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Raine sometimes complains that nothing exciting is ever gonna happen in Grace, Alabama, again. Daddy told her careful what you wish for. Everyone loves Summer Ryan. A model student and musical prodigy, she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace - especially compared to her troubled sister, Raine. Then Summer goes missing. Grace is already simmering, and with this new tragedy the police have their hands full keeping the peace.

Spirit Guides for Beginners shows you how to open up to the spirit world, connect with your spirit guides, and understand signs with the purpose of leading a more positive, fulfilling life. It’s for anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of spirit guides, and a desire to learn how to communicate with their guides, including their deceased loved ones who have transitioned to the afterlife. This book teaches you that connection with the spirit world is not only possible, but encouraged.

Maggie Sparks does not want a baby brother! Especially not one who is noisy, smelly, and gets all the attention. The good thing is—Maggie’s a witch. A super powerful, super smart, super talented witch, who sometimes gets her spells wrong.

Hannah Dexter is a nobody, ridiculed at school by golden girl Nikki Drummond and bored at home. But in their junior year of high school, Nikki's boyfriend walks into the woods and shoots himself.

In the wake of the suicide, Hannah finds herself befriending new girl Lacey, and soon the pair are inseparable, bonded by their shared hatred of Nikki. Lacey transforms good girl Hannah into Dex, a Doc Marten and Kurt Cobain fan who is up for any challenge Lacey throws at her.

From acclaimed literary critic Michelle Dean, winner of the National Book Critics Circle's 2016 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, a powerful portrait of 10 writers who managed to make their voices heard amidst a climate of sexism and nepotism. Featuring writers from the 1920s to the 1990s, including Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler and Janet Malcolm.

Society implies you need alcohol to get through motherhood. The drinking mom culture is a dangerous trend that threatens the well-being of both parents and children. The notion of having to be the “perfect mom” causes us to feel overwhelmed, unworthy, and in constant comparison, which in turn increases the chances we’ll crack open some alcohol and have a drink. Top that off with the challenge of trying to stay sober in a pandemic! It takes a lot of courage to admit that alcohol isn’t serving you, and to make the decision to begin a sober journey.

Eighteen-year-old Hannah Conroy has always dreamed of following in her father's footsteps as a healer. But in 19th-century England, the medical profession is closed to women. She sees midwifery as a back door into that world, but her fledgling career is crushed by personal tragedy. Seeking to escape a possible murder conviction in England, Hannah's world is turned upside down as she boards a boat bound for Melbourne.

A kingpin crook, a mystifying mentor, and a suspect scammer. It's trouble times three for Lora Weaver.... For Lora Weaver, PI training is a snap. Literally. Her task is to snap a picture proving some sap is defrauding an insurance company on a disability claim. Easy peasy. Until that snap sets a whirlwind in motion that lands Lora at the picturesque Vieux Port dodging a kingpin crook dubbed Penguin and hoping she doesn’t end up swimming with the fishes.

Une auteure de comédies romantiques qui ne croit plus en l'amour. Un écrivain renommé en panne d'inspiration. Lancés dans un défi, ces deux-là pourraient bien voir leurs convictions sur l'amour et le bonheur bouleversées à jamais... Augustus Everett est un écrivain talentueux, un écrivain "sérieux", le nouveau génie des lettres américaines. January Andrews ne compte plus les bestsellers qu'elle a publiés, mais dans un tout autre registre : la comédie romantique.

" Profiter de ma jeunesse et rattraper le temps perdu ! "Voici le nouveau mantra de la pétillante Leyah. Mormone en rupture avec ses croyances, elle quitte sa communauté pour intégrer le campus de la High Hills University. Cerise sur le gâteau : elle y retrouve Zach, l’ex-meilleur ami de son frère, dont elle est secrètement amoureuse depuis l’enfance. Problème : il a été excommunié. Membre d’une fraternité qui s’adonne aux excès en tout genre, il représente cet interdit qui captive la jeune innocente.

It’s almost Easter. Time for bunnies, bonnets, and bonbons. Not bedlam. Unless you’re Lora Weaver, that is. With the scent of spring in the air and the promise of a long weekend looming, Lora is looking forward to a few days relaxing with her beau, Adam, taking long walks and short naps, snuggled together in the warm glow of Easter chocolate wrappers.

It's Valentine's night and Lora Weaver is dining in a romantic hideaway, peering over her menu at another woman's husband. The man is tall, dark, and handsome. And sitting three tables away playing footsie with a redhead ten years his junior. Lora's job as a PI in training is to report back to the man's wife about said goings on. A routine case, her French boss and faux date for the evening Laurent assures her.

Lora Weaver is not in the habit of spying on people. It’s rude. It’s unseemly. It’s an invasion of privacy. It’s also almost impossible to avoid in a crowded café when a handsome stranger sets to scribbling secrets into a journal mere inches away from her croissant and mochaccino glacé. Secrets she has no business knowing. Which is just as well since the scribbles are in French and her skills in the language verge on lost-in-translation territory. Not that anyone watching would know that. Anyone watching would think Lora knows plenty.

On her first undercover case since swapping her social work career for a job at a PI firm, Lora is finding out that there’s more to playing Mata Hari than wardrobe changes. Much more. A fake fiancé, a fake wedding, and a fake name for starters. Never mind the dance lessons. Plus, there are undercover rules. Not that Lora’s good at following rules. But she’d better get good in a hurry because her new gig has her working alongside her ex-cop boss Laurent — a French PI who’s as hard about rules as he is soft on the eyes.

Lora Weaver follows romance from New York to Montreal and expects to find a touch of Paris in North America — cobblestone streets, sidewalk cafés, fabulous shopping, and a little joie de vivre [zest for life]. Not dangerous liaisons. But, when she takes a job at a PI agency owned by a French brother and sister team, her life takes on more twists and turns than a Cirque du Soleil show.

It’s three days before Christmas, and Lora Weaver is hefting a body into the trunk of a car. Not exactly how she expected to be spending her first French holiday. But who said playing elf with best friend Camille Caron was going to be easy?

Newbie PI Lora Weaver is squirming in her seat trying to avoid temptation. She’s on a stakeout in front of Petit-Four, the cutest pastry shop ever, watching as pastries parade by in the window on what’s otherwise the most boring stakeout ever. She’s hungry. She’s cramped. And she can barely keep her eyes open. She also can’t leave. C&C, the PI agency Lora works for has been hired to help in a dodgy divorce case, and it’s Lora’s job to find out what else their client’s soon-to-be ex, Sloan Potts, has been playing at hiding besides his salami.

Musique. Passion. Destin. Découvrez « K-pop Love Story », une série aux airs de fan fiction qui vous fera vibrer au rythme des idoles. Alice, 18 ans, le bac en poche mais brisée par la tragédie qui a frappé sa famille, finance ses études en travaillant dans une salle de concert. Ce soir, le plus grand groupe de K-pop mondial se produit sur scène. Parmi eux se trouve Heejoon, son membre préféré, dont la simple présence crée des frissons indescriptibles chez Alice.

Lora Weaver is throwing her first New Year’s bash in her new digs, and she wants everything to be perfect. She’s planned every detail from the food to the decorations. But what she didn’t plan on was trouble. Just one hour before the New Year is set to ring in, Lora stumbles across a mystery that may just take the fizzle out of the case of champagne she’s bought for the night’s festivities.

" L’évidence me saute au cœur. Je ne veux plus vivre sans elle. " Baptiste n'avait pas prévu d'arriver en retard au mariage de sa sœur. Pas plus qu'il n'avait prévu de tomber sous le charme de Sam, la meilleure amie de cette dernière, qu'il n'a pas revue depuis des années. Entre eux, l'attraction est immédiate. Puissante. Évidente. Pourtant, le jeune obstétricien est incapable de s'investir dans une relation et Sam ne sait plus faire confiance à un homme.