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Dream, a woman betrayed by the only person she ever trusted, seeks refuge in the arms of a wealthy man who promises to help her heal. But as her heart mends, she finds herself entangled in a web of lies and manipulation that threatens to consume her. Will she rise above the deceit or be forever trapped in the shadows of her past? Now Journee is a whole other issue, a driven high school senior focused on escaping the suffocating grasp of Montgomery, Alabama.

The vibrant stories in I’ll Give You a Reason explore race, identity, connection, and belonging in the Ironbound, an immigrant neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. A young widow goes on her first date since her husband’s death and finds herself hunting a bear in the woods with a near stranger. An unhappy wife compares her mother’s love spells and rituals to her own efforts to repair her strained marriage. A self-conscious college student discovers a porn star who shares her name and becomes obsessed with her doppelgänger’s freedom and comfort with her own body.

In this captivating audiobook, listeners are introduced to Robin Hood, a man burdened by the responsibilities of fatherhood and the shadows of his former life. Seeking redemption and a new path, Robin's life takes an unexpected turn when he learns about 'Reboot Sofa', a reality show that offers individuals like him a chance at a fresh start.

Jade's life is already complicated. She's trying to co-parent with her toxic ex, keep from breaking his trifling girlfriend's neck, and make sure her family stays completely unaware of her disastrous decision-making skills. The last thing she needs is more drama. So, it probably wasn't a good idea for her to get so close to the one guy that she was warned never to get involved with, Khalif Bowen. But she couldn't help herself. One minute, they were talking, and the next, she was greeting him with her lips in the middle of the night.

Burned out by her TV news writing job, Jungmin leaves in an attempt to salvage her life. When she stumbles upon a mysterious pottery studio, she feels immediately at home. The warmth, the smell of clay, and the incredible coffee awaken her senses and make her feel alive for the first time in months. Over the coming year, season by season, pot by pot, Jungmin returns to herself and builds unexpected friendships with the other members of the studio, who are all working through their own trials at the pottery wheel.

Present-day. American movie star Patrick and British bookseller Will’s worlds collide when Patrick comes to the UK to shoot a blockbuster superhero movie, in which he plays the starring role. Patrick’s life as a Hollywood celebrity may be glamorous, but it’s all an act: his contract obliges him into play up to his status as a public sex symbol, which means he can’t let anyone find out that he’s gay.

1938, England. When Lily Baker's mother finds a way for them to leave their run down part of town, and finally esape her aggressive father, Lily is feeling positive about a fresh start at a new life. While her mother will be a housekeeper, Lily has a chance to work in a factory, though she has even bigger dreams - and the tenacity to achieve them. But Lily’s father isn’t going to let go that easily, and she lives in fear of him ruining everything – the life she is building for herself. Will Lily and her mother find the strength to begin all over again?

Librarian and history enthusiast Jess Yates has hit rock bottom. With her ex behind bars for fraud, Jess needs to lay low – easier said than done with a celebrity sister. But Tavy has her uses. Her latest TV project involves renovating Fortune Hall, and she needs a house sitter while she’s jetting around the world. The opportunity is too good to miss, especially when Jess discovers that Fortune Hall has links to the infamous Nell Gwyn. Slowly the house begins to reveal its mysteries, and secrets that have laid buried for centuries can no longer be ignored.

I never imagined I’d bolt like a Mustang from the altar and my cheating fiancé and then bump into my long-time nemesis. My family thinks I have lost it; they are unhappy that I ran out on my wedding. They will lose it when they find out I am falling for my brother’s best friend.

Twenty years ago, his Chicago political column was syndicated in two hundred papers, but he had an affair—and a son—with his intern, and lost it all. Now he writes a local column and drives for Uber to pay his bills. Jake is playing out the string when his tranquil world is turned upside down. His biracial son—an ambitious entrepreneur—is marked for death by a street gangster, his alcoholic daughter is pregnant and wants an abortion.

Nichts ist heißer als Rache – außer vielleicht Monroe Darlington... Sarah traut ihren Augen nicht, als ihre Zwillingsschwester Payton verstört und voller blauer Flecke vor ihrer Tür steht. Seit Payton ein Studium an der Columbia University in New York begonnen und sich einer neuen Clique zugewandt hat, herrscht Funkstille zwischen den beiden. Mit Mühe kriegt sie aus Payton heraus, wer ihr das angetan hat: nämlich niemand anderer als ihre neuen, ach-so-guten Freunde!

Nel quartiere di Yotsuya, a Tokyo, c’è un piccolo locale, uno shokudo, specializzato in oden, tipiche zuppe giapponesi, e stuzzichini a base di ingredienti di stagione: dal cavolo fermentato servito a dicembre ai fichi al vapore in salsa di miso a luglio. Rinfrancati dal borbottio dei pentoloni fumanti e dalle novità dei piatti del giorno, gli avventori si stringono lungo il bancone a L per condividere storie e sapori perduti, davanti a un boccale di birra alla spina o a un bicchierino di sakè, mentre Tamazaka Megumi, la proprietaria, si destreggia da sola tra i fornelli e la sala.

Il libro ha come protagonista un giovane avvocato di successo, Luca Pertinelli, e il coro di amici (e colleghi di lavoro) che l'accompagnano "in scena". Fino a quando non arriva dall'Inghilterra la giovane Sabine, di cui Luca si innamora entrando in conflitto con il proprio ambiente, la moglie e le regole di un mondo in cui egli stesso è irrimediabilmente prigioniero. Nella seconda parte del romanzo, la scena si sposta su un'isola vacanziera dove la presenza di Sabine farà esplodere in modo drammatico le contraddizioni che dominano il circuito di sciagurati gaudenti attorno ai quali Bulgaro traccia un disegno collettivo di grande respiro.

Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following in the footsteps of their families, working at the Clarks shoe factory. But when Britain declares war on Germany, the Somerset village of Street is shaken to its core. The Clarks factory is at the heart of life in the village, but the Clark family are Quakers and pacifists. Before long, there are fierce debates amongst the workers and tensions between those who oppose the war and those who believe the village men should go to fight.

One New Year’s Eve, Georgie James and her friends come up with a genius plan to help them stick to their resolutions… They all write down secrets, seal them in envelopes and then post them to each other. The secrets will be revealed at the end of the year if they haven’t kept their resolutions. It’s perfect. Except…Georgie's secret is BIG... and revealing it could destroy their friendships. She has no idea why she chose that one to write down. There are plenty of innocent things she could have said – even admitting she finds newcomer Raf incredibly annoying would have been better.

Der Sunday-Times-Bestseller "Good Material" jetzt auf Deutsch! Irgendwie hatte Andy sich das alles anders vorgestellt. Er lebt aus einem Koffer im Gästezimmer seines besten Freundes und wartet darauf, dass seine Karriere als Stand-up-Comedian endlich losgeht. Doch der Erfolg bleibt aus, seine Social-Media-Paranoia ist wenig hilfreich, sein Freundeskreis schwindet rapide und ihn beschleicht der Verdacht, dass er mit 35 Jahren längst viel weiter sein müsste. Vor allem aber ringt er darum, das dramatische Ende seiner Beziehung zu der einzigen Frau zu verarbeiten, die er je wirklich geliebt hat.

East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city’s rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighborhood descends into chaos. At day’s end, six bodies are recovered, but many of the other tenants are missing. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America, creates intertwining portraits of a group of compelling and singular characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster.

The blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feeling bad. Just ask John Canali. The Providence Police Hostage Negotiator trying to do the right thing. His reward? He’s splattered with the blood of a witness he was supposed to protect.

Flotes, això és el màxim que has aconseguit. Tens mitja feina, una habitació rellogada i un títol que acredita que ets dels que no poden caure. Però caus. El risc ha entrat a la teva vida sense que el veiessis venir. D’un dia per l’altre tot allò que no et podia passar esdevé real: perds el sostre, perds la feina i et parteixen la cara. Fins a quin punt tenir un sostre i una feina defineix la societat en què vivim, ho sap la protagonista d’Ocàs i fascinació: la seva aventura comença quan perd totes dues coses. A ella, que havia seguit les normes del joc, no li tocava caure.

Von den Bindungen, die unser Leben prägen: Als Sunnys Vater nach langer Krankheit stirbt, ist für sie nichts mehr wie vorher. Ihre Beziehung geht in die Brüche, eine ihrer engsten Freundinnen fällt ihr in den Rücken. Was bleibt, sind die Erinnerungen an ihren Vater, ihre Familie und die Jugendjahre im wiedervereinigten Berlin der Neunzigerjahre. Und an ihre Freundinnen Jessi, Alma und Katharina, die alle so ganz andere Väter hatten als sie.