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Aldis Pauga. Pilots, kurš izdzīvojaZvaigzne ABC, 2025Grāmatas autors Aldis Pauga par lidošanu ir sapņojis kopš bērnības. Viņa dzīve pierāda, ka bērnības sapņi spēj ietekmēt cilvēka mūžu. Aldis kļuva par pirmo helikopteru privātpilotu atjaunotajā Latvijā, par pirmā privātā helikoptera īpašnieku un vietējā helikopteru biznesa radītāju. 2017. gada oktobrī, kad privātā dzīve, karjeras un biznesa attīstība šķita esam vienā no augstākajiem punktiem, Alda vadītais helikopters avarēja. Cieta visi, kas atradās lidaparātā, bet vissmagāk pats pilots – lauzts mugurkauls, mēnesis komā, daļēja paralīze, atmiņas un valodas traucējumi. |
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Jānis Sviklāns. Pasīvā pastāvēšanaLatvijas Mediji, 2025Normunds ir vienpatnieks, kurš vēlas, lai visi liek viņu mierā. Ar kolēģiem nekontaktējas ārpus pienākumu veikšanai nepieciešamā, mātes un māsas apciemošana viņam rada galvassāpes, un, ja pie durvīm klauvē kaimiņi, Normunds izliekas, ka mājās neviena nav. Taču kādu dienu augstsirdības uzplūdos piekrīt pieskatīt kaimiņienes desmit gadus veco meitu, paverot savu dzīvi trauksmainiem notikumiem. |
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Elita Ieva Puķe. Zem satumsušām debesīmEzerrozes grāmatas, 2025Uzņēmīgajam saimniekdēlam Kristam Drīviņam ne viss sokas tik raiti, kā cerēja, kad pēc Pirmā pasaules kara atgriezās tēva Gustava mājās – “Kalniņos”. Jauneklis bija pilns jaunības degsmes un darba spara, alka uzbūvēt savu māju un izveidot ģimeni. Krists no savas ieceres neatkāpās un kā jaunzemnieks pēc Zemes likuma pieņemšanas un ar tēva atbalstu tika pie lolotā zemes gabala un uzbūvēja māju, ko nosauca par “Sauleskalniem”. Nejauši jauneklis sastop skaisto un strādīgo meiteni Edjuli un neprātīgi iemīlas. Nepaiet ilgs laiks, kad jaunuzcelto māju piepilda bērnu smiekli. Kā tālāk veidosies Krista, Edjules un viņu meitu likteņi? Cik lielu lomu nospēlēs Otrais pasaules karš Drīviņu dzimtas likteņos? Vai izsūtīšana uz Sibīriju skars Drīviņus? Kāds smags liktenis piemeklēja vienu no Krista meitām – Hertu, kura uzticējās savam vīram un bija spiesta pamest Dzimteni un doties bēgļu gaitās ar laivu pāri jūrai. Tomēr pēc vairākiem augšupejas gadiem jaunā sieviete atkal atvēra sirdi mīlestībai un nodzīvoja otrpus Baltijas jūrai līdz mūža beigām. Kāds bija Helgas un Hermīnes liktenis? Vai māsām izdosies atkal satikties? Notikumi romānā seko cits citam, un, lasot tālāk lapu pa lapai, atbildes atnāks… |
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Anna Klīvsa. Slepkavība manā pagalmāLatvijas Mediji, 2025Heplebērnā nevienam pat prātā nenāktu teikt kādu sliktu vārdu par Alisi Periju, un tomēr tieši viņu atrod mirušu savā pagalmā. Kad inspektors Remzijs sāk uzdot jautājumus, izrādās, ka viss nav tik viennozīmīgi… Neapšaubāmi, Perijas kundze patika visiem, taču viņas vēlme darīt labu ne vienu vien reizi sagādāja raizes kā tuviniekiem, tā kaimiņiem. Aizdomu ēna pārņem citkārt tik draudzīgo apkaimi, bet slepkava turpina savu nekrietno rūpalu… |
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Jērns Līers Horsts. Katarīnas kodsZvaigzne ABC, 2025Atkal pienākusi tā diena gadā. Villiams Vistings jau divdesmit ceturto reizi pārskata dokumentus par Katarīnas Heugenes pazušanu. Lieta tā arī netika atrisināta, un kopš tā laika Vistings katru gadu apmeklējis Martinu Heugenu, Katarīnas vīru. Regulārās Vistinga un Heugena tikšanās gadu gaitā izvēršas draudzībā. Taču šoreiz, kad Vistings ierodas, Heugenu māja ir tumša un aizslēgta. Sievas pazušanas gadadienā bez vēsts ir pazudis arī Martins Heugens. Tajā pašā dienā policijas iecirknī pie Vistinga ierodas izmeklētājs Ādrians Stillers, kurš strādā ar citām neatrisinātām lietām Organizētās noziedzības un smago noziegumu apkarošanas departamentā. Stillers atklājis, ka senā Katarīnas lieta ir saistīta ar vēl kādu citu pazušanu. Lai atrisinātu šīs lietas, abiem izmeklētājiem būs jāapvieno spēki un jāspēj sastrādāties. |
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Igauņu mūsdienu lugu izlaseMina Ise, 2025Pie lasītājiem nonākusi pirmā grāmata par igauņu mūsdienu aktuālo dramaturģiju. Tajā iekļautas septiņu autoru lugas, kas paredzētas gan lasīšanai, gan iestudēšanai. |
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Treisija Sjēra. Mamma drīz nāksLatvijas Mediji ,2025Šonakt mājās ir tikai mamma un bērni. Vecās ēkās vienmēr kaut kas krakšķ, kur nu vēl vētras laikā. Taču šis troksnis ir citāds. Pārāk pazīstams un vienlaikus neiespējams. Nakts melnumā kāds lēnām kāpj augšup pa kāpnēm. Prātā iešaujas virkne jautājumu. Vai tas varētu būt iebrucējs? Vai arī tā ir tikai pārāk spilgta iztēle? Un ko tagad darīt? Ignorēt? Cīnīties? Slēpties? Ir tikai mirklis, lai izlemtu. Bet ja nu lēmums nebūs pareizs? |
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Līza Džūela. Ģimene augšstāvāZvaigzne ABC, 2025Kādā lielā smalkā namā Londonas Čelsi savā gultiņā ir pamodusies mazulīte. Meitenīte ir labi aprūpēta un priecīgi gaida, lai kāds viņu paņemtu rokās. Virtuvē guļ trīs līķi sadalīšanās stadijā. Un turpat arī steigā uzkricelēta zīmīte. Viņi ir miruši jau pirms vairākām dienām. Kurš gan ir rūpējies par mazulīti? Un kur tas cilvēks ir tagad? Divas kopā sapinušās ģimenes… Māja, kas slēpj vistumšākos noslēpumus… |
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Ia Gēnberja. DetaļasZvaigzne ABC, 2025Slimības drudža pārņemta sieviete pārlasa romānu, kura titullapā ir īpašs veltījums no bijušās draudzenes. Un atmiņā cita pēc citas uznirst pagātnes ainas ar tūkstoš detaļām – lietas, ko viņa nespēj aizmirst, un cilvēki, kurus aizmirst nedrīkst. Juhanna, šī bijusī draudzene, tagad slavena TV raidījumu vadītāja. Nikija, draudzene, kas pazuda pirms tik daudziem gadiem. Alehandro, kurš vienmēr ieradās kā viesulis precīzi īstajā brīdī. Un Birgite, kura slēpj kādu sāpjpilnu noslēpumu. Romānā ir atainoti četri portreti, kuri atklāj atmiņu un pieredzes fragmentus, kas veido dzīvi. Bet kurš gan ir īstais portreta subjekts: persona, kas tiek gleznota, vai tā, kura tur otu?. |
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Stīvs Berijs. Omegas faktorsKontinents, 2025Ģentes altārglezna ir visvairāk cietušais mākslas darbs pasaulē. Trīspadsmit reizes kāds ir centies to sabojāt, sadalīt vai nozagt. Kāpēc? Kādus noslēpumus tas glabā? Kad Niks ierodas Beļģijā, lai apciemotu sievieti no savas pagātnes, viņš nejauši uzduras pavedienam, kas saistās ar Ģentes altārgleznas divpadsmitā paneļa zādzību 1934. gadā, pēc kuras neviens to vairs nav redzējis. Drīz vien Niks tiek iesaistīts konfliktā, kas ilgst teju divus tūkstošus gadu. |
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Daina Sirmā. AustraPētergailis, 2025Daina Sirmā par krājuma tematisko kārtojumu saka, ka lasītājs no pirmās daļas “Trupe” (zaudētām jūtām, pīšļiem, pelniem, pamestības, kara šausmām, gūstekņu nometnes) nonāk “Ziemupē”, kur pāri dzīvelīgai, pašironiski smeldzīgai un militarizētai sadzīvei klājas ziemīgi salta nolemtība. Tālāk izpestīt pūlas “Uldis” – poliglots, visai noslēpumaina gara spēks ar dažām dzejnieka Ulža Bērziņa iezīmēm. Nobeigumā “Aiz trešā sēkļa” lasītājs ietiecas bezgalībā – austrā – rītausmā, kur lielākas algas. |
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Māris Salējs. Atsevišķa gaismaPētergailis, 2025“Krājuma “Atsevišķa gaisma” pamatnoskaņa ir esības trauslums individuālā, cilvēku kopības un dzimtās valodas līmenī. Savā ziņā tā ir dubultesamība starp dzīvi, kas ir notikusi pirms kara, un to, ko nākas aptvert/pieņemt šobrīd. Dzejas krājuma koncepcija formulējama dažos vārdos: kā cilvēks, kuram pasaule dota pa gabaliem, fragmentiem, var apjaust tās veselumu? Apjēgt tās jēdzīgumu? Caur atrasto izlauzties līdz neatrastajam? Atbildes ir paši dzejoļi, kuros tumsas un krēslas slānis sabiezē līdz atsevišķiem gaismas uzplaiksnījumiem, proti, mezgliem, kas sasien neredzamās spriedzes līnijas varbūtējā harmonijā,” saka autors |
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Herman Melville. Moby Dick or The whaleWordsworth Editions, 2002Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab”s quest to avenge the whale that ”reaped” his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. |
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William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet Wordsworth Classics, 2000
Love, sex and death are the components in this story of the love of two young people which reaches across the barriers of family and convention. It encompasses great love, high drama, low comedy and a tragic ending. |
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Ana Huang. King of Sloth Piatkus, 2024
Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He also has no interest in taking over his family’s empire (much to his father’s chagrin), but that hasn’t stopped women from throwing themselves at him…unless the woman in question is his publicist. Nothing brings him more joy than riling her up, but when a tragedy forces them closer than ever, he must grapple with the uncertainty of his future—and the realization that the only person immune to his charms is the only one he truly wants. Cool, intelligent, and ambitious, Sloane Kensington is a high-powered publicist who’s used to dealing with difficult clients. However, none infuriate—or tempt—her more than a certain billionaire heir, with his stupid dimples and laid-back attitude. She may be forced to work with him, but she’ll never fall for him…no matter how fast he makes her heart beat or how thoughtful he is beneath his party persona. He’s her client, and that’s all he’ll ever be. Right? |
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Ana Huang. King of Envy Piatkus, 2025
Dangerous. Powerful. Reclusive. Vuk Markovic is notorious for shunning human interactions. The scarred billionaire rarely talks, and he has no interest in relationships outside his small but trusted circle. His only exception? Her. The beauty to his beast, the object of his obsession. He saw her first. He wanted her first. But now, she’s engaged to his oldest friend—and the closer the wedding looms, the more he’s torn between loyalty and desire. She should be his…and he might just risk it all to have her. Beautiful. Successful. Glamorous. To the world, supermodel Ayana Kidane leads the perfect life. Her career has skyrocketed, and she’s engaged to one of New York’s most eligible bachelors. What people don’t know is that the engagement is only a business arrangement. He gets his inheritance when they marry; she gets the money she needs to leave her abusive agency. Pretending to be in love should be easy—until she finds herself increasingly drawn to her fiancé’s enigmatic best man. Vuk thrills and terrifies her in equal measure. She knows she should stay away, but when her wedding is thrown into chaos, he’s the only person she finds comfort in…Until his past catches up with them and threatens everything they love. |
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Ana Huang. King of Pride Piatkus, 2023
Reserved, controlled, and proper to a fault, Kai Young has neither the time nor inclination for chaos—and Isabella, with her purple hair and inappropriate jokes, is chaos personified. With a crucial CEO vote looming and a media empire at stake, the billionaire heir can’t afford the distraction she brings. Isabella is everything he shouldn’t want, but with every look and every touch, he’s tempted to break all his rules…and claim her as his own. Bold, impulsive, and full of life, Isabella Valencia has never met a party she doesn’t like or a man she couldn’t charm…except for Kai Young. It shouldn’t matter. He’s not her type—the man translates classics into Latin for fun, and his membership at the exclusive club where she bartends means he’s strictly off limits. But she can’t deny that, beneath his cool exterior, is a man who could make her melt with just a touch. No matter how hard they try, they can’t resist giving into their forbidden desires. Even if it costs them everything. |
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Ana Huang. King of Greed Piatkus, 2023
Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street. He has everything—a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied. In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough. It isn’t until she’s gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory…but by then, it may be too late. Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years. She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell for. When it becomes clear that she’ll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first—even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved. But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go…or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes. |
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Parker S. Huntington, L. J. Shen. My Dark Romeo Orion, 2023
It was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball. A clandestine moment with a handsome stranger. But unlike his namesake, my Romeo isn’t driven by love. He’s fueled by revenge. To him, I’m a chess piece. Leverage. His rival’s betrothed. To me, he is a man deserving of poison. A dark prince I refuse to marry. He thinks I’ll accept my fate. Well, I plan to rewrite it. And in my story, Juliet doesn’t die. But Romeo? He perishes. |
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Parker S. Huntington, L. J. Shen. My Dark Desire Orion, 2024
The task was simple. Sneak into Potomac’s most heavily guarded manor. Steal back my pendant. Slip out. Problem number one? America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me. Problem number two? He decided to keep me. As the help. Zachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt, but he makes my skin burn. Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others. Little does he know, he just met his match. He may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become Queen. |
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You Yeong-Gwang. The Rainfall Market Penguin Michael Joseph, 2024
Serin, who lives in a small flat with her mother and dreams of a bigger, better life, can’t believe her luck when she receives a ticket inviting her to step inside The Rainfall Market. Once inside she will have the opportunity to swap her life for a new one. A better one. Accompanied by Isha the cat and followed by a mysterious shadow, Serin tentatively steps inside. There she is told she has just one week to choose the perfect life and find true happiness. |
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Jason Rekulak. The Last One at the Wedding Sphere, 2024
Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that their estrangement would become permanent. He’s even more surprised when she invites him to her upcoming wedding in New Hampshire. Frank is ecstatic, and determined to finally make things right. He arrives to find that the wedding is at a private estate – very secluded, very luxurious, very much out of his league. It seems that Maggie failed to mention that she’s marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a famous tech billionaire. Feeling desperately out of place, Frank focuses on reconnecting with Maggie and getting to know her new family. But it’s difficult: Aidan is withdrawn and evasive; Maggie doesn’t seem to have time for him; and he finds that the locals are disturbingly hostile to the Gardners. Frank needs to know more about this family his daughter is marrying into, but if he pushes too hard, he could lose Maggie forever. |
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Mary E. Pearson. The Courting of Bristol Keats Bramble, 2024
After losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an “aunt” she’s never heard of who promises she can help, she reluctantly agrees to meet – and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Even her father might still be alive, not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures to a whole other realm – the one he is from. Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods and fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with the fae king, Tyghan. But what she doesn’t know is that he’s the one who drove her parents to live a life on the run. And he is just as determined as she is to find her father – dead or alive. |
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Ana Huang. Twisted Lies Piatkus, 2022
Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can’t deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She’s the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can’t solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can’t refuse. Every monster has their weakness. She’s his. His obsession. His addiction. His only exception. Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage. Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship. But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms―and house―of the most dangerous man she’s ever met, she’s tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time. Because despite Christian’s cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she’s with him. Passionate. Protected. Truly wanted. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything. |
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Ana Huang. Twisted Hate Piatkus, 2022
Gorgeous, cocky, and fast on his way to becoming a hotshot doctor, Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn’t charm—except for Jules Ambrose. The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has. When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules. No jealousy. No strings attached. And absolutely no falling in love. Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam. The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable… no matter how good-looking he is. But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long. Her best friend’s brother. Her nemesis. And her only salvation. |
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Ana Huang. Twisted Games Piatkus, 2022
Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules…until her. Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he’s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her. Because she’s his. His princess. His forbidden fruit. His every depraved fantasy. Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses. But when her brother abdicates, she’s suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted. And as she navigates the intricacies-and treacheries-of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can’t have. Her bodyguard. Her protector. Her ultimate ruin. Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom…and doom them both. |
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Ana Huang. Twisted Love Piatkus, 2022
He has a heart of ice… but for her, he’d burn the world. Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he’s forced to look after his best friend’s sister, he starts to feel something in his chest: A crack. A melt. A fire that could end his world as he knew it. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember. But despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world… including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t want. Her brother’s best friend. Her neighbour. Her saviour and her downfall. Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen – but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both… and everything they hold dear. |
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Rachel Harrison. So Thirsty Titan, 2024
Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a weekend getaway – not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance of issues she’d rather not confront, like her husband’s repeated infidelity. But when they arrive at their rental cottage, Naomi has something else in mind. She orchestrates a wild night out with a group of mysterious strangers, only for it to take a horrifying turn that changes Sloane’s and Naomi’s lives literally forever |
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Riley Sager. The House Across the Lake Hodder, 2022
Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of liquor, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple who live in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing – a tech innovator, Tom is rich; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other—and the longer Casey watches -it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage is not as perfect and placid as it appears. |
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H. D. Carlton. I. Haunting Adeline 2025 The Manipulator. I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don’t affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He’s always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow. I didn’t mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can’t stay away. I’m mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves. The way she undresses… I’ll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine. And once she is, I’ll never let her go. Not even when she begs me to. |
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Sasha Peyton Smith. The Rose Bargain Electric Monkey, 2025
Every citizen of England is granted one bargain from their immortal fae queen. High society girls are expected to bargain for qualities that will win them suitors: a rare talent for piano in exchange for one’s happiest childhood memory. A perfect smile for one’s ability to taste. But Ivy Benton’s debut season arrives with a shocking twist: a competition to secure the heart of the Queen’s fae son, Prince Bram. A prize that could save Ivy’s family from ruin… and free her sister from the bargain that destroyed her. Yet every glittering fae deal has a rotting heart—and at the center of this contest is a dark plot that could destroy everything Ivy knows. |
