Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

Sile is a stylish citizen of the new Dublin, a veteran flight attendant who's traveled the world. Jude is a 25-year-old archivist, stubbornly attached to the tiny town of Ireland, Ontario, in which she was born and raised. On her first plane trip, Jude's and Sile's worlds touch and snag at Heathrow Airport. In the course of the next year, their lives, and those of their friends and families, will be drawn into a new, shaky orbit.

Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times best-selling urban fantasy series, has a point to make - and then drive into a vampire's heart. When a druid has lived for 2,000 years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers - led by power-mad Theophilus - have become a huge problem requiring a solution.

Pay It Forward is a wondrous and moving story about Trevor McKinney, a 12-year-old boy in a small California town who accepts the challenge that his teacher gives his class, a chance to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world for the better - and to put that plan into action.

When the grief from losing her son is too much for Rachel to bear, she mentally breaks down, but then finds something Michael left behind that will help her take her revenge on her baby father.

なぜ、もっと早くに出会わなかったのだろう――九州地方に珍しく雪が降った夜、ひとりの土木作業員が、保険外交員の女性を殺害してしまう。

Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.

In his “finely crafted first novel” ( Booklist), Peter Geye evokes the savage beauty of Lake Superior’s north shore and the bittersweet reunion of a dying father and his hurting son after decades of estrangement. When Noah Torr returns to his family’s Minnesota cabin to reconnect with his father, he learns for the first time what really happened 35 years ago—and how it changed his father forever.

The Gift of the Magi: A Special Christmas Edition - Includes Candle-Making Tutorial and Exclusive Audiobook! In The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry weaves an exciting and touching narrative that encapsulates the true spirit of Christmas. At a time when one dollar and eighty-seven cents are all that Della has to buy a gift for her beloved Jim, this story takes us on a journey of love, sacrifice, and generosity.

Im Wiener Kunsthistorischen Museum bezieht jeden zweiten Vormittag der Musikphilosoph Reger Stellung. Nur an den eintrittsfreien Samstagen bleibt Reger dem Museum fern...

A lot can happen in one hundred years, as Jane Smiley shows to dazzling effect in her Last Hundred Years trilogy. But as Golden Age, its final installment, opens in 1987, the next generation of Langdons face economic, social, political—and personal—challenges unlike anything their ancestors have encountered before.

On Leila's way to meet her intended as his mail order bride, Dan McCall, a federal agent, finds her lying on the side of the road unconscious. He rescues her and she attaches her heart to him immediately. Dan is not the marrying kind...or is he? Joe, her intended, is not happy to lose yet another mail order bride, and takes drastic measures to insure their marriage. Leila faces a dilemma - risk the man's life who saved hers, or marry a man she despises.

婚約者・坂庭真実が姿を消した。その居場所を探すため、西澤架は、彼女の「過去」と向き合うことになる。

Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past. Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows and didn’t get time to ask Colm’s forgiveness. Jess was the first Mrs O’Flynn. Her heart is set on someone new, but will the last one-night stand she shared with Colm come back to haunt her? Colm’s best friend, Dan, is recently divorced. Can he take a second shot at happiness if it means betraying the one person who always had his back?

Discreetly disguised as a boy, Brook travels to Texas with a tantalizing young army captain and his Indian guide. There she finds her father who welcomes her with open arms. But Brook's stepmother and Ram, her handsome stepbrother, resent her. When she accidently discovers Ram's underhanded schemes, she knows that her life is in danger. Isolated on the ranch, is there anywhere she can go for help? Would she dare to turn to Captain Jeremy Grant for help?

National Book Award-winner Paul Monette presents a transcendent, powerful novel of three AIDS widowers who have seen each other through the worst of times -- and have found the courage to hope for the best.

Brígida y Justino viven en El Espejuelo, un pueblo de la Mancha, junto con sus dos hijos adolescentes: Carlos y Francisca. Mientras Justino le enseña a Carlos el oficio de alfarero para que le ayude en el tejar, Francisca se rebela, abandona a su familia y huye a la ciudad donde encuentra un trabajo en un hotel del puerto. Pero las cosas distan mucho de salir como esperaba cuando el dueño, un hombre casado y con hijos, se fija en ella.

The Devil is real and his name is Black Ice and he's coming for you next and you'll never see him coming until it's too late and you're in the back of a van kicking and screaming. Michael did everything in his power to kill his father Black Ice but somehow he has returned and deep down he knows he can't stop him alone.

Les Farel forment un couple de pouvoir. Jean est un célèbre journaliste politique français ; son épouse Claire est connue pour ses engagements féministes. Ensemble, ils ont un fils, étudiant dans une prestigieuse université américaine. Tout semble leur réussir. Mais une accusation de viol va faire vaciller cette parfaite construction sociale.

Brian is 22 years old and lives in California. He's finishing his MBA at Stanford. Brian has planned out his life with his girlfriend, Sarah. But suddenly, she leaves him. Now, he feels the world is over. Until his friend Jeff sends him an email. He lives in Spain and travels the world. Jeff suggests him travelling to other countries. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

「今はまちがった時間です。あなたは今ここにいてはいけないのです」しかし綿谷ノボルによってもたらされた深い切り傷のような痛みが僕を追いたてた。