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"...Looking great does not have to cost a fortune. If you want to build your wardrobe but don't have the funds to get the look you're after, check out your local thrift and consignment stores. These stores offer a plethora of fashion options at a fraction of their retail price. Choose items to add to your wardrobe that make sense for your lifestyle. If you spend most of your time in jeans, then buy the best looking and best-fitting jeans that you can afford. The money you spend on an item for your wardrobe that you wear regularly is always a good investment. Dress in a way that accurately ...

Veronica pasa su infancia y adolescencia en un barrio de Roma junto con su excéntrica familia: una madre omnipresente que vive permanentemente angustiada, un padre lleno de estrafalarias obsesiones y un hermano mayor, casi perfecto, que es el centro de toda la atención. Día a día tendrá que sortear situaciones tan embarazosas como desternillantes y descubrirá la impostura como forma de mantenerse cuerda y lidiar con la vida que le ha tocado en suerte.

When Misha finds out she has a chemistry class with Zachary, she never imagines they would become lab partners. As the two work brilliantly together in the class, Misha hides the hidden connection between the two of them. Zachary is the co-host of an online podcast, which makes him somewhat of a campus celebrity. Once a mystery caller calls into his show, he fantasizes about who she is and meeting her face to face. When he discovers the caller is his lab partner, the shy and pretty Misha, he falls for her in a way he didn’t think was possible. Misha’s girl-next-door personality is ...

Leah's boyfriend is such a bore. He's not a bad guy, he'd just rather play video games than take her to bed. So what's a horny girl to do? Seduce her boyfriend's hunky father, of course! Tim is a grouch, but he's so handsome and strong. Just the thought of his biceps makes her tingle. Leah knows it's wrong to want this hot older man, but she just can't help herself! Maybe he'll notice her if she sends some naughty selfies to his phone....

Bea Abbot's domestic agency does not investigate murder...that is, until she finds herself in the company of a dead man dressed as a pantomime dame. It looks like suicide, but why don't his red-spangled shoes fit? Matthew Kent was an entertainer known to be a modest man in private, so why had he staged this grotesque charade in death? And why is his daughter so keen to hustle away his remains?

Velma is charm itself, especially when she's being inexact with the truth. Now she wants Bea, widowed owner of the Abbot Agency, to check up on her stepson Philip - he's somehow acquired a valuable picture last seen in the flat of an elderly lady who's been murdered. Maggie, Bea's assistant, moves into a flat in Philip's building, to investigate. However, Rafael a professional art thief who aims never to leave his victims alive, is also after the picture.

“Whenever I think about Michelle Obama, I think, ‘When I grow up, I want to be just like her. I want to be that intelligent, confident, and comfortable in my own skin’.” ―Roxane Gay “Even after eight years of watching them daily in the press, the fact that the most powerful man in...

Bea Abbott runs a domestic agency which does not “do” murder. But the disappearance of Tomi, the star of an award-winning short film, is a different matter, especially when the charming Chris bribes Bea with a bouquet of flowers. Can Bea find time to help him, when some well-meant advice she’s given to her daughter-in-law has led to a breakdown in family relationships? Bea discovers that Tomi’s circle contains a secret so deadly that they are dying one by one, even though none of them will go to the police.

Rachel Brighton isn't your average civil servant. She's a sexual ambassador for the human race. It's not a bad job, if you don't mind prudes calling you a "star slut". The year is 2030 and the aliens have landed, but they don't want to rule the planet. They want to woo it. An insidious plague has rendered human women the last fertile females in the galaxy, and transformed Earth into its number one mating destination. After rounding up the male population, the aliens make a deal with the new female-led government: Teach us how to make love to human women and we'll return your men.

When Ellie Quicke's friend, Felicity, witnesses a Pitbull savage a young mother in the park, she goes into shock and calls on Ellie for help. Ellie's enquiries indicate that the dog and its owner are strangers to the neighbourhood, but soon there are other attacks...and after each one, the dog vanishes.

Nightfall in Mogadishu is a spy thriller and historical novel set in Somalia. It weaves the country’s history, politics and culture into a tale of international intrigue. Susan Chen, a CIA agent is sent to Mogadishu to thwart a plot to overthrow the government. She finds a nation that has lost its soul and is whirling into a vortex of violence and terror.

Llega la segunda entrega de la serie victoriana que A S Lefebre y Verónica Mengual han ideado para enamorarse y sonreír. Kalsie tiene mucho que contar. Tras la tragedia y situación que enfrenta la familia, Kalsie Robinson, por ser la mayor, toma el mando de la casa, y se dedica a cuidar y velar por sus hermanas, en especial de las gemelas, que suelen ser muy problemáticas. Contra su voluntad, se ve forzada a trasladarse a vivir a Londres con su tutor, el duque de Dash, y por azares del destino se reencuentra con el caballero que robó su corazón en su primera temporada. Pero Kalsie no ...

It was 672 BC, and the Central Kingdom had been divided into more than a hundred of warring fiefdoms. The army of my country, Lirong, perched high on top of the secluded Mount Blackmare had been miserably defeated by the invading army from the State of Jin, one of the biggest states of all, with a duke that was ready to crown himself king. The duke demanded not only compensation in foodstuff and livestock from my father, the Baron of Lirong, he also wanted beauties from Lirong to decorate his court.

Ya está aquí la apasionante conclusión de la serie Inesperada donde A.S. Lefebre y Verónica Mengual han puesto su corazón y creatividad con el único fin de entretener. Si había algo que más amara Blair Robinson y por quienes estaba dispuesta a dar la vida, eran sus hermanas, en especial por su gemela Delila. Cuando su hermana gemela le pidió que se hiciera pasar por ella, para deshacerse de un molesto pretendiente, Blair no dudó en aceptar. Para ella no era ningún inconveniente, al contrario, tenía la certeza de que disfrutaría mortificando al pobre hombre. Sin embargo, no ...

After a man dies during a performance at Castle Dark, Nora Blake learns just how hard it is to catch a killer, especially if every suspect is a trained actor, in this exciting new Dinner and a Murder Mystery. Autumn has arrived at Castle Dark, and Nora Blake has settled into her role as an actor...

Antes de que el chef Aaron Sánchez saltara a la fama, era un niño, un mexicoamericano travieso, criado por una mujer con una determinación incansable y de invaluable talento, chef y restauradora de éxito por derecho propio. De niño pasaba las noches en el comedor de su casa rodeado de algunos de los chefs y restauradores más influyentes de Nueva York. En sus memorias, Sánchez se adentra en sus años de formación con gran sinceridad, inyectando adrenalina en su historia y revelando cómo se enamoró de la cocina y comenzó una carrera en el trepidante mundo culinario.

It's the night before Emily's wedding. She should be thrilled. Instead, she's burning with guilty desire. Sean, her fiance's father, is a silver fox. Tall and dangerous, he's used to getting what he wants. Emily's helplessly attracted to this older man, and he knows exactly what to say to turn her on. She wants to resist, but her lust leads her astray. She likes being a bad girl, and her fiance’s too good to treat her like one. Tonight, the father is going to cuckold the son!

After David's betrayal, the last thing I wanted to do was stay in Kansas. So I traded in my cheating husband for a one-way ticket to the land of gondolas, cobbled streets and...sexy daring Italian men kissing me in doorways? Just one...one in particular....

In 2015, millennial author and cultural anthropologist Veronica Kirin drove 11,000 miles across more than 40 states to interview the last living members of the Greatest Generation. Stories of Elders is the result of her years of work to capture and share their perspective for generations to come. Stories of Elders preserves the wisdom, thoughts, knowledge, and advice of the people who make up one of America’s finest generations, including the Silent Generation. Their stories include the devastation that came from major events in US history like World War I and more.

While Bea Abbot worries that she’s lost control of her domestic agency, she’s asked to find some domestic help for an eccentric little musician falsely accused of murder. She doesn’t realize how dangerous this might be until Jeremy - fleeing from attempts on his life - lands up on her doorstep. Researching the gang who’d used an attractive girl to entrap Jeremy, Bea finds traces of them throughout high society. Can Bea keep Jeremy - and herself - alive, while all he thinks about is composing a song for pretty, dead Josie?