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Eighteen-year-old Jake Jensen grew up on the streets. He would do anything to survive, even rob an eighteen-year-old girl named Tayanita Jorden for her money. When she put up a fight, he became enraged and brutally attacked her. Jake was caught and found guilty. He was sentenced to six months in a correctional institution, followed by six months of probation with community service. When he is released, he is assigned to do community service at the Heroes Haven Veterans Home. By chance, it happens to be the same place where Tay is a volunteer.

Walter Schuler was undeniably dead, and there was no getting around that fact. But what led to his demise? Was there a goose involved in some way? Can a man truly be considered dead if no one in a position of authority is there to confirm it? Walter Schuler was gone, but did anyone actually care? As he rests in the deep freezer of his mansion, alongside a dead deer head that seems to have its own grievances with him, these are the kinds of questions he finds himself pondering.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is not just about a man turning into an insect; it is a haunting exploration of alienation, identity, and the oppressive forces of society.

After my beautiful daughter Annabelle died in a tragic accident, I thought I would never recover. With my world in pieces, my husband Matthew did what he could to support me and our son, Noah. He hired a young woman, Reka, to help us at home, to be the mother for Noah that I couldn’t be. She cares for him like he’s her own.

Can a Billion Dollars and a Secret Psychedelic Drug Make Men Stop Raping? Paul is a privileged but sensitive white male whose life is turned upside down when Deliah, his struggling mixed-race wife, suddenly disappears. Divorce papers arrive shortly, but with no explanation and no way to reach her, Paul can't move on. Finding her naked dead body in a dispensary tycoon's BDSM dungeon only adds to his suspicion that she had far bigger plans than making it in Hollywood. Even more startling is his growing realization that Deliah's plans are still in effect. As Paul unravels the multiple layers ...

In book 10 in the series, Sydney is busily packing for a romantic getaway with her boyfriend, Doctor Logan Alexander, when Colin Black, her boss at the FBI, calls to ask her for a time sensitive favor. It seems that Enzo Masterson, aka The Joker, has died, and upon his death he has bequeathed to his four poker buddies from the Sunny Meadows Senior Living Home clues that, Colin believes, will lead them to stolen treasure worth tens of millions of dollars.

From childhood poverty to art thief and respected consultant to art collectors. Leon Battista increases his wealth and art collection by confiscating stolen art from unsuspecting thieves. When a wealthy British collector summons him for the illicit deal of a lifetime, Battista's world of duplicity takes an unexpected direction. Confronted by his life choices, he must now face the destructive behavior that has brought him to the brink of losing everything. The Art Thief is a rags to riches psychological character study of a man who may realize too late what is most valuable in life. Bernard ...

The Second Life of Lydia Fairchild by Claire Winfield When antiques dealer Lydia Fairchild survives a car crash on a quiet Cambridgeshire road, she awakens not just to bruises and confusion—but to vivid, unshakable memories of a life that isn’t hers. Visions of an elegant corridor, a woman named Ronnie, and echoes of a university long past begin to infiltrate her waking world. As Lydia returns to her London shop, an antique cameo brooch and a forgotten book of T.S. Eliot’s poems spark a chain of events that uncover the long-buried story of Veronica “Ronnie” Langley—a brilliant ...

Wenn das Schicksal euch trennt – kann die Liebe euch retten? Cyrian und Dajana könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein: Er – der schüchterne Junge mit der engelsgleichen Stimme, der in der Schule gehänselt wird. Sie – mutig, voller Träume und seine einzige Verbündete. Ihre Freundschaft ist unzerbrechlich – bis das Leben sie auseinanderreißt. Jahre später steht Cyrian im Rampenlicht, ein gefeierter Superstar, während Dajana mit den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit kämpft. Der Lebensmut, der sie einst auszeichnete, ist verblasst. Doch dann begegnen sie sich wieder.

EN LA ESCARPADA MAJESTUOSIDAD QUE OFRECEN LOS ACANTILADOS; EN MARINE, INGLATERRA, SE ENCUENTRA “VILLA HELEN”, UNA MANSIÓN VICTORIANA LLENA DE RECUERDOS Y SECRETOS, HEREDADA A JOSEPH WRIGHT POR SUS ANCESTROS. ALLÍ VIVE CON SU ESPOSA MEGAN Y SUS HIJAS: KATHY, WILMA Y BERNICE. TODO PARECE ESTAR BIEN HASTA QUE LLEGA UN INTRUSO QUE ATORMENTA EL CORAZÓN DE MEGAN WRIGHT Y LA HACE SUCUMBIR A LAS MÁS BAJAS PASIONES. DENTRO DE SUS PAREDES SE GESTA UNA LUCHA ENTRE EL BIEN Y EL MAL. LA CODICIA, LA LUJURIA Y LA TRAICIÓN ARRASTRARAN A TODOS A UN ABISMO MÁS PROFUNDO QUE EL DEL ACANTILADO. LOS ...

Don 'Dorman' Hargrove has had a hard life. Living with his mother until he was involuntarily committed to an institution at the age of 30, he was forced to accept responsibility for himself following her death. Even upon his release, his attempts at maturity, love, and marriage were all met with tragic results.

Todo empieza con una niña de ocho años. Alma no solo sufre bullying, sino que además descubre un secreto familiar que rompe con la felicidad de su hogar. Es entonces cuando se aferra a un sueño que determinará cada uno de sus siguientes pasos. Con coraje y persistencia, deja atrás los años de soledad y timidez para proyectarse en una pasarela de la que no querrá bajarse nunca.

What did Lazarus see beyond the veil of death? In this haunting masterpiece of psychological and philosophical fiction, Leonid Andreyev conjures a vision of resurrection unlike any ever imagined. Lazarus is not a tale of triumph over death—but of what death leaves behind. Strange, unsettling, and metaphysical, this is the story of a man raised from the grave only to cast a cold, unblinking gaze back upon the living. Wherever he walks, beauty withers, joy dissolves, and the veneer of meaning slips away. Those who look into his eyes do not die—they unravel.

Elodie and Markus Black seem like an ordinary couple, but when Markus dies in a tragic accident, their lives take an extraordinary turn. Driven by love and desperation, Elodie hopes that Markus's groundbreaking research can bring him back to life. Instead, Elodie herself becomes the first to benefit from his work, launching her on a journey that transcends time, love, and even death.

Birgitta Björkhammar och hennes väninna Anita är ute och plockar bär i Svartedalen när de hör skott avlossas mellan träden. Det dröjer inte länge innan de hamnar i korselden, och när Anita träffas i låret tvingas Birgitta lämna henne för att söka hjälp. På sin väg genom skogen söker Birgitta skydd i en övergiven stuga, där hon snabbt inser att personerna som rör sig i området inte är okända för henne. De är kopplade till fall hon tidigare har utrett – och skottdramat visar sig ha starkare kopplingar till hennes eget liv än hon först anat.

Did he do it? Did he kill Meg, the perfect partner in crime? Who is Sid, Green, really? Sid follows the clues to where the faces of the people he loves match the stories he hears from the wind in dreams and memories. Released from jail after 19 years, Sid seeks freedom and escapes justice in the towns and forests of northern New England. In this inspirational and action-packed story, the latest from Anthony Caplan, we run like a river through Sid’s dreams and visions of an interconnected past and present.

Shelby, a journalist, is abducted by Caleb, her husband's brother supposedly to hide her from a gang because she believes she killed one of them. Soon she realizes she is a prisoner in an underground hideout. She demands he let her go. When she finally is released, she drives away with her husband's baby who was born while she was a prisoner and with several debit cards. Shelby thinks she is finally free, but is she? Caleb told her that her husband is dead so she is resigned to take care of little Samantha alone. She begins a new life in a small California town and is amazed at the changes ...

A lesson in love, success and destroying it all... Georgia Florence is a woman in the middle of her abundant life. A woman who is never late and never lost. Until now. Now she is lost amongst wanting different, wanting who she used to be, and drowning in the opinions of those around her. Whilst Georgia’s past hurt will lead her to question her own value, it is her final decision that will make the most noise. A decision made in search of hope. As her feet keep her grounded for what may be one last time, the next step forward could be the one that changes everything, for everyone. After ...

Sveva è una donna sulla sessantina decisamente fuori forma che vive a Genova in un grande appartamento con il marito e l'anziana madre. Il marito sta per lasciarla perché si è innamorato di una donna bella e giovane. È Sveva (alter ego di Marianna Righi) che racconta, in terza persona, ma interviene spesso Marianna Righi in prima persona. Entrambe, alternando ironia, momenti tragicomici e drammatici, ci parlano della loro vita, delle imbarazzanti esperienze editoriali, di Hassan e Assed: "il primo è stato la mia passione, il secondo un grave errore".

Ronald Byrne, a teacher in in a 1980s Dublin school is the debating society's founder. He is fastidious in appearance, reliable, and never out sick. He dyes his hair, and almost always looks the same. However, he also possesses the condition of being unmemorable. Everyone knows little-to-nothing about his private life. Plus, they aren't the least bit inquisitive. Fr. Noel O'Loughlin, is an art teacher in the same school. He is cruel and sadistic, and punishes anyone who appears to have blemished the white walls of his classroom, which he paints himself. On the night of the season's opening ...