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In this fascinating and deeply researched book, Sharon Marcus challenges everything you thought you knew about our obsession with fame. Icons are not merely famous for being famous; the media alone cannot make or break stars; fans are not simply passive dupes. Instead, journalists, the public, and celebrities themselves all compete, passionately and expertly, to shape the stories we tell about celebrities and fans. The result: a high-stakes drama as endless as it is unpredictable.

Dans les profondeurs de la ville, là où les ombres dansent au rythme des murmures lugubres, le Mal vient de se réveiller... Luttant pour survivre au brouillard mortel qui recouvre Whisper Town, les jumeaux Crochemort vont devoir faire face à une menace plus terrible encore. Un danger dont Silence n’a pas conscience. Oriel n’a plus qu’un but, la protéger. La romancière à succès Cassandra O’Donnell nous entraîne dans un nouvel univers aussi envoûtant que terrifiant.

Zwei beste Freunde. Zwei gebrochene Herzen. Eine zweite Chance Die Sommer, die Sloane und Jasper als Jugendliche auf der Wishing Well Ranch verbracht haben, gehören zu den schönsten ihres Lebens. Doch mittlerweile sind sie beide erwachsen, Sloane ist verlobt und Jasper ein erfolgreicher Eishockeystar. Aber als Sloane an ihrem Hochzeitstag erfährt, dass ihr Verlobter sie betrogen hat, ist es ausgerechnet Jasper, der sie rettet. Gemeinsam fliehen sie, und mit jedem Tag, der vergeht, fällt es den beiden schwerer, die Gefühle zwischen ihnen zu ignorieren ...

With a sentient tail and cat-like eyes, Gulliver O’Shea has always been different, and everyone can see it. Except for his best friend, the queen of Iskalt. She treats him like he matters. So, when she says jump, he flies. And when she asks him to travel through a portal to a strange human city and gather information on a dangerous group attacking fae, he…reluctantly realizes he has no choice.

Don’t trust the humans. It’s a new sentiment among the fae. For most of his life, the few humans he’s known have been like family. So how does their entire world want those like Gullie destroyed?

What if the Lift driver who finds your cheating boyfriend's phone holds the directions to true love? 'Who are you and why do you have my boyfriend's phone?' 'He left it in my car. You must be the blonde in the red dress? I'm the Lift driver who dropped you two off earlier.' And with these words, the life of the brunette and t-shirt wearing Maya Maas is turned upside down. Having planned to surprise her boyfriend, she finds herself single and stranded in an unknown city on her birthday.

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee, but the men on her heels will stop at nothing until she’s paid the piper.

Tia O’Shea is beginning to lose hope. Hope that she’ll ever say goodbye to the foreign wastelands of Lenya. Hope that she’ll ever see her brother again. With a new king on the throne of Vondur, she is no longer a prisoner, but that doesn’t mean she is free.

What Did I Do Wrong? is the first book of a 3-book series sharing Eveline Sandy's personal journey of resilience and perseverance. Born in the early fifties to a single mother in East Germany, Eve eventually moved with her mother to the United States to live with her mother's new husband, a US serviceman whom Eve knew as Dad. With this new man frequently absent and detached from their lives, Eve and her mother were regularly left alone to fend for themselves.

Lauren Michaels is a homicide detective on the run. Thanks to Mary Higgins, a family friend with connections with the Russian mob, she finds a way to save her as she lies helpless in a hospital bed recovering from gunshot wounds. Lauren lands in the town of Pearl, and smack in the middle of paradise. But she can't let her guard down despite the appealing aspects of this town and all it has to offer. Including Galvin, Gus, Harper, Orin, and Mace.

Les mots des autres m'ont nourrie, portée, infusé leur énergie et leurs émotions. Jusqu'à la mort de mon frère, le 14 octobre 2015 à Montréal, je ne voyais pas la nécessité d'écrire. Le suicide d'Alex m'a transpercée de chagrin, m'a mise aussi dans une colère folle. Parce qu'un suicide, c'est la double peine, la violence de la disparition génère un silence gêné qui prend toute la place, empêchant même de se souvenir des jours heureux. Moi, je ne voulais pas me taire.

They were best friends who never meant to fall in love - but for one of them, it was already too late. Willow 'Banjo' Paterson and Tom Forrest were raised on neighbouring cattle stations in the heart of the Kimberley. But as young adults, something came between them that Willow cannot forget. Now 10 years have passed since she's spoken to Tom. When her father falls ill, Willow is called home to run the family property - but her vision for a sustainable organic cattle station is proving hard to achieve. She needs Tom's help, but is it too late to make amends?

Algunos amores durarán hasta el último suspiro. Toda elección tiene sus consecuencias, y Layla tiene que hacer frente a elecciones especialmente complicadas. Luz u oscuridad. Roth, el diabólicamente sexy príncipe de los demonios, o Zayne, el atractivo Guardián que nunca creyó que podría ser suyo. Sin embargo, la elección más complicada que debe tomar Layla es en qué parte de sí misma debe con ar. Además, Layla tendrá que hacer frente a un nuevo problema. Un Lilin, el demonio más letal de todos, anda suelto, y está creando caos entre aquellos que la rodean, incluyendo a su mejor amiga.

Marcada desde su nacimiento con unos extraños ojos violetas y un enigmático legado familiar, Ares Parisi ha vivido siempre como una chica normal, hasta que descubre que su historia está envuelta por más secretos y misterios de los que nunca pudo imaginar. Será entonces cuando decida pedir ayuda al atractivo Adonis, que la llevará de la mano en una investigación hacia un mundo oscuro y sensual donde las leyendas conviven con la realidad.

As a child, author Olivia S. Benson was puzzled by her relationship with her father and his absence in her life. It took many years and much soul searching for her to understand her life experiences and how profoundly his absence affected her. Benson finally solved the puzzle, when she began to understand the nature of the Universe: what GEFS—God, Energy, Force, Spirit—really was and how her suffering could serve for good in her life.

Galina has been looking for a way out. So when she has the chance to get out of her kingdom and away from the man who wants to own her, she has no choice but to see it through. Even if it means collecting on a life debt from the worst decision she’s ever made. Davin’s mistakes are catching up to him. A lifetime as the royal screwup of the Lochlannian line has landed his people in danger. So when Galina shows up at his door in need of a betrothal, it might just solve all of his problems. Even if it means playing house with a woman who hates him.

Stepping off the Greyhound bus, I look at the town glinting in the distance beyond a crystal-clear mountain lake. The lines I’ve memorized from the ad are on repeat in my mind: accommodation and employment provided to women willing to relocate to a historic town with a shortage of women. When Virginia first sees the ad, her breath catches. Female? Check. Small-town seclusion needed? Check. Currently without a home or a job? Check and check. She dabs an extra layer of concealer over the bruise on her cheek, bundles up her belongings, and her secrets, and escapes her life in Savannah.

After all, who doesn’t long to hear the whoosh of the crop, the whack of the paddle on a soft, fleshy behind...and the plea for mercy? Behind the sunshine there is darkness. These erotic tales feature plenty of hard, hot spanking, paddles, straps, bondage, threesomes, oral, anal and straight sex.

1890, Can Marea, Barcelona. Claudia Caralt, una niña de nueve años, vive con su familia paterna y su madre italiana en la masía familiar de un pueblo de la costa. Su madre, a la que siempre ha estado muy unida, fue una prometedora pintora que tuvo que renunciar a su carrera cuando se casó. Claudia no quiere que le suceda lo mismo y está decidida a convertirse en lo que realmente desea ser. El día en que su hermano Amadeo nace con una discapacidad, nada vuelve a ser igual para ambas.

Can You Hear Me Now? is a moving call to action based on author Pamela Furr's daily struggles and responsibilities as the mother of an autistic child and the founder of Puzzle Box Academy, a private school based in Florida dedicated to supporting children with autism. The book provides guidance, support, and advocacy for parents navigating the challenges of raising children with autism.