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Lucy Hale is excited about a new bridal shop in town, like the rest of the citizens in Ivy Creek. Perhaps the buzz about this new entity on the high street has to do more with the appearance of a famous person at its launch. When the day of the grand opening of the bridal shop arrives, the invited guests are looking forward to gazing at stunning bridal dresses, basking in the presence of a celebrity and enjoying free food! Everything seems to be going as planned until a sudden commotion leads to the death of the celebrity’s assistant.

Elspeth Swansome wird dort als Kindermädchen für die kleine Mary eingestellt. Mary hat seit dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Zwillingsbruders William kein Wort mehr gesprochen. Und das Schweigen des Mädchens ist nicht das einzige Rätsel.

From award-winning journalists John Quiñones and María Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on yearlong ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the community is forging on through grief with hope and activism in the shadow of tragedy.

El nuevo caso de la serie de éxito de la inspectora Manuela Mauri. Más de 100.000 lectores UNA NOVELA NEGRA COMBATIVA. A las puertas de las vacaciones de verano, la inspectora de homicidios Manuela Mauri no pasa por su mejor momento. Ha vivido en poco tiempo varias experiencias que le han hecho comprender que hay sentimientos y vivencias que no se pueden verbalizar y cosas que es imposible nombrar. Lo percibe cuando sus hijos, Manuel y David, le hablan de la repentina muerte de su padre (su exmarido) y ella no encuentra el modo de consolarlos.

Casandra, Caleb y Calia son tres hermanos a cada cual más insólito. Casandra, la mayor, siente atracción sexual por los objetos; Caleb, el mediano, provoca la muerte a todo animal que se acerque a él; por último, Calia, la más pequeña, permanece en silencio todo el tiempo y tiene un talento especial para el dibujo hiperrealista de animales.

As far as Marcus O’Connell is concerned, his situation is perfect. He’s now living with the love of his life, Charlotte, and they’re serving as guardians for Eva, a little girl he rescued whose mother is serving time in prison for a crime of which, in Marcus’s mind, she was unfairly convicted. But Charlotte isn’t on board with Marcus’ way of thinking. Because her divorce is now final, she wants - no, expects - Marcus to want the same things she does. One of those things is a committed relationship, which, to Charlotte, means marriage.

I might still carry my V-card, but I know exactly what I want in a man. Smart, charming and oh-so-skilled. Too bad I haven't found him yet. But maybe he's found me. Because when my charming, laid-back next-door neighbor discovers a secret list I keep, he volunteers to work through every single item on it. Including the last one - at the end, we walk away and stay friends. I say yes to his offer, and that's when I discover another side to him. A side I adore. A side I crave. He's commanding, intense, and everything I've ever wanted.

I've come to learn there is no escaping your past. It doesn't matter what you do, it will follow like a phantom - haunting you, reminding you.

Lily Ford ha sempre cercato di passare inosservata. Ma è il suo ultimo anno di liceo, e vuole superare i suoi limiti per viverlo al massimo. Kaiden Thatcher è sempre stato una star sul campo da football. Ma ora si ritrova in territorio nemico, costretto a dimostrare al suo nuovo coach, e ai compagni di squadra, quanto vale. Tutto inizia con una sfida, ma si trasforma rapidamente in qualcosa che nessuno dei due aveva previsto. Lui è tutto ciò che Lily dovrebbe evitare. Lei è tutto ciò che Kaiden non dovrebbe desiderare.

When the first letter appears in Kay Anderson's locker, it carries one instruction: dye your hand blue. She definitely shouldn't follow it. Kay doesn't have time for secret societies: as a scholarship student at up-and-coming Manhattan prep school Davison High, she knows her job is to work hard...

Elyse, Sebastian, and Kiana lives are thrown into chaos with the revelations and truths that they must face. Shifterkind will never be the same. The five thrones could all end now.

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On the day my husband and I committed to each other, I didn't wear a white dress. We didn't exchange rings. There was no audience or minister to witness our union. Only the two of us.

Suiza, 1939. Santa Ursula acoge a alumnas extranjeras para el nuevo curso. Charlotte, una de las veteranas, será la encargada de integrar a Sara Suárez. Con el paso de los días, las jóvenes fraguan una amistad que se verá interrumpida por la guerra. Oxford, década de 1970. Caroline Eccleston prepara su tesis sobre los internados suizos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El hallazgo del cierre inesperado de uno de ellos enciende la curiosidad de Carol, que no duda en viajar a Zúrich para encontrar respuestas.

Carmen Posadas se embarca con Doña Emilia Pardo Bazán en una aventura detectivesca. En abril de 1912, la adinerada viuda de Peñasco tuvo un mal presentimiento mientras almorzaba en su palacete de Madrid. Algo les había pasado a su único hijo y su nuera, a quienes en ese momento creía en París, disfrutando de su luna de miel. La dama no se equivocaba: a pesar de las advertencias que les había hecho, los recién casados se habían embarcado en el que se creía el barco más seguro del mundo y sin duda era el más lujoso: El Titanic.

With intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax. Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawrence, and others, Voigt examines the signature musical scoring writers deploy to orchestrate meaning. "This structure―this architecture―is the essential drama of the poem's composition," she argues. The Art of Syntax is an indispensable book on the writer's craft by one of America's best and most influential poets and teachers.

Business is good, but the stress of fulfilling a new corporate order is almost driving Meghan Truman insane. She is, therefore, excited when handsome detective, Jack Irvin, proposes to take her to the movies. She never expected that a fun, carefree night at the Sandy Bay cinema would end with the tragic death of the movie theater manager. Who would stand to gain from his demise?

Der Mann, den sie geliebt hat, ist nicht nur tot - er hat nie existiert. Nach dem tragischen Segelunfall ihres Mannes ist Shelby am Boden zerstört. Richard hinterlässt Schulden in Millionenhöhe und in einem Bankschließfach entdeckt sie Ausweise und gefälschte Papiere. Der Mann, den sie geliebt hat, ist nicht nur tot - er hat niemals existiert. Shelby flüchtet zu ihrer Familie nach Tennessee und lernt Griffin kennen, der zu einer wichtigen Stütze wird.

Als ihre Ehe zerbricht, steht die junge Berliner Anwältin Diana Wagenbach völlig allein da. Im Nachlass ihrer liebsten Tante findet sie das vergilbte Foto...

Als die eisigen Winterstürme über Irland hinwegtosen, quartiert sich überraschend ein Gast in der kleinen Pension von Brianna Concannon ein. Grayson Thane, ein berühmter amerikanischer Schriftsteller, will den Winter in absoluter Ruhe verbringen. Doch ein Blick auf seine schöne Gastgeberin und Grayson weiß: Manchmal muss das Eis der Einsamkeit brechen, damit ein ganz besonderes Feuer entflammen kann.