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Pour Arlo, une seule règle : on ne touche pas à Tillie. À la fac de San Diego, depuis quatre ans, Arlo Sheridan est chez lui : ici, il respire vraiment. Enfin, il respirait jusqu’à ce que "Baby Tillie" ait l’âge de les rejoindre sur le campus, Colleen et lui. Colleen, c’est la grande sœur de Tillie et la meilleure amie d’Arlo. Ces deux-là sont liés par un truc indéfinissable, et rien ni personne ne pourrait passer avant leur amitié.

Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He also has no interest in taking over his family’s empire (much to his father’s chagrin), but that hasn’t stopped women from throwing themselves at him…unless the woman in question is his publicist. Nothing brings him more joy than riling her up, but when a tragedy forces them closer than ever, he must grapple with the uncertainty of his future—and the realization that the only person immune to his charms is the only one he truly wants.

Charming, easy-going, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He also has no interest in taking over his family's empire (much to his father's chagrin), but that hasn't stopped women from throwing themselves at him . . . unless the woman in question is his publicist. Cool, intelligent, and ambitious, Sloane Kensington is a high-powered publicist who's used to dealing with difficult clients. However, none infuriate - or tempt - her more than a certain billionaire heir, with his stupid dimples and laid-back attitude.

Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning. As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass.

There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.

Die Geschichte einer Kindheit als soziales Experiment: Anfang der 1990er Jahre wandert die fast sechsjährige Judith mit ihren Eltern von Deutschland nach Rumänien aus. Ihr Ziel ist ein abgelegenes Dorf in Transsilvanien am Rande der Karpaten. Judith soll in einer ursprünglichen, vom Kapitalismus freien Gemeinschaft aufwachsen. Mit wachem Blick erkundet sie den Ort, seine Menschen, Geschichte und Sprache. Bald wird sie zur Wahlenkelin der alten Siebenbürger Sächsin Lizitanti. Und sie lernt Irina kennen, die mit ihrer Ziege im Milchauto mitfährt. Irina ist eine Romni.

Quando la scena del crimine non parla e tutti gli indizi conducono a un vicolo cieco, arriva lei: arma segreta di una scienza pionieristica, indagatrice solitaria capace di svelare ciò che all'apparenza sembra invisibile. È la botanica forense Lena Malinverni, che esplora l'ambiente alla ricerca di tracce impercettibili restituite da radici, steli, pollini, frammenti vegetali. Instabile e ostinata come una pianta che cresce in un terreno avverso, ha imparato a leggere ogni minimo dettaglio della natura in grado di dischiudere verità celate.

Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide ‘lodging’ to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud—completely abandoned by his family—has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire.

Amanda prende per un soffio uno degli ultimi treni e torna a casa, in quel paese vicino a Pescara da cui era scappata di corsa. A sua madre basta uno sguardo per capire che qualcosa in lei si è spento: i primi tempi a Milano aveva le luci della città negli occhi, ora sembra che desideri soltanto scomparire, si chiude in camera e non parla quasi. Lucia vorrebbe tenerla al riparo tutto, anche a costo di soffocarla, ma c'è un segreto che non può nasconderle.

Tutta la verità. Ma obliqua. Intraducibile Emily Dickinson, se non con nuove figure, nuove immagini, una nuova storia. È quello che fa Elena Varvello con "Solo un ragazzo", che a sua volta è la risposta semplice e assoluta a una domanda che urge per tutto il libro: "Che cosa sei?" È ciò che chiedono i padri e che soffrono le madri di fronte all'enigma dell'adolescenza. Un'età che fugge e sfugge, un'età malvagia e innocente, che conserva e spreca: l'età della contaminazione.

The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows—her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield—and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family’s past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness—and a demon shape-shifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who lusts for a taste of her.

You want to know the secret to everlasting happiness? Never fall in love. That was the wisdom my father imparted to us James boys after our mom died, and it’s a piece of advice that’s served me well. Until dear old Dad asks me for a favor over Sunday brunch. No big deal, right? I love making my old man happy. Except this “favor” is a lot more complicated than picking up his dry cleaning. Dad wants me to marry and provide a few heirs for the James empire, and he’s even done me the courtesy of handpicking my bride-to-be. Lucky me.

Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning. As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass.

Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper, Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant's dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation, and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other.

I hate Dante Moretti. He is cold, calculating, and vicious. It’s no secret that he wiped out his former fiancée and her entire family on the eve of their wedding. He’s the kind of evil that makes even devils cry. But that’s not why I hate him.

Faltan dos semanas para la boda de la teniente Valentina Redondo y Oliver Gordon. En plenos preparativos, los sorprende la noticia de un atentado masivo en el Templo del Agua del famoso balneario cántabro de Puente Viesgo. Las instalaciones del idílico paraíso de agua estaban ocupadas por un grupo de empresarios, y todo apunta a que la masacre ha sido perpetrada con una peligrosísima arma química. Valentina tendrá que cooperar con el ejército y con un equipo de la UCO para resolver el crimen.

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it’s caught?

Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind. Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones.

Visit the Antidote of Uz – a prairie witch who can keep your memories safe. Speak into her emerald-green earhorn, and your secrets, your shames, your private joys, will leave your mind and enter hers. Until the Black Sunday storm, which flattens wheatfields, buries houses and vaporizes every memory stored inside the Antidote. She wakes up empty – as bankrupt as America. If her customers ever discover the truth, her life will be in danger.

Ali has been hiding in an attic since civilization collapsed eight weeks ago. When the plague hit, her neighbors turned into mindless, hungry, homicidal maniacs. Daniel has been a loner his entire life. Then the world empties, and he realizes that being alone isn't all it's cracked up to be. Finn is a former cop who is desperate for companionship and willing to do anything it takes to protect the survivors around him.