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Merry Mary: Investigative journalist Scottie Darden is photographing the homeless for her Lost Souls series when she makes a discovery that could change her life forever. Under a makeshift tent in subzero temperatures in a downtown city park, she finds a woman's dead body with her infant child. Breaking the Story: To attract the attention of the main players in the news industry, Scottie Darden needs a standout story with a unique perspective. What she finds is a scandal that could turn the upcoming presidential election upside-down.

Matt Westbrook only turned his back for a moment. But when he looks around, his car - with his three young children inside - has vanished. Panicked, Matt assumes a car thief has got more than he bargained for, but then he starts to receive text messages: This is a kidnap. If you want to see your children again, you will exchange them for your wife. Matt and his wife, Annabelle, are horrified....

Артур Конан Дойл — автор, в котором органично соединились детектив и путешественник, поклонник науки и спиритизма, а также писатель и врач. Оставаясь всю жизнь верным своему врачебному призванию и черпая вдохновение из него, мастер писал: "...любой врач должен быть благодарен судьбе за свою профессию. Ведь делать добро — это такое огромное удовольствие, что впору платить за эту привилегию..." "Письма молодого врача" — это история жизни молодого доктора Старка Монро. Во многом автобиографичное произведение, почти все персонажи которого списаны с реальных прототипов.

Die bewegende Fortsetzung des Romans »Was uns durch die Zeiten trägt« über die Suche einer jungen Frau nach einer neuen Heimat. Von Bestsellerautorin Marion Johanning. Westfalen, 1956: Nach der Vertreibung lebt Luise mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Kurstadt in Westdeutschland. Der Rückweg in die schlesische Heimat scheint durch den Eisernen Vorhang für immer versperrt, und Luise hat wenig Hoffnung, dass sie Marian jemals wiedersehen wird. Als sie ihrer Jugendliebe Wolfgang begegnet, fühlt sie sich sofort wieder zu ihm hingezogen.

Ein überraschendes Familienerbe rüttelt das Leben der 26-jährigen Journalistin Toni auf. In der alten Wiener Stadtvilla entdeckt sie Briefe und Tagebücher von Clara von Escherhoff aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Gemeinsam mit ihrer neuen Bekannten, Musical-Darstellerin Ella, will Toni herausfinden, was ihrer Vorfahrin damals widerfahren ist – und stößt dabei auf eine verbotene Liebe, einen wertvollen Diamanten und tödliche Intrigen. Doch je tiefer Toni eintaucht, desto mehr scheint sich die Grenze zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart aufzulösen.

Willowvine yearns for inclusion. Banished by the elven community for bringing bad luck as an orphan, she wishes she could earn her way back in…just to have the pleasure of turning them down. So when a mysterious client hires her to save her race from extinction by recovering the stolen Stone of Power, the outcast elf leaps at the opportunity. Paired with a fellow orphan, Willowvine battles resentment at having to rescue the very people who shunned her.

At a lavish summer party on an English country estate, tensions between social classes lead to deadly consequences that won’t stay buried in this twisty, engrossing suspense novel by the author of The Midnight Hour. Even the darkest secrets unravel in time. . . . 2024: Jo O’Mara, a young...

A young Victorian Egyptologist traverses the Nile River on a mission to undo a curse that may have befallen her family in this spellbinding novel. “An intoxicating tale of adventure and obsession, told in prose that shimmers like the Nile . . . I loved it.”—Emilia Hart, author of Weyward...

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s novel Darling Girls has it all. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on...

Jean-Marie Quéméner signe un nouveau roman d'aventure et nous présente l'incroyable destin d'Anne Bonny, femme pirate d'exception. Pirate travestie redoutable, elle soumet les navires ennemis et les plus grands pirates tels que Barbe Noire, Rackam et Charles Vane. Mais comment une jeune fille illégitime irlandaise est-elle devenue une incontournable femme pirate ? C'est ce qu'explore Jean-Marie Quéméner dans ce roman d'aventure.

Shy and deaf, 23-year-old Claire Deveraux has worked hard to land her dream job as a foreign service officer at the US Embassy in Paris. Yet her idyllic life is shattered when she finds a woman lying on the restroom floor dying from a gunshot wound. The dying woman utters three words to Claire and conceals a thumb drive in Claire’s pocket. The items are keys to the location of proceeds from a bank robbery. The killer, certain Claire now has sole possession of those items, must find her, recover the code words and the drive, then kill her before she can solve the puzzle and recover the money.

Hay sueños que es mejor no cumplir. Una historia repleta de acción, aventura y conspiraciones en torno a la figura histórica de Saladino. Sarah Ludwig es una sofisticada ladrona de arte. Tras su último robo, un valioso Manet, contacta con ella el emir Jalid bin Ayub, un apasionado amante de...

The Strange Husband is the story of a newly married couple from the state of New York, who decided to make their home in the Oregon Territory in 1848. Shortly after beginning their journey on the Oregon Trail, sickness causes Callie, the wife of John Wideman, to be delirious at times. After being separated from the rest of the wagon train, they meet a stranger. After a while Callie feels that the man who claims to be her husband is indeed not her husband, but the stranger. Is her mind playing games with her or is it really happening?

Zany families, eccentric friends, and ne'er-do-well neighbors inhabit the labyrinthine lives of three women friends as they grapple with real-world events in one "Golden Year". An unwelcome visit from local law enforcement, a younger friend's romantic chaos, and the death of a parent combine with daily mundanities - laundry, scones, and senior sex - to create a walloping, raucous listen.

An ordinary family. A devastating betrayal. Evie has been away from home long enough to bury the pain that shaped her childhood. Now, with the sudden death of her father, she must return. Back to the same house. Back to the memories. Back to her mother. At first, coming home feels unexpectedly comforting. But as she goes through her father’s files, Evie uncovers a secret that opens old wounds and changes her life forever. That’s only the beginning. As Evie’s world starts to shatter around her, she realises that those she loves most are also those capable of the deepest betrayal. 

Balneario de Mondariz, 1920. Candela comienza a trabajar en el Gran Hotel del balneario, donde se codea con la élite más ilustre y poderosa de un país que afronta tiempos convulsos. Pero el lujo y la apariencia ocultan un mundo de engaños, pasiones prohibidas y traiciones. Candela deberá navegar la relación con Ignacio, su primer amor, que ha vuelto a su vida sin previo aviso, y Gabriel, uno de los empleados del hotel, que le ha pedido matrimonio.

Luna est à l'aube de ses dix-huit ans, pourtant elle n'a jamais vu à quoi ressemblait la vraie vie. Enfermée dans le dernier appartement de la plus haute tour de la ville, elle vit un enfer. Pour exécuter son plan parfait, Luna doit trouver un moyen de quitter cet endroit pour échapper à sa mère et découvrir le monde extérieur. C'était sans compter sur Egon, assassin de renom, pour l'enlever au moment où elle pensait toucher au but.

Confederate Camel Caravan 1861: The Civil War is raging. The men have gone to fight, leaving the women behind to cope. Cotton is the lifeblood of the South. Sara, a young wife, risks her life and reputation to lead an official Confederate Camel Caravan hundreds of miles across Texas to Matamoros, Mexico. There, cotton can be sold and shipped to the buyer, avoiding the Union blockade and providing critical funds for the South and for desperate Dallas cotton growers.

Ailis et Donna pleurent toujours la disparition de leur cousine Katrina, mais elles n'ont pas oublié leur promesse de parcourir le monde, bien loin des conventions imposées par leur famille et leur rang. Ailis, qui vient d'accepter un poste à l'observatoire de Johannesburg, va enfin réaliser son rêve d'explorer le ciel. De son côté, Donna, passionnée par le vol en ballon, construit des montgolfières et des dirigeables avec son mari. Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclate, elle rejoint l'escadrille Lafayette en France en tant que mécanicienne et instructrice de vol.

This is a tale of how the career experiences of a female federal government agent intersect social issues and every day realities facing women in all walks of life. As you take this journey you will find nuggets sprinkled along the way that explore love, loss, pain, joy, and other concerns affecting women. Not only will we explore challenges but we will find some solutions too.