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Living in a future she doesn’t understand, given to a man she doesn’t love, and fighting to uncover a secret that may destroy her, Lisa Anton discovers there are worse things than a plane falling out from the sky. Get ready to laugh, cry, and fall in love all over again with the survivors of Maddy Barone’s, After the Crash series. Lisa Anton was a world-famous fashion model before her plane crashed in a post-apocalyptic future where women are precious and rare, and technology is only a memory.

After a stalker breaks into her home, internet entrepreneur Bee Langston decides Kelly Connolly is the only man who can help her - but seeking help from the former Marine isn't easy, especially after she made a spectacular fool of herself trying to kiss the sinfully sexy bodyguard. When Kelly spots Bee weaving her way through the Houston nightspot where he's working security, all those feelings he's desperately tried to deny for his best friend's sister come flooding to the surface.

Toute vérité n'est pas bonne à dire. La vie a toujours souri à Verity Crawford. Ses livres font d'elle une auteur star, sa maison du Vermont est splendide et elle forme avec Jeremy, son mari, un couple parfait. Mais un jour, sur une route, son rêve tourne au cauchemar. L'accident l'empêche d'écrire, transforme sa trop grande maison en prison, et menace de l'éloigner de Jeremy. La vie n'a jamais été tendre avec Lowen ashleigh.

The first time I meet Stone Ferraro, it’s hate at first sight, and then, he kidnaps me. On his mafia boss’s orders, but still...not a great first impression. The second time I meet him, he calls me a derogatory name, and I knee him in the balls. Not exactly the sweet social worker look I was going for, but hey, it had to be done. The third time we meet, it’s over my ex-boyfriend’s - his identical twin brother’s - grave, and he shocks me with a mind-melting kiss.

Dude, it was just one kiss. One kiss. But kissing in public isn't allowed in Jahwar. And now I've been compelled to give the King of Jahwar my hand in marriage. He's so cold. So polite. But not behind closed doors. "I'm very much going to enjoy breaking you," he says, just moments after we become temporary husband and wife. And now I'm about to find out the very, very hard way...

In the first six weeks after her son was born, Jamila Rizvi felt isolated, exhausted and frustrated - as if the world she knew had disappeared forever. Then her salvation came in the form of a letter. A dear friend - who had been there herself - wrote to tell her that she would get through this. That she was seen and supported. That she was not alone. Now Jamila wants to pay it forward to other new mothers.

"J'en ai ras le bol des mecs. Vous me gonflez ! J'en ai plus qu'assez de vos sales coups ! C'est votre tour de souffrir ! Ma voix résonne dans tout le quartier. Et là, trempée, titubante, épuisée, je prends une décision sur laquelle je jure de ne jamais revenir : je ne vais plus rien leur passer. On remet les compteurs à zéro. On renverse la vapeur. Je vais faire payer ce fumier. Chaque joueur doit vous donner mille baffes. Je vais me venger de tout."

Born with a broken heart, Hadley Rivera hasn't stopped fighting since the moment she drew her first breath. Coddled and spoiled by her wealthy parents, she's finally managed to break free and live life on her own terms. With a best-selling series of graphic novels and her very own thriving arts center, Hadley has one more box to check on her to-do list. And his name is Finn Connolly.

I was born a few moments after midnight on January 1st. On my 21st birthday, my father throws me the most lavish New Year's Eve birthday party Baton Rouge has ever seen—then he tells me I'm a woman now, and that means I belong to a man he owes a blood debt.

When twenty-four-year-old journalist Annie meets the world-famous Jon Davies, she agrees to become his muse. Little does she know that in helping the reclusive artist deal with his issues, she is stirring up a hornet’s nest that threatens to destroy them both. Can two broken souls be stronger than one?

When pawn broker Abby Kirkwood discovers the evidence of a chilling drug cartel hit on one of the video cameras hocked in her store, she turns to the only man she can trust - Jack Connolly. The smolderingly sexy former Marine runs a successful gym down the street and coaches her brother's special needs baseball team. He's the one man who is always there when she needs him. If anyone can protect her family, it's commanding, capable Jack.

We met. Our eyes locked. But I wasn’t free, and neither was she. I watched her walk away and her memory has haunted me ever since. We meet again in paradise. But my life has been destroyed. I’m a ruin of what I used to be, and I send her away.

Strong, independent Tami was a survivalist and mountain guide in 2014 when she was flung forward fifty years into a post-apocalyptic future where women are worth their weight in gold. She is taken by four men to be their wife, but when she escapes from them they hire the Tracker, a deadly loner from the Lakota Wolf Clan with a reputation for being able to track anything, to bring her back. But Tami knows how to ride and how to hide, and she leads him on a chase that rouses his admiration.

Elynn est assez jeune pour avoir la vie devant elle. Pourtant, elle a souvent le sentiment que ses rêves sont de plus en plus loin derrière. Entre son couple qui végète et la réalité quotidienne de son métier d'infirmière, la jeune femme a l'impression de faire du sur-place dans un horizon sans intérêt. Comment en est-elle arrivée là ? Qu'est devenue l'enfant pleine d'envies qu'elle était ? Cherchant à bousculer sa routine, Elynn s'inscrit dans un club de sport.

La réelle et fabuleuse histoire de Menie Grégoire, la première animatrice radio à donner le micro aux auditrices pour parler d’amour, de sexualité et de parentalité ! Ce magnifique roman choral témoigne d’un demi-siècle d’évolution de la condition féminine.

1875. Un chef cheyenne propose au président Grant d'échanger mille chevaux contre mille femmes blanches, afin de les marier à ses guerriers. Celles-ci, " recrutées " de force dans les pénitenciers et les asiles du pays, intègrent peu à peu le mode de vie des Indiens, au moment où commencent les grands massacres des tribus. 1876. Après la bataille de Little Big Horn, quelques survivantes décident de prendre les armes contre cette prétendue " civilisation " qui vole aux Indiens leurs terres, leur mode de vie, leur culture et leur histoire.

My Alien Overlords are red, massive, and determined to claim--steal? Keep? Possibly all of the above--me. Moons, I dunno. My status with the Louxos cousins is set on so, SO complicated. One night of passion with two Xalthurians changed everything. Nope! Try made everything worse. One will do anything to get me off the planet, including accepting my Hail Mary, crazy-high-stakes bet for full custody of our hybrid son. And the other one’s angry at me because I refuse to risk it all to become the MFM triad he believes me, him, and my hot-but-horrible alien baby daddy are fated to become.

Les Radieux, à l’exception de Kaladin et Lift, sont plongés dans l’inconscience et la tour d’Urithiru est tombée entre les mains des Fusionnés. Navani, prisonnière de la Fusionnée Raboniel, mène avec l’aide du sprène de la tour des expériences pour percer les secrets de la lumière. Pendant ce temps, à Shadesmar, Adolin tente une manœuvre risquée pour rallier les sprènes d’honneur à ses côtés, en acceptant d’être jugé au nom de toute la race humaine pour les crimes anciens commis à l’encontre des sprènes. L’affrontement contre Abjection se précise, mais, avant cela, l’humanité a besoin de soldats.

La série incontournable pour les amateurs de fantasy continue, plus haletante que jamais. Brandon Sanderson signe, une fois de plus, une œuvre vertigineuse, qui allie parfaitement un rythme épique à couper le souffle, des personnages plus vrais que nature et un univers d’une fascinante complexité.

Chef-d'œuvre de la littérature mondiale et du mouvement réaliste français, "Madame Bovary" parut en 1857. En dépit d'une réception houleuse, les écrivains perçurent très vite la profonde portée de l'œuvre et Maupassant, le premier, qualifia le roman de révolutionnaire. "C'est la vie elle-même apparue", écrivit-il. Puis Proust de surenchérir un peu plus tard, allant jusqu'à estimer que l'œuvre de Flaubert était à la littérature ce que celle de Kant était à la philosophie : une nouvelle saisie du monde.