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'Call Me By Your Name meets Evelyn Waugh in a gorgeous novel about the generations-long aftershocks of a youthful tryst' — Esquire From the winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly novel that spans seven transformative decades as it plumbs the complex relationships of a remarkable family. In...

In 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford to study engineering, though his sights are set on joining the Royal Air Force. Handsome, athletic, charismatic, he is unaware of his effect on others - especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. With the world at war, and the Blitz raging in London, Oxford nevertheless exists at a strange remove: a place of fleeting beauty - and secret liaisons. A friendship develops between these two young men that will have unexpected consequences as the novel unfolds.

Eigentlich sollte er sie töten, aber stattdessen muss er sie heiraten ... Sir William Blackstone ist Geheimagent der Königin, gefährlich, kaltblütig und effizient. Als er den Auftrag erhält, den erpresserischen Viscount of Ashford zu töten, unterläuft ihm ein Fehler, und er ist gezwungen, auch noch eine unerwartete Zeugin zu beseitigen.

Keine Ehe ist, was sie zu sein scheint. Als Helen spät von einem Elternabend nach Hause kommt, freut sie sich auf einen schönen Abend mit ihrem Mann Ralph. In letzter Zeit lief es nicht mehr so gut zwischen ihnen. Zusammensitzen und ein Glas Wein trinken würde ihnen guttun und ihre Welt wieder in Ordnung bringen. Doch es kommt anders. Sie findet ihren Mann nicht auf dem Sofa, sondern am Fuße der Kellertreppe liegend. Ermordet. Und neben ihm steht seine Geliebte.

Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover - to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.

'The book of 2025.' Mail on Sunday Working late? Midnight calls? Suspicious texts? One in five of us will have an affair in our lifetimes – but the reasons behind them might not be what you think. Psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld shares the secrets, lies and motivations behind real affairs...

My entire life has been one steady plan after another. Go to college. Get married. Have a successful career. More than a decade goes by, and my entire world is rocked in more ways than one. Everything I thought I knew is ripped from under me in one fell swoop. Then I meet him: the enticing man behind the camera with the boyish grin and charismatic energy who makes me question everything. He was only supposed to be a means to an end. But what I got was so much more.

An affair: It can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the prohibition against it - in fact it has a tenacity that marriage can only envy. Iconic couples' therapist and best-selling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns with a groundbreaking and provocative look at infidelity, arguing for a more nuanced and less judgmental conversation about our transgressions.

Heads always turned when Rose McCarthy walked into a room. Nearly six feet tall, she was ramrod straight, and impeccably put together with faultless style, long graceful legs, her snow-white hair cut in a chin-length rounded cap. Her piercing blue eyes missed nothing. She could terrify anyone with a few well-chosen, soft-spoken, eloquent words, or comfort and delight a young employee with generous praise. For 25 years, she had been the legendary editor in chief of Mode magazine.

Dr. Miranda Hayes lives what many would consider the perfect life. She has a loving boyfriend, family, and friends who adore her, and a career she is passionate about. All her life, she has dated men and never once questioned her sexuality. That is, until Lane Remington, the woman she considers the most insufferable human she has ever interacted with, becomes her new boss. A woman she met once and hoped never to see again. A woman whom life kept throwing into her path.

Iconic couples' therapist and best-selling author Esther Perel returns with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity, providing the insight we so desperately need to help us move beyond a simplistic discussion. An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, have the prohibitions against it - in fact adultery has a tenacity that marriage can only envy.

Der dritte Band der neuen Romance-Serie von USA Today Bestseller-Autorin Piper Rayne - herzerwärmend, flirty und mit der richtigen Portion Humor. Wenn du eigentlich Spaß an deinem Singleleben hast, doch plötzlich taucht eine Frau mit einem Baby auf dem Arm auf und behauptet, es wäre deins, brauchst du einen Plan: Steh auf. Finde heraus, wie alt das Baby ist. Rechne! Versuch dich an die Frau zu erinnern, vor allem an ihren Namen. Überprüfe, ob sie dich nicht mit deinem Zwillingsbruder verwechselt.

Everything starts somewhere. For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover - to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.

Minutes after Vice President Nick Cappuano and Lt. Sam Holland get the call that President Nelson has been found dead in the residence on Thanksgiving, they’re still processing that Nick has been asked to come to the White House to take the oath of office. As they go through the motions to ensure a peaceful transition of power, Sam has a million and one concerns about her husband, her family, the Nelson family, the country, and the enormity of what Nick is about to take on.

Der neue Psychothriller von der norwegischen Erfolgsautorin Helene Flood und die Frage: Ist es schlimmer seinen Mann oder die Polizei anzulügen? Als Rikkes Nachbar Jørgen im Obergeschoss ihres kleinen Apartmenthauses tot aufgefunden wird, werden die Bewohner von der Polizei verhört. Wie kann Rikke ihrem Mann gestehen, dass Jørgen und sie eine Affäre hatten? Oder der Polizei die Komplexität ihrer Gefühle erklären? Der Anflug von Erleichterung, dass er tot ist.

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM. When Harry takes Kat to Venice for their wedding anniversary, he promises parties on the Lido, sunset dinners, and dancing in the moonlight. But when the US embassy in Rome quietly asks them to help investigate the mysterious death of an undercover Treasury agent, romance must wait. And within hours - in this great city of canals and bridges - they're caught in a dangerous and deadly race to expose a criminal conspiracy before another murder can be committed.

From a clinical psychologist who served as a clinical supervisor in the Department of Psychology at Yale University, received the CPA’s award for Distinguished Contribution to the Practice of Psychology, and has treated couples and trained therapists for over four decades, this newly updated, award-winning book provides concrete, proven strategies for those who seek to survive their partner’s infidelity and to rebuild the relationship after an affair. This new third edition of After the Affair helps guide both hurt and unfaithful partners through three stages of healing.

Rafe Beaumont, fifth son of an earl, uses his irresistible charm with the ladies to glean dangerous war secrets. Now he's putting those skills to the ultimate test: capturing an elusive assassin by seducing his daughter. The problem? She's entirely immune to Rafe's flattery. Never before has Collette Fortier met a man as attractive as Rafe. But her father's life is at stake and succumbing to Rafe would be disastrous. But when Rafe turns the tables on her, offering support and friendship instead of a fleeting affair, Collette finds herself tempted in ways she never could have imagined

Intrigen, Macht und verbotene Gefühle in Stockholms Top-Anwaltskanzlei. Victoria Leander beginnt nach ihrer schlimmen Trennung als Anwältin bei Svärdh&Partner in Stockholm. Doch bereits ihr erster Fall bringt Victoria an eine Grenze, die sie eigentlich nie wieder überschreiten wollte. Der junge Unternehmer Daniel Häger ist genau die Sorte Mann, von der Victoria sich für immer fernhalten wollte - und doch scheint Daniel die perfekte Ablenkung von ihrem Schmerz zu sein... Teil 2 der schwedischen Bestseller-Reihe von Helene Holmström.

Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Miss Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation.