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Rien ne prédestinait Violet Sorrengail à être une cavalière. Elle était censée intégrer le quadrant des Scribes et mener une vie tranquille parmi les livres. Elle dont les os sont si fragiles qu'ils peuvent se briser en un instant… Mais aujourd'hui est le jour des conscriptions, et en tant que fille de la Générale - elle-même cavalière et dresseuse de dragons -, Violet n'a d'autre choix que de satisfaire les ordres de sa mère, et de rejoindre les épreuves de sélection pour devenir dragonnière… L'élite de la Navarre!

The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn’t want them to hope. She wants them to die. Laura hasn’t had it easy: she’s survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn’t love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it. But now someone’s on to her—Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together?

Some are born plagued by darkness. She was doused in it by those she trusted. Like Lucifer himself, she fell from the heavens and landed amongst the flames. Now, she wears her crown black with diamonds coated in the blood of her enemies. This isn't the story of a girl who saved the villain. This is the story of a girl who became something much worse and the man who loved her for it.

Peu de gens sont aussi rusés et cruels que la reine du sang, Casteel en est parfaitement conscient. Mais personne, pas même lui, n'aurait pu se préparer à ses stupéfiantes révélations et à la cruauté de ses actes.

Iris Eliot has survived a lot in her 27 years but refuses to be labelled a victim. Now, in her final year of graduate school, her dream is within reach. She's ready to put the past behind her and embrace whatever the future brings. Until the future brings him. Professor James Beckett, internationally best-selling author and award-winning poet, is the new head of the creative writing department at her university. Brilliant and obnoxiously sexy, he's more dangerous than Iris knows.

Tout le monde s'attendait à voir Violet Sorrengail échouer lors de sa première année à l'Académie de la guerre de Basgiath, y compris elle-même... Pourtant cette aventure endiablée n'était qu'une première épreuve, destinée à éliminer les faibles, les indignes et les malchanceux. Le véritable entraînement commence maintenant, et Violet se demande déjà comment elle va s'en sortir. Ce n'est pas seulement l'épuisement, la brutalité, ou le fait que le programme soit conçu pour pousser les cavaliers au-delà de leur capacité de résistance à la douleur.

How far must you run to escape the past? Broken from past trauma, Laura heads to small-town Texas, where she crosses paths with sharp-witted Tess. Laura isn't ready to open up again - but her feelings for Tess are undeniable.... Will Tess be able to get past Laura's defenses? And will Laura allow herself to love, and live, again? Find out in this powerful new novel by chart-topping author Harper Bliss.

Choisie depuis sa naissance pour inaugurer une nouvelle ère de son royaume, la vie de Poppy n'a jamais vraiment été la sienne. Ses parents ont été tués quand elle était jeune et elle vit depuis recluse et surprotégée. Une vie solitaire, sans être touchée ni même regardée, sans contact avec l'extérieur et avec un seul moment à attendre : le jour de son Élévation.

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father's dive bar... in Washington. Piper hasn't even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won't last a week outside of Beverly Hills. How bad could it really be?

Growing up on the tough Philly streets, Gwen O'Neill has learned how to fend for herself. But what is she supposed to do with a nice, suburban Jersey boy in the form of a massive Grizzly shifter? Especially one with a rather unhealthy fetish for honey, moose, and…uh…well, her. Yet despite his menacing ursine growl and four-inch claws, Gwen finds Lachlan "Lock" MacRyrie cute and really sweet. He actually watches out for her, protects her, and unlike the rest of her out-of-control family manages not to morbidly embarrass her.

When you are a son and one of the heirs to the legacy of the Cavalieri name, you need to be more vicious than your enemies. Sometimes, the lines get blurred. Years ago, they tried to use her as a pawn in a revenge scheme against me. Even though I cared about her, I let them treat her as if she were nothing. I was too arrogant and self-involved to protect her then. But I'm here now. Ready to risk my life tracking down every single one of them. They'll pay for what they've done as surely as I'll pay for my sins against her.

Ola est verte de rage : en plus de s'être fait larguer par l'homme qu'elle prenait pour son meilleur ami et l'amour de sa vie, voilà qu'il convole avec sa grande sœur ! –; Ne sois pas surprise, Ola ! lui a-t-il lancé par-dessus son épaule, en claquant la porte du petit appartement qu'ils partageaient depuis six ans. Tu le savais déjà... Blessée, puis vexée, Ola finit par admettre que... oui, peut-être... elle ne comprend rien aux hommes. Ni au sexe. Alors, avec l'aide de ses meilleurs amis, elle échafaude une liste de 52 défis à réaliser sur 1 an.

Face aux menaces de Zeus, les sorcières ont plus que jamais besoin de trouver la baguette de Circé. Mais l'artefact est caché quelque part sur l'île d'Aiaia, la résidence première des sorcières, perdue depuis des centaines d'années. Ce serait leur arme la plus puissante si un conflit venait à éclater. Les sorcières ont misé tous leurs espoirs sur Méroé. Malheureusement, pour la jeune sorcière qui remue ciel et terre, l'île reste introuvable. Et du côté de sa vie sentimentale, ce n'est pas mieux.

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she and her sister Deirdre found themselves on the doorstep of 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, seeking lodgings from a seemingly friendly local couple: Fred and Rose West. While growing up in poverty-stricken Dublin in the 1960s, Kathleen was abused from a young age. A move to England allowed her to escape, but even so life remained difficult, forcing her to seek refuge. At first, Cromwell Street provided freedom for the sisters who were entertained by Fred's quirky behaviour and endless DIY.

I may be a mafia princess, but I have bigger plans than to stay in this sheltered world. I’m in Milan to pursue my dreams as a fashion designer. Having an affair is the last thing on my mind, except he’s handsome and charming and Italian. In other words, he’s irresistible. What’s the harm in having a little fun?

Every day, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch. She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home from work. She puts on his favourite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same. Their cabin is hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish Highlands, and Mary doesn't remember the last time she saw another living soul. She tries not to think about her life before too much.

My name is Alana Montoya. My husband is the King of L.A. And I am his Queen. I never asked for this life, but now that it’s mine, I will fight for it with every breath in my body. Our love is fire and fury, burning brighter than the heat of a thousand suns. But when secrets and betrayal threaten our chance at happiness, will the flames be enough to vanquish our enemies, and destroy our doubts and fears? Or will the ashes and embers of what we once had be all that remains? A war is coming to L.A, and when it is over, only one side will be left standing.

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Jackson Decker is everything I’ve ever wanted: Fierce. Loyal. Not to mention tall, tattooed and hotter than the earth’s core. Too bad there are so many reasons why he’s off limits. He’s old enough to be my father, but even worse than that, he is the right-hand man of head of the Spanish Mafia, who just happens to be my dad. So that loyalty I admire in him so much is also the reason he will never look at me the way I want him to. But when we start working together, sparks fly in ways that neither of us expected.

La tension règne toujours parmi les dieux et les sorcières. Véritable pilier de sa communauté, Circé n'a pas le temps de penser à sa vie sentimentale... et encore moins à Hermès, le dieu des voleurs, aussi insaisissable qu'irrésistible. Qu'importe ce baiser qu'ils ont échangé il y a quelques semaines. Hermès est l'un des Douze, le cercle des dieux les plus puissants de l'Olympe, et un flirt entre eux serait une très mauvaise idée.