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¿Y si el amor no se muere… solo duerme durante un par de décadas?Arcadio es un vampiro distinto. Educado, discreto, con una elegancia anticuada que parece sacada de otra época. Y, de hecho, lo es. Du

O regresso ao universo das Dark Forces, num novo dark romance militar de K.M. Moronova carregado de tenso e muita adrenalina!Primeiro livro do Dueto Dark ForcesEmbora considerado clinicamente louco, Cameron Mortem e um dos melhores e mais letais soldados das Dark Forces, as implacaveis forças militares secretas sustentadas sobre obediencia, sobrevivencia e silencio. Mas tem um enorme problema: no consegue parar de matar os seus parceiros diretos, apesar de todos os esforços dos seus superiores para o prevenir.Emery Maves tem um passado sombrio, carregado de crimes brutais. Para ser poupada a pena de morte, e enviada para as Dark Forces, entrando assim neste mundo violento com Cameron. Nesta sua nova realidade, tera de sobreviver no so as mortiferas Provas do Subterraneo como tambem a natureza instavel do seu parceiro, que tem como misso mante-la viva.Com as Provas a testarem os seus limites enquanto dupla, Emery tera de adaptar-se as exigencias das forças especiais, ao mesmo tempo que tenta resistir a atraço por aquele homem que ela sabe que to facilmente podera protege-la como mata-la.O que os une e intoxicante, caotico e violento. Se no os destruir, podera acabar por salva-los.

Lorena tiene una vida complicada. Su familia es una de las víctimas de los efectos de la crisis y no le queda más remedio que trabajar para ayudarla a llegar fin de mes, compaginando sus dos trabajos con sus estudios universitarios. Joel es un chico solitario que guarda un gran secreto de su pasado. Un pasado que le persigue alla donde va, pero intenta vivir su vida lejos de las miradas acusadoras y las habladurias de la gente. Un dia magico, como es el dia de Reyes, sus caminos chocaran y sus vidas dejaran de ser tan oscuras, pero el secreto de Joel le hara dudar a Lorena si es un chico de fiar. ¿Podra el contarle el pasado que le atormenta? Y si lo hace, ¿querra Lorena seguir a su lado?

Em um mundo onde o silêncio corta mais fundo que a lâmina, a honra é posta à prova. Após a morte de seu mestre, uma libélula samurai é traída por aqueles em quem confiava e lançada ao exílio. Ferido,

Diane sempre sonhou com pouco: um marido, dois filhos, um trabalho que lhe fizesse sentido mais do que jamais se permitiu desejar. Mas, no dia em que Seb a deixa, seu mundo desaba. Entorpecida pela dor, ela no percebe o outro silencio que cresce ao seu redor: no quarto em frente, o riso de Lou se apaga.Aos dezesseis anos, Lou sofre o tumulto da adolescencia e o impacto do primeiro amor perdido, uma perda que lhe arranca mais do que lagrimas. Quando Diane finalmente se da conta, esta disposta a tudo para resgatar a filha, mesmo que isso signifique revisitar um passado do qual tentou escapar.Me e filha caminham sobre um fio tenue, entre o que foi e o que pode ser. Sob seus passos, o turbilho da vida ruge, e ameaça arrastar consigo as suas horas mais frageis.

Em uma universidade onde segredos matam, Ophelia busca vingança. E seu único aliado é o herdeiro do inimigo. Neste romance dark academia, amar pode ser o erro mais perigoso de todos.Na isolada Universidade Sorrowsong, so herdeiros de familias poderosas so aceitos. Ophelia Winters no se encaixa nessa categoria. Bolsista e deslocada, chega ao campus com um objetivo: investigar a morte de seus pais e destruir o responsavel.Seu plano, porem, começa a desmoronar quando conhece Alex Corbeau-Green, o aluno mais cobiçado da faculdade e filho de seu principal suspeito. Bonito, bilionario e intocavel, Alex representa tudo que Ophelia odeia. Mas quando ela passa a ser perseguida por um desconhecido, e Alex quem se torna seu aliado e talvez sua unica salvaço.Entre corredores antigos e colegas perigosos, Ophelia se ve dividida entre a vingança e os sentimentos inesperados que esta nutrindo por Alex. Conforme a atraço cresce e segredos surgem, ela precisa decidir ate onde ira e se sera capaz de destruir o mundo do homem por quem esta se apaixonando.CONTEUDO ADULTO

No terceiro volume de A Torre Negra, Roland Deschain lidera seu ka-tet através do Mundo Médio enquanto diferentes realidades entram em choque. Entre memórias conflitantes, loucura e destinos entrelaçados, a jornada ate a Torre se torna ainda mais perigosa e decisiva.Pela primeira vez em decadas, Roland Deschain no caminha sozinho e ja no e o unico pistoleiro. Ao lado de Eddie e Susannah, ele atravessa as terras arruinadas do Mundo Medio, assumindo o papel de lider e mentor em um cenario cada vez mais hostil. Mas, mesmo com o ka-tet formado, algo esta terrivelmente errado.Desde que impediu a morte de Jake Chambers, Roland vive atormentado por memorias contraditorias, como se duas realidades disputassem espaço em sua mente. A fragmentaço de sua consciencia ameaça no apenas sua sanidade, mas tambem o sucesso da misso rumo a Torre Negra. Enquanto isso, em outro mundo, Jake enfrenta um dilema impossivel: lembrar-se de uma vida que ficou no passado e buscar uma porta que o conduza ao destino que insiste em chama-lo.Entre mundos a beira da coliso, estradas repletas de perigos e a presença simbolica da rosa que sustenta a existencia, As terras devastadas aprofunda os temas do ka, da identidade e do sacrificio, consolidando a saga A Torre Negra como uma das narrativas mais ambiciosas de Stephen King.

A thrilling story of a sibling bond tested by religious and ideological conflict. The final novel in a trilogy from the iconic Assassins Creed universe.Dive into the Inquisition and witch hunts in Renaissance France with Assassins Creed!1609. The Inquisition is raging across Europe, massacring thousands of men and women on charges of witchcraft. Raised in the Landes region of France, Margaux and Ermeline, 16 and 17 years old, are initiated by their adoptive mother Catherine into the practices of healing. While her younger sister flourishes in this simple life, Ermeline dreams of something more, of settling in town, far from the forests of south-west France.This peaceful life comes to an end when Catherine, denounced for witchcraft by a patient, is taken to Bayonne with her eldest daughter by Pierre de Lancre, a master inquisitor and Templar in search of an ancient artefact. The two girls witness their mother being burned at the stake: Ermeline as a hostage of the Templars, Margaux watching from hiding. Distraught, Margaux is taken in by Nicodemus, an Assassin close to Catherine, who will train her in the Creed, while the anger of the French people ferments against the Inquisition.Separated, the two sisters must mourn their happy youth, but also decide which path to take and which destiny to join. Assassin or Templar? The path of blood, or the path of the heart?

Quem é Aziri? Quem é essa mulher, identificada como “africana da nação Mina”, na fotografia de Christiano Junior, de 1864-1865? Ela é Aziri Dagwa? Francisca Maria? Chica d’Água? Qual era seu nome ant

Warlord Wulf thought nothing could be worse than being tortured and contaminated by the Hive. That was before hes ordered to transport to Earth and represent The Colony in an unfamiliar horror a human reality show. The Bachelor Beast is the hottest new program on Earth, but being set up with two dozen clingy females is not his idea of a good time. When his Beast refuses to show the slightest interest in any of the shows potential mates, he knows he must choose one or die due to his raging mating fever.His Beast prefers execution to claiming anyone but his true mate. Wulf is resigned to his fate, a one-way trip to Atlan, a prison cell and execution. It is the only honorable thing left to do.Until one glance, one sweet, feminine scent lingering in the air and his beast rages for a female who is not supposed to be his.But try telling that to his Beast when his entire body transforms on live television and one simple word thunders from his lipsMINE.

From the acclaimed author of Number One Chinese Restaurant comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another.Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian have been told their entire lives that success is guaranteed by following a simple checklist. They worked hard, got good grades, and attended a great university-only to graduate into the Great Recession of 2008. Despite their newly minted degrees, theyre unemployed, stuck again under their parents roofs in a hypercompetitive Chinese American community. So when Grace-once the neighborhood golden child, now a Harvard Law School dropout-asks to make a documentary about the crew, they say yes. Its not like her little movie will ever see the light of day.But then the video, "Bad Asians," goes viral on an up-and-coming media platform (YouTube, anyone?). Suddenly, two million people know the members of the group as cruel caricatures, each full of pent-up frustrations with the others. And after a desperate attempt at spin control goes off the rails, they are flung even further off course from the lives theyd always imagined. As they grow up and grow apart, the friends desperately try to figure out who they are and what it means to live a successful life in the new millennium.Praise for Bad Asians:A sharp, propulsive novel about ambition, identity, and the bonds that shape us-whether we choose them or not. Lillian Lis masterful prose crackles with humor and insight, exploring the language of belonging Weike Wang, award-winning author of ChemistryA richly drawn and emotionally honest novel that explores the complex entanglements between friendship and family, ambition and happiness, and childhood and adulthood Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness FallsThe ugly underbelly of internet notoriety-and whether or not its survivable-is the riveting question Bad Asians explores. Lillian Li is an unsparing observer of our unsparing times Susan Choi, National Book Award-winning author of Trust ExerciseWith richly drawn characters and fantastic insights into class, upward mobility, parental expectations, and the false promise of the American dream and the toll it takes on those who pursue it, this is an engaging, darkly comic and thoroughly contemporary page-turner-a remarkable novel! J. Ryan Stradal, author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

Bad Attitudes is a wickedly dark tale of Scottish council housing and murder. This novella boasts a missing person, a lethally nosy neighbour, an extra-marital affair, a lusty councillor and a new housing law for tinkers. Who but Agnes Owens could concoct such a delicious brew of dour hilarity. Published to celebrate Agnes Owens centenary year in 2026.

The CIA forced Lily to retire before she was ready. Shed spent 40 years as a field agent. Shed been skilled, resourceful, dedicated everything that makes a good agent, but shed rubbed too many of her bosses the wrong way. They jumped on a botched op as an excuse to fire her. Now in her 70s, waiting in a doctors office, she reads a magazine article that startles her out of retirement. The story casts doubt on everything she believed about her first and happiest posting in Hayalistan, one of the old Soviet republics. Lilys angry, and she decides to find out what really happened when she was stationed there. As word of her investigation gets back to the CIA, the Company knows they must silence her. But Lilys aging body cant perform the feats it managed in her forties and fifties, and escaping their attempts on her life will test her physical and mental skills at a whole new level.

Two bored, obsessed teenagers break into and secretly live in influencers houses. But when they choose the wrong home, their twisted experiment turns deadly. A darkly funny, breathtakingly tense thriller from the most original writers in Britain (Daily Express)Alyssa wants to be seen. Less wants to be someone. She takes two buses to class, posts pictures of her lunch, and pretends its all effortless. He hides his privilege beneath thrifted clothes and a sketchbook full of impossible designs. Together, they are inseparable two outsiders constructing a version of themselves the world might finally applaud.Then Alyssa stumbles upon the hidden world of phrogging living unnoticed inside other peoples homes. She and Less slip through Los Angeles glossy veneer: influencers, producers, pop stars, all so busy performing their perfect lives they dont notice the shadows in their attics, the scratching in their walls.An act of rebellion. A harmless thrill. A social experiment.Until they choose the wrong house.Until the influencer they idolise catches them in the act.Until the cameras, already rolling, capture everything.What begins as a reckless adventure becomes a nightmare of lies, power and the cost of visibility. Bad Influence is a breathtakingly tense, darkly funny thriller about the lives we curate, the secrets we hide, and the monsters made by the need to be seen.____________Praise for Will CarverOne of the most exciting authors in BritainDaily ExpressA smart, stylish writerDaily MailIncredibly dark and very funnyHarriet TyceUnlike anything youll read this yearHeatImpossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfeltChris WhitakerWeirdly page-turningSunday TimesAmbitious, dark and funnyMike GayleA highly original state-of-the-nation novelLiterary ReviewOozes malevolence from every pageVictoria SelmanArguably the most original crime novel published this yearIndependentMesmericGuardianMemorable for its unrepentant darknessTelegraphPerceptive and twisted in equal measureCultureFlyPitch-dark, intelligent and utterly addictiveMichael WoodUnflinching, blunt and brutalSam HollandEqually enthralling and appallingJames OswaldOne of the most compelling and original voices in crime fictionAlex NorthUtterly believable, dark and disturbing one of my books of the yearTrevor WoodBrilliantly originalSam HollandClever, compelling, funnyDaily MailSuperbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sittingM.W. CravenDelightfully dark and wickedly inventive S J WatsonMulti-layered and masterfully writtenHeat magazine Book of the Month

La historia de una mujer que se rompió… y tuvo la osadía de seguir bailando. Porque a veces perderlo todo es la única manera de volver a ser.Esta historia es un viaje sin retorno por la memoria, la l

Corazones salvajes, la nueva serie de Noa Alférez: Entre rencores eternos y tierras sin ley, solo los corazones más salvajes pueden dar refugio al amor.Nada es lo que parece en Sabine Cross. Porque en un lugar sin ley ni esperanza, el amor puede convertirse en la unica redencion.Tras el final de la Guerra de Secesion, Camilla Swann, enfermera en un hospital de campaña, se casa en su lecho de muerte con Eliaz Hunter, un joven teniente confederado. Cuando el fallece, Camilla emprende un viaje hacia Texas para entregar sus pertenencias a la familia y honrar la memoria de un hombre valiente al que apenas tuvo tiempo de conocer.Pero en el rancho Hunter no la reciben con los brazos abiertos. Rod Hunter, hermano del teniente, desconfia de su historia y de sus intenciones. La guerra separo a los hermanos para siempre y la llegada de Camilla reabre heridas que aun arden bajo la superficie.Una peligrosa enemistad con una familia rival por culpa de unas tierras, la dureza de la vida en el rancho y una convivencia marcada por la desconfianza, convierten Sabine Cross en un polvorin a punto de estallar.En un lugar donde sobrevivir exige coraje, Rod y Camilla descubriran que la linea entre el rencor y el deseo es mas fragil de lo que jamas imaginaron.

In the quiet cathedral city of Barchester, a fierce power struggle erupts when a new Bishop and his formidable wife, Mrs. Proudie, arrive to challenge the established order. This satirical masterpiece explores the clash between old traditions and new ambitions, weaving a complex web of clerical politics and romantic entanglements. At the center of the conflict stands the mild-mannered Mr. Harding and his daughter Eleanor, whose marital prospects become a pawn in the high-stakes game for control. The narrative balances sharp social commentary with humor, offering a vivid portrait of Victorian society and its intricate hierarchies.

Enter a world of Edwardian wit and cruelty where the savage nature of animals often mirrors the behavior of polite society. These short stories are masterpieces of brevity and satire, introducing readers to mischievous children, talking cats, and the absurdity of social conventions. The humor is sharp, often dark, and deployed with a precise command of language that exposes the hypocrisy of the upper classes. It is a delightful yet biting collection that finds comedy in the unexpected and the macabre.

1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians are close to creating an atomic bomb.Beattie Cavendish, special operative for a covert section of GCHQ is sent to Scotland, to a listening station in the Highlands at Kilbray. Beatties arrival is greeted with suspicion by the stations staff. She faces an uphill battle to turn things around. When Beattie discovers that her uncle Howard, who lives nearby, has gone missing, she becomes convinced his disappearance is more sinister. She learns Howard has been visiting a remote Highland lodge used during the war to hide out of favour special operation executive officers. As she delves deeper, there is no one she feels she can trust except for private detective Patrick Corrigan. But Corrigan has troubles of his own as he needs to get out of London after crossing the Kutsnetsov brothers, a pair of notorious Russian gangsters.As the snow begins to fall hard and fast, Beattie realises the search is putting her life and that of Corrigans in danger, and that the answers she is looking for lie buried in her wartime past.

Bellarion, publicada en 1926 por Rafael Sabatini, es una novela histórica de aventuras ambientada en la Italia del siglo XV, durante las luchas entre repúblicas, principados y el poder papal. La historia sigue a Bellarion, un joven huerfano criado en un monasterio, cuya inteligencia excepcional y dominio de los textos clasicos contrastan con su ingenuidad inicial frente al mundo politico y militar.Al verse envuelto en conflictos belicos y traiciones, Bellarion demuestra un talento extraordinario para la estrategia, convirtiendose en un brillante comandante a pesar de carecer de experiencia practica. Su ascenso lo lleva a servir a distintos señores italianos, navegando entre intrigas, alianzas cambiantes y conspiraciones, siempre guiado por un profundo sentido del honor y la razon. Paralelamente, mantiene una compleja relacion con la noble Valeria, marcada por la tension entre el amor, la ambicion y la lealtad.Sabatini combina rigor historico con un ritmo narrativo agil y elegante, retratando un Renacimiento lleno de violencia, astucia y ambicion. Bellarion es tanto una novela de formacion como una epopeya de aventuras, que celebra la inteligencia sobre la fuerza bruta y reflexiona sobre el poder, la etica y el destino individual en tiempos convulsos.