Charming, deadly and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can''t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She''s the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can''t solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can''t refuse. Every monster has their weakness. She''s his. His obsession. His addiction. His only exception. *** Sweet, shy and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage. Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship. But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms - and house - of the most dangerous man she''s ever met, she''s tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time. Because despite Christian''s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she''s with him. Passionate. Protected. Truly wanted. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies . . . and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.
An uplifting and unforgettable read that will make you fall in love with life again . . . 'You can never go wrong with Christina Lauren!' Paige Toon'A true joy from start to finish' Kristin Harmel Macy is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new paediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot - the first and only love of her life - the careful bubble she's constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy's entire world - growing from her gangly teen friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother . . . only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her.
Alex Claremont-Diaz is handsome, charismatic, a genius – pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House ever since his mother first became President of the United States. There’s only one problem. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family and state devise a plan for damage control: stage a truce. But what begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon they are hurtling into a secret romance that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations . . .
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. Enter the Grishaverse with the number one New York Times-bestselling Six of Crows, book one of the Six of Crows Duology. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone. . . A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange. Again. Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was... Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory... alone with the wolf.
Bonnie Dahl is missing . . . Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is meant to be on leave. But she finds it impossible to turn down Bonnie''s mother''s desperate request for help. Then she discovers a single earring close to the location of Bonnie''s abandoned bike. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harbouring a savage secret in the basement of their book-lined home. Now Holly must summon all her formidable talents if she is to uncover the truth behind multiple disappearances in her Midwestern town.
What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications—and once again endangers his colleagues, friends, and family. Mitch has become a master at staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there’s nowhere to hide.
A bind-up of the first two books in V.C. Andrews’s classic Flowers in the Attic series, an international phenomenon! Read the first two books in the chilling Flowers in the Attic saga, which has been enjoyed by millions of teens and adults for more thirty years! In Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind, Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie had the perfect lives—until a tragic accident changed everything. Now they are trapped in their grandparents’ attic, waiting for Momma to figure out what to do next. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks into months, the unspeakable horrors that plagued them are rivaled only by the sinful jealousies that begin to rise…
The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.
Originally published in 1903–1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three years after the supposed death of Sherlock Holmes and his archenemy Professor Moriarty in the torrent of Reichenbach Falls, Holmes makes a disguised reappearance to Baker Street and his good friend Dr Watson. Featuring one of Holmes’ greatest adversaries, Charles Augustus Milverton, as well as trademark astute logic, forensic science, murder, crytograms and magic, this collection retains all the hallmark brilliance of Arthur Conan Doyle’s best work.
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen—pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary...including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own...
‘Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.’ Considered one of Shakespeare’s most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius is both powerful and complex. As Hamlet tries to find out the truth of the situation, his troubled relationship with his mother comes to the fore, as do the paradoxes in his personality. A play of carefully crafted conflict and tragedy, Shakespeare’s intricate dialogue continues to fascinate audiences to this day.
Las Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn es una de las obras maestras del escritor norteamericano Mark Twain (1835-1910) y la secuela directa de Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer. La novela narra el viaje de Huckleberry Finn y el negro Jim a través del río Mississippi y las entretenidas y variopintas aventuras que viven en el camino. La historia se aprovecha de la sátira y el humor para pintar un interesante y completo cuadro de la vida en el sur de los Estados Unidos, años antes de los estragos de la Guerra Civil norteamericana.
“A Tale of Two Cities” was written by English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) in 1859. The book stands out not only for being one of Dickens’ most accomplished and famous works, but also because it was one of the few historical fiction novels he ever wrote. The book narrates the dawn of the French Revolution in the 18th Century, alternating the action between London and Paris, as a way of contrasting the social turmoil produced by the impending conflict. As the majority of the author’s work the novel transcended literary form and has been adapted to various media forms proving to many generations the appeal of Dickens and his stories.
“Dubliners” is a collection of short stories written by Irish author James Joyce (1882-1941) and published in 1914. “Dubliners” was conceived during a very complex time for Ireland and Irish nationalism and Joyce used these 15 stories to stage a sort of moral chapter of Ireland’s history as a way of proposing change, by subverting the stagnation of his countrymen. “Dubliners” offers a look into the city’s everyday life; into the routines of the people affected by the winds of change in the political landscape and public opinion. It shows us how far reaching is the power of new ideas, without becoming a political pamphlet or propaganda.
“Great Expectations” (published in 1854) is considered one of Charles Dickens’ (1812-1870) greatest and more sophisticated works. The novel narrates the story of Phillip Pirrip, an orphan blacksmith apprentice whose life aspiration is to become a gentleman and part of the nobility. Although the novel can be categorized as a coming-of-age story, the work also shows elements of satire, gothic novel, crime novel, comedy and melodrama. Dickens transcended the constraints of a determined style in almost all of his work, and “Great Expectations” was not the exception.
Dracula is without a doubt one of the most recognizable characters in all Gothic and horror literature. The novel was published in 1897 by Irish writer Bram Stoker (1847-1912). His work was compared by critics to Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley’s in both themes and atmosphere, but Stoker’s style of epistolary storytelling created a more compelling narrative. The name Dracula became a synonym for vampirism and the archetype of the regal and sophisticated vampire. As Bram Stoker did when he first wrote Dracula, this novel has become an inspiration for many dark stories and has been reimagined in countless ways.
“The Importance of Being Earnest” is a comedic play, written by the celebrated Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). The play is a satirical representation of Victorian society and the lengths a group of friends would go to avoid social responsibilities and obligations. Wilde always had a way with words but “The Importance of Being Earnest” shows us an author on top of his game, where every witty remark was perfectly crafted, where every turn of phrase was just right and ripe with comedic timing. Among all of his plays, “The Importance of Being Earnest” remains a truly timeless classic and his most famous work for the stage.
“Jane Eyre” was the first novel of English writer and poet Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855). The novel narrates the life of Jane Eyre, the titular character, and her emotional journey to womanhood as a governess in Thornfield Hall. Charlotte Brontë used the story of Jane Eyre as a canvas for emotional discovery and spiritual sensibility, reaching depths previously reserved almost exclusively for poetry. To this day it remains the most important and recognized work of Charlotte Brontë and one of the most famous novels in the English language.
The last novel by English novelist Jane Austen (1775 1817), completed just months before her death and published posthumously that same year. In Persuasion, Austen presents the story of Anne Elliot and her reunion with an old love, Frederick Wentworth, years after their engagement ended by fear and family pressure. The writer explores the issues of women's role in English society in the early 19th century, the persuasion and social pressure they constantly endure, without losing her characteristic caustic and ironic style of social criticism.