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When I’m tossed into the trunk of a car, I realize that what little luck I have has finally run out—especially when I find that Tony, the man who’d abducted me, is planning on using me to get back at my father. My chances for escape look pretty bleak when I’m handcuffed to Tony’s bodyguard, an intimidating man named Shepherd who apparently loves tight shirts and seems to be amused by making my life miserable. Soon, though, I learn that Shepherd has a heart and a brain.

Orion and Mia's peaceful lives are shattered when an unknown force razes their villages and tears away their loved ones. With nowhere left to turn, they find each other in the ruins—and something more: a destiny neither of them asked for. As they struggle to survive, they discover they are meant to stand against a rising evil—the embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins. However, they are not alone. Guided by visions and ancient magic, and joined by unlikely allies, they must rise from the ashes of their broken world... and become the champions Celestria desperately needs.

As a member of the vampire council, being tasked with keeping an eye on a few people shouldn’t be too hard, right? Wrong. The moment I meet the VRC, I realize how very wrong I am. It’s fascinating how in a group filled with ancient beings, the only reasonable one is the human. Definitely not the grumpy vampire… or the other grumpy vampire… and don’t get me started on the eye-searing clothes the bubbly one wears.

Ashley court après les mecs, court après l´amour, court après son père. Mais la vérité, c´est qu´elle ne cesse jamais d´être déçue par les hommes. Elle collectionne les plans cul sans attaches et les coups d'un soir qu´elle finit toujours par regretter. Cette fois, c'en est trop pour son petit cœur malmené : les hommes, c'est terminé ! Mais difficile de fuir ses mauvaises habitudes lorsque le joueur le plus sexy des Giants lui tourne autour, pour des raisons qu'elle ne parvient pas à saisir. Au football comme dans ses activités illégales, Ted Greyson ne joue que pour gagner.

Le troisième et ultime tome de la saga phénomène Wattpad aux 3 millions de lecteurs débarque enfin dans vos oreilles ! Fall Davies, infirmière, maladroite et bonne poire, n'a jamais menti de toute sa vie. Sauf pour faire taire les interrogations incessantes de ses sœurs aux allures de pestes, et de sa mère exigeante. Mais cette fois, c'est le mensonge de trop : Fall fait croire qu'elle a un nouveau mec pour l'accompagner au mariage de sa sœur. L'ennui, c'est qu'il n'existe pas encore et qu'il lui reste un mois pour trouver l'homme idéal.

Rules for keeping Hiro nice and safe (who am I kidding?): #1: Don’t go anywhere alone with ghosts #2: Don’t leave your cell phone sitting ten feet away when you frequently run into trouble #3: Don’t play dirty movies for my boss and blame it on the dead #4: Have a peaceful and romantic vacation with no interruptions

Jorah Mallon-Garth, medieval warrior and alpha of the Varkash wolf pack, seeks a human bride who will do his bidding.... Lady Isolde Merrell is pretty but altogether too plump to be noticed when her beautiful younger sister is around. In desperation she douses herself with a lust potion to snare the attentions of returning warrior Jorah Mallon-Garth, who has just completed three years soldiering for the Crown. Suddenly she finds herself wedded and bedded by the alpha male of the Varkash pack and bound for the Winterlands!

When the vampire stalking me sent me a letter, I was prepared for my new life with the man I love to get thrown into chaos. But as the days stretch on and nothing happens, I become determined not to allow that monster to rule my life and decide that Marcus and I will move on. We can’t always allow the past to haunt us. If that includes pestering Marcus and harassing my fellow detectives, they’d better learn to love it because I’m not going anywhere, even if they like to remind me I’m the only human working in a department filled with vampires.

In the powerful, haunting stories of Munro’s collection, men and women, in the midst of contemporary quandaries and crises, recall the long-buried yearnings, dreams, and hard choices that have given shape to their lives.

When did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part? Casimir’s ridiculously sweet now that he’s conquered “the art of the flirt,” as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my family—if we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my father—and he even makes me popcorn… okay, he tried. I know, I know, I’m just bragging at this point.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible.

Orpheline. Formée au combat. Conditionnée depuis toujours à craindre le pouvoir de l'Autre Monde. Secrètement amoureuse d'un homme qui ne veut pas de moi. Je ne suis qu'Alli, l'orpheline mi-faë, mi-humaine, mais la vie commence enfin à me sourire. Il n'aura fallu que vingt-quatre ans. Quand l'Autre Monde, le royaume ancestral des faës, s'effondre, nous empêchant tous d'y accéder, je suis la seule à savoir qui est responsable de sa destruction. Ce secret me coûtera la vie si je n'agis pas au plus vite.

Getting into the vampire-only detective unit was the easy part. What’s going to be more difficult is dealing with my new partner - an ancient vampire who keeps threatening to eat me. The unit has never had a human in it. Marcus - or, as I like to call him: Fangy McFangface - would really prefer to keep it that way. He’s grumpy, short-tempered, and broody, but I have a way with words, and I know he’s starting to like me, even if he swears he’s not.

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by society and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women.

The one rule bookshop owner and widow Penelope Thornton-McClure has given ghostly, hard-boiled PI Jack Shepard is to not haunt the customers. But when the hot, young author Angel Stark arrives at the store to promote her latest true-crime novel, Jack can hardly contain himself. Angel's book is an unsolved mystery about a debutante found strangled to death, and it's filled with juicy details that point a finger at a number of people in the deb's high-society circle. But when the author winds up dead, too - in precisely the same way - Pen is fast on the case...which means Jack is, too.

Lily a tout pour être heureuse : de bonnes notes à la fac, un environnement familial sain et une carrière de médecin en perspective. Seulement, elle est trop sage, trop sérieuse, à l'inverse de son frère, Kyllian, qui part en vrille depuis la mort de leur père. Alors, sa meilleure amie décide de lui concocter une bucket list... Adulé, méprisé, Maël est la star montante du foot, quarterback de l'une des plus grandes équipes de l'histoire, les New York Giants. Mais les apparences sont parfois trompeuses, et s'il sait bien une chose, c'est que succès ne rime pas toujours avec bonheur.

This week hasn’t gone the best for me unless you count Casimir, the sexy ancient vampire, bringing me back from the brink of death (and tying my fate to his in the process). Not that it matters if the werewolves and vampires don’t stop their ridiculous feud, because someone is targeting them and widening the divide between our communities with each body they leave in their wake. But as the alpha’s son, I have a plan to fix everything. I’m going to convince Casimir to fake date me to show the others that we can work together. I mean… what could go wrong?

One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?

Each day’s reading reveals how the powerful tool of mindfulness can help you to become more grounded, energized, motivated, and satisfied with your life. You’ll discover in these pages how to be attentive and open to the present while calmly acknowledging and accepting your thoughts, feelings, and sensations.

Certains étés vous marquent à jamais. Conrad est loin, le ciel est à sa place et le cœur de Belly aussi. Lorsqu'il réapparaît sans prévenir à la maison de la plage, la jeune fille perd pied. C'est comme s'il venait la narguer à nouveau avec ses sourires et ses silences... Comme s'il lui murmurait à l'oreille : es-tu sûre de ne plus m'aimer ?