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A PARENTS' FAVORITE PRODUCTS TILLYWIG AWARD WINNER 2022 The fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 barrier-breaking Black women and girls who showcase the spirit of Black Girl Magic. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100...

In the complex web of fate and obligation, Jaliah, a successful dentist, and Rio, the ambitious heir to the plug's throne, suddenly find their destinies intertwined. Forced into a marriage to ensure Jaliah's safety, their arrangement arises from dire necessity rather than affection. However, as Jaliah and Rio navigate the intricacies of their union, unexpected emotions begin to surface. Despite Jaliah's initial animosity, she discovers that Rio is one of her safe spaces that she might wish to cling to.

Last Christmas, I made a rookie mistake. I had a one-night stand with the Denver Kodiaks’ new golden boy. It was hot, reckless, and a play I’ll never make again. At least, that’s what I tell myself. Because forgetting isn’t so easy when I work at the team’s bar. When I see him twice a week, grinning, flirting, acting like he doesn’t remember. Now, everyone’s favorite rookie is hosting a team holiday getaway, and guess who’s stuck on the invite list?

A story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast, Dirty Diana 'Deliciously entertaining, funny, tantalizing' Demi Moore The satisfying conclusion to the sizzling Dirty Diana series, in which Diana says yes to what she truly wants and sees just how hard she’ll...

Corruption runs rampant even in a not-so-distant future where the biggest lottery is rigged so that the only winners are rich and white. In a world that has been ravaged by a destructive alien attack, an opportunity for a lifetime of riches in exchange for serving as consort to one of the alien defenders is indeed a great prize. Down on her luck, Karma will be the first Black consort, despite believing that being an alien's whore is only slightly better than being one for humans.

Reagan is a dedicated nurse who's seen it all, but nothing prepared her for a suffocating co-parenting relationship with a man who symbolizes everything she despises. She finds herself haunted by the consequences of her choices and burdened by the struggles of maintaining a facade of happiness while concealing her inner turmoil. However, a chance encounter with a gunshot victim during her shift opens Reagan's eyes to the possibility of liberation from her oppressive reality.

FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl's faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life – her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandparents at their mountain farm in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. As Simone grows into her preteen years, her parents turn from the Catholic Church and become devout Jehovah's Witnesses. Simone, too, embraces the faith. The Nazi party (the "Lion") takes over Alsace-Lorraine, and Simone's schools become Nazi propaganda machines.

Das ehemalige Tenniswunderkind Scottie Sinclair ist eine Betrügerin. Zumindest glaubt das die Welt. Denn wer würde schon glauben, dass sie von ihrem eigenen Vater unter Drogen gesetzt wurde, bevor sie den Titel im Damen-Einzel in Wimbledon gewann? Die Boulevardpresse hat Scotties Karriere für beendet erklärt – doch ein Angebot zur Wiedergutmachung und, was noch wichtiger ist, zur Rache könnte ihr die Chance auf einen sauberen Aufschlag geben. Nico Kotas beherrschte fast ein Jahrzehnt lang die Tenniswelt – bis ihn eine Verletzung zur Pause zwang.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with Sidney Noir. This collection comprises of all new stories set in Sidney, Australia, by 14 authors of crime fiction....

Aufnahmeleiterin Paige hat am Set ihrer Renovierungs-Realityshow alles unter Kontrolle – nur nicht den Star der Sendung. Der Tischler Gannon King ist nicht nur wegen seiner talentierten Hände enorm beliebt: Er ist sexy, er ist leidenschaftlich – und unfassbar schlecht gelaunt. Die täglichen Kämpfe mit dem mürrischen Handwerker würden Paige eigentlich zur Weißglut bringen, wäre sie nicht eine Meisterin darin, ihre Gefühle zu kontrollieren.

Sieben Exfreunde. Sieben vertane Chancen. Wer war der Richtige? Esther hat einen tollen Freundeskreis, einen interessanten Job, aber kurz vor ihrem dreißigsten Geburtstag gerät sie in eine tiefe Krise. Denn jedes Date ist ein Reinfall. Einzig ihre beiden Freundinnen wissen Abhilfe: Sich schon tagsüber mit reichlich Roséwein betrinken. Dabei stoßen sie auf eine alte Cosmow, Bibel aller Frauen, in der steht: Jede Frau führt im Leben sieben Arten von Beziehungen, und nur eine davon ist die große Liebe. Esther ist schockiert: Sie hat all diese Beziehungen geführt und ihre Chance verpasst.

Smith didn't know what to expect when he started working for music icon Deja Fox (also known as Cami Jenson). He thought he was going to be protecting a needy, manipulative Omega. It winds up being far from the truth. Cami is beautiful and complex. He finds himself not wanting to be curt and short with her but actually wanting to get to know the real her, not her celebrity façade. She's been used by others and doesn't have many people in her life who she can trust. Smith makes it his mission to be that person for her.

Ein spannendes literarisches Städteporträt und eine tiefschwarze Liebeserklärung an eine Stadt, die vor allem eines ist: keine Sekunde langweilig. 13 Kurzgeschichten, 13 Blickwinkel, 13 Stadtviertel–und 13 faszinierende Teile eines größeren Puzzles. Das Verbrechen zieht seine blutige Spur vom noblen Grunewald bis in den tiefsten Wedding, vom beschaulichen Altglienicke über das bunte Kreuzberg bis ins lebendige Friedrichshain, spürt den tödlichen Geheimnissen der Geschichte nach und setzt die Gegenwart als dunkel schimmerndes Kaleidoskop neu zusammen.

Dreißig Jahre sind vergangen, seit Greta Marchmont das Herrenhaus verließ, in dem sie einst eine Heimat gefunden hatte. Nun kehrt sie zurück nach Marchmont Hall in die verschneiten Berge von Wales - ohne jegliche Erinnerung an ihre Vergangenheit, denn seit einem tragischen Unfall leidet Greta an Amnesie. Bei einem Spaziergang durch die winterliche Landschaft macht sie eine verstörende Entdeckung.

Rowan Summerwaite is ready to finish what she started in Blood and Blade, the next installment in the Goddess with a Blade series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane. It’s been only days since Rowan and her friends eliminated the immediate threat to magic users and Vampires, but...

Dear Ida, My boss is an egotistical, arrogant, cuff link wearing jerk. I wanted nothing more than to throw my badge at his face and walk out the door. But the heat of the moment took over...We went too far...and I liked it. Maybe I should just leave the city and change my name to spare myself the embarrassment. Stop me now before I do it. Please. Royally Screwed in the City, Piper

When Keelin Shanley passed away aged 51, it was hard to grasp that someone so filled with life was gone. But a light so bright never really goes out, especially since in her last few months Keelin left behind this remarkable record of her life - a life cut short, but lived to the fullest. Charting the twists and turns of both a career as an investigative journalist and a lengthy battle with cancer, A Light That Never Goes Out reveals with real honesty what it’s like to keep living your life whilst dealing with the challenges of cancer treatment.

Kenyon Porter seemingly has it all; money, power, status, and respect. However, having it all is a matter of opinion. Due to family baggage, Kenyon has lived his life in the fast lane, where money and status have allowed him to live without regret. What happens when a thunderous storm of...

The spectrum of all of human life, as portrayed in the poem, will unfold with breathtaking variety, drama, thought, and beauty: In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself in a dark wood, where the straight path was lost. The process of listening to Dante’s Comedy is a journey into not just literature but into the mysteries of human nature and its capacity for unhappiness and happiness, folly and wisdom, rejection and wonder over the miracles of creation and existence.

Lynn is tracking a dangerous, wounded animal, which turns out to be a big, sexy alien instead. And he's the hottest guy she's ever met. Coto's trip to Earth takes a dangerous turn. He is attacked and injured. The only high point is the courageous woman who tends his wounds. Coto desires her, and he will never let her go.