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With little to live on but her romantic daydreams - which frequently starred the dashing Marquess of Fleetwater - Jean Lindsay lived a rather dismal life with her nasty, drunken uncle. Jean was always the object of ridicule, that is, until news of her unexpected inheritance spread. Suddenly her worn dresses became "quaint" and her forthright manner turned magically to "charming", but to Jean's horror, someone wanted her dead!

De retour dans les Cotswolds après de longues vacances, Agatha Raisin découvre que son voisin James Lacey, objet de tous ses fantasmes, est tombé sous le charme d'une nouvelle venue au village. Aussi élégante qu'amusante, Mary Fortune est une jardinière hors pair, et la journée portes ouvertes des jardins de Carsely s'annonce déjà comme son triomphe. Mais une Agatha Raisin ne s'incline pas avant d'avoir combattu (quitte à se livrer à l'une de ces petites supercheries peu reluisantes dont elle a le secret) !

Lovely Alice Lacey was a true incomparable, and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrant was the event of the season. Almost no one realized, however, that Alice was secretly in love with someone else - or that she had confided her feelings to a clever talking mynah bird who announces these intimacies at the moment of the couple's wedding. Now the gossip mongers are relentless. Alice's marriage started out, and has remained, cold and impersonal, and her new husband is already rumored to be taken with another woman.

The taboo turns me on. The dirty. The filthy. The nasty. The man your mother f--king warned you about - is me. Hold onto your panties, ladies. Lucas Carter is here to show you the dark side of the sheets.

The local ladies all deem Mr. John a wizard, so when Agatha Raisin finds a few grey hairs on her head - and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple - she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser. And as well as sorting out her hair it soon becomes clear the charming man also has designs on her heart - but their budding romance is cut short when Mr. John is fatally poisoned in his salon. Once again Agatha finds herself embroiled in a murder case. Was it one of Mr. John’s many lady clients, all of whom divulged to him their darkest secrets?

I’m the queen to a dirty throne of men and mania, a dissenter who's supposed to be a quiet accomplice to the Death by Daybreak Motorcycle Club. The four wicked men I’ve summoned are like the Horsemen of the Apocalypse—albeit dressed in leather and riding chrome stallions—and I’m the last judgement, bringing the end of the world as the club knows it. Only, it’s with my own hands bathed in blood and betrayal.

Peta Gore is the bane of her friend’s otherwise successful life. Maria Worth has come to hate her old friend - a noisy, vulgar glutton. There is no other way to describe Peta. She doesn’t just “have a good appetite” - she sucks and chomps and chews with relish. Not only are her table manners horrifying, but she has a habit of showing up at Maria’s carefully planned singles’ gatherings and spoiling everything by flirting with all the men.

Lorsqu'elle apprend le mariage de son ami sir Charles Fraith avec une mystérieuse cavalière, le sang d'Agatha Raisin ne fait qu'un tour. Pour en savoir plus sur sa rivale, une idée folle lui vient : se glisser parmi les invités de la cérémonie, au risque de semer la zizanie... Pari réussi : la jeune mariée et Agatha se crêpent le chignon en public. Un coup d'éclat qui la désigne comme la principale suspecte lorsqu'on découvre le cadavre de la mariée dans les écuries du manoir.

He stated quite bluntly--and much to Isabella's relief--that theirs would be a marriage in name only. But neither Harry nor Isabella was aware of the other's disguise, contrived in vain to thwart the impending nuptials. Isabella was not the selfish ice princess she seemed, nor was Harry a mincing dandy but rather a merry profligate.

I met fallen angel princes; I met a Savage Duke; I met a Cheshire Cat. And remember - how could you possibly forget - I'm the fabled Alice from the prophecy. Just a twisted, dark version of the girl in Lewis Carroll's old books. Except in those books, there was a happy ending. In those books, Alice wasn't dating nine very different, very beautiful men. But now that I've met the King of Hearts and the Mad Hatter, I'm not sure who the real bad guys are.

In a fascinating tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs--in art, literature, music, and science--the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, and the question of genius and insanity.

Une série de lettres anonymes sème le trouble à Lochdubh. Truffées d’accusations farfelues, elles pourraient prêter à rire, mais lorsque la receveuse des postes est découverte pendue, un message cruel sous ses pieds ballants, la petite ville bascule dans l’horreur. Persuadé qu’il s’agit d’un meurtre, Hamish Macbeth ameute la presse. Son attention est toutefois détournée par une amie de son ex-fiancée venue semer la zizanie dans son ex-couple, et par la journaliste Elspeth Grant, prête à tout pour élucider l’affaire...

When werewolf Vanessa Blevin begins working at new law firm, she expects long hours, hard work, and harder personalities. Her boss is a demanding, demeaning bully who begins cutting her down on her very first day—cutting her down and setting her blood on fire. Grayson Hemming is tall, dark, alphahole handsome, the exact sort of werewolf she does not need in her life . . . but there's something about the way he smells, his cutting smile, and the way his eyes always seem to find her. Her wolf wants his, and the feeling is mutual.

In a vastly overpopulated near-future world, businesses have taken the place of governments and now hold all political power. States exist merely to ensure the survival of huge transnational corporations. Advertising has become hugely aggressive and boasts some of the world’s most powerful executives. Through advertising, the public is constantly deluded into thinking that all the products on the market improve the quality of life.

John Heppel, écrivain aussi célèbre que prétentieux, est récemment arrivé à Lochdubh. Entre deux livres, il anime des ateliers d’écriture, se délectant d’anéantir les ambitions littéraires de ses élèves. Quand on retrouve son corps sans vie, la langue enduite d’encre, après un empoisonnement à la naphtaline, Hamish s’interroge : certes, Heppel était détestable et détesté, mais qui aurait eu intérêt à le tuer ? L’affaire attire les médias, entraînant dans leur sillage l’inspectrice en chef Heather Meikle, une mangeuse d’hommes qui a un faible pour les policiers célibataires...

Après "Agatha Raisin" et "Hamish Macbeth", la nouvelle série incontournable de M.C Beaton ! Belle et rebelle, telle est Lady Rose. Après s'être compromise avec les suffragettes, au grand désespoir de ses parents, la jeune fille de bonne famille fait une entrée désastreuse dans la haute société londonienne... Ce qui ne dissuade pas un Sir aux allures distinguées de lui faire les yeux doux. Très louche, selon le père de Lady Rose, qui charge le capitaine Harry Cathcart, aristocrate désargenté, d'en savoir plus sur le prétendant.

Unlock a weak-to-strong progression into power and a detailed LitRPG system with unique classes, skills, dungeons, achievements, survival and evolution. Explore a mysterious world of fallen civilizations, strange monsters and deadly secrets.

For the 38 million Americans who suffer from anxiety and/or depression (and for those who treat them), Dr. Daniel G. Amen has liberating news. Using a sophisticated brain-imaging technology called SPECT (single photon emissions computed tomography), Amen and his colleagues have discovered that these disorders are the result of measurable brain dysfunction, of physical neurological conditions that clinicians can actually see. And what they can see, they can treat more effectively than ever before.

Une jolie jeune femme au volant d'une BMW sur les routes désertes des Highlands écossaises, ça se remarque ! Surtout lorsqu'elle appuie un peu trop sur le champignon. Qu'importe à Hamish Macbeth qu'il s'agisse de la star locale du petit écran, tout délit mérite une amende. Furieuse, Crystal French se venge en révélant les secrets du village de Lochdubh dans une de ses émissions au titre éloquent : Derrière les rideaux de dentelles. Mais en déterrant de vieux scandales, la reine de l'audimat devient l'ennemie public numéro un.

For the first time in her life, Moriah has an open door of possibility before her. Recently divorced, she's free to do what she's always wanted. There's only one thing holding her back—the desire to have a child. Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic offers a unique service—trigger a heat and breed with a werewolf.