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When a reporter from D.C. is found murdered in the Florida Bayou, FBI agent Olivia Knight is called to the scene of the crime. It seems the victim had made a lot of enemies. Giving her a notorious reputation among those in the news industry. A reporter who went after the worst crime stories imaginable. She left behind a cryptic clue. Leading Olivia and Brock on a wild goose chase. Taking them down back-country roads to a small town. A town with a population of 500.

Set in small town Montana, this romance series follows the six siblings of the Eden family as they each find love.

Warm, insightful, and witty, the first book of advice from New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson—aka the Bloggess Jenny Lawson is full of contradictions. She’s a celebrated author but battles self-doubt, paralysis, and anxiety. She’s an award-winning humorist but struggles with...

I was lied to. I was ruined. I was corrupted. But now… I’m in control. Surviving them was only the beginning. Now we have to face something much bigger than us… and far more dangerous. And the men who once owned my fate are now the ones I might have to save. Freedom was never going to be free. And loving them? That might cost me everything. And not everyone will make it out alive. Covenant of Control is an enemies-to-lovers, secret society, academy romance and the fourth and final installment in the Regents of Covenant House series.

Viscount Montcrief was a man of wealth, refinement—and secrets. A recluse by nature, he lived in seclusion behind the iron gates of Montcrief House, a palatial estate renowned for its opulence and exquisite painted ceilings. Few were ever admitted, and those who entered were bound to silence. But in the spring of 1924, the Viscount developed a curious obsession with plays broadcast over the wireless. When he invited a troupe of actors—seven players and their director—to perform a private drama within his grand drawing room, the staff raised their eyebrows.

This philosophical study explores the concept of the "pluri person"—the multiplicity and fragmentation of selfhood—through the lens of irony as both rhetorical strategy and existential condition. The book argues that ironic consciousness reveals the inherently plural nature of human identity, challenging unified models of subjectivity that dominate Western philosophical traditions. The book investigates how irony functions as more than a literary device, serving as a fundamental mode of being that acknowledges contradiction, multiplicity, and performativity at the core of personal identity.

»Rites of the Starling« ist eine mitreißende Slow-Burn-Romantasy, in der Feinde zu Geliebten werden, Monster Kronen tragen und eine vergessene Prinzessin die Macht in sich trägt, ein ganzes Königreich in Brand zu setzen. In der atemberaubenden Fortsetzung des großen »New York Times«-Bestsellers »Shield of Sparrows« warten auf Odessa nicht nur neue Herausforderungen und noch gefährlichere Monster, sie muss auch um ihre große Liebe kämpfen ... Enthaltene Tropes: Engagement/Marriage of Convenience, Enemies to Lovers Spice-Level: 2 von 5

Literary agent Zoey Moody has been exiled from the Manhattan publishing scene to small-town Pennsylvania with her best friend and only remaining client, romance novelist Hazel Hart. Zoey’s bank account is running on fumes, forcing her to liquidate her designer wardrobe to make ends meet.

The System has arrived. Soon, magic will permeate the entire planet, society will be disrupted, and Dungeon-spawned monsters will walk the Earth. A few lucky people — or unlucky enough to become merely the first die horribly - have been given the honor of becoming Exemplars and given System-provided power to either help or torment their fellow humans. This is one of their stories.

Salt Letters to a Younger Me is a tender correspondence between memory and tide—a series of lyrical letters written by a marine biologist to his younger self. Each letter drifts between science and solitude, salt and sorrow, tracing how the sea mirrors the human heart: its erosion, its return, its endless capacity to begin again. Through quiet observations of coral bleaching, migrating whales, and the hush of coastal dawns, the narrator learns that every loss leaves behind a mineral trace—something that glimmers even after grief recedes.

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

When a reservation snafu strands hyper-organized marketer Sophie Caldwell in a honeymoon suite with barefoot travel photographer Liam Reyes, survival looks like painter’s tape down the middle and zero small talk. Then Isla Paradiso kicks off Wedding Week, the resort is overbooked, and a cheerful concierge lists them as “the happy couple.” To keep the room—and maybe enjoy a few perks—they agree to fake an engagement until the crowds thin. Couples’ massages become “research,” sunset cruises double as “content,” and one staged kiss short-circuits their boundaries.

Jason has discovered that his homeworld is not what he thought. What’s more, the rest of the planet is on the precipice of sharing his revelation. With magic on the rise and forces pulling him in multiple directions, Jason is faced with challenges greater than ever before. Even as his power reaches new and incredible heights, he is faced with the realization that going beyond his best is still not enough.

Except the Pirates were too late, and now not one but two of the enemy are loose in the galaxy. And they are equipped with starships more powerful than Valkyrie. A direct fight would be hopeless, so the Pirates must rely on wacky ideas from the mushy brain of a monkey—and some serious sketchiness.

It is the 31st Millennium. Under the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor, the Imperium has stretched out across the galaxy. It is a golden age of discovery and conquest. But now, on the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the front lines, entrusting the great crusade to his favourite son, Horus. Promoted to Warmaster, can the idealistic Horus carry out the Emperor's grand plan, or will this promotion sow the seeds of heresy amongst his brothers?

The nationally bestselling author of The Paleontologist and A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with terrifying side effects. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over...

A luminous coming-of-age fantasy about creativity, courage, and the things we leave unfinished, The Library of Forgotten Dreams reminds us that every dream left untended still waits to be reclaimed—and that some stories will not rest until they are told.

On a sun-faded street lined with modest shops, a humble bicycle repairman named Michael spends his days tightening bolts, mending wheels, and listening — quietly — to the stories that pass through his open door. Around him spins an entire world: a lottery seller who sells hope, a shoe mender who laughs through pain, a clothes vendor who restores dignity, a cookie lady who sweetens hardship, a rickshaw driver who carries burdens seen and unseen, and others — twelve souls in all, each a spoke in the great wheel of life.

On the quiet rooftops of a sleepless city, a small grey cat named Look-Up spends his nights gazing at the stars. While the other alley cats chase fish and scraps, he chases light—dreaming not of survival, but of belonging among the constellations. When two children discover him and rename him Comet, his dream begins to change.

Titus Briggs's second chance has become a first-rate, alien-crushing, rebel-stomping success. The MOCOM units are turning the tide of the war, and the Moonlight Rebellion is on the ropes. But if these treasonous humans, who worship alien invaders as gods, are to be finally defeated, it means cutting off the supply of weapons and equipment from their Thephari overlords... if Briggs and his team can find out how they are doing it.