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The Bonners are the most powerful couple in Texas. Bode Bonner is the Republican Governor and his wife, Lindsay, is always by his side. From the outside everything looks rosy. But the Bonners are not happy. Bode is bored - he longs for more excitement in his life. Lindsay is at the end of her tether. She's had enough of Bode's womanising and of playing the dutiful wife. She is desperate to break free of her bland, wealthy lifestyle. Then Lindsay makes an impulsive decision....

Morocco, 1677. The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave to the king, is sent to the apothecary. There, he discovers the bloody corpse of the herb man and becomes entangled in a plot to frame him for the murder. Meanwhile, young fair Alys Swann is captured during her crossing to England, where she is due to be wed. Sold into Ismail's harem, she is forced to choose: renounce her faith, or die.

Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last. This is destined to be remembered as one of the most-recognized first sentences in literature - along with "Call me Ishmael." And Una Spenser, the transcendent hero at the center of Ahab's Wife may well become every bit as memorable as Ahab. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an entirely new universe - an epic-scale, enthralling, and compelling saga, spanning a full, rich, eventful, and dramatic life. In the "soprano voice" whose absence critics lamented in Moby Dick - the strong, intelligent voice of a woman whose life is dominated by the sea - Naslund tells many stories.

Farideh's husband is a corporal in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, entrapped by MI6 for interrogation. His job as a driver to a top general has left him with potentially valuable knowledge, but he won't talk unless Farideh is brought out of Iran. The SAS say it's too dangerous, so MI6 assemble a team of three ex-soldiers and a student dropout who knows the language and smuggles them into Tehran.…

Tess Simpson needs a break. No one appreciates her at home. No one appreciates her at work. And now her dog has died. She’s had enough! Maybe what she really needs is a break from hopeless husband, Dave, the ungrateful ‘kidults’ and the lacklustre job.

James owns a shipping fleet and half a London gaming house and is a ruthlessly effective spymaster. He is seldom self-indulgent...except when it comes to the indomitable beauty who was once his wife. Laurel gave James her heart - until she saw him perform an act of shocking violence before her very eyes. That night she left her husband. Now, 10 years later, a chance encounter turns passionate, with consequences that cannot be ignored. They must face common enemies and a very uncommon love.

Levi James is a complicated man. A teddy bear to his girls. A bossy lover in the bedroom. An elite bodyguard to the stars. When another man tries to get between him and his estranged wife, complicated doesn't even begin to cut it. Kelly James doesn't want complicated. Proving she can move on from her soon-to-be ex-husband seems like a brilliant idea. Until someone close to her goes missing, and the police tag Levi as suspect number one. When her mafia relations come into question, complicated becomes deadly.

When Bethany's lover is brutally murdered, she has to hide her grief from everyone. But someone knows her secret. And then one day the threats begin. With an ever-growing pile of evidence pointing to her as the murderer, the only way she can protect her secrets is to prove her innocence. And that means tracking down a killer.

James, Lord Kirkland, owns a shipping fleet, half a London gaming house, and is a ruthlessly effective spymaster. He is seldom self-indulgent… except when it comes to the gentle, indomitable beauty who was once his wife. Laurel Herbert gave James her heart as an innocent young girl - until she saw him perform an act of shocking violence before her very eyes. That night she left her husband, and he let her go without a word of protest.

I knew better than to get involved with Xavier Darcy. He’s not the type to chase—he waits. Patient. Deadly. All shadows and stillness, with a voice that makes threats sound like lullabies. One reckless night goes viral, and suddenly the world thinks I’m his. But that lie could destroy everything I’ve fought to protect—especially my family. I've stayed far away from love to keep them safe.

Emma’s husband is in prison. Emma’s husband claims he is innocent. Emma’s husband is a liar. And he’s not done with her yet.

An unwanted daughter is betrothed to a reclusive man. She arrives at his beautiful home on a lonely island, to find there is no husband, only a forbidding housekeeper. A mysterious locked door; an oddly-behaved cat; perhaps she didn't come here to be a bride...

In the late 70s, a young Californian takes a job in South Carolina. On his first day, he is introduced to a stunningly beautiful, but married, woman, the black janitor, a hard-drinking electrical engineer, and a couple dozen assorted misfits. In the first week, the janitor is found hanging from a light pole, and the married woman begins paying attention to him. On his way to work on Monday morning, the vacant field that he thought was a farmers’ market contains the charred remains of three crosses.

Bárbara Medina de Palacios es la esposa del canciller de Colombia, madre de sus hijos y una mujer que no conoce el placer sexual. Después de treinta y cinco años de un muy infeliz matrimonio, regido por la hipocresía de la sociedad bogotana, decide tomar el control de su vida y penetra en un mundo prohibido para mujeres como ella. En esta aventura, llena de peligros y desafíos, descubre que la sexualidad es la llave para muchas otras libertades.

Mein Mann ist tot. Eine Fremde steht vor meiner Tür. Sie sagt, mein Haus gehört ihr ... Nur wenige Tage nach dem plötzlichen Tod meines Mannes klingelt es an der Tür. Vor mir steht eine fremde Frau. Sie hat einen kleinen Jungen auf dem Arm und trägt genau das gleiche Diamantenarmband am Handgelenk wie ich. Als ich sie hereinbitte, bemerke ich, wie beim Anblick unseres geräumigem, liebevoll eingerichteten Zuhauses ihre Augen groß werden. Sie wirft einen Blick auf die silbergerahmten Familienfotos und meine kleine Tochter, die sich hinter mir versteckt. Sie sieht mich mit ernsten blauen Augen an

In the vastness of space, where the stars whisper their secrets, Captain Charles Barnett's routine mission takes a thrilling turn on the enigmatic planet Zythor-7. There, he meets Elira, a stunning alien with shimmering skin and an astonishing gift—the power to manipulate time. As a band of ruthless marauders threatens their newfound world, Charles finds himself leading a diverse alliance of tribes, blending humanity with alien cultures in a race against time.

Rory Quinn is a New York police officer who enjoys chasing women, drinking hard, and beating the crap out of bad guys. He's used to waking up with hangovers that leave most people curled around a toilet. But that all changes after one drunken night of revelry. Instead of a bathroom floor, he wakes up to find he's been dead for 500 years. And if that ain’t enough, the earth he knew is long gone. Zombies, cataclysmically evil robots, and techno-demons seem to be the least of his problems, as they all pale compared to his crazy immortal ex-wife!

Jasmine is finally going to get her dream wedding that she has always wanted since she was a little girl. Duke was going to make sure of it, but as things start to unfold and old enemies come around, will the wedding happen, or will the darkness finally be able to separate Duke and Jasmine, leaving her without another mate?

Я снова выхожу замуж! Что в этом особенного? Ничего, просто у меня уже два мужа. От первого ушла сама, второго выдумала, чтобы обрести независимость в магическом мире, куда попала через блуждающий портал. Третий, будущий муж, – сармиец, и даже на пороге смерти не знаешь, что от него ожидать!

Резкий вираж судьбы и я, Лиарет Даллеро-Нортон, еду в чужое государство. На моей руке сияет брачный браслет, а мой муж… А мой муж искренне убежден, что я специально прокралась в его спальню, чтобы подменить сестру собой. Я бы рада развеять его убеждения, но моя слишком хитрая сестра взяла с меня клятву.