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An idyllic island. A dark past. A chance to make things right. Nora Sommer's path from her native Norway to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has been littered with tragedy and pain. Now, with a new purpose and a badge, she'll turn the tables. Gripping suspense set in the beautiful Cayman Islands from the best-selling author of the AJ Bailey Adventure series. Box set includes the prequel novella as well as books one through three.

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

A legendary lost treasure. A dangerous race across borders. And a mystery that may cost Maggie everything she holds dear. When a tantalizing lead surfaces about the Amber Room—the priceless, long-lost masterpiece vanished during World War II—Maggie Edwards can’t ignore it. The discovery pulls her and her trusted team into a high-stakes hunt spanning hidden trains, buried secrets, and shadowy forces determined to keep the truth buried forever. But this time, the danger is closer to home.

Entre las ruinas de Londres, el verdadero heroísmo se escribía en cartas. Noviembre de 1941, Londres. La Segunda Guerra Mundial arrecia, pero para Emmeline Lake, el futuro brilla con una nueva esperanza: se ha convertido en columnista de consejos de la revista Woman's Friend. Su relación con Charles florece, y su mejor amiga, Bunty, mira con valentía hacia un futuro incierto, aún recuperándose de las secuelas de los bombardeos alemanes. Pero la guerra no da tregua, y un nuevo frente se abre para Emmy.

From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures...

Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family's past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe.

It's Lex's first day back at work after maternity leave. She worries about the separation from her daughter as she leaves her with the nanny - but it's normal to worry, right? But Lex isn't a 'normal' mother. She's an elite-trained killer who works for a covert department within Her Majesty's Secret Service. She's just been given the assignment of her life, but can she juggle motherhood with the life of an assassin? 

"Daisy Miller", scritto nel 1878, è considerato uno dei capolavori dello scrittore americano Henry James. Ritratto intenso di una giovane americana che, nella buona società europea (la trama si dipana dalla Svizzera alla stupenda e decadente Roma dei papi), viene giudicata troppo libera (se ne va a passeggio per Roma dopo il tramonto, sola con un giovanotto che non è nemmeno il suo fidanzato...) e quindi imperdonabilmente poco seria, e messa al bando; solo dopo la sua morte improvvisa sapremo, insieme al protagonista narratore, che Daisy era assolutamente innocente, non una civetta o peggio, ma semplicemente una ragazza libera, indipendente, spontanea e disinteressata, amante del passeggiare e vagabondare, oppressa dai lacci delle convenzioni sociali che imprigionavano le donne.

A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it's a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she's single. Bachelorette weekend changes everything when she runs into her old college frenemy, Klein Madigan. Klein is still intelligent and funny, and somehow time has only made him more attractive.

Betrayal. Murder. Justice. A grandmother's death unlocks secrets three generations kept buried in the Georgia soil. Secrets that whisper through prophetic dreams and abandoned houses where the dead refuse to stay silent.

Tras la brutal guerra civil, Rin lo ha perdido prácticamente todo. Pero no piensa abandonar a aquellos por quienes ha sacrificado tanto: la gente de las provincias del sur, y en especial la de Tikany, el pueblo que es su hogar. Al volver a sus raíces, Rin se enfrenta a retos difíciles, pero también encuentra inesperadas oportunidades. A pesar de que sus nuevos aliados de la Coalición Sureña son maliciosos y no se puede confiar en ellos, Rin pronto se da cuenta de que el auténtico poder en Nikan reside en la gente corriente, que ansía venganza y la venera como una diosa salvadora.

Después que Sydney Grey regresa a su pintoresco pueblo natal de Stoney Creek y comienza la renovación de su hogar de la infancia, descubre varios diarios escritos por su madre. Presuntamente culpable de haber abandonado a su familia hace veinte años, se descubre un secreto sobre su madre oculto por mucho tiempo. Con la ayuda de su abuela quien regresa a la granja, Sydney debe confiar en sus instintos para develar el misterio. ¿Pero tendrán suficientes pistas para descubrir la verdad sobre la desaparición de su madre?

From the author of BETWEEN THE STOPS and TOKSVIG'S ALMANAC 'Teasing out untold stories of the battlefield . . . follows the footsteps of the likes of Sarah Waters and Pat Barker' Independent London, 1897. A young girl, Valentine Grey, arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and...

«Intanto io sogno che quello costa quasi niente.» Potrebbe essere il riassunto di una vita e in un certo senso lo è: una delle vite che schizzano fuori da queste pagine, racconti di donne i cui destini, diversissimi tra loro, si somigliano però nelle mille sfumature affilate del coraggio, della rabbia, della nostalgia, dell’amore. Dentro a interni metropolitani invasi da bucce di cipolla e mariti violenti, borsette in finta pelle e madri disapprovanti, si muovono le protagoniste e come si muovono sbagliano, ma non per questo si adattano a star ferme.

Ellie Dwyer, 61, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of nearly 40 years suddenly up and left her for no reason she could fathom, disappearing from her life without a clue to his whereabouts. Determined to reinvent her life, Ellie sets out on a journey across the country. Along the way to nowhere in particular, she buys a camper, becomes friends with a remarkable octogenarian, and starts to believe that good luck might also come in threes. Or does it?

On les appelle les Protecteurs. Ils sont onze, sept hommes, trois femmes et un adolescent, les seuls à résister encore contre un monde qui a fait de la nature un terrain de chasse pour milliardaires en quête de trophées. Cachés dans une ancienne mine au milieu des montagnes, traqués de toutes parts, ils se battent pour sauver les derniers animaux sauvages. Jusqu'à ce jour d'hiver où deux femmes surgissent dans leur refuge. Tomassa, une vieille Indienne aveugle, mais d'une lucidité troublante. Lucie, une jeune héritière fantasque… pas si écervelée qu'elle en a l'air.

Leslie pensait avoir tourné la page. Mais quand son fils est kidnappé, elle n'a d'autre choix que de replonger dans le monde qu'elle a fui : celui des courses de rue. Pour le sauver, elle doit s'aligner sur la ligne de départ d'une compétition où l'asphalte brûle autant que les trahisons. Et surtout, affronter celui qu'elle pensait ne jamais revoir : Marius. Entre colère et désir, entre secrets et rédemption, Leslie va devoir courir bien plus qu'une simple course.

Eine Leiche im Wasser. Eine Vielzahl von Verdächtigen. Rachel Prince muss wieder auf einer Kreuzfahrt sein! Als ein Freddie Mercury-Doppelgänger über Bord geht (buchstäblich), werden Rachel Prince und ihre achtzigjährige Reisebegleiterin, Lady Marjorie, Hals über Kopf in ein weiteres wirbelndes Mordrätsel geworfen, das ihr letztes sein droht! Die Crew an Bord der luxuriösen Coral Queen wird mit den Eskapaden einer 'Queen'-Tribute-Band, einer problematischen Junggesellenparty und einer Gruppe aufgeregter Cheerleaderinnen an ihre Grenzen gebracht.

An adult literary fiction novel exploring self-discovery, travel, and personal reinvention. Ella leaves her familiar life with a single suitcase to journey across unfamiliar cities, islands, and landscapes, meeting strangers and learning what it means to belong to herself. Themes include courage, identity, solitude, human connection, and the transformative power of travel.

Miranda Jones has found her true love. She’s over the moon with her astronomer, and her close friends are thrilled. With a deep, romantic relationship, and increasing success in her career as a painter, all the stars seem to have aligned for Miranda at last. But that leaves her sister jealous, her parents concerned, and her artist’s representative Zelda scrambling to realign her schemes. Meredith is now dating the man Miranda used to date, creating complexities for the both families.