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When Elspeth loses everything in one night for the crime of being born an elf, she wants vengeance. Forced to resort to banditry in order to survive, her forest becomes a safe haven for others dismissed by the Empire. But becoming the Bandit Queen isn't enough to compensate for the castle she lost—only the royal palace will do. To become the Empress, though, she first needs to save the Sacred Prince.

In paradiso, non fidarti di nessuno. Quando Erin Blake prenota all'ultimo minuto una villa sulla splendida Costiera Amalfitana, spera che questa vacanza possa ricomporre i pezzi della sua famiglia in frantumi. Appena arrivati, i Blake fanno la conoscenza di Tristan e Bea, due affascinanti fratelli che alloggiano nella villa accanto. Ma quella che doveva essere una fuga idilliaca precipita nel caos quando Jesse, il figlio adolescente di Erin, scompare dopo una festa e un corpo viene rinvenuto sulla spiaggia

Elspeth has performed her greatest heist yet: stealing the Sacred Prince from the capital just as a release of dark magic turned its citizens against him. That was the easy part. Now she has to safely deliver the reluctant refugee across the province to her camp where he believes the Bandit King will bargain with his army to help Otello reclaim his stolen throne. Except, she is the Bandit King, and that bargain is a marriage arrangement.

Solo queda una semana para el primer concurso de talentos de Kumandra y Raya, su amigo Boun y los hermanos de este están decididos a ganar el gran premio con sus deliciosos platos nuevos. El ingrediente clave es la legendaria especia de dragón que hace que todo sepa mágico. Solo hay un problema: que ningún humano la ha encontrado jamás. Raya y sus amigos, a bordo del Gambórium, emprenden la búsqueda de la misteriosa especia. ¿Pero sobrevivirán a la misión de encontrar lo que los dragones han mantenido en secreto durante siglos?

Raised among the secrets and shadows of Crete, Icarus finds escape soaring through the sky with her finest invention, a pair of wings. But when she flies too close to the sun, Apollo finally sees the woman who has haunted his visions for a year. The woman he is certain is meant for him.

En la calle Morgue, de la ciudad de Boston, a dos manzanas de donde vive Edgar Allan Poe, se comete el terrible asesinato de dos mujeres. Cuando uno de sus vecinos es acusado injustamente, Poe va a la policía y demuestra su inocencia. El inspector Auguste Dupin queda impresionado con la audacia...

It began with a stolen almost-kiss. And ended in revenge. She was never supposed to cross my path. She was never supposed to know about the oaths I swore or the secrets I keep. But like a thief in the night, she took my heart and ran… even if she wasn't mine to possess. As a member of the billionaire Elite, I live by simple tenets. A gentleman above all. Loyalty is everything.. Secrets whispered are never revealed. And power is king.

Alice Allevi è una giovane specializzanda in medicina legale. Ha ancora tanto da imparare e sa di essere un po' distratta. Ma di una cosa è sicura: ama il suo lavoro. E anche se i suoi superiori non la ritengono tagliata per quel mestiere, Alice resiste a tutto. Fino all'omicidio. Per un medico legale, un sopralluogo sulla scena del crimine è lavoro quotidiano. Ma non questa volta. Quando Alice entra in quel lussuoso appartamento romano e vede il cadavere della ragazza disteso ai suoi piedi, capisce che quello non sarà un caso come gli altri. Perché stavolta conosce la vittima.

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an...

Forty-eight stories of brave sparrows, wilds winds, and how to live in times of climate change. A prize-winning book by the natural storyteller Georgiana Keable, sharing long experience with children in the forests and snows of Norway. Meet the girl who became a fish, married a bear, and had a tree as her mum and dad. Meet the boy who tried to stop the wind, fetched fire from the center of the earth on the back of a bird, and whose father was the river.

Yasuko e Yumio hanno in comune la salute cagionevole, due infermiere e le lunghe passeggiate che sono costretti a compiere. È così che diventano amici e, insieme, riscoprono la vita: grazie anche a una tendenza a scoprire le case infestate, verificare le dicerie sulle apparizioni e giocare ai pirati. Ma un giorno un'incomprensione li separa e, nonostante la vita continui a unirli facendoli abitare l'uno a fianco all'altra, quel pomeriggio d'inverno tra le nevi sembra restare per sempre tra loro, anche crescendo. Saprà rifiorire la loro amicizia, infantile ma profondissima?

Left for dead in the middle of the vast, wild Grand Canyon, Ruby Lucas is losing the battle to survive. After days without food and very little water, Ruby's time is running out. Just as it looks like all is lost, a tall, dark stranger might be her only hope...

Tutto avrebbe pensato, ma non di fare la paleopatologa dopo la laurea in medicina. Non di vivere a Verona, così distante da Messina, la sua casa. Non di avere una figlia piccola a carico, la buffa Flora. Non di rintracciare il padre della suddetta figlia dopo svariati anni, di scoprirlo affascinante come quando l'aveva conosciuto e di vederlo perfetto con Flora. Non di scoprire di provare ancora qualcosa per il suddetto padre. Non di poter vantare una discreta collezione di situazioni ed esperienze imbarazzanti. La vita di Costanza Macallè può dirsi, insomma, abbastanza travagliata.

Dolores is the youngest of six daughters. Growing up in the 1960s in Cardiff's poverty stricken Tiger Bay, her life is cursed from the start when, on the day of her birth, her father gambles and loses everything on a bet that Dolores will be a boy. As Dolores grows older, we see this strange underworld through her eyes: Tiger Bay is a place of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets, and for Dolores and her sisters, their home is a dangerous place, filled equally by fear and love.

"Simone balances crackling, electric love scenes with exquisitely rendered characters." —Entertainment Weekly The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in store… Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half...

Il giovane Victor Frankenstein, dopo aver acquisito conoscenze mediche e dopo aver studiato i fenomeni che riguardano il corpo umano post-mortem, realizza il suo sogno, regalando vita a una creatura dall’aspetto deforme e con una forza immane, formata unendo parti di corpi morti. Dopo diverse vicissitudini, il mostro lo supplica di toglierlo da un’insopportabile solitudine e di creare per lui una compagna. Il rifiuto da parte del suo creatore suscita l’ira incontenibile della creatura.

Abena proposes a fake marriage to the newly crowned Ashanti prince, Senya T'ogbe—a childhood friend and occasional confidant. Not one to be in the spotlight, and isolated for his mother's Ewe roots, Prince Senya has no interest in claiming his Ashanti royal status. However, his mind changes when the beautiful and convincing Abena needs him too. Her plan is simple: marry for a year and then they will quietly divorce. There is just one rule—they cannot fall in love. There is also one problem—Senya has secretly loved her for years and has no plans to let her go.

Maya Taylor lived a glamorous life before she fell victim to a car accident and succumbed to an opioid addiction. Fortunately, her good friend Adom opens his home to her to help her overcome her demons. Adom Annan is Ghanaian royalty who works in the US as a hedge fund manager who is used to getting his way. He can conquer any woman. But he doesn’t want any woman. He wants Maya. As Adom devotes himself to nursing Maya back to health, his all-consuming job and royal responsibilities threaten to overcome him and keep him from what he really wants most.

When coffee shop owner Josie Sparks spots her ex boyfriend picking out a Christmas tree with a new girl, she does the unexpected. She grabs his roommate, Noah, and lays a kiss on him right in front of her ex. The new girlfriend assumes they’re dating, and Josie and Noah decide to go with it.

After three years of good behavior, Stephanie is released from the insane asylum. Moving to New Orleans, she is looking forward to a new start. Just when Stephanie is starting to relax, an unexpected visitor comes calling. Aidan's sister Helen brings a message from the Family, warning her to stay out of their affairs. Stephanie soon discovers what the Family is hiding and begins looking for answers with the help of an unlikely source. There are others like her, but she doesn't seem to be welcome to the celestial clan. As new enemies surface, Stephanie must stand up and fight.