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La búsqueda de de verdad y justicia de Nova continúa. Su antiguo jefe en la joyería se pone en contacto con ella inesperadamente. ¿Ha encontrado una pista nueva? Resulta que Hans solo quiere demostrarle su aprecio y la decepción de Nova rápidamente se convierte en lujuria cuando su vieja fantasía de acostarse con su jefe se hace realidad. Cuando vuelve a casa se encuentra con que alguien ha entrado en su apartamento y Simon está allí parado junto a la puerta abierta. Su apartamento ha sido desvalijado y se han llevado su ordenador.

La mirada de la autora de Gringosincrasias es la de una observadora más (auto)irónica que burlesca, más incisiva que insidiosa, con el sentido del humor de quien reconoce el absurdo en sus propios mundos. Recorriendo la cotidianidad hace memoria y toma apuntes sobre esa vida privada “gringa”, que se expone a la intemperie en la medida que va construyendo sus propios estereotipos, que no calzan, necesariamente con aquellos que representarían a toda una cultura: los gringos no son como el Tío Sam ni como el Tío Tom ni como Tío Rico.

Quand Meredith descend d'avion, elle est persuadée d'avoir atterri à Hawaï. Dommage... Et encore plus dommage, ses copines ont eu la merveilleuse idée de lui offrir un séjour à Sitka en Alaska, sa terre d'origine, pour son enterrement de vie de jeune fille ! Un souci ? Aucun non. C'est juste là-bas que vit son ex... Lui ? C'est Peter. Peter le winner, Peter le "I've got the power", enfin... plus pour très longtemps.

"Det var latteren, der fik mig til at kigge op, og pigerne, der fik mig til at blive ved med at kigge." Sådan begynder Evie Boyds beretning om sommeren 1969 i Californien. Det er i parken, at Evie får øje på pigerne, en gruppe unge kvinder, der udståler fandenivoldskhed, frihed og en farlig aura af vildskab. Da hun nogle dage senere møder en af dem, Suzanne, tager hun med ud på den ranch, hvor den karismatiske Russell bor med sin "storfamilie", unge kvinder, der vil gøre alt for ham.

Tessans liv er gået i stå. Hun er faret vild i den tåge af fritureos, der konstant hænger i den grillbar, hvor hun arbej- der. Siddende i frivillig isolation i sit garderobeskab, beslutter hun sig for at forlade sin dominerende mor og utro kæreste. Men hvor skal hun tage hen? Brors liv er knapt nok startet endnu, men som kultiveret, frankofil gentleman har man ikke meget tilfælles med nogen, når man kun er tretten år. Hans forældre er ved at glide fra hinanden, og Bror har kun sig selv og sine særheder at give skylden.

La jeune Juliette de Marny fait le serment de venger la mort de son frère sur le lit de mort de son père. Cinq ans plus tard, elle retrouve la trace de "l'assassin" de son frère. Mais c'est sans compté sur les mouvements révolutionnaires à Paris. Le drame se prolonge entre Juliette de Marny et l'homme qu'elle devrait haïr le plus au monde.

La série relate les exploits d'un gentilhomme anglais, Sir Percy Blakeney, qui sauve de la guillotine un grand nombre d'aristocrates durant la Révolution française. D'un caractère apparemment nonchalant, distrait, Sir Percy n'est guère pris au sérieux par son entourage, et encore moins par ses ennemis potentiels. Ainsi cache-t-il d'autant mieux son jeu, puisque nul ne peut deviner que sous ce masque inoffensif se dissimule un héritier spirituel de Robin des Bois.

In Fallen (book number seven of the Vampire Legends), Rachel Wood wakes to find she has fallen down a hole, into a fantasy world from which she tries to escape. She searches desperately for Benji, but destiny seems intent on keeping them apart. Rachel, saved from the underworld by her Grandmother, finally learns the secrets of who she is - and how powerful she is. Benji fights for his life, his love for Rachel never fading, he eager to be reunited with her. But he is up against forces more powerful than ever, and he may not be able to break free.

In Risen (book six of the Vampire Legends), Rachel Wood embarks on a mission to find her grandmother in New Orleans and to learn the secret of who she really is. Her travels take her deep into mysterious territory as she searches for her roots and for an explanation of all that is happening to her.

Si Meghan ne trouve pas l'excursion parfaite, c'est simple, elle sera virée de son agence de voyages. Alaskienne de naissance, elle est certaine que c'est sur ces terres sauvages qu'elle trouvera le Good Trip. Enfin ça, c'était avant de tomber sur le pire guide d'Alaska qui soit. Lui, c'est Kal. Kal l'asocial, Kal le glacial, Kal le chacal... Le problème, c'est qu'il est aussi : Kal le sculptural, Kal le phénoménal, Kal le sexual... et qu'un ours qui essaie de sourire, bah c'est vachement chou !

Becca McKenzie is just trying to make it through her senior year of high school. She has good friends and a gorgeous boyfriend, but Ryan Jackson, the bane of her existence, keeps popping up everywhere. She doesn't care that they were best friends for years. She doesn't care that their moms are close, and therefore, she hears more about him that she'd ever care to know. She doesn't care that their mutual friend, Jake, keeps pushing them all to hang out together, and she especially doesn't care that the rest of the school bows down and worships him.

Destiny throws her back in time. Can love make her stay? Caroline Sutton doesn’t belong here. Not in the Highlands, and certainly not in the 14th century. Headstrong Caroline hopes an adventure will ease the pain of her parents’ deaths. One minute, she’s standing at the edge of a waterfall, daring her two sisters to jump with her. The next, she wakes up on the shores of a Scottish loch - 600 years in the past. She’s determined to return to her sisters and her own time, but Callum, the rugged Highland Laird who discovers her, has other ideas.

What happens when women step out of line and take control of their own stories? Big fears, small frustrations, and the power of hope collide as seven award-winning authors explore the possibilities. From demanding equal pay to resisting a genetically engineered future, this collection offers up visions that are grimly funny, deeply touching, and chillingly conceivable.

Miriam was raised in a society without children. To offset the devastation of climate change, state-of-the-art birth control has made daycares and playgrounds things of the past. As tempting as the government inducements are to remain child-free, Miriam’s curiosity about the people who “drop out” of society to become parents grows. When she finds a like-minded partner, she must choose between the rewarding comforts she knows and the unknowable mysteries of being a mother.

Dire que William Auguste n'a pas toujours fait les bons choix, c'est l'euphémisme du siècle ! Pour fuir cette part sombre qu'il a eu du mal à assumer, il s'est exilé à Chicago, où il exerce son activité de chirurgien. Mais rien ne sert d'aller si loin, Will ! Car le passé finit toujours par nous rattraper, et nous oblige un jour ou l'autre à affronter nos démons, même les plus anciens... Comme par exemple, durant un vol Chicago-Bordeaux, un matin de juillet, en choisissant de mettre sur ta route ton tout premier amour.

Wall Street banker John Thatcher is drawn into this mystery as a financial man seeking to get his bank repaid. In this case it relates to a trust fund with an heir missing and then killed.

How can people best develop their leadership skills to match their personality, to amplify their strengths, and to compensate for their weaknesses? This is the first book to answer this question with the latest version of the DiSC model of human behavior, which is one of the most widely used, most scientifically based, and most effective approaches to assessing and improving leadership styles and skills.

In Awakened, book five of the Vampire Legends, Rachel Wood wakes in Benji’s arms, except there is one problem: She cannot remember who Benji is. Heartbroken, Benji lets her go, as she insists on leaving him and returning home. Rachel arrives back in her home in Pennsylvania, and her dad and brother Mark are shocked to see her. She is even more surprised at their reaction. She can’t remember what happened exactly, but she feels sure that she was only away for a single night.

Sterling James is a rock star with the bad boy reputation you'd expect. That negative image needs to go if he wants to keep his career on the map. But hiring a gorgeous, feisty strategist is more distraction than help. Especially when they're sharing the confines of his tour bus. Reese is a successful social media strategist but fixing the PR mess of her teenage crush might be too much. After a rocky start, Reese needs to keep the boundaries between them clear. Even when her feelings are anything but professional.

Rachel Wood wakes after having just taken the leap of faith with Benji with the blue tablet to find he is mortally injured. Rachel embarks on a journey to save her love - a journey that will take her deep into the heart of the gravest danger. Is she willing to give up her life to save her one and only true love? How much is she willing to sacrifice?