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In 2020 Philadelphia, amidst the upheaval of the pandemic and the racial tensions ignited by George Floyd's murder, Chauncey Johnson stubbornly clings to his Jitney, a cash-only taxi, a symbol of his defiance against corporate America.

Berlin 1897 Der Hilfsarbeiter Eduard Krause erlebt den schlimmsten Samstag seines Lebens. Erst verlässt ihn Grete, seine Angebetete. Dann bricht er nach einem kapitalen Besäufnis zusammen und erwacht als neugeborener Vampir. Sein neues Leben eröffnet ungeahnte Möglichkeiten. Doch seine verflixte Blutgier bringt Grete in Gefahr, die er um jeden Preis wiedersehen will.

Die junge Mrs. Hawkins ist eine wunderbare Frau, die Ruhe in Person und stets für alle da. Mit ihrer mütterlichen und lebensfrohen Opulenz gibt sie dem erfolglosen Londoner Verlagshaus, bei dem sie arbeitet, Halt und Kraft. Genauso verlässlich wehrt sie aber auch mit wohlgezielter Garstigkeit nervtötende Schreiberlinge ab. Jahrzehnte später ist Mrs. Hawkins zur schlanken Nancy geworden und nimmt uns mit zurück ins Kensington der Fünfzigerjahre, das voller raffinierter, ja sogar böser Überraschungen steckt.

From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, The Sea Change is a witty yet heart-rending story of a marriage in crisis. Emmanuel is a famous playwright. Lillian is his sickly and embittered wife. They have never fully buried the memory of their dead daughter, Sarah. Rich but...

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Ein frischer Herbstwind zieht durch die Freitagsbuchhandlung – und weht im dritten Roman von Sawako Natori neue Kundschaft herein Als der Sommer zu Ende geht arbeiten die Mitarbeiter der Freitagsbuchhandlung mit großer Hingabe in ihrem kleinen Laden. Denn die frische Herbstluft weckt in den...

Don't miss the new uplifting and laugh-out-loud novel about friendship, love, and chaotic dates from Mary Newnham, perfect for fans of Kristen Bailey and Sophie Ranald. Available to pre-order now! Two unlikely housemates. Two tragic dating lives. One mission to try and find love... Maddie didn't...

DCI Miller is faced with a head-ache and a half in Gone Too Far. Kathy Hopkirk, the nation's most detested "celebrity" has disappeared. Famed for her outrageous remarks and nasty observations about ordinary people in the street and stars from the showbiz world, Kathy has always taken great delight in grabbing the headlines and causing as much controversy as possible. But now she is in the news for a different reason. She is missing. While visiting Manchester for work, she was staying at The Midland.

As the bombs fall, three women are forced to remake their lives… When the uniform factory is reduced to rubble in a devastating air raid, Amanda, Maisie and Bethan are left without work, and without the sense of safety they once clung to. Shocked by the devastation she sees around her, Amanda signs up as an ambulance driver, putting her life on the line to save those in the poorest areas of the East End. Meanwhile, Maisie and Bethan find work in the heart of Petticoat Lane, trying to scrape pennies together to put dinner on the table.

¿Embarazada? ¡¿Cómo era posible?! Sí…, aquello era una pregunta retórica. Lindsay Madock tenía marcado a fuego en la memoria cómo y… con quién. El verdadero problema era otro: un bebé es cosa de dos y él… no tenía motivos ni para sospechar. Por desgracia, la gala centrada en la...

A 22 tale collection. Dark, introspective, grimy, urban, strange. “Like a puddle of blood in a back alley of New York City that whispers to you of what could have been via a static-slathered Bluetooth connection…” Art by Soren Häxan and Rachel...

Tonight is the night they auction off the Winter Alphas. And I’ve got my eyes on Declan WolfeThe #1 esports player at Knotlocke Academy. He’s also my stepbrother. I shouldn’t be fantasizing about what those big hands could do to me. Or the way he’d make me hurt so deliciously. But I’ve saved up for this moment. He’s all mine. I just hope I'm also his.

Liam always believed that his love for Kami could withstand any obstacle. But a shocking message threatens to unravel their lives, forcing them to confront hidden truths and the fragility of their relationship.

Quand la douceur du matcha apaise les blessures de l’âme… À Montmartre, Étienne, papa solo de jumeaux, tient une pharmacie de quartier pas comme les autres. Persuadé que la parole guérit autant que les médicaments, il propose aux habitués comme aux clients de passage de discuter...

This complete bundle brings together Books 1 and 2 of the Slave Pimp Saga in one powerful audiobook experience. In The Slave Pimp: Legend of Billy Mic, follow Billy Mic as he rises through chaos, survival, and power in a brutal and unpredictable world. His journey pushes him beyond limits, uncovering forces and abilities that begin to reshape his destiny. In The Slave Pimp 2: Return of the Mac, a new force takes center stage. Mac Sleazy emerges with his own mindset, ambition, and presence, bringing a different kind of power into the story.

Before they were the Real Housewives of Memphis, they were just five girls from Orange Mound trying to survive, dream, and find themselves in the streets of early 2000s Memphis Meet Shyanna, Jenna (Juice), Veronica, Shelby, and Juanita, five best friends who are trying to figure it out post high school, bound by loyalty, secrets, and struggle. Life in the Mound isn’t easy. Every choice has a consequence, every dream comes with a price, and every girl is fighting for a future bigger than what the hood has planned for her.

A Bed of Roses — Reloaded is not a dystopia and not a thriller—though it borrows the grammar of both. It is an audiobook about how modern power actually works: quietly, procedurally, without spectacle—and what happens when someone stops moving at the speed it expects.

Alibi by Teri Woods is a gripping urban thriller that plunges readers into the gritty streets of North Philadelphia in 1986, where loyalty, betrayal, and survival collide. Lance and Jeremy, two desperate men looking for a way out of their struggles, thought they'd found the perfect...

Alibi II: Nard's Revenge is a raw, unflinching chronicle of how one courtroom betrayal unravels across decades, leaving a trail of shattered lives, cold vengeance, and a final, devastating reckoning. In the tradition of great urban crime fiction, it asks the question every survivor must face...

Sometimes love doesn't follow the rules On the eve of her forty-second birthday, Esme's husband announces he's leaving her for a twenty-something sound bath practitioner. Desperate to avoid becoming her mother (who left her marriage in tatters and abandoned Esme as a child), she throws herself...