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Mr. Swoony

Romance

Book three in the brand new Hockey sports romance series, The Nest, by Piper Rayne. Blurb coming soon!

Featuring beautiful spray-painted edges with vibrant designed endpapers.It’s a thin line between love and love-hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim—but pretends that she can. Plus, Cole and Hutch are brothers. And they don’t get along. Next stop: paradise! But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good-looking man she has ever seen . . . but maybe a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old fears, and to be truly brave at last. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old fears, and to be truly brave at last.

The Things we leave unfinished

Literary

Ein emotionales Meisterwerk von einer New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin. Der TikTok-Erfolg endlich auf Deutsch.Georgia Stanton steht am Tiefpunkt ihres Lebens. Nach einer schmerzhaften Scheidung kehrt sie in ihre Heimat Colorado zurück, um sich um den literarischen Nachlass ihrer Urgroßmutter zu kümmern. Scarlett Stanton war eine erfolgreiche Liebesromanautorin. Nur ein einziges Buch hat sie nie beendet – die Geschichte ihrer eigenen großen Liebe, die sie in den Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs fand und verlor.Noah Harrison befindet sich als Autor auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere. Er bekommt von seinem Verlag die einzigartige Chance, das letzte Manuskript seines literarischen Idols zu beenden. Wäre da nicht Georgia. Georgia, die ihm auf jedem Schritt des Weges widerspricht und ohne deren Segen er kein einziges Wort schreiben darf. Und die ihn mit jedem Tag mehr fasziniert …Auf zwei Zeitebenen erzählt dieser Roman von zwei großen Lieben – und von den Enden, die wir nicht kommen sehen …«Diese Geschichte haut einen um.» Publishers Weekly «Mit seinen zwei gleichermaßen mitreißenden Erzählsträngen wird dieses Buch selbst abgebrühte Liebesromanleser:innen für sich einnehmen.» Kirkus Reviews

L'última carta

Contemporary Romance

Una de les novel·les romàntiques més destacades de la famosa autora de la sèrie Empiri, Rebecca Yarros.Una última carta. Un últim desig: ves i cuida-la, sisplau.Beckett,Si llegeixes això, bé, ja saps què implica l'última carta. Ho has aconseguit. Jo no. Deixa de sentir-te culpable, tinc claríssim que si haguessis tingut la més mínima possibilitat de salvar-me, ho hauries fet.Necessito que facis una última cosa per mi: surt de l'exèrcit i ves a Telluride. La meva germana petita està sola. Però no sola com ha estat sempre, ara està sola de veritat. La nostra àvia, els nostres pares i ara jo. És massa per suportar-ho. No és just. A més, hi ha una altra cosa que no et puc dir i que està destrossant la família, l'Ella necessitarà més ajuda que mai.Si me n'he anat vol dir que no podré tornar a casa al gener com tenia previst. No podré estar amb ella. No podré ajudar-la a cuidar els bessons. Però tu sí que pots. Així que et demano, com a millor amic que ets, que vagis a cuidar la meva germana, la meva família. Ajuda-la encara que ella et juri que està bé. Sisplau, no deixis que hagi de passar per això tota sola.Ryan

Circle of Days

Historical Fiction

From the master of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Fair, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family live in prosperity and offer Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers, within their herder community.A PRIESTESS WHO BELIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE Joia, Neen’s sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she watches the Midsummer ceremony, enthralled, and dreams of a miraculous new monument, raised from the biggest stones in the world. But trouble is brewing among the hills and woodlands of the Great Plain.A MONUMENT THAT WILL DEFINE A CIVILIZATION Joia’s vision of a great stone circle, assembled by the divided tribes of the Plain, will inspire Seft and become their life’s work. But as drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders, farmers and woodlanders – and an act of savage violence leads to open warfare . . .Truly ambitious in scope, Circle of Days invites you to join master storyteller Ken Follett in exploring one of the greatest mysteries of our age: Stonehenge.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection

Short Stories

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog (2025-) #3

Comics & Graphic Novels

The Justice League is gone! Who will protect the Earth and beyond from the myriadof supervillains on the prowl? Enter Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends to pick upthe slack! Watch as Sega’s iconic characters don the costumes of DC Comics’s finestand take on their greatest foes!

Homecoming

Contemporary Romance

Who says you can’t go home again? For years, Kara Ballard Torrington has kept her distance from the town in Maine where she was raised and the boisterous, often-troubled Ballard family. She’s made a whole new life for herself on Gansett Island that is upended by a phone call in which she learns that two of her brothers have been accused of murder. When her parents ask her husband, celebrated attorney Dan Torrington, to come help them, Kara is forced to confront the drama she left behind in Maine as well as a whole new set of issues that have arisen in her absence. As Dan works to free her brothers, Kara confronts some of the unfinished business she left behind in Maine. One of our favorite couples from the Gansett Island Series takes a fraught journey to Kara’s hometown, where their bond becomes even stronger as they face these new challenges together—with a goal of returning home to Gansett before their baby is born. For more about Dan & Kara’s story, make sure you’ve read Dan & Kara: A Downeast Prequel.

Reason To Believe

Contemporary

From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a brand-new small town, older-brother's best friend standalone romance."I'll take them!"That's what I tell the social worker when my pre-k student and his baby brother need an emergency foster placement. I'll do anything to keep the brothers from being split up. But my apartment's flooded and there's only one house I can take them to on such short notice…his.Knox Daniels, my older brother's best friend, offers his new place without hesitation. He's not moving back to our tiny town until next month—that's when all our hotshot firefighters are returning for their one and only chance to rebuild our fathers' fallen, iconic crew.It doesn't matter that I've been silently in love with Knox since we were kids.It can't matter that we pretend that reckless prom night kiss never happened.It won't matter that my feelings for him could destroy his lifelong friendship with my brother and threaten the certification of their hotshot crew.Because I'll be out of his house long before he gets back.Except Knox just walked in…a month early.And the icing on this awkward cake?He's gorgeous as always and I'm covered in baby puke.He takes one look at the boys and tells me we can make this work—We can temporarily fake a relationship to keep them from being separated by the system.Suddenly, everything matters.

Hidden Nature

Fiction & Literature

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a new novel about an injured cop who must fight to bring down a pair of twisted killers…Natural Resources police officer, Sloan Cooper, and her partner had just taken down three men preying on hikers in the Western Maryland mountains. Driving back, she pulled in at a convenience store—and walked right into a robbery in progress. One gunshot from a jittery thief was about to change her world.After being shocked back to life on the operating table, she has a long recovery ahead, so she moves back to her parents’ peaceful house in Heron’s Rest. As for the boyfriend who dumped her via text while she was in the hospital, good riddance.She may be down, but she’s not out. So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young—the missing seem to have nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening.Luckily, the new man in her life shares her passion for solving this mystery. But it will take every ounce of endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case—and she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes to stop the horror.

Until the Rake Surrenders

Historical Romance

From USA Today Bestselling Author Darcy Burke, author of The Untouchables and Phoenix Club series, comes your next Regency romance must-read—the Rogue Rules. When a young lady is ruined, her friends vow none of them will ever be ensnared by a scoundrel again. They will resist every gentleman’s charms even—and especially—if it means gaining a reputation for being impossible to woo. It will take extraordinary rogues to break their rules... Until the Rake Surrenders It will take nothing less than the promise of a heart-stopping, breath-catching, happily ever after to woo Lady Minerva Halifax into marriage, but that dream seems doomed. She only attracts money- and position-hungry rogues because she’s the daughter of a wealthy duke. Then her friend’s dashingly irrepressible brother, Evan Price, is injured showing off at a house party, and Min ends up caring for him. As unexpected sparks flash between them, she wonders if Cupid may finally be circling. Evan foolishly falls for his reluctant nurse, but he knows he doesn’t stand a chance of winning her hand without a title. Min is forced back onto the Marriage Mart by her parents, and Evan returns to filling the hollows inside himself with daring adventures and fleeting flirtations. He suddenly finds himself the most desired bachelor in Bath—except by the one person he really wants. But when an absolute scoundrel swoops in to claim Min, Evan must bare his heart and risk everything or chance losing her forever.

World Without End

Historical

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn 1989, Ken Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in twelfth-century England centered on the building of a cathedral and many of the hundreds of lives it affected. World Without End is its equally irresistible sequel—set two hundred years after The Pillars of the Earth and three hundred years after the Kingsbridge prequel, The Evening and the Morning.World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroads of new ideas—about medicine, commerce, architecture, and justice. In a world where proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, the intrigue and tension quickly reach a boiling point against the devastating backdrop of the greatest natural disaster ever to strike the human race—the Black Death. Three years in the writing and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World Without End is a "well-researched, beautifully detailed portrait of the late Middle Ages" (The Washington Post) that once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft.

Problematic Summer Romance

Contemporary Romance

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists.When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.

Solo Leveling, Vol. 12 (comic)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Jinwoo faces off against the Monarchs for the first time, and while he’s undeniably the strongest hunter in the world, three otherworldly beings prove to be too much for him! But as Jinwoo is about to find out, death means little to the Shadow Monarch, King of the Dead. As Jinwoo Sung finally confronts the true source of his newfound powers, in the real world, a person thought to be lost forever steps in to defend his son’s defenseless body!

Tempestade de Ónix

Fantasy

O terceiro livro do fenómeno internacional que conquistou milhares de leitores em todo o mundo Depois de quase dezoito meses na Escola de Guerra de Basgiath, Violet Sorrengail sabe que não há mais tempo para lições. Não há mais tempo para incertezas. A derradeira batalha começou e com os inimigos poderosos a aproximarem-se dos muros de Basgiath e dentro das suas fileiras, é impossível saber em quem confiar. Agora, Violet tem de viajar para além das fracas guarnições de Aretia e procurar aliados em terras desconhecidas que lutem por Navarre. A viagem testará cada pedaço da sua inteligência, sorte e força, mas Violet faz o que for preciso para salvar o que mais ama – os seus dragões, a sua família, o seu lar e ele. Mesmo que isso signifique guardar um segredo tão grande, capaz de destruir tudo. Eles precisam de um exército. Precisam de poder. Precisam de magia. E precisam da única coisa que só Violet pode encontrar: a verdade. Mas uma tempestade está a chegar... e nem todos conseguirão sobreviver à sua fúria.

Fourth wing - Tome 1

Romance

Passer toutes les épreuves… ou mourir !Rien ne prédestinait Violet Sorrengail à être une cavalière. Elle était censée intégrer le quadrant des Scribes et mener une vie tranquille parmi les livres. Elle dont les os sont si fragiles qu’ils peuvent se briser en un instant…Mais aujourd’hui est le jour des conscriptions, et en tant que fille de la Générale - elle-même cavalière et dresseuse de dragons -, Violet n’a d’autre choix que de satisfaire les ordres de sa mère, et de rejoindre les épreuves de sélection pour devenir dragonnière… L’élite de la Navarre !Pourtant, le simple fait d’envisager s’inscrire à cette compétition lui paraît ridicule… Car les dragons ne se lient pas aux humains « fragiles » : ils les brûlent ! Mais Violet est peut-être la candidate la moins forte physiquement, elle est cependant rusée et rapide. Des qualités indispensables quand on évolue dans un monde sans foi ni loi, où les alliés peuvent vite devenir des ennemis, ou peut-être encore des conquêtes… Violet va vite devoir penser à un plan solide, car cette compétition n’a que deux issues : passer toutes les épreuves ou mourir !"Une fantasy comme vous n'en avez jamais lu auparavant." Jennifer L. Armentrout, auteure #1 New York Times bestseller"J'ai applaudi, j'ai ri, j'ai souri, j'ai réfusé de poser ce livre." Lexi Ryan, auteure #1 New York Times bestseller"Les lecteur.rices seront envoûtés et impatients d'en savoir plus." Publishers Weekly

Chama de Ferro

Fantasy

O segundo livro do fenómeno internacional que conquistou milhares de leitores em todo o mundo«O primeiro ano é quando alguns de nós perdem a vida. O segundo ano é quando os que sobreviveram perdem a sua humanidade.» Xaden RiorsonTodos esperavam que Violet Sorrengail morresse durante o seu primeiro ano na Escola de Guerra Basgiath – Violet inclusive. Mas a Debulha foi apenas a primeira prova impossível, destinada a eliminar os fracos, os indignos e os infortunados.Agora, é quando começa o verdadeiro treino. E Violet já só pensa em como conseguirá superá-lo. Não é só por ser extenuante e brutal, concebido para levar ao limite a capacidade de resistência à dor dos cavaleiros, mas também por causa do novo vice-comandante, que tomou como sua missão pessoal mostrar a Violet o quão impotente e débil ela é – a menos que traia o homem que ama.Apesar do seu corpo fraco e frágil, Violet possui uma mente engenhosa e uma vontade ferro. E a liderança está a esquecer-se da lição mais importante que Basgiath ensinou a Violet: os cavaleiros de dragões fazem as suas próprias regras.Contudo, este ano, a determinação de sobreviver poderá não será o suficiente. Violet conhece o segredo escondido há séculos, entre os muros da Escola. E nada, nem sequer o fogo dos dragões pode ser suficiente para os salvar.Depois do sucesso de Quarta Asa, o fenómeno internacional de que todos falam está de volta.

In the Likely Event

Fiction & Literature

2011. Une minute trente après le décollage, l’avion qui devait emmener Nate Phelan au centre de formation de l’armée plonge dans le fleuve Missouri. Miraculeusement, il survit – et sauve sa voisine, Izzy Astor. Dès lors, leurs chemins se croiseront sans cesse. Jusqu’à ce jour fatidique, à New York. 2021. Nate attend sur le tarmac de Kaboul. Il a pour mission d’assurer la sécurité de conseillers américains envoyés par la sénatrice Lauren. Quand il reconnaît celle qui descend de l’avion, il en a le souffle coupé. Impossible, pas dans cet Afghanistan au bord de l’implosion… À partir de cet instant, Nate fera tout pour qu’elle rentre saine et sauve.

Onyx Storm – Flammengeküsst

Fantasy

Die sehnsüchtig erwartete Fortsetzung von ›Fourth Wing‹ und ›Iron Flame‹Bist du bereit, der Dunkelheit zu trotzen?Nach fast achtzehn Monaten am Basgiath War College weiß Violet, dass die Zeit für theoretische Übungen vorbei ist. Die Zeit für Unsicherheit ist vorbei. Denn der Krieg hat begonnen und mit Feinden sowohl innerhalb als auch außerhalb der Mauern ist es schwer, zu wissen, wem man vertrauen kann. Violet muss jenseits des Schutzzaubers in unbekannten Ländern nach Verbündeten suchen. Die Reise wird ihren Verstand, ihre Fähigkeiten und ihr Glück fordern, aber sie wird alles tun, um zu retten, was sie liebt: ihre Drachen, ihre Familie, ihre Heimat – und ihn. Selbst, wenn es bedeutet, ein Geheimnis zu bewahren, das alles zerstören könnte. Sie benötigen eine Armee. Sie benötigen Macht. Sie benötigen Magie. Und die eine Sache, die nur Violet finden kann: die Wahrheit. Doch ein Sturm zieht auf … und nicht alle werden seinem Zorn standhalten können.Alle Bände der Flammengeküsst-Reihe:Band 1: Fourth Wing Band 2: Iron Flame Band 3: Onyx Storm (erscheint am 21. Januar 2025, jetzt vorbestellen)Die Bände sind nicht unabhängig voneinander lesbar.»Rebecca Yarros hat großartige Drachen erschaffen! Stolz, schön und voll einzigartiger Magie.« Christopher Paolini»Eine Fantasy, wie man sie noch nie gelesen hat.« Jennifer L. Armentrout»Unwiderstehliches Abenteuer trifft epische Liebesgeschichte.« Tracy Wolff»Ein Buch, das mich den Schlaf gekostet hat. Ich konnte nicht aufhören!« Millie Bobby Brown

Iron Flame – Flammengeküsst

Fantasy

Wem kannst du vertrauen, wenn der größte Verräter dein eigenes Herz ist?Violet muss entscheiden, ob sie ans tödliche Basgiath War College zurückkehren will … und inwieweit sie Xaden vertrauen kann.Die Fortsetzung des fulminanten Fantasy-Erfolgs ›Fourth Wing‹.