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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Romance
She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the
limo after La Rose. "You will worship me, and I won't even have to
order you." His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.
She answered, "Yes."
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a
little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to
New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal
journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden
nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious
stranger.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world
and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has
ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he
can't resist.
After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract
with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must
create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does
more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she
struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead
grows—a love that is both captivating and forbidden.
A beautiful collectible edition containing the fifth and sixth novels
of the beloved Bridgerton series by New York Times bestselling author
Julia Quinn.
To Sir Phillip, With Love
Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd
proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a
little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn't. The
beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she
stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was
kiss her . . . and more.
When He Was Wicked
In every life there is a turning point. For Michael Stirling, London's
most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on
Francesca Bridgerton. But that was then...Now Michael is the earl and
Francesca thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and
confidant. Michael dares not speak to her of his love, until one
dangerous night, when she steps innocently into his arms, and passion
proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets . . .
A stunning collectible edition containing the 5th and 6th novels in #1
New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Bridgerton
series. This edition features:
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See these beloved stories come to life on screen in Bridgerton, now a
series created by Shondaland for Netflix.
Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and
created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was
turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North
Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium.
This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu
wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of
hundreds of magical greenhouses. She’s starving and freezing, and the
only other human on the island is a grumpy gardener. To her surprise,
he offers Terlu a place to sleep, clean clothes, and freshly baked
honey cakes―at least until she’s ready to sail home.
But Terlu doesn’t want to return home, and as she grows closer with the
unwittingly charming gardener, Yarrow, she learns that the magic that
sustains the greenhouses is failing―causing the death of everything
within them. Terlu knows she must help, even if that means breaking the
law again.
This time, though, she isn’t alone. Assisted by Yarrow and a sentient
rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she
wants to save the island―and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.
Funny, kind, and forgiving, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a story about
giving second chances―to others and to yourself.
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Duty. Blood. Honor. Power.
Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her
name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been
crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life
is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders. Her ward—and
her brother—need her back in her homeland…but the changes that have
strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns,
Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the
Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else
in her stead....
"Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all
seven Gods, do not crack any jokes."
Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner
of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might
just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden
dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City.
Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the
smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate
again.
A darkness falls across Yvelia. The realm and their friends are in
danger. Together, Saeris and Fisher will pass through fire and
brimstone to save them.
Narrated in duet style.
And in that instant I fall in love. Not just with him, though he is the better part of it, but with them both, with the whole scene: the house, the garden, the magazine perfection of it. And I want very badly to be in this picture.As Edie Jones lies in a bed on the fourteenth floor of a Cambridge hospital, her adult daughter Dido tells their story, starting with the day that changed everything.That was the day when Dido - aged exactly six years and twenty-seven days old - met the handsome Tom Trevelyan, his precocious sister, Harry, and their parents, Angela and David.The day Dido fell in love with a family completely different from her own.Because the Trevelyans were exactly the kind of family six year-old Dido dreamed of. Normal. And Dido's mother, Edie, doesn't do normal. In fact, as Dido has learnt the hard way, normal is the one thing Edie can never be . . .
Ná ouma Leen en oupa Koen se dood besef Jessie dat sy en Janine nie langer op die Weskus sal kan oorleef nie. Sy kry werk in Roodepoort en oortuig Janine om saam te gaan met die belofte van ’n nuwe toekoms.
Janine belowe Bennie dat sy eendag na hom toe sal terugkom. Die nuwe omgewing is alles behalwe gemaklik en hulle is finansieel nog slegter af. Janine se egskeiding word op die langebaan geskuif. Hul lewe verander drasties as die meenthuis se geiser ingee, die Oosthuizens langaan intrek en Werner Hougaardt, die eienaar van die meenthuis vir Janine begin ruikers stuur.
’n Dag se uitstappie saam met Werner bring twyfel in haar hart oor Bennie. So ’n ryk man sal beter as Bennie kan sorg. Jessie se ou studentevriend daag op en Werner se ware motiewe word oopgevlek. Friedrich se dogter, Christine, bied aan om Janine se saak pro bono te doen.
Huweliklokkies lui vir Jessie en Friedrich en Bennie daag onverwags op om Janine weereens van sy liefde en trou te verseker.
Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom.
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.
Honestly, it's a pretty sweet gig - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he's the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but... those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she's with him? Will falling into an experimentalist's orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
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