For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series. In Release Me, powerful multimillionaire Damien Stark made Southern belle Nikki Fairchild an unforgettable indecent proposal which she couldn't resist. Now their sensual, erotic, powerfully emotional romance continues in Claim Me, the next in J. Kenner's New York Times bestselling series.
For Damien, our obsession is a game. For me, it is fiercely, blindingly, real.
Damien Stark's need is palpable - his need for pleasure, his need for control, his need for me. Beautiful and brilliant yet tortured at his core, he is in every way my match. I have agreed to be his alone, and now I want him to be fully mine. I want us to possess each other beyond the sweetest edge of our ecstasy, into the deepest desires of our souls. To let the fire that burns between us consume us both. But there are dark places within Damien that not even our wildest passion can touch. I yearn to know his secrets, yearn for him to surrender to me as I have surrendered to him. But our troubled pasts will either bind us close...or shatter us completely.
Spellbinding romance. Electrifying passion. Why not indulge in J. Kenner...
Discover the whole story of Damien and Nikki's epic romance in J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series: Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me, Unwrap Me, Deepest Kiss, Entice Me and Anchor Me.
A notorious mob boss may take Stephanie out if she doesn't take him down first...
Stephanie Plum must up her game in Takedown Twenty, the hilarious twentieth adventure in the fiery Stephanie Plum series by bestselling author Janet Evanovich. The perfect read for fans of Harlan Coben and Lee Child.
Praise for Evanovich's bestselling novels: 'Making trouble and winning hearts' (USA Today); 'Sharp dialogue, a little slapstick and a little romance' (The Sunday Times); 'Highly enjoyable... who can resist?' (Chicago Tribune).
Someone is killing old women and leaving them in dumpsters, and Stephanie's risking the wrath of the local police by investigating behind their backs.
And to top that, her latest bounty is the town's much-beloved vicious mobster, 'Uncle Sunny' Sunucchi.
Stephanie doesn't mind (that much) that the local Godfather is her boyfriend Morelli's actual godfather - but since they are almost her in-laws, she could do with the Family not trying to kill her for a while...
What readers are saying about Takedown Twenty:
'Lively and funny. All the usual characters, with Stephanie getting into trouble both at work and with her love life'
'Janet Evanovich does it again, pure comedy. She never fails to deliver'
'I am often to be found howling with laughter with tears rolling down my face whenever I read one of Janet Evanovich's books!
A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AND PICK OF THE YEAR
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover.
'Effervescent' The Times
'A convincing evocation of a remarkable woman' Sunday Times
'Clever and deeply humane' Observer
'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved' Polly Clark, author of Larchfield
Germany, 1907
Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening.
England, 1912
Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious younger writer D. H. Lawrence. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that influences the course of literature forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost.
'Hard to put down thanks to its heroine's audacity and strength' Stylist
'Another absolutely superb novel from Annabel Abbs' Historical Novel Society
'An incredible piece of storytelling' The Lady
'A compassionately imagined tale' Daily Mail
'Fascinating' Red
From a snowbound inn, high in the Alps, four unlikely allies will turn against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and make him Richard III.
A noble Byzantine mercenary.
A female Florentine physician.
An ageless Welsh wizard.
And Sforza, an uncanny duke.
Together, they will alter the fate of millions . . .
Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Scott Lynch, The Dragon Waiting is a masterpiece of blood and magic.
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'Had [John M. Ford] taken The Dragon Waiting and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would've been George R.R. Martin' Neil Gaiman
'The best mingling of histroy with historical magic that I have ever seen' Gene Wolfe
'Another world must be unfurled, Another language known'
Best known - and beloved - for her highly popular novels including Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen was also an accomplished, and often witty, poet:
'I am going to have my dinner, after which I shan't be thinner'
This collection, which also includes poems by the poets she herself admired, sheds light not only on Jane Austen the writer, but on the themes that are woven through her bestselling novels. Satirical, humorous and ironical, they will resonate both with readers who love her novels, and newcomers alike.
'When stretched out on one's bed with a fierce throbbing head ... how little one cares for the grandest affairs'
'I am in a dilemma, for want of an Emma
New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner continues her smoking hot, emotionally compelling new erotic Stark International trilogy, which began with Say My Name, returning to the world of her beloved Stark novels, Release Me, Claim Me and Complete Me, with the explosive romance between Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas.
I never thought I'd lose control, but his desire took me to the edge.
Powerful, ambitious and devastatingly sexy, Jackson Steele was unlike any other man I'd ever known. He went after what he wanted with his whole mind, body and soul - and I was the woman in his sights. One touch and I surrendered, one night together and I was undone. Jackson and I had secrets, dark pieces of our pasts that threatened to swallow us both. I was scared to trust him fully, to finally let go. Yet no matter the dangers that lay ahead, I knew I was his - that there could be no more holding back and that in our passion lay our salvation...
Return to the smoking hot Stark world with the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin is the explosively emotional story of Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks.
Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark: Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me and Unwrap Me.
Don't miss J. Kenner's explosive Most Wanted series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees: Wanted, Heated and Ignited.
Perfect for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Stark series, the brand erotic romance trilogy of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees continues.
I know better than to trust him, that I should never risk my heart. But fierce passion comes at a high price.
I grew up believing in right and wrong, good and evil, black and white - that there were some boundaries that could never be crossed. And then I met Tyler Sharp. Bold, charming, and dangerously sexy, Tyler always gets what he wants. But his smile can be deceiving, his dealings sordid, his ambitions ruthless. I thought I was the one woman strong enough to resist him, but our need for each other is too urgent to deny. One look and I'm in trouble. One touch and I'm hooked. One night and I'm his. And once I fall, there's no going back.
INCLUDES, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PRINT, THE STARK BONUS STORY, TAKE ME.
Want more of J. Kenner's sizzling reads? Check out the first Most Wanted novel, Evan Black's story in Wanted and Cole August's story in Ignited.
Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark in Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me and Unwrap Me. And follow the passionate relationship of Sylvia Brooks and Jackson Steele in the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin.
A sizzling erotic romance series, perfect for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Stark trilogy, of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees.
He is everything I crave, all I desperately want - and he is everything I can't have.
Evan Black embodies my every fantasy. He is brilliant, fierce, and devastatingly handsome. But he is also headstrong, dangerous, and burdened with secrets. My family warned me to stay away, that I could never handle Evan's dark dealings or scarred past. Maybe I should have listened. Maybe I should have run. But our desire is undeniable, and some temptations you just can't fight. And from the moment we touch - the passion between us consuming us both - I know that I will never be the same.
Don't miss the rest of the explosive Most Wanted series in Heated and Ignited.
Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark in Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me and Unwrap Me. And follow the passionate relationship of Sylvia Brooks and Jackson Steele in the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin.
Perfect for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series. The hot, addictive erotic romance series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Stark trilogy, of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees, concludes.
He promised to take me as far as I could go - and I wanted to go to the edge.
My whole life has been a cover, a con, a lie. I was raised on the thrill of playing someone I'm not. As a rule, I never let anyone get too close - until Cole August makes it impossible for me to stay away. Cole is tough, sexy, and intensely loyal, yet his secrets are dark and his scars run deep. Not many women can handle his past, or the truth behind his fierce demands. But something about him beckons me - and our desire is a game I must play. I know he's dangerous, that even his touch is trouble, but what is passion without a little risk?
Don't miss the rest of the other explosive titles in the Most Wanted series: Wanted and Heated.
Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark in Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me and Unwrap Me. And follow the passionate relationship of Sylvia Brooks and Jackson Steele in the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin.
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and the Crossfire series comes Complete Me, the third in J. Kenner's sensual, erotic, powerfully emotional and internationally bestselling romance series. In Release Me, multimillionaire Damien Stark made Nikki Fairchild an unforgettable but irresistible indecent proposal; in Claim Me their passion burned ever more fierce; now, can their love survive the secrets of their pasts?
Our desire runs deep. But our secrets cut close.
Beautiful, strong, and commanding, Damien Stark fills a void in me that no other man can touch. His fierce cravings push me beyond the brink of bliss - and unleash a wild passion that utterly consumes us both. Yet beneath his need for dominance, he carries the wounds of a painful past. Haunted by a legacy of dark secrets and broken trust, he seeks release in our shared ecstasy, the heat between us burning stronger each day.
Our attraction is undeniable, our obsession inevitable. Yet not even Damien can run from his ghosts, or shield us from the dangers yet to come.
Spellbinding romance. Electrifying passion. Why not indulge in J. Kenner...
Discover the whole story of Damien and Nikki's epic romance in J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series: Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me, Unwrap Me, Deepest Kiss, Entice Me and Anchor Me.
New York Times bestselling author J. Kenner kicks off a smoking hot, emotionally compelling erotic Stark International trilogy that returns to the world of her beloved Stark novels, Release Me, Claim Me and Complete Me, with the explosive romance between Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks. For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, Sylvia Day, Meredith Wild and Jodi Ellen Malpas.
I never let anyone get too close - but he's the only man who's ever made me feel alive.
Meeting Jackson Steele was a shock to my senses. Confident and commanding, he could take charge of any room . . . or any woman. And he hungered for me. Our bond was immediate, our passion untamed. I wanted to surrender completely, but I couldn't risk him knowing the truth about my past. Yet Jackson carried secrets too, and in our desire we found our escape. Learning to trust is never easy. My mind told me to run. But heart had never felt a fire this strong - one that could save me...or scar me forever.
Return to the smoking hot Stark world with the Stark International trilogy: Say My Name, On My Knees and Under My Skin is the explosively emotional story of Jackson Steele and Sylvia Brooks.
Fall in love with J. Kenner's hot and addictive bestselling Stark series charting the romance of Nikki and Damien Stark: Release Me, Claim Me, Complete Me, Take Me, Have Me, Play My Game, Seduce Me and Unwrap Me.
Don't miss J. Kenner's explosive Most Wanted series of three enigmatic and powerful men, and the striking women who can bring them to their knees: Wanted, Heated and Ignited.
'In a class of its own . . . An outstanding book and a definite page turner for any Fifty Shades fan!'
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Irresistible. Erotic. Emotionally charged. The unforgettable multi-million copy selling series, which started with an unforgettable indecent proposal . . .
'Damien Stark is definitely up there on my list of sex gods!!'
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'If you are addicted to hot alpha males then this is a trilogy to add to your list'
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'Oh wow!! I think I've discovered another black knight in shining armour, Damien is awesome, loving and so so HOT'
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'Move over Christian Gray there is a new HOT HOT guy on the block'
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'This is even better then FSOG'
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'I am a massive fan of Sylvia Day and E. L. James and didn't think that anything else could top those authors . . . I was definitely wrong!! . . . I couldn't put it down . . . BRILLIANT'
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He was the one man I couldn't avoid. And the one man I couldn't resist.
Damien Stark could have his way with any woman. He was sexy, confident, and commanding: anything he wanted, he got. And what he wanted was me.
Our attraction was unmistakable, almost beyond control, but as much as I ached to be his, I feared the pressures of his demands. Submitting to Damien meant I had to bare the darkest truth about my past - and risk breaking us apart.
But Damien was haunted, too. And as our passion came to obsess us both, his secrets threatened to destroy him - and us - for ever.
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Spellbinding romance. Electrifying passion. Why not indulge in J. Kenner . . .
The Stark Saga (full-length novels)
Release Me
Claim Me
Complete Me
Anchor Me
Lost With Me
Damien
Enchant Me
Stark Ever After (novellas)
Take Me
Have Me
Play My Game
Seduce Me
Unwrap Me
Deepest Kiss
Entice Me
Hold Me
Please Me
Indulge Me
Delight Me
Cherish Me
Embrace Me
Visit J. Kenner's website for full reading order with spin-off stories!
THE OTHER DAUGHTER is a brilliant standalone thriller from The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner. IF YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR FAMILY, THEN WHO CAN YOU TRUST? Sophie Hannah and Karin Slaughter love Lisa Gardner. Have you read her yet?
When Melanie wakes up in hospital all she knows is that she can't remember any of the first nine years of her life and no-one is there waiting for her.
For Dr Stokes - who treated Melanie that night - and his wife, their decision to adopt the abandoned child comes as a blessing following their desperate struggle to deal with the brutal murder of their four-year-old daughter, Meagan.
But when, after twenty years of happy family life, Melanie suddenly finds her past under investigation by a reporter and an FBI agent, everything she thought she knew about her new life is questioned. And when horrific messages and gifts start arriving, Melanie is forced to face the terrifying reality that her family may be the last people she should trust...
À Auschwitz, chaque jour est un combat pour survivre. Alma a le matricule 50381, un nombre tatoué à l'encre bleue sur sa peau. Comme des milliers d'autres, elle est enfermée et séparée de ceux qu'elle aime.
Cette réalité ne pourrait pas être plus lointaine de la vie d'avant pour Alma. Star de l'Orchestre Philarmonique de Vienne, ses performances de violoniste ont envoûté les amateurs de musique classique. Nièce de
Gustav Mahler, fille d'un violoniste célèbre, elle a même fondé en 1932 un orchestre de femmes. Mais quand les Nazis ont envahi l'Europe, personne n'a pu la sauver...
Dans son malheur, sa chance va être d'être reconnue par l'une des chefs nazis du camp, qui va lui imposer de monter et diriger un orchestre de femmes pour le bon plaisir des SS. Au début, Alma refuse, mais elle réalise rapidement le pouvoir offert par sa position : elle peut sauver des jeunes filles d'une mort certaine.
C'est ainsi qu'Alma va rencontrer Miklos, un pianiste talentueux. Au milieu du désespoir, ils vont connaître la joie des répétitions, des notes, et des concerts qu'ils donnent côte à côte - tout en priant que le cauchemar cesse un jour.
Mais à Auschwitz, l'air est contaminé par la mort, et la tragédie est la seule certitude...
La jeune femme que vous allez rencontrer lit peu, mais il se trouve qu'un livre a bouleversé sa vie. Lorsque l'occasion de faire connaissance avec l'auteur durant une séance de dédicace se présente, elle n'hésite pas un instant. Aurait-elle dû ?
À vous de le dire...
Lucien Théorêt, protagoniste de ce roman, a été l'un des grands artisans de la Révolution tranquille, avant d'inaugurer l'âge de la révolution tranquillisée. Avec énergie, avec maladresse parfois, de tout son c?ur, il a participé aux bouleversements sociaux qui ont changé le visage du Québec. Il a été étroitement mêlé à tous les courants de pensée qui ont laissé des traces indélébiles avant de céder la place à d'autres idées. Ce grand poète de dix-huit ans, qui n'a jamais publié un vers, a été salué comme une des voix les plus prometteuses de son époque. Son ?uvre, qui n'a jamais été écrite, a reçu le prix littéraire international le plus prestigieux de son temps. On trouve, dans son admirable parcours, les soubresauts d'une conscience qui s'éveille au monde et les péripéties de jeunesse qui forment le caractère. À travers ce singulier personnage, plongé dans des situations souvent incongrues, se démenant dans un monde tumultueux et trace le portrait d'une époque, la bohème montréalaise des années soixante, le recul des contraintes traditionnelles, le terrorisme naissant, les turbulences politiques et l'effervescence intellectuelle et artistique à l'origine du Québec moderne.
Alice Morton, jeune Anglaise timide et modeste, mène une vie paisible à Deerfield, en Nouvelle-Angleterre, où elle a des parents, des amis, un fiancé. Mais, le 29 février 1704, sa vie bascule lorsque son village est attaqué par des Français et des Indiens. Ces derniers font une centaine de prisonniers, dont Alice. Durant deux mois, elle est contrainte à une marche forcée qui la conduit au Canada, où l'on prévoit la vendre. Au cours de ce voyage périlleux, Alice voit des amis et des voisins mourir sous ses yeux, les uns succombant aux difficultés de la route, les autres victimes des brutalités de leurs maîtres indiens, tandis qu'elle-même se découvre un courage insoupçonné. Peu à peu, elle en vient à comprendre la colère légitime du peuple indien, à deviner l'humanité de son maître, Mamôtkas. Et le lecteur assiste à la progressive et fascinante transformation d'une jeune fille obéissante et effacée en une femme décidée et courageuse. Tirée d'une légende née dans la région de Sherbrooke, cette histoire bouleversante, riche en rebondissements et en fines observations sur le comportement humain, transporte le lecteur dans l'Amérique encore sauvage du début du XVIIIe siècle.
Gwenaëlle, jeune caissière lyonnaise, dépose une annonce sur le net afin de faire adopter les deux chatons que son Persan vient de mettre au monde. Malheureusement, entre quiproquo et étourderie, l'affaire ne va pas être des plus simples. Surtout lorsqu'un certain « DominSM69@hotmail » cherche à la rencontrer afin de conclure la transaction...
Je l'ai rencontré... et ma vie s'est transformée.
Il m'a fait découvrir le plaisir, le vrai, dans un tourbillon de sensations intenses et de jeux érotiques. Le désir, la jouissance, l'extase ont pris un nouveau sens pour moi.
Il m'a tout appris.
Je suis devenue sienne. Entièrement. Et il le sait...
La belle Agnès a hérité d'un théâtre miteux après la mort de son père et tente par tous les moyens de le faire vivre face au géant culturel que la mairie vient de faire construire.
Le hasard va lui faire rencontrer un grand acteur lors d'une représentation scolaire et notre petite coquine ne va pas hésiter à se donner « corps et âme » pour le satisfaire...
Cat Thomas n'a jamais été le genre de fille à s'incruster. Elle affirme sans hésiter qu'elle préfère les amours sans lendemain, choisit le nouveau gars le plus en demande dans le coin, puis trouve un prétexte réel ou imaginaire pour le larguer. Lorsqu'elle accepte le défi de rallumer la flamme de son béguin de jeunesse et qu'elle bondit dans le lit de Shane Decker, le meilleur ami de son frère, elle comprend tout à coup qu'elle aura des ennuis. Elle le trouve encore irrésistible même après toutes ces années de séparation, mais il n'est pas question de lui céder. Shane est revenu en ville pour plusieurs raisons. La plus importante? Il en a marre de vivre éloigné de ceux qu'il aime, notamment de Cat. Mais maintenant, elle est terrifiée et fera n'importe quoi pour creuser un fossé entre eux, y compris lui faire connaître d'autres femmes par l'entremise d'un site de rencontres en ligne.
Que doit-il faire pour qu'elle comprenne que s'assagir ne signifie pas s'ennuyer à mourir et qu'il est prêt à passer sa vie entière à le lui prouver?
Quand Lacey Garrity surprend son tout nouveau mari en flagrant délit d'adultère avec sa demoiselle d'honneur dans la lingerie de la salle de réception, le grand frère de sa meilleure amie - harceleur et béguin de sa jeunesse, boxeur et mauvais garçon, Galen Thomas - vient à sa rescousse. La solution que lui propose Galen est à la fois emballante et dangereuse. Quelle meilleure façon d'oublier l'erreur de sa vie que de partir en lune de miel avec un type qui ne peut rien promettre au-delà du jour même?
... ou un K-O technique?
Galen avait compté sur le mariage de Lacey pour la mettre hors d'atteinte - et la chasser de ses pensées - une fois pour toutes, mais leur sulfureuse escapade portoricaine met à l'épreuve toutes les limites qu'il s'était fixées. Maintenant que Lacey assume sa sensualité inhérente, Galen songe à jeter la serviette et à se laisser séduire. Mais avec le plus important combat de sa carrière en jeu et une fusion d'envergure qui menace de faire chanceler la détermination de Lacey, leur histoire d'amour pourrait se retrouver au tapis avant même qu'elle ne débute.
Je viens de recevoir le courrier d'une jeune femme qui m'a été présentée l'année dernière, je crois. Je la connais donc un peu. J'avais alors remarqué sa grande beauté.
Elle me prie de publier la lettre qu'elle m'envoie. J.- P. M.
« J'ai voulu faire comprendre par cette lettre que l'esclavage passionnel librement consenti existe bien. Sous d'innombrables aspects. Ma façon d'être heureuse maintenant en est un. »
Cette nouvelle est extraite du livre numérique « LE DRESSAGE suivi de LA LETTRE ».
L'idée centrale de cette collection de « petits romans » clandestins des années 1960 est de tenter de se défaire d'une image normalisée de l'érotisme. Des textes contemporains qui veulent tout simplement faire le point sur toutes les disciplines, un érotisme jubilatoire et dynamique traduisant une libido sans tabou ni interdit, impudique et libérée.
Nouvelle numérique, couverture illustrée en couleurs.
