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Historian Carrie Jo harbors a hidden gift: she dreams the past, breathing life into forgotten echoes. When dashing millionaire Ashland Stuart hires her to unearth the shadows of Seven Sisters—an antebellum gem crumbling in downtown Mobile, Alabama—her visions ignite a chilling unraveling. A cascade of dreams exposes an untimely death, a loved one's betrayal, and the vanishing of a young heiress, weaving a treacherous web of antebellum intrigue.

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.

Kate Hart and Dominic Knight's volatile love affair continues in the last book in the All or Nothing trilogy from C.C. Gibbs. Self-made billionaire Dominic Knight has always been the master of his destiny. From the boardroom to the bedroom, he takes charge of every situation, every impulse...

She’s a mother. She’s a wife. She’s a fraud, a woman marked and bound by her own deceit. Experience the astounding tale of how Anonymous battled through a year of scandals and betrayals, how her world fell from its axis with a single choice, and how she lost herself between reality and fantasy. This is a stand-alone true story tangled in lust, heartbreak, and contrition.

Everything people think they know about the Zoric family is a sham. Even me. I thought I was trying out to be their newest model. Luka was auditioning wives. I just need the career boost. He needs good PR to salvage his playboy image. It's a win-win—on paper. But since when has real life been simple? His jealousy makes me crazy. The control he maintains over my body is unacceptable. I really shouldn't be so turned on by it.

Als ein Attentäter Reynas Leben in Gefahr bringt, hat sie genug von ihrem Job als Leibwächterin der Königin. Kurzerhand beschließen sie und ihre Partnerin Kianthe, eine mächtige Magierin, ein Büchercafé mit besonderen Teesorten zu eröffnen. Doch die erhoffte Ruhe bleibt zunächst aus: Sie müssen sich nicht nur in ihrem neuen Leben zurechtfinden, sondern auch herausfinden, was es mit den Drachenangriffen auf sich hat, die ihr neues Zuhause immer wieder heimsuchen.

The new girl in town is having trouble fitting into a community that believes there’s a secret Satanic cult conducting rituals in the woods. When her crush goes missing, she starts to wonder if the town’s obsession with evil isn’t covering up something far worse. Perfect for fans of Fear...

Saint Teresa later wrote of Saint John of the Cross: "I realized that he was a saint, and had always been a saint." Before her was a figure tiny in physical stature, as the world measures, but a towering giant in the eyes of the Lord. She recognized the same fire burning in him that raged inside of her. She was 52; he was 25. She, a nun twice his age! He, a young friar with a dream to become a Carthusian hermit.

Give in to this irresistible paranormal romance anthology filled with tales of the mortal and the monstrous. In Eternally Yours, fifteen of today’s bestselling writers explore love in its many forms . . . Contributors include Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, Kat Cho, Melissa de la Cruz, Hafsah...

Softening Time is both autobiography and self-help, poetry and inspiration. Drawing on events in her own life, particularly her experiences as a mother, daughter, sister, and friend, Brower writes poignantly on themes of love, loss, healing, and rebirth.

As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships. The Shipmakers have convinced Fergus to finally deal with unfinished business he's been avoiding for half his life: Earth. Fergus hasn’t been back to his homeworld since he was fifteen, when he stole his cousin’s motorcycle and ran away.

Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their mother, a renowned author who seemingly killed herself by jumping out of a window. Everyone knows who drove Elena to suicide - her long-time literary critic, Eben. But the twins need proof if they're going to get their revenge. When Eben requests access to Elena's diaries at the National Library where the twins work, desperate to clear his name, they see an opportunity. With careful planning and just a little outside help, the twins lock down the labyrinthine building, trapping their colleagues, the public and most importantly Eben inside.

On my 18th birthday, my father, the senator, gives me the gift he thinks every little girl dreams of. The man of my dreams, and the wedding to match. Stefan Zoric is heir to an elite worldwide modeling agency. Practically a prince.

On the day I was married, I promised to love, honor, and obey my husband Stefan. Little did I know how literally I would mean obeying. Stefan tells me what to do, and I do it. There are questions asked, but I always submit in the end....

I'm about to throw an ashtray at my boss's head. Turns out, the mind behind my favorite, steamy romance novels...the ones I only read in private...the ones that are my only escape after a long day of dealing with The Boss from Hell? It's not Natalie McBride, the sweet, rural housewife. It's him. That's right: my boss, Adrian Risinger, the 33-year-old, maddeningly sexy, pissant billionaire "bad boy" who thinks he runs my life. He is also the author of all my deepest, most secret fantasies.

Ragazzi salvateci dal nostro egoismo, di Tahar Ben Jelloun; Fase 2, per ultimi vengono i bambini, di Chiara Saraceno; Coronavirus, le diseguaglianze della fase 2: il confino di madri e figli, di Melania Mazzucco; La ripartenza dimentica otto milioni di bambini, di Maria Novella De Luca e Corrado Zunino; Tornare in classe almeno l'ultimo giorno di scuola, di Paolo Di Paolo; Scuola, un metro tra i banchi e obbligo di mascherina le regole per ripartire, di Ilaria Venturi; I ragazzi e le notti infinite "Chat, video e serie tv i nostri ritmi capovolti", di Cristina Nadotti.

Si la duda razonable protege al acusado, ¿cómo se protege a la víctima? Tessa Ensler es una abogada de éxito especializada en la defensa de agresores sexuales. Su tenacidad está al servicio del sistema judicial, en el que cree totalmente: es la existencia de la duda razonable lo que hay que probar, incluso más allá de lo que a primera vista, prima facie, aparece ante un juez. Hasta que a Tessa le sucede lo que a tantas mujeres y se encuentra en el lado opuesto, descubriendo que las reglas que siempre ha defendido no están escritas para ellas.

In this high-octane conclusion to Ivelisse Housman’s Unseelie duology, which Andrew Joseph White calls “a portal to a world of glimmering fae and blistering magic,” two sisters discover that the things that make them different can lend them more power than they ever imagined. Isolde...

Avevo bisogno di sparire. Fuggire, nascondermi e schiarirmi le idee lontano da tutto. Essere una poliziotta non è sempre facile, specialmente se sei una donna. Ma questa volta potrebbe essere la mia salvezza: ho appena accettato un incarico sotto copertura, l'occasione perfetta per sparire dalla circolazione. Da qualche mese, infatti, il club di motociclisti Hero's Pride è preso di mira: atti vandalici, intimidazioni e violenze contro i bikers e i loro cari. Il mio compito è quello di spacciarmi per una di loro e consegnare i responsabili alla giustizia.

Davrik is a Kindred warrior who lost his beloved wife in a shuttle crash five years ago. Unwilling to accept her loss, he embarks on a mission to find her doppelganger in alternate universes. Sonya, trapped in a world devoid of love, becomes the center of his desperate rescue mission. Captured by the Scourge and sold to an alien brothel, Sonya's life has taken a dark turn. When Davrik arrives, offering salvation, she is overjoyed at first. But that’s before she discovers a secret that shatters her heart and changes everything she thought she knew.