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Vanessa Pearce has grown used to a life in poverty. After the death of her mother she had no choice but to move in with her father in order to provide for her son. Vanessa works hard at her dead-end job, one most people don't want, but in a world full of supernatural, extraordinary people, she'll never get anywhere as a human.

Abandoned and left as an orphan, Wren Williams is on a search to find where she comes from—a difficult task since she's the only siren in The Hartlands, a city in The Upper Hollows. When Shifter Homicide Detective Kai, her friend's older brother, says he'll find her family, she jumps at the opportunity. While she's always sensed a level of attraction between them it was something Kai and Wren ignored for professional reasons because their jobs tend to overlap.

In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat account of the discipline. Drawing on the history of the field and his deep experience as a practitioner, Rodrik argues that economics can be a powerful tool that improves the world - but only when economists abandon universal theories and focus on getting the context right.

Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own—as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother—but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on...

For fans of David Nicholls’s One Day and Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot, here’s a page-turning novel about a young woman who is torn between two men, and who must determine where—and with whom—her future lies. Emma is just days from marrying her childhood sweetheart, Richard. But...

One summer storm. One split second. Two lives changed forever. Ellie Harker doesn't believe in fate, only hard work and keeping her heart safe. Rhys Davies used to believe in love, until heartbreak left him focused on his little girl. When lightning strikes them both, an unexplainable connection sparks between two strangers.

I saved a dying man on my ER table and ended up in an arranged-marriage to the mob boss who came to collect him. My family signed a contract with Chicago's most dangerous crime family before I was born. Matteo Romano just invoked it. He's forty. I'm twenty-three. He has a scar and a silence that tells you everything. I have Skittles in my pocket and a grandmother for whom I'd do anything. His mansion. His rules. His eyes are on me every time I turn around. But small things crack him open. Coffee outside my door at midnight. No knock. My shifts kept.

See Critical Role’s Mighty Nein through the eyes of nine of their friends and foes in this new anthology, with a foreword by Taliesin Jaffe. In these nine stories, the legend of the mighty adventuring party grows with tales from some of the most memorable characters who fought with – and...

CARTA NA MANGA – JENNIE LUCAS Ele destruiu minhas defesas como se fossem feitas de papel. Bastou um olhar dominador e persistente de Alejandro, o Duque de Alzacar, para eu ser aprisionada. Somente mais tarde me dei conta dos motivos que o levaram a me seduzir. Não tive escolha a não ser...

Traumhochzeiten für glückliche Paare organisieren? Für Melodie Parnell ein Traumjob – nur privat ist sie Lichtjahre vom großen Glück entfernt. Bis sie glaubt, in den Armen des unwiderstehlichen Millionärs Roman Killian die große Liebe gefunden zu haben. In seiner sonnigen Villa an der Côte d'Azur erlebt sie endlich pure Leidenschaft. Aber schon bald gibt es für Melodie ein böses Erwachen, denn Roman teilt ihr unverblümt mit: Nicht aus Liebe hat er sie verführt, sondern bloß aus Rache an ihrem Vater!

Fighting climate change, saving democracy, and eradicating poverty are urgent global challenges, yet the world's leaders continue to pursue outdated policies that focus on one while worsening the tradeoffs between each of them. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World shows how the nations of the world can achieve all three objectives.

Als Rebellin wurde Wren Darlington in die Silver-Elite eingeschleust. Nachdem ihre Tarnung aufgeflogen ist, findet sie Zuflucht in der Festung von Uprising, dem Rebellen-Netzwerk jener Modifizierten, zu denen sie selbst gehört. Während der Kontinent am Rande eines entscheidenden Krieges steht, muss Wren sich fragen: Für wen ist sie bereit zu kämpfen – selbst wenn das bedeutet, jemanden dabei zu verlieren?

When you mix business and pleasure, things can get messy… Nick "Obi" Oberbeck is a pro hockey goalie with looks that could melt an entire rink. He should be able to get any girl he wants, only he seems to mess things up time and time again. Except for that one amazing night with Annie Markham...

Bridget's life, well, let's just say it's been a bit "meh." But when luck strikes, she decides to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip. Small hiccup–she's about as good at driving as a cat is at swimming. Can you really trust your fate to a driver whose nickname is AWOL, and, brace yourself, he's not exactly a feline enthusiast? Would you put your destiny and your dreams of meeting a parade of sizzling Italian stallions in his hands?

Geoff After two decades of glamorous chaos, I’ve retired from photographing beautiful people in beautiful places and taken a job teaching teenagers who think I’m prehistoric. I’m also dealing with some inconvenient medical realities that have forced me to reassess… well, everything. Then one very memorable night turns into something far more permanent. Now Christa is pregnant. With my baby. We’re living together because it makes sense. We are not a couple. We are being mature adults about this. Apart from the part where I can’t stop noticing how she takes her crumpets.

In het Engeland van 1818 moet Lady Iris Palmerton kiezen tussen de plagerige Jeremy Black en de elegante Lord Frank Galston, terwijl ze worstelt met schokkende persoonlijke gebeurtenissen. Deel 3 van 3.

In Engeland 1817 worstelt de aristocratische Elena Carter met haar verlangen naar een medische carrière en de liefde. Moet ze de hoogste kringen verlaten en haar hart opgeven voor haar roeping? Deel 2 van 3.

In 1816 voelt Pippa Wesley zich uitgesloten na de scheiding van haar moeder, maar haar verblijf bij haar tante in Londen wordt gecompliceerd door de avances van twee mannen en een belangrijke keuze. Deel 1 van 3.

Linn wollte eigentlich nur Stockbrot am Lagerfeuer machen – doch beim Ribfest in Kitchener fliegt ihr das Grillvergnügen buchstäblich um die Ohren: Ein Propantank explodiert, der Star des Events, Grillmeister Matthew Tanner, stirbt. Kein Unfall, wie sich schnell zeigt. Während die Polizei noch rätselt, stößt Linn auf eine ganze Reihe Verdächtiger – von eifersüchtigen Rivalen über eine hitzige Ex bis zu einem Assistenten, der mehr weiß, als er zugibt.

Phoebe Pyncheon hasn’t had an easy life. Alone and out of work, she does her best to make ends meet while she finishes her debut novel. But when even the monthly rent becomes too much for the struggling young writer to afford, she is forced to move into her Great Aunt Hester’s boarding house. Known as the House of Seven Gables, this Victorian mansion is a maze of decrepit halls, musty old furniture, and faded glamour. At first, Phoebe feels at home in the strange, quirky old house. But soon she senses a presence lurking in the shadows, just out of sight.