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Well, as far as Xarielle Simpson is concerned, the lack of favor ain’t all that fair, either. Xarielle’s always been a dreamer. Even as a little girl, she spent her free-time daydreaming about a life that was much different than the one she was living. She dreamt of a life where mothers stuck around, families were loving, and opportunities to better your situation with dedication and hard work were actually realistic.

ചരിത്രക്കടലിലൂടെ പടകുമായി കുതിച്ച കുഞ്ഞാലിമരയ്ക്കാറുടെ ജീവിതകഥ. കോഴിക്കോട്‌, കണ്ണൂർ, കൊച്ചി, ഗോവ, കൊളംബോ...

Like her father before her, Joan Matthews is a witch. For generations, their family of binder witches has protected Calvert, Oregon from vampires by strengthening the land with spellcraft. Pushing back against tradition, Joan defied her father and left town to become a war witch, one who fights the monsters hand-to-hand. But when her father dies, Joan returns to find her hometown assailed by a vampire lord's endless attacks—and the answers lie with the one woman who chose a rival over Joan.

"Nothing is hotter and more fun than Danielle Allen’s writing." —Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love, Theoretically This program is read by Wesleigh Siobhan, who was nominated for an Audie Award for the series's second installment, Plus Size Player. Because life’s...

Carla Blackwood is Queen of Limbo, but ruling the realm of lost souls isn't enough to stop what's coming. Mother Fate offers Carla a terrible bargain: ascend to Guardian of Realms and gain the power to stop Nathaniel, or watch her family burn. Amari is a man on the edge, forced to watch the woman he loves slip away one pink-glowing moment at a time. Together, they'll face vengeful spirits, corporate conspiracies, and fate itself. Because some loves are worth fighting for. Even when the battle is against destiny itself.

Trainee doctor Hugh Densmore is on his way to a wedding in Phoenix. Just two days later, he is a suspect in a murder investigation. Set under a sweltering Arizona sun, The Expendable Man by award-winning author Dorothy B Hughes shows up the racial, social and moral tensions rife in 1960s America...

The epic second book in M. H. Ayinde's relentlessly gripping Invoker Trilogy, following the Sunday Times bestselling debut A Song of Legends Lost. Tension simmers across Nine Lands. In the capital, the people of Lordsgrave seethe with resentment after the horrors of the greyblood attack. Clan...

Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Langston Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance. What can we learn from his works today? Randal M. Jelks delivers this revelatory portrait of the celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American...

Welcome to Valcérre. An elite university in the middle of the snowy mountains with the best hockey and figure skating programs in the world, and secrets no one talks about. Luna Del Sol is the new figure skater trying to prove she belongs. As a Black Latina, she's used to pressure. To skate like she has something to prove. She didn't come here to get distracted, but she wasn't ready for Valcérre’s broody hockey star.

After serving five years in prison, Kamden "Killa" King has returned home. Aside from wanting to discover who set up his arrest, he's found himself in the middle of a bigger issue that may garner a new enemy: his father, Boston King. When bonds are formed, family ties are broken. Secrets are uncovered, and both alpha males know the war won't end well.

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE Ray wants the perfect body. But how far is too far? When his training turns extreme, Ray is pulled into a dark gym culture that promises results at any cost. As his body changes, so does...

Dionysus "Dio" Jackson is off to a fresh start. So he thinks. From his troubled past left behind in California, he has now been sent to New York to spend time with his cousin. The trip to the big city is for growth, but for Dio, it's a place to explore and discover. As Dio navigates his way through the city that never sleeps, neither does he, as he fights his demons from his past and meets new people along the way.

عداء الطائرة الورقية عمل روائي لا ينسى يصحبنا في رحلة إلى أفغانستان منذ أواخر العصر الملكي وحتى صعود حركة طالبان واستيلائها على الحكم. إنها قصة صداقة تنشأ بين...

பூம்புகார் நகரத்தை ஒத்த கதைக்களமும் ஆளப்பட்டவர்களின் வாழ்வாதாரத்தையும், அவர்களின் உணர்வுகளையும் மையமாக...

When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Stunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, she turns to reflecting on her mother’s painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.

After storming the scene with Stereo(TYPE), the PEN America Award–winning poet makes his highly anticipated return—with a virtuosic sophomore collection that plunges the reader into the tenebrous realm between dreams and reality and firmly establishes him as an essential voice in American...

I can read a man before he even opens his mouth. I know which ones are starving to be understood, which ones hide their scars in designer suits, and which ones will hand me exactly what I need just for the privilege of feeling seen. I've been running this game long enough to turn conversations into currency and eye contact into opportunities. Every move I make is calculated. When I dance, my movements speak to their thoughts before I ever open my mouth. I tell their secrets with the arch of my back, answer their questions with the roll of my hips while I strip them bare mentally.

આ એક રહસ્યકથા છે પણ સાથે કૌટુંબિક સંબંધો અને લાગણીના તાણાંવાણાંથી ગુંથાયેલી પારિવારિક પ્રેમની ,પિતા...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over a hot summer in New York a painter falls for a priest, in this captivating modern love story from the Booker-Prize shortlisted Brandon Taylor Wyeth is a newcomer to New York, a young Black painter who is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art...

At just twenty years old, Vincent was forced into the leadership role in one of the most ruthless crime families in Florida after the brutal murder of his father and sister. Hardened by grief, Vincent became cold and calculated, living only to expand his empire and protect the only family he had left. Love was nonexistent in a life like his. Then came Anila. She is the opposite of everything Vincent knows. An equestrian with a heart of gold and dreams of making an impact in her community. She's no stranger to sacrifice, and falling for Vincent's charm is the last risk she can afford to take.