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Loner Cole North has always been the odd guy out. His IQ is sky-high, but he’s not so bright when it comes to people or relationships. Years ago, he spurned expectations, shunned his family’s business, and embraced a career in construction, instead. Now, he values his job above everything, in part because of his secret feelings for his boss Sierra.

She's beauty, brains, and trouble. With Daddy's money, life could have been one continuous party for Seattle socialite Jordan Dean. Instead she chose college and a career. She doesn't have time for love or men - not with work and the responsibilities of raising her younger sister. But when her sister is kidnapped and a sexy Special Ops bodyguard is suddenly thrust into her life, Jordan must let go of her tightly controlled world and accept help from the one man who poses a huge risk to her well-guarded heart.

When Farrah catches her boyfriend getting hands-on with a model at a swanky holiday party, she flees, hurt and humiliated. Caught after dark in a bad part of town, she ducks into a bar where straitlaced Caleb is a breath of fresh chivalry - perfect. Ready to burn her bridges, Farrah goes home with Caleb for a round of incendiary revenge sex. By the time her boyfriend's 2 a.m. text claims it was all a misunderstanding, it’s too late: She’s the cheater now. Horrified, Farrah sneaks out.

Rasmus Smith is a New Yorker looking for a way out. Alli is a newcomer seeking a way in. They crash into each other and are spun in the opposite direction. To find their way, Rasmus and Alli try to change each other. If they succeed, who will they become? It’s a question they avoid up until the shocking moment when they must battle with who they used to be.

В жизни Карима Мурадова всё шло своим чередом, пока в один весенний день к нему к кабинет не вошёл посетитель, который сообщил, что ему нужно сказать Кариму что-то по секрету.

He’s not exactly who he appears to be. But then again, neither is she...Chase: I’ve never felt as out of my league as I did when I met Sydney Frost. Not in the years I’ve spent starting successful companies or since. Working for a prestigious firm gives me status and power, and I’m already a master at charming my way through a crowd - or into the bedroom. One new office colleague should be a piece of cake to win over. Ms. Frost, however, is giving my efforts a chilly reception. Time to remind her that I’m not afraid to live up to my name, either...

I may be a shy letter carrier, but when my beloved apartment building is threatened by a mysterious and reclusive billionaire, I’m willing to push the envelope. I’m going to march right up to Malcolm Blackberg’s fortress of fierceness and deliver a cease-and-desist notice he can’t refuse. Except as soon as I get inside his gilded doors, things go sideways - I’m mistaken for Malcolm’s court-ordered emotional intelligence coach, as if I’m acting out a wacky postal carrier cosplay.

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.

I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt. Gorgeous. Wealthy. Powerful. I just fled New York to escape one. But when I reach Colorado, it’s either take a job at Cullen’s Trident Rescue or become homeless. And Cullen? He’s worse than I thought. Controlling. Demanding. Jerk. A grenade always teetering on the edge. He’s also hot as sin and makes my toes curl. I hate that I dream about him. Kissing me, holding me. He has dreams as well. Nightmares that only I can tame. I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt. I’m smart enough to stay away. Aren’t I?

Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese “aunt”, he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils, whether the self-torture of addiction, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset, or the paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends.

Raised in Thailand and brought to the United States against her will, quiet and intelligent Suda is hiding from a sex-trafficking ring and the man she believed was on her side. Claire, admired as bright and beautiful in high school, now hides her striking looks and wears her sharp wit as a protective shield. Determined to show Suda and Claire a path that allows for a life of their own, Simone, the safe house operator, offers them a haven and a healing path to the future.

The biggest prank could be falling in love.... In this San Francisco neighborhood, a kiss at sunset means you might find your true love. Two best friends are about to find out if the legend is real. Lt. Firefighter Dylan Reyes believes the sunset kiss legend is nothing more than a tourist attraction. He's a big fan of exit plans, science, and health insurance. But since the last time his best friend Charley was in the city, he hasn't stopped thinking about her naked. One night, and a realistic dream, changed everything.

Ciudad de Dios es, a su vez, producto de un estudio de la antropóloga Alba Zaluar sobre la favela Ciudad de Dios, de donde el autor de esta obra fue su habitante. Asimismo, Lins fue integrante del equipo de investigación de Zaluar. De ahí que estas páginas sean una fiel mirada sociológica sobre el fenómeno que aquejó a la sociedad carioca en la década de los noventa, cuando explotó una caótica guerra por la droga.

The Jazzsipper is set in the big Southern cities of New Orleans and Atlanta. New Orleans known for Jazz and casually mislabeled as The Murder Capital of the United States, and Atlanta known as the new power house locale for African-American meetings and conventions. There were an estimated 1,600 Black conventions and conferences with an economic impact of $5.6 billion in the US with African-American meetings and events with Atlanta accounting for more than 320,000 visitors and bringing a $264.5 million economic impact on the city this summer alone.

Jordi Viassolo consigue un trabajo de becario - temporal y mal pagado - en una agencia de detectives de Barcelona. La misión que le encargan es simple: mantener el despacho abierto durante el verano sin meterse en líos. Todo cambia cuando aparece un cliente desesperado asegurando que su mujer ha desaparecido.

El atropello de Chico B, un acontecimiento demasiado habitual en el entorno hostil donde transcurre la novela, es el detonante de un cambio en los dos protagonistas de esta historia: el narrador y el barrio. Esta dolorosa muerte avivará un recuerdo que el narrador creía tener bajo control y sepultado en lo más hondo de su memoria, y acelerará a la vez la transformación del barrio.

El atropello de Chico B, un acontecimiento demasiado habitual en el entorno hostil donde transcurre la novela, es el detonante de un cambio en los dos protagonistas de esta historia: el narrador y el barrio. Esta dolorosa muerte avivará un recuerdo que el narrador creía tener bajo control y sepultado en lo más hondo de su memoria, y acelerará a la vez la transformación del barrio.

La tua storia è narrata QUI... Tu sei il protagonista! Viaggerai insieme a ROMEO nei tondi della vita e nel Colosseo per vivere un'emozione unica, irripetibile. Troverai e perderai le zampe, conoscerai passanti e fermanti, parlerai con il Padre e incontrerai Armonia. Una storia mozzafiato che, traccia dopo traccia, ti coinvolgerà sempre di più. La storia di Romeo è la tua storia: vita, percorsi, amore, passione, tentazione, ricerca, avventura, sogni e realtà... scritta appositamente per te!

Un joven conductor de buses de Sonsón, Antioquia, había logrado la meta que se había trazado desde los 16 años: adquirir su propio bus. Pero una lluviosa madrugada, el bus quedó sepultado bajo un violento derrumbe en el páramo de Sonsón. Durante tres días, el conductor estuvo en cama, postrado. El cuarto día, examinó el cascarón averiado con el ojo crítico del conocedor. La cabina de pasajeros había quedado inservible, pero el motor y todas las partes mecánicas de la caja habían quedado en perfecto estado.

In many cities throughout Central and South America, thousands of orphaned and abandoned children roam the streets and live wild, surviving as they can. This is the story of one such girl abandoned at age 11 to fend for herself and simultaneously to care for her two-year-old sister. It is a story of courage, resilience, and determination, but it is not a happy story.