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Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. He feels like a broody shell of the man he once was. Nash isn't about to let anyone in his life know he's struggling. But his new next-door neighbor, smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows. As a rule, she's not a fan of physical contact unless she initiates it, but for some reason Nash's touch is different. He feels it too. The physical connection between them is incendiary, grounding him and making her wonder if exploring it is worth the risk. Too bad Lina's got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she's in town, he'll never forgive her. Besides, she doesn't do relationships. Ever. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Sign her up. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. Once she gets what she's after, she has no intention of sticking around. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people's skin. And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he's not about to be dissuaded…even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him.

Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order. Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of. There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.

This ain’t Josie’s first rodeo. Her parents own several fancy restaurants in Houston, and they just opened a new one right outside the stadium. Josie is expected to stay inside the restaurant and help, and maybe take over their growing empire one day, but that isn’t what Josie wants. She’d rather be at the rodeo itself than in a high-end restaurant next to it. Or eating funnel cakes and Texas-sized corn dogs at the carnival on the grounds. Or better yet, riding her horse at her grandparents’ ranch, the very place her mom wants to sell. It ain’t Shawn’s first rodeo either. He’s been riding bulls since his mom died, doing everything he can to live up to his rodeo-champion stepfather’s sky-high expectations. But as Shawn’s stardom rises, so do tensions in their relationship. His stepfather’s drinking and gambling problems sure don’t help. After one unforgettable night leaves Josie and Shawn wanting nothing but each other, their lives become entwined in increasingly complex ways. Can they save Josie’s family land? Or will Shawn’s stepfather and his shady plan be the ranch’s ruin? Will one wrong move cost them everything? Rodeo after rodeo, year after year, can Josie and Shawn keep their hearts open through the secrets, twists, and turns?

This Great Hemisphere is powerful, captivating novel about how far we’ll go to protect the ones we love. With the worldbuilding of N. K. Jemisin’s novels and blazing defiance of Naomi Alderman’s work, it is also a story about what happens when we resist the narratives others write about us. Northwestern Hemisphere, 2529: an Earth on which half of people are now born literally invisible. Sweetmint, a young woman, is one of them and thus relegated to second-class citizenship. She has done everything right her entire life, from school to landing a highly sought-after apprenticeship. But all she has fought so hard to earn comes crashing down when she learns that her brother (whom she had presumed dead) is not only alive and well but also the primary suspect in a high-profile political murder.

Algo pasa entre la estrella de Hollywood Rio McQuoid y Ferne Resnik, la discreta becaria del estudio, convertida sin proponérselo—como una cenicienta moderna—en protagonista de la próxima sensación de Netflix. Él es tremendamente atractivo, engreído y atormentado, pero también tierno. Ella, auténtica y creativa, con personalidad e ideas claras, ¿o no? La tensión sexual entre ellos es altísima, pero nada es fácil en la vida de un divo del cine… ¿Conseguirán Ferne y Rio superar las dificultades? ¿O lo suyo no llegará ni a romance pasajero?

En esta obra maestra, publicada en 1923, Jean Cocteau nos muestra, a través de Thomas, su propia experiencia en el París de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cuando se publicó fue calificada de escandalosa por una sociedad para la que la guerra era un asunto sagrado que debía quedar al margen de cualquier mirada irónica o crítica. Cocteau se disfraza y, por medio de la impostura de su personaje, crea una realidad distinta de la que le tocó vivir. El relato nos va ofreciendo una serie de acontecimientos tan irreales como sorprendentes en los que Thomas, un muchacho de dieciséis años dotado de una especial personalidad, no tiene más remedio que jugar, provocando en los personajes que lo rodean una irresistible confianza y atracción. «Hay gentes que lo poseen todo y no consiguen mostrarlo, ricos tan pobres y nobles tan vulgares que la incredulidad que inspiran acaba por volverlos tímidos y les confiere una actitud sospechosa. En ciertas mujeres las perlas más bellas se tornan falsas. En cambio, en otras, las perlas falsas parecen verdaderas. De igual modo, existen hombres que inspiran una confianza ciega y disfrutan de privilegios a los que no podrían aspirar. Guillaume Thomas pertenecía a esa raza de bienaventurados.»