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O Peso do Pássaro Morto by Aline Bei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA vida de uma mulher, dos 8 aos 52, desde as singelezas cotidianas até as tragédias que persistem, uma geração após a outra. Um livro denso e leve, violento e poético. É assim O Peso do Pássaro Morto, romance de estreia de Aline Bei, onde acompanhamos uma mulher que, com todas as forças, tenta não coincidir apenas com a dor de que é feita... -
La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRox ha partido a la región del oeste, devastada por los monstruos, en busca de una aldea perdida habitada por Guardianes. Mientras una riada de supervivientes acude a la Ciudadela en busca de un refugio seguro, tras sus muros florece un nuevo movimiento filosófico, la Senda del Manantial, cuyo líder predica el fin del mundo conocido… para bien o para mal...Categorized as:
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Tudo é rio by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPor este livro passa um rio. Em sua correnteza, a obsessão de três personagens que não sabem desistir. Com uma narrativa profundamente sensível, Carla Madeira nos convida para uma aventura corajosa pela natureza humana, em toda a sua complexidade... -
Molly - Part Two by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMolly and Ryan have spent months fighting their growing feelings for each other... -
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La última nota by Joana Marcús
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsApenas sé nada de él.Sé que toca la guitarra.Sé que está en una de las bandas más famosas de la ciudad.Sé que no sonríe mucho.Sé que lo llaman Jed.Y sé que nunca me he sentido como me siento cuando clava sus ojos en mí.Así que, apenas sé nada de él... pero sí se algo de mí misma.Sé que hasta hace poco odiaba los tatuajes.Sé que hasta hace poco odiaba las bandas.Sé que tengo que intentar evitarlo... -
The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife under Brazil’s brutal “cordial racism” comes painfully alive in this novel of fathers and sons. How do you become the protagonist of your own life? For Pedro, it means searching for his murdered father in the objects he left behind―an archeology of affections... -
El arte de ser nosotros by Inma Rubiales
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLa vida no es justa, y eso Logan lo sabe muy bien. Después de una dolorosa pérdida, su corazón se ha vuelto hermético, frío e inquebrantable. Por eso no le importa que todos crean que es el malo de la historia.Leah nunca se ha sentido la protagonista de la suya...Categorized as:
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Diamond by D. Camille
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“He who marries beauty, marries trouble...” ~ Nigerian proverb Diamond Black is the oldest of the Heirs, raised and trained to be elite. Since the day she was born, Diamond has been her own person, and not afraid of anyone or anything. After graduating college and traveling the world for a few years, Diamond is returning home to her family and the newest mission for the group of Heirs... -
Jaded: Zane and Honor by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZane Shaw isn't the type to cower in a corner, until he meets Honor Sullivan. She's the most phenomenal woman he's ever met, but he's been burned before and so he's doomed to fall for her from a distance. If only his past hadn't left him so weary, perhaps he could be the man he was raised to be. Honor Sullivan has too much at stake to get distracted by a man. But Zane Shaw isn't just any man... -
Le Fils de Mille Hommes by Valter Hugo Mãe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCrisóstomo, un pêcheur solitaire, décide à quarante ans de prendre son destin en main. Il se construit une famille, puisque l’amour est avant tout la volonté d’aimer. Il choisit un fils en apprivoisant le petit orphelin abandonné par le village, puis une femme au passé tourmenté les rejoint, et autour de ce noyau se forme une famille peu commune de laissés-pour-compte et d’éclopés... -
Afterwards by Nia Forrester
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobyn Crandall thought she had the life she'd always dreamed of, with her childhood sweetheart, until he asked for a divorce. Gone with him are her hopes of a perfect home and family. Moving back in with her mother, broke and broken, Robyn has no plans to do anything besides lick her wounds and hold on to her faltering career... -
Scarred: Trey and Autumn by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Autumn Hickman, online dating has been an exercise in nothing more than coffee and failure. There simply isn’t a man on the planet who can compare to her best friend, Trey Wattson. And while Trey is everything Autumn has ever wanted in a partner, she knows the man who loves life’s most beautiful things could never cherish anything as scarred and mangled as her...Categorized as:
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Time Stands Still by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBooks preceding this in the Emi Lost & Found series: Not Today, But Someday (prequel) Lost and Found (book one) Depression threatens all the relationships in Emi Hennigan’s life after a near death experience leaves her injured and feeling alone in a world she barely recognizes. On a night that is supposed to signify a new beginning in her life, she loses everything she loves... -
Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust as the walls start to come down, boundaries redefine, and things heat up, tragedy hits the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge. Sexy EMT Dawson Tayler made hearts break, and panties melt with a single look. Far from home, in the charming tourist town, he lives a simple life his family would be appalled by – if they were alive...Categorized as:
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A Breathless Place by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe date is set. Six months from now, former music icon Isabel ‘Izzy’ Adler will die.Since she lost her voice ten years ago, Izzy’s been to hell—and hasn’t found her way back. She would rather die than live without the instrument that used to define her.When journalist Leila Zadeh is brought in to finish her biography, Izzy’s desire to end her life is profoundly challenged... -
You're So Vain by Whitney Dineen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily drama is something Lutéce Choate struggles to avoid. With a mother who’s an award-winning country western song writer, an aunt who’s a Country Music Hall of Famer, and a brother who’s a rock star, it hasn’t exactly been a low-key kind of life, and she’s ready for a break... -
Coming Home to the Cowboy by Megan Ryder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe town bad boy with hidden pain…Champion bull-rider Chase Summers is everybody’s friend, but his affable personality hides a troubled childhood. The only thing that saved him from isolation was his foster dad and life on Redemption Ranch...Categorized as:
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Tres meses by Joana Marcús
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJack Ross no creía en el compromiso, y hasta ahora no le había ido mal. La fantasía del amor verdadero, de ese cruce de miradas que te cambia la vida por completo, no era más que un argumento sobreexplotado de las películas que más solía criticar.Por eso, ¿qué importaba que hubiera conocido a Jenna?En tres meses pueden ocurrir muchas cosas, y enamorarse es una de ellas...Categorized as:
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Le Bruit de tes pas by Valentina D'Urbano
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSon désir pour Alfredo est un poison. Parce qu'elle l'aime trop, Bea se laisse déborder par la violence de ses sentiments. Dans la banlieue de poussière et de béton où ils ont grandi, personne ne lui a appris à être tendre... -
Dying Wish by Margaret McHeyzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have three major loves in my life: my family, my best friend Becky, and ballet. Elijah Turner is quickly becoming the fourth.He's been around as long as I can remember. But now he's much more than just the annoying guy at school.My life was working out perfectly...until it got turned upside down... -
Rapture by Skye Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Skye Jordan brings you another steamy Renegades story! As a premier stuntwoman in Hollywood, Zahara Parrish is no stranger to risk. Neglected as a child, she learned early on never to depend on others to keep her safe. Now, she’s as protective over her heart as she is over her hard earned success, which is why she’ll never mix business and pleasure... -
Say It's Forever by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was suffocating under an avalanche of guilt and grief until he entered my life.The hot, slightly older guy who looked like a cross between a tatted biker and a billionaire businessman. Beck understood me, and our situation, in a way no one else could.As a friend, he held me together and helped to piece back the shredded fragments of my heart... -
Quedará el amor by Alice Kellen
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEl sol baña los acantilados y las aguas turquesas del mar de Cornualles cuando Jane Bellamy y Cedric Stone se conocen en el verano de 1939. No están destinados a ser una ecuación perfecta, pero son jóvenes y el amor lo arrolla todo a su paso. Así que esta historia comienza como otras muchas: él y ella se enamoran. Hay primeras palabras, primeras miradas y primeros besos. Y luego nada... -
Sinful by Jennifer Dawson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve wanted my brother’s best friend, Leo Santoro, for too many years to count. No matter what I do, he won’t confront the attraction that burns between us. It’s time to put him behind me once and for all. I have no choice but to call his bluff.And then I will walk away. The last woman I should want is my best friend’s baby sister, Jillian Banks... -
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Véspera by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNovo romance da autora do fenômeno Tudo é rio, Véspera retoma a escrita brilhante e contagiante de Carla Madeira, que desperta todo tipo de emoção no leitor. Carla Madeira cria personagens que parecem estar vivos diante de nós. As emoções que sentem são palpáveis e suas reações, autênticas. Temos a sensação de conhecê-los de perto, inclusive as contradições e os pontos cegos... -
The Prelude of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Ella Daniels and Micha Scott are fourteen, they make a pact to leave the small town of Star Grove and create better lives for themselves. The pact was made as best friends, but over the next six years, their friendship begins to intensify. Feelings change. Grow. Veer towards love. But one tragic night changes everything. Hearts get broken. And the future they had planned changes forever...Categorized as:
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Hasta que nos quedemos sin estrellas by Inma Rubiales
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratings«No tengo ni idea de lo que es el amor. Creo que nunca antes lo había sentido. Lo único que tengo claro es que, cada vez que pienso en eso, eres tú quien se me viene a la cabeza» Maia. Liam. La historia de cómo dos astros colisionan Liam ha perdido su pasión por YouTube...Categorized as:
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Minha vida fora de série: 1ª temporada by Paula Pimenta
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMudar de cidade sempre é difícil, mas fazer isso na adolescência é algo que deveria ser proibido. Como começar de novo em um lugar onde todos já se conhecem, onde os grupos já estão formados, onde ninguém sabe quem você é? A princípio, Priscila não gosta da ideia, mas aos poucos percebe que pode usar isso a seu favor, tendo a chance de ser alguém diferente...Categorized as:
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El tiempo que tuvimos by Cherry Chic
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLiam y una historia de amor y recuerdos imposible de olvidar. Un nuevo e imprescindible standalone de la mano de Cherry Chic.Liam O'Callaghan y Grace Fitzgerald siempre han estado en la vida del otro.Desde pequeños han estado unidos por una la de reunirse cada dos años para firmar un contrato que los señala como mejores amigos y enterrarlo de nuevo dentro de una cajita bajo el Árbol de las Hadas... -
A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Natureza da Mordida, segundo livro de Carla Madeira, autora de “Tudo é rio”, é um livro sobre a amizade. É sobretudo um livro marcado pelo amor à literatura. Olívia e Biá, as duas protagonistas da história, se encontram pela primeira vez num pequeno sebo improvisado... -
A Love Story by David Weaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A ground-breaking literary masterpiece!" -{Sentinel Daily} Independent writing phenom David Weaver has a dazzling gift for creating emotional, tear-inducing scenes even for the most stone faced reader. Quick witted, poetic, and written with a razor sharp prose that will have you reciting entire paragraphs to your friends. A masterful blend of erotica and emotions... -
Camden Walker: Apartment 8C by Aly Stiles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDamaged.Drifter.Genius.After surviving severe trauma, Camden Walker has spent his life being trapped by labels. Now, at age twenty-seven, he’s fine being the gifted artist not wired for a world that’s left him scarred. All he wants is to break free and find the beauty that’s been stolen from him.Smart.Successful.Painfully ordinary... -
The Cowboy and His Best Friend by Kaci Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho meets their soul mate at 6 years old?SageI met him when I was 6. When he saved my life, at age 10 and we were instant best friends. At age 14 I returned the favor. We knew then we had a bond. But who meets their soul mate age 6? So, I ran. Years later and I'm in the hospital again, and he hasn’t left my side. Can we put the past behind us? And what about his playboy reputation..Categorized as:
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Blood and Bone by Paula Dombrowiak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack O’Donnell is a middle-aged rock star with a long history of bad decisions. When unimaginable circumstances bring Jack and journalist Erin Langford, together, the two embark on a journey through Jack’s past where he recounts the rise and fall of his band and the profound bond he shared with his former bandmate and collaborator...Categorized as:
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After the End by Natasha Preston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne fatal mistake changes Tilly’s and Lincoln’s lives forever, and things will never be the way they used to be. After the tragedy, Lincoln and his family flee the hometown they are no longer welcome in. Four years later, still grieving the death of her brother, Tilly’s world is rocked again when Lincoln returns. Distance and too much bad history haven’t stopped Lincoln from loving Tilly... -
Wet Dreams by Emily Bishop
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI knew with one look. She’s the one. The face of my modeling agency empire. What are the chances I would find her working at the local diner? Years of fake Barbie’s have built a fortress around me. Demi’s not like the others. We have a real connection. One that makes it hard to keep it professional. I’ll smile. She’ll blush. I’ll rise to the occasion. She’ll bend over backwards to accommodate... -
Say You're Mine by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never intended to fall in love. This girl had goals and guys were an unwelcome distraction.Until I met Garrick, my sophomore year of college, and he blasted through the walls I kept around my heart, tearing them down.He knew what he wanted, and he wanted me.Falling hard and fast, I experienced the rollercoaster highs and lows of first love... -
The Summer of Us - A Small Town Second Chance Romance by Melanie Moreland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was the light in my dark life. The sunshine that warmed me and made me smile.We had one summer. One perfect summer, until the day it ended.Years later, she walked back into my life. Older. Sadder. More beautiful than ever... -
Empire of Lies by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirty years ago, I left Italy. I left him behind to marry another man. I thought I was leaving alone; I didn’t know I was carrying a piece of him with me...Categorized as:
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Everything I Need by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlotte ‘Charley’ Meadows has come face-to-face with adversity more times than she cares to admit. Three months after experiencing yet another devastating tragedy, she leaves her hometown of Ventura, California behind and moves to the cold, snowy mountains of Rising Sun, Wyoming... -
Love, Lies and Lavender by D.E. Malone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld Scars Are No Match For a Second Chance at LoveWidow Hilary Larkin must fulfill her late husband's dream of opening a bed-and-breakfast adjacent to an old orchard. The small farms conference in the Minnesota Northwoods is supposed to be the boost to make it possible...Categorized as:
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Strictly Family by Ruth Cardello
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA successful businessman’s life is turned upside down when a beautiful woman shows up with DNA proof that her daughter is his. The problem? He’s never met her.I didn’t believe I had a twin until I met Ashlee and saw myself in the eyes of her daughter. I was adopted. I understand why someone might seek out their biological parents, but I’m not her daughter’s father... -
O rio que me corta por dentro by Raul Damasceno
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Me leva pra casa..." Em Carrasco, um lugarejo perdido nas entranhas do sertão cearense, corre um rio onde dois meninos gastam suas infâncias em mergulhos. Cícero e Luzimar, amigos inseparáveis, companheiros de aventuras por estas matas acinzentadas... -
El mapa de los anhelos by Alice Kellen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratings¿Y si te diesen un mapa para descubrir quién eres?¿Seguirías la ruta marcada hasta el final? Imagina que estás destinada a salvar a tu hermana, pero al final ella muere y la razón de tu existencia se desvanece...Categorized as:
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Unconditional Love by Andrew Grey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A Seven Days Story" Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? Donald Pottier and Jason Greene are barely more than boys when they meet on Chincoteague Island, Virginia. A day of crabbing soon turns them from strangers to friends, then to something more, but the boys' time is limited: at the end of the summer, Jay will leave Don and the island behind... -
The Wanderer by Nia Forrester
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturning home after a long sojourn abroad, Blu contemplates whether the time has finally come for her to put down some roots. Bryan, meanwhile, has been firmly rooted in one place and in one life for what now seems like far too long...Categorized as:
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What You Are by Erin E. Keller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex walks down the road of his life, apparently without any detours. He has a job, friends, a nice apartment and a girlfriend who meets his needs. A smooth life lived on a smooth road. But when Daniel shows up at his door, Alex meets the first bump in road -- which turns out to be more like a boulder -- in his way... -
The Doctor's Wish by Andrew Grey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Jackson Burnside is an orthopedic surgeon who made his own way. Always different, he got out of Natchez before his family could throw him out, but still wishes things could be reconciled. He's built a successful practice and a sound reputation in Carlisle. When he's called to the hospital for a consultation, the last person he expects to meet is Wes... -
Forever and Ever by Devon McCormack
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey missed out on love...or so they thought.At seventy-seven, Wes Brenner is certain he's lived a full life. But one thing he'll never know is true love.When he heads to Heathrow Estates retirement community, planning to spend the rest of his days playing golf and taking spin classes, he runs into an acquaintance from his hometown: Art Cromley... -
Love Fool by A.F. Zoelle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsXander DandridgeEverybody thinks my best friend is in love with me, including my cheating ex-boyfriend. When I have to see that jerk at my boss’s wedding, bringing Jules as my fake date is the perfect revenge...Categorized as:
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