Week of August 22, 2022
A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizloโdivorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her fatherโs deathโon an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris.
Itโs the cusp of Natasha Sizloโs forty-fourth birthday. Still reeling from her disastrous divorce, sheโs navigating life as a single mom and doing her best to fake it till she makes it in the cutthroat world of LA real estate. In the meantime, her ex-husband is dating a Hollywood star, and sheโs just broken it offโfor the hundredth and final timeโwith her devastatingly handsome but impossibly noncommittal French boyfriend.
Just when it seems things canโt get any worse, her beloved father is given months to live.
So when sheโs gifted a session with LAโs most sought-after astrologist, Natashaโdespite being a total skepticโfigures she has nothing to lose. The reading is eerily, impossibly accurate. As her misgivings give way, Natasha canโt help but ask about her ex-boyfriend, the French man she canโt seem to get over.
To her surprise, the astrologist tells her that he is perfect for her. His birthday and birthplaceโNovember 2, 1968, in Paris, Franceโlines up with her astrological point of destiny. The word husband comes up.
Natasha is distraught. Panicked, even. Was he really The One? Was this all the big soul love she was destined for?
Then, she has a lightning bolt of an idea: her ex wasnโt the only man born on November 2, 1968, in Paris. Natashaโs real soulmate is still out thereโshe just has to find him.
Joined by her sister and two of her closest girlfriends and buoyed by her fatherโs parting message to never give up on love, Natasha flies to the City of Light, determined to take destiny into her own hands.
Propulsive, touching, and darkly funny, All Signs Point to Paris is the story of one womanโs search for a second chance at love, with a dusting of astrological magic. Unforgettable and inspiring, Natashaโs journey reveals what can happen when you ask the universe for what you wantโand are brave enough to open your heart when the answer finally comes.
From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.
The day I showed up to Dax Moodyโs sprawling home, I had no idea what was coming.
As a traveling massage therapist, I was used to entering the houses of strangers.
But this assignment was different from any before it.
From the outside, Iโd correctly assumed the owner was rich. What I didnโt realize was that he would be younger than Iโd imagined, single, stunningly gorgeous, and mysterious.
Despite the fact that Dax had booked a massage, it never actually happened, since our first appointment was unexpectedly cut short by a comedy of errors.
Certain Iโd never see him again after that day, Iโd done nothing but think about the captivating man.
To my surprise, he called a second time. That appointment, we talked a lot, developing a stronger connection. But once again, there was no actual massage.
The man I now affectionately called โMoodyโ kept calling me to come back.
It took three times before I finally gave him the massage heโd ordered. Letโs just say it was challenging to keep things professional. I was extremely attracted to Dax, and by that time, I was falling hard.
Eventually, Iโd find out why heโd been so aloof, the reason why he and I could never be together.
Our story was supposed to end there, but it didnโt.
Instead, I was left perpetually longing for a forbidden man.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day heโll enroll in Oxford Universityโs prestigious Royal Institute of Translationโalso known as Babel.
Babel is the worldโs center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver workingโthe art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver barsโhas made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empireโs quest for colonization.
For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decideโฆ
Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
When one falls
Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her motherโs murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari canโt shake the eerie sense of connection.
The others will break
Now there have been two murders in two days. Each crime scene awash with arcane cluesโand without a trace of DNA from the killer. And for each victim, a doll. The first is missing an eye. The second is missing a heart. But are these clues leading to the killerโฆor messages for Mari?
Unless she plays the gameโฆ
Caught up in a maelstrom of Old-World superstition, secrets, and ties to her own past, Mari has only one option. Put the puzzle together before someone else diesโeven if it destroys her career. But thereโs no escaping the hungry spiderโs web when itโs been made just for youโฆ
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean follows her highly acclaimed Bombshell with Heartbreaker, featuring a fierce, fearless heroine on a mission to steal a dukeโs secretsโฆand his heart.
A Tempting Thief
Raised among Londonโs most notorious criminals, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the bright ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflowerโso plain and unassuming that no one realizes sheโs the Matchbreakerโฆusing her superior skills as a thief to help unwilling brides avoid the altar, all while hiding her own scandalous past.
A Powerful Duke
Henry Carrington, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living in perfection and has no time for the scandals that arise every time Adelaide ends another groom. His own reputation is impeccableโand the last thing he needs is a frustrating, fascinating woman discovering the truth of his past, or the secrets he holds close.
A Perfect Match
When the two find themselves on a breakneck journey across Britain to stop a wedding, the duke has no choice but to follow her across Britain on a trip filled with bad weather, bad luck, and a surprising lack of beds. Adelaide soon realizes that this perfect duke kisses like a proper scoundrel, and is turning out to be a thief in his own rightโฆone who wonโt stop until heโs stolen her well-guarded heart.
The newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkinsโs compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence.
Lying and cheating may be sins to some people, but for Raven Moreaux, it is a way of life. She comes from a long line of grifters and couldnโt be prouderโฆUntil sheโs forced to help the government.
A former Confederate official is suspected of stealing the Declaration of Independence, and Raven, posing as his housekeeper, is tasked with getting it back. Her partner is the too handsome Braxton Steel. Masquerading as a valet/driver, Brax is also supposed to be her โhusband.โ He has his own reasons for doing this job, but when their pretend marriage ignites into fiery passion, theyโll have to put everythingโincluding their heartsโon the line.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesisโwith explosive results.
Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Kรถnigswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering projectโa literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academiaโMarie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.
Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad schoolโarchenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away.
Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps itโs her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideasโฆdevouring her with those eyes. And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, thereโs only one question that matters: What will Bee Kรถnigswasser do?
A sexy firefighter. A much younger Nanny. The heat between them could burn down a small country. He doesnโt believe in forever. And she wonโt settle for anything less.
Jace King is a smoking hot firefighter, a single dad and my new boss.
Heโs also the most beautiful man Iโve ever laid eyes on.
Itโs totally fine to secretly crush on the guy you Nanny for, right?
Did I mention that heโs also a decade older than me, works with my dad
and heโs a close family friend?
If you looked up OFF LIMITS in the dictionary, youโd find an eight by ten photo of my sexy boss.
But something happens every time weโre in a room together.
The attraction is almost overpowering.
Jace is insistent that we canโt act on it.
And Iโve always been a rule followerโฆ
but maybe sometimes rules are meant to be broken.
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