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I was never supposed to be his wife. When my perfect older sister flees her arranged marriage, my father shoves me in her place—offering me up like a pawn to Dario Costa, the most feared Mafia Don in Philadelphia. Cold, ruthless, and eleven years my senior, he takes one look at me and sees nothing but a broken substitute. A wife unworthy of him. He refuses to annul the marriage but makes his stance clear—this will never be real. No love. No future. Just a one-year arrangement to save his reputation. But the more I push, the more possessive he becomes. The more I fight, the harder he ...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, read by Julia Whelan. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2019 FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEEN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of...

Devaughn is losing himself. After removing his own wife from the picture, he tries to go on as if nothing happened. Daily life becomes a struggle without the love of the one woman that brought something to his life. Devaughn is unable to feel true guilt. He finds a way to blame her as he navigates through busy days and restless nights. But life has a surprise in store for him. It is hard to reap rewards when you live such a sullied life. And Devaughn is about to reap what he sowed! Read the dynamic and mind blowing conclusion in Part II of this epic drama and get the shocking end to a page ...

Contains volumes one and two of Reincarnated as a Familiar. A young teacher finds herself reborn with only fuzzy, damaged memories of her past life. Even worse, she's stuck in the body of a cat and can't remember her own name. Summoned by a young mage girl named Lesti, she takes up the name Astria and becomes the girl's familiar.

A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations...

Everyone's heard the rumours about elite gentlemen's clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are the height of decadence...and the secrets are darker than you could possibly imagine. DS Maeve Kerrigan finds herself in an unfamiliar world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour when she investigates the murder of a young journalist, Paige Hargreaves. Paige was working on a story about the Chiron Club, a private society for the richest and most privileged men in London. Then she disappeared.

When Gisselle Daniels, a young architect, moves to the small town of Goodwin Grove to escape the chaos of city life, the last thing she expects is to get caught in the middle of a fire. Rescued by the brooding and heroic Lieutenant Liam Crawford, she's drawn to his commanding presence and the quiet pain in his eyes. Liam has dedicated his life to protecting others, but the tragic loss of a team member years ago has left him with a guarded heart.

Leo Stone is a ruthless killer or the victim of a miscarriage of justice. A year ago, he was convicted of the murder of two women and sentenced to life in prison. But now he's free, and according to him, he's innocent. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve finds out, the less convinced she is of his guilt. Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start?

In this scorching, mournful, often explicit, and never less than moving literary novel by the famed creator of the Easy Rawlins series, Debbie Dare, a black porn queen, has to come to terms with her sordid life in the adult entertainment industry after her tomcatting husband dies in a hot tub...

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬... Kurt’s life shatters the night he witnesses his best friend’s murder on the gritty streets of Harlem. Seeking to shield him from the violence that haunts their neighborhood, his mother sends him to live with his estranged father in Los Angeles. But LA proves to be a different kind of battlefield. In South Central, Kurt quickly learns that gang colors define the rules of engagement. His cousin, Trey Bone, a feared gang leader, becomes his reluctant mentor, teaching ...

A character so outrageous he could only have come from the ingenious imagination of Elmore Leonard, lewd, lecherous, law-bending Florida jurist Judge Robert “Maximum Bob” Gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudge-bearing malefactor and sentenced to death—by alligator, if necessary. Maximum...

Is there any chance of a second date? That all depends on what a woman and a man are willing to invest in the first, in this quick-witted short story of a perfectly equitable modern romance. After 10 years of bad blind dates, Candace is having a hard time believing Patrick is so spot-on. He’s sharp, handsome, and kind - her mind can’t help racing to where it all will lead. Then the check arrives. It’s time to get real.

It seems the universe itself is conspiring against the residents of Corduroy Mansions, as they all find themselves struggling with their nearest and dearest. Oedipus Snark’s mother, Berthea, is still at work on her scathing biography of her son—the only loathsome Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament; literary agents Rupert Porter and Barbara Ragg are still battling each other for first crack at the manuscript of Autobiography of a Yeti; and fine arts graduate Caroline Jarvis is busy exploring the blurry line between friendship and romance....

It all starts with Axel and Sam discovering an omega in their midst, and somehow the fae have them reopening the lodge they'd inherited decades after they inherited it. They've both been around for over a hundred years, but their contemporary vision is to create a safe stop for latent shifters, the ones who are just discovering that they are shapeshifters. The other main reason is to protect omegas from a sudden onslaught of omega traffickers. The lodge is open to all kinds of shifters and this old building, hidden down a dirt road in the forest, is drawing the new generation to it for some...

Thinking that she has been summoned by German immigrant Agnes Otto to usher a new life into the world, midwife Sarah Brandt is greeted by the news of an untimely death instead. It seems that Agnes' beautiful younger sister, Gerda, had fallen into the life of a "charity girl". Caught up in the false glamour of the city's nightlife, she would trade her company and her favors for lavish gifts. And now she was dead - victim, no doubt, of one of her "gentlemen friends".

The Bottom Line is an anthology based on ten different women from different walks of life who end up in the strip club. Some make it out in good graces while others get swallowed up by the game. Sex, drugs, greed, and envy are all a part of the game beyond the pole, but through it all, the money is the bottom line!

An Oprah.com Best Romance Novel of 2019! “Perfect for readers who love the dishy women's fiction of Candace Bushnell.” —Booklist From the author of the New York Times bestselling Stiletto and Oxford series, the first in a sizzling new series following the unlikely friendship of three Upper...

In this witty, feel-good romantic comedy perfect for fans of Love Is Blind and You’ve Got Mail, an enemies-to-lovers romance unfolds between two rivals who unknowingly fall for each other online. Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper is determined to keep her late father’s...

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson's popular series continues with this fourth book, which reaches back to unearth the roots of JohnnieWise's family tree. On the eve of her arranged marriage in an African village, a 16-year-old girl elopes with her fiancé's younger brother. But the lovers are captured and sold into American slavery - and the girl wonders if she'll ever see her man again.

London, 1849. Charles Dickens has set up Urania Cottage as a sanctuary for fallen women. But he is shocked when the matron's assistant - Patience Brooke - is found hanging outside the property, covered in blood. Desperate to protect the reputation of the Home and to stop a scandal from spreading, Dickens takes the investigation into his own hands. With the help of his good friend, Superintendent Sam Jones of Bow Street, and a description of the suspect as "a man with a crooked face", Dickens's search takes him deep into the filthy slums of Victorian London.