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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE. IF YOU HURT US, WE’RE COMING FOR YOU. Moxie meets Female of the Species in this powerful, thrilling, and deeply resonant novel about a secret society of girls who plot revenge on the men who hurt them. The enigmatic Black Coats have been exacting vengeance on...

Ein tragischer Unfall macht das Familienleben von Morgan von einer Sekunde auf die andere zunichte: Ihr Mann Chris stirbt - ebenso wie ihre Schwester Jenny. Zur unendlichen Trauer um den Verlust von Mann und Schwester kommt für Morgan eine albtraumhafte Erkenntnis: Ohne es zu wissen, lebte sie seit Jahren in einem Lügengebäude. Morgans einziges Bestreben ist es nun, zumindest für ihre 16-jährige Tochter Clara die Erinnerung an glückliche Zeiten aufrechtzuerhalten.

"Si j'ai appris une chose, c'est que l'amour est chaotique. Il ne nous est pas livré dans un joli paquet cadeau. Il ressemble plutôt au cadeau d'un enfant, tout froissé et gribouillé au crayon. Imparfait. Mais toujours un cadeau. Seulement, tous les cadeaux ne sont pas faits pour durer éternellement." Fantasque et drôle, Jubilee Jenkins souffre d'un mal extrêmement rare : elle est allergique au contact humain (pour résumer aux gens). Après un épisode qui a failli lui coûter la vie, elle décide de ne plus sortir de chez elle.

Die Geschichte aus Deans Sicht. An Vergangenes zu denken hat Dean Holder seit dem Tod seiner Schwester vermieden und lieber an seinem Ruf als Bad Boy gearbeitet. Bis er Sky trifft, die seine Welt komplett verändert. Denn Sky erinnert ihn an Hope, seine verschwundene Freundin, die er seit Jahren sucht. In Skys Gegenwart erlebt Dean Gefühle, die er längst verloren glaubte. Doch es wird klar: Um nach vorne blicken zu können, müssen Dean und Sky sich ihrer Vergangenheit stellen...

Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history. Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father's threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she's willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.

It started off as a dare...a harmless one-night-stand with a complete stranger. He was just another bad boy I met in a bar, a harmless fling to start my summer vacation. One unbelievable night of sex, and I'd never have to see him again. But the next morning as I pull up to the lake house my mom has rented for the summer, I get the feeling my world is about to crumble...it was just supposed to be us girls - me, my two sisters, and Mom...but we're not alone....

Gabrielle LeBeau is wild like the north woods where she was raised by her father the French fur trader. Running an outpost is in Gabrielle's blood and she knows every path and tree and the Indian names for them. Over the years, she has seen many city folk venture into the pine woods to play frontier woodsman. She fears them, feels disdain for them. But when she finds Jefferson Alexander half froze to death in a snow storm, she doesn't think twice and saves him. As he sleeps, she looks at his handsome chiseled features. This stranger is most welcome in her home.

Charlize, genannt Charlie, und Silas, beste Freunde seit der Kindheit und heimliches Paar gegen den Willen ihrer Familien, wachen auf und erinnern sich an... nichts. Beider Erinnerungen sind wie weggewischt. Was steckt dahinter? Oder besser: wer? Beim Versuch herauszufinden, wer sie sind und was passiert ist, kommen sie einer Familienfehde auf die Spur, in die sich ihre Eltern verwickelt hatten und die sie und ihre Liebe auseinandergetrieben hatte. Doch was hat das mit ihrem gemeinsamen Gedächtnisverlust zu tun? Und dann geschieht es erneut: Genau 48 Stunden nach dem ersten Mal erwacht Silas ohne Erinnerung an all das, was zuvor war.

Als Lily Ryle kennenlernt, scheinen all ihre Träume wahr zu werden: eine neue Stadt, der erste Job und dann noch Ryle - überaus attraktiv, überaus wohlhabend und überaus erfolgreich. Vergessen scheint Lilys Kindheit, in der der Vater die Mutter schlug. Vergessen auch Atlas, ihre erste Liebe, der gegenüber von Lily squattete - bis ihr Vater die beiden erwischte und Atlas von heute auf morgen verschwand. Und dann steht Atlas auf einmal vor ihr. Als Ryle von ihrer gemeinsamen Vorgeschichte erfährt, weckt dies seine Eifersucht - und auf einmal zeigt er sich von einer Seite, die Lily zunehmend Angst macht.

Nearly 40 million people in the United States live below the poverty line - about $26,200 for a family of four. Low-income families and individuals are everywhere, from cities to rural communities. While poverty is commonly seen as a personal failure, or a deficiency of character or knowledge, it's actually the result of bad policy. Public policy has purposefully erected barriers that deny access to basic needs, creating a society where people can easily become trapped - not because we lack the resources to lift them out, but because we are actively choosing not to.

Quinn, a good girl with a past tortured by organized crime, is hell-bent on bringing down the two biggest motorcycle clubs in Vegas. The plan is simple - go under cover, seduce a biker, and build a case for the FBI from the inside out - but she never anticipated a complication like Brooks.

When Kelly arrives to Las Vegas, there's serious bad blood brewing between Dante's Nine and the Devil's Wraiths - tensions have been flaring ever since a brother of the Nine died in a suspicious accident, and Leo is suspected for the murder. When her best friend, Kassenia, is kidnapped and held hostage by Leo and the Devil's Wraiths, Kelly finds her self thrust into the middle of a war.

Two shattered souls...backed into a corner and ready to fight for their lives, for each other, for their impossible love... Kassenia Bennett isn't your normal 25-year-old spoiled rich girl from Fairfield, Connecticut. Her life was ruined forever when her father killed her entire family in a tragic murder-suicide. Willing to do whatever it takes, she's determined to make a life for herself. Start her own business. Change the world.

Following a long-standing feud and looking to settle the score, a woman decides to dismantle her home—alone and by hand—and move it across a frozen pond during a harsh New England winter in this mesmerizing debut. Home is certainly not where Del’s heart is. After a local scandal led to her...

Filled with the enticing blend of suspense and romance Coble is known for, “devotees of Dani Pettrey, Brenda Novak, and Allison Brennan will find a new favorite here.”* After her husband, Jack, dies in a climbing incident, Shauna has only her five-year-old son and her helicopter charter...

Ten-year-old Pax Jackson doesn’t know if he’ll make it to his next birthday. He has cancer. And he’s about to embark upon an unforgettable adventure. At their favorite climbing tree, Pax and his best friend, Jayni, meet Wilmer—a comical bellbird who introduces them to a magical realm of delightful and bewitching creatures.

Drawing on scholarship in the rhetoric of health and medicine, the health and medical humanities, and related fields, Derkatch offers a nuanced account of how language, belief, behavior, experience, and persuasion collide to produce and promote wellness, one of the most compelling and harmful concepts that govern contemporary Western life.

It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Kelly Alexander, a lifelong athlete, rode her bike home from work. She had survived both a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery, had a fulfilling career, and was married at last to the love of her life. Everything was good as she coasted...

When Colleen Kinder put out a call for authors to write a letter to a stranger about an unforgettable encounter, she opened the floodgates. The responses—intimate and addictive, all written in the second person—began pouring in. These short, insightful essays by a remarkable cast of writers guide us both across the globe and through the mysteries of human connection. Moving and unforgettable, Letter to a Stranger is an irresistible listen for the literary traveler and the perfect gift for anyone who is haunted by a person they met once and will remember forever.