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Box - Flecha do Cupido - Primeira Geração
By Ligia Fonseca, Melissa Storm. 2015
James Morgan nunca acreditou muito no amor – até ver Deborah Walker pela primeira vez na lanchonete local. Ele se…
surpreende ao convidá-la para sair, e ela o choca ainda mais ao aceitar. Durante o encontro, os dois compartilham suas histórias e sonhos secretos, e James percebe que ela é a mulher perfeita. O único problema é que ele embarcará para a Coreia na manhã seguinte. Cumprir seu dever é crucial para James, mesmo que lutar por seu país acabe deixando ambos de coração partido. Deborah promete esperar por ele, mas dois anos são muito tempo para parar sua vida, especialmente por um homem que só conheceu por um dia. Quando Rip Rockwell volta da guerra e James não, Rip pede Deborah em casamento. Ela aceita e eles constroem uma bela vida juntos até a morte dele, 50 anos depois. Durante todo esse tempo, entretanto, ela nunca conseguiu realmente esquecer seu primeiro amor. Deborah se aposenta e muda para Abeline, esperando viver o resto de seus dias em paz. Imagine sua surpresa quando James Morgan se muda para a casa ao lado… Ambos têm uma vida cheia de amor. Ambos perdem a pessoa amada cedo demais. Será que James e Deborah conseguirão formar uma nova vida juntos enquanto acalentam a lembrança daqueles que ainda vivem em seus corações? Este box set especial inclui: Meu Coração É Só Seu, a agridoce história de amor entre Deborah e Rip Nunca Vou Deixar de Te Amar, a história de amor predestinada entre James e Gloria Quando Me Apaixonar e Você Me Faz Sentir Tão Jovem, contos já publicados sobre James e Deborah Olhe para Casa, Anjo, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de Rip e Deborah no Alasca Só Preciso Sonhar, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de James e Gloria como pais Uma árvore genealógica e uma lista com sugestão de ordem de leitura para todas as três séries Flecha do Cupido Um prefácio da autora discorrendo sobre sua ligação pessoal com os personagens e as ambientações. �A Slight Case of Fatigue
By Stéphane Bourguignon. 2002
At forty-one, Eddy is in existential extremis. He once had an enviable life--a wife he adored, a young son, a…
cozy suburban house surrounded by carefully planted and sculpted gardens, the luxury to pursue his passion and become a professional horticulturalist. Now he's separated from his wife, estranged from his son, he's let his garden grow wild--like the rest of his life, it's totally out of control. When his son, Maxime, tired of being embarrassed by his father's dilapidated house, his garden gone to seed and his old beater of a car, decides to leave home and live with his cool, professional mother--who immediately demands twice the alimony--Eddy goes on a rampage, smashing his son's furniture and hurtling it and his possessions through windows he neglects to open first. Ending up in the hospital, the doctor diagnoses "a slight case of fatigue." As Eddy plunges deeper into despair, insomnia and self-destruction, frantically searching for a way to live an authentic life, punching out his boss and finally threatening his best friend with a gun, the narrative voice of the novel changes, and we begin to see Eddy, his parents, his childhood and his past loves through the eyes of his wife, friends and companions. Stéphane Bourguignon, the creator of the much-loved television series La vie, la vie, about a group of thirty-somethings in Montreal, has said that he wanted this book to look at the darker side of life. Written like a surrealist Camus on steroids, in multiple voices, with an uncanny eye and ear for graphic physicality and keen psychological insight, Bourguignon's examination of relationships between men and women, fathers and sons, past wounds and present possibilities is filled with a raucous warmth and humanity--but it is also intensely, darkly and almost unbearably humorous. Translated by Phyllis Aronoff & Howard ScottBox - Flecha do Cupido - Primeira Geração
By Ligia Fonseca, Melissa Storm. 2015
James Morgan nunca acreditou muito no amor – até ver Deborah Walker pela primeira vez na lanchonete local. Ele se…
surpreende ao convidá-la para sair, e ela o choca ainda mais ao aceitar. Durante o encontro, os dois compartilham suas histórias e sonhos secretos, e James percebe que ela é a mulher perfeita. O único problema é que ele embarcará para a Coreia na manhã seguinte. Cumprir seu dever é crucial para James, mesmo que lutar por seu país acabe deixando ambos de coração partido. Deborah promete esperar por ele, mas dois anos são muito tempo para parar sua vida, especialmente por um homem que só conheceu por um dia. Quando Rip Rockwell volta da guerra e James não, Rip pede Deborah em casamento. Ela aceita e eles constroem uma bela vida juntos até a morte dele, 50 anos depois. Durante todo esse tempo, entretanto, ela nunca conseguiu realmente esquecer seu primeiro amor. Deborah se aposenta e muda para Abeline, esperando viver o resto de seus dias em paz. Imagine sua surpresa quando James Morgan se muda para a casa ao lado… Ambos têm uma vida cheia de amor. Ambos perdem a pessoa amada cedo demais. Será que James e Deborah conseguirão formar uma nova vida juntos enquanto acalentam a lembrança daqueles que ainda vivem em seus corações? Este box set especial inclui: Meu Coração É Só Seu, a agridoce história de amor entre Deborah e Rip Nunca Vou Deixar de Te Amar, a história de amor predestinada entre James e Gloria Quando Me Apaixonar e Você Me Faz Sentir Tão Jovem, contos já publicados sobre James e Deborah Olhe para Casa, Anjo, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de Rip e Deborah no Alasca Só Preciso Sonhar, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de James e Gloria como pais Uma árvore genealógica e uma lista com sugestão de ordem de leitura para todas as três séries Flecha do Cupido Um prefácio da autora discorrendo sobre sua ligação pessoal com os personagens e as ambientações. �William Kent Krueger Collection #5: Tamarack County, Windigo Island, and Manitou Canyon (Cork O'Connor Mystery Series)
By William Kent Krueger. 2014
“Mystery fans can count on William Kent Krueger for an absorbing book with lots of twists and turns” (Denver Post)…
and now you can enjoy three absorbing and suspenseful Cork O’Conner mysteries in one stunning collection.“Hold-your-breath suspense” (Booklist, starred review) Tamarack County: As a blizzard swells in Tamarack County, a car belonging to the wife of a retired local judge is discovered abandoned on the side of the road. Early on in the investigation of her disappearance, Cork O’Connor, ex-sheriff of Tamarack County, notices small details that tell a disturbing story. When a neighbor’s dog is found beheaded and Cork’s son is attacked, he realizes these ominous incidents throughout the area have a pattern: someone is spinning a deadly web, and Cork has only hours to stop it before his family and his friends will be forced to pay the ultimate price. “A punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction” (Booklist, starred review) Windigo Island: When the body of a teenaged Ojibwe girl washes up on the shore of an island in Lake Superior, the residents of the nearby Bad Bluff reservation whisper that it was the work of a deadly mythical beast, the Windigo. Such stories have been told by the Ojibwe people for generations, but they don’t explain how the girl and her friend, Mariah Arceneaux, disappeared a year ago. At the request of the Arceneaux family, Cork O’Connor takes on the case and he learns that the old port city of Duluth is a modern-day center for sex trafficking of vulnerable women, many of whom are young Native Americans. As the investigation deepens, so does the danger. Yet Cork is resolute in his vow to find Mariah, with only the barest hope of saving her from men whose darkness rivals that of the legendary Windigo, Cork prepares for an epic battle that will determine whether it will be fear, or love, that truly conquers all. “[A] gripping thriller” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Manitou Canyon: Cork O’Connor is uneasy when his daughter chooses November as the month to set the date for her wedding. Since the violent deaths of his wife, father, and best friend all occurred in previous Novembers, Cork O’Connor has always considered it to the cruelest of months. His concern comes to a head when a man camping in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area goes missing. Although the wedding is fast approaching and the weather looks threatening, Cork ventures into the vast wilderness to search. With an early winter storm on the horizon, it is a race against time as Cork’s family struggles to uncover the mystery behind these disappearances. Little do they know, not only is Cork’s life on the line, but so are the lives of hundreds of others.From New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather comes the first of a wonderful new trilogy, The Blackwater Brides, set…
in the sensually im-proper Georgian period, in which three noble brothers discover they will be forced to find brides under highly unusual circumstances. Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, needs a prostitute. Not in the usual way, however. His wealthy uncle's will promises to divide his huge fortune among his nephews if each rescues a fallen woman . . . by marrying her! And since Jasper's estates were already mortgaged to the hilt before he inherited them, when he catches a pretty young prostitute trying to pick his pocket, he immediately makes his proposal. Clarissa Astley is not at all what Jasper believes. The orphaned daughter of a prosperous merchant, she is searching the seedier districts of London for her young brother, abducted by their evil guardian, who wants the little boy's inheritance. But she needs powerful help, and the darkly handsome Earl of Blackwater is certainly that. So she pretends to be exactly what he assumed-- a risky charade for an innocent virgin. But when passion flares between Jasper and Clarissa, the deception becomes even more difficult to handle. . . .The Game and the Governess (Winner Takes All #1)
By Kate Noble. 2015
Trading Places meets Pride and Prejudice in this sexy, saucy romance--first in a new series from the author of YouTube…
sensation The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.Three friends. One Wager. Winner takes all. The Earl--'Lucky Ned' Ashby. Pompous, preening, certain that he is beloved by everyone.The Miller--John Turner. Proud, forced to work as the Earl's secretary, their relationship growing ever more strained. The Doctor--Rhys Gray. Practical, peace-loving, but caught in the middle of two warring friends. Their wager is simple: By trading places with John Turner and convincing someone to fall in love with him, Ned plans to prove it's him the world adores, not his money. Turner plans to prove him wrong. But no one planned on Phoebe Baker, the unassuming governess who would fall into their trap, and turn everything on its head... Three best friends make a life-changing bet in the first book in a witty, sexy new Regency trilogy from acclaimed author Kate Noble, writer of the wildly popular Emmy award-winning web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1)
By V. C. Andrews. 2017
Book One of the Girls of Spindrift. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic…
and My Sweet Audrina series, now Lifetime movies, here begins a haunting new series featuring highly intelligent teenage girls who struggle to survive a specialized high school and find their place in a world that doesn’t understand them. Such is the burden of being brilliant.Corliss is not like the other girls at her Los Angeles high school. Incredibly intelligent, shy, and a loner, she has difficultly in fitting in. What’s worse, a clique of girls is out to get her because she’s not down with their games. On the night of a school party, her refusal to take drugs with the girls leads them to take matters into their own hands—spiking her drink. Quickly, Corliss’s entire life is turned upside down and no one—not even the handsome valedictorian who had agreed to go out with her—looks at her the same way. Just when she’s wondering if she’ll be able to return to her high school, someone mentions a new place: Spindrift. Could that be her way out? Note: The four Girls of Spindrift e-novellas together form a prequel for Bittersweet Dreams—available now!Donna (The Girls of Spindrift #2)
By V. C. Andrews. 2017
Book Two of the Girls of Spindrift. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic…
and My Sweet Audrina series, now Lifetime movies, continues a haunting new series featuring highly intelligent teenage girls who struggle to survive a specialized high school and find their place in a world that doesn’t understand them. Such is the burden of being brilliant.Being gifted is not something Donna ever wanted. It’s difficult enough to have a Latino father and Irish mother, and her genius only separates her even more from the other girls. They don’t say it, but they blame her for everything that goes wrong, just because she’s different. And on the precise day she tries her hardest to fit in, everything turns out a disaster. A fight breaks out, and somehow Donna ends up in the middle. It’s not her fault, but it’s her word against theirs, and this time, the other girls aren’t going to stay quiet. The only solution might be to escape to the mysterious school her counselor is telling her about: Spindrift. The four Girls of Spindrift novellas together form a prequel for Bittersweet Dreams—available now!A Man in Love: A Novel
By Martin Walser. 2018
For readers of Colm Toibin’s The Master and Michael Cunningham’s The Hours, a witty, moving, tender novel of impossible love…
and the mysterious ways of art. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is so famous his servant auctions off snippets of his hair and children and adults recite from his many works by memory. When he was a young poet, his first novel, a story of love and romantic fervor ending in suicide, was an international blockbuster that set off a wave of self-inflicted deaths across Europe. Now seventy-three, sought after and busy with scientific pursuits and responsibilities to the Grand Duke, he has fallen in love with a nineteen-year-old, Ulrike von Levetzov. Infatuated, at the spa in Marienbad, he seeks her out. They exchange glances, witty words. In the social swirl, they find each other. On the promenade, they parade together arm in arm. Time spent away from her is sleepless, and when they kiss, it is in the “Goethian” way, from his books: a matter of souls, not mouths or lips. And yet, his years fail him. At an afternoon tea party, a younger man tries to seduce her. At a costume ball, he collapses. When he proposes nonetheless, Ulrike and her mother are already preparing to leave. Caught in a storm of emotion and torn between despair and unwillingness to give up hope, he begins an elegy in his coach as he pursues her: “The Marienbad Elegy,” one of his last great works.Lake Child: A twisty psychological thriller you won't be able to put down
By Isabel Ashdown. 2019
'Had me gripped throughout.' IAN RANKIN'Satisfying on every level.' ELLY GRIFFITHSYou trust your family. They love you. Don't they?When 17-year-old…
Eva Olsen awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bedbound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, they watch over her night and day in the attic room of their family home in the forests of Norway.But the accident has left Eva without her most recent memories, and not everything is as it seems. As secrets from the night of the accident begin to surface, Eva realises - she has to escape her parents' house and discover the truth. But what if someone doesn't want her to find it?An edge-of-your-seat, atmospheric psychological thriller for fans of Lucy Clarke and Erin Kelly.Praise for LAKE CHILD:'Fiendishly clever' Red magazine 'Beautifully crafted and satisfying' Mari Hannah 'Tense, edgy and nerve-wracking' Helen FieldsBridge: A Bridge To Decision Making (American Writers Ser. #No. 5)
By Robert Thomas. 2014
Bridge is a collection of linked-stories about a troubled young woman?Alice?who works at a San Francisco law firm. Alice goes…
through despair and occasional rapture as she struggles with simultaneously real and hallucinated relationships with her co-worker David (of the romantic variety) and her supervisor Fran. Passionate, whip-smart, furious, and perceptive, Alice contemplates both suicide and murder as she struggles to find meaning in the day-to-day interactions of her life.Robert Thomas holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College. He lives in Oakland, California, and works as a legal secretary in San Francisco.How to be Nowhere
By Tim MacGabhann. 2020
Life is finally on the right track for reporter and recovering addict Andrew: he is slowly coming to terms with…
the murder of his photographer boyfriend Carlos, pursuing sobriety and building a new home with a new partner. Andrew has almost forgotten about the story that ruined his life - but that story hasn't forgotten about him, and a series of deadly threats forces him into helping the very man whose gang murdered his boyfriend and left him homeless.A literary take on the classic chase movie, HOW TO BE NOWHERE is the sequel to Tim MacGabhann's genre-busting and critically-acclaimed debut CALL HIM MINE, and a blistering thrill-ride deep into the fog of Central America's murky present and tragic future.The Wicked Sister: The gripping thriller with a killer twist
By Karen Dionne. 2020
'The Wicked Sister is massively thrilling and altogether unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTERA startling novel of psychological suspense, as two generations of…
sisters try to unravel their tangled relationships between nature and nurture, guilt and betrayal, love and evil.You have been cut off from society for fifteen years, shut away in a mental hospital as punishment for the terrible thing you did when you were a child.But what if nothing about your past is as it seems?For a decade and a half, Rachel Cunningham has chosen to lock herself away in a psychiatric facility, tortured by gaps in her memory and the certainty that she is responsible for her parents' deaths. But when she learns new details about their murders, Rachel returns, in a quest for answers, to the place where she once felt safest: her family's sprawling log cabin in the remote forests of Michigan.As Rachel begins to uncover what really happened on the day her parents were murdered, she learns - as her mother did years earlier - that home can be a place of unspeakable evil, and that the bond she shares with her sister might be the most poisonous of all...Seven Lies: The most addictive, page-turning thriller of 2020
By Elizabeth Kay. 2020
'A hugely exciting new voice in crime fiction' Lucy Foley 'The new face of domestic noir' Evening Standard 'One of…
the most compelling narrators I've ever encountered' Shari Lapena 'A protagonist to rival Villanelle' Cosmopolitan ___________________________________HAVE YOU READ THE MOST EXPLOSIVE DEBUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR? 'Chilling and original' CLARE MACKINTOSH'A tense nerve-shredder' VAL McDERMID'The perfect pscyh thriller - smart, dark and morally ambiguous' TAMMY COHEN'You NEED to read this one' LESLEY KARA'Toxic friendships don't get more toxic than this' PRIMA 'Breathtakingly good' T.M. LOGANCOSMOPOLITAN'You won't want to put this one down' CARA HUNTER'This is going to be the next massive thriller' PANDORA SYKES'You'll be turning the pages deep into the night' HARLAN COBEN'Shockingly intimate and scarily insidious' LISA GARDNER'The new face of domestic noir' EVENING STANDARD'Brilliantly twisty' MICHELLE FRANCES'A clever, deliciously dark pageturner' ALICE FEENEY'Takes the idea of the unreliable narrator and spins it on its head' ARAMINTA HALL'Brilliantly plotted' ALI LAND'You won't be able to put it down' CHRISTINA DALCHER'I read this book with obsession - I loved everything about it.' ASHLEY AUDRAIN___________________________________ It all started with one little lie . . . Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven years old. They have a lot in common. In their early twenties they both fell in love and married handsome young men.But Jane never liked Marnie's husband. He was always so loud and obnoxious, so much larger than life. Which is rather ironic now, of course.Because if Jane had been honest - if she hadn't lied - then perhaps her best friend's husband might still be alive . . .This is Jane's opportunity to tell the truth, the question is: Do you believe her?Saving Meghan: the chilling thriller about Munchausen's by proxy syndrome...
By D. J. Palmer. 2019
Can a mother love her daughter to death?Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother. Others, including her husband,…
would say she's obsessed with her daughter. Fifteen-year-old Meghan is constantly, inexplicably ill. Her doctors are starting to suspect Munchausen syndrome by proxy - they believe Meghan's mother is seeking medical help for symptoms that don't exist. But when Meghan's illness takes a sharp turn, it is no longer clear whether her mother is lying, or if something even more sinister is at hand...Becky must race against time to prove her daughter is in danger. But first, she must confront secrets that threaten to not only upend her life... but destroy it.Praise for Saving Meghan: 'Plenty of twists...will keep you turning the pages as you guess...and guess again.' -Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of After Anna'An acute, sensitive portrayal of family love under extreme stress...[with] a touch of Hitchcock.' -William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob'Palmer's take on a dark and fascinating topic will keep the reader wondering to the very end.' Publishers WeeklyFear: A brilliantly gripping and twisty psychological thriller
By Dirk Kurbjuweit. 2017
The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Irish Times Book of the Year.'Something we've not seen before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN'[An]…
uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018'Takes you right into the heart of darkness' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A must-have new read' DAILY EXPRESS'Wonderfully sinister' THE OBSERVER'Frightening' THE TIMES'Addictive' INDEPENDENT'Terrific' JOANNE HARRIS'Brilliantly done' FIONA BARTON'A great achievement' HERMAN KOCH'Claustrophobic and unsettling' BBC NEWS'[A] creepy tale of obsession' SUNDAY MIRROR'An unsettling tale of merciless self-scrutiny' RENEE KNIGHT'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' WOMAN & HOME*********How far would you go to protect your family?Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day?You go to the police, but they can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them.Or is there...?FEAR is a brilliantly grippling, original psychological thriller - for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL and THE DINNER.-------------------------FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen TaylorJane Austen's Guide to Romance: The Regency Rules
By Lauren Henderson. 2005
Jane Austen's witty, perceptive and romantic novels have delighted readers for two hundred years. With clear sight, common sense and…
good judgment, she observed the hits and near-misses of her heroes and heroines in love. Relationships certainly haven't got any easier since then and Lauren Henderson believes that we might just have lost touch with the fundamental rules.JANE AUSTEN'S GUIDE TO ROMANCE rights that wrong and brings Austen's Regency wisdom into the twenty-first century. This is the only relationship guide based on stories that really have stood the test of time. It's a fun, insightful book, full of concrete advice and wise strategies that illustrate how honesty, self-awareness and forthrightness do win the right man in the end and weed out the losers, playboys and toxic flirts.Henderson deftly summarizes all the love stories in the books and introduces all the characters, so that newcomers and devotees alike can delight in this fun, fresh and audacious how-to guide.Money Can Kill: The DCI Phelps Series (DCI Phelps #4)
By Wonny Lea. 2012
A school trip to the National History Museum of Wales at St Fagans ends early with the disappearance of a…
child.Is he just playing hide and seek – or is it the work of a criminal? Perhaps a kidnapper with designs on the boy’s mother and her recently-acquired millions?DCI Martin Phelps and his team are back together just in time to take on the case – one that starts off as a possible kidnapping but soon descends into something even more sinister …As the investigation exposes the complexities of family relationships, another long-standing mystery is solved – all while Martin and his colleagues anxiously await the results of a major police review that may result in them losing their jobs …The Villa Rouge
By Maggie Ross. 2015
Morgan Perincall's marriage is already disintegrating when her husband volunteers for service in France. Dazed by his desertion, she sends…
their children west to safety, and leaves London for the dubious sanctuary of her childhood home, the Villa Rouge. Situated on the East coast, it is vulnerable to German attack. Caught between the open hostility of her father's housekeeper and the suffocating affection of Charlie, who for all his enthusiasm is not fit for service, Morgan's days are brightened by the arrival of an R.A.F. squadron - a chance to relive the romances of her wilder youth. But the fall of Dunkirk brings a sobering taste of defeat, and the Battle of Britain soon sees the once-carefree pilots fighting for their lives, their country. With danger drawing ever closer, and the secrets of her past beginning to unravel, Morgan discovers that sometimes the best intentions can leave the darkest legacies.Invisible
By Christine Poulson. 2014
Lisa has a secret lover, an escape from the pressures of caring alone for her son, who has cerebral palsy.…
Once a month she meets Jay, just for the weekend, free from all responsibilities. Their time together is perfect – until the day when Jay doesn't show up, and everything she thought she knew about him turns out to be a lie.For Jay it was perfect, too. But he shouldn't have let himself fall in love with Lisa, because now the people who destroyed his entire life five years ago are onto him and he must disappear again …