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Simone Singh is a feisty IPS officer who would rather spend her days locking up criminals than apologizing for her lack of social skills. Freshly back from an unjust suspension, Simone is forced to team up with DSP Zoya Bharucha, an empathetic officer who's as loved in the police force as Simone...

After forty-two years away, Léa returns to her grandmother's house in Sainte-Flavie. Within the walls that once held her only happy summers, she finds the scent of strawberry jam, the creaking stairs, and the unsent letters from Simone, who waited for her until her final breath. As the tides mark the rhythm of her days, Léa confronts her ghosts: a violent mother, a stolen childhood, and years spent running. With Gabriel—the village carpenter who never forgot her—she slowly learns to trust again, to receive love, to plant roots.

In Mendacious Crest, the City Council has a historic strategy for dealing with problems: ignore it and it will go away. Now the game of avoidance is over. Payment is due. The Piper must be paid. Mysterious, witty, and unapologetically bold, I Didn’t Screw the Mayor. He Screwed Me. is a stylish political true drama that unearths the principles in a predatory political system—and what it costs a Michigan businesswoman (or is she) to stand tall in the city that made her, now hellbent to break her.

Simone: Adventures in Dating (Books 1-5) includes: Book 1 (The Billionaire): Simone meets a mysterious and charming billionaire who sweeps her off her feet. He might just be her perfect date - and more. But does he have a secret side? Book 2 (The Billionaire Revealed): Simone discovers the billionaire's secret, and it could be a deal breaker. Luckily, there's a sexy, down-to-earth cowboy waiting in the wings. But will his big, er…. hat be enough to keep her interested?

“Shouldn’t we introduce ourselves before we get divorced?” With these words, American grad student Breanne Smith cemented the attraction of Nicolas Brassard, French banker. But how can these two, with their diverging futures, make a life together? Through tragedy, heartbreak, and fear, Nick and Breanne forge an unbreakable bond that takes them from the American Midwest to the shores of France, and into a whirlwind romance that defies sense or reason.

From her first days at Virginia’s Hampton University, impressionable, creative Nia falls smitten with Chris Eidos Alleyne, an athlete and a scholar. “Love is sweet nothings and beautiful promises”, Nia writes in her journal. What her girlfriends know, and her mother doesn’t, is that Chris’s expression of love is deeply physical. Wielding powerful charisma, Chris soon has Nia abandoning innocence for experience.

Schon früh begehrt Simone de Beauvoir gegen die bürgerlichen Regeln auf - sie will mehr, als die Tochter aus gutem Hause und später Ehefrau und Mutter zu sein. Sie will stattdessen studieren und Lehrerin werden, um ihr Leben in Freiheit zu leben und - vor allem - um schreiben zu können. Der Wunsch nach persönlicher Weiterentwicklung treibt sie an, doch die großen Widerstände, denen sie sich als selbständige Frau ausgesetzt sieht, lassen sie immer wieder zweifeln.

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough. I'm not only going to find the perfect date to her wedding, but I'm going to find Mr. Right.

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough. I'm not only going to find the perfect date to her wedding, but I'm going to find Mr. Right: a gorgeous man with a great sense of humor, a chiseled bod, talent in bed, and a big...(ahem) wallet. Is that too much to ask? If all goes right, my quest will lead me into the arms of my perfect match...or will it?

Saint: They call me Saint. But I'm not one. I've always lived life by my rules and my own moral code. What I did may have put me behind bars, but I don't regret it. At least not until I met her. She's the one. And my past is the one thing that may destroy our future. Cat: The MC found me. They gave me a job and I'm under their protection. But right when I start to feel safe again is when I find out there's nothing that can protect my heart.

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough.

Loni Mae Murrow liebt ihr geordnetes Leben in Washington, D.C., wo sie ihr Talent zum Beruf gemacht hat: Für ein Naturkundemuseum fertigt sie naturgetreue Zeichnungen von Vögeln an. Als ihre Mutter Ruth erkrankt, folgt sie nur widerwillig der Bitte ihres Bruders, in die Kleinstadt ihrer Kindheit im Marschland Floridas zu kommen. Denn inmitten der unberührten Landschaft lauern die Erinnerungen an Ruths Gefühlskälte und an den tragischen Tod ihres Vaters Boyd als Loni zwölf Jahre alt war

Was geschah in jenem schicksalhaften Sommer auf dem Wasser? Loni Mae Murrow liebt ihr geordnetes Leben in Washington, D.C., wo sie ihr Talent zum Beruf gemacht hat: Für ein Naturkundemuseum fertigt sie naturgetreue Zeichnungen von Vögeln an. Als ihre Mutter Ruth erkrankt, folgt sie nur widerwillig der Bitte ihres Bruders, in die Kleinstadt ihrer Kindheit im Marschland Floridas zu kommen. Denn inmitten der unberührten Landschaft lauern die Erinnerungen an Ruths Gefühlskälte und an den tragischen Tod ihres Vaters Boyd als Loni zwölf Jahre alt war.

Psychic Selene Johansen is an excellent police investigator, able to determine guilt from the first handshake. While her talent for fact-finding keeps her busy, her personal life is lonely. After all, who wants to date a girl who can read minds? Selene's consuming solitude dissolves when she learns longtime friend Brandon Price knows about her psychic gift - and her secret love for him. As their relationship heats up, Selene lets her guard down. What she doesn't realize is that a ruthless stalker is determined to put an end to the couple's passion...and their lives.

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough. I'm not only going to find the perfect date to her wedding, but I'm going to find Mr. Right...

All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough. I'm not only going to find the perfect date to her wedding, but I'm going to find Mr. Right: a gorgeous man with a great sense of humor, a chiseled bod, talent in bed, and a big...(ahem) wallet. Is that too much to ask? If all goes right, my quest will lead me into the arms of my perfect match...or will it?