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It is 2055, and there’s a new pope. It’s Jessica Simon, an American, a wife, and a mother. She’s taken the name Francesca. A lifelong advocate for the poor, she believes the Catholic Church must return to Jesus’ teachings and bring God to life in the world. But powerful forces are aligned against her. They see Francesca as a threat.

We all know dating sucks. It hasn't gotten any easier since it was invented—in fact, some might say the advent of online dating, apps like Tinder and Hinge, and now AI has made it nearly impossible to find love even thought we're more connected than ever. And yet, as challenging as it is to meet someone, we're all still desirous of love, because we're humans, and we're facing a loneliness epidemic. With How to Find True Love, Francesca Hogi provides a better plan for finding true love. Hogi seeks to bring purpose to modern dating and optimism to the hearts of cynical daters everywhere.

Giovanni Pietro d’Angelos selected his oldest daughter’s husband, and the marriage proved to be a disaster. He offers to give his next oldest daughter, Francesca, more latitude in choosing a husband than her sister had. But the arrogant beauty has no desire to marry, and she drives every potential suitor away.

La vie est parfois cruelle. Après avoir passé tant d'années à papillonner de femme en femme, Michael Stirling est tombé amoureux fou de la seule femme qu'il lui était interdit d'aimer : Francesca, l'épouse de son cousin John, que Michael aime comme un frère. Quand John meurt brutalement, Michael devient comte de Kilmartin. Désormais, Francesca est libre mais le souvenir du défunt se dresse entre eux.

The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents.

*Ain’t no spice here. This is a kisses-only sweet romantic comedy.* I’m not falling for the hot firefighter next door. There’s no point. He’s not sticking around. Despite the initial spark between us, Cam Wickham remains aloof: polite but detached. Which suits me fine. I love books and my cozy quiet librarian life. Shush, please. So what if he has smoldering eyes, shoulders of a Greek hero, and a smile that melts me to mush. Cam’s a confirmed city-boy bachelor who doesn’t even want to be in a small town like Oak River. When the two of us are paired up at The Annual Spring Fair ...

The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male.

*This is a kisses-only sweet romantic comedy.* The day Brodie Kent kissed me was the beginning but also the end. Heartbroken and angry doesn’t come close to how I felt when he left town, and me, to pursue his football dreams. Fine. Good. He has his life. And I have mine. Except, Brodie’s mega-star, hard-partying player’s flirty love-life is all over the news and social media channels. He’s pretty hard to ignore. Annoyingly, his boyish good looks are on every screen and other people’s phones. Then, years after Our Kiss, and out of the blue, Brodie is back in Oak River. Cool. I can ...

AWARD WINNER - 2024 The Incipere Awards - 2nd Place (Clean Romance) *Ain't no spice here. This is a kisses-only sweet romantic comedy.* Rule #1: Never fall in love on vacation in Italy. I had given up any romantic notions of being an artist and finding true love, after Gianni kissed me and then left me waiting on a bridge. Back in my New York apartment, all I have are foolish teenage memories, and a painting that he gave me. Oh, well. I guess you could say I’m stuck in that gelato-sweet moment. Then, the New York art gallery where I work gets a new owner. An Italian, ex-soccer player, ...

Loss is difficult...and universal. What do we say? What do we do? Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Succinct and straightforward, this work of heart covers: Components of Doula Care, Aspects of Loss, Ways of Being/Ways of Doing, Grief Support, and Contemplative Exercises.

Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. Though they are not rich and life is full of challenges, Graziella and her family are content and safe, surrounded by the tightly knit community of Pieve Santa Clara. But when the shadow of World War Two falls across the village with the arrival of Nazi soldiers, nothing in young Graziella’s life will ever be the same again.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

After the loss of her mother, a woman returns to the San Fernando Valley only to uncover a haunting secret about her childhood friend. A visiting professor at a charming but strange California liberal arts college must face her past in order to protect her son. A sister, lost in the woods, confronts the dangerous truth about her brother, her stepmother, and herself. Rose's dog Wolfie has died, and three seductive women offer to help return him to her. But only if she will pay the price.

Magic doesn’t interest Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s on the island only to settle her late father’s estate and, hopefully, reconnect with her long-absent best friend, Beatrice, who fled their dreary lives for a more glamorous one. Yet Crow Island is brimming with temptation, and the most mesmerizing may be her enigmatic new neighbor.

*Ain’t no spice here. This is a kisses-only sweet romantic comedy.* I’ve made it my mission to find my single friend a suitable man. So, when a handsome Texan walks into the hotel where she works, I’m convinced that they are made for each other - like candy and red roses on Valentine’s Day. Luke Maddox stands tall in his Stetson, blue jeans, and cowboy boots. I blush when he enters the lobby. And when he calls me ma’am, I fumble my dahlias. Sa-woon. But it’s Sheena who wants a boyfriend, not me. So, I set about getting them together. Sometimes love needs a little nudge. Then, ...

Reeling from a breakup and overlooked at her job as a lighting designer, Iris Sunnegren finds herself stuck, disconnected, and lonely in crowded New York City. Her wealthy friends are married and having babies, while she’s trying to pay for freezing her eggs. And the future she longs for feels out of reach. Then, a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a gift: a bespoke perfume. One spritz, a dab behind the ears, and Iris feels like a different woman. Suddenly, she is the object of every man’s desire, and she can satisfy her own hungers for sex, love, and ambition.

Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god called El. El had 70 children, who were gods in their own right. One of them was a minor storm deity, known as Yahweh. Yahweh had a body, a wife, offspring and colleagues. He fought monsters and mortals. He gorged on food and wine, wrote books and took walks and naps. But he would become something far larger and far more abstract: the God of the great monotheistic religions.

Lanky lizards and rubber chickens, slinkster dogs and Lanka girls - Weetzie Bat knows them all in the glitzy never-never land of L.A. With her blonde flat-top and trendy clothes, Weetzie Bat cruises from high school to neon clubs, looking for her Secret Agent Lover Man. When she meets dark-haired Dirk and his red Pontiac, their search for love is a funky, off-beat fable. And when three wishes come true, their adventures create a modern fairy tale.

Francesca Amaro moves back to her hometown of Cape Bay, Massachusetts, and takes over the family business, Antonia's Italian Cafe. She spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos - until she stumbles upon her neighbor's dead body. When the police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned, Francesca becomes a suspect. The victim's son, Matty, happens to be Francesca's old high school friend. Together they uncover the secrets of the locals in order to find the killer in their idyllic beach town.

La novela ganadora del premio de los libreros independientes italianos. El libro revelación del año en Italia con más de 450.000 ejemplares vendidos. Una saga familiar con una protagonista inolvidable: una mujer fuerte e independiente que se enfrenta a una realidad hostil. Una apasionante historia de coraje y emancipación femenina. En Lizzanello, un pueblecito de unos pocos miles de almas, un autobús de línea se detiene en la plaza mayor y baja una pareja: él, Carlo, es hijo del sur y está contento de regresar a casa; ella, Anna, su esposa, nacida en el norte, está triste y preocupada.