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"Je m'appelle Ting et j'ai 37 ans. Mon histoire est simple et surprenante à la fois... En février 2019, après presque six ans de bons et loyaux services dans la même entreprise, j'ai été licenciée sans avoir commis aucune faute suite à une restructuration. Heureusement, cela faisait 9 ans que j'investissais dans l'immobilier et que je venais enfin, après des années de travail acharné, d'atteindre l'indépendance financière grâce aux excédents de loyers.

The black X of the Aramach marked the spot where Princess Charlotte’s life was destroyed. Her fiance has been kidnapped by rebel insurgents and war threatens to crumble her kingdom if he’s not safely returned. Somewhere in the midst of her inner circle, traitors are plotting to prevent their two kingdoms from uniting. Deciding it’s time to take matters into her own hands, Charlie storms from the castle on a mission to save her betrothed.

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences?

Growing Up with Two Languages provides a highly accessible account of the stages of language development, describes and evaluates the various systems and strategies that can be adopted and looks at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two languages and cultures. Combining research-informed advice and the experience of parents raising children as speakers of a wide range of languages in every populated continent in the world, this book and its associated web material will answer questions and provide material to enlist support.

Kate Burns grows up wanting attention from her Ma, but her Ma wants only money and Kate learns how to get both. She and her childhood friend, Lacey, run kissing lessons for cash in the janitor’s closet of Fenbrook High, and just like that, they find themselves in the sex work industry. From there, they go on to work at The Purple Panther, a strip club in Auckland. When Ma dies of cancer, Kate discovers that the men her Ma was always inviting over to their home were, in fact, clients. Ma was no stranger to sex work either.

Jill Homer, a newspaper editor in Alaska, has an outlandish ambition: a 2,740-mile mountain bike race along the rugged Continental Divide. But Jill's dream starts to unravel the minute she sets it in motion. An accident during a race on the Iditarod Trail results in serious frostbite. As she struggles with painful recovery and uncertainties about leaving a good job to pursue a seemingly impossible pipe dream, her employer hands down an offer she can't refuse.

Griffin O’Shea is forgotten. Maybe it’s a good thing no one outside the prison realm remembers everything he did to earn his place in the dark kingdom. Now that he’s back in the world of the Light Fae, he wants to earn their trust, their loyalty, and that means going after the missing prince and princess of Iskalt, children who call him uncle. It means searching through the human realm for a vanishing village only he can see and a book full of dangerous magic and devious secrets that are better left alone.

Tia O’Shea just wants to go home, back to the palace among snowy fields where her twin brother amplifies the power inside her, and her father tries to secure the future of the throne through her marriage. A marriage she doesn’t want and refuses to consider. As a future queen, Tia only wants a choice in this one part of her life. On the night of the ball to introduce all possible suitors for her hand, she escapes to the human realm, planning to return after everyone has come to their senses. She never expected anyone to follow her, let alone her best friend and two of her suitors.

Being caught in a fire set by her own boyfriend has changed Marlena. She doesn't trust easily. She's fearful, to say the least, when it comes to men. Her focus is on this new start, making three good friends with women who have shared similar experiences, and finding hope in a town called Chance. But she's gained the attention of one local deputy and his two brothers who own the bar and dance hall in town. They're making their desires known, but she's not too keen on exploring the attraction.

From rising sci-fi author Don Vodka comes the tale of an alien war that began 20,000 years ago and now stretches across the galaxy to Earth in the year 2068. Featuring 16-year-old Misty Remington, daughter of meta-human Dazzle Shelton. Misty and Rikkie, trained by Dazzle since they could walk, are an integral part of Earth’s defense force. Amid the chaos, and with their world turned upside down, the two girls must navigate uncharted territory while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

Connie, jeune femme au caractère bien trempé, a réalisé son rêve de devenir fleuriste et gère sa boutique d'une main de maître. Mais le jour où elle découvre une ancienne photo d'elle à côté d'un petit garçon, toutes ses certitudes s'effondrent. Qui est cet enfant ? Acculé, son père lui avoue qu'il s'agit de Mat, son petit frère. Victime d'un accident à l'âge de deux ans, il est resté tétraplégique et communique peu avec le monde extérieur.

A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous philosopher-mentor finds herself outmaneuvered; diabolically clever high school girls wreak a particularly apt sort of vengeance on sexual predators in their community; a woman stalked by a would-be killer may be confiding in the wrong former lover; a young woman is morbidly obsessed by her unfamiliar new role as “mother.” In the collection’s longest story, a much-praised cutting-edge writer cruelly experiments with “drafts” of his own suicide.

With all my curvy cousins getting married to pairs of sexy fraternal twins, I figure going to one of the weddings couldn’t hurt? Right? Wrong. At Ashleigh’s wedding I meet Kane and Reid, two men who look like they’re not only knocking on death’s door, they’ve got one foot on the other side. But the moment we touch, electricity shoots through my body and I know my life will never be the same. I have a boyfriend to break up with before I explore these feelings, and a life to put on pause.

Lady Lisbeth Medford, Countess of Waterstone and famed international spy, is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. On a covert mission, she’s determined to infiltrate a notorious smuggling ring in the West Indies as a ship’s captain…only her identity has been compromised. Leaving her pursuers in ashes, she boards her vessel to flee, but the men on her heels will stop at nothing until she’s paid the piper.

When struggling influencer couple Adele and Jack post a crowdfunding video online, they're amazed by a mysterious benefactor's offer: to buy them an idyllic 17th century French château. It’s the lifeline they need to leave all their troubles behind – and patch up their relationship after a rocky period. For Adele, it’s a dream come true. She will post videos from the fairytale setting, renovating the grand building as thousands of online subscribers follow their journey. But the château is not all it seems, and the local community is far from welcoming.

It's that special time of year: Christmas. The time of carol-singing, tree-decorating and of course lots of presents. But in the excitement of new toys, will Dave forget about his old friend Dogger? The very special story of one boy and his beloved toy - who always manages to be found....

Bliss deals with the disillusionment of a devoted wife when she is presented with evidence of her husband's infidelity.

In a dark and broken kingdom, a ruler has to be fearless to control the streets and the ruthless people who run them. Race Hartman is just bold enough, just smart enough, and just lost enough to wear the crown. Places like the Point will always have bad things and bad people, but the man in control of all that badness can minimize the devastation. Race has a plan, but can he prevent total annihilation without destroying himself?

Après D'ombre et de silence, Karine Giebel offre un nouveau recueil de textes noirs, humains, bouleversants et engagés. Il y a des soupirs, des souvenirs et des sourires. Il y a ces jours sans fin et ces nuits sans chaleur. Cette sensation d'être sale, d'être rien, moins que rien.

Knocked down and discouraged, Alicia needs a new motivation. She finds it in Chance, along with love, triple style. They dare her to succeed, to make her dreams a reality because Monroe, Caldwell, and Max support her, believe in her, and love her. What could go wrong? Well for one, she's not exactly a confident person. Her heart's been broken, her money stolen out from under her, and her only family, her brother, is a culprit through it all. She's been manipulated to believe she can't succeed.