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Gorgeous Sebastian Laurence walked into my life on a stormy Monday afternoon. The thunder and lightning that filled the room upon his entrance should have been a sign that all was not as it seemed. Within a day, he'd asked me out. Within two days, we were in Vegas. Like a fool, I thought this was the beginning of our perfect love story. On Friday, he told me he thought we were soulmates and that we should get married. The very next night the man carried me into our honeymoon suite with love in his eyes.

NFL tight end Andrew McAdams isn't thrilled to be sidelined with an injury. He's even less thrilled about his legal troubles. Community service is the only thing standing between him and jail. It's not all bad news, though. He gets to work with Jesse Fox, who is as gorgeous as he is guarded. And...

Originally published in 1961 and here presented in a fresh new edition that has been edited for gender neutrality, cultural inclusivity, and greater relevance for our times.

 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes' acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance.  

A man is found bludgeoned to death in woodland by the village of Canwick, and the close-knit community is sent into shock. Detective Karen Hart, still haunted by the tragic loss of her husband and daughter nearby, is brought in to investigate the horrific murder. It soon becomes clear that dark secrets lie behind Canwick’s unspoiled appearance. When Hart begins to suspect that a modern-day slavery ring has been hiding in plain sight among the villagers, she faces a race to find proof before the culprits slip from her grasp.

L'amore non è mai sbagliato. È ormai giunto l'ultimo anno di liceo per June. Le cose tra lei e James non potrebbero andare meglio di così, ora che entrambi hanno ammesso i sentimenti che provano l'uno per l'altra. Le cose cambiano quando lui, dopo una visita misteriosa a casa, scompare senza lasciare traccia. Chiedere aiuto alla polizia non è un'opzione e così la ragazza non può fare altro che rivolgersi a William. Ben presto si renderà conto che sono ancora troppi i segreti che si nascondono dietro la famiglia che credeva di conoscere e che coinvolgono le persone a cui tiene di più.

Life had a way of being beautiful—until it wasn’t. Unexpected loss left each of us stuck in our own quiet versions of punishment and longing. Until one offhand comment over drinks unraveled everything. Changed everything. Maddox. Zander. And me, Marley. One night. No past, no future. No strings. Just whatever we wanted, with the understanding that we could walk away if it didn’t work.

My name is Tamryn. I am a woman with a job, a home, and a mother who loves me. Not whole, but not quite incomplete, either. I have many faces, but they all want one thing: someone to protect me. Someone to love me. And then I find him... He's everything I ever thought I wanted. Handsome, suave, gentlemanly, my knight in shining armor, with a hand stretched out to make everything perfect. And everything is perfect, that is, until my true savior comes along and shows me just how broken I am, and works to piece me back together...

All social groups have ideals for behavior, even though ethics vary among different cultures and among individuals within each culture. In trying to understand why, Churchland brings together an understanding of the influences of nature and nurture. She looks to evolution to elucidate how, from birth, our brains are configured to form bonds, to cooperate, and to care. Conscience delves into scientific studies, particularly the fascinating work on twins, to deepen our understanding of whether people have a predisposition to embrace specific ethical stands.

The third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Abaddon's Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network—and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series. For generations, the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the...

With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The second book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of war, and the only hope of peace rests on James Holden and...

Queen bee Honey Williams and burnout Sadie Greer haven't spoken since middle school, when a huge fight ended their lifelong friendship and sent the girls down wildly different paths. All of this changes when Honey turns up at 3 am to ask Sadie to help her bury a body and kill the indie band that turned her into a vampire. It's the tail end of summer vacation. They've got the band's tour dates, a full tank of gas, and two weeks before senior year starts. But Honey's newfound hunger is insatiable, and the road trip gets even gorier than they anticipated.

He ruined her. Now he'll risk everything to win her back… Dmitri Volkov is a man haunted by his past—a single father who remembers almost nothing, except his son and the wife he thought he lost forever. Her death left him numb, consumed only by the need to protect his child. Until the day he...

Ein Kunstwerk. Eine mysteriöse Zahl. Ein Geheimnis, für das es sich zu töten lohnt. Als der eigenbrötlerische Künstler Gabriel Quinn vor einer Galerie in der Oxford High Street erschossen wird, ermittelt Detective Inspector Bridget Hart in der Welt der zeitgenössischen Kunst, in der...

Angelina Yves is a struggling singer/songwriter offered the chance of a lifetime to join the experimental luxury compound sponsored by the most famous band in the world, Black Idyll. With her every need accommodated, she finally has the time and space to perfect her music. Her muse? Reclusive rock star Jesper Idyll, who lives up to her every high school daydream. But this paradise has a haunted underbelly heralded by screaming horses, mysterious figures in the night, and dreams too twisted to be real.

100 personajes inolvidables que cambiaron la historia Cien hombres que se atrevieron a cambiar el mundo. Cien historias de rebeldía que inspiran a pensar diferente. Pequeños rebeldes es una invitación a descubrir, gracias a esta selección de biografías, la grandeza que cada niño y cada...

Gerrit van Draak, the fifth Duke of Dulverton, might not love his orderly, boring life, but at least it is one he can manage. And then she comes along. Lady Kathryn Bellamy not only tears down the walls Gerrit has spent decades carefully constructing, she also shatters the bedrock of his existence in the process.

I convinced New York's cockiest, crankiest, hottest chef to take my virginity. Three months later, I have to step back into his life . . . telling him I'm pregnant with his baby. It was supposed to be a rebellious one-night-stand. But that's what happens, doesn't it? You get drunk, see your hot crush at the same bar, and you let him take you home. And sleep with him. Hard. Multiple times in one night.

UN AMORE UNICO E LA PROMESSA DEL PER SEMPRE: JUNE E JAMES SONO PRONTI A SCRIVERE L'ULTIMO INDELEBILE CAPITOLO DELLA LORO STORIA. Quando l'amore è una forza inarrestabile, ogni scelta diventa una promessa. June e James sono ormai una coppia affiatata, ma il loro amore è stato messo alla prova dall'arrivo del piccolo August. I loro equilibri sono cambiati, tra notti insonni, responsabilità crescenti e la continua sfida di bilanciare i sogni personali con le necessità della famiglia.

Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family's big Easter reunion at their ancestral home, she's certain she can put up with his arrogance and fend off his advances long enough to ask Marie Caulfield-Ruskin for an internship someone with her pedigree could never nab through the regular submission route. But once all the family members are on the island and the ferry has departed, things take a dark turn.