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After breaking free from the gilded cage of my abusive marriage, I have nothing to my name but a letter from a long-lost relative. Come home, Willow. Your family is waiting for you. I sacrificed everything to flee for the tiny town of Briar Valley and its promise of a better life for my young daughter. Hope often takes the unlikeliest of forms, but I didn't expect to find it nestled among the rugged, snow-capped mountains. Nor did I intend to surrender my heart to three tortured mountain men hiding from their own grief in the thick forest of pine trees.

Ava Bedford's quiet existence in Nevada shatters when she becomes the sole witness to a brutal murder linked to rising political star Congressman Richard Callahan. Forced into witness protection, Ava is relocated to Cedar Falls, a rugged Wyoming town nestled in the shadow of towering mountains. But even in this peaceful haven, danger lurks—and it's never far behind.

Rem "Viper" James knew his secrets wouldn’t stay buried forever. He just never expected to be arrested in front of 20,000 screaming rodeo fans. Dragged into an interrogation room, Rem is given an ultimatum: testify against his old motorcycle club, or face another stint in a cell.

Henry Atkins is determined to turn around his no-good, sorry life and prove to the residents of Clyde’s Corner that he’s not the town bad boy anymore. But when every secret fantasy in his head walks into the stables at Muddy River Ranch, the straight and narrow path he’s on takes a wild detour. Micah has been one of the biggest porn stars in the world for five years, but he’s burned out. A month’s vacation with his old friend Ben in Montana is just what his jaded heart needs. He wants rest, fresh air, and to not be recognized by a living soul.

Niall didn't want to know. He thought he didn't care what had happened to his mother after she disappeared all those years ago. But, the past has a way of rising from the, er, dead when least expected. Niall regrets answering that mid-morning phone call. In the past few years, Niall's learned to open up his heart an inch or two. He doesn't like it one bit, but it's proving impossible to slam it shut again. Of course, his beloved husband, Mat, and the few people he thinks of as friends rally around him after he learns Ana's remains have been found—but will they be enough?

Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears entró en la casa de los Marsten. Y loque vio entonces aún recorre sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, vuelve a Salem's Lot para exorcizar sus fantasmas. Salem's Lot es un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasa nada..., excepto la antigua tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cementerio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecen, los animales que mueren desangrados. Y la espantosa presencia de Ellos, quienesquiera que sean Ellos.

Daniel el Mochuelo intuye a sus 11 años que su camino está en la aldea, junto a sus amigos, sus gentes y sus pájaros. Pero su padre quiere que vaya a la ciudad a estudiar el Bachillerato. A lo largo de la noche que precede a la partida, Daniel, insomne, con un nudo en la garganta, evocará sus correrías con sus amigos - Roque el Moñigo y Germán el Tiñoso - a través de los campos descubriendo el cielo y la tierra, y revivirá las andanzas de la gente sencilla de la aldea.

It’s been fifteen years since her sister died, and Rae McDonald still hasn’t recovered from the accident—or the ways she tried to cope with it. Not even a PhD in psychology has helped her deal with her feelings. It’s safer to shut them out. But that makes it difficult to connect with the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager. Lisa Smyth hasn’t fared any better. She was in the car with Rae’s sister that tragic night and keeps the truth of what really happened buried in her own grief. Still struggling, she drowns her guilt with glass after glass.

I've spent my entire life running. No more. The past is finally catching up to me, and my secrets won't stay buried as trouble looms on the horizon. I must face the monster who spent a decade torturing me. For myself. My daughter. The countless other victims that he silenced with his brutality. This town gave me everything. I have to protect it, or I'll lose the ones I love forever.

After a tumultuous childhood she couldn’t control, Addie Morgan is finally living her own life. She’s left her old pressures behind for a job in a country vineyard, and she finds more than just work with the vineyard’s owner, Scott. But as things are looking up, her family comes crashing down. When Addie’s sister gives birth to a baby she can’t raise, she leans on Addie for help. Unable to refuse in a time of crisis, Addie returns home to Alexandria to take care of everything she tried so hard to forget.

Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stone’s throw from the trailer park where they’ve lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay.

Una colf dai fianchi robusti e dalla mente sottile capace di leggere la realtà più lucidamente di Sherlock Holmes. Chiavari. In un vicolo della placida cittadina ligure, uno sconosciuto viene rinvenuto in fin di vita. Poche ore dopo, Alma Boero, quarantenne dallo sguardo acuto, poche parole e selvatica fierezza, trova il cadavere di una giovane editor nel palazzo dove lavora come colf.

USA Today bestselling author Annie Rains returns to Somerset Lake, North Carolina, with a heartwarming Christmas story about a midwife and her ex-fiance who face high stakes when they must team up to compete in the neighborhood house decorating contest, in this trade paperback that will help get...

Un verano en la Italia de 1998, una casa familiar entre los trigales de Emilia Romagna y una piscina sobre la que danzan libélulas son el escenario de un amor prohibido que nunca debió regresar. El despertar de la libélula nos sumerge de nuevo en esos veranos que nos marcaron, esta vez invitándonos a revisitar nuestras propias historias con una mirada nueva. Una historia sobre el primer amor, el que nos rompió, y el que, al fin, nos atrevemos a escuchar. Sobre la lucha entre el deseo y el miedo. Sobre el peso de los prejuicios y la verdad incómoda que, tarde o temprano, estalla en la cara.

Lion . . . President of the Royal Sons Ozark Chapter and oldest son of a bastard. He earned his position through blood, sweat, and by taking no prisoners. His motto has always been to protect his family and those weaker than him. That includes a tiny woman who comes into town with enough baggage she should probably have kept on driving.

Atraída por un sugestivo anuncio, Prudencia Prim llega a San Ireneo de Arnois, un pequeño lugar lleno de encanto cuyos habitantes han decidido declarar la guerra a las influencias del mundo moderno. La señorita Prim ha sido contratada para organizar la biblioteca del Hombre del Sillón, un hombre inteligente, profundo y cultivado, pero sin pizca de delicadeza. Pese a las frecuentes batallas dialécticas con su jefe, poco a poco la bibliotecaria irá descubriendo el peculiar estilo de vida del lugar y los secretos de sus nada convencionales habitantes.

The last person Andre expected to see in Cooper Springs was Dante Castone. He left Dante and the rest of his old life behind him when he moved to Washington State and what he thought would be a quiet job in a small town by the ocean. In reality, Dante's DIYing it; he isn't the trusting sort. Daniella was the only witness to her mom's brutal murder and needs both protection and anonymity—plus as normal a life as possible. It's just a bonus that Cooper Springs has Andre Dear too.

Los niños de Chile están desapareciendo y nadie sabe por qué. Algunos creen que se escapan; otros, que son secuestrados. Solo dos personas —una ilustradora y una niña llamada Catalina— saben la verdad, pero es demasiado extraña para que nadie jamás pueda creerles. El tren marino es una...

Todos conocen a Deirdre Byrne, la aclamada reina del suspense, pero nadie sabe quién es. Chloe Bennet, escritora y periodista en la revista Ningún misterio a salvo, recibe la propuesta de viajar a Carlingford, Irlanda, y conocer a Deirdre, con la oportunidad de ser quien desvele su identidad y cuente su historia. Pero Deirdre no es como Chloe imaginaba. Es cruel, retorcida, y siente tanta animadversión por el ser humano como los personajes más malvados que plasma en la hoja en blanco.

En el crudo diciembre de 1905, Enrique Maldonado, propietario de las tierras del municipio salamantino de Boada y cacique local, aparece brutalmente apuñalado en las afueras del pueblo. Los vecinos son los principales sospechosos de haberle dado muerte y Unamuno, que escribió un artículo incendiario para denunciar las condiciones de vida de los campesinos boadenses, decide investigar el crimen con la ayuda de Manuel Rivera, abogado defensor de los detenidos, y Teresa Maragall, una misteriosa anarquista.