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One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century The extraordinary new novel from the acclaimed author of Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Veronica is about flesh and spirit, vanity, mortality, and mortal affection. Set mostly in Paris and Manhattan in the desperately...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A mysterious inheritance draws orphaned teacher Darcy O’Sullivan to the eerie coastal town of Fairydale, where she becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle while facing an ancient evil that could destroy them all in this haunting and seductive blend of gothic horror and...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Fairydale, dark academia and gothic romance meet in this haunting stand-alone filled with centuries-old secrets, dangerous alliances, and obsessive love that stands the test of time...

Book Riot’s Best New Book Releases A 2025 Latino Book Award Winner, Gold Medal for Best Novel — Historical Fiction — English “A vivid and unprecedented journey into the Spanish invasion of Aztec Mexico.” —Luis Alberto Urrea, acclaimed author of The House of Broken Angels A “wild...

1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her.

For the desperate father of a small family in Leningrad, escape to Germany could not be any worse than the certainty of starvation in they did nothing. Even if caught and imprisoned, he believes they will at least have food and not freeze to death. The only comfort for his daughter, 14-year-old Elena, is that she can take her "piano" with her, a cloth facsimile of a keyboard sewn for her by her grandmother so she could practice after her own piano was destroyed in the bombing.

Wolf Lennox, conte di Blackwood e potente magnate della Lennox Industry, è uno scozzese dall’animo arido. Cinico e arrogante, si divide tra Edimburgo, Londra e New York, gestendo la vita privata come gli affari. Solo due cose per lui sono più importanti del titolo e del potere: la famiglia e il castello di Blackwood, la sua casa.Rose McGregor è una giovane donna al servizio dei Lennox. Rimasta presto orfana, vive grazie alla generosità della nobile famiglia, che le ha dato un lavoro e un tetto sulla testa. Diciannovenne pura e ingenua, fin da bambina custodisce un segreto.

Tanyth Fairport makes her way through the Lammas Wood to discover the last of the Old Witch Women isn't exactly what she expected. When greedy businessmen from the mainland threaten those she loves, Tanyth must put aside her fear, and give herself over to her gifts. A journey 20 winters in the making may come to naught, when Tanyth learns the secret of The Hermit of Lammas Wood.

“Absolutely delightful.” —People The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book...

Fatima Daas é o pseudônimo da autora deste livro. É também o nome de sua narradora. A última filha, livro de estreia da escritora, filha de argelinos e nascida na França, mescla ficção e relato autobiográfico, construindo uma intensa reflexão sobre identidade. Lésbica, muçulmana e periférica, a protagonista, narradora e (talvez) autora deste romance rememora sua trajetória familiar, afetiva e religiosa, em uma prosa fragmentária e cadenciada em que soam diversos ritmos, desde o rap até o Alcorão.

Abandoned by her family, alone on the wrong side of the color line with little to call her own, Eliza Meeks is coming to terms with what she does have. It’s a gift for communicating with animals. To some, she’s a magical tender. To others, a she-devil. To a talent prospector, she’s a crowd-drawing oddity. And the Bacchanal Carnival is Eliza’s ticket out of the swamp trap of Baton Rouge. Among fortune-tellers, carnies, barkers, and folks even stranger than herself, Eliza finds a new home. But the Bacchanal is no ordinary carnival. An ancient demon has a home there too.

When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons. In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces listeners to a fantasist in the vein of Karen Russell and Kelly Link, with a voice all her own.

When the family castle is besieged by an ancient enemy, Ursula rides for help to Aylmer, who has asked for her hand in marriage. Ursula admires and respects Aylmer, who is much older than she. He loves her dearly and promises to help lift the siege. Aylmer offers the services of Benedict de Huste, a young man with a tragic past whom Aylmer regards as an adopted son. Together Ursula and Benedict fight a double battle.

It's Egypt, 1500 BC, and Lady Tiya is bound to the service of the goddess Nephthys, who plans to sacrifice Tiya's body to protect Egypt from an ancient terror. She embarks to meet her grim fate alone but for the hardened warrior Khenet, who is fated to die at her side. Tiya's dreams of love and family now seem impossible, and Khenet, who is the last of his line, knows his culture will die with him. Struggling with the high cost of Nephthys's demands, both resolve to remain loyal.

1943. En plena guerra, el único lugar donde resuenan la música y las risas es el pequeño bistró de Marianne, lleno de oficiales alemanes. Las puertas del local aparecen tapiadas, Marianne ha desaparecido y en el cristal se puede leer una terrible inscripción que la acusa de «colaboradora y asesina». 1987. Sabine se dirige a París para visitar el viejo bistró que acaba de heredar de Marianne, la abuela que nunca conoció.

Drawn to his abandoned temple on the banks of the Nile by an enchanting song, Sobek the Crocodile God is even more captivated by the sight of the singer herself. Appearing to her as a man, he learns she is Merys, a descendant of his last priestess. Though filled with lust, Sobek believes Merys deserves to be more than just his mistress. But the rules that govern the Egyptian pantheon forbid anything beyond a physical joining of a Great One and a human.

Le donne della famiglia Cruz hanno tutte un destino: crescere da sole le loro figlie. Paloma lo ha imparato sulla propria pelle: di suo padre infatti ha sentito raccontare una sola volta, come un’ombra passeggera, l’avventura di una notte; un uomo senza volto e senza nome, di cui è meglio non parlare. Ma quando sua nonna Nayeli muore in una casa di cura a Buenos Aires, Paloma scopre che quello non è l’unico segreto del loro passato. In un ripostiglio, infatti, trova un rotolo di tela ruvida. Dentro c’è un dipinto, bellissimo, che ritrae una giovane donna nuda mentre fa il bagno in un fiume.

Soline Roussel é bem experiente no ramo dos finais felizes. Por gerações, sua família manteve um requintado salão de noivas em Paris, onde a magia é feita com agulha e linha. Dizem que a noiva usa um vestido Roussel tem garantida uma vida de alegrias. Mas perdas arrasadoras durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial deixam o mundo e o coração de Soline em ruínas, e sua fé no amor, abalada. Ela encaixota as lembranças e as guarda, junto com os sonhos destruídos, determinada a esquecer.

1937. Alix St. Pierre tiene dieciocho años y nada en los bolsillos. El sueño de conquistar París acaba de comenzar. 1943. Alix ahora es refinada, independiente y audaz. Experta en relaciones públicas en Nueva York, ha lanzado varias campañas publicitarias en la alta sociedad de la moda. Mientras tanto, una nueva organización de inteligencia del Gobierno de EE. UU. necesita espías para terminar con Hitler.

Una historia de amor y coraje en tiempos de guerra. La última vez que Valerie estuvo en París, tenía tan solo tres años. Desde entonces ha vivido siempre alejada de la capital francesa y nunca ha conocido al abuelo Vincent, el único de sus familiares que sigue con vida y la única persona que conoce la verdad sobre lo que les ocurrió a sus padres y por qué tuvo que abandonar su propio hogar. Sin embargo, Vincent Dupont no es un hombre fácil: es antipático, exigente y poco flexible. Lo único que realmente parece importarle es su librería.