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One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century The extraordinary new novel from the acclaimed author of Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Veronica is about flesh and spirit, vanity, mortality, and mortal affection. Set mostly in Paris and Manhattan in the desperately...

Verónica invita a sus seis mejores amigos a una cena en una casa en Soacha. Sabe que les parecerá extraña una cena fuera de Bogotá, pero no le cabe duda de que llegarán. Todos llevan un buen tiempo experimentando unos sueños extraños en los que se ven a sí mismos como si fueran otras...

Tara had read in books of people turning white with shock. At that moment, she found out what it felt like. All the blood left her head. There was a roaring in her ears, and her legs wobbled. He knows who I am. Which means he knows I'm on the run. Any chance of smoothly covering for her awkwardness had shot right out the window when she froze like a deer in the headlights at the sound of her real name. And now Sexy Sheriff was getting up. And up...

Upstairs, downstairs... it's all going on at the manor. From the bestselling author of THE LONG WEEKEND and A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Before THE BEACH HUT there was AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR... When Guy wakes up with a terrible hang-over and a new fiancée, he tries not to panic. After all...

Lavinia ha trent’anni. Da poco è andata vivere da sola in una casa ancora vuota, che non sa riempire, in una città dai tratti meridionali che ricorda Palermo, e che forse lo è. A trent’anni è così: la vita sembra fuggire via, nulla si ferma, niente rimane. L’amore è un ricordo burrascoso dell’adolescenza. Il sesso, una medicina da ingerire che, a poco a poco, inizia a non fare più effetto.

Nothing's more romantic than matching with the same guy every time you reluctantly download a dating app. Hotter than ever—check. Off-limits—double check. Why does the universe hate me? Cole Kincaid is unfairly irresistible and the one guy I'll never have. My brother's best friend is all grown up, but he's not here to witness my messy girl era. He's Dad's new assistant coach for Heston U's hockey team. Match me once, we'll laugh it off and never talk about it again. Match me twice, well, this is awkward. Match me three-four-five times? My resolve is only so strong.

'Magical, romantic, fantastique' MILLY JOHNSON 'A perfect Parisian fantasy every woman will love' KATIE FFORDE 'Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always' JILL MANSELL 'The perfect weekend read. I was so captivated I didn't notice I was turning...

His name is Luke. But nobody knows that. He was an iconic musician before he gave up music. But nobody knows that either. They also don't know he's 27, that he used to have an infectious laugh, and that he's way too young to be widowed. They certainly don't know the rest of his tragic story. All they know is that he comes into their cafe at the same time every morning and stares at the same chair at the same table. They know he's strange. They know he interrupts their breakfast with a cold blast of air as he hovers in the doorway, mustering the courage to confront a piece of furniture.

When it was first published in 1909, Ann Veronica caused a sensation, due to Wells' groundbreaking treatment of female sexuality. Twenty-one, passionate, and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable ball, she leaves her family home and makes a fresh start in London. There, she finds a world where she can be truly free. But when she meets the brilliant Capes, a married academic, and quickly falls in love, she soon finds that freedom comes at a price.

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Be swept away by the enchanting and devastatingly romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Veronica Henry - available now! 'A rich, compelling story of love, family and forgiveness. I loved it' SARAH MORGAN 'Romance, heartbreak and secrets, I loved it!' FERN BRITTON 'Warm, wise...

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.

You can't trust your future until you uncover your past... Dragonfly Farm has been a home and a haven for generations of Melchiors - arch rivals to the Culbones, the wealthy family who live the other side of the valley. Nestled amidst soft, rolling apple orchards in the depths of the Somerset...

L'ultima volta che ha visto Dennis May dal vivo - Dennis May vivo - S. aveva addosso dei jeans scuri e una maglia color smeraldo. Oggi S. ha trentacinque anni, fa la cameriera in un bar, e non ha mai smesso di aspettare che Dennis tornasse per offrirle un'altra possibile versione della loro storia. Ha abbandonato il sogno di scrivere, ma legge il mondo con un'intelligenza corrosiva e un'ironia brutale che forse rivela l'esatta collocazione della ferita.

When Martina Torres arrives in the glamorous and vibrant metropolis of Hong Kong, newly married to her high school sweetheart, the world seems to be her oyster. But looks can be deceiving. Adrift in a foreign city, with no job and no friends, Martina chafes in her new role as Expat Wife. But her luck changes when she meets Veronica Hawkins. Beautiful, sophisticated, and very, very rich, Veronica is the epitome of Old Hong Kong--the last surviving member of a British mercantile dynasty that built the city during its colonial heyday.

Tras ser dado de alta, Aurelio es contratado por La Colonia para cuidar a cuatro pacientes: Kiki, quien sólo sabe decir "Jamón"; Miguel, quien tiene la costumbre de desnudarse en cualquier lugar; un hombre anciano que nunca habla y a quien nadie visita y Paco, quien sólo quiere cantar canciones rancheras y hablar de su guapa novia. En el pueblo hay una kermés. Con humor, cariño y mucha ternura, Verónica Langer construye un universo en donde la inocencia enmarca la posibilidad de conocer el poder de la amistad, del amor y de la redención.

Le cœur ne gèle jamais, même au milieu des icebergs. Le plus souvent, Veronica, 84 ans, passe ses journées à chercher où elle a mis ses lunettes, à ramasser les déchets sur la plage ou à aboyer des ordres à sa dame de compagnie, Eileen. Depuis peu, la vieille dame s'interroge : que faire d'utile durant les années qu'il lui reste et, surtout, à qui laisser sa fortune considérable ? Quand elle a soudain une illumination : et si elle mettait tout en œuvre pour sauver les pingouins d'Antarctique ?

Emilia Berg brottas med varannan vecka-livet på hemmaplan och storpolitiken i Riksdagen. Livspusslet blir inte enklare när hon av en slump upptäcker att hennes barndomsvän Josefine blir misshandlad av sin beundrade make. Kan hon hjälpa någon som inte vill bli hjälpt? Och om hon inte gör något, vad är hon då för människa? Är alla fina ord i plenisalen bara en fasad? Det eskalerande våldet, rädslan och Josefines försök att ta sig vidare driver utvecklingen fram till det oundvikliga.

Morgan Krahe har återvänt till sin hembygd, där livet, och arbetet som präst, nu har fallit på plats. Men en kväll väcks han av ett samtal som ska komma att omkasta hela hans tillvaro. På kyrkoherden Arthurs begäran åker Morgan ut till Luts kyrka, där han möts av ett tragiskt besked. Kyrkvärden Anna-Lisa har omkommit i vad som ser ut att vara en fallolycka. Men det dröjer inte länge innan sprickor uppstår i den annars så idylliska byfasaden. Kan ont uppsåt vara inblandat i dödsfallet? Är Anna-Lisas barnbarn Anja något på spåren när hon pratar om lustiga oblater?

Ella von Beijer är uppväxt på Östermalm och van vid att få som hon vill. En dag får hon reda på att hennes mormor har råkat ut för en olycka och då rämnar hennes tillvaro. Hon får sparken från en ansedd nyhetstidning och tvingas ta ett jobb på ett smaklöst modemagasin. James Jensen är musiker i bandet Timeless Kings och är uppväxt i stadsdelen Fosie i Malmö. Han har en intervju inbokad med ett modemagasin och en journalist som heter Ella.