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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.

After an accident erases years of his memory, a man returns to his family's ranch in hopes of piecing back together the life and love he thought he had lost forever. He’s forgotten their love story. She’ll help him write a new one. Jackson and Kate have been happily married for over ten...

Abigail acaba de dejar a su marido en el aeropuerto cuando descubre por casualidad que la verdadera razón de su viaje no es un negocio, sino una misteriosa mujer: Orquídea Negra. Abigail empieza a investigar correos, chats, mensajes y secretos, enfrentándose a un hombre totalmente diferente...

When I was squeezing rescue dogs and cats into my small house, all I wanted was to not turn away a pet in need. Opening the Safe Haven Pet Rescue was a dream come true. But when I get hurt, standing between a man with a gun and a stray dog, I realize I still can't do it all. My injured leg, a concussion, having to lean on my friends, and realizing how helpless I feel, throws me back to my childhood when nothing I did ever seemed to be enough. But there's one silver lining. Brooklyn West. He's the kind of guy who holds a stranger’s hand in a crisis.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels. When Amy Klasse loses her TV job to a dancing chicken, handsome veterinarian Jake Elliott rescues her with an offer to be his receptionist. Jake just can’t resist a damsel in distress, and Amy certainly doesn’t mind...

Alex Richmond, US Naval Reserves, faces the heartbreak of leaving his loyal golden retriever, Charlie, behind as he deploys overseas. With no family nearby, Alex entrusts Charlie to a local animal shelter. Maeve Torres, a compassionate volunteer at the shelter, agrees to foster Charlie. Alex and Maeve, initially strangers, start communicating through email and text messages to keep Alex updated on Charlie’s well-being. Through these exchanges, they discover shared interests and experiences, realizing that they have much in common. The connection between them grows stronger with each message.

Being rejected by family hurt like hell, but I kept my head high, left my toxic relatives behind, and moved across the country to Gaynor Beach CA. Luckily, I have great furry company. My bulldog puppy, Widget, was dumped on me for not meeting my parents' ridiculously high standards either, so we're comforting each other. With a nice rental house, and a new job, Widget and I were ready for a fresh start, until I got a devastating diagnosis. I can't take care of Widget properly while trying to save my own life, and I expect a long hard road.

To save her best friend and lifelong crush from his family’s deadly curse, Libby must team up with (and try not to catch feelings for) a handsome ghost only she can see Libby Lakoski has two major problems. First, she’s secretly in love with her best friend, Carter Coldwell, and second...

When a first date between a doomsday prepper and a nerdy film professor goes horribly, zombie-apocalypse-level wrong, the mismatched pair team up on a road trip to safety in this delightfully feral rom-com. With a new virus spreading and a lockdown on the horizon, Maisie Bennett is determined to...

This is a collection of previously released steamy short contemporary romance stories complete with instalove and a guaranteed happily ever-after. If you're looking for a great lunchtime listen, or something to spark sexy dreams before bed, you’ll want to pick these up.

Jane Dixon is a dating disaster. Flammable tablecloths and broken arms are just a typical evening for her unlucky companions. No wonder Jane never gets past a first date. But luckily her co-worker and new bff says he's got loads of friends who'd date her more than once. If only she could stop thinking about how much fun he was to hang out with. And she'd never dropped a bucket of ice on his junk. Win.

"I’ll devour anything Ellie Palmer writes." —Jessica Joyce, USA Today bestselling author of The Ex Vows A trope-filled delight of a rom com about two strangers who enter into a marriage of convenience that becomes anything but convenient. For better or worse is just the beginning. Lainey...

After losing her husband, Sienna Parker has been living a shadow of her former life, paralyzed by anxiety and guilt over not being the mother her young son deserves. When her sister, Maya, suggests a fresh start in a small town, Sienna agrees. Oak Mountain turns out to be nothing like she expected. Her son is thriving, she's minutes away from her sister, and for the first time in years, Sienna feels a spark of hope. But when that spark comes in the form of Maya's boss, Noah, she finds herself facing something she hadn't planned on: falling in love again.

“Kirsty Greenwood’s writing is like receiving a warm hug from a dear friend.”—Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Golden Summer A heartbroken romance novelist is forced to address her writer's block when the villainous cowboy character from her books shows up in...

The devil's right-hand woman must convince her long-lost husband to renounce their vows so she can wed a prince from Hell. Effie MacLeod is no stranger to making desperate decisions, but making a deal with Lucifer himself—sacrificing her soul to save a loved one—has got to be her most...

A rising Hollywood star explores the road not taken with her first love in this tender second-chance romance by the author of The Christmas Orphans Club Katie’s wildest dreams have come true. She’s a Hollywood actress, booked and busy, and campaigning for her first Oscar. Sure, she still...

A fall-inspired second-chance romance about a woman who returns home after inheriting her grandmother’s diner, only to discover the contractor she must hire was her high school crush. Sweater weather is better together. This September, Rebecca Macintosh is back in Bramley Hollow and she’s...

“Not since A Dog's Purpose have I been so besotted by a novel’s canine. Just like a good dog, Harold and this beautiful book will break your heart open and mend it all at once.”—Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of Jane & Dan at the End of the World In this delightfully...

Helicopter pilot Taylor Blankenship’s time schedule is maxed out. Between his job, his eighty-pound slobbering mess of a dog, and his matchmaking grandmother, he has no time for anyone or anything - especially a woman. If only there were a way to get Grams to back down. The job of New York City dog walker suits Caitlin Ramos perfectly while she preps for her CPA exam - steady, scheduled, and requiring very little human interaction; a huge seller since she’s still on the mend from a toxic relationship. Men suck. Especially her bossy hot client with the Saint Bernard.

Unleashing your inner tigress isn't easy when you're a doormat by nature! Still, after escaping a wretched marriage to a cheating SOB, Dallas party planner Naomi Delacroix isn't about to let another man sweet-talk her into sheathing her protective claws. Not even hunky millionaire Royce Powell, who's hired her to arrange his mother's surprise party. Even if he does make her purr like a kitten with one heated glance....