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Reece Karkoff's life derailed when her mother killed her father. Now, she lives on a defunct farm in Missouri with her Aunt and her cousin, who treat her as one of their own. Reece thinks her mother's violence is behind her ... But she's unaware of the cult that has moved into the woods beside the farm.

Lola Landry stares through the window of her locked car with the keys in the ignition and the radio blaring Beck’s “Loser”. While standing there and sweltering in the soupy Tennessee humidity, she wonders how her orderly life had crashed and burned so badly. Then her high school nemesis saunters up in all of his tall, strapping fireman-to-the-rescue glory, slapping her with the humiliating proof that it can always get worse. When the uber-confident Jedediah Lawson requests a date in return for popping her lock, a lightbulb goes off.

En Corrèze, à Aubazine, le village de son enfance, elle mène de front son métier d'institutrice et sa vie de famille. Mais les rancœurs du passé la rattrapent...

Après l'incendie ayant ravagé La fièvre du samedi soir, mon jardin s'est une nouvelle fois retrouvé envahi par les vampires. Ma stupidité me perdra, j'aurais dû savoir que j'allais encore me mettre dans le pétrin en acceptant de les héberger.

You know what I don’t have time for? The brooding, dark-eyed former love of my life showing up when my life is finally settling down. I don’t have time for Hunter Buchanan and that intense look in his eyes. The way he loved me so perfectly all those years ago.

In dire financial straits, college student Jessica steals her neighbor's wallet. When he catches her red-handed, she's given a choice: Go to jail or be his "friend with benefits" for the summer. Since she's always had a crush on the older, attractive Mr. Roberts, Jessica accepts his offer of "friendship". To her surprise, the benefits he has in mind include things like spanking, cropping, bondage, and anal sex. Add in a webcam and she just might find the solution to all her money troubles and enjoy a summer of sexy fun with her new best "friend".

L'assassin est parmi eux. Pour le trouver, il faut jouer... Angleterre, de nos jours. La première fois que Jemma s'est rendue dans le manoir de Polskirrin, c'était en compagnie de Matt, son époux, pour célébrer le mariage du richissime Lucas Jarrett. Jamais Jemma n'oubliera la vue saisissante de cette demeure dominant la mer, perchée sur un éperon de Cornouailles.

Torture porn, shock-for-shock’s sake, violence that doesn’t serve the plot, and characters you hate — what was going on in the 2000s in horror cinema? And why were audiences hungry for it? Millennial Nasties takes a critical but appreciative look at an oft-ignored subset of horror. This book dissects the English-language horror films of the 2000s and the cultural events they were responding to.

Des fées sorties de nulle part sont responsables du plus grand drame de ma vie. Elles m'ont mise KO, ça, c'est certain, mais il ne sera pas dit que je me suis laissé marcher sur les pieds. Car s'il y a bien un truc qu'il ne faut jamais faire, sous peine de représailles, c'est voler à une femme ce qu'elle a de plus cher. Alors, c'est vrai que je n'ai pas vraiment le profil de la grande méchante, mais je suis quand même prête à leur botter l'arrière-train, même si pour ça, je dois faire face à ce que je redoutais le plus : la trahison.

Cette fois, c'est sûr, je suis née sous une mauvaise étoile. J'ai d'abord découvert les vampires, puis les anges, ensuite les entre-deux, les démons, et maintenant, voilà qu'on me jette des sorts et qu'on accroche des poulets égorgés à ma porte. Il ne manquait plus que ça ! Sans compter que cet idiot de Greg le Bulldozer s'est amouraché d'une griffeuse psychopathe que je ne vois pas d'un bon œil. Il a l'air d'avoir de sérieux problèmes. C'est plus fort que moi, il va falloir que je m'en mêle, même si, à coup sûr, je vais au-devant de sacrés ennuis.

Il était une fois une famille heureuse et unie. Des jumelles de six ans qui se ressemblaient comme deux gouttes d'eau. Des enfants fusionnelles qui grandissaient ensemble et s'adoraient. Avant de se jalouser et s'empoisonner. Il était une fois deux fillettes inséparables. Pour le meilleur, ou pour le pire ? Il était une fois une histoire qui n'a rien d'un conte de fées. "Avec elle", de Solène Bakowski, et "Sans elle", d'Amélie Antoine, deux romans pour un projet commun. Un point de départ identique pour deux histoires distinctes qui peuvent se lire indépendamment l'une de l'autre.

A brutal serial killer known as "Dead Eyes" is lurking in the backyard of the famed Virginia FBI Profiling Unit. Despite the gifted profiling skills of Special Agent Karen Vail, the psychopath is always one step ahead with uncanny knowledge of the FBI's detailed strategy of pursuit. Threatening to derail the investigation and her career is Vail's contentious divorce from an abusive husband and an ugly custody battle. As Vail fights to find the killer before he murders more young women, she must battle forces determined to bring her down.

He's my brother's best friend. My first crush, my first love, and my first time. But I had to break his heart to save us both. Ten years later, my life is in danger, and Aiden is the only one who can offer the protection I need. I don't have a choice, because the man and the life I chose instead . . . They're about to cost me everything. I know Aiden hates me, and he has every right to. But maybe this is my chance to tell him the truth.

Lina Ragelis prides herself on her bravery and strength, two traits that have served her well in her career in the US Army. Having been disconnected from her family since she turned eighteen, Lina has learned to rely solely on herself—and her slightly overbearing best friend—and she swears she prefers it that way. It's an easy lie for someone who has spent her entire life dodging love. Lina's pretty certain that she's damaged goods. But the truth is, she's the kind of person everyone wants in their corner, and the kind of woman many women want to love.

There are lots of assumptions people make about rock stars. Shallow. Player. Addict. The truth? I'm none of those. The even bigger truth: The only opinion I care about is hers, and she hates me. Her, as in Gwen Matthews, my twin brother's best friend, the unrequited love of my life. She thinks I'm a liar and a jerk, which is why I pretend to be my brother when she needs help one night. Except that Gwen is a genius. Literally. So it doesn't take her long to figure out it's me and not my brother, but maybe, just maybe, she's willing to give me a second chance.

Dripping wet from his shower and wearing only a towel, billionaire cowboy Gage Winchester makes quite a first impression on Suzette Fiftypence. Her first night in his posh Texas resort he dashes from his shower to her rescue when she screams in the night. Now she finds herself alone with this half-naked hunk in her hotel room. Things are looking up. Before meeting him, investigative journalist Suzette would much rather have spent Christmas exposing a crime ring than reviewing a high end resort ranch. Her career was all that mattered to her.

Being forced to move back to my hometown after a decade away is embarrassing, but I'll do anything to protect my little girl. I'll even wait tables at the elite Yacht Club… now owned by the boy I once had a huge crush on. He's grown up and claimed his rightful place as King of Paradise Shores. Parker Marchand was a star athlete and professional sailor who never looked at me twice. He's strong, and steady, everything my abusive ex wasn't, but I'm a struggling single mom and a professional screw-up. What could we possibly have in common?

Du suspense, de l'émotion et une pointe de romance. La vie de Lyanne n'est plus qu'un champ de ruines. Tout s'est écroulé autour de la jeune femme depuis son accident. Elle est rongée par la peine et la culpabilité, tentant de donner du sens à ce qui n'en a pas. Jusqu'à ce que Samuel la contacte pour lui faire part d'un projet un peu fou, le projet d'une vie. Lyanne hésite, est-elle prête à renouer avec les autres ? Et si, finalement, c'était sa chance ?

The Irish author of TransAtlantic presents his first collection of short fiction in over a decade. With unsurpassed empathy for his characters and their inner lives, Thirteen Ways of Looking explores the territory of chance and the profound and intimate consequences of even our smallest moments. In conversation with Lila Azam Zanganeh ( The Enchanter: Nabokov and Happiness).

Née à Téhéran, exilée à Paris depuis ses dix ans, Kimiâ a toujours essayé de tenir à distance son pays, sa culture, sa famille. Mais les djinns échappés du passé la rattrapent pour faire défiler l'étourdissant diaporama de l'histoire des Sadr sur trois générations : les tribulations des ancêtres, une décennie de révolution politique, les chemins de traverse de l'adolescence, l'ivresse du rock, le sourire voyou d'une bassiste blonde.