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Frankie Greco has always heard a voice in her head that detects lies. She buries herself in running her L.A. nightclub, keeping her secret close and avoiding lasting relationships. Then she meets Julian — the one person she can't read. Their instant, primal attraction pulls her in, but letting him close awakens pieces of her past she thought were buried. For a girl who can spot any lie, Frankie discovers she can still be blindsided by the truth.

From the “masterly” (The New York Times) Jodi McAlister, a charming new romance about two English professors who embark on a fake relationship…only to discover that it may be harder to pretend than they realized. Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been academic rivals since they first...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick “In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists Perfect for fans of Me...

I won my first fight when I was 11 years old, and I've been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. Some people describe heaven as a sea of unending white, where choirs sing and loved ones await. But for me, heaven was something else. It sounded like the bell at the beginning of a round, and it tasted like adrenaline. For me, heaven was the octagon. Until I met Millie, and heaven became something different. I became something different.

Philip Roth, one of the best-known and award winning literary masters of our time, engages his readership with insightful and challenging novels of the human condition. With The Dying Animal, he revisits the character David Kepesh. At age 60, Kapesh is drawn out of his carefully ordered existence and into an obsessive affair with one of his students.

She’ll never be mine. But I can’t stop thinking about her, dreaming about her, picturing what our lives could have been. The mafia got in the way for both of us. Some things, though, are destined. No matter how much we change, we’re still the same stupid kids who fell for each other before reality tore us apart. Now I’ve been hired to be her bodyguard until she’s wed to a mafia prince. If I don’t get her to the altar, they’ll kill me. But the moment I see her, I realize if she marries another, I’ll be dead in all the ways that matter.

I'm Frankie Greco. Since I can remember, a little voice inside my head has whispered to me whenever I hear lies. To distract myself, I focus on my career. I recently bought out what used to be one of the hottest nightclubs in Los Angeles, so it's not hard. There are few people I let in, and only they know my secret. But romantic relationships never last long.

Modern-day New York, a subway train. David, an American Jewish jazz musician, torn between his dreams and his parents' expectations, sees a woman across the carriage. Ameena, a British Pakistani artist who left Manchester to escape the pressure from her conservative family, sees David. When a moment of sublime beauty occurs unexpectedly, the two connect, moved by their shared experience. From this flows a love that it appears will triumph above all.

When interior designer David Snyder buys a beautiful century-old house in eastern Washington, he is reeling with heartbreak and looking for somewhere to put down roots. Unfortunately his new home comes with a laundry list of problems: electrical, plumbing, heating...things David knows nothing about. When his mother offers him the business card of a local handyman, David pictures an overweight, balding man in his fifties. But Jackson Henry couldn't be further from that stereotype.

Lass uns klarstellen: Mach, was ich sage. Wann ich es sage. Dein scharfer Hintern rettet dich nicht vor einer Kündigung, auch nicht am ersten Tag. Deine Regeln interessieren mich nicht. Ich gebe dir keine Monate, ich gebe dir Wochen. Dann wirst du kündigen.

In a city built on illusions, Liv Mathers craved something real. A survivor in more ways than one, she's used to dancing through life alone—until a night at Los Angeles' most exclusive nightclub puts her in the path of Damon Lautner, a man as guarded as he is magnetic. Their connection is immediate, electric—the kind that feels impossible to ignore, even as the world outside begins to fall apart. As a pandemic shutters the city and forces everyone behind closed doors, Liv and Damon find themselves confronting not only their growing feelings, but the secrets and scars they each try to hide.

Manchmal muss man sich verlaufen, um anzukommen. Der neue große Liebesroman von Bestseller-Autor David Nicholls! Marnie steckt fest. Sie arbeitet allein in ihrer Londoner Wohnung, kämpft mit den langen Nachmittagen und einem Leben, das zunehmend an ihr vorbeizuziehen scheint. Michael ist dabei, sich zu verlieren. Er leidet unter der Trennung von seiner Frau, zieht sich immer mehr zurück und unternimmt lange, einsame Spaziergänge im Moor.

After liberating County #203 LEOs from the influence of the ARES broadcast, Rachel must face her demons and take her place within the Unrestricted Forces. But when Uh-Kuh is conquered by a feral group of humans the Unrestricted call The Rats, Rachel is dead set on rescuing her mother and friends.

Three years ago, Hale was just gone from Zoe's life without an explanation or even a goodbye. His appearance at her college graduation party is unexpected, as is his offer to let her use his apartment for the summer while he's in Europe. Living with him would be a bad idea because of the unresolved attraction between them, but there's no harm in staying in his empty apartment - until plans change, and he returns home early.

Inspired by authentic events and experiences, Sydney’s Promise is a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking story of relationships. Addressing many social issues, this story seamlessly transitions between the past and the present to follow the journey of Sydney Regan’s life. It is a story that details the spirit and perseverance of a young girl besieged by neglect, and the emotional trauma of being submersed inside of a dysfunctional environment.

Jeder Mensch verdient es, so geliebt zu werden, wie er ist... Wenn David Keiran sieht, beginnt sein Herz zu rasen. Aber Keiran hat seine Gefühle mit Füßen getreten und David ist nicht bereit ihm wieder zu vertrauen. Als Keiran zu Hause rausgeschmissen wird, lässt David ihn trotzdem bei sich wohnen. Schnell stellt David fest, der unsichere Student von damals, der nicht öffentlich zu seiner Bisexualität steht, hat sich gewandelt. Das erste Mal in seinem Leben steht Keiran für sich ein und lässt sich nicht von anderen verbiegen.

Eigentlich will ich nur meine Beförderung feiern, als plötzlich der attraktivste Mann vor mir steht, den ich je gesehen habe. Er glaubt, ich sei sein Blind Date ... und wer würde da schon Nein sagen? Als Risikoanalystin sind Vorsicht und vorausschauendes Handeln mein höchstes Gebot. Aber offenbar werfe ich alle Regeln über Bord, sobald es nicht um meinen Job, sondern um mein Privatleben geht. Zwischen mir und dem hochgewachsenen, charmanten Fremden funkt es gewaltig. Doch kurz darauf stellt sich heraus, dass er niemand anderes als David Phillips ist, der Neuzugang bei den Philadelphia Pucks.

Vuk Markovic es conocido por rehuir las interacciones humanas. El multimillonario, cuyo cuerpo está cubierto de cicatrices, rara vez habla y no le interesan las relaciones fuera de su pequeño y confiable círculo. La vio primero. La deseó primero. Pero ahora, está comprometida con su mejor amigo, y cuanto más se acerca la boda, más se debate entre la lealtad y el deseo. A ojos de todo el mundo, la supermodelo Ayana Kidane lleva una vida perfecta. Su carrera ha despegado y está comprometida con uno de los solteros más codiciados de Nueva York.

Cora and Delbert, married nearly 30 years, have spent three long years separated. The separation was triggered by misunderstanding, stubbornness, and pride. Is love enough to resurrect and restore their marriage to its once powerful and devoted way of being together? Delbert’s nephew’s wife, a horse whisperer, may offer a path forward for Delbert. He listens and hears what she has to say about horse whispering.

David Morrissey's life is near-perfect. A widower with a teenage daughter, he teaches at an ultraconservative Southern preparatory school, had been voted Teacher of the Year three times, and is engaged to the daughter of the chairman of the school's board. That life comes to a screeching halt when the fact of his previous employment is emblazoned across the headlines of the school newspaper that twenty years before, everyone's favorite teacher was a cover model famous for those hot historical romances called "bodice rippers."