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In 1920s Paris, Misia Sert is a patron and a muse to the most revolutionary artists of the era. She is also profoundly in love with renowned muralist José María “Jojo” Sert, who prizes his wife’s iconoclastic vision and independence. But in Misia’s rarified circle, there is no greater kindred soul than designer Coco Chanel. Two women, two friends, for whom rules do not apply. Then Misia finds herself challenged by the enigmatic Roussadana Mdivani, a Russian émigré and sculptress who solicits Jojo’s tutelage in service to a rising career of her own.

When a cyberattack threatens to destroy Emily's company, she does what she can to counter the threat. Her efforts, however, are thwarted until she's promoted to oversee both her team and the cyber security group. With the company's survival at stake and in her hands, she knows the one person she can turn to—Dhruv.

이 책 『샴페인 친구』는 1997년, 30세 젊은 작가 노통브가 자신의 책 『사랑의 파괴』(1993) 사인회에서 만나게 된 페트로니유라는 22세 여성 팬과의 우정 이야기다. 아멜리 노통브는 샴페인을 좋아하지만, 혼자 마시기를 즐기지는 않는다. 그래서 술친구로 삼을 만한 사람을 찾아 나선다. 자신의 사인회를 찾아온 열다섯 불량소년처럼 생긴 페트로니유를 본 순간, 노통브는 직감한다. 페트로니유가 자신이 그동안 찾던 바로 그 사람이란 것을!

Constance Macken, in her ninth decade, is looking back on a life filled with laughter and loss, tragedy and triumph, but knows it is time to right the wrongs from her past that have always haunted her. Heather Banks arrives on the island to bury her mother. Already adrift with her business sold and her divorce finalised, time on the island may be the perfect opportunity to change the course of her future.

Lila Metcalfe is a trainee journalist in Derby and she's very used to being given the stories that no one else wants. So, when her editor tells her that the city's Cossington Park development is being held up by a solitary resident on Hope Street who is refusing to leave, she knows she is going to be the one sent to find out more. Twenty-something Connor is the sole resident of Hope Street and he is not at all what Lila is expecting. And he has a very clear reason not to move: he is waiting for his mum to come home.

As the sun rises over the little Provence village where single mother Adeline has escaped with her little girl Lily, she breathes deeply. This is their new beginning. Here, she can forget the lies her family told her. Here, she can start her story again. Later she opens the door to the town’s tiny bookstore, where she is to work, ready to meet the mysterious owner Monique for the first time. She expected an ordinary bookshop. But this bookstore feels somehow different… magical. Breathing in the smell of books, she feels a jolt of something. It feels like a new chapter beginning.

When Sydney and Mae meet on the playground as toddlers, it seems like kismet. Even their very different mothers—the type-A Beth Ann and the free-spirited Joni—agree the girls are made for each other, and it's not long before even the mothers become inseparable. Then a falling out draws them apart, and decades later, the loneliness still lingers for the newly pregnant Sydney. Adrift in the absence of her closest friend, Sydney has been drawn into a Multi-Level Marketing scheme, exacerbated by the demands of her inflexible mother, Beth Ann.

13th February 2013. Alicia, Marnie and Hannah have a sleepover on Galentine's Day, the day before Valentine's Day, for the first time. They're eighteen, single, and the world is at their feet. Tomorrow, they'll go their separate ways, to university, to a job, to a different country. But they promise that every year, they'll have their annual sleepover. 13th February 2026. After thirteen years of faithful attendance at their annual sleepover, only two women are attending this year.

Das größte Wunder ist das Leben selbst: Kindle-#1- und BILD-#1-Bestsellerautorin Katie Jay Adams über Familie, Heimat und die unergründlichen Wege der Liebe Die junge Ärztin Saskia hat gelernt, dass Wunder eine Seltenheit sind. Deswegen sorgt sie dafür, dass ihr Leben stets in geregelten Bahnen verläuft. Sie hat einen tollen Job in Aussicht, wohnt in einer aufregenden Millionenstadt und Henry III. wird ihr bald einen Antrag machen. Fehlt nur noch der Aquamarinring, den ihre Mutter ihr zum Schutz vor den Stürmen des Lebens hinterlassen hat.

In the gritty shadows of Ironwood Correctional Facility, nineteen-year-old Jasper Kane fights to survive a year-long sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, orchestrated by his powerful family to bury their shame. Framed for arson and betrayed by his senator father, Jasper navigates a brutal men’s prison, where every glance hides a threat and every alliance a risk.

After crashing into a devastating revelation, Cyd’s tranquil life on the Florida panhandle is further upended when she receives a letter announcing an inheritance from an estranged aunt. The inheritance contains mysterious “items of a personal nature” which Cyd must collect in person halfway across the country. In a last attempt to salvage her deteriorating marriage, Cyd agrees to travel with her husband on what he promises—and she questions—will be the trip of a lifetime. As they set out, a hurricane threatens their hometown.

Meet Gracie. At mid-life she’s fed up with her marriage and career, so when a new housing estate threatens to sever the last connection to her late father, the oak tree he planted as a child, she decides to take a stand – only Gracie has never stood up to anyone. When five-year-old neighbour Tilly unexpectedly bounds into her life, she shows Gracie that sometimes you shouldn’t take no for an answer. Despite revelations of long-buried family secrets and conflicts taking root, perhaps this could be the beginning of a new chapter, one in which she might finally have the courage to find her voice.

Sam Jordan’s dreams of legal stardom are long dead. Fired from his three previous law firms, he now spends his days handling fender benders and his nights drowning his frustrations in video games. When his wife announces she needs “space,” Sam hits a new low. Then Gina—the woman who’s haunted his thoughts since college—unexpectantly reappears in his life, reigniting a passion Sam thought he’d buried. A romantic dinner rekindles his long-suppressed desires, and sparks a dangerous fantasy, a future with Gina, no matter the cost. .

Es ist purer Zufall, dass Bundeskanzler Ernst Meister die unerwartete Bekanntschaft der zehnjährigen Emma macht. Als Meister kurz darauf mit Verdacht auf Herzinfarkt ins Krankenhaus muss, bekommt er eine Karte, auf der in kindlicher Handschrift »Freitag 5« steht neben einer mit Klebestreifen aufgeklebten Murmel. Freitags um fünf wird der Kanzler dafür sorgen, dass er ein paar Minuten Zeit für Emma hat.

It’s the 1970s, and from hippie London to Warhol’s Factory in New York, reluctant aristocrat Loulou de la Falaise is desperately seeking adventure. Having escaped an early, unhappy marriage, she arrives on a whim in Paris—the champagne-soaked heart of the fashion world, where the rigid old world of haute couture and the fast-paced new world of ready-to-wear are vying for supremacy. Glamour, sex, and cocaine nights fuel the Paris fashion scene. Its crown prince is the soulful and intensely gifted Yves Saint Laurent.

It is the eve of Earth’s environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity’s last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect.

When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just needs someone to help her out. Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!

For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fuelled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry. When Sciona finally achieves her ambition and becomes a Highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome – and instead of a qualified lab assistant they give her a janitor. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor.

One New Year’s Eve, Georgie James and her friends come up with a genius plan to help them stick to their resolutions… They all write down secrets, seal them in envelopes and then post them to each other. The secrets will be revealed at the end of the year if they haven’t kept their resolutions. It’s perfect. Except…Georgie's secret is BIG... and revealing it could destroy their friendships. She has no idea why she chose that one to write down. There are plenty of innocent things she could have said – even admitting she finds newcomer Raf incredibly annoying would have been better.

Sur le champ de bataille, un obus éclate. Abel n'écoute que son courage et, au péril de sa vie, sauve un inconnu d'une mort certaine. Adrien s'intéresse à la vie d'Abel. Alors qu'Abel est en convalescence dans un hôpital de fortune, un officier défiguré vient occuper le lit voisin. Abel est ouvrier, Adrien est médecin : un gouffre social les sépare et jamais ils ne se seraient rencontrés dans la vie civile.