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Maeve Murphy doesn't have much to celebrate this holiday season. Ten years ago, she moved from Kingsford with no intention of returning. But home came calling, in the form of her mother's unexpected death. The least thing Maeve wants is to make friends—she's only back in Kingsford to help her father keep the family business, Murph's, afloat.

Gianna Mäkinen has been in love with her best friend Riley Beckett for her entire adult life. She'd long accepted that her place in life was Riley's best friend, and that was okay. It was more than okay. She never imagined that she would have the opportunity to confess her love to Riley, to marry her, to have a herd of children with her. Riley always knew she'd be building her life with Gianna, but she never knew it would be this kind of life. This all-consuming, passionate, together life.

Fresh off breaking up with her boyfriend and swerving away from the conventional, TikTok-ready married life she never wanted, Clementine is ready to explore the alternatives. Not that she wants to be single forever, much less die alone. But at thirty-six, it’s time for her to experience new things—including in her love life. And though an invitation to a fake relationship to appease family sounds like a recipe for disaster, Clem finds herself saying yes to smart, spirited dog groomer Chloe Lee anyway.

Hollywood actor Tess Gardner is not the kind of famous she set out to be. She's ready to show she's more than Princess Platinum of the Vindicators series, a pretty face with CGI superpowers that literally sparkle. Tess wants to prove herself as an actor and that means theatre—the true calling of her thespian heart. But just when Tess lands a part working with an acclaimed stage director, a brewing scandal forces him out. His replacement? None other than hip, buzzy director Rebecca Frisch. The same Rebecca Frisch whose heart a firmly closeted Tess broke over a decade ago during summer stock …

When Remy's grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years. She's not expecting that the first girl to ever steal her heart, the pretty, popular Fallon Lewis, is still around, and in a town this small, their paths continue to cross, much to Remy's dismay. It's hard enough seeing her first love, but it's exponentially more difficult when she can barely stand to look at the woman.

Seventeen years ago, Quinn McKinley left her small town of Kingsford for a shot at a happier life. Now a successful real estate agent in New York City, she's brought back on behalf of a client, begrudgingly accepting her return home in order to close the deal of a lifetime. Coming back opens doors she's done her best to keep closed all these years. Sawyer's spent her whole life in Kingsford, working at her family's antique store and trying to make everyone happy. Quinn's return is unexpected, knocking her routine existence more than a little off balance.

Taylor Tate has one last chance to turn things around. As the owner of Charm City Events, she needs her upcoming week of Valentine's Day events to go off without a hitch. She's painstakingly planned every detail down to the last red heart decoration, but what Taylor doesn't plan on is the less than enthusiastic bar manager she's paired with stumbling into her life at the worst possible time, making things more difficult every step of the way.

Veteran firefighter Lieutenant Hallie Hunter has fought hard to win her place in the male dominated world of firefighting. In Hallie's quest for promotion to Captain, she is tasked with training the new recruits. Kaia Montgomery is a young and spirited new recruit whose teamwork skills are lacking and Hallie's attraction to her is immediate and consuming. Hallie knows she must shut down her attraction to Kaia. Hallie is her boss and Hallie is determined to get promoted to Captain this year.

Icy CEO and Billionaire Adaze Banks gets into difficulty on her yacht off the coast of Phoenix Ridge. Her life is saved by hero Firefighter Leilani Silva. Adaze feels drawn to the woman who saved her life both physically and emotionally although they are worlds apart. Adaze doesn't date since her messy divorce and certainly a hot young firefighter would be a bad place to start. Just as Adaze is starting to let her walls down, her past comes back to to haunt her. Is the connection she has with Leilani enough to save them both?

The last thing firefighter Elle Rodriguez expects when she turns up at a serious fire is to be reunited with her ex from many years ago—trauma surgeon Dr. Maya Monroe, who has just moved back to the city. Elle cheated on Maya and things ended badly between them, and it is seriously awkward meeting Maya again like this and trying to remain professional.

Forbidden Desire and Emotional Truths: A Slow-Burn Lesbian Romance About Healing, Honesty, and Choosing Yourself. Literary icon Brielle Stone has crafted an admirable life—an adoring daughter, a handsome partner, and a stunning Manhattan apartment. It would be perfect if only she could fall in...

Un editore rifiuta il romanzo di uno scrittore: niente di male, se editore e scrittore non fossero anche amici per la pelle e testimoni di nozze dei rispettivi matrimoni; un esordiente viene tenuto a battesimo da un importante critico letterario: tutto bene, se l’esordiente non frequentasse l’ex moglie del critico; una scrittrice di Romanzi rosa va a letto con il suo agente letterario: ammissibile, se scrittrice e agente non si incontrassero a colazione proprio con il marito di lei, un onesto lavoratore nel ramo della fibra ottica senza alcuna propensione per l’arte.

Life under a microscope is stifling for anyone, but for Grace Easton, the world's most recognizable pop superstar who has both feet firmly cemented in the closet, it's particularly hellish. After walking away from the love of her life five years ago because she wasn't ready to come out, she's become a master of smiling for the cameras that hound her every step to hide the fact that she's miserable.

Meghan Koo doesn't take life too seriously—especially not in the ten years since she's broken away from her conservative, homophobic upbringing. Now, as the drummer for The Shrikes, she's touring the world and getting to play the music she loves.

Kennedy Ryan and Brooke Nicholas have circled around one another for years without getting to know one another, but getting stuck together during a post-college trip is going to change that. A growing friendship, an abandoned puppy, and no one to act as a buffer between them will upend a lot of ideas they had about one another. Kennedy finally realizes she may have only scratched the surface where Brooke is concerned, and Brooke is terrified that she's falling in love with her best friend.

Un romanzo storico collettivo a forte valenza politica, un'avvicente cavalcata nel tempo sulle tracce di "Q" di Wu Ming. Un'ombra attraversa il Tempo: dall'antico Egitto, dove ha avuto origine, un pericolo minaccia il destino dell'Uomo. Un segreto custodito nei millenni da chi ha scelto di non avvalersi della sua potenza distruttrice.

Klein lavora per l'Ente, gigantesca multinazionale del petrolio. È un geologo, per anni ha scovato giacimenti da cui far spillare soldi, ma oggi si è persuaso che il futuro è nelle rinnovabili. I vertici dell'Ente sono invece convinti che la conversione alle energie pulite farebbe crollare i profitti della compagnia. Per questo motivo inviano Klein nel Delta del fiume Niger. In apparenza appoggiano il suo progetto, ma in realtà tramano per eliminarlo facendo ricadere la colpa sui ribelli locali.

Our understanding of bacterial genetics has progressed as the genomics field has advanced. Genetics and genomics complement and influence each other; they are inseparable. Under the novel insights from genetics and genomics, once-believed borders in biology start to fade: biological knowledge of...

Isla Walsh is a prankster, and her favorite person to pull one over on has to be her principal, Andry Murphey. But Isla isn't all fun and games, and her sixth-grade students will attest to that. Behind every prank Isla plays hides a secret she hasn't shared since she moved to Cheyenne. She's not the happy person she seems to be. In fact, she's pretty certain everyone will leave her.

Chris Murphey is a drunk and not proud of it. Sobering up changed her life, and she's ready to make amends. But she won't fall in love again. One night is all she's willing to give, and the cute young woman who is new to town seems like she might just fit the bill. Until Chris screws that up too. Because no principal should sleep with their former student. No principal should sleep with a current parent. Will Chris ever make a right decision?