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Des pluies cévenoles sans précédent. Un véritable déluge s'abat sur le sud de la France. Une jeune femme est retrouvée ensevelie, vivante mais plongée dans le coma. Son visage fait ressurgir un passé enfoui : une adolescente, Océane, disparue huit ans plus tôt, à quelques kilomètres. Pour Gab Zeller, enquêteur des affaires non élucidées de la gendarmerie, et Domitille Fourest, capitaine de la brigade de recherches de Nîmes, cette découverte réveille les ombres d'une mémoire que l'on croyait oubliée. Elle lève le voile sur des existences marquées par l'abandon et la violence.

Him: She showed up in my dark world and pulled me into her light. Then she ran away. For six long years, she kept herself hidden from me. She is my wife. Did she really think I would just let her go? Nyet. She belongs to me, and now that I have found her, I will make her pay for destroying me. Her: He's the domineering monster I had to escape. The only place he and I work right is in bed. And now that he's found me, he's determined to take every scrap of dignity I have left. So why can't I stop wanting him?

Strong, independent Tami was a survivalist and mountain guide in 2014 when she was flung forward fifty years into a post-apocalyptic future where women are worth their weight in gold. She is taken by four men to be their wife, but when she escapes from them they hire the Tracker, a deadly loner from the Lakota Wolf Clan with a reputation for being able to track anything, to bring her back. But Tami knows how to ride and how to hide, and she leads him on a chase that rouses his admiration.

Her ex is back and he wants revenge. But what will he do when he finds out the real reason she dumped him…And about their secret baby? Alexei Rustanov, wants nothing more than to leave his past behind, including the sassy Texas beauty, Eva St. James, who so callously broke his heart back when he was a poor grad student.

Pro-tip: Don’t agree to a fake engagement with a ruthless mafia crime lord like me after you catch your real fiancé cheating. I just might keep you. She agreed to be mine for as long as it takes for a business deal to go through. She thinks this is a game. One she’ll win if she plays by the rules. Here’s what she doesn’t understand. When it comes to me, there are no rules. Scruples? Integrity? Playing fair? Nah. Our engagement might be fake, but she’s about to find out...I’m for real obsessed. There’s nothing I won’t do to make her mine.

We met. Our eyes locked. But I wasn’t free, and neither was she. I watched her walk away and her memory has haunted me ever since. We meet again in paradise. But my life has been destroyed. I’m a ruin of what I used to be, and I send her away.

Seriously, my name is Bernice. But then came that one month when I pretended to be somebody else entirely while working at a roadhouse biker bar. Who knew one month pretending to be an interesting bad girl could ruin a boring good girl's life? When I saw her, I knew she'd be mine. My old biker crew told me she was untouchable—that I'd never be able to land her without my fame and last name. So I did what any rock star with a big, ahem, ego would under the circumstances—wagered five figures on me seducing the untouchable girl behind the bar.

Carla is an up and coming country music star when she boards a plane for Denver in the year 2014. After the plane crashes in the year 2064 she learns that nuclear war destroyed technology and unleashed a plague that devastated the female population. Even now, decades after the plague has dwindled to isolated outbreaks, women are precious commodities to be fought for, and Carla finds herself offered as the prize in a Bride Fight.

Les Radieux, à l’exception de Kaladin et Lift, sont plongés dans l’inconscience et la tour d’Urithiru est tombée entre les mains des Fusionnés. Navani, prisonnière de la Fusionnée Raboniel, mène avec l’aide du sprène de la tour des expériences pour percer les secrets de la lumière. Pendant ce temps, à Shadesmar, Adolin tente une manœuvre risquée pour rallier les sprènes d’honneur à ses côtés, en acceptant d’être jugé au nom de toute la race humaine pour les crimes anciens commis à l’encontre des sprènes. L’affrontement contre Abjection se précise, mais, avant cela, l’humanité a besoin de soldats.

La série incontournable pour les amateurs de fantasy continue, plus haletante que jamais. Brandon Sanderson signe, une fois de plus, une œuvre vertigineuse, qui allie parfaitement un rythme épique à couper le souffle, des personnages plus vrais que nature et un univers d’une fascinante complexité.

"Vos pouvoirs viendront quand vous serez prêt, pas avant, expliqua le Père-des-tempêtes. On ne peut ni les hâter, ni les forcer. Vous possédez le pouvoir qu’Ishar détenait autrefois. Avant qu’il soit le Héraut de la Chance, on l’appelait Celui-qui-lie-les-dieux. Il fut le fondateur du Pacte Sacré. Aucun Radieux n’est capable d’accomplir davantage que vous. Votre pouvoir est celui du Lien, qui unit les hommes et les mondes, les esprits et les âmes. Vos Flux sont les plus grands de tous, mais ils seront impuissants si vous cherchez à les manier uniquement pour le combat. "

I'm a determined dreamer - at least I used to be. I put all my dreams on hold and withdrew every penny from my savings account to pay the debt my ailing father owes to a local gang. Except, according to the gang's slimy leader, even my life savings won't be enough to pay the enormous debt my dad's accrued. And his leering gaze lets me know exactly how he wants me to pay the balance.

When goth-girl Glory Peterson's plane crashes she walks to find help. What she finds are people living in teepees like it's the Old West. Wolf's Shadow knows Glory is his mate. Glory's happy to take a roll in the hay with him while she's waiting for transportation back to civilization, but when she finds out she's gone fifty years into the future and Shadow is a bossy werewolf who thinks he owns her, her attitude changes fast. Shadow is used to giving orders that are obeyed. Glory hasn't obeyed an order since kindergarten.

Claire and her friends, taken by a crazy band of cultists, are treated quite well. That is, until the aliens take Claire away. She's abducted by aliens, and the first thing she wakes up to in their spaceship is more restraints. Her alien captor has to follow a strict code: Pleasure Claire, don't get involved with her emotionally, and serve his commanders by impregnating her. The code says this should be done simply, without getting attached. He's been training his whole life for this moment.

We have always been told that work defines us, and serves as the foundation of our dignity as human beings. So why, all over the world, are more and more people quitting their jobs? In recent years, we have had several opportunities to ask ourselves whether the life we are living is the one we truly desire. For many, the answer has been no. This is due to a growing unwillingness to submit to the toxic and vexatious rules imposed by many work contexts. Even prior to the pandemic, a survey conducted in 140 countries revealed that 80 percent of the employed population disliked their jobs.

This is the ultimate guide for university students seeking to master the art of focus in an increasingly distracting world. This book delves into essential aspects of focus, from understanding the basics of sleep, nutrition, and mental health to navigating the intricacies of attention spans influenced by digital media. What sets this book apart is its holistic approach. It doesn't just offer quick fixes but provides a deep understanding of how our brains focus and what environmental and lifestyle factors affect that focus.

Meet four magical friends who control the seasons in this irresistible new series from author-illustrator Jo Lindley.

Finally it’s Winter turn to share her special season, and she’s SO excited. But her friends...

WINNER! Lollies 2024 Book Awards – Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book

THE FUNNIEST PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR!

A heart-warming and touching picture book about the bond between a girl and her animal friend, Bear, from Shifty McGifty author Tracey Corderoy and illustrator Sophie Allsopp.

In an icy kingdom far away lived...

Clementine illustrates transcendent moments of oneness in a venue crammed with people—and then steps off the stage into struggles of self-consciousness, competition, heartache, and loss. In this reflective book, Clementine shines light on how each drumbeat, each moment, offers lessons of awakening, no matter how gritty the path.