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  • Stall 2 by MysteryMixtapes

    Stall 2 by MysteryMixtapes

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Something can be both delicate and violent" ***Harry lowers his eyes at me as he backs me up against the wall, the red lighting only making him look more menacing "You wanted the bad guy Abby? Wanted the villain?"My heart is running a hundred miles an hour when my breathing hitches in my throat as his hand comes up to wrap his long fingers tight around my jaw forcing me to look him in the eye...
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    sad  steamy  humor  romantic-love
  • Who Will Hear Me When I Cry by David Johnson

    Who Will Hear Me When I Cry by David Johnson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the final chapter of the Tucker series, David Johnson introduces us to a new family – a family in need of the kind of help that only Tucker and her family can give.Benjamin Trevathan, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, and a speech impediment, is a boy saddled with adult responsibilities in the midst of his dysfunctional home...
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    sad  audiobook  christian  epic  family  fiction
  • The Best of Me: by Nicholas Sparks | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    The Best of Me: by Nicholas Sparks | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Best of Me: by Nicholas Sparks | Summary & Analysis (by Book*Sense) This is a Summary & Analysis of The Best of Me. In his novel The Best of Me, Nicholas Sparks relates the stories of Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier as they return to the town of their youth and rekindle, if only for a short time, the romance they had shared as teenagers...
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    sad  adult  book  fiction
  • Nicholas Sparks Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Nicholas Sparks Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    True Believer, A Walk to Remember, The Wedding, At First Sight and The Guardian...
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    sad  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Derailed by Dominique Thomas

    Derailed by Dominique Thomas

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
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    sad  adult  book  crime  fiction  secrets
  • Brie's Russian Treat by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Russian Treat by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Submissive in Love #5 (The Brie series continues!) Rytsar Durov - fine vodka with a side of sadism...Rytsar has always held a piece of Brie’s heart ever since he made her fantasy come true at The Submissive Training Center. Now her Master is taking her back to Russia to meet with his old friend...
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    sad  steamy  contemporary  romantic-love
  • Andai Itu Takdirnya by Siti Rosmizah

    Andai Itu Takdirnya by Siti Rosmizah

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Aleya, seorang gadis yang cantik dan berlatarbelakangkan keluarga sederhana, dalam diam menyimpan perasaan pada seorang anak tokoh korporat yang ternama yang juga merupakan rakan sekuliahnya di universiti di United Kingdom, Syed Adam Aizril. Syed Adam Aizril, wajahnya yang tampan menjadikan dia kegilaan ramai gadis...
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    sad  adult  book  female-author  fiction  romance
  • Nicholas Sparks Love Stories Three Book Set  (A Bend In The Road, The Rescue, Message In A Bottle) by Nicholas Sparks

    Nicholas Sparks Love Stories Three Book Set (A Bend In The Road, The Rescue, Message In A Bottle) by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nichaolas Sparks Love Stories Three-Book Set (A Bend In the Road, The Rescue, Message in a Bottle) For a limited time get three of Nicholas Sparks' popular fiction titles in one easy-to-order package, including the bestseller, Message in a Bottle...
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    sad  adult  book  fiction  realistic  romance
  • Entre los rotos by Alaíde Ventura

    Entre los rotos by Alaíde Ventura

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Una bolsa de plástico con fotografías. La protagonista no sabe cuándo fueron tomadas muchas de ellas o por qué Julián, su hermano, decidió guardarlas. Las observa una a una. Los charcos, los columpios, el loro azul. El sepia se ha comido el color de algunas imágenes, pero no se ha llevado el olor a hule quemado ni el sonido de los golpes...
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    sad  contemporary  female-author  fiction
  • The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    The Nicholas Sparks Holiday Collection by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three of Nicholas Sparks's beloved bestselling novels are now available as a boxed set. TRUE BELIEVER: A skeptical science journalist travels to a small town to investigate ghostly apparitions. When he hopelessly falls in love with a local woman, he must take a giant leap of faith...
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    sad  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Deep Gold by Douglas Pratt

    Deep Gold by Douglas Pratt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A sunken u-boat.A lost cache of Hitler's gold.Can Chase beat a band of Nazis to this hidden treasure?Chase's peaceful beach day is disrupted when he rescues the beautiful Rikki Talen from an attempted kidnapping.He finds Rikki being pursued by a group of neo-Nazis bent on finding a missing German submarine filled with a shipment of gold...
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    nautical  action-adventure  travel  fiction  book  adult
  • Det här är hjärtat by Bodil Malmsten

    Det här är hjärtat by Bodil Malmsten

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    För första gången på 22 år utkommer en ny diktsamling av Bodil Malmsten. Det här är hjärtat utkommer den 24 mars, 2015.Det här är hjärtat ges ut av Rönnells Antikvariat och Albert Bonniers Förlag i ett unikt samarbete. Anders Ljungman står för typografi och omslag...
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    sad  audiobook  female-author  feminism
  • Rising Warrior by Wayne Stinnett

    Rising Warrior by Wayne Stinnett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After returning home to the Florida Keys, Jesse moves on to Fort Myers, his hometown on the Southwest Florida coast. There is much work to be done and Jesse is no stranger to hard work. On a kayaking adventure with friends, Jesse's daughter finds and rescues a baby manatee suffering from respiratory problems...
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    nautical  action-adventure  mystery  fiction  book  adult
  • Leto kada sam naučila da letim by Jasminka Petrović

    Leto kada sam naučila da letim by Jasminka Petrović

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beograd. More. Hvar. Lavanda. Smaranje. Hrkanje. SMS. Suze. Babe. Skajp. Bodulski. Psi. Druženje. Bol. Ljubav. Porodica. Rodbina. Fjaka. Stranac. Odrastanje. Smešno. Tužno. Iskreno. Suptilno. Istinito. Istorijsko. Prirodno. Dramatično. Tragikomično. Životno. Ako pročitaš ovu knjigu, naučićeš da letiš ili da se bar malo podigneš od zemlje..
  • The Sun's Heartbeat by Jonaxx

    The Sun's Heartbeat by Jonaxx

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marem & Achilles...
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    sad  romance  season-summer  fiction  book  adult
  • What Means the Most by Hazel Taylor

    What Means the Most by Hazel Taylor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Hazel Taylor has hit it out of the park with this series. I could not stop reading and I am planning on going back again and reading them all from the start." Megan Z. BOX SET: Includes all four books in the "Island Series". Anna Maria Island was always Morgan’s favorite place in the world...
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    nautical  adult  anthologies  female-mc  fiction
  • Die vierte Wand: Roman by Sorj Chalandon

    Die vierte Wand: Roman by Sorj Chalandon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kann Theater Frieden schaffen?Paris 1982: Georges verspricht seinem sterbenskranken Freund Samuel, einem Theaterregisseur, seinen Herzenswunsch zu erfüllen: die Aufführung von ›Antigone‹ im vom Bürgerkrieg zerrütteten Beirut, direkt an der Front, in einem zerbombten Kinosaal, mit einem Ensemble, das sämtliche Kriegsparteien repräsentiert...
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    sad  audiobook  contemporary  fiction  politics
  • Blue Waters by Eric Chance Stone

    Blue Waters by Eric Chance Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A casual outing with a metal detector ends in a surprising find: not treasure...but the shocking remains of a gruesome murder.Native Texan Rick Waters is a jack-of-all trades: treasure hunter, diver, part-time detective...
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    nautical  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  travel
  • The Summer Home 5 by Hazel Taylor

    The Summer Home 5 by Hazel Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, a story of two sisters.Miranda has done all she could to live a harmonious life as a mother of two beautiful children, Alyssa and Darby. It was supposed to be a peaceful time for her to pursue a new career and possibly begin dating after so many years alone as a single mother...
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    nautical  adult  book  christian  fiction  spirituality
  • Shattering Trinity by Terri Anne Browning

    Shattering Trinity by Terri Anne Browning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    sad  family  military
  • Un beso bajo la lluvia by Violeta Boyd

    Un beso bajo la lluvia by Violeta Boyd

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Bajo la última lluvia pronosticada, en un romántico día de San Valentín, las cosas no resultaron bien para Floyd McFly. De pie, en medio de un parque, mojada y con el corazón hecho añicos, ella era la viva imagen de alguien a quien acababan de decirle: «Esto no va a funcionar»...
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    sad  book  contemporary  fiction  young-adult  romance
  • The Traitor of Treasure Island by John Drake

    The Traitor of Treasure Island by John Drake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Buried for nearly three hundred years and now brought triumphantly to light by Dr Livesey, this is, at last, the true story of what happened on the fateful Treasure Island…The truth about Captain Flint and his fabled death.The truth about Long John Silver and his coveted wife.And the truth about Jim Hawkins, that double-dealing turncoat of the first order: the traitor of Treasure Island...
  • The Summer Home 4 by Hazel Taylor

    The Summer Home 4 by Hazel Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, a story of two sisters.Miranda has done all she could to live a harmonious life as a mother of two beautiful children, Alyssa and Darby. It was supposed to be a peaceful time for her to pursue a new career and possibly begin dating after so many years alone as a single mother...
    Categorized as:
    nautical  adult  book  christian  fiction  spirituality
  • The Summer Home 3 by Hazel Taylor

    The Summer Home 3 by Hazel Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, a story of two sisters.Miranda has done all she could to live a harmonious life as a mother of two beautiful children, Alyssa and Darby. It was supposed to be a peaceful time for her to pursue a new career and possibly begin dating after so many years alone as a single mother...
    Categorized as:
    nautical  adult  book  christian  fiction  spirituality
  • A Season of Love: A Christmas Anthology by Carla Kelly

    A Season of Love: A Christmas Anthology by Carla Kelly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Join master romance writer Carla Kelly in this joyful celebration of the most wonderful time of the year. Set in regency England, these Christmas tales will take you from dangerous adventures on snowy roads to cozy little cottages filled with holiday mischief...
  • Eyes Open by Alison Gervais

    Eyes Open by Alison Gervais

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The unscripted pieces of the lives of Hadley, Archer, and everyone possible from their world...
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    sad  romance  young-adult  paranormal  fiction  book
  • Collected Poems by Primo Levi

    Collected Poems by Primo Levi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Poems deal with the experiences of concentration camp prisoners, and nature, science, and...
    Categorized as:
    sad  20th-century  ww2  ghosts  fiction  religion
  • 希望之線 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾

    希望之線 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This is an alternative cover for - ISBN 13: 9789865706739   「我想起來了,他曾經說,不會放開這條線。」  「線?」  「即使無法見面,只要認為和自己心愛的人之間有一條無形的線連在一起,就可以感受幸福。無論這條線多長,都可以讓人心中有希望。」  「希望喔……」  也許有一天會覺得感謝,  感謝那條很長的線始終沒有斷。   年輕刑警松宮參與偵查一起發生在自由之丘的命案,一名經營咖啡店的中年女性遭到殺害。松宮奉命負責調查死者生前的交友關係,正當他和同事逐一清查死者周邊人物時,卻意外接到了一通私人電話,令松宮心緒不寧。   經過警方逐漸釐清案情,死者的前夫綿貫,以及另一名咖啡店常客因不自然的言行,成為主要調查對象。然而,正當松宮從綿貫等人身上推理出案件的驚人真相時,兇嫌竟主動自首認罪!...
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    sad  mystery  fiction  suspense  law-enforcement
  • Seven by Susan Renee

    Seven by Susan Renee

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    DEVASTATION Moving back home wasn't anything I ever wanted. But after enduring the worst, Going home was the only answer. Being back is everything I thought it would be... Awful, isolating, a constant reminder of what I lost. And the last thing I need--or want--is another reminder of my past, Especially Bryant Wood...
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    sad  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • A River by Marc Martin

    A River by Marc Martin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There is a river outside my window.Where will it take me? So begins an imaginary journey from the city to the sea. From factories to farmlands, freeways to forest, each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations and poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator...
  • Curtains by Angelica Chase

    Curtains by Angelica Chase

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not him, it’s her.VioletRhys had just torn my heart apart with his admission. A commonbond—one that had completely ruined my former life and forever altered his—was once again threatening to destroy my world. I hate our pasts, and right now, I hate him for his.RhysShe blames me for the truth—a truth I had no idea existed.I've tried to protect her from the ugliness that came with loving me...
    Categorized as:
    sad  fiction  womens-fiction  suspense  steamy  secrets
  • Blue Mimosa by Parijat, पारिजात

    Blue Mimosa by Parijat, पारिजात

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    English version of the best selling 'Shirishko Phool' which was awarded Madan Puraskar in 2022 BS (1965 CE)...
  • مرسى فاطمة by حجي جابر

    مرسى فاطمة by حجي جابر

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    كانتْ لحظة مربكة أن يكون خلاصنا حين نعطي ظهورنا للوطن، حين نهرب منه بكل ما نملك من خوف وأمل وشكّ ويقين. تذكرتُ مقولة كداني حين تملكه اليأس ذات مرة:" الوطن كذبة بيضاء يروّجُ لها البعض دون شعور بالذنب، ويتلقفها آخرون دون شعور بالخديعة".اقترب السودان أكثر، فبدأتْ إرتريا في الابتعاد. أنانيّة هي الأوطان، لا يأتي وطن إلا حين يغادر الآخر...
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    journey  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Sunset Coast Cottage by Hayley Summers

    Sunset Coast Cottage by Hayley Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She has a chance at a new life. But can she let go of her past?Left alone and directionless in the aftermath of her abusive husband’s death, widow Marisa Owens is given an opportunity to start fresh. Embarking to a beautiful seaside town on the Florida coast, Marisa must contend with a lifetime of pain and broken dreams as she attempts to rebuild herself and create a new future...
  • Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman

    Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the co-creator of the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series comes a high seas adventure inspired by the classic picture books Little Bear and Where the Wild Things Are. Three bear siblings break their mother’s favorite blue seashell, and rather than tell her, they decide to set out in their sailboat to find her a new one...
  • Sepi Tanpa Cinta by Damya Hanna

    Sepi Tanpa Cinta by Damya Hanna

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ' Ku tetap menanti selagi ada asa di sebalik rindu yang tegar... ' Sinopsis : Sepi Tanpa Cinta Haziqah mempunyai impian untuk hidup bahagia di samping Yusri . Namun, tiada siapa menyangka di saat hari bahagia itu bakal menjelma, ada yang membuat onar sehingga kesucian dirinya dipersoalkan...
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    sad  adult  book  female-author  fiction  romance
  • The Bars Between Us by A.S. Teague

    The Bars Between Us by A.S. Teague

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I don’t have a damn thing in common with the beautiful rich girl who walks into my bar; she’s southern class, fancy cars, and designer shoes. I’ve got a drunk for a mother, a cheater for a father, and a reputation for trouble I’ve more than earned. I look the other way, pretending I don’t notice how perfect she is. She wouldn’t give me the time of day anyway...
  • Sunset Coast Cottage by Hayley Summers

    Sunset Coast Cottage by Hayley Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She has a chance at a new life. But can she let go of her past?Left alone and directionless in the aftermath of her abusive husband’s death, widow Marisa Owens is given an opportunity to start fresh. Embarking to a beautiful seaside town on the Florida coast, Marisa must contend with a lifetime of pain and broken dreams as she attempts to rebuild herself and create a new future...
  • The Golden Couple by knightsrachel

    The Golden Couple by knightsrachel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Sophie Allen. And I am hopelessly and irrevocably in love with Bryce Harrison. And this is our story...
    Categorized as:
    sad  angst  friends-to-lovers  young-adult
  • Dear Greenpeace by simon-james

    Dear Greenpeace by simon-james

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Excellent...
  • Powder Monkey  (Fox Book 1) by Adam Hardy

    Powder Monkey (Fox Book 1) by Adam Hardy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (aka SAILOR'S BLOOD)George Abercrombie Fox decided, not particularly rationally and not at all calmly, that he would first shoot the Master-at-Arms and cut off his head and boil it, would string up the cook and all the bosun's mates he could lay hands on, would in various gory and unbecoming ways dispose of most of the other petty officers, and then would set fire to the ship and dance about in...
    Categorized as:
    nautical  fiction  war
  • San Francisco Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    San Francisco Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Here are all of Ferlinghetti’s poems set in the city he has lived in for over half a century. He brings alive, with wit and lyricism, scenes of city life: a Giants baseball game, the Green Street Marching Mortuary Band, bohemian North Beach, Golden Gate Park, yachts on the Bay, and more...
    Categorized as:
    nautical  adult  book  fiction  urban  sci-fi
  • Prize Money by Adam Hardy

    Prize Money by Adam Hardy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FOX AT WAR George Abercrombie Fox was a penniless and friendless lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1798. His only real hope of advancement was through battle and the opportunity to seize his share of prize money. Without promotion in rank for more years than he wished to think about, and bored by the stultifying routine of blockade duty, Fox was ready and eager for the first smell of action...
    Categorized as:
    nautical  fiction  war
  • Stranded With Her Stepdad by Amie Barnes, A.D. Barnes

    Stranded With Her Stepdad by Amie Barnes, A.D. Barnes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stranded in the desert, my stepdad and I found the best way to stay cool. My stepdad offered to drive me home from college for the summer. After stopping for a hike in Moab, I asked if we could take historic Route 66. I didn't know my old car would choose to die on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. We're desperate for shade and a way to keep from overheating...
    Categorized as:
    journey  steamy  age-gap  cheating  domestic-drama
  • Nikt tak nie tańczył, jak mój dziadek by Kateryna Babkina

    Nikt tak nie tańczył, jak mój dziadek by Kateryna Babkina

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Seria opowiadań ułożonych w jedną historię pięciu rodzin, których dzieci spotykają się w szkole 1 września w pierwszym roku niepodległości Ukrainy i pozostają przyjaciółmi na całe życie...
    Categorized as:
    journey  fiction  contemporary  ww2
  • Waterline by Ross Raisin

    Waterline by Ross Raisin

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mick Little used to be a shipbuilder in the Glasgow docks. He returned from Australia 30 years ago with his beloved wife Cathy, who longed to be back home. But now Cathy's dead and it's probably his fault. Soon Mick will have to find a new way to live - get a new job, get away, start again, forget everything...
  • Tara: A Play In Two Acts by Mahesh Dattani

    Tara: A Play In Two Acts by Mahesh Dattani

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    sad  drama  fiction  university  poc-author
  • This Day Is Dark by R.H. Sin

    This Day Is Dark by R.H. Sin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    r.h. Sin’s This Day Is Dark is a blistering case study of when red flags are mistaken for passion and love falls in the hands of the wrong people, as explored in his signature poetic voice.From  New York Times  bestselling author r.h. Sin comes  This Day Is Dark , a heartbreakingly relatable collection of poetry and prose that captures some of the darkest moments over an 18-year period...
  • Közhelyek by Laura Leiner

    Közhelyek by Laura Leiner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jelen korunk őszinte drámája az elmúlásról, az üres érzelmekről , a hajszolt illúziókról, a hétköznapok szépségéről, a monotonnak hitt, utólag értékesnek ítélt órákról, a nagy szavak üresen csengő jelentéséről, a közhelyekről...
    Categorized as:
    sad  romantic-love
  • Kaalam by M.T. Vasudevan Nair

    Kaalam by M.T. Vasudevan Nair

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book by M.T...
    Categorized as:
    journey  classics  contemporary  fiction
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