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Shortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize 'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain 'An extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of Close to Home 'It deserves its modern classic status' - The Times It’s the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories...

An unexpected love story from Marc Levy, international bestselling author of The Last of the Stanfields, and the most widely read French author in the world.

In the final installment, Belly and Blaise return, but with a plate even fuller than before. Belly has found himself incarcerated over the rape of the former champion's wife, and it couldn't be at a worse time. Having to be away from his newborn child leaves Belly seething on the inside of his jail cell, praying for the opportunity to get his hands on whomever is responsible. Not to mention, the handsome boxer still finds himself in trouble with the ladies, even while locked up.

1970s Greenwich Village: Leah Levinson can’t help worshipping the girls who torment her at school. Her perilous, magnetic friendships with Rainey Royal and Angeline Yost—girls she fears yet cannot resist—leave her desperate to shift the balance of power and affection. Meanwhile, Leah's emotionally estranged mother, Helen, secretly rents a room uptown where she lives out a second life. And Rainey—whose chaotic upbringing fills her with artistic inspiration and dread—decides to risk everything on an act of vengeance in a legendary artists' building.

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Leo und Mila haben so viele Hürden gemeistert und sind nun endlich glücklich vereint. Doch das, was ihre Liebe vervollständigen könnte, erweist sich plötzlich als das, was die beiden voneinander trennt: der Wunsch nach einem Kind. Zwischen den Liebenden tut sich ein Abgrund des Schweigens auf, der unüberwindbar erscheint.

Leo sieht endlich wieder eine Zukunft vor sich: Er hat seine Krankheit besiegt, ist glücklich mit Mila an seiner Seite und als junger Modedesigner erfolgreich. Doch eine weitere Hürde liegt noch vor ihm. Wenn er Mila nicht verlieren will, muss er sich endlich mit den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit auseinandersetzen. Gemeinsam begeben sich die beiden auf die Reise nach Italien zu Leos Wurzeln und stoßen dabei auf eine Wahrheit, die alles verändert.

Tom Connolly's dazzling second novel is a funny, turbulent and heartfelt study of male relationships and a glorious love letter to the city of New York. It is April in Manhattan, and the destinies of four very different men are about to collide. Nineteen-year-old Finn has just arrived in the city with his irrepressible and volatile girlfriend, Dilly, determined to even the score with his older brother, Jack, for abandoning him in the UK in the aftermath of their parents' deaths.

Mila zieht nach Berlin und ist von der hektischen Hauptstadt völlig überfordert. Alles erscheint der Medizinstudentin fremd und furchteinflößend. Dann begegnet ihr der erfolgreiche junge Modedesigner Leo, und bei ihm fühlt sie sich sofort angekommen. Durch Leo lernt Mila nicht nur die vielen bunten Ecken Berlins kennen, sondern sie erfährt auch zum ersten Mal, was Liebe ist. Leo verzaubert sie mit seiner Kreativität und seinem Charme. Aber schon bald muss Mila herausfinden, dass auf seinem Leben ein Schatten liegt, der ihre gemeinsame Zukunft in weite Ferne rücken lässt.

André Morgan’s life is stuck in a comfortable routine—until Ayana Fénix steps in and turns everything upside down. Vibrant, mysterious, and carrying secrets of elemental magic, Ayana draws André into a world where earth, wind, fire, and water are more than just forces of nature. As the Caribana festival brings Toronto to life, André finds himself torn between the safety of the familiar and the thrill of the unknown. But when magic stirs beneath the surface and danger looms, he’ll have to decide whether to take a leap of faith.

What would you do to survive? On the streets, the answer to that question is anything. Kevin Richards, a young day to day hustler in the streets of Baltimore must do any and every thing to make sure he eats. The world of hustling is unforgiving, and one small slip could cost him everything. If hustling wasn't the worst of his worries Kevin has a small child at home in dire need of a medical operation. The only problem is that as a hustler, Kevin is technically unemployed and broke to boot. One day an interesting proposition comes across Kevin's table.