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The honeymoon stage for the four couples is over, and Nic is feeling extremely vulnerable due to her current situation. Much to her dismay, she has plenty reason to feel unsafe. The King brothers have enemies coming from every which way, and they're not just after the brothers but their women too. Can the brothers protect their operation, all the while keeping their ladies happy? Or will both worlds collide causing them to lose one?

Жан-Мишель Генассия — писатель, стремительно набравший популярность в последние годы, автор романов "Клуб неисправимых оптимистов", "Удивительная жизнь Эрнесто Че" и "Обмани-Смерть". Критики по всему миру в один голос признали "Клуб неисправимых оптимистов" блестящей книгой, а французские лицеисты вручили автору Гонкуровскую премию. Герою романа двенадцать лет. Париж, начало 1960-х, пресловутый переходный возраст, когда все — школа, общение с родителями и вообще жизнь — дается трудно. Мишель Марини ничем не отличается от сверстников, кроме увлечения фотографией и самозабвенной любви к чтению.

Una novela que es mucho más que un fenómeno literario. Una voz que se queda a vivir en quienes la leen. «Recomiendo leer La mala costumbre para hacerse una idea de cuánto sufrimiento, cuánto dolor, cuánto riesgo hay en el hecho de nacer en un cuerpo equivocado.» Pedro Almodóvar «Si...

Good Girls Love Thugs tells the story of four young best friends whose lives change dramatically after getting caught up with the extremely sought after “King brothers” Kendrick, Kendreeis, Kendon, and their cousin Kayden. The King brothers run the biggest drug operation in Baltimore, Maryland, where money and women are the least of their worries. Follow innocent Nic, crazy Christy, sensitive Morgan, and feisty Jessica as they deal with thirsty jump offs, vengeful exes, infidelity, and even some shady family members, in hopes of proving good girls can too be with thugs.

Can you even kill something that's already dead? In our attempt to figure it out, we pissed off another ghost. This time, it's the spirit of a demented doctor who used to run an asylum. The spirits are coming at us from every direction. If we can't put them to rest...then we'll join them in death before long.

This is our end and also our beginning.

As New York City’s crack epidemic rages, Raven has overcome her addiction and will soon begin law school. But night terrors begin to haunt her and her friends. Many of them return to drug use, disappear, or commit bizarre acts of violence. A mysterious new drug epidemic grips the city, while police corruption, a U.S. attorney campaigning for mayor, and riots hamstring the city’s defense. Raven and her friends—along with a journalist trying to help a teenage prostitute—must stand up to the sadistic man behind the chaos or lose all they’ve gained.

Justus was left for dead impaled on a wall out in the middle of nowhere wearing his father's brains like a shirt. Miraculously he survived only to face hell on earth. Wheelchair-bound and near broke after two years of expensive therapy he is accused of a gruesome murder. Just as it appears he is doomed to life in the box, his handler, Menes, uses his considerable influence to save him with one caveat: he needs him for one more job.

A Dark Place is a chilling story about the untold struggles of the disenfranchised that inspiringly illustrates how one man cannot turn his back on the problems of his former community—even though he so desperately wants to leave that troubled place in his past forever.

For the past ten years, Alexis Fox had been living a double life. She is a successful real estate agent and investor by day and a drug queenpin known as Diamond by night. But everything changes after the murder of her right-hand man, Hedrick, causing her two worlds to collide. As a result, she is forced to assume a more hands-on role in her illicit side business, and for the first time, the drug life is beginning to creep into her real life.

Upon finding out Belly has been unfaithful, Blaise realizes that bringing yet another child into the world with a womanizing manipulator isn't ideal, so she must act accordingly. In the second installment, Belly learns that Blaise is a far cry from the sit-by-the-phone women he's used to. His suave demeanor, charming ways, and calculated words fall on blind eyes and deaf ears when it comes to the heartbroken and now callous Blaise. However the ever so determined Belly is always up for a challenge.

Z Thornbrook and her pixie cousins thought things would be more exciting since they were now Pixie MPs. Not so far. They're stationed in a cramped little office in a military police station on post doing mundane, boring tasks. Answering phones, directing calls, and taking care of paperwork. There's a method to the badness. They have to prove they can be responsible when they're not battling magical threats alongside Alpha Team.

Regarded as one of the most important works in American literature and among the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, The Great Gatsby is the quintessential portrait of Jazz Age America, depicting not only the wild parties, romance, love, and the intense and often unfulfilled desire for wealth and status, but also the immorality, loneliness, disappointment and corruption of The Roaring Twenties.

Орхан Памук — известный турецкий писатель, обладатель многочисленных национальных и международных премий, в числе которых Нобелевская премия по литературе за «поиск души своего меланхолического города». Новый роман Памука «Мои странные мысли», над которым он работал последние шесть лет, возможно, самый стамбульский из всех. Его действие охватывает более сорока лет — с 1969 по 2012 год. Главный герой Мевлют работает на улицах Стамбула, наблюдая, как улицы наполняются новыми людьми, город обретает и теряет новые и старые здания, из Анатолии приезжают на заработки бедняки.

Blossom Baker has watched her sisters find love one by one. And just when she began to wonder when her Prince Charming would show his face, Roman Fields entered the picture, helping to bring all of her deepest desires to fruition.

Nella banlieue multietnica di Parigi, il piccolo Momò dagli occhi neri vive con Madame Rosa, anziana prostituta ebrea sopravvissuta ad Auschwitz, il cane Super e altri ragazzini. Tutti i bambini hanno una mamma che ogni tanto li va a trovare, eccetto Momò, le cui origini sono un mistero. In un universo popolato di venditori di tappeti, trans senegalesi e mangiatori di fuoco, Momò affronta le difficoltà della vita e con innocenza e tenacia va incontro al futuro.

Marlon ist eigentlich ein netter Kerl. Und noch dazu frisch verliebt. Doch er soll die Mafiageschäfte seines Großonkels in Köln-Ehrenfeld übernehmen, was die Sache mit dem nett sein schon mal erschwert. Ein bisschen Pech hat er obendrein: Die albanische Mafia droht das heilige Gleichgewicht von Clans und Klüngel in der Stadt ordentlich durcheinander zu bringen - denn die kennt keine Ehre, keine Gnade und erst recht nicht das "Kölsche Grundgesetz".

Daisy Baker has a kind heart, a fierce mind, and a brave spirit. Those qualities were what caught the attention of firefighter, Ayden Parker. Every Wednesday at noon for two years straight, they meet the same way, inside of Luxe Flower Boutique, where Ayden makes the same purchase each time. One question, complimentary flowers, and a promise was all it took to shift the dynamic between the two. And right before their eyes, a romance began to bloom.

Vincent Römer gewinnt als 18-jähriger die Streif – das gefährlichste Skirennen der Welt. Die Hahnenkamm-Abfahrt in Kitzbühel ist unter den Ski-Fahrer berüchtigt. Seit dieser Zeit ist Vince aber mehr durch seine Eskapaden aufgefallen, als durch gute Leistungen. Jetzt, zehn Jahre später, wirft man ihn aus dem Team und er steht vor den Trümmer seines Lebens. Es bleibt Vince nichts anderes übrig, als nach Sylt zurückzukehren, und sich bei seinem Vater vor der Presse zu verstecken.

Bist du bereit, die Vergangenheit hinter dir zu lassen und neue Wege zu gehen? Dann begleite Louisa und Adrian jetzt auf ihrer Reise... "Liebe ist Herzklopfen und Schmerz gleichermaßen. Aber sie ist nichts, wovor man Angst haben muss." Ein peinliches Missgeschick bringt Louisa Campbell in die Notaufnahme, wo sie diesem arroganten, aber unfassbar gutaussehenden Arzt begegnet, der ihr fortan nicht mehr aus dem Kopf gehen will. Zufällig sieht sie ihn wieder und sogleich fliegen die Funken. Immer mehr verfällt sie dem Charme des attraktiven Mannes.