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Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

Yumi Parr is the new project coordinator of a Manhattan design agency. Set apart from her coworkers by their race, salaries, alma maters, perfect teeth, and waistbands, Yumi bears their grunt work. After one microaggression too many, she decides to implement a change. Either senior white employees with their mouthfuls of wokespeak will comply or Yumi will learn a difficult lesson about the realities of modern business culture.

Eine explosive Romance über gebrochene Herzen, skrupellose Mafiosi und ein Begehren, das Ketten sprengt – von Bestsellerautorin Tijan Heute sollte mein Hochzeitstag sein. Stattdessen hocke ich tausend Meilen von zu Hause in einer überfüllten U-Bahn, während meine Ex-Beste-Freundin gerade meinen Ex-Verlobten heiratet. Nicht gut. Gar nicht gut. Auftritt Jake Worthing. Mürrisch, arrogant und unfassbar attraktiv. Ein einziger Blick, und mein Schmerz ist vergessen. Aber muss er gleich 112 anrufen, nur weil ich kurz vorm Zusammenbrechen bin?

“Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read.”—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the next chapter in Bailey Flanigan's journey--a story of love, longing, and the choices that shape our hearts. After months of silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan begins to spend more and more time with her Hollywood co-star...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, known for her deeply moving stories of love and faith, comes the next chapter in the Bailey Flanigan series--a powerful novel about dreams, heartbreak, and the choices that define us. Bailey Flanigan is living her dream, performing on...

A promising illustrator moves into adulthood contemplating all that he’s had to do for money - from the mundane to the grueling to the sexual. He also reflects on everything that has slipped away, including a boyfriend, close acquaintances, success, and allure. But sketch by sketch, he sometimes feels the enormity of all that is possible.

Ich sehe die Welt mit deinen Augen... Die hübsche und engagierte Grundschullehrerin Cami hat sich nach einer großen Enttäuschung bei einem Dating-Portal angemeldet. Eigentlich kann sie sich nicht vorstellen, hier das große Glück zu finden, bis sie auf den attraktiven Elijah aufmerksam wird. Ihr gefällt nicht nur sein Foto, sondern auch seine einfühlsame Art, ihr berührende Nachrichten zu schreiben. Wenn Elijah im wirklichen Leben auch so toll ist, wäre Cami bereit, ihm ihr Herz zu öffnen.

Eine dramatische Geschichte von Bestsellerautorin Jessica Koch um das Wagnis des Loslassens und die Hoffnung auf eine neue Zukunft Katharina ist Journalistin bei einer angesehenen Tageszeitung und wohnt mit ihrem Mann Andrew und ihrer Tochter in einem hübschen Haus am Stadtrand. Niemand ahnt, wie aufbrausend, kalt und kontrollierend Andrew hinter verschlossenen Türen ist. Trotzdem tut Katharina alles, um ihre kleine Familie zusammenzuhalten und Mia eine glückliche Kindheit zu bieten. Als eines Tages Jonas in ihr Leben tritt, ist sie bereits am Ende ihrer Kräfte.

Der bewegende Roman von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Jessica Winter über das Glück einer wahren Freundschaft und die Entdeckung einer großen Liebe. Eigentlich wollte Arya nicht mehr an ihn denken - Kasey, den Jungen mit den leuchtenden Augen und dem traurigen Lächeln. Nicht nachdem ihre erste große Liebe einfach gegangen ist und alles mitgenommen hat, was sie seit Ewigkeiten verbindet. Jahre später führt Arya ein Leben nach Plan. Und doch fühlt sich die junge Frau verlorener denn je.

Kann man im Krieg nur Zuschauer sein? Ein ebenso fesselnder wie verstörender Roman über den verhängnisvollen Drang, wieder und wieder in aktuelle Krisenherde zu reisen. Längst empfindet Niels für seinen Lehrerjob und seine Familie nichts als Langeweile. Da ist das Angebot seines alten Freundes Michael, der inzwischen als Kriegsfotograf arbeitet, zu verlockend: Niels kann ihn ins krisengeschüttelte Beirut begleiten. Angst und Abenteuer werden von nun an wie zu einer Sucht: Gemeinsam mit Michael reist er in weitere Kriegsgebiete - in den Libanon, nach Mali, in die Ukraine.

From the keenly observant author of The Fairer Sex comes a collection of sexy, razor-sharp short stories that swing a wrecking ball at our assumptions about women - what they desire, what they’re working toward, and what they’re willing to wait for. In these witty, bracing, and poignant stories, Michelle Miller follows six women on the often-surprising path to satisfaction.

The number one priority for Bradley Reynolds of Maryland's Organized Crime Taskforce is Andre Hector Federico. The mob boss is old school - a devoted family man, treacherous as hell, and paranoid enough to have escaped Reynolds's sting. Now Reynolds has a new plan: enlist prize-winning crime novelist Alan Seybold to concoct a foolproof chapter-by-chapter scenario on how to lure Federico out of his safe zone and collar him. There's just one condition: Seybold has to play by the rules of real life.

With the pandemic looming, a listless social media editor accepts a job working for her former college friend Seraphina. A popular Instagram influencer, the subject of obsessive message-board surveillance, and a newly minted Karen of the Day, Seraphina is living out 2020 in the luxury of her “ultimate self-quarantine.” As the year escalates into upheaval and chaos, both women try, in increasingly secretive and complicated ways, to maintain the upper hand.

World-renowned pianist Gloria Banderas is at the height of her career when a curious ailment forces her to cancel a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. The same day, she befriends one of the many free-spirited artists inhabiting the warren of apartments above the theater. With her career and marriage at a standstill, Gloria moves into an empty studio and convalesces among the poets, photographers, and dancers who eke out a living with total dedication to their art. As a return to her old routine beckons, Gloria must decide which parts of her life are worth fighting for.

A young novelist trapped in a bad relationship takes the first step toward true pleasure and tenderness…but does she have the courage to be swept off her feet? It doesn’t matter how many people read and like her new book, there’s only one man’s opinion that matters to Clara…or at least that’s what she thinks. But when a chance encounter at a film premiere introduces her to someone new - someone who understands her in a way the first man can’t - Clara finally discovers the validation she really wants and needs.

Is there any chance of a second date? That all depends on what a woman and a man are willing to invest in the first, in this quick-witted short story of a perfectly equitable modern romance. After 10 years of bad blind dates, Candace is having a hard time believing Patrick is so spot-on. He’s sharp, handsome, and kind - her mind can’t help racing to where it all will lead. Then the check arrives. It’s time to get real.

A frustrated lawyer finds release where she least expects it - and where she needs it most - in this exhilarating, sexy romp through the finest gluten-free indulgences in a New York City grocery store. After another long workday, the only thing Meredith wants is a big bowl of paleo maple-pecan coconola. But the hour-long checkout line at 7:00 p.m. at an all-organic supermarket stands between her and satisfaction, and the yupster mob is working her last nerve. Then, out of nowhere, a spontaneous flirtation with a stranger shows her there’s a lot more than coconola waiting for her.

In this eye-opening short story, a tech reporter’s mistake unites two women eight thousand miles apart. One in New Jersey, one in the Philippines. Same name: Sandra Guzman. Same job: content moderators for a mega social media website. What transpires between them is a friendship that changes their perceptions of each other’s privilege and challenges the power of the very industry they work for.