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Thirteen-year-old Billie Simms doesn't think her hometown of Anniston, Alabama, should be segregated, but few of the town's residents share her opinion. As equality spreads across the country and the Civil Rights Movement gathers momentum, Billie can't help but feel stuck - and helpless - in a stubborn town too set in its ways to realize that the world is passing it by.

Los Angeles in the '60s was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power - where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of “Asian American” as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women’s movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture.

Linc Kingston doesn’t accept anything less than perfection. Not in his billion-dollar business or in his personal life. He has it all, except one thing: his personal assistant and best friend in his bed, moaning his name. No matter how much Linc wants her, she’s completely off-limits. Jordan Greene grew up the daughter of the housekeeper at the Kingston estate, where she met and bonded with Linc at a young age, despite their economic differences.

This Barbara Cartland take on a Cinderella story is perfect for anyone looking for a bit of romantic suspense. Raised by her aunt and uncle, Alida lives in the shame that her late father cast upon the family. Always seen as inferior, Alida never thought love was going to be in her future. But her life is turned upside down when she must join her cousin on a trip to Russia to meet the young Prince that her cousin shall marry.

Kann Milo die Nacht erhellen, vor der Ivy seit Jahren flieht? Jennifer Wileys Rockstar-Romance Like Fire in the Night erzählt die berührende Liebesgeschichte zwischen der gefeierten jungen Sängerin Ivy und dem Journalisten Milo, der ihr dunkles Geheimnis enthüllen soll. Über Nacht wird die 21-jährige Musikerin Ivy Cohen ein Star. Plötzlich will ganz New York wissen, wer die Frau mit der rauen Stimme privat ist. Der junge Journalist Milo Harrison erhält den Auftrag, sich in Ivys Umfeld einzuschleusen und möglichst viel über sie herauszufinden.