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Lasya ‘LJ’ Raghavan is a spectacularly single, unsuccessful playwright with an estranged family, crippling debt, and a dead-end job. When the family matriarch, Chandralekha Chakrapani, dies, LJ has to face the family that considers her an epic failure.... Especially her father, who has taken a vow of silence against her; her cousin sister, Ahalya, who blames LJ for destroying her marriage; and Bridezilla Kiki whose wedding has been cancelled.

A vengeful duke finds his world upended by an enemy's daughter, whose spirit and passion light up his darkened life. A lord's quest to find his brother leads to a faux engagement with a woman whose courage and dignity defy her humble status. A marriage of convenience between a daring lady and a rakish duke becomes a genuine quest for love amid danger.

Fae exist only in children’s stories, or so I thought. That was before a nightmarish creature of the Fae Realm dropped into my life. He claimed a seven-pointed mark on my skin signified my magical lineage, the bit of DNA my mother passed down. Days after I arrive in the Fae Realm, I’m thrown into a series of trials titled ‘The Devotion’. I must compete with demons, vampires, elves and more who want to claim their place at the future King’s side. I have no interest in this guy, but it doesn’t help that the King-to-be is a gorgeous, brooding fae.

Tormented by guilt and rage, Dorian, the Duke of Rath, agrees to a marriage of convenience—with the sister of the man whose death weighs on his soul. He vows never to touch her. But Patience Rose is stubborn, brilliant, and utterly irresistible.

Osudy dvou Afghánek, dvou Američanek a jedné Angličanky se střetnou v jedné neobyčejné kavárně uprostřed Kábulu. Provozuje ji přátelská Američanka Sunny, která v Afghánistánu najde nový domov. Její kavárna je místem, kde se potkávají cizinci s místními a kde se střetává přísná afghánské tradice se světem západu. Sunny si postupně díky svému laskavému srdci a své pohostinnosti získává respekt místních obyvatel.

Overcome by despair after a trauma when she was 16, Sarita Taylor has spent the past 10 years isolated and lonely aboard her beloved RMS Queen Mary. Fearful of outsiders, she dedicates her time to managing The Secret Spice Cafe, now an award-winning restaurant. Until Luca Miceli, a man with a dark past, steps on board. Patricia V. Davis deftly spins past and present, mystery and magic, into a potent story of passionate longing and family tragedy all at once.

In WASPy Larkspur, New Jersey, social expectations and decorum rule, and Marjorie and Dunsfield Thornden are the envy of their neighbors. Their daughters Claire and Cat set the small town’s social calendar by throwing tastefully lavish family parties year round. Because it’s 1977, underage debauchery is to be expected - and Cat and Claire’s children, Bizzy and Choo, are at its very center. But secrets that should’ve never been kept - especially not from each other - are bubbling unattractively to the surface.

Recently divorced, 40-something single-mom, Lucy, is lonely, bored, and craving physical connection. So, when her trusted long-time married friend, Nancy, begs Lucy to sleep with her husband to save her marriage, Lucy goes for it. It's such a success, the two friends invent a town-wide underground barter system whereby Nancy's married girlfriends sub-contract Lucy's divorcee friends to sleep with their husbands so they don't have to as often. It's a win, win, win - for a while. Then it all goes to hell in a hand-basket.

Ana es una mujer adulta de treinta y tres años, que tomó una terrible decisión que condenó su vida a un infierno. Después de nueve años de matrimonio con un hombre que la maltrata, ya no sabe quién es, ni que quiere. Es una mujer derrotada y angustiada. Prisionera de su propia desdicha, ni siquiera tiene fuerzas para sobrevivir un día más.

A marriage of convenience forces a powerful duke to choose between his ferocious pride and love that melts his icy heart. Lonely in Pryde's elegant Mayfair home, she despises the cold, unyielding duke who expects her to become his perfect duchess. Faced with a dreadful choice, will Constantine sacrifice his pride and his title for the wife and child he has come to treasure?

Seduction. Betrayals. Lies. Just another day in the fae court.... The second book in the sexy new fae romance series, perfect for fans of the Fae Chronicles by Amelia Hutchins. The longer I stay in the Fae Realm, the more confusing my situation becomes. I finished the Devotion Trials and actually won but didn’t get my reward. Now I will be forced into yet another royal game - this one is labelled 'The Faewild Hunt'.

My name is Eden Blaive, high queen of the Fae Kingdoms, specifically the Elven Kingdom of Kilora. War is no longer on our doorstep, instead it’s pounding right against our walls with a fury behind its fist. When Nija pulled her people from mine and King Rowan’s Kingdom, she basically declared war. Now we're forced to come up with a plan - and Fenris, my long-lost biological father, is the key to my plan working.

Ein charmanter Frauenheld. Ein brillanter Blaustrumpf. Ein gewagtes Spiel. England, 1814. Lady Chastity ist nicht auf der Suche nach einem Ehemann. Lieber ist sie in ihrem Labor, kämpft um Anerkennung ihrer medizinischen Forschungen. Wäre da nur nicht ihr verräterisches Herz. Es schlägt schon seit vielen Jahren heimlich für den besten Freund ihres Bruders, den für seine Affären berüchtigten Duke of Luhst. Als es zu einem hitzigen Streit zwischen ihnen kommt, schließt sie mit ihm eine skandalöse Wette ab. Sie will seine Hilfe. Er eine gemeinsame Nacht.

“Beautiful and important.”—New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn When a Victorian apothecary hires a stoic private investigator to protect her business, they learn there’s only one way to treat true love—with a happily ever after. When Lucinda Peterson’s recently perfected...

Die Geschichte der Literatur ist eine Geschichte faszinierender Menschen, darunter zahlreiche starke Frauen wie Jean D'Arc, die Marquise von O., die Kameliendame u.v.m. – Die große Box präsentiert die Geschichten selbstbewusster Heldinnen aus mehreren Jahrhunderten.

Women’s prose writing has exploded on the literary scene in Ukraine just prior to and following Ukrainian independence in 1991. Over the past two decades scores of fascinating new women authors have emerged. These authors write in a wide variety of styles and genres including short stories, novels, essays, and new journalism. In the collection you will find: realism, magical realism, surrealism, the fantastic, deeply intellectual writing, newly discovered feminist perspectives, philosophical prose, psychological mysteries, confessional prose, and much more.

Cielo es un viaje trepidante que te llevará a un plano diferente en la percepción de los sentimientos. Un paseo por el más allá de los sentidos, del tiempo y del espacio. Un triángulo de amor en el que la muerte transciende más allá de nuestra realidad. Budapest. Una ciudad en la que la decadencia forma parte de su encanto. Una mujer húngara que huye de su país para iniciar un nuevo camino lleno de oportunidades bajo el cielo azul de España. Un billete de vuelta. Una regresión al pasado, a una ciudad partida en dos por un río romántico a la vez que oscuro, por las guerras, por el comunismo.

பெண்களுக்கு ஏற்படும் பெண்களுக்கு ஏற்படும் ஹிர்சுட்டிஸம் அதாவது அதீத முடி வளர்ச்சி பற்றிய எனது கற்பனைக் கதை.

குடும்பத்தாரின் கடும் எதிர்ப்புக்கிடையில் ஆட்டோ ஓட்டுனராகிறாள் புவனா. சவாரியின் போது, தனக்கு தோழியாகக் கிடைத்த அசிஸ்டெண்ட் கமிஷனர் உமாதேவியின் உதவியோடு, ஒரு ஆட்டோ ஓட்டுனராக இருந்து தான் காணும் சமூக அவலங்களை வெளிக் கொணர்ந்து நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கச் செய்கிறாள்.