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'The perfect romcom' Lucy Vine ❤️A laugh-out-loud romcom in 2024 perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Elena Armas ❤️ Committing to a fake romance is easy. It’s keeping it fake that’s the problem … 'Charming, funny, relatable' Sophie Cousens 'I’m still swooning, and I don’t...

Welcome to Paranormal City! There’s hospitality for all here, be you vampire, demon, walking dead, or one of the werepeople. We've something for everyone, no matter what your needs or tastes. Listen to some of the tales of those who live here. They’ll tell you this is the greatest city in the world. Oh, and mundanes are also welcome. Just try to fit in. A devil’s dozen tales from Paranormal City for your delight…and terror.

A funny and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal role of work in our lives—a riveting fusion of The Nest, Up in the Air, and Then We Came to the End that captures the emotional complexities of five HR colleagues trying to balance ambition, hope, and fear as their small company is...

Se croire seule pour traverser une épreuve, et découvrir qu'on ne l'est pas... Aujourd'hui, on guérit du cancer du sein s'il est pris à temps. C'est ce qu'on dit à Lucie, et c'est vrai. Sauf que, si on est maman célibataire d'une petite Léa de onze ans qu'on tient à protéger, et si on se retrouve seule dans une nouvelle ville ou on ne connaît personne... ou trouve-t-on le soutien pour traverser vaillante l'espace incertain qui sépare le diagnostic de la fin du traitement ?

On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty-five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking...

Chihiro ha perso da poco la madre e sta cercando di rifarsi una vita a Tokyo, lontano dalla cittadina di provincia a cui la legano brutti ricordi. Nakajima è tormentato da un passato misterioso che gli impedisce di vivere fino in fondo i propri sentimenti. Mino e Chii vivono in una casa nei pressi di un lago, un luogo fuori dal tempo e dallo spazio.

Nach Frau Yeoms kleiner Laden der großen Hoffnungen der neue warmherzige Roman von Kim Ho-yeon über den 24-Stunden-Laden von Frau Yeom. In einer schmalen Gasse in einem alten Stadtteil von Seoul befindet sich Frau Yeoms kleiner 24-Stunden-Laden. Dort lenkt seit Kurzem Seon-suk die Geschicke, unterstützt vom neuen Nachtschichtmitarbeiter Hwang Geun-bae, der wie sein Vorgänger schnell zum Trostspender wird und Kunden wie Kollegen hilft, ihre Probleme anzugehen und neue Hoffnung zu schöpfen.

West 86th Street knows its desserts. It’s the 1970s, and poppyseed strudel, praline ice cream cake, and New York cheesecake are as integral to Manhattan’s Upper West Side as clustered pigeons, suited doormen, and greasy diners. That is, until Cato comes to town. Cato the Elder, a Roman born in 234 BCE, is credited with the earliest written recipe ever found. A recipe for . . . cheesecake. No cream cheese, no graham cracker crust, somehow savory and sweet, the recipe is enigmatic—and suddenly, it’s all anyone on West 86th Street can talk about.

How do I tell the man I’ve fallen for that I’ve been living a double life? Well … I don’t. I let him find out in the most scandalous and brutal way possible. Then I pick up the pieces, mend the bridges, heal the wounds. I use everything I have to get the life I want. The life I could only dream of. And then I get to know the real person behind the brilliant smiles, the forever promises, and the steamy nights … until his past finally catches up with him.

De Corea llega el nuevo gran fenómeno literario. El libro coreano del año: más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos Una extraordinaria novela sobre el poder de encontrarse a uno mismo. Una asombrosa tienda a la que siempre querrás regresar. Dokgo vive en la calle y duerme en la estación de Seúl. Tiempo atrás tenía un trabajo, una casa, una familia, pero un día lo perdió todo. Incluso la memoria. Cuando encuentra un monedero, decide entregárselo a su dueña, la señora Yeom, una exprofesora de mediana edad que gestiona una pequeña tienda abierta las veinticuatro horas.

The stories are all set in New York City and concern themselves with various facets of life in Gilded Age New York City—from the highest of high society to the commonest pensioner in less fashionable neighborhoods in boarding houses. The stories are about manners and mores; about the people of various strata of society relating to each other and the world around them.

Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England. He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts. His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.

Предпоследняя правда – первая часть увлекательной трилогии о жизни в знаменитом Толстовском доме. История разворачивается вокруг четырех петербургских семей, у каждой из которых своя судьба, свои трудности и потрясения. Герои "Предпоследней правды" не идеальны, а потому в их чертах так легко узнать себя, своих родителей, родных и друзей, мечты и страхи, интересы и секреты, даже одежду и манеру речи.

There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply because they hurt too much or no one wants to listen to them. Such was the story of Jhanvi, who is a budding social media influencer. She appears to have it all together, but something is missing: Jhanvi has this impossible need that drives her to be more perfect than any person could possibly be. And the story of Ashray, who had a rocky start in life. With hard work and determination, he translates his dreams into reality, but his deep-seated insecurities come to the fore when life throws him a curveball.

Tony Carter built an empire on blood money—controlling the city’s drug trade with ruthless precision while hiding behind the facade of a legitimate real estate developer. He has everything… Power. Wealth., Connections to a dangerous cartel. Everything except control over the one woman who controls his heart. The only person in the world with the capability to destroy him!

Un commissario di polizia così a Bari non se l'erano mai nemmeno immaginato: Lolita Lobosco detta Lolì, trentasei anni, occhi sempre accesi, lunghi capelli corvini e una quinta di reggiseno che negli uomini evoca la pienezza dei frutti mediterranei. Ma in questa vigilia natalizia anche per lei le cose si fanno terribilmente complicate. C'è un arrestato, le dicono, uno stimato professionista, con il golfino di cachemire e le mani tanto curate, accusato di violenza sessuale. Quell'uomo lei lo conosce bene...

QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She's successful in the traditionally male-dominated wine world. She'll do anything for a hunk of swoon-worthy cheese. And she only dates married men, a practice designed to evade love and protect her battered heart. But even as a mistress, Quinn has rules. No meddling in happy marriages. No men with young kids. No falling in love. And absolutely, unequivocally, no gigantic panties on a date. She prefers her men the way she likes her food and wine — enticing, intoxicating and utterly delicious.

High in a subsidized studio apartment, the unnamed 82-year-old narrator of Elegy in Blue looks out across the rooftops of Brooklyn all the way to the sea. His distinguished career on Wall Street is in ruins, his mansion in Brooklyn Heights has been burned to the ground, and most of all, his father, his son, and his wife―the stunningly beautiful and equally kind Clare―have been taken from him, one by one, over the decades, by war and an act of violence. Now his “allegiance is to his ghosts.” He’s almost lost to memory, reflection, and a purposeful letting go of life.

"L'anno scorso, a novembre, un libro mi ha salvato la vita." Le coincidenze non esistono. Ne è sicura Aurélie Bredin, giovane e attraente chef che gestisce da qualche anno il eistorante di famiglia, Le Temps des cerises, a due passi da boulevard Saint-Germain. Un pomeriggio, più triste che mai, Aurélie si rifugia in una libreria, dove si imbatte in un romanzo intitolato Il sorriso delle donne. Incuriosita, inizia a leggerlo e scopre un passaggio in cui viene citato proprio il suo ristorante.

Amateur sleuth Odessa Dean is about to discover the only thing harder than finding her way out of an escape room is finding an affordable apartment in Brooklyn in this sequel to Killer Content. Odessa Dean has made a home of Brooklyn. She has a fun job waiting tables at Untapped Books & Café...