Crafted with unforgettable characters, Rebecca Roanhorse has created an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in the most original series debut of the decade.
A love letter sewn into a wedding gown ignites a scorching romance between a down-on-her-luck sculptor and an arrogant real estate heir.
Une romance où la musique rythme la vie, les émotions et les relations des personnages. Rachel Martin est une jeune femme pétillante qui cherche à cacher sa vulnérabilité derrière son humour. Dans le cadre de sa thèse en art-thérapie, elle s'apprête à devenir l'assistante d'un professeur de musique à l'université : Caine West... qui a la réputation d'être froid et antipathique. Lorsque Rachel arrive à la fac, elle découvre avec embarras que Caine n'est autre que l'homme si séduisant qu'elle a insulté la veille dans le bar où elle travaille... l'ayant pris pour quelqu'un d'autre. Bouleversée par cette rencontre, Rachel enquête sur Caine, et découvre que derrière les apparences d'un professeur de musique bien sous tous rapports, se cache un homme sombre qui dissimule un passé douloureux. Pourquoi Caine a laissé tomber sa carrière de rock star pour devenir un respectable professeur de musique ? Que s'est-il passé dans la vie de Rachel pour qu'elle envisage la musique comme thérapie ?
Ils n'ont rien en commun mais vont devoir partager leur bureau... Emerie a enfin trouvé le local idéal pour abriter son cabinet de psychologie spécialisé dans les thérapies de couple. L'adresse est parfaite, à New York, sur Park Avenue, pour un loyer plutôt modique. Et tout cela pendant la période des fêtes de Noël. Elle emménage sur le champ, l'occasion est trop belle. Peut-être un peu trop justement... Son monde s'effondre lorsqu'elle découvre que ce bureau n'est pas libre du tout mais appartient à un avocat spécialisé dans les divorces, Drew Jagger. Emerie joue souvent de malchance, voilà qui le prouve encore amplement. Mais comment peut-elle se sortir de cet imbroglio ? Pour des raisons très personnelles, Drew n'a pas une très bonne opinion des femmes. Alors quand il trouve une inconnue dans ses bureaux en travaux, son premier réflexe est de la mettre à la porte. Très vite. Mais Emerie est charmante et victime d'une escroquerie. Certes, il n'y a pas grand chose en commun entre une psychologue qui travaille à rapprocher les couples et un avocat spécialisé dans les divorces mais il pourrait se laisser attendrir, même si les rencontres qu'il a faites les 31 décembre sont souvent synonymes de problèmes pour lui.
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul. Mare Barrow's blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her? Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
The third in the sexy, heartwarming Animal Magnetism series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Cedar Ridge and Lucky Harbor series.
In a setting filled with family dynamics and secrets, Colton Abbott and Lucy Mulvaney navigate a budding romance while trying to keep it hidden from Colton's inquisitive siblings. The tension escalates as Lucy grapples with her desire to confide in her best friend Cameron, who has recently relocated to Vermont with her partner, Will. The complexity of relationships deepens as Lucy finds herself entangled in a secret affair with Will's brother, adding layers of intrigue and emotional conflict to their lives.
Reporter Mels Carmichael is shocked when a man stumbles out in front of her car near the cemetery and when he wakes up after the accident without any memory Mels decides to solve the mystery of who he is.
Violet Lee is the sole living witness to a horrific pre-dawn mass murder in Trafalgar Square, London. But before she can alert the authorities, she is taken by the group of murderers, who, to her shock, are vampires. Now a pawn in a game of politics between humans and vampires, Violet begins to doubt her allegiance, especially when she falls for a vampire prince.
Free-spirited and rebellious, Saira has grown up in California with her beautiful, obedient sister Ameena. From childhood, she has broken the boundaries between her desire for independence and her family's traditions - in particular, her Bombay-bred mother's idea of how girls should behave. Now, hungry for experience and curious about the world, Saira travels to Karachi for a wedding, and stumbles on family secrets that will shape the rest of her life. It's the beginning of a journey of understanding and reconciliation that goes back three generations. Further surprises are to come as Saira visits London and discovers the political forces that have driven her father's family, in India and in England. As her background gradually reveals itself, Saira finds that the battles she faces - over love, belonging and fulfilment - have faced others before, and comes to realise that her many-layered inheritance is a thing to be treasured. In a beautifully written and deeply moving narrative, Nafisa Haji explores issues of displacement and belonging and the lure of family, home and tradition versus career and the excitement of the wider world - for men as well as women.
