Urban

Alice Croydon has the perfect life: she has a large, close-knit family who loves her—even if they are sometimes a little too invested in her decisions—and she's about to marry her high school sweetheart Finn. Alice couldn't be happier....

Two rural families flee to the city and find themselves sharing a great, breathing, shuddering joint called Cloudstreet, where they begin their lives from scratch....

Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, divorces her husband, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop....

Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars....

For Brielle, survival isn’t just a fight—it’s a promise she’s made to herself, to find her way back to Lincoln. Taken by the prince of darkness, Brielle faces an existence in the depths of his dominion that is meant to crush all hope. But hope is the one thing she refuses to lose.

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated....

Times move on for the Adams family in South London, and as business prospers, there are new worries to deal with....

Ten-year-old Magda Brodie’s world is torn apart when her mother dies in the workhouse two weeks before Christmas. Her wastrel father arranges for her sisters to be sent to their grandparents in Ireland and for her younger brother to be adopted....

In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.

Loretta Chambers has spent her life working at her father’s boatyard down at the docks. She’s tried hard to keep the business afloat, but with the railways taking trade away every day, Lorrie fears for the worst.

When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues' wedding, all the blame falls on her - turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your school days....

Like currency, I’ve become part of a transaction. Blade took me to pay off a debt. I try to tell myself, Eve, you should hate him. He’s a bad guy. But then again, I’m not a good girl....

A scathing, provocative novel about contemporary existence by a rising star in Italian literature.

The best-selling legal thriller - and CBS TV series - has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy - but as it spirals into a nightmare, he finds himself in a fight for his life....

1938: Divya has made the long sea journey from India to England, employed as a nanny by a British family. But once they arrive, she is cruelly abandoned, with no means to return home. Afraid and alone, she faces prejudice and rejection…

Everything is changing for Gabe. His writing career is seeing some traction, his relationships are blossoming, and the time has come to move to a new, bigger house. Krystal and Liz are ready to commit to a new life living with and dating him.

When multi-millionaire Jacki Turner is forced to take stock of her life, she sets her daughters a challenge - in order to inherit her vast fortune, each must fulfil a task that she believes will push them to become better versions of themselves.

At first it was a rumour that Peggy Ronaski and Maureen Hart could hardly believe. If true, it would turn the lives of everyone on Mulberry Lane upside down. Peggy could lose her beloved pub. Maggie her acclaimed restaurant. Maureen her business and her home. Everyone had something to lose.

A dazzling novel about one young woman’s summer of infinite possibility . . .

Cliff Hardy may still have the moves but he's in trouble. The economy's tanking and he's been conned by an unscrupulous financial advisor and lost everything he's got....

Meet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero....

Ballerina Dovey Beckham is a scholarship student at Briarwood, determined to prove that she's more than just a girl with the wrong pedigree. She does whatever it takes to succeed....

A year away helped me realize that Delgato power doesn't just apply to the males in our family. Being away showed me that the same power cruised through my blood. That same power helped me remember who I am. I am Capri Delgato… Baby Doll.

Panicked by his own mortality, despondent over his many failings as a writer and a man, Dunne leaves his wife and their three-year old child for the solitude of a crummy apartment off the Vegas Strip.

After years behind bars, Alex is finally free and determined to go straight. No more trouble, no more deals—just a clean slate for him and his family and a legit life running his old pub. But the streets don’t forget, and neither do old enemies.

On this journey through the labyrinthine streets and hidden corners of one of the world's most fascinating cities, everybody is searching for something, and maybe searching in the wrong places. Elements of the fantastical and the surreal abound, as they tend to do in the early predawn hours of the morning, yet the settings, the human stories, and each character's search are all as real as can be.

Some would say the Market is the last authentic part of the city centre. This northern city has reinvented itself as a business and financial centre, bristling with designer shops and bars. A cosmopolitan, twenty-four hour city. Yet slap bang in the centre the Victorian City Market remains what it has always been; a place where you can get anything and see anything - a place teeming with life. The market is the real face of the city - mucky, multicultural and magnificent.

Verity Lockwood despises life at Far View House, where her father and mill owner, Jebediah Lockwood, drowns his fortune—and his wits—in drink. With debts mounting, whispers spread—how much longer can Lockwood’s Mill survive? The dark and dirty mills of Yorkshire are no place for a gently bred young woman, but when Verity learns that her father’s ruin threatens not only her home but the livelihoods of the workers who depend on it, she refuses to stand idly by.

Las vidas de Gloria Felipe y de Nuria Valencia se entrelazan en torno al robo de una niña pequeña que conmociona a la capital mexicana en la década de 1940. Por medio de una narradora que (en sus propias palabras) «no canta mal las rancheras», somos testigos de la batalla de los Miranda Felipe por recuperar a la menor de sus integrantes y de la crianza angustiosa de los Fernández Valencia para salvar a su propia niña de un peligro potencial que la policía no ha podido frenar y los medios reportan con el tono de un thriller.

In der pulsierenden Metropole Kuroiwa City, wo Neonlichter den Himmel zerschneiden und Träume zum Leben erwachen, fiebert Sue einem unvergesslichen Abend entgegen: Sie wird Neeon Dream live erleben – die größte Band ihrer Zeit. Doch was als schillerndes Abenteuer beginnt, entpuppt sich als düstere Reise hinter die glitzernde Fassade der Stadt und ihrer Idole. Während sich Sue und ihre Freundin Raku auf das Konzert vorbereiten, kämpft Miyu Kaze, der gefeierte Star von Neeon Dream, mit einer unheilvollen Wahrheit.

Laura è una studentessa dell'Università Orientale di Napoli, al primo anno di corso di Lingua cinese. Viene dalla Romagna e ha la passione delle arti marziali; da poco giunta nella grande città del Sud si sente un po' spaesata, ma un gruppo di colleghi (che diventeranno poi suoi amici) l'aiuterà a ritrovarsi, o forse a perdersi? Laura ha scoperto infatti, nel frattempo, l'antica storia di un giovane cinese, che come la sua è sospesa tra Oriente e Occidente, libertà e dottrina.

Sharif is a good person. He knows that he is good because he’s aware of the privilege that he holds as a white man. He knows he is good because he chose to be a social worker at a nonprofit in Brooklyn, scraping by in New York City. And he knows he is good because his wife, Adjoua, a progressive Black novelist, has always said so.

Xander Brown is a skilled surgeon who lives a carefree life. With him being the Chief of Surgery at GHM, his plate is always full. However, he made room for the one woman he couldn't see himself without. Zara Lyles is the hood Barbie; that's all about her family. She does what needs to be done for them to survive, all while keeping a certain elegance. As usual, she has it all together without the help of a man.

Triggerwarnung: Gewalt, Missbrauch, Folter In den düsteren Straßen von Salt Lake City wächst Richard in einer Welt der Vernachlässigung und Gewalt auf. Seine Mutter, überfordert und emotional distanziert, behandelt ihn mit Härte und Ablehnung. Was als Liebe getarnt ist, hinterlässt tiefe Wunden in seiner Seele. Im Hochsicherheitstrakt von Colorado, Jahre später, blickt Richard auf seine grausame Vergangenheit zurück. Er erzählt von seiner obsessiven Liebe zu Mary Jane, einer Frau, die er auf perfide Weise in seine Gewalt gebracht hatte. Ein Strudel aus Manipulation, Entführung und Folter.

Hausbesetzer. Politischer Aktivist. Engagierter Geschichtslehrer. Ziggy Kern weiß, was richtig ist und was nicht. Das war gestern. Heute ist Ziggy der meist gehasste Mann Düsseldorfs. Und das wegen eines aus der Zeit gefallenen Nazi-Schergen und eines Tafellappens im brennenden Gesicht von Betsy Spenkel. RUNTERGEROCKT ist die tragikomische Story eines ausgemusterten Idealisten und seiner verzweifelten Suche nach einem Platz im 21. Jahrhundert. Ein urbaner Roadtrip auf der Fahrbahn des Wahnsinns - schmerzhaft witzig und rasend schnell erzählt.