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Aastha came to Mumbai from Surat with the hope of fulfilling her dreams, but a storm came in her life which shattered her desires and dreams in a moment. Time forced Aastha to spend her nights on the bed of rich businessman Vidyut Singhania. An accident had turned Aastha's life into a puppet in Vidyut's hands. By calling Aastha his wife, Vidyut had made her his slave. Now her life was imprisoned in Vidyut's bedroom and everything from her body to her every breath was according to Vidyut's will.

A men-only charity dinner. A clutch of young waitresses. The jokes are uncomfortable. The hands linger. The collars loosen. Behind closed doors, the wine flows. The night is dark. The faces blur. The memories warp. Behind closed doors, the money flows. But revenge is sweet and justice is a burning flame. Behind closed doors, the blood flows…

In June 2000, Mimi Truang is on her way home to Vietnam when her toddler daughter vanishes in the Philadelphia airport. Seventeen years later, two best friends graduate from high school in the WASP-y town of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Kit is half Japanese, half American, and interracially adopted by white well-to-do parents. Sabrina is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant single mother who brandishes strict household rules to hide her own secrets. During that last summer before college, Kit travels to Tokyo, determined to uncover her Japanese identity.

Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other's friends. . . . Then Wale dumps Temi to go on Love Villa. Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her dream: writing. She's within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity autobiography arises, Temi finds herself accepting. And, of course, the celebrity turns out to be Wale...

An international bestseller with over half a million copies sold between Japan and South Korea, The Convenience Store by The Sea tells the delightfully quirky and heartfelt stories of the store’s customers and employees, offering us all a unique recipe for a good, fulfilling life.

This story is about a flame that neither time nor 3,000 miles could extinguish. Jake and Matti found happiness despite the odds. It tells of the collateral damage created along the way, how they made new friends in a distant state, brought together five generations, melded families, healed old wounds, and welcomed a newborn while Jake delivered a pitch during what some consider “The Greatest Softball Game.”

Thirty years ago, sixteen-year-old David had his worst fears come true when he came out to his family and was rejected. Devastated and alone, David vowed to always help others in need. So, when David sees a woman crying outside his florist one afternoon, he feels compelled to ask if she's okay.​​ Meg is newly engaged to the love of her life, Hannah. Meg was hoping her conservative parents could find it in their hearts to support their marriage and invited them to help choose her wedding flowers. But she has been waiting at the florist for hours and her parents haven’t shown up.

Sisters Cassie and Zoe Grossberg were born just a year apart but could not have been more different. Zoe, blessed with charm and beauty, yearned for fame from the moment she could sing into a hairbrush. Cassie was a musical prodigy who never felt at home in her own skin and preferred the safety of the shadows. On the brink of adulthood in the early 2000s, destiny intervened, catapulting the sisters into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters, hitting all the touchstones of early aughts fame along the way. But after a whirlwind year in the public eye, the band abruptly broke up.

Ein altes Haus am Wattenmeer. Eine Mutter und ihre Tochter. Und der Versuch einer Annäherung zwischen den Generationen. Eine kleine Halbinsel im Wattenmeer. Hier, an der Nordsee, lebt Annett, Ende vierzig, seit vielen Jahren in einem alten Haus. Hier hat sie nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes ihre Tochter Linn allein großgezogen. Linn, Mitte zwanzig, ist nach dem Abitur voller Energie in die Welt gezogen, hat sich als Umweltvolontärin engagiert, arbeitet für eine Aufforstungsstiftung. Für Annett ist ihre Tochter die Verkörperung von Hoffnung, Sinn und Zukunft.

After suffering a stroke, petty racist, semi-demented, and grumpy pensioner, Theodor Moody, wakes up with telekinetic abilities.

إذا كنت من الجيل الذي صاحب مسلسل "يوميات ونيس " وعاش أجواء تجمّع العائلة حوله وغرقها في موجة من الضحك يقودها الفنان محمد صبحي وزوجته مايسة وأبناءه "جهاد،وعز الدين، وشرف الدّين وهدى" فهذا الكتاب من المؤكّد بأنّه سيروقك فقد كُتبَ لك لتسترجع ذكرياتك مع تلك العائلة والقيم التي كانت تطرحها بأسلوبٍ راقٍ وفكاهي لا يُنسى..

Ein ehrwürdiges Anwesen, eine verbotene Liebe und ein Familiengeheimnis, das alles zerstören könnte. Die mitreißende Familiensaga zum Wegträumen. Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter will die junge Amerikanerin Hayley endlich das Geheimnis lüften, das seit 25 Jahren über ihrer Familie schwebt. Warum hat ihre Mutter damals ihren Mann und ihren Adelstitel als Lady von Corbridge in England zurückgelassen? Kurzentschlossen reist Hayley nach Rose Castle in Northumberland und wird von ihrer Tante und deren Sohn wenig herzlich empfangen.

Die Magie der Edelsteine. Antoinette und Louis-François Cartier erfüllen sich einen Traum: Sie eröffnen ihr Juweliergeschäft in der Nähe des prestigeträchtigen Palais Royal. Nach unruhigen Zeiten bricht unter Kaiser Napoleon III. eine neue Ära für die Pariser Juweliere an, und der Laden der Cartiers wird schon bald zu einer exquisiten Adresse. Dann wird Louis-François mit der Umarbeitung der Kronjuwelen betraut, und Antoinette entwirft fieberhaft Schmuckstücke für die Kollektion Cartier.

Clara lebt ihren Traum auf Langeoog: Sie arbeitet als Tierärztin, plant ihre Hochzeit mit Mark und auch in der Praxis haben sie mit Marks altem Freund Sebastian wertvolle Unterstützung. Doch nach einer heimlich erlittenen Fehlgeburt zweifelt Clara an ihrer Beziehung. Als sie unerwartet wieder schwanger wird, entflieht sie dem Weihnachtszauber auf der Insel und in die Alpen, um Klarheit zu finden.

Milena Cervi ha quindici anni quando sua madre Angelica entra nella Chiesa della Verità e ne diventa vittima incapace di riconoscerne le ambiguità. Così a vent’anni Milena decide di trasferirsi a Roma. Qui incontra Emanuele, un uomo più grande di lei nel quale crede di vedere la cifra del suo riscatto. Presto la relazione assume i contorni di un rapporto manipolatorio, di un legame tanto più doloroso quanto più difficile da spezzare. Alice Urciuolo racconta le infinite distorsioni dell’amore.

Umberto e Angela si incontrano. Lui alla soglia della pensione, alcolista, cresciuto al CEP – esperimento di aggregato popolare affacciato sulla laguna di Venezia – e lei poco più che ventenne, appena uscita dal carcere della Giudecca, proveniente da una rispettata famiglia ottusamente cattolica, la cui infanzia è stata scandita dalle ossessioni di un padre bigotto. Quando si incontrano per la prima volta, Umberto è il serio, scorbutico e apprezzato macellaio di un supermercato di Mestre che porta sulle spalle il peso di una terribile tragedia accaduta vent’anni prima.

L’esistenza dell’avvocato Nicola Maschieri scorre placida in serena monotonia e profonda dedizione al lavoro, fino al giorno in cui il posto di Procuratore Reggente viene assegnato alla dottoressa Francesca D’Aragona.Tra i due scatta da subito un’affinità che va oltre la rivalità professionale e che mette in discussione la vita di entrambi.Il matrimonio in crisi di Francesca si scontra ben presto con la prepotenza di un sentimento che solo la forza di volontà può tenere a bada. Provare a negarlo, nascondendo la testa sotto la sabbia, si rivela impossibile.

Diego Suarez è un interessante caso di statistica genetica. Nato dall'incrocio tra una prostituta tossicodipendente e un violento spacciatore di origine argentina, sarebbe stato il candidato ideale ad aggiudicarsi una personalità su misura per la vita nei bassifondi, invece il patrimonio genetico dei suoi genitori lo ha colpito solo di striscio. Con un'intelligenza superiore alla media, un sorprendente talento musicale e tanto cinismo da sopravvivenza, approda a otto anni nella vita di Maddalena Maschieri, la sua mamma adottiva.

Questo romanzo è la storia dell’amore, lancinante e assoluto, di una figlia, Marie, nata da uno stupro, per la madre, Eugénie detta Génie, che, ripudiata dalla famiglia e respinta dalla comunità dopo che ha generato una bastarda, si è murata nel silenzio e nella lontananza. Una madre che sa dirle soltanto: «Non starmi sempre tra i piedi», che raramente la abbraccia; una che tutti, in paese, bollano come matta e sfruttano facendola lavorare nei campi e nelle fattorie in cambio di un po’ di frutta, di un pezzo di carne.

Ronda McCann lives a quiet, careful life. She cycles to her job as a care assistant in a nursing home from her childhood home, where she lives with her widowed mother, Annie, after a failed relationship. But Ronda has a rich fantasy life. In her imagination she is brave, assertive, respected and admired … much like her sister Margo, a successful working mother and wife. However, there’s no place for a chronic day-dreamer in Margo’s world. Ronda is flung out of her dream world when her sister insists that she learn to drive.