An emotional story that follows a mother's fight for her and her unborn child's life during a tumultuous pregnancy. The story continues with the baby's struggles to survive.
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Nick et Dara ont à peine deux ans d’écart et se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau. Pour le reste, ces deux sœurs sont très différentes. Nick, l’aînée, est aussi discrète et responsable que Dara, la cadette, est excentrique et délurée. En quelques mois leur vie bascule : le divorce de leurs parents, un amour sur fond d’amitié trahie et surtout un mémorable accident de voiture... Ce jour-là, Nick était au volant. Depuis, elle a presque tout oublié du drame dont sa petite sœur, elle, a gardé de nombreuses séquelles. Ce dont Nick se souvient en revanche, c’est que sa sœur et elle s’étaient insensiblement éloignées avant l’accident. Alors pour renouer les liens, Nick décide de préparer à sa Dara une surprise pour son anniversaire. Mais Dara disparaît, laissant un message énigmatique. Il est temps de comprendre, de combler les trous de mémoire et de faire parler les siennes : Nick décide de mener l’enquête.
An emotional story that follows a mother's fight for her and her unborn child's life during a tumultuous pregnancy. The story continues with the baby's struggles to survive.
The Ghost of Christmas Past By Jasmine Bowen Avery Malroney was a normal child; playing in the dirt; swinging on the monkey bars, running around in the playground. Sure, her parents provided top of the line equipment to ghost hunters, but that was their world, not hers. All of this changed one fatal day when Avery's young heart gave out, and a transplant was her only ticket to adulthood. Everything went fine during the operation, but when she woke up, with a once dead heart beating inside her-everything was different. Avery began to see ghosts. Working with her parents and their business contacts, Avery honed her skills to become one of the best young psychics in the world. Her skills even led her to work with the hippest young ghost hunter team on TV-the cast of Paranormal days. Now, Paranormal Days is relying on Avery to help them solve one of the biggest haunting of the century- a case that could propel them all into superstardom, and have them home for Christmas dinner. Avery eagerly agrees, both as a smart career move and a romantic move. As she once again draws closer to Dmitri, the team's famous techie, a winter storm rages outside, trapping them in the house. Avery's body begins to mimic the mysterious in the case, and they are running out of time to solve it. Even as her romance with Dmitri blossoms, her body rapidly declines. Dmitri struggles with keeping the case on track and stepping in to protect the woman he realizes he loves. As the power goes out, young love burns strong-but will the Ghosts of Christmas Past keep them trapped in the darkness forever? Last Chance Junction by Lauren Murphy Mia Fletcher is going back to her country hometown to spend Christmas with her family. Crossing paths with her childhood best friend and ex-boyfriend Nick Holmes was not part of the plan. When a storm hits in the outback, both are forced to take shelter at a small Inn off the highway. They clearly still have feelings for each other but Mia is too headstrong to admit it and Nick is still puzzled by their fallout. Forced to share a room at the Inn, their situation only becomes more complicated when an armed drug dealer barges in and holds them captive. Nick and Mia have come to a junction and this could be their last chance to forgive and forget... Love's Bah Humbug Debugger by LaRae L Parry This story introduces a critter that has been around as long as Christmas - no one remembers him because of his power of non-existence that Santa himself bestowed upon him. The role of the Bah Hum Debugger is to find lonely, single Bah Humbuggers and find their perfect match, thus eliminating Bah Humbugging altogether. In this story, the Bah Hum Debugger tells of one of his most memorable cases: Richard and Sandra were completely in love until a jealous roommate ruins their marriage scheduled on Christmas Eve - breaking their hearts and causing them to become two of the worst Bah Humbuggers Santa has ever heard. It is the Bah Hum Debugger's job to get the two lovers back together again, or wipe their memories of each other completely. Their hearts are too hard because of the heartbreak. Will the Bah Hum Debugger be able to get them back together before it is too late? A Special Present by Samantha Lienhard Being an elf, Lucy spends her days working on toys in Santa's workshop. There is more to life than just making toys, however. Lately she has realized just how much her best friend Asher means to her. He is more than just a friend-much more. With Christmas just two weeks away, she decides to make him a special present to show him her feelings. Unfortunately, as the holiday gets closer, Asher becomes strangely distant. All he seems to care about now is working on toys. For these two elves, is even their friendship just a thing of the past?
Der großartige Auftakt zu Lauren Kates neuer Serie »Vergieße nie eine einzige Träne!« Dieses Versprechen musste Eureka ihrer Mutter geben und siebzehn Jahre lang hat sie sich daran gehalten. Selbst als ihre Mutter bei einem Autounfall starb. Doch dann trifft sie Ander, einen attraktiven und äußerst mysteriösen Jungen. Er bringt sie so durcheinander, dass sie eine Träne vergießt – und Ander fängt sie mit seiner Fingerspitze auf. Auch er scheint zu wissen, dass Eureka nicht weinen darf. Doch was ist ihr großes Geheimnis? Warum wissen alle anderen davon, nur sie nicht? Und warum verhält sich ihr bester Freund, Brooks, plötzlich so aggressiv ihr gegenüber? Waren sie nicht kurz davor, ein Paar zu werden? Wem kann Eureka noch vertrauen?
Estrela do programa The Hills, um dos mais populares da MTV, e ex-participante do reality show Laguna Beach, Lauren Conrad mergulha na ficção baseada em seu sucesso na mídia. Em L.A. CANDY, que ocupou por semanas o primeiro lugar na lista de mais vendidos do New York Times, a autora flerta com a sua própria realidade ao narrar a história da personagem Jane. O romance é o primeiro da trilogia homônima, que já vendeu mais de 1,5 milhão de exemplares em todo o mundo. Recém-saída da escola, Jane Roberts mal pode esperar para aproveitar tudo o que Hollywood tem a oferecer. Ela pode ter ido a Los Angeles para um estágio, mas também pretende se divertir — e sua melhor amiga, Scarlett, não pode ficar de fora. Quando um produtor de TV aborda as duas para gravar um reality show sobre quatro jovens que tentam ganhar a vida na cidade – uma "versão real de Sex and the City" – elas desconfiam da própria sorte. Afinal, um programa de TV só para elas? Com certeza!
Inesperado. Não correspondido. Proibido. Eterno. Todo mundo tem sua própria história de amor. Best-seller mundial e ícone de uma geração, a série de romance paranormal Fallen está de volta! Tudo havia começado de maneira bem inocente, apenas dois adolescentes indo dar uma volta perto do lago. Mas não demorou até que Luce começasse a sentir as sombras espreitando sobre eles. Então os lábios de Trevor tocaram os dela, o calor invadiu seu corpo e os olhos dele ficaram brancos de medo... Segundos depois, a vida que ela conhecia tinha virado cinzas. Única testemunha do acidente, Lucinda Price parece não ter lembranças do que aconteceu, o que faz com que todos ao seu redor se perguntem se foi mesmo um acidente. Sem evidências suficientes para inocentá-la, mas também sem provas contundentes para condená-la, Luce acaba sendo enviada para o reformatório Sword & Cross. Agora, presa em um colégio interno onde celulares são proibidos, o acesso à internet é supervisionado e câmeras de vigilância monitoram todos os passos dos alunos, a jovem vai precisar fazer novas amizade no reformatório — e por sorte nem todos parecem tão hostis. Cam, na verdade, até que é bastante amigável, ao contrário de Daniel, o belo e misterioso Daniel Grigori, que atraiu a atenção de Luce desde seu primeiro dia na Sword & Cross. Mas o rapaz não parece reconhecê-la, tampouco demonstra qualquer interesse ou sequer familiaridade. Por outro lado, Cam parece tão interessado em Luce quanto ela em Daniel. Ainda assim, a jovem continua inexplicável e irresistivelmente atraída por ele. É como se já o tivesse conhecido antes... Seria possível? Mas de onde? Porém, esses não são os únicos mistérios na vida de Luce. Ela guarda um segredo, um que nem mesmo alguém enviado para um lugar como Sword & Cross poderia descobrir. Mas segredos quase nunca permanecem escondidos, e as sombras de Luce não são fáceis de ocultar. Em breve, a verdade que todos escondem recairá sobre suas cabeças, e a vida de Luce jamais será a mesma. Excitante, sombrio e romântico, Fallen é, ao mesmo tempo, um thriller instigante e uma inesquecível história de amor. "Sexy, fascinante e assustador. Eu amei, amei, amei!" – P.C. Cast
Quand trois meilleures amies fraichement diplômées rencontrent à Végas, un trio de séducteurs sexy... Tout peut–;et–;doit arriver ! Le Quatrième et dernier tome de la série culte du New York Times, Wild Seasons, suit un couple différent à chaque volume, et raconte une histoire sexy, d'amour et d'amitié, qui paraitra en France et aux États-Unis en février 2016. Entre séduction et mensonges comment se fier aux apparences ? Sortir avec l'ami de son ex, c'est censé être démodé et la chose à ne pas faire. Mais parfois, ce qu'on aurait vraiment, vraiment tort de faire et qu'en toute logique on devrait à tout prix éviter, peut se révéler être – exactement – la chose à faire et on aurait tort de s'en priver !
Une nuit torride peut-elle faire oublier le véritable amour ? Jusqu'à présent ils sont simplement amis. Embrasser Lola, est à peu près la seule chose à laquelle Oliver s'autorise à penser ! Pour essayer de l'oublier, il se lance dans un plan cul avec une étrangère, qui le conduit simultanément, à être tout à la fois exalté et dévasté. Serait-ce sa seule chance de passer à autre chose ? Ou au contraire cette aventure avec une inconnue, va t-elle le conduire à tomber plus profondément encore, amoureux de Lola ? Troisième tome de la série Wild Seasons de Christina Lauren, dans la veine des deux premiers (Sweet Filthy Boy T.1, et Dirty Rowdy Thing T.2), raconte également une histoire sexy, d'amour et d'amitié, qui paraitra aux États-Unis en Septembre 2015. La série Wild Seasons : comprend 4 volumes (le dernier : Wicked Sexy Liar T. 4) suit un couple différent à chaque fois. Wild Seasons, la nouvelle série de Christina Lauren revisite les codes de la romance classique et appartient au même univers que la série Beautiful Bastard. Dans chaque volume, les deux séries se croisent et on retrouve les personnages de la série Beautiful. Démarrage en fanfare pour Wild Seasons, la nouvelle série des Christina Lauren, auteurs à succès des Beautiful Bastards ! Le premier tome, Sweet Filthy Boy, paru en mars en France, a été sacré Livre de l'année 2014 par les prestigieux Romantic Times. Sweet Filty Boy a été sélectionné par le RT Magazine's Book de l'année !
Laurie va-t-elle tenter le concours pour le très sélectif stage d'été ? Caleb, le garçon qu'elle aime en secret, compte lui aussi le passer. Mais, si elle est retenue, Laurie ne pourra pas voir son père avant l'automne, ni Tybalt, son cheval préféré ! Rejoindre un cercle de cavaliers aussi fermé serait un honneur, mais est-elle prête à en payer le prix ?
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