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You know when you meet your new professor, and he ends up being the same man you had a one-night stand with three months ago? Okay, maybe not. Let me explain. I hadn't intended to sleep with my professor. I might be known as the impulsive prankster daughter in my family, but I'm not insane. I just wanted to have some fun in Ireland at my sister's wedding - and maybe lose my virginity, too. When I met Lochlann Gallagher at a pub one night, I couldn't resist him. He was hot, Irish, and entirely set on seducing me.

Emile de Guillory swore off love the night his wife died in his arms. Bazyli Drakos loves too deeply, despite what he stands to lose. The night of Prince Adrien's marriage to Isiodore de Mortain, Bazyli finds Emile poisoned in the royal gardens. He takes him back to his home in the lower city, where Bazyli and his silent demon nurse Emile back from the brink of death. What begins as an uneasy alliance turns into something more as Bazyli and Emile work to uncover the assassin who poisoned Emile that night - an assassin who can hide behind any face, even those Emile trusts the most.

Nara Johnson is mine. I know the moment I take her hand. She's brilliant. Curvy. Beautiful. A city girl from Chicago doing her PhD in my small town. And she's running from me as fast as she can. I can see it in her eyes. She's been hurt before. Badly. But I'm not those other men. I'm a 44-year-old farmer who knows what he wants. And what I want is her. She thinks she's going back to the city after graduation. Forgetting all about Blossom Ford. Forgetting about me. I'll prove her wrong. I'll be patient, show up. I'll prove I'm different. Because Nara Johnson isn't just passing through. She's...

For eight years, single mother Grace Archer has been living a picture-perfect life raising her daughter on a horse farm in the small town of Tallanville, Alabama. Watching Frankie grow into a talented and confident young girl has made Grace as happy as any mother could hope to be. Happy enough...

Iris Radisch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch Camus' Leben und Werk. Dieser Autor ist kein Heiliger. Sein Leben und seine Bücher erzählen von der Sehnsucht nach den großen, elementaren Erlebnissen, vom Glück der Beschränkung auf das Essentielle, vom Zauber der Einfachheit. Camus verwickelt seine Leser in die grundlegenden Fragen nach richtig und falsch, nach gut und böse, und seine Werke fordern heraus zu einem neuen Nachdenken über die Natur des Menschen.

Tras muchos años de trabajo y muchas sábanas revueltas en el ejercicio de amores desganados, el gran Charles Arrowby, famoso dramaturgo, director y figura destacada de las tablas londinenses, decide retirarse de las candilejas para ir a un apartado rincón de la costa británica y escribir sus memorias.

Executives and professionals speak different languages, as disparate as Swahili and Greek. Agendas, vocabularies, and cultural conditioning destroy meaningful communication between them. This book exposes selling myths and profit-killing gaps between illusion and reality.

Barrett Everyone knows Montgomery men are doomed to love only one woman. Even if she hates the mountains, which we can’t leave without. I don’t believe in curses, however, I’m not the type of man to stake my peace of mind on flimsy serendipity. I choose a marriage of convenience. A cold contract devoid of the wrenching heartache of love that turned my father’s life into a living hell. Yet, the moment I lay my eyes on Keisha’s innocent smile and alluring curves, all I can think about is her. When my young, love-shy bride finds out the truth, will she stay or am I doomed to a life ...

Iris Johansen is a master storyteller whose thrilling novels go straight to the heart of suspense. Now the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Long After Midnight and The Ugly Duckling returns with her most nerve-shattering novel ever, a story of deadly greed and global terror. A...

Fallon È l'insegnante adorata di mia figlia. È persino nel club di lavoro a maglia di mia madre. Chiaramente, è proibita. Layla Shah merita una staccionata bianca e una nidiata di bambini con un giovane uomo di successo. Potrei essere un dottore di successo, ma ho troppi anni alle spalle per essere chiamato giovane. Mia figlia pensa che io sia l'essere umano più penoso del mondo e il mio lavoro occupa così tanto del mio tempo che tutto quello che mi interessa in una donna è l'avventura occasionale. Eppure, quando Layla e io siamo bloccati in una baita, resistere alla bellezza formosa ...

Nara Johnson è mia. Lo so nel momento in cui prendo la sua mano. È brillante. Formosa. Bellissima. Una ragazza di città da Chicago che fa il suo dottorato nella mia piccola città. E sta scappando da me più veloce che può. Lo vedo nei suoi occhi. È stata ferita prima. Gravemente. Ma io non sono quegli altri uomini. Sono un contadino di 44 anni che sa cosa vuole. E quello che voglio è lei. Pensa che tornerà in città dopo la laurea. Dimenticando tutto di Blossom Ford. Dimenticando me. Le dimostrerò che si sbaglia. Sarò paziente, ci sarò. Dimostrerò di essere diverso. Perché Nara...

The moving and inspiring story of a young Creole/Black woman born in 1936 in New Orleans. Stung by the ugly hatred of racism, young Iris Duplantier Rideau learned from her grandmother to pass for white, affording her better opportunities than her darker-skinned friends and family. Moving to California with her mother, Iris experienced horrors that no child should endure, leaving her a single teenage mother without a future at 17. What would have stopped most people, only made Iris more determined. She took a grueling job in a sweatshop to support herself and her baby. Needing more education...

Those bad habits that have stolen your productivity, your focus, and the fulfillment in your life have no more power than you give them. It may be hard to believe, but the truth is, habits are only hard to break if you go at them with the wrong perspective. In this guide, we'll be busting a lot of myths you've been told by society and dive deep into the truths of how to break free from bad habits and cycles of negative thinking.

A music therapist who thrives on helping others, Kendra Michaels cherishes the ordinary life she has achieved after stem cell surgery restored her sight. The skills she perfected during those sightless years - the ability to pick up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her - coupled with her laser-sharp mind - have made her a uniquely potent observer and problem solver. Kendra’s uncanny way of connecting the dots is as baffling to law enforcement as it is legendary.

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen offers listeners a classic tale of a love that seems impossible - and a hunger that is undeniable.

Jenny Cashman longs to escape the refined, rarified air of her exclusive Swiss education. At 19, she’s desperate for independence - and to once again see the man she loves. So she sells her belongings, leaves Europe, and heads to Las Vegas. The sight of Steve Jason’s newest palatial hotel and casino thrills Jenny - but not as much as the sight of the man himself....

Angel Vingt-deux ans et infertile. Mon ex m'a quittée à cause de ça. Il a dit qu'il voulait ses propres enfants. Quand le Dr Liam Johnson me propose un mariage de convenance, je dis oui. Il a besoin d'une mère pour ses jumeaux. J'ai besoin d'une famille. Nous obtenons tous les deux ce que nous voulons. Sauf que je ne m'attendais pas à ça. La façon dont il me regarde de l'autre côté de la table du petit-déjeuner. Sa douceur avec ses enfants. La chaleur dans ses yeux quand il pense que je ne regarde pas. Il a quarante et un ans. Veuf. Toujours en deuil de la femme qu'il a perdue. Je...

Welcome to the world of Droll Tales, in which reality is a mutually agreed-upon illusion and life is painful, paradoxical, beautiful, and brief. With an oddball cast of characters who reappear in various guises throughout these interrelated stories, Smyles reveals an off-kilter world overlapping this one. And in giving us a tour of this enchanted, sometimes absurd place, with its own workings and ways of expression, she gives us a new way to understand our own.

Alexander For generations, marriages in my family have been nothing more than mergers. As the only heir, I’ve been groomed to do whatever makes our business empire prosper. So, when my father arranges an alliance with the daughter of another powerful conglomerate, I expect nothing more than mutual courtesy from her. Fresh out of college, my bride to be is twenty years younger than me but her age and innocent looking eyes don’t fool me. Nia’s family is just as ruthless and calculating as mine. But the more I get to know her, the softer my heart becomes. She doesn’t scurry away at the...

«Me da envidia la vida que tenían mis padres a mi edad». Con esta frase empieza Feria, y esta sencilla declaración ha convertido a su autora, una joven debutante de menos de treinta años, en la escritora más celebrada del año 2021 en España.

Hätten Florentine und Hannes den beiden jungen Reisenden auch dann ihre Tür geöffnet, wenn sie geahnt hätten, welche Rolle der Besuch aus der DDR im Leben der Banater Familie noch spielen wird? Hätte Samuel seinem besten Freund Oz auch dann rückhaltlos beigestanden, wenn er das Ausmaß seiner Entscheidung überblickt hätte? In Die Unschärfe der Welt verbinden sich die Lebenswege von sieben Personen, sieben Wahlverwandten, die sich trotz Schicksalsschlägen und räumlichen Distanzen unaufhörlich aufeinander zubewegen.