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Divorced mother Chantilly Adair didn’t take the job as the head of the Castleberry Georgia Historical Society because she thought it would be easy, in fact, she felt the exact opposite, and that suited her just fine. Desperate to get away from Birmingham and her ex-husband, she took her pre-teen son and high-tailed it straight to her childhood home in Castleberry, Georgia, and the echoes of her recently deceased parents.

A poisoned apple and a monkey's paw with the power to change fate; a girl whose extraordinarily long hair causes catastrophe; a man with one human arm and one swan's wing; and a house deep in the forest, constructed of gumdrops and gingerbread, vanilla frosting and boiled sugar. In A Wild Swan and Other Tales, the people and the talismans of lands far, far away—the mythic figures of our childhoods and the source of so much of our wonder—are transformed by Michael Cunningham into stories of sublime revelation.

David and Kate are happily married 50-somethings when she's diagnosed with early Alzheimer's. He has never been unfaithful, but after several years of losing Kate more, he wonders: What is a married widower supposed to do? Two strong-willed women intervene and everyone finds themselves making unexpected choices. Can any marriage withstand the transformation of one partner into someone who's lost? When does a marriage end? The Half-Life of Everything, realistic in every detail except for one speculative twist, places David in the unwelcome situation of loving two women.

Lily Lawson broke Guardian Angel rule Number One. She wasn't supposed to get attached to the soul she's been sent to save, let alone fall head-over-heels for a wounded, rough-around-the-edges cowboy with the kindest eyes. After a week with the magnetic Canyon, Lily would do anything to save him. She longs to bring him back from the darkness, ease his pain, and mend his tortured heart.

Big Cats opens with "Charlotte", in which a young girl with a broken pelvis spies on her voluptuous neighbor during a long, hot summer night, setting the tone of irrepressible curiosity and yearning that is evident throughout the collection. In "Get Away from Me, David", a bank manager tries to overcome his haunted past as he deals with the aftermath of a minor earthquake and the body of a customer who died in the lobby.

Durante los gobiernos de Vicente Fox Quesada y Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, se desarrolla el "cártel negro", un conglomerado de funcionarios, trabajadores, empresarios, contratistas, inspectores, contralores, agentes aduanales, dirigentes y miembros del sindicato petrolero, políticos, ordeñadores, tapineros, huachicoleros, extorsionadores, defraudadores, contrabandistas y lavadores de dinero que, alineados con los traficantes de droga, se consolidan como una organización empresarial paralela a Pemex.

Some cases hit close to the bone. For amateur sleuth Sabrina Carlson, this is one of them. In Sabrina's mind, missing-persons investigations are always the hardest. Mostly because they remind her of losing her sister years before. If fighting off flashbacks of her sister's death isn't bad enough, this current case is one of the most difficult of Sabrina's career. After all, Claire Blakely didn't just disappear without a trace. She also didn't have any enemies. In addition, as far as Sabrina can tell, there are no leads to work with.

Name’s Aidan Knight. I’m the guy you don’t bring home to mama - the rough, gruff, tatted-up bruiser our clients hire to scare off dangerous exes. Though I’m always intense, when the terrorized client is a great girl I never should’ve let become the one who got away, my new default cranks up to savagely protective. Letting her out of my sight is just not happening. And soon, the time we end up spending together starts including some really big, epic O’s.

Christmas is a special time for Sabrina Carlson. She just can't seem to get enough of the holiday season. Between the desserts, the presents, the quality time with family, and the focus on faith, life seems perfect. Unfortunately, Sabrina's joyous life is about to be turned upside down. When a dead body is discovered a week before Christmas, Sabrina's plans for the holidays are threatened. If Sabrina is going to have any shot at experiencing a merry Christmas, she will need to find the killer. And fast. But will she be able to uncovering the identity of the murderer in time?

Turns out Colton Brody sucks at resisting temptation. But you know what they say: if you can't be good, be good at being bad. After all, as long as he and Olivia keep their sex-capades a secret from their family and friends, no one will get hurt. Colton is going to devote his last two weeks in Lover's Leap to pleasuring Olivia until she doesn't have a single pair of panties he hasn't ripped off her curvy body.

Celeste Everett needed a bit of naughty fun to break up the monotony of work and studying, and she knew just where to find it. After swiping right on a dating app, she had a date with a handsome man named Kevin Hartford. It was meant to be one hot night of intimacy, but sparks flew, and one night turned into two. And two turned into something else entirely. It was the best sex of her life. However, Celeste had no idea who Kevin really was and what he really wanted. But soon enough, all the secrets would be out. Including her own....

Merry doesn’t need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is. Simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble. But Merry’s best friend, Teddy, is joining the Toadmen—a secret society who specialize in backward thinking and suspiciously supernatural traditions—and Merry is determined to stop him. Even if it means teaming up with the person she hates most: her academic archnemesis, Caraway Boswell, an ice-cold snob who hides his true face under a glamour.

Camisas azules, manos negras es un crudo testimonio que comprende nueve años de investigación de una periodista dedicada a escrutar la corrupción en Pemex, soportada con fuentes vivas y documentales de alto nivel, expedientes de auditorías clasificados como confidenciales; así como decenas de entrevistas, testimonios y recorridos por las regiones petroleras en tierra y en plataformas, además de las revelaciones de altos funcionarios de los gobiernos de Vicente Fox y Felipe Calderón, que desnudan los negocios privados de los hombres públicos.

¿Te la pasas preocupado por lo que opinan los demás?, ¿sientes que tu vida no tiene sentido?, ¿no te sientes a gusto contigo mismo? Este libro es para ti. Después de muchas crisis personales, Martha Carrillo descubrió que vivía para complacer a todos a su alrededor menos a ella. Luego de muchos tropiezos admitió que debía modificar algo, fue así como empezó un camino de autodescubrimiento en el que ha explorado kabbalah, meditación, reiki, terapias de regresión y más.

Former Marine Colton Brody is trouble with a capital T. One night with him and good girls go bad. Real bad. But he's not going to let sweet Olivia Page end up another name on his hit it and quit it list. His little sister's best friend is off limits, even if her killer curves inspire an endless supply of wicked fantasy fodder. With only a few weeks until he leaves town, this bad boy is determined to resist temptation. But then innocent Olivia makes him a not-so-innocent proposal.

Wealthy were-bear Zeke Croasdell was in an incredibly urgent need of a wife. His billionaire father was threatening to cut him off from the family inheritance if he did not find a mate soon. So Zeke paid 23-year-old Charlie Harrison to be his wife for long enough for him to claim the money. However, Charlie had no idea what being with a billionaire were-bear would be like. And she was set to be in for the shock of her life when she found out....

When Elizabeth Raleigh signed up to be a surrogate mother she was really in it for the $100k paycheck and nothing more. She knew her client was a “self-made billionaire from Chicago” but nothing much more. And quite frankly, she didn't want to know. However, a twist of fate revealed his true identity and she could not believe it. Her client was her childhood sweetheart Luke Johns. At first it seemed as if this deal was a match made in heaven and the type of unbelievable story you only read about in romance novels.

Congratulations. You are going through a divorce with a narcissist. Let’s start this again.... Congratulations. You are attempting court negotiations with an extroverted child.

Tras el éxito de Camisas azules, manos negras (caso Oceanografía) y El cártel negro, Ana Lilia Pérez regresa con el que tal vez sea el trabajo más ambicioso de su carrera: Mares de cocaína, una estremecedora investigación acerca del tráfico de drogas que se lleva a cabo en cientos de rutas náuticas a escala internacional, donde incluso algunos cárteles mexicanos ya han impuesto el pago de piso.

Wie jedes Jahr verbringt die 15-jährige Margarita den Sommer bei den Großeltern in den USA. Viel lieber will sie aber zurück nach Berlin, zu ihren Freunden und ihrem Vater, der in einer Synagoge die Gebete leitet. Die Mutter hat die beiden früh verlassen. Höchste Zeit, beschließt der Familienrat, dass sie einander besser kennenlernen. Und so wird Margarita zu ihrer Mutter nach Israel geschickt. Die gemeinsame Reise von Mutter und Tochter durchs Heilige Land fördert alte und neue Wunden zutage.