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Spezzati dal passato, uniti dal destino: tra vendetta e redenzione, la scelta è perdersi o rinascere. Dopo un inizio turbolento, tra Avery, il fratellastro Liam e il tenebroso Xavier sembra finalmente tornata la calma. L'apparenza, però, inganna. La relazione tra Avery e Xavier, burrascosa fin dal principio, è ormai decollata, ma un inganno distrugge tutto. Xavier si sente tradito proprio nel giorno del suo grande ritorno sul ring. La frattura tra i due sembra irreparabile, le rispettive ferite ricominciano a sanguinare e il loro amore diventa odio, vendetta.

A collection of guided essays and reflections written for the church and with the author's atheist, agnostic, and apathetic friends in mind, with whom he has had many and regular conversations over the years. Using Blaise Pascal as a guide and mentor, largely through his Pensées, Wes is attempting a conversational and thoughtful engagement over several, albeit limited, issues, largely in respect to actual conversations he has had with such friends through the years.

In 1874, a storm stole everything from Kit and Cale Weston — their parents, their home, their childhood. Orphans on the prairie, they are taken in by Jesse and Sabrina Mercer, who run a ranch for wayward children and teens. But behind the Mercers’ respectable front lies a darker plan.

From the beginning of time, humankind has tried to make sense of the world around them. Many of the world's religions, especially those which claim the Christian faith, say we were formed in the image of God. But what if we’ve assigned traits and characteristics to the being we call God that He never possessed and remade him in our image? Is it possible that He never wanted to be a god in the first place?

“They are waiting for me to die.” But Nila will neither die nor live as expected. When a horrific fire in India ravages her legs and spirit, she finds an unlikely champion in a higher caste boy. Since they cannot marry, they vow: “If Not You… then no one.”

Orchidee wordt in de negentiende eeuw noodgedwongen keizerin, omdat haar zoon amper zeven jaar is als het zijn beurt is om de troon te bestijgen. In een wereld vol machtige mannen en terwijl het land op losse schroeven staat, probeert Orchidee tegen wil en dank haar geliefde land van de ondergang te redden. Zal ze ooit gerespecteerd worden zoals haar man dat was?

Wanneer de vader van Wilde Gember als verrader wordt beschouwd, neemt haar leven een tragische wending. Vastbesloten klemt ze zich vast aan het maoïsme om de eer van haar familie te herstellen. Uiteindelijk krijgt ze zelfs nationale bekendheid als rolmodel in de propaganda van de partij. Alles gaat voor de wind, wanneer ze ook nog eens de liefde vindt. Maar gaat dat wel samen? Liefde voor een jongeman en voor je vaderland?

Van jongs af aan wordt Min grootgebracht met de leer van Mao Zedong en op zeventienjarige leeftijd, als oudste kind in de familie, werkt ze als soldaat bij de Kleine Rode Brigade. Ondanks de harde leefomstandigheden, wordt zij uitgekozen om een grote rol te spelen in een propagandafilm. Plotseling begeeft ze zich in de luxe filmwereld, maar ook die is zwaar en competitief.

Een historische roman die het fascinerende verhaal vertelt van Tzu Hsi, een zeventienjarige vrouw van adellijke afkomst, die als concubine de Verboden Stad betreedt voor keizer Hsien Feng. Haar positie wordt aanzienlijk versterkt wanneer ze de enige zoon van de keizer baart. De roman volgt haar strijd om macht en invloed te verwerven en te behouden in een strikt geregeerde mannenwereld, terwijl de Qing-dynastie afbrokkelt en grote veranderingen het rijk bedreigen. Het is een verhaal over overleving, ambitie en de zoektocht naar controle.

Blame the booze, her shaky marriage, her troubled son, or a thousand other things, but Jewelann Jordan has one thing on her mind when she attends her class reunion: making sure her old crush Christian Campbell sees exactly what he lost all those years ago. A late night, a hotel room, a rekindled flame that burns even hotter than it did back then—what could go wrong? Everything. The night with Christian isn't the first secret Jewelann has kept from her husband Ken, so one more shouldn't be much harder—except that Christian shows up without warning.

An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do.

At a time of astonishing confusion about what it means to be a man, Brad Miner has recovered the oldest and best ideal of manhood: the gentleman. Reviving a thousand-year tradition of chivalry, honor, and heroism, The Compleat Gentleman provides the essential model for 21st-century masculinity.

1914. For Paul, with love. Jewish silversmith Johann Blumenthal engraved those words on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny ornamented box. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to fight in a terrible war to honor his beloved country - a country that would soon turn against his own family. A half century later, Londoner Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents. Though the silver is tarnished and dented, this much-loved treasure is also a link to an astonishing past.

Als knallharter Geschäftsführer des Familienunternehmens führt Jack Umbrei ein Doppelleben. Seine Identität als Gestaltwandler muss unter allen Umständen geheim bleiben. Damit sein Wolf sich noch einmal austoben kann, beschließt er in die Bitterroot Mountains zu fahren. Dort trifft er auf die attraktive Rebecca Black. Er wird unwiderstehlich von ihr angezogen. Verzweifelt wehrt er sich gegen seine Gefühle, denn die junge Frau ist so gar nicht das, was er sonst bevorzugt. Doch sein Wolf hat andere Pläne. Wird es ihm gelingen, sich auf die Dauer seinem anderen Ich zu widersetzen?

For parents who didn't grow up with smartphones but can't let go of them now, expert advice on raising kids in our constantly connected world Most kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part of...

When teenage girls vanish in what was once considered a safe, Louisiana bayou town, the lives of four desperate young locals take unexpected turns, begging the question: Do you every truly know those closest to you? When nineteen-year-old Tiffany Perron vanishes from rural Grand Trespass, Louisiana, best friend Haley Landry's relationship with her boyfriend becomes increasingly strained. To make matters worse, her impressionable younger sister Becky has begun idolizing an impetuous, seductive 15 year old who's encouraging her to do dangerous things.

Hard as nails fight club manager Zara cares about two things in life: her club and her brother. The problem is, technically the club belongs to her asshat of a father. Who is missing, along with last quarter's takings...and the money the club owes to Reese, the guy who controls all the shifter fight clubs in the city. He's a dangerous man and now Zara owes him money. A lot of money. The sort of money that would normally get her and her brother taken outside the city limits and buried in a shallow grave.

Which moment has defined your life so far? Whether she likes it or not, Iris’s life has been divided into two: Before the Incident, and After the Incident. Something very private was made very public, and since then life has been about recovering from being shamed, discovering her true friends, and struggling to find a new normal. Two years into this new life and she finally connects with a guy again. He lives in the apartment down the hall, he’s hot, and he doesn’t look at her that way. He doesn’t know what happened. But he also won’t give her his name, not right away - which has to mean he’s got something to hide too.

Orphaned and forced to live under the cruel eye of her stepmother, Saskia spends her days and most of her nights sewing gowns for rich dragonesses to wear to balls she will never see. When a chance encounter brings her into contact with the handsome Callan, duke and cousin to the queen, she thinks nothing of it. After all, what royal duke would want a woman with a broken, mad dragon? But when the otherworldly intervenes, Saskia gets her chance to go to the ball.

In the expert hands of two of the mystery world's top storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. These original stories explore the dark side of the housewife psyche and are guaranteed to delight. But be cautioned: These stories—"GDMFSOB" by Nevada Barr (author of the Anna Pigeon series) and "Acid Test" by Sara Paretsky (author of the V.I. Warshawski novels)—are meant to be listened to alone while sipping a glass of wine.