Vicky es hija de uno de los hombres más ricos de Europa. Después de varios intentos de proyectos laborales fallidos, llega la oportunidad de su vida para demostrarse que no es una completa inútil, y una productora le encarga un documental sobre la vida circense. Para ello tendrá que convivir en el circo italiano Caruso. Pero solo necesita un día en el circo para darse cuenta de la realidad que tiene ante sus ojos: Un circo en ruinas, el control supremo por parte de la reciente productora, y demasiadas desgracias personales a su alrededor.

Claudia sigue el consejo de una amiga y se alista en una agencia de Au pair. Enseguida recibe la oferta de una peculiar familia para cuidar a las gemelas Lyon. Es la quinta au pair en tan solo dos meses y desconoce la razón por la que todas las jóvenes son despedidas tan rápido. En cuanto llega a la mansión familiar y conoce a Mr Lyon, puede hacerse una idea de por qué ninguna niñera permanece allí mucho tiempo.

Celeste Abrantes es una joven escritora alegre y divertida de veintiocho años que organiza para su grupo de cinco amigas la despedida de soltera de una de ellas. Mediante un sorteo sobre la elección del destino, viajarán a las Vegas en Nevada para pasar un fin de semana donde cometerá la mayor locura de su vida sin tan siquiera ser consciente de ello.

Nacho Duarte es un reconocido director de cine mexicano que, tras la muerte de su esposa, cerró las puertas de su corazón a cal y canto. Le gusta disfrutar con las mujeres, pero no suele repetir con la misma porque no piensa volver a enamorarse.

Tras pasar dos años en una academia de artes marciales, Isabella obtiene luz verde para volver al país que le quitó la rosa más valiosa de su vida. Lista para tomar venganza y acabar con los malnacidos que le arrebataron a su madre, y empezando una nueva vida mientras pasa desapercibida, no esperaba toparse con aquellos ojos tan grises como un cielo oscuro después de una tormenta. Él no dejará que nadie la toque por una promesa de sangre que hizo. Ella es el blanco de una de las organizaciones criminalísticas más peligrosas del mundo.

Duncan McPherson no pensaba buscar esposa, no volvería a forjar una alianza sin que hubiese amor de por medio. Por eso jamás imaginó sucumbir a ese sentimiento de una forma tan inmediata, porque desde que ella lo tiró al barro y vio sus pecas diseminadas por sus mejillas, supo que su vida no volvería a ser la misma. Elisa MacLaren creía que era feliz. Por fin tenía todo lo que había anhelado durante años. Sus pesadillas habían desaparecido y las cicatrices de su alma se habían atenuado. Todo esto hasta que Duncan McPherson apareció en su vida y trastocó todo su mundo.

NOVIO POR TREINTA DÍAS: Nunca debería haber aceptado ese acuerdo… Hace treinta días, mi jefe —un tiburón de Wall Street— acudió a mí con una oferta que no pude rechazar: poner mi firma en una línea de puntos y fingir ser su prometida durante un mes. Si accedía, podía rescindir mi contrato laboral con una indemnización por despido «extremadamente generosa». Las normas eran muy sencillas: prohibido besarse y tener sexo.

Al descubrir que su novio, la persona en la que más confiaba, no es quién dice ser, Carolina huye de Paris. Con lo puesto y el corazón destrozado como único equipaje, abandona todo lo que conoce y viaja hasta su tierra natal en busca de la oportunidad de ser feliz. Pero superar las traiciones que la atormentan y empezar de cero no será tarea fácil.

Si hay algo que tiene claro, es que no es su tipo. Para nada. Knox prefiere vivir su vida tal y como se toma el café: solo. Pero todo cambia cuando llega a su pueblecito un terremoto llamado Naomi, una novia a la fuga en busca de su gemela, de la que lleva años sin saber nada. Lástima que su hermana le robe el coche y el dinero y la deje a cargo de una sobrina que no sabía que existía. Al ver cómo la vida de Naomi se va al traste, Knox decide hacer lo que mejor se le da: sacar a la gente de apuros. Después, volverá a su rutina solitaria… O ese es el plan.

El highlander Duncan McRae, más conocido como el Halcón, es un hombre acostumbrado a liderar ejércitos, librar batallas y salir victorioso de todas ellas junto a su clan. Pero al llegar al castillo de Dunstaffnage para celebrar el enlace de su buen amigo Alex McDougall, se encuentra con el mayor reto de su vida, alguien con quien no está acostumbrado a lidiar: lady Megan Phillips, una morena que no le tiene miedo a nada.

When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in Mary Jane, a poignant and intimate drama following a single mother’s journey caring for her chronically ill young son. Set in New York City, the play unfolds in two parts—Mary Jane's small Queens apartment and a pediatric hospital. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, we witness Mary Jane's tireless devotion, her interactions with medical professionals, and her struggle to maintain her sense of self.

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.