Women Action Adventure

College heptathlete Margaret Crandall is invited to compete for a spot with a secret company to become an elite assassin. While still in the training pipeline, her mentor is murdered attempting to kill the billionaire shipping tycoon, Victor Lars Junius, who is a member of a global criminal empire and attempting to transform himself into the legendary actor Richard Burton.

As her lover’s sanity deteriorates, Kit is forced to team up with a seductive vampire with ulterior motives. And when the perilous domain’s existence is confirmed, Kit has only one option remaining: risk her life to enter and hope to return with the cure.

Caroline Carlyle has rediscovered her heart's song and is realizing dreams she thought were beyond her grasp, including her musical debut at the university and a marriage proposal from Roderick Adair. After setting a wedding date, Caroline receives an unexpected gift that sends her to Guatemala to fulfill another life dream.

Supernatural and humankind’s survival depend on Cat claiming the crown. With the threat of endless darkness pressing into her, she must lean into her mate and newly appointed court. When the Choosing Ceremony marks Cat and her friends as competitors in a magical tournament that is shrouded in secrecy, the stakes only grow. Can Cat survive the tournament without revealing her true power and still manage to keep herself and those she cares about alive?

Art forger Mikky dos Santos has talent, cunning, athletic prowess, an independent income—and even love. But trust? Now that’s another thing. After a lifetime of betrayal, she’d finally thought it was just within her reach…. A year after an accident that nearly killed her, Mikky’s made a miraculous recovery. She’s been spending her days rebuilding the strength in her elaborately inked body by kitesurfing with the handsome nurse she fell in love with during her recovery. She’s even thinking about painting again.

Londra, settembre 1914. "Le mie mani non tremano mai. Sono una chirurga, ma alle donne non è consentito operare. Men che meno a me: madre ma non moglie, sono di origine italiana e pago anche il prezzo dell’indecisione della mia terra natia in questa guerra che già miete vite su vite. Quando una notte ricevo una visita inattesa, comprendo di non rispondere soltanto a me stessa. Il destino di mia figlia, e forse delle ambizioni di tante altre donne, dipende anche da me."

Catalina Béjar de Prado es una mujer progresista hasta donde le conviene: se casó con un "igual", o eso es lo que ella creía, pero, en el fondo, Catalina se casó para escapar. Nunca supo de qué tenía que escapar, pero ese fue su propósito. Ahora, Catalina se nota permanentemente turbada: por su casa, su hija, su marido, su trabajo, su madre, su hermana, sus amigas, el amante, la mujer del amante, la política, la globalización, la anorexia, los gimnasios, el magnesio... Así que una mañana decide seguir el consejo de su hija y darle un giro a su vida: rebelarse.

Joy Parker had the perfect childhood. Doted on by her parents, she couldn’t imagine her childhood any differently. As a child and later a young adult, she’s ignored by her much older siblings, made to feel the outsider…until a tragedy occurs, altering her life in ways she couldn’t possibly have imagined. Then suddenly another life-altering event changes the course of her life, and she must make decisions she never dreamed possible. What would you do if you won $341,726,178.10 after taxes? Come along for the ride as we discover what Joy Parker decides to do with it…

La vida es corta, y nadie lo sabe mejor que Lenni Pettersson a sus diecisiete años. Enfadada con el mundo porque el tiempo se le acaba, Lenni todavía tiene mucho que experimentar y demasiadas preguntas sin respuesta. Margot tiene ochenta y tres años. Cuando conoce a Lenni en el taller de arte del hospital le ofrece su amistad incondicional. A partir de ese momento, los días de Lenni se expanden como nunca hubiera imaginado: las historias que le cuenta la anciana le harán soñar todas las vidas que la enfermedad le negará. La novela más luminosa y conmovedora del año.

Levi Hawkins was a typical fun-loving, hard-partying college student with his whole life in front of him - until one tragic night ripped his world apart and left him adrift with no home or family to return to. After a soul-crushing stint in Afghanistan, he spent a decade wandering the globe searching for something or someone to make him whole again. Weary of regret and consumed by loneliness, he puts his heart on the line and turns to the only people still connected to him by blood.

Galardonada con el Premio Brage, el más importante galardón literario de Noruega, y la novela más vendida en su país en 2019, "Estado del malestar" ha supuesto la consagración de Nina Lykke como una de las grandes escritoras de su país gracias a la ironía con la que critica el aparente paraíso de los países nórdicos. Estado del malestar es una sátira de la insoportable levedad de la clase media surgida al calor del Estado del bienestar, vista por una mujer privilegiada que vive en uno de los países más ricos del mundo y, sin embargo, se halla siempre al borde de un ataque de nervios.

UNA MONTAGNA DI LIBRI E DEBITI. UN INCONTRO INASPETTATO. UN'OCCASIONE UNICA PER RIMETTERSI IN GIOCO. Sarah va a caccia di libri, ma non solo. Colleziona mappe, ama i manoscritti e le vecchie carte geografiche, e si trova decisamente più a suo agio con le pagine stampate che con le persone. Dalla morte della zia Amalia, che ha cresciuto lei e sua sorella, Sarah vive da sola nella sua villa circondata da un rigoglioso giardino in fiore e da tantissimi volumi antichi.

Ein überraschendes Familienerbe rüttelt das Leben der 26-jährigen Journalistin Toni auf. In der alten Wiener Stadtvilla entdeckt sie Briefe und Tagebücher von Clara von Escherhoff aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Gemeinsam mit ihrer neuen Bekannten, Musical-Darstellerin Ella, will Toni herausfinden, was ihrer Vorfahrin damals widerfahren ist – und stößt dabei auf eine verbotene Liebe, einen wertvollen Diamanten und tödliche Intrigen. Doch je tiefer Toni eintaucht, desto mehr scheint sich die Grenze zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart aufzulösen.

Evelyn and Sophie, sisters and best friends, were known as one of the climbing world’s strongest teams—but that was before Evelyn had an affair with Sophie’s husband. Now they can’t even be in the same room together. That is, until they’re both offered a mountaineer’s dream: a chance to summit the eight-thousand-meter peak Yama Parvat.

When Carrie loses her job and boyfriend during the opening weeks of the pandemic, she’s determined to reset her life in a positive direction. The answer? A solo, two-month, cross-country bicycle trip from Virginia Beach to Mendocino, California. Yet dangers lurk that she’d never anticipated. During Carrie’s idyllic journey across the continent, her greatest danger comes not from her encounters with angry animals, road hazards, or the elements. Something much worse stalks her—something much too human.

Erst geparkt, dann ausgemustert? Nicht mit Monika! Charmant, lebensklug und voller Situationskomik erzählt Bestseller-Autorin Susanne Fröhlich in ihrem humorvollen Roman Geparkt von einer nicht mehr ganz jungen Frau, die sich mit der Hilfe neuer Freundinnen gegen ihren Ex-Mann behauptet. Monika hat das große Los gezogen: Einen solventen Freund, der nicht nur ziemlich verliebt, sondern auch ganz schön großzügig ist. Immerhin überlässt er ihr seine Finca auf Mallorca – und finanziert ihr einen entspannten Lebensunterhalt.

860 AD --- A sea of differences separates a pair of young souls fated to unite. A battle ensues, and two worlds collide. An Ængle-Briton woman, deeply rooted in her ancient bloodline, discovers her inner strength when she is ripped from all she loves. Using her heart and mind as her weapon and shield, this innocent captive determines how to survive.

Mit Ausnahme der Gebiete, die früher als Kanada und Alaska bekannt waren, und von den Männern der Nordländer bewohnt werden—einer Gruppe starker Männer, die sich weigern, Frauen über ihr Leben bestimmen zu lassen.

Valeria Cifuentes lo tiene absolutamente todo: dinero, estatus social, un marido que la quiere y la consiente y un hijo que es lo más importante de su vida. Pero un día algo más se añade a esa inmensa lista de propiedades: un dosier con el diagnóstico de la última revisión médica que ha conseguido romper completamente el transcurso de su vida. Su marido, que no puede dedicarle todo el tiempo que le gustaría, decide derivar la función en uno de sus trabajadores más fieles y lo contrata como acompañante de Valeria casi las veinticuatro horas del día.

With yet another assignment behind them, the ladies have enjoyed a break together and celebrated the wedding of Myra and Charles. But then they get some exciting but unsettling news. It seems their dear ally Lizzie Fox is rumored to be near the top of the short list for a soon to be vacated seat on the Supreme Court. While the Sisters are thrilled for Lizzie, they are concerned about her being ripped to shreds in the approval process, partly due to her connections with the Sisterhood.