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High-powered shipping executive Mitch Deveraux, Charleston, South Carolina's most eligible – and handsome – bachelor, was more interested in the status of his shipping company than in matters of the heart.But when the chief business rival of the Deveraux family offered his lovely daughter's hand in marriage as bait for a merger – everything changed. There was a time when Mitch would have done anything to unite the two companies. Only, now he wasn't so sure.Because passionate...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Left hand, ring finger…Best friend Bridgett Owens's gigantic diamond winked at the eldest Deveraux son, Chase, like a coy madam at an old-time bordello. The fun-loving playboy of Charleston, South Carolina, wasn't supposed to go gaga over the grown-up daughter of the family housekeeper. Except welling up in the bachelor's brain were protective, intimate feelings that he just couldn't – didn't want to – discount.But can a man who's definitely not the marrying kind...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Dr. Gabe Deveraux hated to see any woman cry – especially his good friend Maggie Calloway.So when the feisty designer turned to him with tears in her eyes, needing a strong shoulder to cry on, there was no way the good doctor would turn her away. The cause of her distress: Maggie wanted to have a baby before it was too late! Ever the knight in shining armor, Gabe agreed to help Maggie get pregnant.Only, he had one stipulation – they marry in secret…and conceive the old-fashioned way. But soon...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Mixing business and pleasure was out of the question for Connor Templeton.Except with Kristy Neumeyer, he was reassessing his options. The spirited widow of twin little girls had her hands full with a ramshackle waterfront resort. But for some reason Connor, the real-estate raider, was helping her restore the building instead of bulldozing it!Could the take-no-prisoners tycoon be assuming the role of chairman of Kristy's family? More important, were Kristy and her girls preparing for a...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Amy Deveraux's biological clock was tick…tick…ticking!To make matters even worse, she had agreed to look after her three-month-old godson while his mother was out of the country. Except, sharing the baby-sitting responsibilities with Nick Everton – the baby's handsome uncle – wasn't part of the bargain! She and Nick were as different as night and day.But seeing Nick in the role of temporary daddy and spending long days – and nights – playing house with him made Amy yearn to turn...
| Автор | Cathy Gillen Thacker |
Will her boss go down on bended knee? For years GP Ruby Hollister longed to return to Swallowbrook village – she just never anticipated being homeless when she finally did! Which means she has to throw herself at the mercy of broodingly handsome new colleague Dr Hugo Lawrence and his spare flat…Free of all emotional responsibility for the first time in his life, Hugo’s determined to relish his freedom – the last thing he wants is a fragile, beautiful waif living on his doorstep! Only the secret...
| Автор | Abigail Gordon |
Enter into the world of high-flying Doctors as they navigate the pressures of modern medicine and find escape, passion, comfort and love – in each other’s arms!The husband she’s never forgotten… Laura Armitage’s heart broke the day she said goodbye to her husband, top oncologist Gabriel – but how could she stay in a marriage where she always came second to his career?Only now Gabriel has joined Laura in the beautiful Lakeland village of Swallowbrook, and is determined to prove he’s never stopped...
| Автор | Abigail Gordon |
A snowkissed proposal – from the village doc!GP Libby Hamilton fulfils a lifelong ambition when she’s made senior partner of Swallowbrook’s village surgery, set in a lovely old farmhouse. She’s thrilled – right up until she comes face-to-face with the man she’s worked hard to forget: new colleague and neighbour Nathan Gallagher, who once rejected her youthful declaration of love!Standing on her doorstep, clutching the hand of his adorable soon-to-be-adopted son Toby, Nathan’s dramatic...
| Автор | Abigail Gordon |
This Texas cowboy wants the one woman he can’t have…from USA TODAY bestselling author Kathie DeNosky!Jaron Lambert has his pick of willing women, but he only has eyes for lovely, young Mariah Stanton. For years, he’s tried to stay away. But on one perfect, tender night they set aside their nine-year age difference and indulge in everything they’ve both been wanting.But Jaron is still dealing with the effects of his dark, troubled past. He can’t tell Mariah the truth so he has to tell her their...
| Автор | Kathie DeNosky |
"The Innocence of Father Brown" by G. K. Chesterton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
| Автор | G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Chesterton |
Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I’ve chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey: What led to the hanging of the maids, and...
| Автор | Маргарет Этвуд |
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.’Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to further her education and find her niece a husband, Isabel is determined to shape her own future – one that does not necessarily entail becoming a wife. Isabel inherits a fortune when her rich uncle dies and feels...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Longlisted for 2020 Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeCorey Sobel challenges tenacious stereotypes in this compelling debut novel, shedding new light on the hypermasculine world of American football. The Redshirt introduces Miles Furling, a young man who is convinced he was placed on earth to play football. Deep in the closet, he sees the sport as a means of gaining a permanent foothold in a culture that would otherwise reject him. Still, Miles's body lags behind his ambitions, and...
| Автор | Corey Sobel |
She was no man magnet.From her Gypsy clothing to her feline fan club to her transparent attempt at seeming helium-headed, Violet Campbell screamed, «Run for your life,» her lucrative lavender fields be damned. But Cameron Lachlan had never wanted to be anywhere…with anyone…more. Somehow, someway, this bewildering lady had transformed his wanderlust to age-old desire.But instead of wanting the moon, which she deserved, Violet seemed to accept that he would leave her bed – and her. Which he might...
| Автор | Jennifer Greene |
Recently burned by heartache, a fierce blizzard and a sexy stranger were exactly what Daisy Campbell needed.When she returned to her hometown and found herself stranded with Teague Larson, she never expected to throw caution – and her clothes – to the wind. But as the intensity of their attraction rose with the falling temperatures, they had to stay warm somehow, didn't they?Teague was deeply drawn to Daisy's independence and sophistication – not to mention those long, sexy-as-all-hell...
| Автор | Jennifer Greene |
Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.’‘All for one and one for all!’Country boy d'Artagnan is desperate to join the King's elite band of bodyguards, the Musketeers. And when his fiery loyalties (which often get him into trouble) and incredible sword skill (which get him out again) manages to impress brash Porthos, foppish Aramis and melancholy Athos, the three musketeers and d'Artagnan become friends for life.When they discover that the King they protect is under threat, the...
| Автор | Александр Дюма |
Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.’Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ever told, James’s The Turn of the Screw is an eerie Victorian masterpiece.When an inexperienced governess goes to work at Bly, a country house in Essex to look after a young boy Miles and his sister...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др. |
As a top model, Sorcha Murphy commands a high price. But a terrible, hidden secret is about to return to haunt her. Romain de Valois knows Sorcha is damaged goods–her hedonistic reputation speaks for itself. But he wants her for one final assignment, and he's prepared to pay.Romain believes Sorcha hasn't changed her ways, and decides to change the deal: her paycheck will be recouped in the bedroom!
| Автор | Эбби Грин |
Генри Миллер – виднейший представитель экспериментального направления в американской прозе XX века, дерзкий новатор, чьи лучшие произведения долгое время находились под запретом на его родине, мастер исповедально-автобиографического жанра. Скандальную славу принесла ему трилогия, составленная романами «Тропик Рака», «Черная весна» и «Тропик Козерога»: именно эти книги шли к широкому читателю десятилетиями, преодолевая судебные запреты и цензурные рогатки. «Тропик Козерога» – это история любви и...
| Автор | Генри Миллер |
Генри Миллер – виднейший представитель экспериментального направления в американской прозе XX века, дерзкий новатор, чьи лучшие произведения долгое время находились под запретом на его родине, мастер исповедально-автобиографического жанра. Именно «Тропик Рака» и «Черная весна» принесли ему скандальную славу, именно эти романы шли к широкому читателю десятилетиями, преодолевая судебные запреты и цензурные рогатки. Это история любви и ненависти, история творчества и безумия; это история...
| Автор | Генри Миллер |
Originally written in Russian in 1920 and first published in English in 1924, “We” is the dystopian novel by Russian science-fiction writer Yevgeny Zamyatin. “We” takes place hundreds of years into a bleak future, where the citizens live under the total control and surveillance of a police state, called One State. The country is made almost entirely out of glass, which makes it easier for the government to watch every move of its citizens. One State manages all aspects of the society with a...
| Автор | Yevgeny Zamyatin, Евгений Замятин |
Чарльз Буковски – культовый американский писатель, чья европейская популярность всегда обгоняла американскую (в одной Германии прижизненный тираж его книг перевалил за два миллиона), автор более сорока книг, среди которых романы, стихи, эссеистика и рассказы. Несмотря на порою шокирующий натурализм, его тексты полны лиричности, даже своеобразной сентиментальности.
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| Автор | Чарльз Буковски |
You’re Still the OneToday is Rachel McAllister’s birthday and she’s about to receive one heck of a present…pro bull rider Matt Gunderson, the boy who once broke her teenage heart, is back in town on a break from the rodeo circuit. So Rachel only has a few days to see if their chemistry is still sizzling…
| Автор | Debbi Rawlins |
'You. Me. Sex. It’s easy.' All she has to do is not get hooked…Ally Douglas has made a deal with Ethan Ash: just sex, no strings, no for ever. All she knows about him is that he’s a world-famous rock star and absolutely gorgeous. Their sexual chemistry is instant, magnetic, and it satisfies their needs. Only now Ethan has started to break the rules—will Ally be able to stop herself from getting burned?
| Автор | Клэр Коннелли |