A story as dark as the narcissistic souls who have gathered together unfolds in a single, transformative night …Anna is on the brink of a revelation that echoes through the silver birch corridors of the infamous Narcissus Gardening Club. Tonight, she is ensnared in a dangerous game where alliances are as fragile as its members.The club comprises of peculiar combination of people, the members are affectionately nicknamed the queen, the princess, the general, fetch, the jeste...

In her memoir, Ask No Questions, Eva Collins charts her family's journey from Poland to Australia during the Cold War. Her restrained tone reflects the threat her parents experienced of the Communist regime and of ubiquitous anti-Semitism. Simply written and deeply moving she captures loss and gain, grief and celebration with great poignancy. With a third of Australians born overseas and half the population with one migrant parent, Ask No Questions forms a crucial part of...

Trop de femmes s'éteignent sans bruitJeune informaticienne débrouillarde, Em vit près de la forêt de Brocéliande, refuge depuis son enfance. Son père toxique lui a appris à se méfier des autres et à douter d’elle-même.Le jour des obsèques de sa mère, une violente tempête frappe la Bretagne. Em se retrouve bloquée dans un hôpital, dont le service des urgences est perturbé par une panne de réseau. En tentant d’aider à relancer le système, Em assiste aux soins d’une jeune fille...

Finaliste du concours des Plumes Francophones 2023Dans le Finistère, Adam vit heureux avec sa famille, jusqu'au jour où son épouse disparaît. «Besoin d’une pause» est le dernier message envoyé par Lola, avant le silence.Adam doit pour la première fois gérer seul l’hypersensibilité et les étranges cauchemars de Maël, leur fils de 5 ans et demi à l'affût du moindre signe de sa mère.Lola, dévouée et fusionnelle, ne resterait pas sans nouvelles de Maël ! Persuadé qu'elle ...

Aquí propongo una relectura del uso de una referencia tan escurridiza como "el pasado", desde la muy particular posición de cada colega que, desde diversas universidades del país da cuenta. Este libro conformado por doce capítulos, no sólo reúne colaboración académica, también sugiere activismo y aplicación del conocimiento en tópicos históricos o culturales, atendiendo temas prioritarios tales como la migración, vejez, violencia de género, preservación de patrimonio cultural, participació...

Aria - I teach mermaid fitness at a ritzy hotel next to the Naval Amphibious Base. I know better than to let one of those famous frogmen chase my tail. But in a moment of weakness, I submit to Erik, a tattooed badass Navy SEAL. After one night of incredible passion, I can’t stop thinking about his cocky ways and his dirty mouth.Then I get the opportunity to train to be the first female Navy SEAL. When I show up on the first day of training, I’m horrified to realize that Erik is my ...

Before the SlipperBook One of the Ever After, Unbound SeriesBy Freya CollinsElla was never waiting to be rescued.Long before the glass slipper became legend, she was the daughter of a royal advisor—a woman raised to understand power, law, and the quiet machinery of kingdoms. But after her father’s death, Ella finds herself trapped in a household balanced on appearances, burdened by debts the crown ignored and a future shrinking by the day....

The Stepmother's SilenceThe MotherBook Three of the Ever After, Unbound seriesFor years, history cast her as the villain.Margaux learned early that survival often required silence. A useful daughter, an unwanted mistress, a wife bound by arrangements she never chose—she spent a lifetime becoming smaller than her own story.Now, five years after Ella became queen, an invitation arrives.A birthday party. A garden. A child who...

After the BallThe QueenBook Two of the Ever After, Unbound seriesThe fairy tale ended with a wedding.The real story began after.Now queen beside the man she chose, Ella quickly discovers that love does not silence the machinery of power. Court politics, buried corruption, and the relentless demands of a kingdom threaten the fragile future she and Edmund are trying to build together.But Ella was never meant to be ornamental...

Eén onopzettelijk misdrijf. Twee meesterstrategen. En een nepverloving die gevaarlijk echt voelt.Bruiloften redden is mijn vak. Ik ben Ivy Sullivan, de beste professionele bruidsmeisje van Manhattan. Ik los rampen op—tot ik er zelf een veroorzaak door de beste vriend van de bruidegom de IC op te tackelen. Om een aanklacht wegens een zwaar misdrijf te ontlopen, neem ik een drastische wending: ik vertel de verpleegster dat ik zijn verloofde ben.Ik ben Brooks ...

Eén loft. Twee totaal verschillende visies. En een schuur vol glitters, rookmachines en onmiskenbare chemie...Ik ben Maddy Chang — professioneel aanzoeksplanner, glitterfanaat en medeoprichter van Ever After, Inc. Terwijl mijn beste vrienden op huwelijksreis zijn en bruidsrampen oplossen, houd ik de boel draaiende in River Bend. Dat ging prima... totdat Mason Kincaid er zijn intrek nam.Hij is Henry's getuige, één en al maatpakken en spreadsheets, en hij hee...

Eva Collins always had a desire to tell her story. She has always been a writer growing up.Writing has been her therapy during her life; whether she was up or down, she wrote it out, and it has kept her mind and heart during the seasons of life.This book is a legacy of hope, instructions, encouragement, and wisdom.