We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existentialist piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as "a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative value...

He did not just break her heart.He let his world erase her.Five years ago, Verity Hale walked in on the video that destroyed her marriage.Her billionaire husband, Dane Warwick, was caught kissing another woman in a private stadium suite.The world called Verity weak.His lawyers called her unstable.His family called her a problem.And Dane let them.So she left.No begging.No second chance.No ...

In 1783 peace has been declared, but war still rages in the heart of Lark Benton.Never did Lark think she’d want to escape Emerson Fielding, the man she’s loved all her life. But when he betrays her, she flees Williamsburg for Annapolis, taking refuge in the nation’s temporary capital. There lark throws herself into a new circle of friends who force her to examineall she believes.Emerson follows, determined to reclaim his betrothed. Surprised when she refuses to ret...

She found the papers in his safe.Then she found out her marriage was only the first thing they planned to take from her.Camille Wren Kincaid gave Lucian eighteen years of loyalty.She stood beside him in boardrooms, charity halls, private jets, and cold family dinners where one wrong word could ruin a name. She protected his image. She buried her pain. She trusted him with everything.Then she opened his safe.Inside was another wom...

She was his wife.He made her feel like a secret.Willa Rowan gave Julian Bancroft everything.Her love. Her loyalty. Her warmth. Her work.While Julian built his billion-dollar aviation empire, Willa built the life behind it. The quiet dinners. The soft rooms. The human heart that made cold men trust him.But no one knew she was his wife.For two years, Julian kept their marriage private.For two years, his powerful frien...

Maribel Hart loved Ronan Blackwell before he became a billionaire.Before the hotels.Before the boardrooms.Before the cold family name that taught him power was safer than love.She loved him when they were children in Indigo Falls. She loved him when he ran to her family’s bookshop to escape his father’s house. She loved him when he broke her heart and ca...

She was his wife.But in his world, she was never first.Meredith Kane Sinclair gave Holden Sinclair nine years of her life.Nine years of smiling at cold family dinners.Nine years of standing beside him while his powerful family looked through her.Nine years of loving a billionaire husband who touched her in private...

Rosalie Kerrigan Sterling was supposed to sit quietly.Smile for the cameras.Stand beside her billionaire husband.Protect his name, his company, and the perfect life everyone believed they had.Then she opened the packet Graham Sterling told her not to touch.Inside was a paternity report naming him as the father of her younger sister’s baby.A private plan to keep Rosalie away from a shareholder vote.And proof that her...

What would you do if your billionaire husband rated you like a business deal?Maris Linden gave Adrian Ravel ten years of her life.She stood beside him at every donor dinner. She fixed his mistakes. She wrote his speeches. She made his cold power look warm. To the world, Adrian was a good man with a perfect wife.Then Maris finds the gray file.Her name is on the tab.Inside are scores.Warmth.Appearance.Usefulnes...

He called her unstable to take her power.He never thought she would use the truth to destroy him.Maris Bellamy gave Bennett Calder eleven years of marriage.She gave him her name, her trust, and her heart. She helped build his hospital foundation into something people believed in. She stood beside him through money, power, family pressure, and the kind of grief no mother should have to carry alone.Then she found the private letter....

She built his dream restaurant.Then he let them arrest her in front of everyone.Rowena Price Kade thought opening night would prove she finally belonged beside her billionaire husband.The room was full of powerful guests. The cameras were ready. The food was perfect.Then the police walked in.Her husband, Dorian Kade, stood...

Ein Adventskalender für Bücherfreunde und den guten Zweck. Genau das bietet unsere Anthologie "Kaminfeuerabende - Geschichten der kalten Jahreszeit". 24 Türchen mit weihnachtlichen Kurzgeschichten, köstlichen Rezepten und vielen Extras. In diesen Erzählungen steckt das Herzblut von 26 Autorinnen und Autoren, bei denen von eisigen Winternächten bis hin zu herzerwärmenden Liebesgeständnissen alles dabei ist. Der Erlös aller verkauften Exemplare wird an den Zürcher Tierschutz gespendet. Gemei...