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Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian high society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government minister is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. When Obadiah Cortland, make-up artist and legend in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job as a lowly assistant, Bianca reluctantly accepts that working on his beauty magazine is the closest to her dreams she's going to get. But Obadiah has a reputation for being aloof and tyrannical, and it will take all the strength her mother taught her to endure it.

Cunning, gorgeous, and wickedly possessive, Akim could have any woman in the world…but he chose me. I thought I’d be able to get away from him eventually, that I could mend my heart and start over, but I was wrong. Fate has sealed us with an unbreakable bond.

Learn to love yourself by rewiring your brain with this accessible guide from the bestselling author of Be Bold and host of Do You F*cking Mind? podcast. Thoughts and moods are chemical reactions in your brain that you might think you are powerless to control. But modern science has shown beyond...

A timely, colorful, and cinematic memoir chronicling one woman’s journey to rediscover her own power, resilience, and happiness “Joy Hunter gives us all permission to be human and invites us to radically love ourselves for exactly who we are.”—KRISTEN BELL I took a bone-deep breath as we...

As the dead leaves were shedding from the trees, they were not the only part of nature in transition. Leaving behind that which once brought them life, Amelia Cavanaugh was leaving a life that once brought her joy, peace, and comfort. Heading out to Deer Creek State Park deep in the Colorado mountains, she was returning to a cabin where she knew love once lived. The love of her grandparents and, most recently, her grandmother. Upon her passing, Amelia inherited this cabin full of memories and, for Amelia, hope for a new future.

With eyes like a storm and a heart twice as vicious, Vasya came to me like lightning, shattering every expectation I had and setting me ablaze with lust. Over the desk, in the dark, and swept up in a dangerous fantasy, I quickly became blind to reason, spiraling down into what would ultimately ruin my chances of ever having a normal life. An unexpected pregnancy with the most dangerous man in the country. But a secret is hard to keep. And three? Well, that’s nearly impossible.

An NPR best book of the year and recommended by Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, Zibby Mag, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, and Katie Couric Media! ""A summer read with bite.”—NPR Disgraced model-writer Bianca Bridge can’t stand hotshot makeup maven Obadiah Cortland. And he lets her know the feeling...

For weeks, she’s been working on a prototype enlarging ray. Her entire lab thinks they are weeks from getting it working, but she’s been sabotaging progress at every turn. At night, she fixes the machine and plugs in her working code. It feels so good to grow. But on a night when everyone should be gone, she discovers there are two people still in the lab. She’s already zapped herself, and with 10 minutes remaining until she starts to grow, she knows she’ll need to come clean.

The story begins in the wonderful '80s, a time filled with great music, alcohol, cruising, and sex. She was 15 years younger than he was. Although he had a problem with the age difference, she never did. Married three times, twice to the same woman and barely escaped a third round with her. This is a story about the multiple marriages. She also married two other men between these marriages and had an affair with Jim during both. Call it magnetism, a strange attraction, or plain old stupidity; you be the judge.

Vampire hunter Anita Blake is no stranger to killing monsters. It’s part of her job as a Preternatural U.S. Marshal, after all. But even her experience isn’t enough to stop something that is bent on destroying everything—and everyone—she loves. Anita Blake is engaged to Jean-Claude, the...

Der Apotheker Duncan ist einem Herzinfarkt nahe. In seinem ganzen Berufsleben ist dem gewissenhaften Mann nie auch nur der kleinste Fehler unterlaufen. Doch an diesem Tag geschieht das Unvorstellbare - er verwechselt die Päckchen zweier Kunden, deren Adressen er nicht kennt. Eines der Päckchen enthält das todbringende Gift Arsen. Völlig aufgelöst spricht er bei Sherlock Holmes vor. Aber wie sollen Holmes und Watson den irrtümlichen Käufer des Arsens in der anonymen Großstadt London finden? Holmes weiß, gelingt es ihm nicht, dann wird eine ahnungslose Frau qualvoll sterben.

An impassioned veteran embarks back in time on a long-suffering military experience and the unexpected transition thereafter through the eyes of a meek and humble woman. She must come to embrace the life she now lives in sickness and health in remarkable ways through everything surrounding her. By the time it came for her to have a military medical evaluation, she really wasn’t feeling up to it, given the extent of how she felt that entire month. After the doctors did their evaluation and sent off the report, she waited for the final decision.

Blood is thicker than oil—until murder threatens everything. Fenway Stevenson swore she'd never go back to Estancia. But after losing her mother and her job in one devastating week, she's left with no options and forced to ask her estranged father for help. That means returning to the coastal California town where he wields near-absolute power as the head of the region's largest oil company—and where Fenway is viewed as an outsider at best, and a political pawn at worst.

Alexis Valdés narra con profunda ternura sobre el niño que fue y logra reflejar no solo los años más duros de su vida, sino transportar al lector a la Cuba de su infancia y adolescencia, con sus problemas, sus carencias, su dolor, pero también con una alegría de vivir y la esperanza de que algún día todo será mejor.

Nina is innocent when it comes to men. At 21, she’s never really dated, and ever since she started working for Mr Beck, she feels an undeniable attraction towards this super-hot older man, but she can’t bring herself to tell him. But when Mr Beck visits the kitchen for a midnight snack, he instead finds another kind of tasty morsel. But can he resist the temptation?

Clarissa is in debt, but after seeing an advert for nude models of any age, she dares to attend a trial session. What will the photographer say about her naked form? And does he say it to all the girls? Regardless, it’s a risk Clarissa feels is worth taking - as long as the money is there. Of course, if she enjoys it then that’s just a bonus.

In this story, 19-year-old orphan Marie visits the photographic studio of Monsieur Zee. But it is not the photographer whose initial interest is piqued by the beautiful, fresh-faced young girl, rather it is his assistant, Celeste. Perhaps it is she who holds the key to the secrets that can be found in the cabinet of Monsieur Zee.

A vicar’s wife is worried when a film she made 30 years ago comes back to haunt her. Why now? And is it possible her now comfortable world might fall apart after all these years?

In this story, Connie and Clara decide to pay a visit to Clive, the photographer, when they realise they’re out of money and it’s time to pay the rent. Clive knows how the girls can make the money they need and more, but can Connie convince Clara to go through with it? After all, she’s never had her picture taken - clothes on or off.

A fierce blizzard is raging as Babes finds herself abandoned in the woods by her father's new girlfriend. Lost in the darkness, she stumbles upon the enticing cottage of the voluptuous Thrift Store Lady. All is not as it seems though, as she strips to bathe in the house's warm and scented interior - especially when a virile young buck called Wolfgang appears on the scene.