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America’s high divorce rate is well known, but little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively (sometimes clandestinely) manage to build marriages that last longer than we ever thought possible. What’s the secret? To find out, best-selling journalist Iris Krasnow interviewed more than 200 wives whose marriages have survived for 15-70 years.

New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives. Iris Krasnow was 8 years old when she first attended sleep-away camp, building...

Un Vasiliev, pierde o gana, pero no se rinde. Si cae, se levanta una y otra vez, hasta que ya no puede hacerlo.Viktor es un Vasiliev; y los Vasiliev son más que un apellido, más que un grupo de personas unidas por la sangre. Vasiliev es más que una familia; es la ley, es un dogma de fe por el que se rigen todos y cada uno de sus miembros, y todas y cada una de las personas que trabajan para ellos. Y la ley Vasiliev se cumple, no se discute. La acatas o pagas las consecuencias. Viktor es el brazo ejecutor, quien se encarga de que todo se lleve a cabo según sus normas y mantiene a raya a ...

When Joy McGuire arrives in the sleepy Missouri town of Heron’s Landing, she thinks she’s left her past behind in Chicago. As a journalist, Joy just wants to write - and to forget. When she meets local vineyard owner Adam Danvers though, she discovers not only her next story, but a man who makes her heart pound faster. The only problem? Adam hates journalists. But when he kisses her, she forgets that she’s supposed to hate him. Instead, she soon realizes she’s given him her heart.

Hice una promesa a mi mejor amigo moribundo. Rescatar a su hermana pequeña de la secta que la mantiene cautiva. Mantenerla a salvo. Años después, finalmente tengo mi oportunidad. Rebekah está por cumplir veintiuno. El líder de la secta la ha elegido como su próxima esposa. La extraigo en medio de la noche y la llevo a mi cabaña de montaña. Se supone que está a salvo ahora. Pero no es la chica protegida que esperaba. Es temperamental. Coqueta, con curvas que me hacen olvidar cada regla por la que he vivido. Hay quince años entre nosotros. Su hermano murió salvándome la vida. Se ...

Sava has the best house in all of Lukos. He built it himself, dreaming of the day when he and Milan, the man he loved, could live there and brave the harsh winters of Lukos together—only to be devastated when Milan was found dead in the spring. Victor is a scholar from Gerakia, a land known for its long summers and vibrant history, and he has never been more unprepared in his life. Abandoned on the inhospitable island of Lukos after a disastrous relationship, Victor has to adapt quickly to survive. It helps, of course, that he’s taken in by Sava.

In a remote village, a man named Azaiah goes wreathed in flowers and smiling to the sacrificial altar, willing to die to keep his village safe from plague. But the Harvester has something else in store for Azaiah, and it isn’t the shores of the world beyond that await him…but the cloak and scythe itself. Being Death means a long life that nevertheless requires a connection to humanity, and Azaiah learns that corruption awaits those who do not find a mortal companion to keep them tethered to the world.

A high-stakes treasure hunt…A twisted trail of murder…A secret one woman may die to discover… Number one New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen last electrified readers with Dead Aim and No One to Trust. Now she offers a new pulse-pounding thriller that takes suspense writing to...

A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Nine years later, Catherine Ling’s instincts - maternal and professional - tell her that her son is still alive, but she needs the help of someone as driven and obsessed as she is to find him - and that person is Eve Duncan. Eve has walked this same path and shares Catherine’s nightmare, having endured the disappearance of her own daughter, Bonnie.

Charmian Kittredge London (1871–1955) was the epitome of a modern woman. Free-spirited and adventurous, she defied modern expectations of femininity. Today she is best known as the wife of the famous American author Jack London, yet she was a literary trailblazer in her own right. This biography is the first book to tell the complete story of Charmian’s life—freed from the shadow cast by her famous husband.

Feisty, beautiful private detective Honey Winston had been duped into invading Prince Rubinoff's hotel suite while hidden in a room-service cart. When smoke flushed her from her hiding place, Honey confronted the mocking prince the gossip columns called "Lusty Lance".

But the man behind the glittering facade was an artist who created exquisite paintings the world would never see. Could Honey's love help Lance escape his glided prison?

Billionaire Alex Ben Raschid can’t remember the last time he heard the word “no.” As Houston’s economic powerhouse and heir to a vast, oil-rich Middle Eastern sheikdom, Alex is used to getting what he wants. And when he lays eyes on Sabrina, the sensuous redhead hired to belly dance for his party, he wants her...and immediately sets out to possess her - heart and soul. But it is clear that his virile and arrogant manner will never win him Sabrina’s heart. Could Alex ever be humble enough to sway her?

Ever the prodigal son, Gavin Danvers returns to Heron’s Landing to move on from his recent divorce. With his young daughter in tow, Gavin wants to rebuild his life - alone. He’s done with love and marriage forever. Gavin’s resolve is tested when he meets his daughter’s pretty new teacher. Kat Williamson, with her sweet smile and her devotion to her students, is everything Gavin can never have. Yet when Kat begins to receive escalating threats from a mysterious stalker, Gavin vows to protect her. As he realizes he can love again, Gavin must do everything he can to protect Kat.

Eve Duncan unwittingly walks into an obsessive killer’s trap—and enters into a deadly game that awakens her own darkest nightmares—in this “expertly plotted, eminently entertaining novel” (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. “Stunning and...

Greater Than a Tourist - Sibiu Transylvania Romania, by Iris Matubis-Diaconescu, offers the inside scoop on Romania. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Als der elfjährige Lev über Wochen ans Bett gefesselt ist, wird ausgerechnet die schlaue, aber von allen gemiedene Kato geschickt, um ihm die Hausaufgaben zu bringen. Zwischen dem ungleichen Paar entsteht eine unverbrüchliche Verbindung, die den beiden Heranwachsenden im kommunistischen Vielvölkerstaat Rumänien Halt bietet. Ein halbes Leben später läuft Lev noch immer die Pfade ihrer Kindheit ab, während Kato schon vor Jahren in den Westen aufgebrochen ist. Geblieben sind Lev nur ihre gezeichneten Postkarten aus ganz Europa. Bis ihn eines Tages eine Karte aus Zürich erreicht, darauf nur ein einziger Satz: "Wann kommst du?"

I've always lived my life by the rules. Unlike my two sisters, I'm the good one - the responsible one. Going outside my comfort zone is when I wear red lipstick before 5 p.m. That comfort zone of mine? It's smashed to smithereens on a wild night in Las Vegas when I meet - and marry - Liam Gallagher. After one shot of tequila, then two, then too many to count, a good girl's rules tend to disappear. And so do her panties and her bra and various other articles of clothing when she's with an Irishman who knows his way around a woman’s body.

A high-stakes treasure hunt…A twisted trail of murder…A secret one woman may die to discover… Number one New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen last electrified readers with Dead Aim and No One to Trust. Now she offers a new pulse-pounding thriller that takes suspense writing to...

He was everything she'd ever wanted in a man... and then there was his other side. It's the year 1690, and Antonia Crivelli's father has arranged for her to be married to one of the wealthiest, most handsome men in Venice. Although her fiancé seems strangely uninterested in her, 19-year-old Antonia naively hopes things will be better after the wedding. Everything changes the day Antonia meets Tavros, the mysterious shipyard blacksmith whose smoldering glances leave no doubt as to where his desires lie. In the dark, mysterious eyes of the Greek laborer, Antonia sees her chance for true love...

Samantha Barton survived imprisonment on the war-torn island of St. Pierre. Her family wasn't so lucky. Now, in her new identity as the tough-as-nails revolutionary code-named Topaz, she enlists the aid of an enigmatic industrialist, Fletcher Bronson, on a risky mission to rescue some stranded refugees. Trapped behind enemy lines with a man she both fears and desires, Samantha finds herself irresistibly drawn by his promise of a new life away from the hail of gunfire.