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Sometimes you get a second chance at a first impression Mary Trace is bright, bubbly and back in the dating pool in her midthirties. All of her closest friends are in love, and she refuses to miss out on romance. So when a regular customer at her trendy Brooklyn boutique wants to set Mary up on...

The more you resist, the deeper you’ll fall Serafine St. Romain doesn’t need her psychic powers to know she’s no longer in Tyler Leshuski’s good graces. True, she did tear him to pieces when he asked her out, accusing him of being shallow and selfish. Despite the energy crackling between...

Una donna, vittima di violenza psicologia e fisica decide di riprendere la sua vita in mano dopo aver toccato il fondo. Questo breve racconto, sottoforma di lettere al destino (escluso uno) ospita la storia di una protagonista senza nome che ci racconta la sua esperienza di vita. Il tema è la violenza sulle donne. Personaggi ed avvenimenti sono frutto di fantasia.

Maddalena, la maggiore, è timida, sobria, riservata. Nina, di poco minore, è bella e capricciosa, magnetica, difficile, prigioniera del proprio egocentrismo. Le due sorelle, legate dal filo di un'intima indistinzione, hanno costruito la loro infanzia e adolescenza intorno a un grande vuoto, un'assenza difficile da accettare.

"Highbrow, brilliant." --The Approval Matrix, New York magazine One of Cosmopolitan's 12 Books You'll Be Dying to Read This Summer A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer 2020 A Vulture Best Book of Summer 2020 One of Refinery29's 25 Books You'll Want to Read This Summer An Esquire Must-Read...

Maddie doesn’t think so. She lost the love of her life and hasn't allowed anyone to get close since. But when she delivers an inappropriate cake to a 100th birthday party by mistake, she meets Evan and starts to believe in second chances. Evan is serially single, yet when he meets Maddie, he feels an instant connection - so much so that he makes a shocking confession on their first date. And it changes everything. Was it a mistake to be so honest?

“If you enjoyed An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, read The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls...an absorbing commentary on love, family and forgiveness.”—The Washington Post “A fast-paced, intriguing story...the novel’s real achievement is its uncommon perceptiveness on...

Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped. What follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house - kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen.

Detective Constable Bailey Morgan has been out of the undercover game since the last job went horribly wrong, leaving her with scars both inside and out. When her best friend Alice is murdered while working undercover in a women’s prison, Bailey steps up to replace her. Working alone, Bailey embarks on a dangerous quest through the murky underbelly of the prison, where she soon discovers that Alice’s death was part of a spate of brutal murders. Surrounded on all sides by criminals and lowlifes, God help her if any of them find out she’s a copper....

An airplane plunges into an icy river and the world witnesses the dramatic rescue. Then, life after the Miracle on the Hudson landing puts three families on another crash course...with their own fragile humanity.

At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss, as well as her guilt over her adult son’s imperfect upbringing, Jane is her own worst enemy, content to focus on her small Michigan farm. Now, confronted with a traumatized eleven-year-old, the prickly empty nester is thrust into motherhood again, unsure she’ll do any better this time.

Cosa significa essere femminista oggi? Per prima cosa reclamare la propria importanza, di individuo e di donna insieme; reclamare il diritto all'uguaglianza senza se e senza ma. E cosa significa essere una madre femminista? Non smettere di essere una donna, una professionista, una persona, e condividere alla pari la responsabilità con il proprio compagno. Mostrare a una figlia le trappole tese da chi la vuole ingabbiare per mezzo della violenza, fisica o psicologica, in un ruolo predefinito, e spiegarle che quel ruolo non ha nessun valore reale e che potrà scegliere di essere ciò che vorrà.

"Wenn das Leben nicht nach Plan läuft, muss man neue Wege gehen." Holly hat alles auf eine Karte gesetzt und ist nach New York gezogen, um dort Karriere als Architektin zu machen. Doch ihr Leben ist nicht so, wie sie es sich erträumt hat. Als sie einen Brief aus Cornwall erhält, ändert sich alles. Hollys Großtante hat ihr ein Cottage vererbt – allerdings unter einer Bedingung: Holly soll ein Katzencafé aufbauen. Dabei kann sie weder kochen noch backen und mit Katzen hat sie auch nichts am Hut.

Schon lange fühlt sich Everly fremdbestimmt: Als Tochter einer Unternehmerfamilie ist ihr beruflicher Weg vorgeschrieben. Und ihre Eltern halten Benedict, den Sohn einer einflussreichen und wohlhabenden Familie, für die beste Wahl eines Ehemannes. Am Tag ihrer Verlobungsparty wird ihr alles zu viel. Überstürzt flieht sie aus Denver und landet im beschaulichen Örtchen Crosston Creek. Inmitten der wilden Natur kann Everly endlich über ihr Leben nachdenken. Als sie jedoch einen verwahrlosten Welpen findet, ist es schlagartig vorbei mit der Ruhe.

Auf der Bristlecone Pine Ranch im beschaulichen Örtchen Crosston Creek hat Holly ein Zuhause gefunden. Brian, der Eigentümer der Ranch, ist ein väterlicher Freund für sie geworden und die Arbeit mit den Pferden könnte für Holly nicht erfüllender sein. Als sie erfährt, dass die Ranch in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten steckt und Brian sie verkaufen muss, bricht für Holly eine Welt zusammen. Die einzige Rettung wäre Brians Sohn Callen - ein erfolgreicher Anwalt. Der hat allerdings seit einem tragischen Unfall vor Jahren nicht mehr mit seinem Vater gesprochen und die Ranch interessiert ihn nicht.

Tres mujeres, tres siglos y la misma chocolatera de exquisita porcelana blanca: Sara: propietaria de un apellido que en Barcelona es sinónimo de chocolate, se enorgullece de dar continuidad a la tradición heredada de sus padres. Aurora: hija de una sirvienta de una familia burguesa del siglo XIX, para quien el chocolate es un producto prohibido. Mariana: esposa del fabricante de chocolate más famoso del siglo XVIII, abastecedor de la corte francesa e inventor de una máquina prodigiosa.

""If you loved Behind Her Eyes, prepare to be totally and utterly blown away by Insomnia. Sarah Pinborough is a twisted genius."" — Lisa Jewell IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, MADNESS LIES . . . Emma can’t sleep. CHECK THE WINDOWS. It’s been like this since her big 4-0 started getting closer. LOCK...

A delightfully heartwarming story of four or more funerals and at least one wedding, from the bestselling author of Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year 'There are a lot of lonely people in the world, Martin. Especially when you get to our age. This is the one place you can come where nobody judges...

Vuelve a vivir una temporada más en la cárcel más famosa de este país con esta serie de 10 episodios inéditos. Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos dan voz en esta producción Audible original a sus personajes en la popular serie. Macarena y Zulema regresarán a Cruz del Sur para participar en un novedoso proyecto reeducativo, en el que las presas y sus víctimas se ponen en contacto.

Tabitha Knicely is overwhelmed with sorrow and exhaustion caring for her beloved great-aunt, whose dementia is getting worse. When her neighbor Marcus Whittington accuses Tabitha of elder neglect, he doesn't realize how his threats to have Aunt Tweet taken away add to Tabitha's pain. Then Marcus gets to know the exuberant elderly lady and sees up close how hard Tabitha is fighting to keep everything together. Tabitha finds herself leaning on Marcus more and more. And he's becoming more than happy to share her burdens.