"Lore Olympus meets Winter's Orbit in this pulse-pounding romance about between a space mercenary and a super soldier whose mind-control breaks when she touches him. Desperate to prove herself to her crew of space mercenaries, engineer Caro Ogunyemi takes on a solo mission to infiltrate the top secret human experimentation laboratory run in a secret prison by the deadly Pierce family that rules her corner of the galaxy. Caro realizes she really messed up right about the time Carmichael Pierce injects a bomb into her neck to control her. If that wasn't enough, all her engineering skills seem to be backfiring as a residual alien infection crashes the machinery in everything she touches. As she works her way deeper into the laboratory, Caro meets their star subject: Leviathan, a super soldier turned mindless killing machine by a chip in his head...until Caro touches him. The same alien infection jamming her datapad and ruining her life also breaks the control chip turning Leviathan into Pierce's puppet. In the heart of enemy territory, Caro and Leviathan must figure out how to escape and recover his agency before Caro's alien infection heals and Leviathan is lost to her forever"--

"Something has to give... Could it be her heart? Connie Evans has always distrusted nice guys. In her experience, they're just waiting to reveal some horrible secret. And then she meets big, adorable, Henry Samuel Beckett-editor extraordinaire, lover of bow ties, sweet and so cheery she struggles to believe he's real. Until Henry Samuel Beckett-or Beck, as he's known to most-tells her the secret underneath his sunny surface: He's been single all his life. But in a moment of panic, he's told everyone at his publishing house that he's married. And when Connie, an aspiring writer herself, can't help defending him, she ends up being the fake wife he doesn't actually have. When they head off on a writing retreat, surrounded by people convinced this must be a ruse, both of them can't help but agree. Until they share their first kiss, their first touch, their first time in only one bed. Side by side, every night, as the simmering tension builds...Connie starts to wonder if this might be real after all"--

"A couple, after six years of casual sex, are finally spending a night together. Twist? They are married to other people. A fire traps a couple in their hotel room and forces them to confront the lies they've told their spouses, each other, and themselves"--

A small town crime sets off a chain of events that will permanently alter the lives of several residents of bucolic Belle River, Ontario. As the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them both on an odyssey of discovery and redemption... a journey that also uncovers dark secrets from the town's eerie past

"Launching a brand new small town romance series from #1 New York Times bestseller Lucy Score. Romance novelist Hazel Hart seeks to overcome her writers block by leaving the big city to buy a house sight unseen in Story Lake, PA. The house comes with a spot on the town council and that's where the trouble begins"--

It is 2035. The US and China are at war. America is a proto-fascist state. Taiwan is divided into two. As conflict escalates between nuclear powers, three idealistic youths who first met in Hong Kong develop diverging beliefs about how best to navigate this techno-authoritarian landscape. Andy, Maggie, and Olivia travel different paths toward transformative change, each confronting to what extent they will fight for freedom, and who they will become in doing so. A powerful and important book about global totalitarian futures, and the costs of resistance.--

"Rachel Kennan, the new police chief of a fundamentalist southern town, relies on her job to push through the pain of losing her young son and the identity she buried years ago. Her husband Finn, a washed-up writer and recovering addict whose alcoholism led to the tragedy that ruined everything, fights to redeem himself and to keep his family from falling apart. Two partners trapped in a miserable marriage, their surviving daughters are the only thing keeping them together as they battle secrets that threaten to destroy them. A disturbing crime rocks the small community, sending Rachel chasing leads in a place that does not take kindly to outsiders, particularly ones with secrets. When something in the forest starts calling to the children, a metastasizing ancient fear spawns hate among the townspeople, placing the Kennans directly in the line of fire. Left with no choice but to rely on each other, Rachel and Finn must join forces to face threats inside and out-only to realize that the true terror is their reflection in a child's eyes, and the truth about the death of their son"--

Joe is a poet destined for greatness. Diana is the muse who will inspire him. Esi is the time traveler who just messed up everything. And if Esi can't get this love story back on track, everyone's future is at stake

When a clumsy village girl's heart is accidentally taken by a petulant, inept young sorcerer, she embarks on a perilous journey to demand a cure, only to discover a hidden truth about magic and the fate of her kingdom

W relacjach Aresa i Niny zachodzi znacząca zmiana. Do tej pory można je było określić jednym słowem: skomplikowane. Teraz stały się bardzo skomplikowane. A nawet bardziej niż bardzo. Świat nie jest czarno-biały. To, kto jest dobry, a kto zły, często zależy tylko od miejsca i czasu, w którym się akurat znalazł. Brutalna zagadka kryminalna znowu łączy losy Niny i Aresa. Niebezpieczna tajemnica, która nigdy nie powinna ujrzeć światła dziennego, przewróci do góry nogami ich życie, które przecież i tak trudno było nazwać spokojnym i ustabilizowanym. Kiedy do głosu dochodzą skrajne emocje, pewne jest tylko jedno: nic już nie będzie takie, jakie było. Albo przynajmniej jakim się wydawało... Wiele lat temu w tajemniczych okolicznościach w całej Polsce znikają atrakcyjne dziewczyny. Czy śmierć młodej celebrytki ma z tym jakiś związek? Jak bardzo trzeba się zagłębić w mroczne tajemnice przestępczego świata, żeby dotrzeć do prawdy? I czy aby na pewno wszystkim zależy na tym, żeby ją ujawnić

"1956, Malibu, California. Something is not right on Paradise Circle With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, out-of-work starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor and successful screenwriter, Elwood, but his agoraphobia only allows for short conversations through the windows. He's the closest thing she has to a friend in her exile, however, as she and her maid, Eva, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, rarely make conversation. Until they both happen to spot Elwood's sister-in-law and caretaker, June, digging in his rose garden one morning just before dawn. After that, they don't see Elwood at all anymore. Where could a man who never leaves the house possibly have gone? Has something happened to Elwood? The two women can't help trying to find out. But as they sneak up on and into June's life, they discover an unexpected secret, and then a shared goal that's even more startling"--

"Tony Malik is a half-Irish, half-Arab New York based FBI agent, specializing in money flowing from drug and arms deals. The novel opens in shocking fashion, with Malik seriously injured by a terrorist-planted bomb. During his lengthy recuperative process, his life changes radically. A long-term relationship ends, and his job is on the verge of being taken away from him. During this period he learns more about his roots and becomes interested in his father's past and family -- his father came to America years ago from Palestine. He decides to make a trip to his father's homeland to attend the wedding of his niece, whom he has never met. As a result of his plans, he is given a simple assignment by his boss at the FBI, partly to see how well he can still do his job. That simple assignment becomes extremely complicated. As soon as he arrives in Gaza, the Israeli police chief overseeing the area is murdered. Malik is at first a suspect. Then, due to his superior investigative skills, he is invited into the Israeli investigation, seeking the murderer. At the center of this novel is Malik's relationship with Yossi, the hardline anti-Arab Israeli police officer leading the investigation. They must learn to trust each other because, as they move closer to solving the case, they realize there is no one else they can trust on either side. Extraordinary three dimensional characters populate this novel: Yossi's daughter, studying in Paris, trying to escape the violence that surrounds her in Israel; Malik's niece, whose wedding and life are shattered by the murder; her fiancé, a peacenik whose existence is complicated by the fact that his cousin is high up in the Hamas command; religious leaders on both sides; corrupt Israeli cops; Palestinians thirsting for violence against Israel; Israelis determined to crush the Palestinians. Lawrence Wright brings a wide and complicated tapestry to life, one that culminates on October 7 with the deadly Hamas attack on Israel. But he has written more than just a thriller, or even just an examination of all these complicated lives. He has written a novel that manages to explore and explain much of the devastating history that encompasses the relationship between Israel and Palestine--and shows it to us in a way that poignantly reveals the tragic human scale that is involved"--

"Before she thinks of herself as Little Alien, our protagonist is a lonely girl who doesn't understand the world the way other children seem to. So when a late-night TV special introduces her to the mysterious Voynich Manuscript--an ancient tome written in an indecipherable language--Little Alien experiences something she hasn't before: hope. Could there be others like her, who also feel like they're from another planet? Convinced the Voynich Manuscript holds the answers she needs, Little Alien and her best (and only) friend Bobby decide they must find this strange book. Where that decision leads them will change everything"--

A diverse cast of eccentric characters-including a tech billionaire, a flight attendant, a disgraced book editor, and a TikTok rapping Wall Street bro-collide at a lavish private island wedding, where love, chaos and self-discovery intertwine in unexpected ways

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