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Vera Gallagher is chasing constant. For four years, her life was anything but normal. And the years before that she refuses to even remember. Dwelling on the past only hurts. Life is fragile, a lesson her mother taught her well. She’s determined not to waste a moment of her newfound freedom. Maybe some would consider her crush on Mateo Eden wasted time. Maybe some would call her a fool for loving a man who hasn’t once dropped a crumb of interest her way. Still, to Vera, it’s Mateo or nothing.

Along a rugged stretch of coastline, a lighthouse stands guard over deadly reefs that have claimed countless ships. When lighthouse keeper Coraline Wescott pulls a half-dead stranger from the wreckage below her tower, she expects a simple tale of storm and shipwreck. Instead she uncovers something far more dangerous. Hidden lantern signals are guiding ships through the reefs at night. Smugglers are using the coastline as a secret route. And the lighthouse itself may be the final signal that completes their trap. The stranger, Thaddeus Harrow, carries charts proving the illegal routes exist.

"Ce qui importait pour elle, c'est que Lucky ne soit pas mort comme un autre sur cette plage. Cette mort, il l'avait décidée, il l'avait voulue. Lucky n'avait pas fait la guerre, il avait joué." Quel est le prix d'une vie ? Quand on s'appelle Lucky, qu'on a la chance du diable, alors peut-être la mort n'est-elle qu'un défi. Un jeu. Ils étaient cent quatre-vingt-huit soldats sur la péniche en ce jour de juin 1944. Et Lucky a misé sa vie contre une hypothétique fortune.

Confrontée au pire, elle va découvrir le meilleur d'elle-même. Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli a la vie dont elle a toujours rêvé : une ferme dans les Grandes Plaines, de beaux enfants, un foyer uni. Malheureusement, sous les effets conjugués de la grande dépression, qui prive des millions d'Américains de leur travail, et d'événements climatiques terribles qui détruisent les récoltes, son monde s'effondre.

Marie-Lou, qui a quitté sa Savoie natale pour Brest, et Matthieu, le ténébreux surfeur, sont tombés amoureux au premier regard. Mais entre leurs stages en psychiatrie et en neurochirurgie, les nombreuses gardes à effectuer, les apéros au "Gobe-mouches" et les fêtes carabines, leur histoire d'amour n'est pas un long fleuve tranquille. C'est plutôt la valse des sentiments... Surtout quand leurs proches deviennent leurs patients.

In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—an "unforgettable must-read" for readers of Tayari Jones (Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling author). Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss...

LA SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE AU COEUR DES INSTITUTIONS RELIGIEUSES ITALIENNES. Florence, 1933. Alors qu'Angelo Bianco arrive tout juste d'Amérique après le décès de sa mère, ce sont la gentillesse et les plaisanteries de son amie Eva Rosselli qui lui redonnent le sourire. Bien que d'origines et de confessions différentes, les deux enfants grandissent comme frère et sœur, avant que leurs sentiments ne se transforment en amour. Pourtant, devenu adulte, Angelo choisit la prêtrise : une décision qui met un terme à une complicité de plus de dix ans.

A high-stakes mystery of romance and intrigue that takes place in the Gilded Age of Chicago. It’s mid-September 1893 and Eloisa Carstairs is the reigning debutant of Gilded Age Chicago society. To outsiders she appears to have it all. But Eloisa is living with a dark secret. Several months ago...

Welcome to Detroit, Michigan, home of the grittiest, illest, most hardcore, crime-infested, poverty-stricken neighborhoods in the country. It's sometimes referred to as the Murder Capital because of the huge murder rate that never ceases to surprise us, the Murder Mitten, or the Dirty Glove because of the state's shape on the US map. 

Love is an endurance sport… Recovering from a bad crash and a broken heart, Australian road cycling star Lori Gallagher gets back into training with the help of a coaching app and an anonymous training partner she knows only by his avatar and his voice. But with her career dependent on...

Four Alphas. One summer bet. And the girl next door who was never supposed to get involved. I came to the coast to disappear. After everything my father did, hiding out in my grandmother's seaside cottage was supposed to be simple. Quiet. Safe. One normal summer before I figured out what came...

A propulsive debut of visionary scale, Make Me a City embroiders fact with fiction to tell the story of Chicago's 19th century, tracing its rise from frontier settlement to industrial colossus. The tale begins with a game of chess—and on the outcome of that game hinges the destiny of a great...

Stevie Bluehaven faces a tough decision: break the number one street code or stay in an abusive relationship. Choosing herself, the twenty-seven-year-old dog groomer goes against the grain and runs to a new city with her baby, best friend, and the clothes on her back. Taking advantage of her fresh start, Stevie pours all her time into building her clientele and restoring her faith in herself. However, an impromptu night out leads her to a place inhabited by a dangerous man, with broadening energy and protection the runaway didn’t know she would need.

LaMeka and Gavin fell for each other fast and furiously, but will it fizzle before it has a chance to get off the ground? Although Lucinda is heartbroken over Aldris, she’s also tasted the forbidden fruit, and she wonders if she can now live with the decisions she’s made. Charice is living the dream. She has her life with Ryan and her love with Lincoln, but can she continue to have her cake and eat it too? As Terrence’s life hangs in the balance, Trinity’s happiness is as uncertain as her safety.   

After her high school sweetheart joined the military, Mona Lisa Ellington thought she'd never love again. So she settled for a man who cherished her - and made his living hurting others. Yet she prayed her fiancé would one day return. Mona Lisa's classmate, Katherine Clinton, knew she'd marry her high school sweetheart and live happily ever after. But when he left for the military, she had to make new plans for her and their son. Still, Katherine dreamed of the day her fiancé would return.

In part 3 of the Never Again...No More series, Trinity, LaMeka, Lucinda, and Charice are back with brand-new drama. Although they seem to have escaped their pasts, they find out they can never say never again.

Kailani had been scarred from her last relationship and love was the last thing on her mind, but when Hendrix makes an appearance, she can't seem to shake, she learns to lower her guard. The two build a bond that seems unbreakable until someone from Kailani's past threatens to ruin it all.

Keena and Kim met in a group home and have been best friends ever since. They both have the mindset of money over men, and they don’t play where they lay. They set brothas up and rob them, disappearing without a trace. Keena, the brains of the two, sets up the biggest lick of their lives in Miami. If they can pull this one off, they can retire and live the good life. Peter, who everyone calls Black, is not an easy target. He is different from all the others that they have set up, and Keena is having second thoughts.

Ms. Nova sacrificed her childhood to be a teenage mother and provider for her family. Working a dead-end job barely pays the bills, but her luck is due to change when her homegirl suggests she shake her ass at a jumping strip joint. Weary and self-conscious, she is reluctant at first, but the money is fast and easy and makes her life a lot easier. Although she has more bread, her bedroom life is at a standstill. Thinking with her head and not her heart, she makes a boss move on the club owner and is able to wrap him around her pinky.

For seventeen-year-old Delaney Ragein McGuff, life hasn't been easy. Both of her parents are strung out on drugs, so Delaney, the oldest of five siblings, skips straight over her childhood and focuses on being there for her sisters and brothers. At work one day, she meets Onijae Love, and she’s instantly attracted to the older man. Onijae, a well-known businessman, is twenty-four and one of the handsomest men living in the state of Texas.