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The medicus Ruso and his wife, Tilla, are back in the borderlands of Britannia, this time helping to tend the builders of Hadrian's Great Wall. Having been forced to move off their land, the Britons are distinctly on edge. Then Ruso's recently arrived clerk, Candidus, goes missing. A native boy thinks he sees a body being hidden inside the wall's half-finished stonework, and a worrying rumor begins to spread. When soldiers ransack the nearby farms looking for Candidus, Tilla's tentative friendship with a local family turns to anger and disappointment.

Charlotte Goodtree is all that stands between her family's plantation and destruction. The only problem? She's black. Her family's white, and the handsome contractor responsible for all the damage has no idea how much it's going to cost them both... Gabrielle Harris is embarking on her first big tour as the opener for a Grammy winning rapper. She thinks he's sexist thug, and he's given up on love after facing terrible obstacles on the stage of life and home...So why can't they stop thinking about each other? Lisa Tyrell has climbed the corporate ladder out of poverty and pain and into the ...

A mash-up, a remix, a tribute inspired by Ian Fleming's iconic character, James Bond, and the world of Jane Austen's Persuasion... Jorja Tabu gives you a modern AMBW romance like no other. Ana Ellis is an FBI agent, but she's not the flashy kind--no fieldwork, no thank you. She leaves that to her loyal team of misfits, especially her good friend Maanya. As far as Ana is concerned, her brave days are behind her... Until a ghost from her past shows up at the Bureau: MI6's Winston Park-Wu, her high-school boyfriend, the once and always owner of her heart. Ana finds herself swept up in a bit of...

Luna Milton is on the precipice of having all her dreams come true--her moment in the spotlight is her introduction to the right people, at the right time... Or so she thinks. Appearances can be deceiving. Convinced she's been abandoned by fate, Luna leaves her heart behind when a chance at freedom presents itself. But was that--finally--the right choice? And will she ever be free? One night trapped in the snow will answer all her questions... Or claim her life. SNOWFALL matches the gritty real-world feel of Jorja Tabu's GALAXY OF SCARS with the drama and flair of the BLACKSTONE TRILOGY. ...

Ash shook off the images swarming his head and tried to focus on her again; it wasn’t hard. She was so beautiful, those plump lips naturally lined by a darker stain of pink as they blossomed into a cherry in the center, those wide eyes so rich and opaque he could stare into them for hours and never separate pupil from iris. The lashes kissing the delicate smattering of freckles on her mahogany cheek—“I can’t begin to tell you how much your friendship means to me,” Ash said, still drinking in her face. She was so close. It would take nothing to just come a little closer, just there...

Angelina Gianetti is a lot of things: mother to an absolutely adorable four year old daughter, sister to the world's most spirited wild child, heir apparent of Papa Gino's Famous Italian Cuisine, and a 26 year old widow. Papa Gianetti, her mentor and father-in-law, loves her like his own, and the whole matter of his retirement looks settled and done... Until Vinny shows up at the restaurant for work. Vincenzo Gianetti is several things as well: Papa's nephew, a former Marine, a high placing, extremely controversial contestant on a famous reality television cooking show... And a ridiculously...

A beautiful coming-of-age story, a poignant romance, a tale of discovering one's true self... Jorja Tabu brings you: SAVOR. Ciara McKinley's mother disappeared shortly after depositing her with her father in Chicago at the age of two years old. Determined to find out more about the woman that abandoned her, biracial Ciara leaves her hometown and her father's dynastic Black family to attend the University of Washington in Seattle. Discoveries are few and far between; she knows nothing about the Snohomish culture her Native American mother came from, including where to start looking. Lonely ...

Sebastian von Eschburg verliert als Kind durch den Selbstmord seines Vaters den Halt. Er versucht, sich durch die Kunst zu retten. Er zeigt mit seinen Fotografien und Videoinstallationen, dass Wirklichkeit und Wahrheit verschiedene Dinge sind. Es geht um Schönheit, Sex und die Einsamkeit des Menschen. Als Eschburg vorgeworfen wird, eine junge Frau getötet zu haben, übernimmt Konrad Biegler die Verteidigung. Der alte Anwalt versucht, dem Künstler zu helfen - und damit sich selbst.

A modern day BWWM Pride and Prejudice Inspired Variation of the Classic Tale, just in time for the holidays! Olivia is the second oldest of the Bennett sisters, and the brain trust behind their brilliant new design firm, Divine Designs. Spunky, confident and full of big ideas, she notices the tall, dark and handsome Mr. Darcy at a gala fund-raiser from across the ballroom. When he turns out to be a snob, she shrugs it off and goes on living her best life. But Will Darcy regrets his sharp words. He finds himself in the strange position of defending his friend Martin Bingley from love with ...

¿Cómo puede algo que está mal sentar tan bien? Es malhumorado y discutidor y, por si fuera poco, es mi hermanastro. No debería sentir esto por él, pero a veces el corazón quiere lo que quiere. Espiar a mi hermanastro, Neal, desde la casa del árbol frente a la ventana de su dormitorio siempre ha sido uno de mis placeres culpables. Pero una noche, tras entrever cómo se desvestía, estoy segura de que me guiñó un ojo. Nunca imaginé que mis sentimientos por Neal pudieran ser correspondidos, pero quizá no sea tan inalcanzable como siempre he creído. Neal puede tener a casi cualquier...

Arriesgada. Polémica. Oscura. Atrévete con la novela más viral de Penelope Douglas. El amor es un tabú que no conoce reglas. A Tiernan de Haas ya no le importa nada ni nadie. Hija única de un productor de cine y de su famosa esposa, ha crecido rodeada de riqueza y privilegios, pero sin amor...

Armand Blackstone wants very little in life, and needs even less--he's a millionaire in his own right, and scion of the Blackstone Empire. He has everything at his fingertips, everything a man could want--except Jo Dawson. His borderline obsession has lasted for over a decade, and he manages it the same way he controls everything else around him: with icy perfection. Simultaneously distancing himself and yet staying constantly aware of her, he's managed to keep his dignity intact and stay away from the one woman that drives him past the point of control. But now she's at risk, his younger ...

The collected trilogy, all in one place: THE BLUE MOUNTAIN DYNASTY contains all three books in the BLACKSTONE TRILOGY! Beau and Darcy have been best friends since they were born. But can they be more, once Beau's scheming wife hatches a plan so twisted neither of them could have come up with it themselves? Armand holds a burning flame for Jolene, and always has. But what will he do when he believes she's become a killer? Fox and Katrina want each other from the moment they lay eyes on each other, but their lives and careers are in constant conflict. When Fox lures her back with an offer she...

Cuando al fin reconoces que eres adicto, que estás completamente enganchado, quieres apartar esa droga de tu vida a toda costa. Sin embargo, la dejas cerca. La guardas en algún rincón de la casa. Sabes que no vas a tocarla, o eso es lo que te repites. Pero está ahí, por si un día recaes...

Desde que cumplió 18 años, Todd no puede esperar a terminar la escuela secundaria. Como súper estrella atlética, recibió una oferta de beca de la universidad de sus sueños. A partir de ahí está seguro de que se convertirá en profesional. El único problema es que su profesora de historia del arte, la señorita Phoenix, lo amenaza con reprobarlo si no accede a reunirse después de clase para recuperar su nota reprobatoria. Las cosas se ponen físicas rápidamente entre los dos cuando el mariscal de campo estrella descubre que la hermosa rubia de grandes pechos con la que ha estado ...

Este ensayo con cuatro capítulos constituye el intento de Freud de aplicar la teoría y el método del psicoanálisis (ya antes descritos por él con fines clínicos) a asuntos de la antropología.

Nacido en una familia aristocrática venida a menos, Sebastian von Eschburg es un niño solitario e introvertido, con una madre que sólo se interesa por las carreras de caballos y un padre alcoholizado y aficionado a la caza, a quien, no obstante, lo une un fuerte vínculo. Con el tiempo, la extraordinaria percepción del color que posee Sebastian transformará al niño sensible y vulnerable en un famoso fotógrafo, un artista internacionalmente reconocido que plasma en sus obras una tormentosa relación entre ficción y realidad, verdad e ilusión.

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN TRILOGY IS HERE... Katrina Storm is a self-made success. She's not afraid to fight hard for what she wants... Until she's confronted with the one thing she never has: love. To her eternal regret, it appears in the form of spoiled play-boy Fox Blackstone, the youngest billionaire-in-waiting for the Blackstone Empire. Caught in a whirlwind love affair, the pair are ripped apart and then thrown together again when Fox's Machiavellian maneuvers drag Katrina back into his world with an offer she can't refuse. What was his motivation all along? Did he ever ...

Nicolle tiene diecisiete años, poca maldad y varios frentes abiertos que la obligan a volver a su ciudad natal. En su vida se cruza Marc Ferrera, un imponente hombre separado, mucho mayor que ella, quien tal vez la ayudará a solucionar sus problemas. O no. Por otro lado, conocerá a Eric. Un...

Existe la creencia de que después de los cincuenta las personas bajan su actividad sexual y, a partir de los sesenta, casi es un tabú. Nada más lejos de la realidad. El sexo a esas edades es cuando es más necesario para tener una vida sana y plena. Si en esa franja de la vida baja la actividad sexual, es más bien por falta de estímulo. A día de hoy, en muchos hospitales existen unidades de sexualidad para tratar esa falta de libido y entre las actividades que se recomiendan está la lectura erótica. Los relatos de este libro están basados en historias reales, narradas de forma ...