Francesca Toticchi Książki

An intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive

A body of man who was filmed in several explicit tapes is found and DC Logan McRae thinks someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death. While being dragged into the world of pornographers, sex-shops and S & M, he's also worried about the release of the Granite City Rapist, who claims to have an alibi, because his girlfriend is posing as bait she's hell-bent on a conviction at any cost.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken delivers an angsty, young adult romance with the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and USA Today bestseller, Ruin. I'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness… until Wes Michels offered to be my light. I didn't know that time wasn't my ally — that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of myself. He tried to warn me. He promised me all he was able to offer — each moment as it came — but it would never be enough. Sometimes when you think it's the end, it's only the beginning. Wes thought he could save me, but in giving me everything, he ruined me. Because after one kiss, one touch, I couldn't—I wouldn't ever be the same. And from that moment on, his heartbeat became my own.

The old Victorian pier was once a thing of beauty. It's also where 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanished eighteen years ago. Francesca has spent the last 20 years haunted by the disappearance of her best friend. But when she receives a phone call from Sophie's brother saying that a body has been found she knows she can't keep hiding from what happened. With her own secrets to keep, Francesca doesn't relish the idea of digging up the past or returning to Oldcliffe. But it is time to go back to where she grew up, and it looks like she isn't the only one there hiding truths.

Daj się wciągnąć w sieć intryg i kłamstw.Kiedy jedna siostra umiera, druga musi dołożyć wszelkich starań, by przetrwać.Abi cały czas nie może się pozbierać po tragicznej śmierci jej siostry bliźniaczki. Od wypadku minęło półtora roku, jednak nadal bierze antydepresanty, chodzi na terapię. Ale przede wszystkim widzi Lucy wszędzie: w oknie restauracji, na przejściu dla pieszych, biegnącą do autobusu... Chociaż dobrze wie, że nigdy już nie spotka siostry, nie ustaje w jej poszukiwaniach.Ale gdy poznaje Beatrice, wszystko zmienia się na lepsze. Bea jest lustrzanym odbiciem Lucy. Takie same oczy, takie same włosy, twarz o kształcie serca i wydatne usta – dla Abi to znak. W dodatku Bea sama również jest bliźniaczką… Nic dziwnego, że Abi do niej lgnie, a znajomość rozwija się w piorunującym tempie. Wkrótce dziewczyna wprowadza się do Beatrice i jej brata bliźniaka - Bena, z którym szybko zaczyna łączyć ją namiętny romans...Relacje w tym dziwnym trójkącie stają się coraz bardziej napięte, a w ich pięknym wspólnym domu zaczynają dziać się dziwne rzeczy – wygląda na to, że ktoś pod nieobecność Abi myszkuje w jej rzeczach, giną też bezcenne listy, ktoś wysyła groźby... Abi czuje się coraz bardziej zagrożona. Ale czy to Bea chce pozbyć się rywalki? Czy może Abi pragnie zwrócić na siebie uwagę ukochanego?W tym klimatycznym psychologicznym thrillerze nic nie jest takie, jakim z pozoru się wydaje.

"As she drives her mobile library van between villages of Ireland's West Coast, Hanna Casey tries not to think about a lot of things. Like the sophisticated lifestyle she abandoned after finding her English barrister husband in bed with another woman. Or that she's back in Lissbeg, the rural Irish town she walked away from in her teens, living in the back bedroom of her overbearing mother's retirement bungalow. Or, worse yet, her nagging fear that, as the local librarian and a prominent figure in the community, her failed marriage and ignominious return have made her a focus of gossip. With her teenage daughter, Jazz, off traveling the world and her relationship with her own mother growing increasingly tense, Hanna is determined to reclaim her independence by restoring a derelict cottage left to her by her great-aunt."--Page 4 of cover.

On Lily Sanderson's eighteenth birthday she'll become just a girl—still a mergirl, true, but signing the renunciation will ink Princess Waterlily of Thalassinia out of existence. That leaves plain-old Lily living on land, dating the boy she loves, and trying to master this being-human thing once and for all. Now that Lily and Quince are together, mer bond or not, she's almost content to give up her place in the royal succession of Thalassinia. But just when she thinks she has everything figured out, the waves start to get rough. Lily's father sends a certain whirlpool-stirring cousin, Doe, to stay with her on land. And why why why is she batting her eyelashes at Lily's former crush, Brody? The seafoam on the raging surf comes when a merboy from Lily's past shows up—Tellin asks Lily for something that clouds her view of the horizon. There's a future with Quince on land, her loyalty to the kingdom in the sea, and Lily tossing on the waves in the middle. Will she find a way to reconcile her love, her duty, and her own dreams?

She was an orphan, ushered into the royal palace on the prayers of her majesty. Yet, decades later, her time spent in the embrace of the Romanovs haunts her still. Is she responsible for those murderous events that changed everything? If only she can find the heir, maybe she can put together the broken pieces of her own past - maybe she can hold on to the love she found. Bursting to life with the rich and glorious marvels of Imperial Russia, The Last Romanov is a magical tale of second chances and royal blood.

"Deliciously sexy!" –Carly PhillipsDevil's Food. . .Angel Cake. . .Red Velvet. . .Praline Crunch. . .Lemon Chiffon. . .How's a woman to choose?Luckily, the members of the Cupcake Club are about to taste it all. . .When baker extraordinaire Leilani Trusdale left the bustle of New York City for Georgia's sleepy Sugarberry Island, she didn't expect her past to follow. Yet suddenly, her former boss, Baxter Dunne, aka Chef Hot Cakes, the man who taught her everything pastry, wants to film his hit cooking show in her tiny cupcakery. The same Chef Hot Cakes whose molten chocolate brown eyes and sexy British accent made Lani's mouth water and her cheeks blush the color of raspberry filling--stirring all kinds of kitchen gossip, much of which Lani wished was true. . .Lani's friends are convinced that this time around, Baxter is the missing ingredient in her recipe for happiness. But convincing Lani will be a job for Baxter himself. And he'll need more than black velvet frosting to sweeten the deal. . ."Like a rich chocolate ganache. . .Delightful." – RT Book Reviews , 4 STARS"As sweet and adorable as its namesake treat." -- Publishers Weekly PICK OF THE WEEKRecipes included!

In this follow-up to You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs, Karrie Kline has taken her dating frustrations and turned them into a one-woman, off-Broadway show. She then meets some of her past frogs and sees how they have evolved from when they dated. Original.