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NOW A LILLY'S LIBRARY PICK! ""The most heartfelt read...a surprising delight of a novel.""--Shondaland An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb...

After suffering her first big heartbreak two years earlier, Penelope Lin has built a quiet life with no romantic entanglements. She spends her days cataloging a museum's vast collection of Qing Dynasty bound-foot shoes and in the comfortable company of close friends. One day, she happens to meet Hoang, who confesses to releasing mice from the cancer research lab where he works. Hoang's openness catches Penelope off guard; from then on, she finds her carefully constructed life slowly start to unravel.

My much older Bratva boss is obsessed with me and kidnaps me. I just landed an internship in historical art under the supervision of a hot boss. I didn't know the Bratva, let alone that he is a part of it. When I find out, I run, but he captures me and says he can't let me go now... I'm an innocent, small town girl. I had never heard of the Bratva. But when I accidentally find out about his brutal world, he says I've seen too much. He locks me in his bedroom as his little prisoner. He takes me to events and tells people I'm his girlfriend. I hate that he has power over me, that he commands ...

Anthony Patch, a young yet unambitious graduate from Harvard University, moves to New York and soon meets fellow socialite and flapper, Gloria Gilbert. Infatuated by her beauty, Anthony soon proposes to Gloria, and the pair embark on a doomed whirlwind romance. Their marriage is combative and tense; Anthony expects Gloria to be more domesticated while Gloria expects Anthony to fund her extravagant lifestyle.

Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions.

I’m arranged to marry my much older Bratva ex. And nobody told me. He’s the Bratva King, my family’s rival. Our love was forbidden, so he broke my heart. Now he proposes that his brother marry me for an alliance between our families. But when I walk down the aisle, I find out that I’m marrying the man who broke me instead. Nobody knows about our past, that I once loved him and that he dumped me. He kisses my lips after our vows, bringing back a flood of memories. He wipes the icing off my face with his thumb, reminding me of the feel of his skin. But I know the coldness in his heart...

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl meets P-Valley in Nic Stone’s adult thriller debut about two missing erotic dancers from Atlanta’s most notorious gentlemen's club and the woman committed to finding them. When Damaris “Charm” Wilburn, a new daytime dancer, is missing for her shift at Boom...

Librarian and history enthusiast Jess Yates has hit rock bottom. With her ex behind bars for fraud, Jess needs to lay low – easier said than done with a celebrity sister. But Tavy has her uses. Her latest TV project involves renovating Fortune Hall, and she needs a house sitter while she’s jetting around the world. The opportunity is too good to miss, especially when Jess discovers that Fortune Hall has links to the infamous Nell Gwyn. Slowly the house begins to reveal its mysteries, and secrets that have laid buried for centuries can no longer be ignored.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes Loving, a tender, faith-filled conclusion to the beloved Bailey Flanigan series that explores love, trust, and the courage to follow God's plan. Bailey Flanigan has finally achieved her lifelong dream of performing on Broadway, but...

After one accidental night, the Bratva forces me into marriage and knocks me up. I’m a plus size med student who let loose for one wild night with a much older stranger. When I’m an accidental witness to a Bratva crime next, HE detains and interrogates me. The next thing I know, I’m his forced, pregnant Bratva bride… I went to med school to be a trauma surgeon. Instead, I fell into his blood-stained claws. He kidnaps me off the street and locks me into his house. When I panic, he holds me down and calms my restless, big body. When I escape, he scolds me and tells me I’m his ...

One of CrimeReads’s Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2021 Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier 2021 Crime Novel of the Year The “queen of the sucker-punch twist” (Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and author of Our House weaves an unputdownable page-turner about a...

La apasionante historia de Nueva York desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad. Los 400 años de Historia de la ciudad de Nueva York se conforma de miles de historias, escenarios y personajes extraordinarios. Partiendo de la vida de los indios que habitaban sus tierras vírgenes y los primeros colonos holandeses hasta llegar a la dramática construcción del Empire State Building o la creación del edificio Dakota en el que vivía John Lennon.

Crush Hour: A Musical presents a series of heart-warming and hilarious chance encounters via London’s transport links, in the run up to Christmas.

It's been eight months since Sandra lost her beloved husband, and she knows something has to change. Her son wants her to sell up her home and move into a retirement apartment, close to him. But she doesn't feel ready for that yet. Then she bumps into her old friend Patti, heading off to get her first tattoo. Patti explains she's beaten cancer and now she's ready to make every second count… And – sitting down for a cuppa and a slice of cake – the women land on the perfect idea – a bucket list!

In the 1920s, three young girls enter a strict, cheerless convent school in a quiet London suburb. Six years later they leave, to change the world … Maureen was the movie star, whose role as Tarzan’s Jane helped rewrite the rules of cinema censorship. Sonia was the aspiring writer who became George Orwell’s wife and the guardian of his literary legacy. And Vivien was the actress as iconic as the roles she played, from Cleopatra to Scarlett O’Hara. Together their careers encompassed glamour and tragedy, triumph and scandal.

Devaughn is losing himself. After removing his own wife from the picture, he tries to go on as if nothing happened. Daily life becomes a struggle without the love of the one woman that brought something to his life. Devaughn is unable to feel true guilt. He finds a way to blame her as he navigates through busy days and restless nights. But life has a surprise in store for him. It is hard to reap rewards when you live such a sullied life. And Devaughn is about to reap what he sowed! Read the dynamic and mind blowing conclusion in Part II of this epic drama and get the shocking end to a page ...

After serving a 10-year bid in prison, Taye "City" Savage was finally freed. However, once he was released, there was no time to chill and enjoy the riches that his brothers had acquired at his left and right hand at the king’s throne of the Savage empire. No sooner than City was released, complete mayhem ensued. His brother, Shon, and his greed causes the Savage empire to be in debt with the Columbian cartel of over a million dollars.

“Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides Bulls Island is a supremely satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love, infused with Southern wit...

Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Hulu’s The Dropout meets Catch Me If You Can in this captivating novel about an ambitious young woman who gets trapped in a charismatic con artist’s scam. A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Parade, New York Post, Shondaland, E!...

Ally Hawkins has never had a Valentine’s Day date—but this is her year. She can feel it in her endlessly optimistic heart. So when she stumbles upon a love potion at a county fair, she figures…why not? It’s silly, it’s smelly, and she’s a grown woman. But then—bam—the very guy she’s been crushing on asks her to lunch. Coincidence? She thinks not.