths 'Exceptional . . . A first class, gripping triumph' Claire Allan, bestselling author of Her Name Was Rose 'Nail-biting' Saskia Sarginson, bestselling author of The Twins 'I raced through it . . . It is BRILLIANT!' Lisa Hall, author of The Party 'Tense, gripping, emotional, shocking, mind-twisting' Alex Caan, author of First to Die 'Completely gripping . . . had me glued to the pages' Jenny Oliver, author of The House We Called Home 'Draws you right in from the first page . . . packs a devastating emotional punch' Eleanor Moran, author of Too Close to Comfort

An absolutely gripping, emotional thriller about a mother's worst nightmare

The Sleepover

From the #1 internationally bestselling author Samantha King, a gripping, emotional psychological thriller about a mother's worst nightmare...The Sleepover asks "Who would you trust to keep your child safe?" It was meant to be the best night of her son's life... Was it his last? Izzy is thrilled when her shy, 12-year-old son is invited for his first sleepover. Nick has spent years being isolated and picked on; he deserves a night of fun and friendship. But Izzy is also nervous: it's a year to the day since bullies put Nick in the hospital. She drops him off at his new best friend's house with mixed feelings. Arriving to collect him the following morning, her worst fears come true...Nick isn't there. Who has taken her son? And will she ever get him back?

Elaine M. Power

Victoria Niva Millious

Isabel Macquarrie

R. Scott Carey

Literature on the ethics and politics of food and that on human–animal relationships have infrequently converged. Representing an initial step toward bridging this divide, Messy Eating features interviews with thirteen prominent and emerging scholars about the connections between their academic work and their approach to consuming animals as food. The collection explores how authors working across a range of perspectives—postcolonial, Indigenous, black, queer, trans, feminist, disability, poststructuralist, posthumanist, and multispecies—weave their theoretical and political orientations with daily, intimate, and visceral practices of food consumption, preparation, and ingestion. Each chapter introduces a scholar for whom the tangled, contradictory character of human–animal relations raises difficult questions about what they eat. Representing a departure from canonical animal rights literature, most authors featured in the collection do not make their food politics or identities explicit in their published work. While some interviewees practice vegetarianism or veganism, and almost all decry the role of industrialized animal agriculture in the environmental crisis, the contributors tend to reject a priori ethical codes and politics grounded in purity, surety, or simplicity. Remarkably free of proscriptions, but attentive to the Eurocentric tendencies of posthumanist animal studies, Messy Eating reveals how dietary habits are unpredictable and dynamic, shaped but not determined by life histories, educational trajectories, disciplinary homes, activist experiences, and intimate relationships. These accessible and engaging conversations offer rare and often surprising insights into pressing social issues through a focus on the mundane—and messy— interactions that constitute the professional, the political, and the personal. Contributors: Neel Ahuja, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Matthew Calarco, Lauren Corman, Naisargi Dave, Maneesha Deckha, María Elena García, Sharon Holland, Kelly Struthers Montford, H. Peter Steeves, Kim TallBear, Sunaura Taylor, Harlan Weaver, Kari Weil, Cary Wolfe

Conversations on Animals as Food

Messy Eating

Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy

Pink Ribbons, Inc.

Dilemma

Seven days, seven notes, one devastating family secret...

The Secret Keeper's Daughter

Madeleine liebt ihre Kinder abgöttisch. Aber am 10. Geburtstag der Zwillinge wird ihre Mutterliebe auf eine grausame Probe gestellt: Ein maskierter Mann steht vor der Tür und fordert sie mit gezogener Waffe zu einer unmenschlichen Entscheidung auf. Ein Kind muss sterben. "Welches wählst du?" "Mit starken Charakteren, tiefenpsychologischen Einblicken und schaurigen Momenten wirbelt Samantha King durch eine Geschichte, die in ein Kaum-zu-glauben-Finale mündet." Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger "Nervenkitzel pur." Jolie

Thriller

Sag, wer stirbt

Relentlessly twisting, Samantha King’s debut novel is a dark and brilliant slice of psychological suspense in which even the happiest family can awake to a nightmare . . . Maddie Castle is broken. Ever since the tragedy that struck on her twins’ tenth birthday, she’s been trying to fit the pieces together, to get back to the life she led before. Maddie, her husband, Dom, and their children, Aidan and Annabel, lived in a comfortable home on a quiet street in a London suburb. Life was busy and satisfying. They were happy. Weren’t they? Now, a disoriented and grieving Maddie floats like a ghost through each day, hardly sleeping, eating, or speaking. It’s easier to stay locked in her own head than to torment herself by reliving what happened. And yet, the harder Maddie tries to pin down her memories, the more they slip out of reach. Is her guilt and remorse justified? Is it Maddie’s fault that everything was ripped apart? Or could it be that the real terror is still to come? “A beautifully written, chilling psychological thriller. Taut, tense and very clever with twists I didn't see coming.” --Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author “A completely gripping psychological suspense that had me glued to the pages and rushing through to the end. It's an edge-of-your-seat kind of read that you can't put down until it's done.” --Jenny Oliver

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