A minstrel, a traveling entertainer, known in the realms of Xenkur as a Songweaver. Shariana is just such an performer. Music and stories are her wares. When she gets a cryptic note and three rings her world is forever changed. Caught in struggle between factions of good and evil. Shariana must make decisions that will alter her destiny and the fates of those around her.

When pop star Starly Minx creates an international uproar by freezing onstage, she knows what her guilty conscience is telling her. She has to make things right with her nemesis, rival rock star Karina Black. And she has to do it without the paparazzi finding out. If only she didn’t have to leave behind the man she’s been secretly pining for—her sinfully hot bodyguard Hunter McGraw. ? Hunter just turned in his resignation. He desperately needs to get some distance from the distracting, enchanting Starly and get on with his life. But now she’s disappeared and of course he’s going after her. Who else is going to keep her out of trouble? And with two feuding pop stars in the same tiny town, trouble is inevitable. ? Starly and Hunter can deal with the paparazzi. They can deal with the scandal. But can they keep their feelings secret from each other? Is that even possible when every touch has them seeing stars? ? SEEING STARS is a prequel to the Jupiter Point series and was originally published as part of Melanie Shawn's Hope Falls Kindle World.

Horse shows mean long hours. While unloading a trailer after a grueling weekend, sixteen year old Spencer Reed discovers a stowaway child. Frightened. Mute. Spencer can’t resist a good mystery. But she finds more than she bargains for when she looks for the answers. Filled with surprises, Dark Horse will take the reader on an unexpected adventure beyond the glitter of a horse show ring.

The Outside can be a dangerous place. But so can the inside. It’s been years since the original cataclysm, but life has been structured, peaceful, and most of all uneventful in the Pale. The humachine citizens welcome the order provided by their ruler, the baleful Regent. However, when one of their own rescues a human boy, Hector, from ravenous ferals on the Outside, their careful systems are turned upside down. As Hector grows more and more human-strange, the citizens of the Pale grow uneasy. What will happen when the Outside tries to get in?

When Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane rescue the magic sand-fairy from a pet shop, they have no idea of the astonishing adventures to come!

Carla Turner has been drifting for all her thirty-two years. Worn down by the banality of rural life with an abusive husband and resigned to simple existence, she hardly seems capable of recognizing new adventure in the form of a man, even one as gorgeous as Brian DeCanto. But Brian understands the need for escape all too well. After accidentally shooting his boss, he is forced to take the murder’s sole witness – his boss’s ten-year-old son – on the run with him. Brian and Carla collide in an explosion of star-crossed lust that leads them from passionate fantasy into the harsh reality of the 1980s South and sweeps them to their final destiny.

Le terrible Chéri-Bibi réussit, avec ses compagnons d'infortune, à se rendre ma?tre du navire qui le conduit au bagne de Cayenne. Il raconte qu'il a été accusé à tort du meurtre du marquis du Touchais dont le fils a épousé Cécily, la fille de son patron, dont il était lui-même fort amoureux. Or, le jeune marquis, qui trompe sa femme, passe avec son yacht à proximité du navire...

"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the Necronomicon, The story focuses around the narrator and his friend St. John, who have a deranged interest in robbing graves. They constantly defile crypts and often keep souvenirs of their nocturnal expeditions. Since they reside in the same house, they have the opportunity to set up a sort of morbid museum in their basement. Using the objects they collect from the various graves they have robbed, they organize the private exhibition. The collection consists of headstones, preserved bodies, skulls, and several heads in different phases of decomposition. It also included statues, frightful paintings, and a locked portfolio bound in tanned human-skin.

Walter Gilman, a student of mathematics and folklore at Miskatonic University, takes a room in the Witch House, a house in Arkham thought to be accursed. The first part of the story is an account of the history of the house, which has once harboured Keziah Mason, an accused witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem gaol in 1692. Gilman discovers that for the better part of two centuries many if not most of its occupants have died prematurely.

La novela forma un díptico con Do?a Milagros y se centra en las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres en el el matrimonio. A través de los personajes femeninos es posible ver las ideas de Pardo Bazán sobre la situación de la mujer en su época. Se concentra en particular en las jóvenes de clase media.

Jon Gunnarson never meant to transform humanity. He just wanted a normal life. A life where he doesn’t absorb other people’s emotions, lose himself and have to live like a hermit. ? So he jumps at the chance to help develop a scam telepathy app because it will get him to Bhutan, where he hopes an old friend will teach him how to disconnect. ? Sure, he has to work with Ella, a neuroscientist he’s falling in love with, and Venn, a fraudulent Marketer who’s wanted by the FBI. But Jon’s had a lifetime of practice at pulling away and he figures he can handle it while he learns how to manage his condition. ? The problem is, working with others is the least of his worries. Because Jon and Ella unwittingly trigger the onset of mass telepathy. And, as if that isn't enough, they must run for their lives when they discover a way that Venn can avoid arrest. ? But how will they escape someone who can read their minds? ? Tuning In is a well plotted story that’s both mind-bendingly strange and intimately human—a continuously surprising science-fiction/ psychological thriller about our relationship with our thoughts, with each other and even reality itself.

Trapped in the most beautiful place on Earth, what's a fearless birder to do?? ? *? ? ?? Equipped with her Sibley Guide, explorer hat and trusty binoculars, Amanda Byrd tirelessly pursues the most elusive winged species.? Following on her late husband’s footsteps, she explores a beautiful canyon at dawn, hoping to glimpse some desert wrens. After observing a majestuous California condor, Amanda discovers their lift sabotaged, trapping their group at the canyon's bottom. Who did it, and why? Our intrepid birdwatcher must find a way out before the rising sun turns the canyon into a mortal cauldron. * A short and spirited mystery introducing the energetic Lady Byrd, written by Michèle Laframboise, multi-award winner author and amateur ornithologist.

Roman policier (Rouge vif, Lune Bleue, Mise au vert) Rouge vif – Nouvelle Lorsque Katerina Carter, juricomptable menant des enquêtes pour fraude,et Jace Burton, son petit ami journaliste, acceptent une invitation de dernière minute à une fête,le crime est bien la dernière chose qu’ils ont en tête.Mais un investissement réussi dans le vin laisse un go?t amer dans la bouche de Katet elle dévoile une fraude vinicole s’élevant à plus d’un million de dollars,le tout avant le d?ner?! Lune bleue – Roman court La perspective d’un d?ner chic tombe à l’eau pour Kat et son petit ami Jacelorsqu’elle découvre que Fiona, sa voisine ?gée,a installé un ex-détenu chez elle comme pensionnaire.Le programme de jardinage organisé bénévolement par Fiona à la prison locale a changé des vies,mais étendre davantage sa générosité pourrait mettre sa propre vie en danger. Les soup?ons de Kat sont renforcésquand elle apprend l’existence d’une assurance-vie souscrite récemment.Une mort accidentelle rapporte le double.? Mise au vert – Roman Katerina Carter, juricomptable, et son petit ami Jace Burtonpartent passer un week-end dans un chalet de montagne luxueux juste avant No?l.Pendant qu’il écrit la biographie d’un écologiste milliardaire, elle explore la nature enneigée. Quand deux manifestants locaux meurent dans des circonstances mystérieuses,Kat et Jace entament une course contre la montre pour échapper à une catastrophequi pourrait s’avérer encore plus mortelle. Katerina Carter Color of Money Mystery Series Bundle Books 1:3 :?édition fran?aise ? propos de l’auteur Colleen Cross est l’auteur de la série de thrillers best-sellers Fraudes?: Thrillers judiciaires de Katerina Carter et de la série d’enquêtes associées?La Couleur de l’argent?: Enquêtes criminelles de Katerina Carter. On retrouve la même héro?ne dans ses deux séries populaires d’enquêtes et de thrillers. Katerina Carter est une juricomptable pleine de ressources menant des enquêtes pour fraude sur le terrain avec brio. Elle prend toujours les bonnes décisions, bien que ses méthodes peu orthodoxes?vous feront frémir et vous tiendront en haleine. Comptable professionnelle agréée et experte dans la répression des fraudes, Colleen Cross écrit également sur de vrais crimes. Son livre Anatomie d’un Ponzi?: Arnaques passées et présentes expose les plus grands escrocs ayant utilisé le système de Ponzi et explique comment ils ont échappé à la justice. Elle nous dévoile aussi le moment et le lieu exact où le plus grand système de Ponzi de tous les temps sera démasqué ainsi que les signes annonciateurs. Vous pouvez également la retrouver sur les médias sociaux?:Facebook?: www.facebook.com/colleenxcrossTwitter?: @colleenxcrossou sur Goodreads Pour les dernières nouveautés de Colleen, rendez-vous sur son site Web?: http://www.colleencross.com Inscrivez-vous à son bulletin d’information pour être immédiatement informé de nouvelles parutions !

Su modelo de “mujer del futuro” viene encarnada en el personaje de Feíta, hija de don Benicio Neira, un hidalgo venido a menos, situado en la clase media, cuya hija alberga unos inmensos deseos de instrucción, de autonomía personal, de trabajo para independizarse… que la alejan de las “se?oritas” de su clase y del resto de sus hermanas.

HE’S A WILD ROGUE WITH A GUARDED HEART.Notorious rogue, Lawrence Russell has no desire to marry—or heaven forbid, fall in love. Although he enjoys his fair share of pleasure, Lawrence prefers to protect his heart. Yet, when he comes to the rescue of a brave and passionate Persian princess, he discovers his heart may be at risk from the very thing he’s always feared…SHE’S A PRINCESS WITH A DANGEROUS SECRET.Zehra Darzi’s life has been turned on its head. When she flees her home after her parents’ brutal murder, she is kidnapped and transported to England. There, she awaits her doom—being auctioned off for a brothel. But fate intervenes in the form of a heroic man, who purchases her freedom. As Zehra adjusts to life in England, she can’t help but fall for her rescuer, Lawrence. But when an enemy from her past resurfaces in London, she knows it’s only a matter of time before her darkest secret is brought to light.And this secret just might cost Lawrence his life…

This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore.

Alexandra Lansing is looking forward to a vacation from her job as an operative with the Commonwealth’s counterterrorist task force.?She has three blissful weeks off, and plans to spend the entire time in France. After all, everyone needs a break from stress and worry. But when she’s snatched from the Left Bank in Paris she isn’t sure if her kidnapping is a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time or a direct plot against the task force. When she discovers Praed has also been abducted, the vacation is officially over, and the possibility of an informer at task force headquarters becomes a very real, very frightening possibility.The pair manages to escape, and flees to Praed’s family home where they are forced to defend his brother’s wife and children from armed terrorists determined to recapture the operatives. With no clue as to who is behind the plot, or even a motive to explain why someone wants to take Praed and Alex prisoner, and the identity of the informant at HQ is a complete mystery. While Henry Davison races to eliminate suspects at headquarters, Praed offers himself as bait to draw out the kidnappers, hoping to discover the mastermind behind the plot. ?Alex is in hot pursuit, but will she be able to reach him before his captors extract the information they want and execute him?

"The White Ship" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919. A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.

Rudin, by Ivan Turgenev, is a Russian fiction classic and a nostalgic story of a man in his late twenties, torn between his much loved but barbaric homeland and a comfortable but unsatisfactory life in Europe. Translated by Constance Garnett, 1894 edition. The novel begins with the introduction of three of the characters – Aleksandra, Lezhnev, and Pandalevskii. Pandalevskii relates to Aleksandra Dar’ya Mikhailovna’s invitation to come and meet a Baron Muffel’. Instead of the Baron, Rudin arrives and captivates everyone immediately with his intelligent and witty speeches during the argument with Pigasov.

"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales. "The Outsider" combines Horror, Fantasy, and Gothic Fiction to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of loneliness, the abhuman, and the afterlife. Source: Wikipedia

A Liverpool, un brick le Forward (en fran?ais : "En avant") attire la curiosité de tous : il est visiblement con?u pour les mers polaires, mais de nombreux détails dans sa constructions intriguent. De plus, les marins sont très bien payés, mais ils ignorent la destination du bateau; le bateau emmène une énorme quantité de poudre, mais peu d'armes. Le capitaine est absent et inconnu, le second en titre, Shandon joue le r?le de capitaine.