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In the gritty depths of Melbourne's criminal underbelly, Catcher is a revered enforcer for the mafia. But when he takes a beautiful woman prisoner and brings her to his secluded estate, he can't explain his strange obsession with her. She draws him in like a moth to a flame, unraveling his dark world with her mere presence. As their fates intertwine, Catcher is forced to confront his inner demons and unravel the mystery of this alluring captive who has captured his heart.

A horror anthology edited by the genre’s greatest, Ellen Datlow, with one side featuring stories about what haunts the night while the other side showcases the terrors that can exist in the light of day in this new addition to the Saga Doubles series. This anthology contains stories from some...

Un premier roman qui se déroule durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, au sein d'un cirque itinérant absolument magnifique, et qui traite du passage à l'âge adulte d'une fillette durant les heures les plus sombres de notre histoire. 1938. Lena Papadopoulos n'a jamais tout à fait trouvé sa place dans le cirque, même en tant que fille de l'extraordinaire illusionniste en tête d'affiche, Theo. Brillante et curieuse, Lena aspire à la magie du monde réel de la science et de la médecine, malgré les limites de son fauteuil roulant.

It’s 1963, two years since Barbara Feldman’s husband died. Raising two kids, she’s finally emerging from her cocoon of grief. Not yet a butterfly, but she’s anxious to spread her wings. Then one day her mother-in-law, Ruth, shows up on her doorstep with five suitcases, expecting a room of her own with a suitable mattress. Abrasive and stuck in her ways yet well meaning, Mother Ruth arrives without warning to help with the children. How can Barbara say no to a woman who is not only a widow herself but also a grieving mother?

I entered an arranged marriage so my sister, Ciara, could marry for love. Three years later, I'm a widow, and my father arranges for Ciara to marry Dominik Varga. The assassin slash arms dealer is as dangerous as he's quiet, which is very unnerving. Needless to say, I'm not happy at all. A deal was a deal, and I kept my end of it, so there's no way on God's green earth I'll just sit back and smile like a good little girl. I'll fight for Ciara's freedom so she won't have to face the hell I was forced to endure. But Dominik doesn't make things easy for me.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • When a daughter and her famous mother return to Winthrop Island to confront their complicated past, they discover a secret trove of paintings that connect them to a mysterious woman who vanished on a luxury steamship two centuries earlier. From the New York Times...

Es war einmal ein nicht mehr ganz so stilles Erstsemestermäuschen und der gar nicht mehr so dreiste, tätowierte Bad Boy ... Ava Watson hat mir mit ihrem hoffnungslos altmodischen Kleidungsstil und dem Drang, mir den letzten Nerv zu rauben, den Kopf verdreht. Und doch ist sie tabu. Aber das ist das Problem mit Dingen, die man nicht haben darf. Man will sie nur umso mehr. Ava Watson und ich? Dieses Mal vielleicht ja doch? Nathan Riggs hat mich mehr als ein Mal vor sich gewarnt. Ich wollte nicht hören. Und jetzt liegt mein Herz zu seinen Füßen und ihm ist es egal.

BEAU, RÉJOUISSANT ET BRILLANT. La Maison des Jeux. Cet établissement mystérieux inspire autant la crainte à ceux qui lui sont redevables, que l'excitation aux habitués qui s'exercent en son sein. Dans la Basse Loge, les fortunes se font et se défont autour de tables de jeux divers. Mais au-delà des portes argentées de la Haute Loge, les gains sont tout autre et les enjeux ô combien plus cruciaux. Souvenirs, dons et capacités, années de vie... la Haute Loge ne connaît aucune limite. Thene, Remy Burke et Argent en savent quelque chose.

When Cass walks into their lives, Lila and Owen are both bewitched by her charms. Cass is vibrant, confident, and everything Lila feels she no longer is. Soon, her influence begins to seep into every corner of their lives. Yet, as Cass grows closer to Lila, Owen, and her daughters, Lila’s life begins to unravel.

From acclaimed Atlantic staff writer and host of BBC’s podcast “The New Gurus” Helen Lewis comes a timely and provocative interrogation of the myth of genius, exploring the surprising inventions, inspirations and distortions by which some lives are elevated to 'greatness' - and others...

La Petite Roque (1885) de Guy de Maupassant est une nouvelle captivante où se mêlent tragédie et analyse psychologique. L’histoire débute avec la découverte du corps de Louise Roque, une jeune fille assassinée dans un paisible village normand. Ce crime bouleverse la communauté et déclenche une enquête qui fait émerger les secrets et les tensions cachés. Le récit suit notamment Monsieur Renardet, le maire du village, un homme influent, mais rongé par une culpabilité oppressante liée à ce drame.

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK · INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Wreck is a delight. What an absolute joy to be reunited with Rocky and her family, the characters we all fell in love with in Sandwich. Newman's prose is laugh-out-loud funny. It's also profound. I couldn't stop...

In recent years, "white feminism" and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won't make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies. But in a time of rising fascism, ceaseless attacks on reproductive justice, and violent transphobia, we need to reckon with what Western feminism has wrought if we have any hope of building the feminist world we need.

République de Dor-Thimlin. À l'époque instable des temps sombres. Depuis la fin de l'ère de prospérité, les cinq régions vivent dans la plus grande isolation, chacune abritant ses citoyens dans des villes qui tentent de survivre malgré un climat de peur et de confusion politique. Naryë, Observatrice d'Aldal et membre de l'Assemblée des Sages, est certaine de sa vision : il existe un moyen de mettre un terme à l'Affliction qui sévit au-delà des murs et de guérir la perte du Don.

The 20th anniversary edition of the iconic book that takes parents into the mysterious world of boys. THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A PARENTING CLASSIC How do you raise boys to men in a world where trouble beckons at every turn? How do you make sure they learn the 'right' lessons, stay...

UNE INTRIGUE À SUSPENSE DANS UN MONDE MAGIQUE EXTRAORDINAIRE. Un an s'est écoulé depuis la soudaine attaque venue des profondeurs de l'océan. Le Grimmark autrefois farouchement indépendant n'est plus qu'une simple province, que les Poissons-crânes administrent d'une nageoire de fer. Nym, devenu sous-gouverneur, a fort à faire : la rébellion, dirigée par un certain capitaine Magnus, menace la stabilité de l'Empire, tandis que la cité libre de Skemma persiste à le défier. Loin au Nord, Sof, déterminée à ne plus rester passive devant les événements, apprend la Musique sous la tutelle d'assassins.

Tensions are high at the Three Counties Show when accusations of cheating add fuel to a longstanding feud. For Jude Gray, whose only hope was to not make a fool of herself showing her Kerry Hill sheep, farming life has never been so dramatic. When a body is found, belonging to one of the competitors, there is no shortage of suspects. Every sheep farmer in this close-knit community has a motive and beneath their show-ready smiles, they all have something to hide.

As we look around this beautiful planet on which we live, we may not see the beauty or feel the underlying sense of calm, we may instead bear witness to or be directly affected by scenarios filled with chaos, turbulence and some troubling times. This book addresses this situation and gives practical tips as well as deep spiritual insight, as to how you can, not only navigate these times, but contribute to creating more calm and serenity in you life and organically out to the wider world.

Er ist ihr bester Freund und einfach aus ihrem Leben verschwunden. Sie hat auf ihn gewartet und ist noch unberührt. Jetzt ist er zurück ... REA. Nach der Rückkehr meines besten Freundes Levi sage ich in letzter Minute meine Hochzeit ab. Plötzlich lebe ich in Chicago und teile mir mit ihm eine Wohnung. Dabei weckt er schon lange gefährliche Gefühle in mir, die ich keinesfalls für ihn haben sollte. Im Gegensatz zu mir glaubt Levi nicht an die große Liebe. Und wie würde er erst reagieren, wenn ich ihm mein größtes Geheimnis verrate? Denn ich bin noch unberührt ... LEVI.

Reverend Clare Brakespear is used to a challenge. With a young family to wrangle, a parish to manage and a particularly excitable Golden Retriever by her side, life is never dull. But when she attends a wedding where one of the guests is fatally stabbed with a cake knife, even Clare admits that she might have been given too much to handle this time. As the police investigate the murder, they zero-in on one woman as their prime suspect, who they believe had the motive, means and opportunity to commit the crime. The trouble is, Clare is convinced that they have the wrong person.