The summons comes at half past four on a Tuesday, which is how Sofia knows it is bad.She is twenty-four. She has a master's from Columbia, four languages, and a future she had quietly built away from her father's name. None of it matters by the time the study door closes behind her. The Bellinis owe Don Marchetti more money than the family is worth. There is one acceptable form of payment, and it is her.Dante Marchetti expects a frightened girl in a borrowed dress. What he ...

The streets run red with blood in The Gauntlet—a brutal underground death race where the fastest and the deadliest battle for power, money, and survival. There are no rules. No second chances. And the only way out is to win or die.When Sienna "Sin" Vega is forced onto the starting grid, she knows she's being set up to fail. Framed for a crime she didn't commit, she's given one shot at freedom. But the men in The Gauntlet don't take kindly to a woman on the track. Her only ...

Previously published in the anthology Cat O'Nine Tales, this is the story of a star athlete who has a fateful run-in with a three-hundred pound woman.One of the author's own personal favorites, In the Eye of the Beholder is Jeffrey Archer at his best—witty, suspenseful, sad, surprising, and unforgettable.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away,” writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she finds, accidentally, one summer while traveling with her husband, Fernando. There de Blasi is befriended by Tosca, the patroness of the villa, an elegant and beautiful woman-of-a-certain-age who recounts her lifelong love story with the last prince of Si...

Renaissance is a word with hope infused in every letter.Since she was a child, Meg has dreamed of taking a promised trip to Florence, Italy, and being able to finally step into the place captured in a picture at her grandmother’s house. But after her grandmother passes away and it falls to her less-than-reliable father to take her instead, Meg’s long-anticipated travel plans seem permanently on hold.When her dad finally tells Meg to book the trip, ...

Clare usually ran a mile from powerful, sensual men like Guido Bartaldi. Only, she'd agreed to live under Guido's roof as companion to his wayward ward, the young woman clearly destined to become Guido's wife…Horrified at Guido's marriage plans, Clare soon decided to leave—and found herself all by captive in Guido's palatial villa. Then she realized it was she who'd been chosen as Bartaldi's bride!

When infamous Raul Carducci learns that a little baby may challenge his inheritance he will stop at nothing—a new Carducci heir will not take away what is rightfully his.To safeguard baby Gino, unassuming Libby Maynard has been forced to pretend she is his mother—but she hasn't counted on having to convince the wolfish Raul Carducci of her deception.And when Raul, with his achingly seductive voice, asks her to marry him, Libby is powerless to refuse…even if ...

"With some people, you can't show any mercy..." Leon VincintiA new series for a family we all know well. Come with us on this journey through the world of the Vincintis.Leon Vincinti has led the most notorious Family in Boston for many years and Calderone has stood by his side.Someone from a past Leon has never talked about...Comes after him. Only Leon's untimely death will be accepted in this hateful tale of revenge.

THE SECOND NOVEL FROM PATRICIA MARQUES, FOLLOWING ON FROM THE COLOURS OF DEATHA woman's body is found in a river just outside of Lisbon. Inspectors Isabel Reis and Aleksandr Voronov identify the murder victim as Marta Nunes - a youth centre worker who, like Isabel, classifies as Gifted. Born with special abilities, the Gifted are often looked at with a certain level of suspicion.In the search for her killer, Reis digs into Marta's past. She soon di...

Modena, Italy, 1582. Seventeen-year-old seamstress Sofia Genotti is on the run, falsely accused of theft. Penniless and desperate to avoid the perils of whoredom, she is introduced to a troupe of travelling actors, who ask her to join them as costume mistress. Within weeks she is learning to act.Acting will bring her closer to Beppe Bianchi, who plays the anarchic character Arlecchino. As the two become increasingly intimate, Sofia is sure that she...

A classic play by Tennessee Williams in a definitive, author-approved edition.Reality and fantasy are interwoven with terrifying power as two actors on tour—brother and sister—find themselves deserted by the trope in a decrepit "state theatre in an unknown state." Faced (perhaps) by an audience expecting a performance, they enact "The Two-Character Play"—an illusions within an illusion, and "out cry" from isolation, panic and fear. "I think it is my most beautiful ...

She set out to explore the world and found love along the way.Vivian Ng is as experienced as flight attendants come. Taking charge and getting stuff done has always been her MO. When her father pushes her to give up her Asian routes in favor of flights to Europe, she’s nervous about the change, but her skills have never failed her before.Flight attendant Marco Chang is charming and he knows it. Growing up as an immigrant with absentee parents, he learned how to win...