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Everything can change - in just one day. Flora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just 18 months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod - no one could separate them. Now, as adults, they remain the best of friends. And as Flora is immersed in family life, Billy is always there to lend a hand. But, in just one day, everything changes. In just one day, Flora’s life falls apart. In just one day, Flora has to learn how to live again.

Desde que perdeu a esposa, Hugo Maldonado se tornou um homem recluso, mal-humorado e, à exceção da pequena Beatrice e do trabalho, ele não se desgasta, não se dedica, nem é facilmente motivado a fazer qualquer coisa. Às vésperas de se mudar para outra cidade, o CEO não planejava colocar uma mulher debaixo de seu teto, mas, sob a coação de olhinhos tristes e lágrimas infantis, fez uma promessa à sua filha de sete anos: levar a professora favorita da menina junto.

Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, the dog’s guardian. Now Charles is dead, and Lily appears to be headed for the same end, for after all, Lily is a pit bull, a fighting-ring dropout.

She's been called ""side-splittingly funny"" (Publishers Weekly), ""a blast of fresh air"" (Washington Post), and ""a winner"" (Glamour). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series. Now available for the first...

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1919. Ein Bürgerkrieg fegt mit aller Gewalt über das zerfallene Zarenreich. Gefangen zwischen den Fronten, finden die beiden Freunde Willi und Maxim ein von Soldaten zurückgelassenes Maschinengewehr. Für Maxim ein Geschenk des Himmels, für Willi die größte Herausforderung seines Glaubens, denn als Sohn mennonitischer Siedler hat er gelernt, jede Form von Gewalt abzulehnen. Eine Zerreißprobe für die Freundschaft der beiden Jungs. Während Willis Familie in der aufkommenden Sowjetdiktatur ums nackte Überleben und um ihren Glauben kämpft, schlägt sich Maxim ausgerechnet auf die Seite des Regimes.