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January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest’s maternal great-grandparents, Ephraïm and Emma, and their children, Noémie and Jacques—all killed at Auschwitz. Fifteen years after the postcard is delivered, Anne, the heroine of this novel, is moved to discover who sent it and why.

Once an ambitious and promising student at an elite university in Paris, Maia is now 26, living in Milan, and stuck in a dead-end job at a cafe and a dysfunctional relationship with an older man. Until one day her life seems to change: thanks to a friend’s recommendation, and despite not knowing anything about social media, she is hired to work for Gloria, an 18-year-old influencer with millions of followers. Slowly, Maia understands that her disdain for the world of influencers is precisely why she was chosen for the job.

Better than a bag of treats, this Halloween romance variety pack brings home the heat. Grab some quick and satisfying tales on the winding path to happily-ever-after that deliver shivers of a different kind. Steamy romance shorts from best-selling romance authors Alyssa Turner, Sue Lyndon, Allyson Lindt, and Brigham Vaughn.

Despite a lifetime of bad luck, Teylin Walker remains determined to forge a new path for herself after leaving her abusive mother behind to chase her dream of becoming an actress in Los Angeles. But after a chance encounter with a boy possessing the extraordinary ability to turn invisible, she is thrown into a world beyond her wildest imaginings. Now danger follows her every step as the criminal syndicate known as the Coterie will stop at nothing to capture the boy and keep their secrets under lock and key–even if it means silencing Tey forever.

This book offers the students of Spanish and English at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of short Jewish one-liner jokes without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. This is actually fun learning!

He's a Maui beach bum. She's a workaholic lawyer on vacation. What happens in Maui, stays in Maui. Unless you run into your vacation fling back home.... Much to her annoyance, workaholic lawyer Ava Ruiz is forced to take a vacation to a tropical paradise. Unable to tear her mind off her cases, she's counting down the days until she can go back to work. Until she meets Ford.

Ella Fontana has already lost a lot by age 19. After the loss of her parents, she is trying to make it on her own. When her renter moves out under the guise of night leaving her family home in shambles, Ella tries to get retribution only to be pulled into an illicit world. Ella is in over her head trying to get out of her youthful errors that have thrust her into the unwanted attention of the Syndicate and the local DA.

A girl in danger… Aubrey Walsh never dreamed that she would find herself in an abusive relationship, but after her boyfriend hits her so hard he breaks her tooth, she flees the University of Maine to hide on a remote island with her best friend. Only to discover that she is pregnant. Terrified of what will happen if Jared finds out, she is walking along the rocks, deciding her future, when she slips.

Everyone gets a glow-up on social media, but for Libby Lane, it’s more than filters and cherry-picked content. Her online persona, Lillibet, is the fakest of fakes: the affluent, healthier-than-thou opposite of her glam-free life on the side of Oahu most tourists never see, cooked up by Libby and her best friends under the influence of free wine and career desperation. The phony fronting is all in good fun, until a real influencer stumbles onto the Love, Lillibet Instagram feed and starts making waves.

The last person Drew Franklin wants to work with is Cat Kalakau. Their history makes it difficult being in the same room, let alone being joined at the hip during a case. Months ago, they’d shared a night filled with romance and a bit more, but that ended after he was shot. Since then, even their friendship seems to have fallen apart. But he will do his job, even if spending more time with her is killing him.