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I left my brothers in the marines to start a family. I left my ex-wife when that family drove her to drink and drugs. Now all I have left is my son - and he's all I care about. I can't afford to make another mistake. And the girl who moved in next door? Mistake written all over her. But I can't take my damn eyes off her. As she tries to start a new life away from her abusive ex, she has her own reasons to stay away. But we can't help it. We're drawn to each other. And when she tells me how much she wants a baby...I make every mistake in the book. Because I want a family again.

The keys to the future lie in the past - a compelling story of love and intrigue spanning three centuries, three countries - and one miraculous talent....Nora Manin decides to leave her fractured life in London to start again in Venice, and there begins to unravel the story of her ancestor, Corradino Manin, the greatest artist of glass that the island of Murano ever produced.

The bad girl who stole his heart … Valerie Willis has done it all: tattoos, one-night stands, even strip poker. And now she can add getting a messy public divorce to that list. Back in her hometown of Rock Canyon, Val just wants to bury her head and wait for the scandal to pass. But when she...

Écosse, 1873. Ailis, Donna et Katrina, issues de la prestigieuse lignée des Hard, grandissent au sein de l’aristocratie écossaise. La tête dans les étoiles, les trois cousines s’imaginent parcourir le monde, bien loin des conventions imposées par leur famille et leur rang. Tandis qu’Ailis veut explorer le ciel, Donna rêve de voler en montgolfière et Katrina, elle, espère devenir actrice de théâtre. Le jour où elles sont admises à l’école St Leonards, le premier lycée écossais pour filles, leurs rêves semblent enfin à portée de main.

Eli es una educadora infantil de veintitrés años, joven e impulsiva. Le encantan los tatuajes, los piercings y la velocidad, no necesariamente en ese orden. Ella vive «despeinada» y le importa bien poco lo que la gente opine. Max es un bombero de treinta cuatro años; serio, organizado, meticuloso y le gustan las mujeres parecidas a él. ¿Conseguirá Max apartar a un lado sus prejuicios? ¿Podrá Eli estar con un hombre tan opuesto a ella? ¿Serán capaces de dejar atrás sus diferencias?

A JULY 2022 BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK What would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again? After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy...

Stella McKinney has a great life. With a Malibu beach house, doting husband, and a flourishing business, everything is coming up roses - until it isn't. When her beloved husband Grant begins behaving out of character and devoting more time to his career, Stella has reason to question his fidelity for the first time in their marriage. As Stella's quest for the truth morphs into a sick obsession, the last thing she expects is a perfect stranger to show up at her door, a beautiful woman who knows intimate details about Stella and Grant that no one else could possibly know.

Fall in love with Marina Adair's Sugar, Georgia, a small town with lots of character, where a woman starting over and a local contractor become inexplicably drawn to each other while renovating an old house. He's trouble she doesn't need... Thanks to a cheating fiancé, Josephina Harrington's...

North London in the 21st century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flat. A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you.

A blast from the past leads to tantalizing trouble for one woman in this dazzling second chance romance set in the small town of Sugar, Georgia. Charlotte Holden, Sugar's favorite pediatrician, knows better than anyone that love only leads to heartbreak. Instead, she's focused on creating an...

He's one bad apple she just can't resist . . . Kennedy Sinclair never dreamed she'd own a pie shop and an orchard in a small town like Destiny Bay. But nestled between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean, it's the perfect place to cross something off her "Life's short so eat the icing first"...

Set against the breezy backdrop of coastal Rhode Island, the latest novel from best-selling author Marina Adair asks whether two of a small town's biggest hearts can learn to put themselves first - in the name of love.

Between single-parenting a sixteen-going-on-forty daughter, managing a mom living her best life way out loud, caring for an ailing father, and keeping the family's struggling coffee shop afloat, Evie hasn't looked after herself in far too long. So naturally her best friend chooses this moment to post a video of Evie describing the ideal man . . . and sends it stratospherically viral. Now Evie's an overnight social media sensation and every eligible (and otherwise) guy in a five-state radius is turning up with his "I'm the one" credentials.

When interior architect Elsie Dodd discovers her musician husband hiding his drumstick under the backup singer’s dress, she files for divorce and moves back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Determined to get her life back on track and reboot her career, she enters her house into Modern Marvel Magazine’s Portland contest, where the winner will receive a coveted showcase boutique downtown. Only when she arrives home, she finds an uninvited and unwelcomed guest playing goldilocks in her shower—naked.

Alba ha tenido una infancia muy dura que le ha hecho no creer en el amor y no querer comprometerse con nadie, bajo ningún concepto. Ella no es de nadie. Tiene suficiente con su floristería, sus amigas y algún ligue de vez en cuando. Mario es un hombre con un carácter fuerte y seguro de sí mismo. Solo hay una persona que consigue sacar lo peor de él. Una pelirroja llamada Alba. ¿Serán capaces de dejar a un lado la aversión que sienten el uno por el otro? ¿Podrá Alba superar su alergia al compromiso? ¿Qué pasará entre ellos para que no tengan más remedio que seguir viéndose?

Olivia es una doctora que no ha tenido una vida fácil. Lo ha pasado muy mal en el amor y tiene el corazón blindado. Ella no es ninguna princesa y no necesita que nadie la salve. Puede con todo. Hugo es un policía paciente y cabezota, con un sentido de la protección demasiado arraigado. ¿Será Hugo capaz de llegar al corazón de Olivia? ¿Encontrará Olivia la capacidad de amar? ¿Conseguirán Hugo y Olivia dejar atrás su miedos?

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Brooke vive en un pequeño estudio situado en un bonito barrio de Nueva York. Tiene un buen empleo y una vida bastante tranquila.

Back home after her life changing moment at Frogham train station, it seems that Alison's life is looking up, and there's even a possibility of romance on the horizon. Maybe she can finally stop lying. But it's not very long before it all starts to go wrong, and when Alison makes an enemy of Blake's new girlfriend, she decides it's time to get herself a proper job and make something of herself.

Has she gone too far this time? It's all gone horribly wrong and the worst has happened.Alison is in deep, deep trouble and no amount of lies are helping. Forgetting the first rule of lying, she's protesting her innocence but no one will believe a word she says no matter how hard she lies. Mother's dark prophecy that she'd get what she deserves haunts her as she contemplates the best years of her life behind bars.