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Patrick Morgan ha un chiodo fisso: le donne. Le ama, le insegue e loro, di solito, si fanno raggiungere senza problemi. Fino a che non compare di nuovo lei, Julia Williams, ex compagna di liceo e ora caporedattore della rivista Talking, per la quale Patrick lavora. I due condividono un passato burrascoso. Non sono rimasti in buoni rapporti dopo aver trascorso una notte insieme. E mentre lei si vendica umiliandolo in tutti i modi immaginabili, Patrick si accorge di desiderare la donna che Julia è diventata.

Die frisch geschiedene, 39 Jahre alte Lacey Doyle braucht eine drastische Veränderung. Sie muss ihren Job kündigen, ihren schrecklichen Chef und New York hinter sich lassen und den Ausstieg aus ihrem hektischen Leben schaffen. Sie beschließt, das Versprechen, das sie sich als junges Mädchen gegeben hat, wahrzumachen, und alles hinter sich zu lassen und in das ruhige englische Küstenstädtchen Wilfordshire, an das sie sich durch wunderschöne Familienurlaube erinnert, zurückzukehren.

Lacey Doyle, 39 Jahre alt und frisch geschieden, hat vor Kurzem ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt, denn sie hat ihr schnelles Leben in New York City aufgegeben und sich in dem malerischen englischen Küstenstädtchen Wilfordshire niedergelassen. Es ist Frühling. Nachdem sie erst vor wenigen Wochen einen Mordfall gelöst hat, beginnt Lacey - nicht zuletzt wegen ihres neuen besten Freundes in Gestalt eines Englischen Schäferhundes sowie ihrer aufkeimenden Beziehung zu dem netten Koch und Konditor aus dem Laden gegenüber.

Evan Wakefield’s life changed when he met the red-headed girl sitting next to him in class. It’s not just the pretty, quiet redhead with the fox ears who needs his protection anymore. There’s a new girl who needs him, and she’s nothing like the self-possessed raven-haired beauty with the amber eyes or the smart and quiet blonde who’s always quietly watching and helping.

Vic Wilde's gotten in more than a little trouble for operating outside the lines when it comes to hunting ancient treasure. But when he discovers that the clandestine Order of the Golden Dawn is looking for the Lost City, he knows he has to find it first. And he has the perfect team to help him do it. A fiery Brit who's quick with a pistol, and even quicker with her sharp tongue. An adorable blonde grad student with perfect curves and a willingness to learn. And a mysterious figure with golden eyes, watching from the shadows.

Both men and women enjoy thrillers, mystery, and crime. Yet it may still feel not quite respectable, somehow a guilty (sorry!) pleasure. Do these novels so often categorized as genre offer something the literary novel does not? The market is enormous, perhaps the largest in publishing. It is a cliché which may be true that only the Bible – say - outsells Agatha Christie. And then there are films and television, either original or adapted from novels.

Kelsey Bandar and Jared Mertz must retrieve the electronic override buried under the ruins of the old Imperial Palace to win the war against the AIs. Oh, and get off the planet in spite of the murderous warships orbiting the destroyed world. How hard could that be? Imprisoned in a dead megacity and surrounded by howling savages thirsty for their blood, they must triumph or die. And if they die, humanity dies with them.

Everything changes for realtor Tiffany, with an anonymous email to her business account where the sender describes what he’d like to do to her in vivid detail. Then she meets him at a viewing - H, owner of Club S, where patrons bid for the stage. Soon the email is being lived out in the flesh. After H asks her the question, “Have you ever had two men at once?”, Tiffany leaves.

When P.I. Ryan Bonnie wants to find something, she’s unstoppable. Just ask anyone. But when she ends up working a job in Alabama of all places, looking for a missing 22-year-old socialite with only a bracelet and a trunk full of sex toys for clues, her winning streak looks like it might come to an end. Yet with the help of one particularly sexy FBI agent named Benjamin Clyde, her keen sense of intuition, and a small town full of secrets, Ryan just might be able to solve this twisted erotic tale of mayhem, sex, and greed!

The 17th century was a time of change rivalling all past centuries. A child bride and a frontier adventurer traverse the Atlantic to enjoy life in the first Canadian community formed by Europeans. This is a story-line expounding archaic mythology with extensive character development. Anne was married at 12 years old to Jean, a young man known on two continents as the "Gobloteux" - the goblet maker. Three-quarters of a million people are descendants of this unique couple.

I woke up to an empty apartment, and things just got worse from there. My roommate took everything, even my epic purple couch. Rent coming due means I’m desperate, but not desperate enough for Travis freaking Westmister to live with me...that is, until my brother convinces me his best friend and my mortal enemy is my only hope. Now the man I gave my v-card to before he disappeared is parading around my house shirtless, toned, tanned, and ripped. Oh, God, I will not go there. He broke my heart, and I hate his guts - except he’s not who I thought he was at all.

Author, critic and traveler, Marina Vaizey, in her third lockdown essay, reflects on the books of figures in the changing façade of English society and the establishment. Missing people, even with telephones and emails. And music and theatre even with the incredibly generous digital provision.

In die somer van 1838 vertrek die Voortrekkerleier Piet Retief en sowat 100 man na die Zoeloekoning Dingaan om oor grond vir die trekkers te onderhandel. In die laer by Doornkop wag sy vrou Magdalena op hulle terugkeer. Die afloop van hierdie sending na Dingaan is wyd opgeteken as die Slag van Bloedrivier. Byna 180 jaar later is Hanna op soek na wat ook al Magdalena nagelaat het. Vroeg in hierdie soektog loop Hanna haar vas in ’n plaasmoord waarvoor sy nie antwoorde het nie. Bitter min is bekend oor Magdalena en haar lewe ná 1838, buiten haar brief in 1841 aan haar skoonfamilie.

Olivia Reynolds lives a sheltered life. The daughter of the leader of their small community, she is treated like a princess, never allowed beyond the safety of the walls. When her father decides she must marry, she chooses the man she has secretly lusted after ever since she first laid eyes on him: Dane Mitchell. One of her father’s best men, Dane is as lethal as he is attractive, and Olivia is thrilled at the thought of being at his side. Dane doesn’t want to be forced into marriage. He is a soldier and a fighter and has a bigger purpose in life.

A regular Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked when a local oddball dies mysteriously during his private dance. Amber falls immediately in lust with the hot paramedic who arrives and follows him outside, anticipating sizzling romance. But her casual encounter quickly descends into a terrifying, twisted nightmare from which she is unable to escape.

Raven Donovan isn’t looking for a relationship. She’s married to her job and vice president of her company. So she’s blindsided when a corporate takeover leaves her unceremoniously unemployed. Reeling, she retreats to her family’s beach house on Heron Harbor Island and drowns her sorrows in a bottle of tequila. And then a tall, dark, and gorgeous stranger walks through the door. Jack Baines has it all - he’s the heir to one of the largest mergers and acquisitions firms on the East Coast. But as much as he enjoys the thrill of the hunt, firing people takes a toll on him.

Marjorie Ivarsson è l'immagine dell'ingenuità. È una cameriera che lavora sodo ed è stata cresciuta da sua nonna. Una serata al bingo è la sua idea di socializzazione. Ma quando viene invitata come damigella al matrimonio della sua amica Bronte, entra in un mondo tutto nuovo. Trascinata sull'isola privata dello sposo miliardario, Marjorie è accecata dal lusso e dal glamour. Ma quello che la sconvolge di più è Robert Cannon, famigerato playboy e pezzo grosso del piccolo schermo.

Still recovering from her brother’s murder, Detective Tess Richards transfers out of Homicide, only to find herself in the center of a deadly undercover operation. When a young woman is found dead after a hit-and-run, all evidence points to Everchange, a high-profile self-help organization renowned for attracting rich and famous members. As Tess leaves Homicide to take a job within the Seattle Intelligence Unit, she is quickly sent undercover into the Everchange castle on Whidbey Island.

Lacey Doyle, 39 Jahre alt und frisch geschieden, hat vor Kurzem ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt, denn sie hat ihr schnelles Leben in New York City aufgegeben und sich in dem malerischen englischen Küstenstädtchen Wilfordshire niedergelassen. Es ist Frühling. Nachdem sie erst vor wenigen Wochen einen Mordfall gelöst hat, beginnt Lacey - nicht zuletzt wegen ihres neuen besten Freundes in Gestalt eines Englischen Schäferhundes sowie ihrer aufkeimenden Beziehung zu dem netten Koch und Konditor aus dem Laden gegenüber.

After a family trip turned disastrous when their truck broke down in the middle of an old logging road in Oregon, Francie is now back in British Columbia. People try to make things as "normal" as possible for her, but they don't understand that trying to be normal in your old life that's exploded is the worst feeling in the world.