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When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle. Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him. Fortunately, Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them all out - but Charles is eager to rid his family of her meddlesome ways. Has the grand Sophy finally met her match?

They say love makes the world go around. Mason Lowell set mine spinning. One night. Three kisses. And the promise of more when morning came. While the city of London slept, he made good on our promise. Only to cut me with his words as the sun broke. I ran from him—I always ran. But Mason Lowell was different, and he wouldn't let me go without a fight, finding my flaws and embedding himself into them.

The Grand Hotel is a horror novel by esteemed best-selling author Scott Kenemore ( Zombie, Ohio) that takes the reader on a thrilling ride through an interconnected series of stories narrated by the desk clerk and the residents of the hotel itself. And while it is not known whether or not the desk clerk is actually the devil incarnate, it is strange that so many visitors who come for a tour of the hotel have a way of never leaving.

Pour Ariane Hui, la routine est quelque chose d’exaltant. Son existence prévisible et organisée lui convient parfaitement. Si elle veut devenir associée dans le cabinet d’avocats le plus renommé de Toronto, elle doit demeurer en contrôle et motivée. Mais un soir qu’elle rentre à la maison, épuisée par une autre journée de travail éreintante, la découverte d’un étranger très séduisant dans son salon lui fait perdre tous ses moyens.

Eine junge Frau zwischen der Aufklärung eines Mordes, dem Aufbau eines Hotels und der großen Liebe. Der neue Roman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Caren Benedikt. Ein Teil von mir wünscht sich, er wäre nicht wiedergekommen. Ein anderer kann kaum erwarten, ihn wieder in meine Arme zu schließen. Usedom, 1904: Nach den furchtbaren Ereignissen auf dem Frühlingsball im Ahlbecker Hof heuern Helene und Sophie von Höveln einen Privatdetektiv an, der die mysteriösen Ereignisse auf Usedom aufklären soll.

Berlin, 1922. Der Anhalter Bahnhof am Askanischen Platz ist eines der prächtigsten und verheißungsvollsten Gebäude der Stadt. Täglich verreisen von hier aus Tausende in alle Welt: Menschen auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat, Menschen auf der Suche nach dem großen Glück. So auch die Passagiere, die an diesem Abend den Nachtzug nach Paris besteigen: ein falscher Baron, ein Industrieller auf der Flucht, eine Haushälterin mit Fernweh, ein heldenhafter Kondukteur, ein heimliches Liebespaar und ein Dieb.

Return to New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt's signature drama and intrigue, where two enemies will discover if their marriage of convenience can survive -- 'til death do they part. Ambitious, sly, and lethally intelligent, Gideon Hawthorne has spent his life clawing his way up...

Leonildo nasce em cima de um baobá durante uma enchente. É albino, o que antes parece um milagre para o povo de Beira, Moçambique, aos poucos se torna maldição. O menino precisa ser escondido para seu corpo não ser transformado em amuleto. Guilherme ao perceber o que é, foge da Paraíba para São Paulo, depois é expulso da casa da tia religiosa. Espera pela operação de redesignação sexual até que vem a pandemia e seu corpo é interrompido junto ao tempo.

In a fantastical steam-powered world, eccentric aristocrat and secret arms dealer, Miss Constance Haltwhistle, has been blackmailed into stealing alien artifacts from the crown heads of Europe. Only the shady but annoyingly handsome US spy, “Liberty” Trusdale, can help her execute her perfect palace heists. As Constance creates chaos and mayhem across the Continent, monstrous creatures are plotting an interdimensional invasion of Earth. Will Constance and Trusdale stop bickering long enough to end the war of the worlds before it starts?

En ce mois de mars 1912, le Tout-Londres frissonne en attendant l'événement de l'année. Sally, Beth, Maggie et Rachel, qui font connaissance lors de leur entretien d'embauche, ont toutes la chance d'être recrutées. L'aventure commence pour ces petites mains qui vont devenir demoiselles de magasin. Entre peines de cœur et coups du destin, petites joies et grands espoirs, Rosie Clarke nous entraîne dans le sillage de ces jeunes femmes enthousiastes, bientôt soudées par une amitié indéfectible.

From the author of Dava Shastri's Last Day comes a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid. At age 26, Advika Srinivasan considers herself a failed...

Un écrivain néerlandais pose ses valises au Grand Hotel Europa, un palace à la splendeur délabrée. Il vient de rompre avec son grand amour, Clio, historienne de l’art passionnée, et souhaite coucher sur le papier leur tumultueuse histoire. Si l’écriture est un remède à sa désolation, les autres clients et le personnel de l’hôtel le sont tout autant.

“Powerful and haunting . . . an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of...

New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl. WIN THE GAME. LOSE YOUR HEART. Everyone knows who I am and that I could have any female fan I want. That's supposed to be the "perk" of playing left field for the Boston Renegades. But I don't want just any woman; I want her. She should be...

In a quiet French town, a crumbling, locked-up manor stirs the curiosity of all who pass it. No one enters. No one speaks of what happened inside. But behind the overgrown garden and shuttered windows lies a story of love, betrayal, and a chilling act of vengeance. When a visiting doctor presses for answers, he uncovers a tale that was meant to stay buried. A jealous husband. A secret lover. A sealed fate. The mystery of La Grande Bretèche reveals itself slowly, with devastating clarity.

Carrie Fraser cannot believe her luck when she is invited to work at Oakenbury Hall, a beautiful manor house in the English countryside. Nor can she quite get over the owner of Oakenbury – the gorgeous Morgan Harrington. The more time Carrie spends with him, the further she begins to fall. But the likes of Carrie Fraser could never be enough for a high-flying businessman like Morgan… could she?

L'arrivée d'Augustin Meaulnes à l'école de Sainte-Agathe bouleverse la vie de François Seurel. C'est le début d'une amitié et le commencement de l'aventure. Un jour, Augustin se perd dans la campagne et assiste à une fête bien étrange, dans un domaine inconnu. Il tombe amoureux de la jeune fille du lieu, Yvonne de Galais, qu'il n'aura de cesse de retrouver.

He does not want his pop star daughter or her brand associated in any way with the bad boy of baseball. I make it my mission to prove to her father that I'm not the bad guy he thinks I am. But he takes things a few steps too far, causing major issues that will affect my upcoming baseball season. It's going to take a grand slam to make everything right again, but I will not give up on the woman I've fallen for.

‘Brilliantly funny, emotional and uplifting’ Miranda Dickinson A funny and heartwarming debut for fans of Celia Imrie and Dawn French. Evie Gallagher is regretting her hasty move into a care home. She may be seventy-five and recently widowed, but she’s absolutely not dead yet. And so, one...

Edith e Andrea, una giovane un po' trasgressiva e un capitano molto rigoroso, si incontrano per caso su un traghetto in direzione Grecia. Da quel momento, le loro vite cambiano per sempre. I due andranno ad abitare su un'isola e lì costruiranno la loro vita insieme. Una storia d'amore semplice eppure deflagrante, che ci pone domande fondamentali: sui legami che forgiamo tra persone, sugli ostacoli che la vita ci mette davanti e sul destino che unisce e separa.