General & literary fiction Books

When she arrives in the Hamptons for the summer, hoping for a fresh start for her and her son, Katie Doyle, exploring a new love affair with a wealthy investor, soon discovers that Southampton is not all that it seems to be, as she becomes submerged in a...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Sand Fish, Maha Gargash s second novel is set in mid-1990s Dubai and Cairo and tells the story of how secrets and betrayals consume three members an authoritarian father, a rebellious abandoned...

"Spanning seventy years and several continents--from a refugee's shattered dreams in 1938 Berlin, to a discontented American couple in the 1950s, to a young woman's life in modern-day Jerusalem--this epic, enthralling novel tells the braided love story...

"At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political protests, and the birth of Black power, three coeds from New York City--Zelda Livingston, Veronica Cook, and...

"[An] absorbing novel of character and mood...Readers of Alan Furst's noir novels of Europe on the edge of World War II will find much to enjoy in this superior novel."--Library Journal

"Mila Jones has fled the big city seeking a safe haven on the serene shores of Butternut Lake. Her position looking after Reid Ford is more than a job. It's a chance at a fresh start. And although her sullen patient does everything he can to make her...

"The Good Daughters shows Maynard's strengths once again--particularly in vivid descriptions of farm life, geographies, and relationships of all kinds. Passions and psychological changes in a character over time ring most true."--Providence Journal

The first novel by the sibling celebrities is an entertaining, surprising, and moving look at three sisters, their crazy lives, and the unbreakable bonds and family love that unite and sustain them. A dramatic peek into the lives of a trio of sibling...

"The story of two women: one an immigrant seamstress who disappears from San Francisco's gritty streets in 1876, and the other a young woman in present day who must delve into the secrets of her husband's wealthy family only to discover that she and the...

"Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling."--St. Petersburg Times"Galland has an exceptional gift."--Neal StephensonThe critically acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, Nicole Galland now approaches William...

Un novela extraordinaria de amor y locura, en la que un historiador y una joven estudiante investigan la enigmática vida de Juana la Loca.

In the 1940s and 1950s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. This historical novel was inspired by the true stories of those who "took the Reno cure." But as three women settle in at the...

A sizzling story of everyone's favorite couple from amazing Stephanie Evanovich's New York Times bestseller Big Girl Panties: hunky professional baseball player Chase Walker and his sassy wife Amanda.When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets...

"Imagine that everyone you have ever known or loved was forced against their will into a state of demonic possession and spiritual slavery. Imagine an unholy cabal of the world's richest and most powerful men directing this sinister plan in order to...

From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes the first romance in a brand-new series!

Can an unintended out-of-body experience be just as real as your everyday physical consciousness, or become even greater? Are inter-dimensional beings real, or just the figment of some very overactive, possibly psychotic imaginations? Is it the Wonder...

Presented here are odd stories within a story - disjoined chapters which can stand alone while also flowing together. Although this is a work of fiction much fact is intertwined, giving life to the creative aspects - but it's not for the faint of heart...

Merriam Press Vietnam War Fiction Series. Although written as fiction, this work is based on the author's personal experiences as a Vietnam veteran encountering other vets at the Veterans Administration (VA) in New York City at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn...

Follow Bryen as he struggles with the fact that he wants to be more than a baby daddy.

'Re-present, Represent' is a contemporary, literary fiction set in a nondescript location. The novel's experimental structure operates like a waking dream. The book's main section follows the story of a young man called Cornelius who, after witnessing...

On the death of her father, Eva Swanson discovers that she has a half-sister, Maya, who was born and brought up in Burma. All Eva knows about Maya is that she has been hiding with her family in the forests since the student uprisings and imprisonment of...

'I am Lori Logan. I used to be a regular teenage girl who lived in a regular house with regular parents. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to me. Until I moved to Fairway Plains.' The Life and Death of Lori Logan is a tale of family, of loss and...

Life in the Making tells the story of Miriam, her family and the two men who would both give everything to marry her. Poor Reuben has nothing to offer except his kindness and wayward goodness whereas steady, determined John has built his life from...

Life in the Making tells the story of Miriam, her family and the two men who would both give everything to marry her. Poor Reuben has nothing to offer except his kindness and wayward goodness whereas steady, determined John has built his life from...

A varied collection of short stories, veering from the darkly disturbing to the light and amusing, from heart-rending to heart-warming.Spooky tales mingle with criminal enterprise, comedy and tragedy. Human frailty is laid bare and controversial topics...

. Ridevano i compagni di scuola mentre mi lanciavano l'insulto e correvano giù dalle scale invadendo la piazza. Io camminavo lentamente, fingendo indifferenza, ma avevo il cuore pesante.Questo mi dicevo, mentre la macchina correva verso casa. E quando...

Un giorno di settembre alla periferia di Bologna un uomo armato si barrica. Inizia un'estenuante trattativa per gli operatori del Gruppo intervento Speciale dell'Arma dei Carabinieri.

Racconto che narra la storia di un individuo che cerca di uscire dalla sua solitudine riscoprendo la felicità.

La novella "La Fattura" fa parte della raccolta "San Pantaleone" di Gabriele D'Annunzio pubblicata nel 1886.

Questo libretto contiene due novelle di Gabriele D'Annunzio: I Marenghi e Mungià.

San Pantaleone è una raccolta di novelle di Gabriele D'Annunzio del 1886. In questo libretto vengono riprese la novelle L'idillio della vedova e La morte di Sancio Panza.

This is a collection of short stories and novel extracts all featuring trans* characters. Follow the adventures of Erica, Danielle, Onyx, Liam, Xuan Nu, Amber, Ruby, Saffron, Lucy and many more. These are just a few of the many thousands of trans...

On leaving the idyllic mountain setting overlooking the splendour of Lake Maggiore where he has grown up, in order to pursue his operatic training in the bustling city of Milan, Giuseppe could never have imagined the dramatic circumstances that would...

Helen raised her chin to the black evening as though it held an exotic perfume only she could know. And that was when she heard it - the lone sound in the sea of silence. Someone's coming. She turned her head one way and then the other. Her heart...

When Laura cons her way into the music biz, she is elated and is ready to work her way to the top as the manager for the heavy metal band Streetcrash. Soon, however, her life becomes a tornado that she can't control and she finds herself out of her...

When Maisie goes to stay with her cousins, she is expecting a dull visit and is homesick before she has even left home. But her trip away from the Highlands of Scotland is more eventful than anyone could have predicted and changes her life, and the lives...

A parallel sitcom in English and French targeted at teenagers and adults who want to brush up and improve their French. The text is cut up into short, easy-to-remember segments, each having its own equivalent in front of it in the other language. The...

Per il terzo anno, il laboratorio di scrittura creativa organizzato dall'associazione culturale Grifondoro di Lecce, a conclusione dei lavori, produce un libro che raccoglie alcuni scritti dei partecipanti.Il tema di quest'anno è il sogno, una dimensione...

An imposing derelict mansion stands in its equally neglected estate. A young Doctor, intrigued by the house most of her life, discovers her Great Aunt Jane may be the only person who knows the truth about Leightham House. The great aunt agrees to tell...

As psycho-geographer of the zeitgeist David Erdos has a rich hinterland to draw upon, being himself poet, actor, director, composer, illustrator, musician and critic. The reader soon learns that the writer is well informed on very many levels and that...

This is my eleventh collection of short stories.A financial expert in New York who has had a breakdown believes that life on Earth originated from Venus and that we are destroying this planet as we did that one.An UK government agency considers the...

The author grew up in Mahe, the largest island of the Seychelles archipelago, separated from Africa, the nearest continent, by a thousand miles of ocean. Life in this small British colony was as close as one could come on Earth to life on a separate...

When Maisie goes to stay with her cousins, she is expecting a dull visit and is homesick before she has even left home. But her trip away from the Highlands of Scotland is more eventful than anyone could have predicted and changes her life, and the lives...